"Beautifully balanced consort playing"
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Forthcoming Concert

Wednesday 4th June 2025, 1pm Temple Church Temple London EC4Y 7BB Orlando Gibbons: His time and legacy

From Renaissance consort music to Baroque dance suites, this programme illuminates the soundworld of a transitional period in history - as the English crown passed from the Tudors to the Stuarts. A captivating figure bridging these eras, Orlando Gibbons also influenced the next generation of composers including his son Christopher who, in turn, taught Henry Purcell. Further information here.

News

Dr Valerie Flook commissioned a new work for The Flautadors from Cheryl Frances-Hoad, which was performed for the first time in 2021.

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the quartet made a recording of contemporary and folk works. Check it out here:

 
"Bavardage is a recorder album in a class of its own, well thought-through and brilliantly played." WDR
 
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Recordings

A review from Arcana.fm of bavardage, their 20th anniversary album:  

"The Flautadors has long excelled right across the board when it comes to the recorder repertoire and such diversity is in evidence throughout this disc – which is recorded with an ideal blend of space and clarity, and informatively annotated by members of the ensemble."
Bavardage CD Cover
bavardage - 20th Anniversary album
Cynthia's revels CD Cover
Cynthia's Revels
'Music for the Queen of Scots' CD Cover
Music for the Queen of Scots
'Henry Purcell: Phantasies, Ayres & Chaconys' CD Cover
Henry Purcell: Phantasies, Ayres & Chaconys
'Edmund Rubbra & Benjamin Britten - The Complete Recorder Works' CD Cover
Edmund Rubbra & Benjamin Britten - The Complete Recorder Works

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