Features
Explore the world of Early & Baroque Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Zefira Valova: Leading the way in Early Music
Continuo Connect's Simon Mundy interviews Bulgarian violinist, Zefira Valova, founder of Sofia Baroque Arts Festival and leader of Il Pomo d'Oro.
Dame Emma Kirkby: The quiet revolutionary
In an exclusive interview for Continuo Connect, Ashutosh Khandekar spoke to Dame Emma Kirkby about her influential career in the Early Music world.
Articles
In conversation: Jean Rondeau
Continuo Connect meets the French harpsichordist extraordinaire ahead of his appearance at the Back2Bach Festival, curated by Bold Tendencies.
Salisbury Musick returns – building on an 18th-century legacy
Salisbury Musick will hold their first three-day festival of early and baroque music in October 2025.
Spotlight
In conversation: Yu-Wei Hu
Continuo meets flautist Yu-Wei Hu, a member of Oxford Bach Soloists, and a founding member of Flauguissimo
In Conversation: Emanuele Addis
Continuo meets guitarist and lute player, Emanuele Addis to discuss his musical background and projects with his ensemble, Londinium Consort.
In conversation: Henrik Persson
Continuo Connect meets baroque cellist and viol player Henrik Persson, co-founder of the ensemble Newe Vialles.
Watch & Listen
Henry Purcell: A Playlist
A playlist to mark the birthday of composer Henry Purcell, featuring some of his greatest hits, from opera to song and music written for English monarchs.
Biber: Violin Sonatas – 1681
Bojan Čičić records Heinrich Biber’s collection of sonatas from 1681 - comprising some of the most ambitious and inventive violin works of the 17th century.
‘Tra le fiamme’ – Rowan Pierce with Florilegium/Ashley Solomon
Soprano Rowan Pierce joins forces with Florilegium & Ashley Solomon in ‘Tra le fiamme’, an album featuring secular Baroque cantatas and concertos.
Playlist: The best of Dame Emma Kirkby
A playlist, illustrating the rich career of Continuo Patron, Dame Emma Kirkby, with some of her most beloved recordings.
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.