What's On
Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.
Thu, 15 January 2026
Wigmore Hall, London
7:30pm
£18 £27 £33 £43 £50
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
Festivals and Concert Series
Established and emerging artists are presenting inspiring programmes in festivals and concert series across the UK.
London Handel Festival
The 2026 Festival, ‘From Heavenly Harmony’, is a five-week celebration of Handel’s music, enriching lives through his compositions. The programme channels heavenly harmony, revealing his gift for touching every human emotion with each performance.
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF) is a community event, based in Stoke Newington, London. It brings the finest early music performers to this historic area of London.
Early Music News
Handpicked news stories from the world of Baroque & Early Music.
Florilegium unveils new artistic line-up
Florilegium Ensemble announces changes to its artistic line-up, heralding a new chapter for the acclaimed period instrument group.
Continuo Foundation opens its 11th round of funding for Early Music projects
A total of £100,000 is available to support Early Music projects across the UK, plus an additional £6,000 grant in partnership with The Purcell Society.
Features
Discover the fascinating world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, festival reviews, playlists, album features, and expert insights.
Legrenzi: A forgotten genius full of surprises
In the town of his birth, the Musica Mirabilis ‘Giovanni Legrenzi’ Festival revives the legacy of a composer who links Renaissance polyphony with Baroque drama.
Bellot Ensemble | Strozzi: Amor dormiglione
Barbara Strozzi’s ‘Amor dormiglione’ is one of her most beguiling and subtly witty arias, a gently teasing address to Cupid himself.
Playlist: 1726 in music
To begin the new year, we explore the year 1726 in music. It includes works written in 1726, as well as works to marking musical occasions that year.
Historical performance in a virtual space
In September 2025, the Aural Histories project (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council) launched Aural Histories: Coventry.
A beautiful ‘table book’ from the 1600s
Join Dowland’s Foundry in the Old Library at Magdalen College, Oxford, for a filmed series exploring the music and legacy of John Dowland (1563-1626).
Vivanco resurrected
Conductor David Allinson and Producer Stephen Rice on the premiere recording of a ‘lost’ Requiem by The Renaissance Singers.