11. Friday 26th March 2010 - Music Network Baroque Tour

Ariadne Daskalakis - Baroque violin
Markus Mollenbbeck - Baroque cello
Gerald Hambitzer – Harpsichord

J.S. Bach               Sonata in G major for Violin and Basso
Continuo, BWV 1021
Biber                      First Rosary Sonata in D minor
J.S.                         Bach Concerto in D major (after Vivaldi)
for harpsichord solo
Baltzar                   A Division on “John Come Kiss Me Now”
Handel                  Sonata in A major, HWV 361
Matteis                  Ground in E major, Aria amoroso
Biber                     Sonata Representativa
Geminiani            Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, Nr. 2 for Cello and
Basso Continuo
Handel                  Sonata in D major, HWV 371

Scrl down for Music Network’s Press Release

Music
Network’s press release:

“Chamber-music gold” MusicWeb
International

“[Daskalakis’]
striking athleticism, musical insight, expressive embellishment and
elegiac lyricism” The Strad

Music Network’s March baroque tour
sees prize-winning violinist Ariadne Daskalakis go head-to-head with two of Germany’s foremost early
music specialists: Markus Möllenbeck (cello) and Gerald Hambitzer
(harpsichord). Daskalakis and Trio Vintage will perform a programme
including works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Baltzar, Matteis, Geminiani and Biber that is
sure to be “Chamber-music gold” (MusicWeb International) 

Daskalakis has been playing on period instruments since
her time with the acclaimed Manon Quartet in the late 1990s, and often
performs without a conductor following the traditions of the time. She
has won many plaudits for her soulful playing, dazzling technique and
astonishing ability to adapt her sound to suit different composers and
periods. A featured soloist with orchestras such as the English Chamber
Orchestra, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and the Prague Chamber
Orchestra, she has performed in many of Europe’s most prestigious chamber music venues.

The perfect foil for Daskalakis’ sparkling sound and
rhythmic power, Markus Möllenbeck was for many years the principal
cellist of the ground-breaking Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebe
and has also worked extensively with La Stagione Frankfurt and the
Musiciens du Louvre. Gerald Hambitzer is one of most sought-after
harpsichordists of his generation and has appeared on over 40 CDs. A
long-term member of Concerto Köln, he is perhaps best known for his solo
recordings of harpsichord concertos by J.S. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach and Francesco Durante.