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We’ve got Biber fever! 🎻 Not for the pop star, but for Austrian composer and violinist Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. A virtuoso violinist, Biber has been dubbed the Paganini of the 17th century. He composed in the stylus fantasticus, a free and unrestrained method similar to a classical fantasia. Biber’s music often features contrasting sections of energy and stillness that make the music sound almost avant-garde. Here, the dazzling @rachelpodgerofficial performs Biber’s Sonata No.3 in F majo