NCEM Young Composers Award 2025
We’re thrilled to be a part of the prestigious NCEM #YoungComposers Award 2025 for aspiring young composers, in conjunction with the wonderful National Centre for Early Music and BBC Radio 3 and can’t wait to sample the results, a trio sonata movement inspired by Handel’s Opus 5 Trio Sonatas, amongst some of his finest chamber […]
CD launch concert at Heath Street Baptist Church
We launched Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice into the wide world with a live concert and a bit of a party at the beautiful Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead, North London. The space was packed with loyal and supportive audience members, with plenty of young people and a sizeable home-crowd. The decision to […]
CD launch – Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice
We’re thrilled that our latest recording Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice is released today on the First Hand Records label. Several tracks have already made the Spotify New Releases playlist, and the first review is in, Classical Music Sentinel writing: “David de Winter well captures and projects the innate character of each [piece], and the members of […]
Happy Birthday Handel!
It’s Handel’s 339th birthday today, so a good opportunity to post one of our favourite movements from his violin sonata in D major, HWV 371. We recorded this in glorious Oxnead Hall in Norfolk, and have put a few behind-the-scenes photos of the sessions, and of Handel himself, to illustrate the film.
Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice
We’re thrilled that the UK launch of our latest disc is scheduled for 19 April 2024. If that still seems a long way off, look out for three singles, released in advance of the full album. March 8: Schütz – Herr unser Herrscher March 22: Cavalli – O quam suavis April 5: Schütz – Lobet […]
The Dragon still roars!
It’s heartening to see The Dragon of Wantley included in BBC Music Magazine‘s list of fifteen fabulous but forgotten operas. BBC Music Magazine has an apt summary of the plot in this tweet: “The plot of The Dragon of Wantley is utterly potty, by the way, consisting of a beast who hares around Yorkshire munching everything, […]
BBC Music Magazine Opera Award
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce we’ve won the BBC Music Magazine 2023 Award in the Opera category for our “Dragon of Wantley” recording. This was our first major project post-Covid, and we recorded in the glorious late summer days of September 2021. The recording features soloists Mary Bevan, Catherine Carby, Mark Wilde and John Savournin, […]
Ilkley Concert Club
What a treat, to finally get to perform for Ilkley Concert Club and wrap up their 21/22 season with a sparkling programme of solo and instrumental concertos. This was the Band’s long-delayed, Covid-postponed concert from 2020 and as group founder Tatty Theo mentioned, the Band had decided to give the Ilkley audience “all the notes”, […]
Binham Priory Concert, 7 August
We’re delighted that this concert is now confirmed as going ahead, with two performances, each lasting 1 hour. Binham is a magical place to perform, and we can’t wait to bring you a programme of Bach and Handel, music to sooth the soul in this difficult year.
Chamber music and masterclass weekend – 18-19 September 2021
We’re thrilled to be planning a live, ‘in-person’ weekend of chamber music and masterclasses for baroque flute, recorder and continuo for students (minimum standard grade 7+). We’ve chosen the beautiful setting of The Pines Calyx at St. Margaret’s Bay in Kent, an award-winning eco-building, set in stunning grounds just a short walk from the sea. […]