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The Passacaglia in G Minor “Guardian Angel“ for unaccompanied violin by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, performed on the baroque violin by Augusta McKay Lodge. 8K, UHD video from award winning Voices of Music “Musica Transalpina“ concerts, February, 2023. Biber's passacaglia is acknowledged as one of the finest works for violin of the 17th century: Biber spins a dazzling array of variations--in many different styles--over a simple, four-note bass line. The passacaglia is the crown jewel of the collection of sonatas known as the Rosary Sonatas; these works come down to us from the single surviving copy of a manuscript in Munich. Each work in the source known as the “Rosary“ or “Mystery“ sonatas has a unique, engraved emblem; the Passacaglia has the guardian angel. The violin, bow and strings are of the baroque type, in particular the 17th century style “Biber“ bow which is shorter and stouter than the bow used for Bach and Handel. Baroque violin by Jas
