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

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

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

from Sonate a violino solo, Op 3 (Innsbruck, 1660)
4. La Castella

Passacaglia in G minor for solo viola

from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1742)
The Lass of Peatie’s Mill
Lord Aboyne’s Welcome
Cumbernauld House

The Artists

British violist Emma Alter 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.

Hungarian baroque violinist Rudolf Balàzs trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, where he completed an MMus in Early Music 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 a 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 PhD research on the Jacobean court masque, exploring its musical, cultural and aesthetic dimensions.