Andrew Manze introduces a selection from Biber's unique collection of fifteen violin sonatas. He explores the different ways in which they can be realised, and considers the symbolism behind the music ...
You can relax about the recently emergent Biberphilia. It's a pleasant malady, despite bouts of weirdness in its object of affection, the music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. At its worst (i.e., best) ...
Violinist Andrew Manze is bidding farewell to the English concert this season to concentrate on his conducting job in Sweden. He leads the group in Biber's Sonata No. 7 at the Schwetzingen Festival in ...
Charles Burney, writing in the 1770s, described these sonatas as ‘the most difficult and most fanciful music’ of their time, and this magazine has celebrated several recordings in recent decades, each ...