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Described as “the Queen of the Baroque Violin,” Rachel Podger joins internationally renowned Early Music ensemble Voices of Music for an evening of dazzling baroque violin concertos by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Directed by Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler, Voices of Music is currently one of the most popular music ensembles in the world, with an online audience of more than 21 million viewers. Highlights of the concert will include the Bach concerto for two violins, with local favorite Elizabeth Blumenstock joining Rachel for a splendid pas de deux, as well as Brandenburg concerto No. 4, performed with Bach’s unique instrumentation of strings and two “fiauti d’echo,” or “echo flutes.” Rounding out the program are Vivaldi’s recorder concerto in C Major and the complex and innovative concerto in D Major from Vivaldi’s “La Stravaganza.”

June 9, 2016 – 8:00pm
First Congregational Church – 2345 Channing Way (entrance at Dana and Durant)