Features
Explore the fascinating world of early music through artist spotlight interviews, venue guides, films, playlists, and insightful essays.
Highlights
Peralada Easter Festival - A Report from a Catalan Stronghold
Continuo Connect’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy shares his impressions from a recent visit to the Festival Castell de Peralada in Catalunya.
Generations inspired... The choral brilliance of David Hill
Continuo Connect meets conductor and organist, David Hill, to hear about his extraordinarily varied and successful career.
Articles
Jordi Savall: The Age of Discovery
'If there’s one living being who embodies the spirit of Early Music in our time, it’s Jordi Savall.' Ash Khandekar interviews this extraordinary musician.
Unearthed Elegance: The Violin Sonatas of Denis Delair
Marguerite Wassermann shares insights into the world premiere recording of a set of Violin Sonatas by the obscure French composer, Denis Delair.
Spotlight
In Conversation: Apolline Khou
Continuo Connect meets harpsichordist and pianist Apolline Khou, a member of Continuo grantee ensembles Serpentine Trio and Azure Ensemble.
Neil T. Smith: Hidden Polyphony
Ahead of its world premiere in Edinburgh, composer Neil Tòmas Smith talked to Continuo Connect about his new work, 'Hidden Polyphony'.
In conversation: Tatty Theo
Continuo Connect meets Baroque cellist Tatty Theo, founder of the Brook Street Band and the Love:Handel festival.
Watch & Listen
Bartolomeo Cristofori
This playlist explores early works for the fortepiano, in celebration of the 370th anniversary of the birth of Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano.
Maurice Greene: Jephtha
Christian Curnyn directs the Early Opera Company Orchestra & Chorus in a premiere recording of Maurice Greene's masterpiece, 'Jephtha.'
Jordi Savall: Playlist
This playlist explores the wealth of recordings by Jordi Savall to accompany Ash Khandekar's interview with the extraordinary musician.
Handel In Rome
Handel in Rome features Nardus Williams & Dunedin Consort performing three Italian cantatas, showcasing Handel’s early Roman period under John Butt's direction.
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.
Barnstorming!
Barnstorming! was born out of the desire to reconnect with colleagues and audiences during the COVID pandemic. Three concert films were created.