Rudolf Balàzs – baroque violin
Emma Alter – baroque viola

The Programme

Rudolf Balàzs – baroque violin
Emma Alter – baroque viola

Duo in E minor, Op 3 No 1
(arranged Emma Alter for violin and viola)

from Playford’s Court Airs
Suite in G minor

Passacaglia in G minor for solo viola

John, come kiss me now
(arranged Emma Alter for violin and viola)

from Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4 (Venice, 1645)
18. Sonata detta ‘La Luciminia contenta’

Sonata à 2

Tinna nonna, per prender sonno (Lullaby)

The Artists

Emma Alter
Baroque Viola & Violin
British Violist Emma has been described by Paul McCreesh as “one of the finest players of her generation,” and has been saluted by Music and Vision for her “beautifully rich tone, and an almost gypsy earthiness.” Her expertise spans from renaissance extemporisation to the romantic works of Brahms and beyond. She has been in demand since 1997, performing, touring and recording with the most refined early music ensembles in the UK and abroad.

Rudolf Balàzs
Baroque Violin
Hungarian Baroque violinist Rudolf trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig and the University of Southampton, where he completed an MMus in Early Music Performance under the guidance of Caroline Balding and Elizabeth Kenny. Specialising in historically informed performance practice, he is noted for his curiosity, refined aesthetic sensibilities and fondness for traversing stylistic boundaries. He performs with Talenti Vulcanici, La Lira di Orfeo, Endelianta Baroque and Musica Poetica, and serves as artistic director of Winchester Baroque. He has recently begun his AHRC-funded PhD research on the Jacobean court masque – exploring its musical, cultural and aesthetic dimensions with the support of the Northern Bridge Consortium.