Continuo Foundation - United Kingdom

Continuo Foundation believes that everyone should have the opportunity to experience the astounding talent and creativity in the UK historical performance world. The Foundation supports period instrument ensembles with £200,000 per year in project grants and by providing an online hub for early music in the UK - ContinuoConnect.com. This dynamic digital platform, made available free of charge to all users, offers comprehensive concert listings, a directory of early music festivals and artists in the UK, articles and interviews, and curated monthly playlists which are shared in the fortnightly newsletter.

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The site aims to be a tool for discovery of all the early music sector has to offer, enabling the public to learn about early music and the musicians who make this world so vibrant and fascinating. Continuo Foundation and Continuo Connect are working together to raise awareness of early music and to help the sector to flourish for the benefit of both musicians and audiences across the country. 

Spain, 1492. On her final night in Seville, a Jewish woman, played by Suzanne Ahmet (Channel 4, BBC), lights the lamps. She is being forced to leave Spain and set sail for an uncertain future. Her story echoes the personal stories of people affected by politics and war today. She tunes into the voices of a community of Christian, Muslim and Jewish women from across the Spanish peninsula. Down the centuries, women’s stories of integration, love, the rich cultural heritage of the Spanish peninsula and racial intolerance are played out to a soundtrack of plaintive Sephardic songs and lively Spanish medieval music performed live by acclaimed musicians of The Telling.

Be transported back to 15th-century Seville in this concert-play written by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and directed by BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton. This five-concert tour is supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation.