What's On
Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.
Mon, 24 Aug 2026
Gospel Oak Primary School, London
5:00pm
Children (free) - Adults (£5)
Goldenstone Chamber Music Series
Festivals and Concert Series
Established and emerging artists are presenting inspiring programmes in festivals and concert series across the UK.
Early Music at the BBC Proms
This year's selection of concerts performed on period instruments at 'the world's greatest classical music festival'.
Suffolk Villages Festival
Suffolk Villages Festival brings Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music for voices and period instruments to beautiful old East Anglian churches.
Lammermuir Festival
The Lammermuir Festival was born of a conviction that historic architecture and beautiful landscape together can create an ideal environment in which to experience great music-making.
Early Music News
Handpicked news stories from the world of Baroque & Early Music.
Otto Hashmi reclaims Bassano's ricercate on CD and cassette-only collaborative project
Otto Hashmi reclaims Giovanni Bassano's Renaissance works for solo recorder on eight ricercate after giovanni bassano, a CD/cassette-only release out Friday 21 August.
New medieval music festival launches in the heart of central London
The Medieval London Music Festival, a brand-new festival celebrating Medieval music in London, is set for its inaugural edition in May 2027.
Features
Discover the fascinating world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, festival reviews, playlists, album features, and expert insights.
Hugh Cutting: a countertenor in counterpoint
Countertenor Hugh Cutting talks to Continuo Connect about the physical joy of singing, Bach’s gifts to the countertenor and his determination to make music from the past speak to the present.
Margaret of Austria: Her story through music
The Linarol Consort of Viols & Héloïse Bernard’s album, ‘Epitaph for a Green Lover’, celebrates the remarkable life of Margaret of Austria, one of the 16th century’s greatest patrons of the arts.
Playlist: Birds in Early Music
A playlist that explores how birds and birdsong inspired composers from Rameau and Couperin to Handel and Haydn and beyond.
Mary-Jannet Leith on collaborating with the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
In the first of a new series of Continuo Connect podcasts, Simon Mundy talks to Mary-Jannet Leith of Ensemble Hesperi about their collaboration with the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble, and the music that once filled Scotland's country houses.
Vache Baroque summer magic
Jonathan Darbourne, co-founder and Artistic Director of Vache Baroque, talks to Continuo's Simon Mundy as the company returns to Buxton with Francesca Caccini's 'La liberazione di Ruggiero', the first opera known to have been composed by a woman.
In conversation: Bolette Roed
Continuo Connect talks to the Danish recorder player Bolette Roed about her group, the Elephant House Quartet, and Copenhagen Baroque Festival.