Society to host baroque violinist

Chichester Music Society offers a lecture/recital on Tuesday, March 7 at 7.30pm in the University of Chichester Chapel with the baroque violinist Julia Bishop.

CMS spokeswoman Cyndy Kennettsaid:“Juliaisrecognised as one of the leading Baroque violinists of her generation, touring the world extensively and making numerous recordings with the period instrument orchestras of the UK including the London Classical Players, the Hanover Band, the English Concert, with whom she was a member for six years, and as leader andsoloistwiththeGabrieliConsort and Players and since 2022 the Academy of Ancient Music and Florilegium.

“In recent years Julia has become popular for her lively and informativeteachingonBaroque workshops and courses around the UK and abroad. She teaches in the early music department of the University of Chichester Conservatoire and has also been guest Baroque violin teacher at the Royal Academy of Music and the University of York. Julia is calling her lecture recital The Devil’s Instrument and will include G Telemann solo Fantasy No 1 in B flat, H Biber Passacaglia in G minor, JS Bach Allegro Assai from solo Sonata No 3 in C, F Geminiani composition Nos 5 and 4 from The Art of Playing on the Violin 1751, G Telemann solo Fantasy No 2 in G major: JS Bach soloPartitaNo2,andAllemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda and Giga.

The programme starts at 7.30pm is being held in The Chapel of the Ascension on the Bishop Otter campus of the UniversityofChichester.Tickets£15 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ chichester-music-society. Details of membership of CMS can befoundonwww.chichestermusicsociety.org.uk.