August 6
Biber, Bach, and the Thuille Sextet

Rachel Barton Pine has a specialty—she loves music for unaccompanied violin, especially pieces that are not well known. She opens this week’s program with the remarkable Passacaglia from Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, a virtuosic work performed with incredible dexterity. After that, we have music Bach originally wrote for viola da gamba and harpsichord, performed here by cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Zoltán Fejérvári. Lastly, in contrast, an outstanding ensemble of musicians delivers a completely different sound world with Ludwig Thuille’s late 19th century Sextet for Piano & Winds.