Concerts

Consort of 1’s Lizzie Gutteridge brings more of her live-looped early music to the Colchester Early Music series with a programme featuring some of the most fascinating and complex music of the 14th century, with compositional techniques we commonly associate … Read More

A concert to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Carl Dolmetsch’s first Wigmore Hall concert will be held at St. George’s Church, Birmingham.  The concert features a variety of pieces that were commissioned by Carl Dolmetsch, including pieces for recorder and … Read More

Another kaleidoscopic journey; this time starting in late 17th century Italy through to 18th century Vivaldi. On the way, we encounter the very young, exciting Handel while he was in Italy and some distinctly French flavour mixing courtesy of Muffat. … Read More

Journey to the New World Inspired by Renaissance exploration and discovery, this vibrant ensemble will embark on a musical journey spanning more than 500 years, from Thomas Tallis to Vaughan Williams, performing largely from memory on recorders up to six-feet tall!

A programme to inspire thoughts of spring from deep in the winter! Tabea Debus and Olwen Foulkes are joined by theorbo player Toby Carr in a programme which takes music from Montiverdi and Purcell to Vivaldi and Handel arranged for … Read More

Medieval Europe rang in the New Year with raucous abandon, singing, drinking and dancing its way to a haggard and hungover new dawn. The church was unimpressed and resorted to increasingly desperate lengths to stamp out this unruly pagan celebration, … Read More