The London International Festival of Early Music takes place each year in London in Blackheath Halls. This year, for the first time in many years, all the Early Music Forums were represented in the Exhibition Hall with a shared stand. In past years, TVEMF usually went along as London falls within their catchment area, but … Continue reading LIFEM 25 Report – 12-15 November 2025
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Concert review – Breaking the Rules by The Telling
Picture by Robert Piwko – www.facebook.com/RobertPiwkoPhotography Breaking the Rules - the extraordinary life of 16th/17th-century composer-prince Carlo Gesualdo by The Telling Review by Kirsten Flores1 November 2025, Manchester On an aptly dark and brooding autumnal evening just after Halloween, Hallé St Peter's in Manchester was the venue for The Telling’s ‘concertplay’, Breaking the Rules, about the life … Continue reading Concert review – Breaking the Rules by The Telling
NWEMF Viols at the University of Liverpool
by Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology and Head of Department: Music The University of Liverpool has around 300 undergraduate Music students, whose courses (Music, Popular Music, Music and Technology) encourage them to range freely between genres, styles and historical topics. A previous Head of Department, Professor Michael Talbot, is world expert on the music of … Continue reading NWEMF Viols at the University of Liverpool
CD Review
Ricordanze - a record of love by Musica Secreta Review by Andrew Benson-Wilson Andrew Benson-Wilson has agreed that we can include his review of Musica Secreta's new CD, Ricordanze: a record of Love in our Newsletter. This is a recording of the music we covered at Laurie Stras's workshop in February 2025, so our members will be … Continue reading CD Review
My route into early music (Roger Wilkes)
My route into early music Perhaps with other people too, there is a chicken-and-egg element to this. As a church chorister I encountered a few pieces (by the likes of Byrd, Victoria and Viadana mainly) which were clearly examples of ‘early’ music; but these encounters occurred in the late 1950s when I was definitely in … Continue reading My route into early music (Roger Wilkes)