Features
Explore the world of Early & Baroque Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Adrian Butterfield: Leader of the dance
Continuo caught up with the London Handel Player’s founder Adrian Butterfield, who charts his journey into Baroque violin-playing.
Claire Horáček: Reviving Renaissance Sound
Continuo Connect catches up with viol player Claire Horáček of the Linarol Consort to discuss her route into Early Music, and Linarol’s upcoming recording.
Articles
Nick Pritchard’s Summer Concert Picks
Leading Baroque tenor Nick Pritchard shares his choice of forthcoming Early Music events listed on Continuo Connect.
Cleverly programmed: Bridgnorth’s Haydn moment
Simon Mundy reviews this year's edition of the English Haydn Festival in the beautiful setting of Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
Spotlight
In conversation: Henrik Persson
Continuo Connect meets baroque cellist and viol player, Henrik Persson, a founding member of Newe Vialles.
In conversation: Tatty Theo
Continuo Connect meets Baroque cellist Tatty Theo, founder of the Brook Street Band and the Love:Handel festival.
In conversation: Jacob Garside
Continuo Connect meets cellist Jacob Garside: founder of the Players of the Hampstead Collective and member of Saraband.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: Baroque Opera
A playlist that brings together standout arias & orchestral moments from the operas being staged at UK summer opera festivals, plus Continuo-supported albums.
Biber: Violin Sonatas – 1681
Bojan Čičić records Heinrich Biber’s collection of sonatas from 1681 - comprising some of the most ambitious and inventive violin works of the 17th century.
Playlist: The 'Exotic' Baroque
Inspired by The Grange Festival’s upcoming production of Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, our latest playlist explores 'exoticism' in Baroque & Classical periods.
Crossing Borders
La Serenissima return with an album of works by Telemann, Sieber, Durante, and Brescianello – their 11th with Signum Records.
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.