Maya Homburger baroque violin
Barry Guy double bass

Hymne               Veni Creator Spiritus  (8th century)
Barry Guy           Hommage à Max Bill  for violin and bass 
                         Annalisa  solo bass improvisation
                         Celebration for violin and improvising bass
Biber                  Crucifixion:  Mystery Sonata X
                         The carrying of the cross: Mystery Sonata IX
                             with  Interlude by Barry Guy
Guy                    5 Fizzles  solo bass 
                         Tales of Enchantment  for violin and bass

Two international musicians with long-established careers in both early and contemporary music open our Rymer Nights series. Maya Homburger and Barry Guy combine their outstanding talents in Biber’s solo sonatas juxtaposed with Barry Guy’s improvisations and his music for both instruments.

‘The results are compelling because Homburger and Guy approach Biber’s works not as time-capsule relics but as a living music that can – should – be interpreted freely.  By emphasising the intensified colour Biber obtained through scordatura [retuning of strings for special effects], the duo stakes out a fertile common ground between the two composers.’  Bill Shoemaker

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