We are honoured to announce the appointment of HSH Dr Donatus, Prince of Hohenzollern, as our new patron. A distinguished figure with deep ties to cultural heritage and the arts, Prince Donatus brings a wealth of experience and passion to this new role: lifem.org/latest-news/an…

Pictured on the cover of this year’s artwork is Jiyeon Bang, winner of the 2023 SRP/Moeck Solo Recorder Competition Solo Recorder Competition, who will be performing her programme "Beyond Time" on Thurs 14th November at 2pm. Book here: lifem.org/events/ 🪈🎶🎟️ #lifem #earlymusic

Announcing our 2024 programme, our latest newsletter is here! Featuring Erik Bosgraaf, La Vaghezza, The Royal Wind Music and Robert Smith to name a few, have a read and book your festival passes and concert tickets here: eepurl.com/iXoiiY 🎶🎟️🪈

London International Festival of Early Music appoints new patron HSH Prince Donatus, a member of the German royal family, will be the festival’s new patron London International Festival of Early Music classical-music.uk/news/article/l…

How could we be more thrilled? We extend our warmest congratulations to our good friend Errollyn Wallen on her historic appointment as Master of the King’s Music. Errollyn composed ‘Angel Waters’ for our 2021 festival & we are immensely proud Errollyn has received this honour! 👏🏻

⭐️ RECORDER31 PRIZE DRAW ⭐️ We have a fantastic Mollenhauer Dream Edition Alto in Plumwood to give away to a lucky #Recorder31 reader! To enter: 1. Follow us The Early Music Shop 2. Repost this message 3. Comment and tell us the first piece you would play on it! Good luck! 🤞🎶

🎥 THE ORANGE TREE COURTYARD 🍊 Today for #Recorder31 we're pleased to share an interview with María Martinez Ayerza from The Royal Wind Music about 'The Orange Tree Courtyard', the programme they will be bringing to London International Festival of Early Music on 16 November. earlymusicshop.com/blogs/recorder…

Curious to hear more about our new Patron, HSH Dr Donatus, Prince of Hohenzollern? In this Q&A LIFEM Festival Director Chris Butler has been delving in to his music path, favourite composers, and why he thinks, put simply, a recorder is an organ pipe with eight holes. 🪈🎼⬇️

ICYMI - announcing the appointment of our new patron: classical-music.uk/news/article/l…

Unveiling our 2024 flyers which feature the full festival programme on the back! With 3 stunning designs showcasing Jiyeon Bang, winner of our 2023 Recorder Competition, the flyers capture the spirit of our festival. Keep an eye out for them and book here: lifem.org/tickets/

This spruce front, ivory back lute was made by Magno Dieffopruchar in about 1550. Music played a central role in the pertormance of love at King Henry VIII’s court and this lute is part of the ‘Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens’ exhibition currently at the National Portrait Gallery.

Telemann Goes East! 🇵🇱 Included in this year’s programme our Artistic Director Erik Bosgraaf together with filoBarocco, searches for Polish traditional folk music through the eyes of Georg Philipp Telemann. Book your concert tickets for 13th Nov here: lifem.org/tickets/ 🎶🎟️

Telemann Goes East! Click on the link below to read our latest newsletter which includes details of this year's festival programme and how Georg Telemann helped to preserve early music. mailchi.mp/lifem/telemann… #earlymusic #lifem24 #musicfestival

Did you know our festival pass gives access to all events, (that’s the concerts, exhibition, recitals, Performers’ Platforms, Festival Evensong and the Young Ensemble Competition!) all for £150/£75 for U21s/students? That’s a saving of up to £25! lifem.org/tickets/ 🎶

A pleasure and privilege to be in Leipzig this evening for the opening of the Gewandhaus season! ⁦The Early Music Shop⁩ ⁦London International Festival of Early Music⁩

Our monthly recital series at our Snape Maltings showroom continues on 19 September at 5pm when Jim O'Toole will be playing music by #JSBach and #Biber on baroque viola. Find out more: earlymusicshop.com/pages/live-mus…

Enjoy this captivating performance of Juan Vásquez’s "Del rosal sale la rosa" by The Royal Wind Music, offering a taste of their incredible talent. youtube.com/watch?v=a33uHH… See them live at LIFEM24 on 16th Nov & experience their rich and vibrant sound in person: lifem.org/tickets/

Today is the start of Remember A Charity Week 2024. By remembering LIFEM in your will, you can help us continue our mission to preserve, promote, and develop the rich tradition of early music for future generations. More details here: tinyurl.com/bdhrdkhv 🙏🏻 🎶 #charity

Who else will have FOMO when Florence + the Machine perform at Royal Albert Hall tonight?! Their BBC Proms debut will feature the use of medieval instruments inc lute and harpsichord, with a full orchestral reimagining of their debut album Lungs. We can’t wait to hear it on BBC Radio 3 .

Join Brighton Early Music for more than 20 events this October, including Vivaldi and Francesco Scarlatti with Armonico Consort and atmospheric Dufay with Dutch ensemble Cappella Pratensis. Head to the BREMF page for full details and tickets. bremf.org.uk 🎟️🎶