The Music

We are not Classical. We believe that the music that we perform is far more accessible to modern audiences. The pieces are usually short (between 1 and 10 minutes) and there is a massive variety of sound. Much of the music is lighthearted and was composed specifically for dancing or for story telling.

The music is highly emotionally evocative and varied.

Instruments

The instruments that were used at the time that this music was written were very different to those in use today. Our ensemble uses a mix of period instruments, including gut string violins, period keyboards (harpsichord, virginal etc.) lutes, and winds that you have likely never seen before. Guitar and percussion also play an important role. You will hear a variety of sound that you have never experienced before!

Concerts

Do not expect a symphony concert. Our performances are not the formal affairs that one expects from a symphony concert, opera or classical chamber concert and neither is the music that we perform. In fact, almost all of the music we play predates the idea of a concert! You will certainly not find our musicians performing in suit and tie, so feel free to dress however feels appropriate.

We like to keep our concerts small, it is important to us that we can directly connect with our audiences. We want our audiences to feel like an active part of the event.

Maestro Adam H. Golding always speaks between the musical numbers, providing context and uses the music to weave together a story including anecdotes that range from hilarious to grotesque.

Concerts are usually between 60 and 90 minutes.

Our Story

In 2017, after returning from conducting a choir at a festival dedicated to the music of Salomone Rossi in Berlin, Adam H. Golding decided to make his dream of a renaissance instrumental and vocal ensemble a reality. The ensemble began with a violinist, cellist and guitarist who were not really familiar with the repertoire, but quickly fell in love with it. At first we performed entirely on modern instruments and the first concert was accompanying the Lewandowski Chorale in a concert of music by Salomone Rossi and his contemporaries. The following year, a vocal quartet of early music lovers was formed as a part of the ensemble.

Over time, we have had many new members join the ensemble, most of whom have had training in period performance and we are now at a point where we play almost exclusively on period instruments.

Adam’s dream was not only to perform Early Music, but to package it in such a way that it would be accessible to modern audiences, with or without a love or knowledge from this music and to do this without sacrificing the integrity of the music. It is our firm belief as an ensemble that this music is emotionally moving, invigorating, and throughly enjoyable to all music lovers.