Musica Secreta
@musicasecreta.bsky.social
Early music group for the discovery and performance of music by and for women. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/musicasecreta Support: http://musicasecreta.org/support-us 💐 Listen: http://spoti.fi/3NHluOe
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This. We are many. The fact we are many does not suit the status quo/capitalism.
So they try and erase us and force us to suffer.
So they try and erase us and force us to suffer.
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This. We are many. The fact we are many does not suit the status quo/capitalism.
So they try and erase us and force us to suffer.
So they try and erase us and force us to suffer.
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TODAY!!
This Friday is #bandcampfriday, and there are heaps of brilliant Baroque & Early Music albums available on this revolutionary platform – including some records supported by a Continuo Grant ⭐
Why not have a browse and discover something new... on the day your support goes even further 🙏
Bandcamp
Why not have a browse and discover something new... on the day your support goes even further 🙏
Bandcamp
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
TODAY!!
Look at this beauty.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Look at this beauty.
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Now live on my Bandcamp page!
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Complaint ('Research Mix'), by Kate Arnold
track by Kate Arnold
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Now live on my Bandcamp page!
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
It's #BandcampFriday and if you haven't yet got that special present for someone, take Gramophone reviewer Ed Breen's advice and snag one of our last few limited-edition double CDs with beautiful artwork and copious liner notes. musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
Ricordanze: a record of love, by Musica Secreta
31 track album
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's #BandcampFriday and if you haven't yet got that special present for someone, take Gramophone reviewer Ed Breen's advice and snag one of our last few limited-edition double CDs with beautiful artwork and copious liner notes. musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
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CD Besprechung: Musik aus einem Frauenkloster des 16. Jahrhunderts - Musica Secreta/Laurie Stras critica-musica.blogspot.com/2025/11/musi...
Musik aus einem Frauenkloster des 16. Jahrhunderts - Musica Secreta
Alte Musik
critica-musica.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
CD Besprechung: Musik aus einem Frauenkloster des 16. Jahrhunderts - Musica Secreta/Laurie Stras critica-musica.blogspot.com/2025/11/musi...
You’ve heard the album , can you wait for the book? We can’t!
Ok, so the Element is still not available, but it *is* nice to see the video abstract online. Maybe, just maybe, the essay will make an appearance in 2025? Place your bets... vimeo.com/1121777240
Elements in Women in Music: Music at a Florentine Convent
The Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript, MS 27766 of the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, is the only volume of sixteenth-century polyphony with…
vimeo.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You’ve heard the album , can you wait for the book? We can’t!
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Ok, so the Element is still not available, but it *is* nice to see the video abstract online. Maybe, just maybe, the essay will make an appearance in 2025? Place your bets... vimeo.com/1121777240
Elements in Women in Music: Music at a Florentine Convent
The Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript, MS 27766 of the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, is the only volume of sixteenth-century polyphony with…
vimeo.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Ok, so the Element is still not available, but it *is* nice to see the video abstract online. Maybe, just maybe, the essay will make an appearance in 2025? Place your bets... vimeo.com/1121777240
We are so proud of this recording. And here’s another lovely review, this time by @earlymusicamerica.bsky.social www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
Musica Secreta's Record of Love » Early Music America
On the hills outside Florence sits the convent of San Matteo in Arcetri, where nuns once supported themselves by spinning wool and making wine. But the heart of their lives was musical prayer. A bit o...
www.earlymusicamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We are so proud of this recording. And here’s another lovely review, this time by @earlymusicamerica.bsky.social www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
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On my way to @musicasecreta.bsky.social’s concert at Brighton Early Music Festival - first time travelling from Forest Hill. I have a black eye, a dodgy knee, and 500 unanswered emails thanks to moving house on Wednesday, but this evening Will Be Lush. #GirlsGotPolyphony
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On my way to @musicasecreta.bsky.social’s concert at Brighton Early Music Festival - first time travelling from Forest Hill. I have a black eye, a dodgy knee, and 500 unanswered emails thanks to moving house on Wednesday, but this evening Will Be Lush. #GirlsGotPolyphony
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You have until the end of today to nominate us for this special draw. We'd be so grateful if you could. And once you've done that, you could nominate us for the £1000 draw. It's simple and super quick and it doesn't matter where you are in the world. 😍 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000. You can nominate your favourite too.
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000..
culture.movementforgood.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You have until the end of today to nominate us for this special draw. We'd be so grateful if you could. And once you've done that, you could nominate us for the £1000 draw. It's simple and super quick and it doesn't matter where you are in the world. 😍 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
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Please would you do this for @musicasecreta.bsky.social ? We want to continue to make music that makes hearts soar, not sore. We only have one concert this year - TONIGHT at Brighton Early Music Festival - and we want to so much more. x
You have until the end of today to nominate us for this special draw. We'd be so grateful if you could. And once you've done that, you could nominate us for the £1000 draw. It's simple and super quick and it doesn't matter where you are in the world. 😍 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000. You can nominate your favourite too.
