Recorder Festival 2025
The Early Music Shop presents, in partnership with the Society of Recorder Players, Recorder Festival 2025. Join us from 31st May to 1st June!
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The Early Music Shop Blog
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Our featured album for May 2023. On The Orange Tree Courtyard, recorder ensemble The Royal Wind Music are your tour guides around the stunning Renaissance architecture of the Cathedral of Seville, and we encourage you to follow them on the trip!Read now
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Featured Album April 2023: The King's Singers & Fretwork "Tom & Will"
Released in January 2023, we are delighted to be featuring the brand-new collaboration between two highly respected consorts: the renowned voices of The King’s Singers, and viol pioneers Fretwork.Read now -
Ensemble Pro Victoria – debut recording of Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Joint-winners of LIFEM's 2020 Young Ensemble Competition, Ensemble Pro Victoria, release their debut CD this year on Scotland’s Delphian Records. Artistic Director Toby Ward tells us more.
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In conversation with Tony Millyard and Belinda Paul - Part 1
Read nowAn in conversation with instrument maker Tony Millyard and oboist Belinda Paul. Join us next week on Sunday 12th July for Part 2!
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Lu-Mi in Performance: Baroque Violin after Guarnerius
The first violinist, Sue-Ying Koang plays a Baroque Violin after Guarnerius made by Zhiming Wang in 2013.Read now -
Introducing: The Lyra Viol
Read nowA short introduction to the lyra viol and its repertoire by Liam Byrne. In the video Liam plays a beautiful bass viol made by Marc Soubeyran, it's a copy of a small bass by John Rose in the Kessler Collection...
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Performance: Couperin - Le Dodo
Le Dodo, or Love at the Cradle (ou l'amour au Berceau), by François Couperin performed by Jacqui Robertson-Wade.Read now -
Lu-Mi Strings in Performance: 7-string Viola da Gamba
Watch a recorded live stream of Johanna Kilpijärvi's Premier Concert at the Sibelius Academy performing works by Hume, Kühnel, Marais and Buxtehude. Johanna is playing a Lu-Mi 7-string bass viol made by Zhiming Wang.Read now -
EMS Live stream with Sarah Jeffery: Tenor Recorders & Comfort Tenors
A live stream by Team Recorder's Sarah Jeffery hosted by EMS on Tuesday 19th March at 17.00 (BST). In this hour live stream Sarah will be able to answer all your questions on various tenor recorders and compare them for you, in particular comfort tenors!Read now