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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It is just over a week ago that we were in the middle of an intensive three day rehearsal in the welcoming home of Annabel and Gerald of Angel Early Music. It was very useful to have uninterrupted days to work on the 35 selected pieces from the collection known as MS 18 810 that [...]
