Maya Hombuger is a violinist specialising in Renaissance and Baroque music, playing in groups led by John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Hogwood. Barry Guy also started in classical music, holding principal bass positions in major London orchestras before starting the London Jazz Composers Orchestra and embarking on a high-profile career as an improviser and composer.

When the two met in 1988 they began playing as a duo, juxtaposing baroque music with free improvisation and newly-commissioned pieces. In this performance you’ll hear movements from Bach’s solo violin partitas alongside works by Kurtág; stunning bass improvisations from Guy next to performances of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas by Homburger.

Photo Muriel Valmont