Features
Explore the fascinating world of early music through artist spotlight interviews, venue guides, films, playlists, and insightful essays.
Highlights
Fated for the rise: The powerful voice of Helen Charlston
Continuo Connect meets award-winning mezzo soprano, Helen Charlston, ahead of the release of her latest album with Sounds Baroque, 'If Fates Allow'.
In Chains of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem
Bill Hunt of Fretwork, Artistic Director of The Orlando Gibbons Project, introduces the third and final volume of the 'In Chains of Gold' album trilogy.
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.
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.
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
David Hill: Playlist
David Hill's top early music choices, alongside tracks from his own recordings, to celebrate the conductor's birthday.
Maurice Greene: Jephtha
Christian Curnyn directs the Early Opera Company Orchestra & Chorus in a premiere recording of Maurice Greene's masterpiece, 'Jephtha.'
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.
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.