Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
The Art of Scandal: Handel's Messiah
Handel’s 'Messiah' gets personal in the marital predicament of the singer-actress Susannah Cibber, explored in a new documentary, The Handel Scandal. Ashutosh Khandekar explores the way that knowing Cibber’s story can change how we experience 'Messiah'.
Freddie Waxman: FIGURE and a modern take on Gluck
Harpsichordist Freddie Waxman on founding FIGURE and reimagining Gluck’s 'Orpheus and Eurydice' as a story of grief, staged in the round at Stone Nest, London this November.
Articles
The infinite variety of Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Few works in Western music have proved as infinitely adaptable, resilient and continually renewed as George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ oratorio.
The Present State of England (1692)
There are many musicians whose PhD allows them to prefix their name with Dr. Few though have juggled the two professions of medical doctor and high quality musician and impresario as expertly at Dr Stephen Coles.
Spotlight
In conversation: Samuel Ng
Continuo Connect catches up with Samuel Ng, cellist and gamba player with the newly formed Republic of Viols and Liturina.
In conversation: Tabea Debus
Continuo Connect talks to Tabea Debus about her latest Continuo-supported project with ensemble Palisander.
In conversation: Timothy Lin
Continuo Connect catches up with Tim Lin, cellist and gamba player with the Linarol Consort of Viols, Música d'Outrora and other ensembles.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: Musical Scandals
This playlist features music by Handel, Bach, Gesualdo and more, from 16th- to 18th-century composers and performers whose lives were touched by controversy, including public affairs, imprisonment and murder.
Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations | Le concert spirituel
Jordi Savall and his orchestra Le Concert des Nations held this special 'Concert spirituel' during the 2010 Festival Musique et Histoire in Fontfroide Abbey, in Narbonne, France.
Vivaldi in Prague | The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen have released their latest album, 'Vivaldi in Prague'.
Academy of Ancient Music | Rejoice! Music of Bach, Handel & Purcell
Royal Wedding (and AAM principal) trumpeter David Blackadder joins soprano Rowan Pierce and the Academy of Ancient Music for 'Rejoice!', a spirited programme of Bach, Handel, Purcell and Corelli.
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.