Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Inside the first performances of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’
‘The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi’ by Dr Hannah French is a fascinating deep dive into the stories, perceptions and humanity behind ‘The Four Seasons’. Following its launch in 2025, we share an exclusive excerpt from the book.
The Salt Road
In 1705, the 20-year-old Bach walked 270 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck to sit at the feet of his hero Dieterich Buxtehude – one of music history’s great pilgrimages.
Articles
Attila the Stockbroker: Early Music’s punk radical
Attila the Stockbroker (John Baine) has spent nearly 50 years as a punk poet, and this August marks his fifth consecutive year bringing his ‘Early Music Show’ to St Cecilia’s Hall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Purcell: ‘I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly in vain’ from The Indian Queen
If you want a story of dysfunctional West End music theatre, a good place to start is the 1694/95 revival of 'The Indian Queen' by John Dryden and his brother-in-law Robert Howard, a Treasury official.
Spotlight
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.
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: Daniel Thomson
Continuo Connect meets Australian tenor, Daniel Thomson - a member of ensembles Rune and Dowland's Foundry.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: Early Music Fusion
Explore the fusion of Early Music with jazz, pop and rock music. Listen to Sting’s Dowland, Jacques Loussier’s jazz-inspired Bach, L’Arpeggiata’s take on music by Purcell and Handel, and Attila the Stockbroker’s fusion of punk rock and Renaissance music.
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'.
Dieterich Buxtehude: A Playlist
A playlist that explores the oeuvre of the Danish master organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude, whose style greatly influenced the next generation of composers, including JS Bach and Handel.
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.