Midtown Concerts: Heidi Powell | Solo Violin Masterpieces of Bach & Biber

Midtown Concerts and Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)

Thursday, June 15, 2023 @ 1:15pm – 2:00pm (EDT)

St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church – The Actors' Chapel, New York, NY, United States

Online and in-person

Free

Heidi Powell, baroque violin

Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 16 in G minor "Passacaglia"

We think of J.S. Bach as a genius for composing his Chaconne for solo violin, since this work is now the centerpiece of violin literature. However, 50 years before Bach composed this epic work, another German composer, Heinrich Biber, completed his Passacaglia for Solo Violin that revolutionized the violin repertoire. Come witness the dueling works and make your own decision.

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About Midtown Concerts

https://www.gemsny.org/midtown-concerts

About Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)

https://gemsny.org/

About Heidi Powell, baroque violin

Heidi Powell is a Baroque violin specialist and Artistic Director of Baroque Orchestra of Maine. She has appeared as soloist with the New York Collegium, Tafelmusik, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Early Music New York, and the Washington Bach Consort. Heidi holds violin degrees from Indiana University and Oberlin Conservatory. Her performance was reviewed by The New York Times as "supremely confident & powerful."

https://www.baroqueorchestraofmaine.org/leadership