Playlist
Through the Day
Share this
FIRST PUBLISHED 03 APR 2024
The concept of curated playlists tailored to specific times of the day is a popular one (and far easier these days than during the reign of King Louis XIV). Inspired by Ensemble Molière's new album The King's Playlist, the latest Continuo Connect playlist choices reflect moments and moods throughout the day. The playlist is also available on Spotify.
Hildegard von Bingen: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans
Armonico Consort
Le Roy représentant le Soleil levant
Ensemble Molière (anon., arranged by Satoko Doi-Luck)
JS Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Choir of King's College, Cambridge and Academy of Ancient Music
Pierre Certon: La La La, je ne l'ose dire
Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz
JS Bach: Ei! Wie schmeckt der Kaffee süße
Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music
John Dowland: Time stands still
Ed Lyon, Theatre of the Ayre
Franz Josef Haydn: 'The Clock'
Florilegium
GP Telemann: Tafelmusik
Musica Antiqua Köln
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Gassenhauer'
Rautio Piano Trio
J-P Rameau: Les Indes galantes
La Chapelle Royale
JJ Froberger: Plainte faite a Londres pour passer la Melancholie
Gilbert Rowland
François Couperin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Ricardo Gallén
William Byrd: The Queen's Goodnight
Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
Marin Marais: Trios pour les coucher le Roi
Ensemble Molière
Share this
Keep reading
Playlist: Early Music Fusion
Explore the fusion of Early Music with jazz, pop and rock music. Listen to Sting’s Dowland, Jacques Loussier’s jazz-inspired Bach, L’Arpeggiata’s take on music by Purcell and Handel, and Attila the Stockbroker’s fusion of punk rock and Renaissance music.
Mary-Jannet Leith on collaborating with the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
In the first of a new series of Continuo Connect podcasts, Simon Mundy talks to Mary-Jannet Leith of Ensemble Hesperi about their collaboration with the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble, and the music that once filled Scotland's country houses.
Inside the first performances of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’
‘The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi’ by Dr Hannah French is a fascinating deep dive into the stories, perceptions and humanity behind ‘The Four Seasons’. Following its launch in 2025, we share an exclusive excerpt from the book.