Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Vache Baroque summer magic
Jonathan Darbourne, co-founder and Artistic Director of Vache Baroque, talks to Continuo's Simon Mundy as the company returns to Buxton with Francesca Caccini's 'La liberazione di Ruggiero', the first opera known to have been composed by a woman.
Fiddlers Three – from concept to recording
Martin Perkins, co-director of the Musical & Amicable Society, traces the development of the ensemble’s latest recording, ‘Fiddlers Three’, exploring the research, repertoire and performance decisions behind the project, supported by Continuo Foundation.
Articles
Ed Lyon returns to Monteverdi
Simon Mundy speaks to Ed Lyon, who stars in 'Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria' (‘The Return of Ulysses to His Country’) at Garsington Opera this summer.
Handel: ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from Rinaldo
Almirena’s aria from Handel's Rinaldo, ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’, has become one of Handel’s best-loved opera extracts in the repertoire of every fine mezzo-soprano and countertenor.
Spotlight
In Conversation: Daniel Thomson
Continuo Connect meets Australian tenor, Daniel Thomson - a member of ensembles Rune and Dowland's Foundry.
In Conversation: Miriam Monaghan
Continuo Connect catches up with Miriam Monaghan, recorder player and member of Palisander recorder quartet, to discuss her career, musical tastes and more.
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.
Watch & Listen
Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations | Les Goûts Réunis
Performed by Jordi Savall and his celebrated orchestra, Le Concert des Nations, this concert, entitled Les Goûts Réunis (The Reunited Styles), takes you on a musical journey through France, England, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain.
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'.
Playlist: Curated by Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny is one of Europe’s leading lutenists. Her playing has been described as ‘incandescent’, ‘radical’ and ‘indecently beautiful’. To accompany our feature interview with Kenny, she has curated a playlist specially for Continuo Connect.
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.
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.