Biber, Partia III for 2 violins & continuo | Tafelmusik

In this video, hear a performance of . von Biber’s Partia III for 2 violins & continuo, as performed by Tafelmusik. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. His Partia III for 2 violins & continuo features six movements (Praeludium – Allemande – Amener – Balletto – Gigue – Ciacona), and is performed using alternate tuning. This performance was originally recorded as part of our Re-Tuned program, while explored alternate tunings. From program curator and violinist, Geneviève Gilardeau: “When I started looking for music for this program, I let myself be led by the scordatura (different way of tuning the violin) which was required to play the Erlebach Trio Sonata in A Major, a piece that I had been dreaming of programming for several years. Ploughing through libraries and music collections, I realized that this ‘’open tuning’’ or ‘’vielle tuning‘’ (tuning up the two lower strings of the usual GDAE tuning to arrive at AEAE) was one of the many meeting ridges between comp