Our programmes
As a period instrument ensemble we enjoy bringing to life music that spans many centuries – from the medieval right through to the eighteenth century.
Alongside their artistry and skill on an exciting array of handmade copies of period instruments
(including theorbo, lute, baroque flute, recorders and viols)
they weave speech into their programmes about their instruments, the composers and tales of the time!
Alongside their artistry and skill on an exciting array of handmade copies of period instruments
(including theorbo, lute, baroque flute, recorders and viols)
they weave speech into their programmes about their instruments, the composers and tales of the time!
The Grand Tour
Pack your trunks, roll out your carriages and join Sounds Historical as they take you on The Grand Tour! The programme takes you from England, across the channel to France, over the alps into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, south to Italy, taking in Venice and then back home via the Mediterranean. Works by Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Sammartini, William Williams, Telemann, Vivaldi, Guerra, De Fesch.
Birds
For centuries composers have been fascinated by Birdsong, incorporating all sorts of beautiful birds in to their music. We explore these pieces from the early Renaissance right through to the Baroque on a variety of instrumentation, whilst weaving information about each composer, their music and our instruments throughout the concert. Works by Van Eyck, Jannequin, Poglietti, Couperin, Orme.
600 years
Hop into our time machine for a whistle-stop tour of musical history from the medieval through to the 18th century! Recorders, lutes, crumhorns, flutes, viols, violin... fasten your seatbelts as 600 years whizz by in 60 minutes!
Pack your trunks, roll out your carriages and join Sounds Historical as they take you on The Grand Tour! The programme takes you from England, across the channel to France, over the alps into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, south to Italy, taking in Venice and then back home via the Mediterranean. Works by Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Sammartini, William Williams, Telemann, Vivaldi, Guerra, De Fesch.
Birds
For centuries composers have been fascinated by Birdsong, incorporating all sorts of beautiful birds in to their music. We explore these pieces from the early Renaissance right through to the Baroque on a variety of instrumentation, whilst weaving information about each composer, their music and our instruments throughout the concert. Works by Van Eyck, Jannequin, Poglietti, Couperin, Orme.
600 years
Hop into our time machine for a whistle-stop tour of musical history from the medieval through to the 18th century! Recorders, lutes, crumhorns, flutes, viols, violin... fasten your seatbelts as 600 years whizz by in 60 minutes!
