Your ultimate guide to Baroque & Early Music

Live concerts across the UK, plus festivals, artist profiles, news, features, playlists and more.

The infinite variety of Handel's Messiah

Exploring Handel's most revered and adaptable masterpiece, widely performed across the UK each Christmas.

Bellot Ensemble reveals debut album

Cupid's Ground Bass centres around 17th-century Italian music and the many faces of love.

Featured Playlist: The Seasons

A specially curated selection to accompany our feature on Dr Hannah French's new book, The Rolling Year: Listening to The Seasons with Vivaldi.

What's On

Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.

An English Chest of Six – Consorts for six viols

Phantasm

Sat, 27 December 2025
Wigmore Hall, London
7:30pm
£18 - £40
Early Music at Wigmore Hall

The English Concert

Wed, 31 December 2025
Wigmore Hall, London
7:00pm
£18 - £60
Early Music at Wigmore Hall

Spinacino Consort | Siglo de Oro

Sat, 3 January 2026
All Saints Weston, Esher
7:00pm
£5 - £18, Free u18s

Oxford Bach Soloists

Sat, 3 January 2026
University Church of St Mary The Virgin, Oxford
7:30pm
From £12 (£6 for students, FREE for under-18s)

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.