This concert was recorded in the Chapel at Castle Howard. The full programme is listed below, and the short clip above features Biber’s Guardian Angel.

Rachel Podger violin

Guardian Angel

Vilsmayr Partita 6 in A major

I Prelude
II Aria
III Saraband
IV Aria
V Menuett
VI Aria
VIII Aria
IX Gigue
XI Aria variata

Biber Passacaglia The Guardian Angel

Bach Cello Suite no 6 in D major

I Prelude
II Allemande
III Courante
IV Sarabande
V Gavotte
VI Gigue

Baroque masterpieces for solo violin, including Biber’s extraordinary music evocation of an angel and child, played in the beautiful pre-Raphaelite chapel of Castle Howard.

‘The queen of the baroque violin’ (Sunday Times)