Features
Discover the fascinating world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, festival reviews, playlists, album features, and expert insights.
Hearing ‘The Four Seasons’ anew
Continuo’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy catches up with broadcaster and musicologist, Dr Hannah French, about her book on Vivaldi and ‘The Four Seasons’.
Playlist: The Seasons
Journey through musical depictions of the four seasons, from Vivaldi’s best-loved concertos to other seasonal works by Purcell, Guido, Simpson, Haydn and more.
Falstaff, friends and home-made focaccia
Continuo’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy meets Nicola Barbagli of the Istante Collective to talk about Salieri, Lebrun, and ten years of Baroquestock.
In conversation: Joseph Lowe
Continuo catches up with violinist and violist Joseph Lowe to talk about his journey into Early Music and his recent video recording with the Lowe Ensemble.
Gluck Arias – Ann Hallenberg with The Mozartists/Ian Page
Ian Page and The Mozartists’ latest recording for Signum Classics features a programme of Gluck arias sung by celebrated Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg.
Rising from the ashes: Music for St Cecilia
For their 2025/26 season, Fiori Musicali are putting together a series of three concerts all tied together under the wings of the phoenix.
News
Handpicked news stories from the world of Baroque & Early Music.
Early Music proves a winner at 2025 International Opera Awards
Baroque ensembles, opera productions and solo artists come to the fore in a glittering ceremony at Greek National Opera, Athens
London Handel Festival announces 2026 season of ‘Heavenly Harmony’
Five weeks of performances across London feature the Gabrieli Consort’s Festival debut and a new Tamerlano from the Handel Opera Studio.
Festivals
Established and emerging artists are presenting inspiring programmes in festivals and concert series across the UK.
York Early Music Christmas Festival
The Festival was created in 1997 to introduce audiences to the immense wealth of music associated with Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, from the Medieval to the Baroque, intertwined with the sagas, stories and tales of the north.
The Georgian Concert Society
The GCS promotes a series of six historically informed performances of the highest standard on period instruments each year in Edinburgh.
Colchester Early Music
Mostly Medieval and Renaissance concerts on Sunday afternoons at St Andrew's Church in Marks Tey, showcasing small groups.
What's On
Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.
Sat, 22 November 2025
St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
4:30pm
£25 (conc. available)
The Georgian Concert Society