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000..
culture.movementforgood.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Please would you do this for @musicasecreta.bsky.social ? We want to continue to make music that makes hearts soar, not sore. We only have one concert this year - TONIGHT at Brighton Early Music Festival - and we want to so much more. x
You have until the end of today to nominate us for this special draw. We'd be so grateful if you could. And once you've done that, you could nominate us for the £1000 draw. It's simple and super quick and it doesn't matter where you are in the world. 😍 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000. You can nominate your favourite too.
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000..
culture.movementforgood.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You have until the end of today to nominate us for this special draw. We'd be so grateful if you could. And once you've done that, you could nominate us for the £1000 draw. It's simple and super quick and it doesn't matter where you are in the world. 😍 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
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Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#nuntastic
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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We have never been lucky in this draw before, but maybe this time?? It's so easy to nominate us, and you don't even have to be in the UK (pretty sure about that...)
Go on. You know you want to!
Go on. You know you want to!
If you have been enjoying Musica Secreta on the radio this week, why not nominate us for a £5000 draw? We'd be so grateful. It takes seconds, you don't need to be in the UK, and we could really use the money to do more great things. 🥰 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000. You can nominate your favourite too.
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000..
culture.movementforgood.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We have never been lucky in this draw before, but maybe this time?? It's so easy to nominate us, and you don't even have to be in the UK (pretty sure about that...)
Go on. You know you want to!
Go on. You know you want to!
If you have been enjoying Musica Secreta on the radio this week, why not nominate us for a £5000 draw? We'd be so grateful. It takes seconds, you don't need to be in the UK, and we could really use the money to do more great things. 🥰 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000. You can nominate your favourite too.
I just nominated a charity to win £5,000..
culture.movementforgood.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you have been enjoying Musica Secreta on the radio this week, why not nominate us for a £5000 draw? We'd be so grateful. It takes seconds, you don't need to be in the UK, and we could really use the money to do more great things. 🥰 culture.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
We're delighted that Georgia Mann chose the Magnificat for her #Radio3 Essential Classics Album of the Week segment yesterday. It's "holy/holey" in all senses (Laurie had to reconstruct a lot of missing notes), and it was lovely to hear so much chant! Can't wait to hear what she will feature today.
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We're delighted that Georgia Mann chose the Magnificat for her #Radio3 Essential Classics Album of the Week segment yesterday. It's "holy/holey" in all senses (Laurie had to reconstruct a lot of missing notes), and it was lovely to hear so much chant! Can't wait to hear what she will feature today.
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Georgia Mann on #BBCradio3 has @musicasecreta.bsky.social new album as Album of the Week. Yesterday she quoted from the @lauriestras.bsky.social article about the source www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl...
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Georgia Mann on #BBCradio3 has @musicasecreta.bsky.social new album as Album of the Week. Yesterday she quoted from the @lauriestras.bsky.social article about the source www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl...
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Up to London (last early am SWR?) to do Woman’s Hour. I have Deborah the Nano-Nun to give me courage. Who knew I could find new depths of performance anxiety at my age 🤣🤣🤣
(We named her Deborah because she looks like she’s flipping the bird, and it made us all laugh and remember our dear friend)
(We named her Deborah because she looks like she’s flipping the bird, and it made us all laugh and remember our dear friend)
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Up to London (last early am SWR?) to do Woman’s Hour. I have Deborah the Nano-Nun to give me courage. Who knew I could find new depths of performance anxiety at my age 🤣🤣🤣
(We named her Deborah because she looks like she’s flipping the bird, and it made us all laugh and remember our dear friend)
(We named her Deborah because she looks like she’s flipping the bird, and it made us all laugh and remember our dear friend)
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Don’t forget to listen into Essential Classics right now and every morning this week to hear a different track from Ricordanze every day! Album of the Week!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Essential Classics - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Essential Classics on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Don’t forget to listen into Essential Classics right now and every morning this week to hear a different track from Ricordanze every day! Album of the Week!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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Hey hey it's #BandcampFriday everyone and our new album is just right here, right now, celebrating women and music, and you just KNOW you want to order it today!!
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
Ricordanze: a record of love, by Musica Secreta
31 track album
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hey hey it's #BandcampFriday everyone and our new album is just right here, right now, celebrating women and music, and you just KNOW you want to order it today!!
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
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Sigh. ....Guess I'll just have to keep fighting sexism by listening to #nuntastic @musicasecreta.bsky.social on the loud setting...
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sigh. ....Guess I'll just have to keep fighting sexism by listening to #nuntastic @musicasecreta.bsky.social on the loud setting...
Hey hey it's #BandcampFriday everyone and our new album is just right here, right now, celebrating women and music, and you just KNOW you want to order it today!!
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
Ricordanze: a record of love, by Musica Secreta
31 track album
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hey hey it's #BandcampFriday everyone and our new album is just right here, right now, celebrating women and music, and you just KNOW you want to order it today!!
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...
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More of Jo Carpenter's PR sorcery - this time, securing a blog on the Gramophone website, with pictures of the #nuntastic archival stuff... www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl...
Unearthing the Musical Secrets of a Renaissance Convent
Laurie Stras on the thrill of archival discovery, the women behind the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript, and the music that inspired Ricordanze: A Record of Love
www.gramophone.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
More of Jo Carpenter's PR sorcery - this time, securing a blog on the Gramophone website, with pictures of the #nuntastic archival stuff... www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl...