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Congratulations to Bellot Ensemble on the release of their debut album CUPID'S GROUND BASS, now available in full on First Hand Records and your favourite streaming platform 🙌
Learn more 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/cupids-ground-bass
⭐ Supported by a Continuo Foundation grant
Congratulations to Bellot Ensemble on the release of their debut album CUPID'S GROUND BASS, now available in full on First Hand Records and your favourite streaming platform 🙌
Learn more 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/cupids-ground-bass
⭐ Supported by a Continuo Foundation grant
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💿 OUT TODAY!
Congratulations to Bellot Ensemble on the release of their debut album CUPID'S GROUND BASS, now available in full on First Hand Records and your favourite streaming platform 🙌
Learn more 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/cupids-ground-bass
⭐ Supported by a Continuo Foundation grant
Congratulations to Bellot Ensemble on the release of their debut album CUPID'S GROUND BASS, now available in full on First Hand Records and your favourite streaming platform 🙌
Learn more 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/cupids-ground-bass
⭐ Supported by a Continuo Foundation grant
Hear the rarely performed comic opera after Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, FALSTAFF! And don't forget there's homemade foccacia 😋
📅 29-30 November
📌 Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
ℹ️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/baroquestock
⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
📅 29-30 November
📌 Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
ℹ️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/baroquestock
⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hear the rarely performed comic opera after Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, FALSTAFF! And don't forget there's homemade foccacia 😋
📅 29-30 November
📌 Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
ℹ️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/baroquestock
⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
📅 29-30 November
📌 Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
ℹ️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/baroquestock
⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
GreenMatthews are modern-day balladeers, specialising in telling stories through song.
Join them for Midwinter Revels and their popular programme Gaudete! in an incredible 26 venues across England, starting Wednesday 26 November!
🎟️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/greenmatthews
Join them for Midwinter Revels and their popular programme Gaudete! in an incredible 26 venues across England, starting Wednesday 26 November!
🎟️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/greenmatthews
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
GreenMatthews are modern-day balladeers, specialising in telling stories through song.
Join them for Midwinter Revels and their popular programme Gaudete! in an incredible 26 venues across England, starting Wednesday 26 November!
🎟️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/greenmatthews
Join them for Midwinter Revels and their popular programme Gaudete! in an incredible 26 venues across England, starting Wednesday 26 November!
🎟️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/greenmatthews
Find period instrument concerts near you this weekend and get tickets on Continuo Connect ➡️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/get-tickets
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Find period instrument concerts near you this weekend and get tickets on Continuo Connect ➡️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/get-tickets
NEWS | Two newly attributed organ works added to Bach Catalogue
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November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NEWS | Two newly attributed organ works added to Bach Catalogue
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We loved working on this project ❤️ featuring Rachel Harris Tatty Theo & Carolyn Gibley. This music has been close to our hearts for many years & recording it for @firsthandrecords.bsky.social with the CD produced, edited, mastered by Robin Bigwood brought light & colour into a dark, cold February 😍
NEWS | The Brook Street Band releases album of 18th century’s ‘best-kept secrets’
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-band-release-album-of-18th-centurys-best-kept-secrets
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News | Brook Street Band release album of 18th century's 'best-kept secrets' | Continuo Connect
Your guide to early music: concerts, festivals, articles, interviews, and artist profiles. Discover renaissance, baroque, classical and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We loved working on this project ❤️ featuring Rachel Harris Tatty Theo & Carolyn Gibley. This music has been close to our hearts for many years & recording it for @firsthandrecords.bsky.social with the CD produced, edited, mastered by Robin Bigwood brought light & colour into a dark, cold February 😍
NEWS | The Brook Street Band releases album of 18th century’s ‘best-kept secrets’
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-band-release-album-of-18th-centurys-best-kept-secrets
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-band-release-album-of-18th-centurys-best-kept-secrets
News | Brook Street Band release album of 18th century's 'best-kept secrets' | Continuo Connect
Your guide to early music: concerts, festivals, articles, interviews, and artist profiles. Discover renaissance, baroque, classical and more.
go.continuoconnect.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEWS | The Brook Street Band releases album of 18th century’s ‘best-kept secrets’
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-band-release-album-of-18th-centurys-best-kept-secrets
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-band-release-album-of-18th-centurys-best-kept-secrets
Our latest playlist accompanies this week's feature on the new book from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social , taking you through depictions of spring, summer, autumn and winter, with music from Vivaldi’s famous set of concerti, along with works by other composers 🎻
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November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our latest playlist accompanies this week's feature on the new book from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social , taking you through depictions of spring, summer, autumn and winter, with music from Vivaldi’s famous set of concerti, along with works by other composers 🎻
🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-the...
🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-the...
Calling on friends and contacts from her varied and influential career in music, @hannahcfrench.bsky.social uncovers the storms, struggles and humanity beneath Vivaldi’s best-loved work in her new book 'The Rolling Year' 📖
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November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Calling on friends and contacts from her varied and influential career in music, @hannahcfrench.bsky.social uncovers the storms, struggles and humanity beneath Vivaldi’s best-loved work in her new book 'The Rolling Year' 📖
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
A HUGE shout-out 📢 to former Continuo grantees @themozartists.bsky.social for winning the Recording (Solo Recital) category at Thursday's International Opera Awards 🎉
Read more 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna...
Read more 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna...
News | Early Music proves a winner at 2025 International Opera Awards | Continuo Connect
Your guide to early music: concerts, festivals, articles, interviews, and artist profiles. Discover renaissance, baroque, classical and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A HUGE shout-out 📢 to former Continuo grantees @themozartists.bsky.social for winning the Recording (Solo Recital) category at Thursday's International Opera Awards 🎉
Read more 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna...
Read more 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna...
In Conversation: JOSEPH LOWE 🎻
British-Spanish Baroque violinist and violist Joseph Lowe is widely recognised for his innovative approach to chamber music and his dynamic presence on both modern and period instruments.
Full interview 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat...
British-Spanish Baroque violinist and violist Joseph Lowe is widely recognised for his innovative approach to chamber music and his dynamic presence on both modern and period instruments.
Full interview 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat...
Spotlight | In conversation: Joseph Lowe | Continuo Connect
Continuo catches up with violinist and violist Joseph Lowe to talk about his journey into Early Music and his recent video recording with the Lowe Ensemble.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In Conversation: JOSEPH LOWE 🎻
British-Spanish Baroque violinist and violist Joseph Lowe is widely recognised for his innovative approach to chamber music and his dynamic presence on both modern and period instruments.
Full interview 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat...
British-Spanish Baroque violinist and violist Joseph Lowe is widely recognised for his innovative approach to chamber music and his dynamic presence on both modern and period instruments.
Full interview 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat...
NEWS | Early Music proves a winner at 2025 International Opera Awards
Congratulations @themozartists.bsky.social!
go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna....
Congratulations @themozartists.bsky.social!
go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna....
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November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
NEWS | Early Music proves a winner at 2025 International Opera Awards
Congratulations @themozartists.bsky.social!
go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna....
Congratulations @themozartists.bsky.social!
go.continuoconnect.com/2025-interna....
Experience live music at its finest in the UK this weekend, with concerts across England & Scotland - including @lifemofficial, one of the biggest annual events on the Early Music calendar 🎵
Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Experience live music at its finest in the UK this weekend, with concerts across England & Scotland - including @lifemofficial, one of the biggest annual events on the Early Music calendar 🎵
Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
October in Baroque & Early Music is all about the festivals!
Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇
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Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇
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November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
October in Baroque & Early Music is all about the festivals!
Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇
🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/post/october...
Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇
🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/post/october...
See my many coloured fields 🍂
Mark the changing seasons in sound with our latest commute playlist, Music for Autumn – featuring a stunning recording of Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni from Continuo Patron @rachpodger.bsky.social ❤️
Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-au...
Mark the changing seasons in sound with our latest commute playlist, Music for Autumn – featuring a stunning recording of Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni from Continuo Patron @rachpodger.bsky.social ❤️
Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-au...
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
See my many coloured fields 🍂
Mark the changing seasons in sound with our latest commute playlist, Music for Autumn – featuring a stunning recording of Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni from Continuo Patron @rachpodger.bsky.social ❤️
Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-au...
Mark the changing seasons in sound with our latest commute playlist, Music for Autumn – featuring a stunning recording of Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni from Continuo Patron @rachpodger.bsky.social ❤️
Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-au...
Falstaff, friends and homemade focaccia 🥖
Nicola Barbagli of Istante Collective reflects on a decade of Baroquestock, North London's 'feastival' of historical performance.
Full article (5 min read) 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/nicola-barba...
Nicola Barbagli of Istante Collective reflects on a decade of Baroquestock, North London's 'feastival' of historical performance.
Full article (5 min read) 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/nicola-barba...
Feature | Falstaff, friends and home-made focaccia | Continuo Connect
Continuo’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy meets Nicola Barbagli of the Istante Collective to talk about Salieri, Lebrun, and ten years of Baroquestock.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Falstaff, friends and homemade focaccia 🥖
Nicola Barbagli of Istante Collective reflects on a decade of Baroquestock, North London's 'feastival' of historical performance.
Full article (5 min read) 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/nicola-barba...
Nicola Barbagli of Istante Collective reflects on a decade of Baroquestock, North London's 'feastival' of historical performance.
Full article (5 min read) 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/nicola-barba...
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Rising from the ashes with Fiori Musicali 🐦🔥
Ahead of the first modern-day performance of Colombani's ‘Il martirio di Santa Cecilia’, Dr Penelope Rapson writes about St Cecilia's path to becoming the patron saint of music.
Full article (10 min read) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-st...
Ahead of the first modern-day performance of Colombani's ‘Il martirio di Santa Cecilia’, Dr Penelope Rapson writes about St Cecilia's path to becoming the patron saint of music.
Full article (10 min read) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-st...
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rising from the ashes with Fiori Musicali 🐦🔥
Ahead of the first modern-day performance of Colombani's ‘Il martirio di Santa Cecilia’, Dr Penelope Rapson writes about St Cecilia's path to becoming the patron saint of music.
Full article (10 min read) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-st...
Ahead of the first modern-day performance of Colombani's ‘Il martirio di Santa Cecilia’, Dr Penelope Rapson writes about St Cecilia's path to becoming the patron saint of music.
Full article (10 min read) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-st...
The @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social London Festival of Baroque Music continues tonight (7 Nov) with a Continuo-funded performance by @spiritato.bsky.social (19:00), followed by the UK debut of Versailles-based Ensemble Marguerite Louise (also 8+9 Nov)!
🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social London Festival of Baroque Music continues tonight (7 Nov) with a Continuo-funded performance by @spiritato.bsky.social (19:00), followed by the UK debut of Versailles-based Ensemble Marguerite Louise (also 8+9 Nov)!
🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
A huge THANK YOU this #trusteesweek to our seven dedicated trustees and our expert advisory panel members for giving their time pro bono to make Continuo's impact possible.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A huge THANK YOU this #trusteesweek to our seven dedicated trustees and our expert advisory panel members for giving their time pro bono to make Continuo's impact possible.
🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/who-we-are
🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/who-we-are
Congratulations to Continuo Dr Hannah French on the release of her new book!
🔖 Out now on @faberbooks.bsky.social
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🔖 Out now on @faberbooks.bsky.social
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Book | The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi | Continuo Connect
On the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Dr Hannah French embraces the art of listening seasonally in her exploration of this classic work.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Congratulations to Continuo Dr Hannah French on the release of her new book!
🔖 Out now on @faberbooks.bsky.social
🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/hannah-frenc...
🔖 Out now on @faberbooks.bsky.social
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NEWS | London Handel Festival announces 2026 season of ‘Heavenly Harmony’
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News | London Handel Festival announces 2026 season of ‘Heavenly Harmony’ | Continuo Connect
Your guide to early music: concerts, festivals, articles, interviews, and artist profiles. Discover renaissance, baroque, classical and more.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS | London Handel Festival announces 2026 season of ‘Heavenly Harmony’
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Read all about our 2025-26 season, as Principal Oboe Leo Duarte reveals to @continuoconnect.bsky.social the musical superstars that will feature in our concerts over the next year!
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Feature | 18th-century Superstars | Continuo Connect
Leo Duarte shares insights into the Academy of Ancient Music’s 2025/26 season, with programming that shines a spotlight on musical superstars.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Read all about our 2025-26 season, as Principal Oboe Leo Duarte reveals to @continuoconnect.bsky.social the musical superstars that will feature in our concerts over the next year!
www.continuoconnect.com/features/aca...
www.continuoconnect.com/features/aca...
🎆 Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, but if explosions in the sky aren't your thing, how about some musical fireworks instead?
We love this clever (and slightly silly) animation from Classics Explained, all about Handel's time in London 🎶
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We love this clever (and slightly silly) animation from Classics Explained, all about Handel's time in London 🎶
🔗 youtu.be/acWBHGNon6Q?...
#handel brought the heat to London Ep 27 Water Music & Royal Fireworks by George Frideric Handel
YouTube video by Classics Explained
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎆 Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, but if explosions in the sky aren't your thing, how about some musical fireworks instead?
We love this clever (and slightly silly) animation from Classics Explained, all about Handel's time in London 🎶
🔗 youtu.be/acWBHGNon6Q?...
We love this clever (and slightly silly) animation from Classics Explained, all about Handel's time in London 🎶
🔗 youtu.be/acWBHGNon6Q?...