Concerts, Lectures & other Events

Items are taken from Early Music News, Thames Valley Early Music Forum, and from viol consorts and ensembles themselves, with thanks.

You are strongly advised to check on concert dates, times etc., with the organisers.

If you would like to list a concert here, please submit your event via our online form. Please also look at 'Useful links' in the right for concert series, ensemble's diaries and concert halls.

September 20, 2026 17:30 - September 20, 2026 19:00 - Republic of Viols - music to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Dowland's death, as part of Evensong at Croydon Minster

Venue: Croydon Minster, Church Street, CR0 1RN

A selection of Dowland's consort works, alongside choral works of his contemporaries, with the choirs of Croydon Minster conducted by Justin Miller.

Tickets: Free

21 September, 2026 - 25 September, 2026 - THE LINAROL CONSORT’S RENAISSANCE VIOL AND RECORDER COURSE 2026

Venue: HOLLAND HOUSE, CROPTHORNE NEAR PERSHORE, WORCESTERSHIRE

Tutored by David Hatcher and Alison Kinder assisted by Claire Horáček and Timothy Lin

A=440/466
The course is for experienced viol and recorder players wishing to improve their technique and musical skills on Renaissance instruments.

Optional sessions on reading from facsimile at introductory through to advanced level

Please contact Annie Nethercott for more information
info@EarlyMusicInTheMarches.com

September 26, 2026 19:30 - September 26, 2026 21:00 - Republic of Viols - music to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Dowland's death

Venue: Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3 1DN

Republic of Viols' Autumn tour presents Dowland's monument of Renaissance music, Lachrimae, alongside songs and dances by him and his contemporaries

Tickets: Republic of Viols Tickets website

October 04, 2026 11:00 - October 04, 2026 17:30 - John Hancorn: choruses from Handel’s Samson and Saul

Venue: Headcorn Village Hall, Church Lane, Headcorn, Kent TN27 9NR

Southern Early Music Forum -  choruses from Saul and Samson with orchestra - tenor and bass viols welcome, also spaces for sopranos, tenors and basses

Choruses from Handel's Saul and Samson with orchestra, directed by John Hancorn.  Still spaces for strings including tenor and bass viols and also for sopranos, tenors and basses.

Enquiries to Jenny Frost - jennyfrost29@gmail.com.
Full details at https://semf.org.uk/event/john-hancorn-choruses-from-handels-samson-and-saul

Tickets: Tickets website

October 09, 2026 13:15 - October 09, 2026 14:30 - The Republic of Viols - music of Dowland - concert at Bristol University

Venue: University of Bristol, Victoria Rooms, Bristol, BS8 1SA

Republic of Viols' Autumn tour presents Dowland's monument of Renaissance music, Lachrimae, alongside songs and dances by him and his contemporaries - https://republicofviols.com/#season

Tickets: Free for university students, small charge for others Tickets website

October 10, 2026 19:30 - Hex presents: Our Autumn

Venue: St John the Evangelist Church, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8RN

In May 2025, an ambitious UK-wide cycling concert tour began with a concert here at St John's. Over 16,500km later, cycle touring viola da gamba player Sarah Small returns with Hex, alongside Emily Ashton and Sam Stadlen, to present Our Autumn.

Centred around Christopher Simpson’s 1668 piece The Seasons: Autumn, this programme explores the changing climate of the British Isles through fantasias, divisions, and grounds by the likes of Lupo, Jenkins, and Eccles, alongside reimagined folk tunes and original compositions by Sarah Small, inspired by immersive touring by bicycle throughout the UK. 

Tickets on the door, cash or card: £15 (£12 if cycling or walking), U18 free.

https://www.stjohntheevangelistcambridge.org/Calendar/Month.aspx?show_event=6075868

Tickets: Tickets available on the door (cash/card)

October 19, 2026 10:00 - October 25, 2026 18:00 - “Agrémens 2026”: 33rd Thoiry International Baroque Music Workshop

Venue: primary school in Thoiry (78770 France)


This workshop, as every year, is aimed at instrumentalists and singers of all ages who wish to discover or deepen their musical practice in the rediscovered aesthetic through the use of ancient instruments or their copies.
It is also particularly aimed at Conservatory students, those preparing for competitions and those changing cycles.
To facilitate the organization of chamber music and to prepare the pieces to be performed as an ensemble , participants will be put in contact with each other and with their teachers as soon as their registration is confirmed. Each participant is invited to suggest pieces they would like to work on. 

Tickets: https://musiquebaroque.festesdethalie.org/agremens-2026/

November 22, 2026 11:00 - November 22, 2026 12:30 - The Republic of Viols' Autumn tour - music by Dowland and his contemporaries

Venue: Kino-Teatr - 43-49 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EG


Republic of Viols' Autumn tour presents Dowland's monument of Renaissance music, Lachrimae, alongside songs and dances by him and his contemporaries

Tickets: Tickets website