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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 21h

Distinguished violinist, teacher, advocate for Early Music and Continuo Patron Rachel Podger looks back over the first 20 years of Brecon Baroque Festival ahead of this year's edition from 16 to 19 October 🎻 Read now 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/rachel-podge…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Saturday Shout-out 📢 to Obsidian Baroque who begin their Continuo-supported tour, Wonder Women, on 16 Oct 🦸‍♀️ 🎟️ Search 'Wonder Women' on Continuo Connect or head to the link in our bio for full concert info and ticket bookings

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today (1 October) is International Music Day 🎶 Read our Summer 2026 Impact Report today to learn more about how we have been championing Early Music over the past year! 🔗 www.continuoconnect.com/impact-repo…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's International Podcast Day (30 Sep), so today is a great time to check out our new but growing podcast! Head to our website and click 'Watch & Listen' to enjoy these light-hearted yet insightful 15-20 minute chats 🎧

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are 33 Early Music concerts on Continuo Connect this weekend (2-4 Oct), including Continuo-supported events across the UK, festival performances at @brightonemf.bsky.social, Tetbury Music Festival and Salisbury Musick, and much more besides 🎉 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Perhaps the greatest feat of musical ingenuity to emerge from Tudor England is Thomas Tallis’s 40-part motet 'Spem in alium'. Learn about this vast and virtuosic Renaissance masterpiece in the latest in our Sidetracks series 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/sidetracks-t…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🍂 TEN OF THE BEST IN OCTOBER: From celestial Baroque orchestral music and Handel opera to animal-inspired madrigals and Nordic improvisation. Here’s our pick of UK Early Music concerts in the month ahead 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/ten-of-the-b…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

28 fantastic Early Music ensembles in total!

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Continuo Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of our 12th round of grants ⭐ Read more 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/continuo-fou…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tomorrow (24 Sep) is an exciting day for us as we announce the recipients of our 12th round grant awards! This will bring the total amount awarded by Continuo Foundation to almost £1.3 million since 2021 ⭐

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

😮 There are a whopping 34 Early Music concerts on Continuo Connect this weekend (27-29 Sep)! Explore our interactive map at go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on 🔖

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From the engineering ambition behind Brunelleschi’s iconic dome in the early 15th century to the coronation of a Medici as Queen of France, Renaissance Florence – the 'City of Dreams' – has a wealth of stories to tell... 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/exploring-th…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Medieval countertenor David Yardley, Artistic Director of Green Dragon Guild, discusses Medieval music, Southwark’s layered history, and how imagination and meticulous research meet in performance 🐉 Watch/listen/read now on Continuo Connect 📺 go.continuoconnect.com/david-yardle…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ahead of next month's Salisbury Musick, hear about the special nature of the relationship between Salisbury and Handel's Messiah – including an 'oddly persistent' piece of fake news... 🧐 go.continuoconnect.com/handels-mess… 📸 Andrew Dunn (Wikimedia Commons/CC2.0)

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It is 1733, and Gustavus Waltz, Handel's cook and an up-and-coming bass, has become increasingly disgruntled with his overworked and self-absorbed employer. He organises a mischievous dinner party at Handel's house... 🔎 Search 'Dinner with Handel' on Continuo Connect

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🥳 Happy birthday to acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies, who celebrates his birthday today (16 September)! He returns for the second year as Festival Artistic Director of the Sinfonia Smith Square London Festival of Baroque Music this October. Head to our website for full info.

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our top picks for this weekend in Early Music 📌 📌 FRIDAY (Devon) | Morley Consort 📌 SATURDAY (Brighton) | BREMF Consort of Voices Brighton Early Music Festival 📌 SUNDAY (Croydon) | Republic of Viols View all 26 concerts this weekend + hundreds more 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📣 AUGUST UPDATE Our latest monthly update celebrates successful projects from grantees, plus our Founder & CEO Tina Vadaneaux shares an important message on grants and fundraising for 2027 and beyond 🚀 Read now 🔗 www.continuofoundation.co.uk/post/a…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

'I try to offer escapism from the drudgery of everyday metropolitan life. Listening to a live concert is one of the few modern experiences unsullied by technology' Read now 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/nathaniel-ma…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🎧 PODCAST ALERT: Sam Brown on Dowland and filtering history through a modern lens Watch, listen, or read the transcript only on Continuo Connect 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/sam-brown-po…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On 19 September, Chelys Consort and Fair Oriana make the journey to Discoed in mid-Wales for a 'musical menagerie' to kick off the 2026 edition of Early Music in the Marches. Here's an article we first shared ahead of last year's event... 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/early-music-…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In Apollo's Jukebox, Continuo grantees Apollo's Cabinet take you back to the 18th-century music rooms where tunes weren't just played, they were ordered 🎟️ 🔎 Search 'Apollo's Cabinet' on Continuo Connect to find concert information + more

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The autumn season is here, and there are 26 Early Music concerts in the UK this weekend 💥 Explore our interactive map and find a concert near you 🗺️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nocturnalia is the perfect example of the interconnectedness of the Early Music movement and its ability to draw people together across geographical divisions – its three members hailing from Spain, Greece and Slovenia... 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/inside-noctu…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today is the United Nations International Day of Charity, so we have curated a special selection of tracks from our Continuo Patrons Sopranos Mary Bevan and Emma Kirkby, violinist Rachel Podger and flautist Ashley Solomon ⭐ Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-con…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's #bandcampfriday tomorrow! 🥳 There are loads of brilliant Early Music albums available on Bandcamp's platform, so why not explore and support a brilliant period-instrument ensemble today 🙌 📸 Spiritato

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A huge good luck to the brilliant The Gesualdo Six who make their BBC Proms debut tonight! We picked this concert as one of our September TEN OF THE BEST, featuring outstanding performers and imaginative programming 👏 View the full list 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ten-of-the-b…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📌 Coming up this weekend: Handel's Guilio Cesare at @arcolatheatre.bsky.social, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in Malvern and Shakespeare reimagined at Vache Baroque... plus lots more! Explore our interactive map at go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🔖 SUNDAY READ: Celebrating 300 years of AAM Ashutosh Khandekar talks to Music Director Laurence Cummings and Chief Executive John McMunn about AAM’s legacy and its continuing impact on music-making... 10 min read 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/celebrating-…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ahead of Linarol Consort's tour starting 12 September, we sat down with cellist and viola da gamba player Timothy Lin for an artist spotlight and chatted about Early Music in Taiwan, his PHD, and coffee ☕ 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 Last chance – offer ends Monday! Read an excerpt from ‘The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi’ by the brilliant Hannah French and take advantage of an exclusive discount for our readers (ends 31 Aug) 🔖 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/hannah-frenc…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📌 TEN OF THE BEST With over 130 upcoming concerts listed on Continuo Connect in September, we've handpicked ten concerts from London to Lammermuir via the Yorkshire Dales that we're really excited for 👏 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ten-of-the-b...

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

LATEST NEWS 📣 UK Early Music takes centre stage as awards season begins go.continuoconnect.com/uk-early-mus...

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This Bank Holiday weekend in Early Music there are 20 professional Early Music concerts going on across the UK from the south coast to Scotland 📌 🗺️ Explore our interactive map and find a concert near you at go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

'Handel can hardly have imagined climate change bringing one of his operas to a halt. But at Santa Fe Opera, where Hugh Cutting has been singing Unulfo in Rodelinda, conducted by Harry Bicket, forest fires...' Read now 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/hugh-cutting…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here's a cheerful (you could even say 'chirpy') playlist for this sunny late-summer Sunday – musical interpretations of birdsong from titans of Early Music, including Rameau, Haydn, Telemann, Biber and more 🐦 Listen now 🎧 go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-bir…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A Saturday shout-out 📢 to English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and Marian Consort, who join forces once again on 9 September in Musselburgh... 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-marian-c…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A Friday Fanfare 🎺 and CONGRATULATIONS to @baroqueinthenorth.bsky.social, whose latest release, Friends in High Places, is out today! Supported by a Continuo grant ⭐ Album profile + purchase link 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/friends-in-h…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

NEWS 📣 Otto Hashmi reclaims Bassano's ricercate on CD and cassette-only collaborative project Read now 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/otto-hashmi-…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We've recently hit 1000 followers over on our Facebook page 🎉 If you're not already part of our Facebook community, head over to our page now to stay up to date with the latest featured events, interviews, Early Music news, videos and more 👉 www.facebook.com/continuoconnect

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📻 Tune in your dials (does anyone do that anymore?) to BBC Radio 3 this evening at 17:00 to hear Ensemble Hesperi and the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble perform live on In Tune, ahead of their Baroque Bridges concert, a project supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation ⭐

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's a quiet time for Early Music in the UK, with just a handful of concerts happening this weekend, so why not take this chance to check out our interactive concert listings pages today and note down the upcoming events which excite you? Explore today 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

‘Epitaph for a Green Lover’ from the Linarol Consort and soprano Héloïse Bernard celebrates the remarkable life of Margaret of Austria, one of the greatest patrons of the arts. Read now and see where they'll be performing live 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/linarol-cons…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Danish recorder player Bolette Roed 🪈 is the founder of the Copenhagen Baroque Festival. We asked her about the city she calls home, her career so far, and the festival's strong link to British period-instrument musicians... Read now 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/in-conversat…

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

NEWS | Medieval Music in the Dales celebrates 10 years with an international line-up go.continuoconnect.com/medieval-mus...

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

NEWS | A unique cross-continental musical friendship is coming to Bath and London go.continuoconnect.com/a-unique-cro...

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Happy birthday to Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, born 382 years ago today! 🥳 Find something inspiring today and celebrate the great composer's birthday your way by searching 'Biber' on our website 🔎

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SUNDAY | Fotheringhay (Northants) | In the third in a series of four concerts by Continuo grantees Fiori Musicali, 'Pied Piper Remembered' celebrates the remarkable life & work of David Munrow, who died 50 years ago this year 🪈

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SATURDAY | Edinburgh | Following a string of 5-star reviews and sell-out performances, outstanding vocal ensemble @thegesualdosix.bsky.social explores the chilling music and life story of composer Carlo Gesualdo in a multi-media concert piece at The Queen's Hall 💀

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

FRIDAY | Edinburgh @edfringe.bsky.social | Self-taught Early Music punk Attila the Stockbroker is joined by @calumbairdsongs.bsky.social to perform songs from his 2018 album Restoration Tragedy about the tumultuous events in England after the execution of Charles I in 1649 (also 21 Aug) 👑

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