Luke Styles 

A New Oratorio: Telling the Story of Jephthah's Daughter

Early music's success sparks modern creativity. Luke Styles' "Jephthah's Daughter" reimagines a dark tale, blending Baroque elements with contemporary flair.

Luke Styles Answers Carissimi

Water has long been a vital and rich source of inspiration. It can symbolise purity, cleansing and transformation, as well as wealth and power. 

Ebb and Flow

Historical instruments including viol, lute, theorbo, recorder

Sounds Historical and their instruments

Banbury Early Music Festival

Sounds Historical | From left to right: Heidi Fardell, Mary Tyers, Alison Kinder & Lynda Sayce

From Hildegard to Haydn: 600 Years of Musical Evolution

Sounds Historical share the inspiration behind their performance "600 Years!," a programme featuring 38 instruments, from Hildegard von Bingen to Haydn.

Sounds Historical in Banbury

Johann Christoph Pepusch: Chandos Anthems

Cannons - front elevation 

The staircase from Cannons, Middlesex: Chandos' opulent and sadly short-lived Baroque stately home. 

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Pepusch - Christmas Day manuscript from Cannons

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen - Recording session

Early Music and the love of discovery

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen explore forgotten Baroque music, supported by Continuo Foundation, releasing CDs and performing across Europe.

The Other Chandos Anthems

Sounds Historical

Sounds Historical are a group of musicians specialising in early music.

Sounds Historical - 600 Years!

600 Years!

Florilegium

Regular performances in some of the world’s most prestigious venues have confirmed Florilegium’s status as one of Britain’s most outstanding period instrument ensembles.

Florilegium - SOUND THE TRUMPET!

Sound the Trumpet!

Stile Antico

Stile Antico is one of the world's finest vocal ensembles, renowned for vibrant and expressive performances of music from the Renaissance.

The Music Summer School and Festival

With over 30 courses each week and up to 5 talks and concerts each day, the MSSF is a joyous celebration of musical creativity.

Stile Antico - A Divine Hope

A Divine Hope

Byrd Takes Flight 

Leeds Baroque

Leeds Baroque, the city’s only period instrument orchestra, specialises in performances of music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Founded in 2000, and made up of professional, student and talented amateur performers, Leeds Baroque is directed by Prof.

Leeds Baroque - The French Connection II - The Glory of Versailles

The French Connection II - The Glory of Versailles

Proms Early Music Concerts

Early Music at the BBC Proms

The 130th Proms season promises eight weeks of diverse and captivating programmes at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and beyond. 

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Flow, My Tears – Elegies and Atonement

The Vauxhall Band

The Vauxhall Band is a collective of musicians and dancers dedicated to performing a wealth of original and unique 18th and 19th century repertoire on period instruments.

The Vauxhall Band - The Eighteenth-Century London Flautist

The Eighteenth-Century London Flautist

Fiori Musicali

Founded in 1983 by director Dr Penelope Rapson, Fiori are one of the principal providers of professional classical and early music concerts outside London.

Fiori Musicali - Castle Ashby Concert

Bach & Tartini

Musica Antica Rotherhithe

Musica Antica Rotherhithe is a mixed ensemble of young and seasoned professional instrumentalists and singers specialising in historical performance.

Continuo Connect — Continuo Connect

Luke Styles Answers Carissimi

What's On

600 Years!

Sounds Historical

Sound the Trumpet!

Florilegium

A Divine Hope

Stile Antico

Byrd Takes Flight

Corvus Consort

The French Connection II - The Glory of Versailles

Leeds Baroque

Flow, My Tears – Elegies and Atonement

Ruby Hughes

Byrd Takes Flight

Corvus Consort

The Eighteenth-Century London Flautist

The Vauxhall Band

Bach & Tartini

Fiori Musicali

Twilight Baroque

Musica Antica Rotherhithe

Features

Ebb and Flow

Sounds Historical in Banbury

The Other Chandos Anthems

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