Continuo Foundation

@ContinuoFndn

Helping early music flourish with project grants and https://www.continuoconnect.com for concert listings, festivals, articles & playlists.

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Apr 16

Be the first to hear about our latest articles, playlists, featured upcoming concerts, and more by signing up to our fortnightly newsletter 📨 go.continuoconnect.com/sign-up-mailch…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 19

With @ContinuoFndn funded projects including their love:Handel festival in Norwich, our Saturday Shout-out 📢 @brookstreetband are keeping themselves nice and busy this year! If you're in the east of England, catch them in August and September 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-b…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. With @ContinuoFndn funded projects including their love:Handel festival in Norwich, our Saturday Shout-out 📢 @brookstreetband are keeping themselves nice and busy this year!

If you're in the east of England, catch them in August and September 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/brook-street-b…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · 16 m

Warm words and well-deserved praise for @EnsembleBellot at our Oxford Early Music Day! Glad you were able to join us 💙🎶

OOxTweets@OxTweets · 32 m

“@ArtsFestOxford” Still basking in the memories of this beautiful performance by Bellot Ensemble as part of Oxford Festival of the Arts' Early Music Day in collaboration with @ContinuoFndn. Exceptional young talent bringing a glorious musical history … 📷 @hedgehoghugh

Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · 11 h

The motto of @barokksolistene says it all: 'It's just old pop music' 🎤 Learn about their production of Dido & Aeneas at @lfotweet (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

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. The motto of @barokksolistene says it all: 'It's just old pop music' 🎤

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

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/bjarte-eike

Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 26

This week's Saturday Shout-out 📢 (or should that be Saturday Sforzando?!) goes to @continuofoundation Round 9 grantees @queenvictoriasconsort 🎺 performing at historical railway venues in the northeast, celebrating 200 years since the first railway 🚂 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/queen-victoria…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. This week's Saturday Shout-out 📢 (or should that be Saturday Sforzando?!) goes to @continuofoundation Round 9 grantees @queenvictoriasconsort 🎺 performing at historical railway venues in the northeast, celebrating 200 years since the first railway 🚂

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/queen-victoria…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 25

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/r7kOkZ5…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. To celebrate the release of the first single from their debut album STILL LIFE, we asked Taiwanese Baroque cellist &amp; 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/r7kOkZ5…

Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 23

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 and over 200 other feature articles on Continuo Connect 🎻 (reproduced c/o @tedgioia 🙌) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/african-musici…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. 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 and over 200 other feature articles on Continuo Connect 🎻 (reproduced c/o @tedgioia 🙌)

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/african-musici…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 24

What could be more pleasant than spending a summer Saturday wandering between early mediaeval 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

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. What could be more pleasant than spending a summer Saturday wandering between early mediaeval 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

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 22

Weekend concerts for your live music fix ❤️ Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/this-weekend @the_glasgo34314 @barokksolistene @lfotweet @IFMKfest @LHandelPlayers @KLFestival #glasgow #livemusic #earlymusic #chester #miltonkeynes #kingslynn #paxtonhouse

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. Weekend concerts for your live music fix ❤️

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

@the_glasgo34314 @barokksolistene @lfotweet @IFMKfest @LHandelPlayers @KLFestival
#glasgow #livemusic #earlymusic #chester #miltonkeynes #kingslynn #paxtonhouse

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 18

Did you know there are more than 200 interviews, recordings, artist spotlights, playlists, and more on @continuo_connect, with regular additions in time for our Sunday Features and fortnightly newsletters? Here's one from the archives... 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/andrew-wooders…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 21

TWO WEEKS to go! Applications for Grant Round 10 close at 23:59 on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 👀 If you're apprehensive about submitting your application or are worried about what to write, have a read of this helpful article on @TheStradMag 🎻 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/the-strad-tina…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. TWO WEEKS to go! Applications for Grant Round 10 close at 23:59 on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 👀

If you're apprehensive about submitting your application or are worried about what to write, have a read of this helpful article on @TheStradMag 🎻

🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/the-strad-tina…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 20

🎧 Last time we created a playlist of modern compositions for period instruments, you absolutely loved it! So, to slide you into the new week, here's one featuring new music recorded by the fantastic Liam Byrne 🙌 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/liam-byrne-pla…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. 🎧 Last time we created a playlist of modern compositions for period instruments, you absolutely loved it! So, to slide you into the new week, here's one featuring new music recorded by the fantastic Liam Byrne 🙌

👉 go.continuoconnect.com/liam-byrne-pla…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 20

Liam Byrne succinctly sums up his career by saying he ‘spends most of his time playing either very old or very new music on the viola da gamba.’ Hear Liam's unique path through the world of historical performance in this week's Sunday Feature 📰 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/liam-byrne

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. Liam Byrne succinctly sums up his career by saying he ‘spends most of his time playing either very old or very new music on the viola da gamba.’

Hear Liam's unique path through the world of historical performance in this week's Sunday Feature 📰

👉 go.continuoconnect.com/liam-byrne

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 19

‘Music is always changing, so why do people think that “tradition” can be passed on? It needs to be rediscovered each time,’ Sir Roger Norrington once said. We bid farewell to a true pioneer in the H.I.P. movement, and the first Patron of Continuo Fndn. go.continuoconnect.com/norrington-in-…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. ‘Music is always changing, so why do people think that “tradition” can be passed on? It needs to be rediscovered each time,’ Sir Roger Norrington once said. We bid farewell to a true pioneer in the H.I.P. movement, and the first Patron of Continuo Fndn.

go.continuoconnect.com/norrington-in-…

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 17

Thank you SO much to everybody who braved the scorching July sun to attend our Early Music Day at @artsfestoxford on Saturday ❤️ @linarolconsort, @ensemblebellot, and @NickRKenyon were all brilliant 🫶 Thanks to @M_Castelletti for putting on such a brilliant festival 🙌

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. Thank you SO much to everybody who braved the scorching July sun to attend our Early Music Day at @artsfestoxford on Saturday ❤️

@linarolconsort, @ensemblebellot, and @NickRKenyon were all brilliant 🫶 Thanks to @M_Castelletti for putting on such a brilliant festival 🙌

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Continuo Foundation@ContinuoFndn · Jul 16

In our latest artist spotlight, co-founder of @newevialles1, custodian of the Edward Lewis Viol of 1703, and fearer of sharks Henrik Persson explains the story behind his @continuofndn funded album, 'Newe Vialles, Old Viols'. 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/henrik-persson…

ContinuoFndn's tweet image. In our latest artist spotlight, co-founder of @newevialles1, custodian of the Edward Lewis Viol of 1703, and fearer of sharks Henrik Persson explains the story behind his @continuofndn funded album, 'Newe Vialles, Old Viols'.

👉 go.continuoconnect.com/henrik-persson…

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