Ensemble Augelletti

‘The playing is wonderful, with exquisite sensitivity, a refined tone and perfect balance between the instruments.’
— Early Music Reviews, May 2022

Founded in 2019, Ensemble Augelletti are the current New Generation Baroque Ensemble in partnership with BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music, and the Royal College of Music. They are also City Music Foundation Artists from autumn 2024.

Ensemble Augelletti specialises in creating engaging programmes that tell the everyday stories of people living in the 17th and 18th centuries through baroque chamber music. They are known for compelling performances that demonstrate an ‘equal capacity for elegant pathos and rip-roaring technical dexterity' (The Arts Desk, 2024) and are often praised for ‘a profound understanding of their innovative repertoire’ (Charles Hutch Press, 2024).

Ensemble Augelletti perform regularly on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ and ‘Early Music’ Shows and in arts festivals across the UK including York, London, Brighton, Beverley Early Music festivals. They were finalists of the York International Young Artist Competition and released their debut CD recording entitled ‘The Library of a Prussian Princess’ on Barn Cottage Records in 2022. Their year-long digital project ‘Pick a Card...’ explored historical playing cards from the British Museum’s collection reaching more than 50K online viewers and is available to explore on their website. Their KS1 outreach programme ‘Augelletti’s Aviary’ in collaboration with Voces8 Foundation launched in September 2024, bringing music to year 2 children from across Hackney and Islington. Five of Augelletti’s projects, including CD recordings, concert tours, digital projects and outreach concerts, have received generous Continuo Foundation grants since 2020, and their kind support has enabled the development stage of several concert programmes.

2025 brings the ensemble a new CD recording, a residency at Beverley Early Music Festival, several BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show episodes, and performances across Europe with 8 new programmes in venues from pubs to universities, primary schools, concert halls, churches, restaurants, and gardens.

Other recent programmes include 'Mrs Philharmonica', ‘A Spring in Lockdown’, 'New Beginnings’, and 'Arcadian Wilderness'.

‘This is a group whose enthusiasm is infectious'
— Charles Hutch Press York, December 2022