Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Small beans, big notes: Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini
Continuo’s Simon Mundy catches up with Robert Hollingworth, founder and director of vocal ensemble, I Fagiolini, celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Playlist: I Fagiolini
A playlist featuring Robert Hollingworth and his vocal ensemble, I Fagiolini, as the group celebrates their 40th anniversary in 2026. Featuring a wide array of Early Music gems – from Benevoli to Byrd, and Tallis to Tomkins...
Articles
Murder, myth and memory: The legend of Saint Henry and Lalli
For their Welsh debut at Early Voices Festival, Ensemble Gamut! explore one of Finland’s most enduring legends: the story of St Henry and Lalli, where history, myth, and music intertwine.
Time-travel with dance
In the mid-1950’s, a group of enthusiasts began the Early, or Historical, Dance Revival in the UK. Many came from the emerging Early Music movement that was revealing the extent of European dance heritage.
Spotlight
In conversation: Kinga Ujszászi
Continuo Connect talks to violinist Kinga Ujszászi - leader of Spiritato, member of The English Concert and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and regular violinist with the Academy of Ancient Music and Dunedin Consort.
In conversation: Eva Caballero
Continuo Connect meets flautist Eva Cabellero to find out how she got into the flute what she loves most about Early Music and much more.
In Conversation: Teresa Wrann
Continuo Connect catch up with Teresa Wrann, recorder player and founding member of the ensemble Apollo's Cabinet.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: The Tallis Scholars
Continuo's latest playest explores the extensive discography built up by Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars over the last 50 years.
Epitaph for a Green Lover | Linarol Consort of Viols & Héloïse Bernard
The Linarol Consort of Viols release their album ‘Epitaph for a Green Lover’ with soprano Héloïse Bernard on the CRD label.
Fiddlers Three | Musical & Amicable Society
New from Musical & Amicable Society, directed by Martin Perkins, Fiddlers Three presents an astonishingly varied cross-section of music associated with Charles II’s ‘Private Musick.
Curiosa: Lost & Found Tunes | Jorge Jiménez
Curiosa is conceived as a personal ‘cabinet of curiosities’ by violinist Jorge Jiménez, bringing together music that entered his life through years of travel, collaboration and discovery.
Soler’s Fandango: a new arrangement by the Lowe Ensemble
The Lowe Ensemble performs Antonio Soler's Fandango in an arrangement for strings, harpsichord, baroque guitar, and percussion.
The OAE introduces...
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a series of videos introducing the interesting and unusual instruments commonly found in early music.