We have been very busy over the last couple of months working on a project to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin des Prez. At the end of March we were thrilled to hear that we had been successful in being awarded a grant by the new Continuo Foundation to help put [...]
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La Nouvelle Musique! Music for viols from the court of Philip the Fair
The following post was written by David Hatcher to accompany the Linarol Consort's recorded concert for the Barber Institute of Fine Arts which will be premiered at 1pm on 12th February 2021. The YouTube link will be on the Barber Concerts website. The Burgundian court at the end of the 15th century By the time [...]
Canti B recording
We've started rehearsing again. Hurrah! And it's so good to have some news to share. Asako, Ali and David at Sophie's Barn, Oxfordshire We have been given the opportunity of recording a second disc. In November we will be travelling to Alpheton in Suffolk, to a new recording venue (opened just before lockdown), Alpheton New [...]
A Consort Project in these Distracted Times
It is a difficult time for all of us at the moment. Musicians are working hard to come up with new ways of making music to cheer us along in these socially distant times. Here is a fun way to keep up your viol consort playing whilst discovering satisfying new repertoire: Consort music minus one [...]
Recording at Treowen – not all La La Hö Hö
We arrived at Treowen on a very blustery Monday evening at the end of Storm Ciara for our three day recording session with Adrian Hunter: carrying 1 C treble, 2 G tenors, 4 D basses and 1 A bass, and a mountain of cake to keep us sustained. We set up our studio in the great [...]