Biber's 'Mystery Sonatas' -- Pay-What-You-Can January 25, 2008

PWYC TO SEE TAFELMUSIK - FRIDAY, JANUARY 25

If you’re between the ages of 18 & 30, drop by our box office (located at 427 Bloor Street West) between 5PM and 7PM on Friday, to pick up your PWYC tickets (*while PWYC ticket quantities last). You’ll need to bring a piece of valid ID, and there’s a maximum of two PWYC tickets per concert. Call 416.964.6337 for more information

Thanks to TD Canada Trust Music for supporting the Face the Musik programme.
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This remarkable set of 16 sonatas is also known as The Rosary Sonatas and The Copper-Engraving Sonatas (for the engravings at the head of the sonatas).

Each sonata employs a different tuning of the violin. This use of scordatura transforms the violin from the pleasures of the Five Joyful Mysteries (the Annunciation, etc.) to the trauma of the Five Sorrowful Mysteries (the Crucifixion, etc.) to the ethereal nature of the Six Glorious Mysteries, starting with the Resurrection Sonata, where the two middle strings are symbolically crossed over to Sonata No 16, a passacaglia for solo violin with standard tuning, completing the cycle of scordaturas.

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