Early Music Day in Oxford

The Continuo Foundation is joining forces with Oxford Festival of the Arts to present an Early Music Day on Saturday 12 July 2025 at Magdalen College. The day will consist of two afternoon concerts by Continuo grantee ensembles, the Linarol Consort and the Bellot Ensemble, plus a talk by Nicholas Kenyon on the early music revival.

The Linarol Consort is joined by countertenor William Purefoy for a programme celebrating the life and times of Oxford-born Orlando Gibbons, exploring a range of his works, alongside those of his contemporaries, John Bull, William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. The Bellot Ensemble present Cupid's Ground Bass, which explores the extremities of love, through the ground-breaking works of 17th-century Italy, highlighting both the vocal and instrumental innovations of the time, with soprano Lucine Musaelian and tenor Kieran White.

Then, Nicholas Kenyon's talk, The Pied Pipers of Early Music will be celebrating a century of revolution of musical taste, looking at some of the highlights of this revolution and the richness it has brought to our musical lives, including the significant contributions from Oxford musicians.

Further details from the Continuo Foundation website.