What's On
Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.
Sun, 25 January 2026
St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry
2:30pm
£10.80, Free with GoCV+ card
Music for Midwinter
Festivals and Concert Series
Established and emerging artists are presenting inspiring programmes in festivals and concert series across the UK.
London Handel Festival
The 2026 Festival, ‘From Heavenly Harmony’, is a five-week celebration of Handel’s music, enriching lives through his compositions. The programme channels heavenly harmony, revealing his gift for touching every human emotion with each performance.
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF) is a community event, based in Stoke Newington, London. It brings the finest early music performers to this historic area of London.
Early Music News
Handpicked news stories from the world of Baroque & Early Music.
Early Music titan Jordi Savall Wins 2026 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Early Music's global pioneer will receive one of classical music’s highest lifetime honours, considered the 'Nobel Prize' of the music world.
Continuo Foundation opens its 11th round of funding for Early Music projects
A total of £100,000 is available to support Early Music projects across the UK, plus an additional £6,000 grant in partnership with The Purcell Society.
Features
Discover the fascinating world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, festival reviews, playlists, album features, and expert insights.
Beethoven revisited
Violinist Jacqueline Ross reflects on her evolving relationship with the composer’s violin sonatas, and her research-led project, ‘Beethoven Revisited’.
Playlist: Mozart’s Travels
In celebration of Mozart's 270th birthday on 27th January, we trace his travels across Europe throughout his life.
Bellot Ensemble | Strozzi: Amor dormiglione
Barbara Strozzi’s ‘Amor dormiglione’ is one of her most beguiling and subtly witty arias, a gently teasing address to Cupid himself.
The Faerie Round: Music from the time of Elizabeth I
PIVA – The Renaissance Collective’s third album features dance and ballad music from late Elizabethan England.
Sisters of polyphony
Laurie Stras uncovers the stories behind the extraordinary Biffoli–Sostegni manuscript, and traces the lives of the nuns who sang from it.
Nardus Williams & Elizabeth Kenny: The Four Humours | Wigmore Hall
The celebrated duo dive headlong into the world of the Four Humours, physical properties believed to govern human behaviour from ancient times until the 1850s.