Recorder31 Day 27 | An Interview with The Royal Wind Music

We are pleased to have an ongoing friendship with The Royal Wind Music following previous collaborations and the great Instagram takeovers they have done for us in the past. This year, the group are making a long-awaited return to the UK for the London International Festival of Early Music. So for today's Recorder31 feature, we caught up with them ahead of their concert in November.

The programme performed at LIFEM will be 'The Orange Tree Courtyard' which was released as an album in 2023. This fascinating programme is built around Renaissance music connecting to the Cathedral of Seville. We featured the album at the time of its release, and you can find out what we said about it by clicking here.

To find out more, we spoke to María Martínez Ayerza about the programme, which she curated. María spoke to Finn from The Early Music Shop to share her inspirations when putting the programme together, and other news from the world of The Royal Wind Music:

'The Orange Tree Courtyard' is available on CD from The Early Music Shop – click here to view and purchase!

You can buy tickets for The Royal Wind Music's performance at St Michael & All Angels Church, Blackheath, on 16 November 2024, by clicking here.

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Ticket Giveaway!

We are delighted to have two tickets to The Royal Wind Music's performance at LIFEM24 to give away. The ensemble have kindly offered to throw in a CD for the winner too, so you can familiarise yourself with the music before coming to hear it live!

To enter, simply comment below the name of one of the composers featured on The Orange Tree Courtyard album.

We'll randomly select a winner from all correct answers after 31 August!

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The Sound of Recorder Music!

The Moeck Rottenburgh Alto in Grenadilla is a high-quality alto with a very pure, direct sound which is well-suited to solo playing and multi-instrument ensemble work. Listen to the clips below or follow this link to find out more about this instrument.