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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
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 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
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
NEWS | Two newly attributed organ works added to Bach Catalogue

🔗 Link in first comment
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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...
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 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...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
October in Baroque & Early Music is all about the festivals!

Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇

🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/post/october...
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 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...
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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...
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 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
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 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
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
FIND AN EARLY MUSIC CONCERT THIS WEEKEND 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When Emperor Nero falls obsessively in love with the ambitious Poppea, their toxic romance becomes Rome’s ultimate power play 💘

HGOpera perform Monteverdi's dramatic final opera L'incoronazione di Poppea at Jackson's Lane from 7-16 Nov.

🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/HGOAntiqua
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Remember, remember...

It's very nearly Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK, so if you're after some top-notch Baroque & Early Music to go along with your gunpowder, treason and plot, look no further than our latest commute playlist!

Listen now 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/fireworks-playlist
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
18th-century superstars AAM present a season of genius and discovery 🎻

Read about their exciting 2025/26 season blending tradition and innovation in our latest Feature, penned by Principal Oboe Leo Duarte 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/academy-of-ancient-music-18th-century-superstars
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A Saturday Shout-out 📢 to Lowe Ensemble, who explore Spanish culture and language in their upcoming programme Echoes of the Spanish Baroque in Norwich (8 Nov), London (17 Nov), Birmingham (6 Dec) and York (12 Dec) 📌

🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/lowe-ensemble
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Earlier this year, Sarah Small took on the challenge of a lifetime – cycling with her viola da gamba to 31 venues the length and breadth of Britain, stimulating discussion about climate change along the way.

But what's next?

🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/sarah-small-tuning-into-climate-change
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join Continuo Foundation grantees Liturina in venues across the north of England for their latest tour, Hidden in Plain Sight: Chorale Preludes from Bach to Böhm 🎶

📆 5-9 Nov 2025
📌 Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Bradford
🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/hidden-in-plain-sight
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
★★★★ “Daring and vivid psychodrama” - The Guardian​

Starting this weekend in #manchester! A collaboration project between The Telling and The Mancunium Consort ​by award-winning writer Clare Norburn 🎭

Full info 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/the-telling-breaking-the-rules-2025
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
LIVE BAROQUE & EARLY MUSIC NEAR YOU THIS WEEKEND 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Conductor Gaétan Jarry and Les Demoiselles de Couperin revive a forgotten world of striking intimacy and grace at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Friday 7 November — re-imagining the motets once sung before the Sun King himself.

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ensemble-mar...
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🎧 PLAYLIST | The Sacred Baroque

Did you read our latest Feature about Vivanco's 'lost' Requiem? Here's a playlist that explores sacred music written during the Baroque period, from masses and motets to passions, oratorios and anthems.

Listen now 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/playlist-the-sacred-baroque
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
FEATURE | Vivanco Resurrected: The pleasure of finding 'new' old music

Musical Director of The Renaissance Singers David Allinson and Producer Stephen Rice discuss the first recording of Sebastian de Vivanco's ‘lost’ Requiem on Toccata

Read now 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/vivanco-resurrected
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM