Boozy Baroque meets classy period-instrument performance in our weekend highlights for 7-9 August 🍻 📌 Explore our interactive map at go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

⚠️ Last chance to apply - deadline tomorrow (5 August) at 23:00!! 🎁 Project grants from £2000 to £6000 🌱 Dedicated eligibility category for emerging ensembles 🏆 Awards announced by 24 September 2026 Full info 🔗 https://www.continuofoundation.co.uk/grant-round-twelve

Inspired by our latest feature with @attilastockbroker.bsky.social, this playlist explores the fusion of Early Music with genres including pop, rock and jazz... Listen now 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/playlist-early-music-fusion

.@attilastockbroker.bsky.social is Early Music's punk radical 🤘 This August he returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe for two free shows (14 + 21 Aug). Check out our latest Sunday read to hear his side of the Early Music story 💥 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/attila-the-stockbroker

A very happy 85th birthday to Maestro Jordi Savall, one of the true greats ❤️ Watch him live at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on 25 August. Our interview with him remains our most popular feature of all time... 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/jordi-savall-the-age-of-discovery

NEWS 📣 New Medieval Music Festival Launches in the Heart of Central London https://go.continuoconnect.com/new-medieval-music-festival-launches-in-the-heart-of-central-london

📌 There's just one week left to apply for a Round 12 Continuo grant! Open to professional UK-based ensembles with at least three period instrumentalists for projects in the UK between December 2026 and May 2027. Read more 👇

Today is the 285th anniversary of Vivaldi's death, and there are dozens of concerts coming up around the country celebrating his music 🎻 Here are three great concerts coming up this weekend, with Friday's featuring the great composer's iconic Four Seasons 🍃🍂

🌟 This weekend, we are pleased to present an exclusive excerpt from Hannah French's book, ‘The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi’ for our Continuo Connect community + an exclusive discount! 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/hannah-french-four-seasons-excerpt

This weekend we've got a Saturday Sit-down 📺 perfect for when the weather finally breaks and the rain comes! Join AAM for their spirited programme, ‘Rejoice!’ Watch now and check out the AAM's upcoming concert season 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/academy-of-ancient-music-or-rejoice

👀 Are you a professional Early Music ensemble in the UK struggling to be seen? Apply for a free Artist Profile on Continuo Connect today – it's free 🙌 📸 La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque by Robin Bigwood

NEWS | LIFEM announces its 2026 festival programme go.continuoconnect.com/lifem-announ...

Just two weeks left to apply! 🎁 Project grants from £2000 to £6000 🌱 Dedicated eligibility category for emerging ensembles ⏰ Application deadline: 5 August 2026 🏆 Awards announced by 24 September 2026 👉 Full info + how to apply: https://www.continuofoundation.co.uk

Our top picks this weekend 📌 View all 43 concerts nationwide this weekend plus + hundreds more coming soon 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

There's nothing better to survive a Monday morning than some beautiful Handel performed on period instruments by AAM! 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/aam-water-music-album

'Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense.' We sat down with lutenist Nigel North to learn what both Dowland and The Lute Society mean to him (6 min read) 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/the-north-star-nigel-north

A Saturday suggestion for if you're hiding from the heat 👇 How about watching a beautifully performed selection of arias from Handel's oratorios and other works? 📽️ https://www.continuoconnect.com/features/lea-desandre-thomas-dunford-and-jupiter-ensemble-handel-at-wigmore-hall

🎭 If you want a story of dysfunctional West End music theatre, a good place to start is the 1694/95 revival of The Indian Queen... Not checked out our SIDETRACKS series yet? Read now 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/sidetracks-purcell-i-attempt-from-loves-sickness

Enjoy these fantastic photos from the ongoing production of the first known opera by a female composer, Francesca Caccini's 'La liberazione di Ruggiero', by Vache Baroque at Buxton International Festival 🎭 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/buxton-international-festival-2026 📸 Genevieve Girling

Coming up this Sunday... Continuo Foundation Patron Ashley Solomon conducts Linden Baroque in 'Three's Company' – an exploration of multi-instrument concerti by Fasch, Telemann, Jiránek and JS Bach. 📌 19 July | St Stephen's, Hampstead 🎟️ Visit lindenbaroque.org for more info

Handpicked favourites happening this weekend in the UK 🙌 FRIDAY (Surrey) | Intesa at Surrey Bach Fest SATURDAY (Scottish Borders) | Dunedin Consort at Paxton House 🌳 SUNDAY (Oxford) | Charivari Agréable🕯️ View hundreds of upcoming concerts 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

In 1705, the 20-year-old JS Bach walked 270 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck to hear the music of Danish master organist Dieterich Buxtehude, whose style and career greatly influenced the next generation of composers ✍️ Latest playlist 🎧 https://go.continuoconnect.com/dieterich-buxtehude-a-playlist

Join writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare and In Echo for a Continuo-supported project exploring the ancient Salt Road between Lüneburg and Lübeck at Ryedale Festival in July. Learn about JS Bach's epic walk 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/the-salt-road-bachs-epic-walk-to-lubeck-to-hear-buxtehude

A Saturday Shout-out 📢 to early keyboard player Kiele Sacco who will perform TOMORROW (12 July) in Stoke Doyle (Northants) and at Leeds Minster on Friday 17 July! We asked her nine questions 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/nine-questions-with-kiele-sacco

Experience the rich harmonies of voices and viols in beautiful historical churches this July with Cantus Quintus in Otley (19 July), Hoar Cross (20 July), Melton Mowbray (22 July), Ely (23 July), Wivenhoe (24 July) and London W14 (25 July) ⛪ 👉 https://go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

Petticoat Wag: a #17thCentury #countrydance from Playford's Dancing Master, 1651 From a series of recordings of #earlymusic & #song associated with dress in #earlymodern England. Recorded with support from @continuoconnect.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6110...

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📌 Latest news from Continuo Foundation! Our June Monthly Update is out now, featuring our latest impact figures, highlights from the Oxford Early Music Weekend, a sit-down with cellist and viol player Timothy Lin, and more... Full update 👉 https://www.continuofoundation.co.uk/post/june-2026-update

Our handpicked highlights of Baroque & Early Music in the UK this weekend – a thread 🙌 Full listings🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on

NEWS | Continuo Foundation unlocks another £100,000 for UK period instrument ensembles https://go.continuoconnect.com/continuo-foundation-round-12-opens

Are you a professional UK-based ensemble with at least three period instrumentalists? Do you have a project you would like to carry out in the UK between December 2026 and May 2027? Our 12th Grant Round is now open 📣 👉 Full info + how to apply https://www.continuofoundation.co.uk