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¡Feliz cumpleaños! to Maestro Jordi Savall, born on this day in 1941 🎂

Discover the story behind the man who truly embodies the spirit of Early Music in our time in our in-depth interview. Jordi Savall: The Age of Discovery 🎻

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/jordi-savall...

🚨 CLOSING SOON 🚨

The deadline for Grant Round 10 applications is 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁. If you’ve got an idea for a project, now is the time to write and submit your application!

🔗 continuofoundation.co.uk/grant-round-...

poster with seven upcoming concerts this weekend

THIS WEEKEND IN EARLY & BAROQUE MUSIC 🎵

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/this-weekend

To celebrate the release of the first single from their debut album STILL LIFE, we asked Taiwanese Baroque cellist & violist and member of Música d'Outrora Tim Lin about some of his favourite things ☕

👉 Out 19 September on Deux-Elles Records
⏯️ youtube.com/shorts/r7kOk...

The motto of Barokksolistene says it all: 'It's just old pop music' 🎤

Learn about their production of Dido & Aeneas at Longborough Festival Opera (until 2 August) and why they argue that Purcell belongs down the old Dog & Duck in our latest Sunday Feature 🍻

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/bjarte-eike

This week's Saturday Shout-out 📢 (or should that be Saturday Sforzando?!) goes to Continuo Foundation Round 9 grantees Queen Victoria's Consort 🎺 performing at historical railway venues in the northeast, celebrating 200 years since the first railway 🚂

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/queen-victor...

The motto of Barokksolistene says it all: 'It's just old pop music' 🎤

Learn about their production of Dido & Aeneas at Longborough Festival Opera (until 2 August) and why they argue that Purcell belongs down the old Dog & Duck in our latest Sunday Feature 🍻

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/bjarte-eike

To celebrate the release of the first single from their debut album STILL LIFE, we asked Taiwanese Baroque cellist & violist and member of Música d'Outrora Tim Lin about some of his favourite things ☕

👉 Out 19 September on Deux-Elles Records
⏯️ youtube.com/shorts/r7kOk...

How did an African trumpeter end up in Tudor England? That’s exactly what happened to John Blanke, a favourite musician in the court of King Henry VIII. Read this + over 200 other feature articles on Continuo Connect 🎻 (reposted c/o @tedgioia.bsky.social 🙌)

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/african-musi...

What could be more pleasant than spending a summer Saturday wandering between early medieval churches in the Dordogne listening to fine music?

📰 NEW FEATURE | A festival on the move: Ton Koopman’s Itinéraire Baroque in the Périgord'

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ton-koopman

How did an African trumpeter end up in Tudor England? That’s exactly what happened to John Blanke, a favourite musician in the court of King Henry VIII. Read this + over 200 other feature articles on Continuo Connect 🎻 (reposted c/o @tedgioia.bsky.social 🙌)

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/african-musi...

Did you know there are more than 200 interviews, recordings, artist spotlights, playlists, and more on @continuoconnect.bsky.social, with regular additions in time for our Sunday Features and fortnightly newsletters?

Here's one from the archives...

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Thanks for reposting! We hope it encourages all your lovely Forum members to explore and learn something new! 😍

Did you know there are more than 200 interviews, recordings, artist spotlights, playlists, and more on @continuoconnect.bsky.social, with regular additions in time for our Sunday Features and fortnightly newsletters?

Here's one from the archives...

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/andrew-woode...

In our latest artist spotlight, co-founder of Newe Vialles, custodian of the Edward Lewis Viol of 1703, and fearer of sharks Henrik Persson explains the story behind his Continuo Foundation-funded album, 'Newe Vialles, Old Viols'.

👉 go.continuoconnect.com/henrik-perss...

Early & Baroque Music up and down the UK this weekend... there's so much going on 😮

Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/this-weekend

Something a little bit different this weekend... a Sunday review!

Simon Mundy reveals a slightly chaotic mix of classy Early Music-making, the stifling heat of an Italian summer, and battles with the outside world...

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/cremona-fest...

📸 Lorenzo Gorini

🎻 FROM THE ARCHIVES | Meet Edmund Taylor – founder of Bellot Ensemble, the latest BBC Radio 3 New Gen Baroque Ensemble. Read his artist spotlight from last year go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat...

🎶 See them live at Oxford Festival of the Arts tomorrow!
🗓️ 12 July 15:00
📍 Magdalen College, Oxford

NOT LONG NOW! Only three more sleeps until the Oxford Festival of the Arts Early Music Day in collaboration with
Continuo Foundation 🥳

📅 12 July
📌 Magdalen College, Oxford
🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

Summer concert picks ☀️☀️

Outstanding Baroque tenor Nick Pritchard shares his top four must-see concerts this summer on Continuo Connect 🎟️

🎶 Full interview out 3 August
🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/nick-pritcha...

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NOT LONG NOW! Only three more sleeps until the Oxford Festival of the Arts Early Music Day in collaboration with
Continuo Foundation 🥳

📅 12 July
📌 Magdalen College, Oxford
🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

A packed weekend of Early & Baroque Music is coming up 💥

We're especially excited for the Oxford Festival of the Arts Early Music Day, presented in partnership with Continuo Foundation ⭐

More info + ticket links 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

COMMUTE PLAYLIST | Adrian Butterfield 🎻

Enjoy this playlist while you read this week's Sunday Feature with Adrian Butterfield of London Handel Players 🎧

Or why not save this post for easy access before your next drive? 🚗

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/adrian-butte...

A reminder that Continuo Foundation GRANT ROUND TEN applications are now open to UK period instrument ensembles!

🎁 Apply now for project grants from £2000 to £8000
⭐ More info + how to apply continuofoundation.co.uk/grant-round-...

A reminder that Continuo Foundation GRANT ROUND TEN applications are now open to UK period instrument ensembles!

🎁 Apply now for project grants from £2000 to £8000
⭐ More info + how to apply continuofoundation.co.uk/grant-round-...

COMMUTE PLAYLIST | Adrian Butterfield 🎻

Enjoy this playlist while you read this week's Sunday Feature with Adrian Butterfield of London Handel Players 🎧

Or why not save this post for easy access before your next drive? 🚗

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/adrian-butte...

Adrian Butterfield: Leader of the dance 🎻

In this week's Sunday Feature, we catch up with Adrian Butterfield, founder and leader of the London Handel Players, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Read now (or save this post for later!) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/adrian-butte...

We loved reading the positive comments underneath last week's Sunday Feature with Claire Horacek, so today we're giving a shout-out 📢 to Linarol Consort!

🎶 Hear them at Oxford Festival of the Arts
Early Music Day on 12 July (this weekend!). Full info 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

Our upcoming Early Music Day on 12 July at Oxford Festival of the Arts also features 'The Pied Pipers of Early Music', a talk by Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE 🎤

Full info and tickets (only £12!) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

⏩⏩ Early Music Day at Oxford Festival of the Arts is approaching very quickly! Head to 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu... for full info + tickets.

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