City Of London Sinfonia, Dan Walsh, Henry Webster

Music exploring the devil's own instrument - the violin - from Baroque virtuoso items to Scots and Irish reels and Appalachian fiddle music.

The devil has all the best tunes, so they say - and the violin is his instrument of choice. In this dazzling programme the consummate CLS, well-known for their exciting and adventurous programming, explore firy fiddling from the classical and folk traditions with devilishly difficult trills and tricks from the Italian masters of the Baroque, folk fiddling from the British Isles to the Appalachian Mountains of the deep south of America and sultry impassioned tango from Argentina. En route they take in music from Percy Grainger and Aaron Copland, inspired by the folk traditions of the UK and USA.

They are joined by two of the best folk musician in the country, award-winning folk fiddler Henry Webster and the astonishing banjo player Dan Walsh.