Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Extravagant music from 17th-century Germany and Austria, including works by Biber, Schmelzer, Becker, and Krieger.

Extravagant music from 17th-century Germany and Austria, including works by Biber, Schmelzer, Becker, and Krieger.

Seattle Baroque Orchestra explores the foundation of the Baroque chamber orchestra form with works from Corelli, Biber, Lully, and Muffat.

An incredible repertoire comes to life on historical instruments. Works by Farina, Fontana, Mealy, Albertini, Schmelzer, and Biber.

An incredible repertoire comes to life on historical instruments. Works by Farina, Fontana, Schmelzer, and Biber.

A bring-your-lunch program of virtuosic music from 18th century Vienna, including sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer, and Albertini.

Bach – Magnificat in D major
Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor
Buxtehude – Magnificat in D major
Biber – Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo

Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.

Exploring great music from the late 17th and early 18th centuries by a trio of Salzburg’s great composers: Biber, Vilsmayr, and Muffat.

Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.

J.S. Bach – Partita No. 3 in E major
Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 2, “Obsession” (à Jacques Thibaud)
Bjarne Brustad – Fanitulsuite
William Doppmann – The Devil’s Trill
Heinrich Ignaz Biber – Passacaglia
Svend Rønning – Variations from Opposite Sides of the Water

Telemann – Fantasie in E-flat major, TWV 40:20
Bjarne Brustad – 
Eventyrsuite (Fairy Tale Suite)
Biber – Sonata XVI in G minor, Passacaglia from the Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas
Paganini – Caprice Op. 1 No. 20 in D major, Allegretto

Works for solo violin by Biber and others, Bach’s A-minor Sonata for unaccompanied violin, and improvisatory-style works for violin and lute from the early Baroque.

Works for solo violin by Biber and others, Bach’s A-minor Sonata for unaccompanied violin, and improvisatory-style works for violin and lute from the early Baroque.

Biber – Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Biber – Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Boccherini – La Musica Notturna delle Strade del Madrid
Biber – Nachtwaechter Serenade
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik

A mio modo celebrates the individual creative spirits and fantastical conceptions of Stile Moderno, the modern 17th-century composition style. Pallade Musica traces the emergence of Stile Moderno with sonatas by Castello and Mealli, and reaches the pinnacle of the Stylus Phantasticus with Buxtehude’s spectacular trios and Biber’s dramatic Mystery sonatas.

Ingrid Matthews, violin
Jesse Irons and Sarah Darling, violins
Sarah Darling and Jason Fisher, violas
Michael Unterman, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord