‘Duologues’

JS Bach: Inventions 1-8                                             

Archangelo Corelli: Violin sonata op 5 no 5 in G minor  

JS Bach: Two duets from Clavierübung III

JS Bach: Inventions 9-15                                            

Archangelo Corelli:  Violin sonata op 5 no 12 “La Follia”    

Rachel Podger, “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin,” (The Times) has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical. She was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015, was Gramophone Artist of the Year 2018, and the Ambassador for REMA’s Early Music Day 2020. A creative programmer, Rachel is the founder and Artistic Director of Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque; is Principal Guest Director for Tafelmusik; Patron for The Continuo Foundation and an Ambassador for the Learned Society of Wales. Rachel was awarded BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award 2023 for her solo album Tutta Sola.

Alex Rolton began playing the cello aged five and has since accrued two degrees from the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with professors Felix Schmidt, Joe Crouch and Jonathan Manson. Whilst studying at the Royal Academy he won all the internal cello competitions and – playing a five stringed piccolo cello – even one violin competition.  A member of the Philharmonia Orchestra since 2018, Alex is in high demand as a guest principal and continuo player with some of the top baroque and classical orchestras.