Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
The North Star
Ahead of the Dowland 400 Festival in Norwich, the eminent lutenist Nigel North talks about Dowland's travels, the composer's complicated relationship with the Jacobean court, and why melancholy is only half the story.
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
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.
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
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.
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'.
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.
Lea Desandre, Thomas Dunford & Jupiter Ensemble: ‘Handel’ at Wigmore Hall
Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble and French-Italian soprano Lea Desandre step into the thick of Handel’s oratorios and other works for London to embrace some of the composer’s most expressive arias.
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.