Violinist Rachel Podger, by Lacey

Rachel Podger

Here's a Link that leads to her biography. http://www.answers.com/topic/rachel-podger-classical-musician
Explaining her German and English background and the teachers who she worked with. And also how she wouldn't take no for an answer in studying Boroque at school. She formed her own music group and won a competition and a heritage festival and in 1997 became Concert Mistress of The English Concert, one of London's leading orchestra.

Here is a video link of her playing the Bach Double with Andrew Manze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOh5Iq683o

Here is an interview/recording of the Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScWu5YnF7o
Explaining the difficulty of the piece and the process it took to establish not only notes and rhythms, but the many moods and shifts of the music.