I'd enjoyed Lina tur Bonet immensely playing Rhapsody in Blue with Ensemble Liaison. She's a lively player, bouncing in her seat, smiling around, inviting, matching her expressive playing. This time she played baroque with Neal Peres da Costa on harpsichord. Presumably she played a different instrument, certainly the bow was baroque, I'd expect he strings were gut. And this time she stood, although till responding bodily to the music, playing various composers from the Spanish and Italian baroque, Salaverde and Meali, Scarlatti, Falconiero and Corelli La Folia, that symbol of improv of the era. My notes suggest super-rapid bowing and fast changes, light baroque bow with a pointy tip and different balance, perhaps triplet feels and accents on 1s, chordal cycles, frequently danceable movements and dignified lines.
Lina Tur Bonet (violin) performed with Neal Peres da Costa (harpsichord) in the Gandal Hall for CIMF2026.
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