la Serenissima

Q & A with Raffaele La Ragione

Meet Raffaele La Ragione – “It was love at first sight” We spoke to mandolin star Raffaele La Ragione about his forthcoming solo appearance with La Serenissima (6 November at West Road Concert Hall). How did you learn to play the mandolin? Did you play anything else before? I started playing the mandolin purely by Read More

[hanse]Pfeyfferey

Meet [hanse]Pfeyfferey

We asked Renaissance Loud Band [hanse] Pfeyfferey about their instruments and to explain exactly what a Loud Band is. Hear them live on 8 October In music, the renaissance era is 15th and 16th century (a little bit later than in art history for example). At that time there were different kinds of typical musical Read More

Owain Park

Meet Owain Park, Director of The Gesualdo Six

The Gesualdo Six will open our new concert season on 27 September with a tour of Cambridge village churches. Here, Owain tells us more about the concerts. “Our first two programmes are closely linked, exploring music that travelled: across borders and across time. At St Andrew’s Church in Girton, we sing of England’s voice abroad: Read More

Apollo’s Cabinet

Q&A with Apollo’s Cabinet

Members from Apollo’s Cabinet tell us what to expect from their concert on 21 November. Tell us about how the ensemble was formed. We’ve been playing together since 2018, and all met in London. Some of us met during our studies, and others through mutual projects, and we enjoy a shared vision of bringing early Read More