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(With apologies for the sound quality in some of the masterclass, - Rachel had a short computer problem from around 5 minutes in. It clears up after a while, by 24 minutes in!)

Baroque violinist Rachel Harris explores repertoire for solo violin by JS Bach and Biber, working with 4 fantastic performers:

Emily White
(UK) - Adagio from JS Bach Sonata BWV1001 (g minor)

0:01:33

Anna Perl
(Germany) - Grave from JS Bach Sonata BWV1003 (a minor)

0:33:00

Jennifer Cleland
(UK) - Allegro from JS Bach Sonata BWV1003 (a minor) 1:06:08


Morag Johnston
(UK/France) - Biber Passacaglia
1:38:36

Violinist Rachel Harris has been a member of The Brook Street Band since 1997, and is the founder and director of Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg, which she formed in 2007. She has produced numerous CDs to critical acclaim with both ensembles. As well as teaching privately, Rachel is frequently invited to coach both baroque and modern orchestras. She is a guest coach and lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. In the UK, Rachel coaches chamber music at various organisations including the Dartington International Summer School.

The Sunday Times reviewed Rachel's recording of the Handel violin sonatas: ‘erudite, intimate music, not without violinistic fireworks. The BSB include cello alongside harpsichord for the continuo, satisfyingly grounding the texture. Rachel Harris delivers these eloquent expressions of the violinist’s art with stylish sweetness, her embellishments beautifully measured.’

Stereoplay reviewed Rachel's Bach and Westhoff recording: '…Den Kosmos, den Bach auf vier Saiten bannt, erkundet die Barockgeigerin mit unverbrauchter Neugier, die das Staunen vor überraschenden harmonischen Wendungen, vor polyphonen Finessen nicht verlernt hat. Ohne den Werken eine Deutungshoheit aufzuzwingen lässt sie die Noten sprechen...Kinetische Energie erzeugt sie ohne Raserei aus dem natürlichen Puls heraus. Und die große Chaconne zeichnet ihr souveränes statt aufdringliches Temperament als Kammerspiel der Intensitäten und Identitäten von Ausdruck und kompositorischer Faktur.'

'...The cosmos which Bach banished onto four strings is explored by the baroque violinist with fresh curiosity, not having forgotten how to be in awe of the surprising harmonic turns, the polyphonic finesses. Without forcing an interpretation onto it, she lets the notes speak ... she creates kinetic energy without frenzy from the natural pulse. And her sovereign – as opposed to intrusive – temperament portrays the grand Chaconne as an intimate theatre of intensities and identities of expression and compositional nature.'