'utterly gripping in its mixture of eroticism and violence'  - The Guardian
                                                            'the very embodiment of sprezzatura' - Early Music Today
                                            'technically superb, but in a highly expressive way' - Robert Hugill

Please visit again in January for announcements of new performances in Kent, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Worcester; in the meantime, we wish all our followers a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ​
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September's CD launch events

In a special collaboration with the British Italian Society, on 23 September we performed excerpts from The Madrigal Reimagined in the sumptuous surroundings of the University Women's Club in Mayfair, for a very enthusiastic audience. It was particularly exciting for us to present this programme to listeners for whom the cultural and literary aspects were more familiar, but the music offered something new. We very much enjoyed talking with guests afterwards over a glass or two of wine! The Italian news channel Londra Notizie 24 wrote a thoughtful and enthusiastic piece on the event; here is one excerpt translated:
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The intertwining of Hannah Ely’s voice with the string ensemble was a particularly exciting feature; the poetic moments, also, were so well embedded that they succeeded in connecting the present to the past in an multi-sensorial artistic whole which struck me as inviting.

 

The next day, we were invited to give the opening concert of
the Roman River festival in Wivenhoe, Essex. This was also a special event, because we were able to involve the Wivenhoe Youth Choir, under the able baton of Ben Vonberg Clark, in the performance. They sang three choruses from Orfeo, which we incorporated into an extended selection from the opera, including readings to fill in the story - it made for a very exciting atmosphere. The young singers were superb and brought fantastic energy and clarity to the performance. They shared some photos of the rehearsal here. We were delighted to read this reaction from the Festival Producer: 
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What an utterly magical evening! I have had all sorts of tremendous feedback. So many people didn't know the music and felt they'd learned a lot while also being entranced by the whole thing. And everyone made a comment about how fabulous the choir sounded, asking how many hours of rehearsal it took.

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The Madrigal Reimagined
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'A wonderfully satisfying recital'
'expressive dazzle'
'sheer stylistic brilliance'
​- Robert Hugill

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CONTINUO CONNECT

Visit Continuo Connect to read more about the genesis of The Madrigal Reimagined (and discover much more about early music performers and concerts) in this interview with MSB director Oliver Webber


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This recording  has been made possible by generous grants from Continuo Foundation and Angel Early Music, as well as a number of private donations. We are extremely grateful to these organisations and individuals for their financial support 

The programme features guest artists Hannah Ely (soprano) and Toby Carr (lute), and celebrates the inspired responses of composers and performers to the Italian madrigal. One of our favourite textures from this is the intertwining of voice and strings, heard here in an excerpt from Palestrina's Vestiva i colli. 
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