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💡 A Continuo Foundation initiative

🔗 https://www.continuoconnect.com
Five Christmas treats we're excited about (a thread) 🎁🎶
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
24 of the finest Baroque & Early Music concerts in the UK this weekend 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A very happy birthday to founder and director of The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park 🥳

Look out for his exclusive interview coming soon to Continuo Connect. To be the first to know when it's live, be sure to sign up to our newsletter via our website 🔗
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Featuring stylish performances by a whole host of friends of Continuo, we're not surprised this Purcell playlist is our most popular of the year so far!

Listen now 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/purcell-playlist
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What did Jane Austen's music sound like, and what kind of piano did she play? In our latest Feature, Penelope Appleyard and David Owen Norris guide us through some of the sights and sounds of her musical legacy...

Full article (5 min read) 👉 https://ow.ly/4rpn50XvQq5
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📽️ A beautiful ‘table book’ from the 1600s with Dowland's Foundry

Watch now 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/a-beautiful-table-book-from-the-1600s
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💿 OUT TODAY!

Congratulations to Bellot Ensemble on the release of their debut album CUPID'S GROUND BASS, now available in full on First Hand Records and your favourite streaming platform 🙌

Learn more 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/cupids-ground-bass

⭐ Supported by a Continuo Foundation grant
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Hear the rarely performed comic opera after Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, FALSTAFF! And don't forget there's homemade foccacia 😋

📅 29-30 November
📌 Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
ℹ️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/baroquestock
⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
GreenMatthews are modern-day balladeers, specialising in telling stories through song.

Join them for Midwinter Revels and their popular programme Gaudete! in an incredible 26 venues across England, starting Wednesday 26 November!

🎟️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/greenmatthews
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Find period instrument concerts near you this weekend and get tickets on Continuo Connect ➡️ https://go.continuoconnect.com/get-tickets
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEWS | Two newly attributed organ works added to Bach Catalogue

🔗 Link in first comment
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our latest playlist accompanies this week's feature on the new book from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social , taking you through depictions of spring, summer, autumn and winter, with music from Vivaldi’s famous set of concerti, along with works by other composers 🎻

🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-the...
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Calling on friends and contacts from her varied and influential career in music, @hannahcfrench.bsky.social uncovers the storms, struggles and humanity beneath Vivaldi’s best-loved work in her new book 'The Rolling Year' 📖

👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Experience live music at its finest in the UK this weekend, with concerts across England & Scotland - including @lifemofficial, one of the biggest annual events on the Early Music calendar 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
October in Baroque & Early Music is all about the festivals!

Here's our latest monthly update from Continuo Foundation 👇

🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/post/october...
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
See my many coloured fields 🍂

Mark the changing seasons in sound with our latest commute playlist, Music for Autumn – featuring a stunning recording of Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni from Continuo Patron @rachpodger.bsky.social ❤️

Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-au...
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Rising from the ashes with Fiori Musicali 🐦‍🔥

Ahead of the first modern-day performance of Colombani's ‘Il martirio di Santa Cecilia’, Dr Penelope Rapson writes about St Cecilia's path to becoming the patron saint of music.

Full article (10 min read) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/music-for-st...
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social London Festival of Baroque Music continues tonight (7 Nov) with a Continuo-funded performance by @spiritato.bsky.social (19:00), followed by the UK debut of Versailles-based Ensemble Marguerite Louise (also 8+9 Nov)!

🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A huge THANK YOU this #trusteesweek to our seven dedicated trustees and our expert advisory panel members for giving their time pro bono to make Continuo's impact possible.

🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/who-we-are
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
FIND AN EARLY MUSIC CONCERT THIS WEEKEND 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When Emperor Nero falls obsessively in love with the ambitious Poppea, their toxic romance becomes Rome’s ultimate power play 💘

HGOpera perform Monteverdi's dramatic final opera L'incoronazione di Poppea at Jackson's Lane from 7-16 Nov.

🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/HGOAntiqua
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Remember, remember...

It's very nearly Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK, so if you're after some top-notch Baroque & Early Music to go along with your gunpowder, treason and plot, look no further than our latest commute playlist!

Listen now 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/fireworks-playlist
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
18th-century superstars AAM present a season of genius and discovery 🎻

Read about their exciting 2025/26 season blending tradition and innovation in our latest Feature, penned by Principal Oboe Leo Duarte 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/academy-of-ancient-music-18th-century-superstars
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A Saturday Shout-out 📢 to Lowe Ensemble, who explore Spanish culture and language in their upcoming programme Echoes of the Spanish Baroque in Norwich (8 Nov), London (17 Nov), Birmingham (6 Dec) and York (12 Dec) 📌

🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/lowe-ensemble
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Earlier this year, Sarah Small took on the challenge of a lifetime – cycling with her viola da gamba to 31 venues the length and breadth of Britain, stimulating discussion about climate change along the way.

But what's next?

🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/sarah-small-tuning-into-climate-change
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM