Welcome to All Things Baroque. As the name suggests, we celebrate Baroque culture in all its forms - music, art, architecture, theatre, dance as well as food and wine. London was home to men with big hair such as Wren, Westminster boy Purcell and Händel, who, just like the royal family, was a German who became British. We are pretty spoilt for choice as far as Baroque music and art is concerned, although the flamboyant architectural style never took off here in the way it did in continental Eur …

This is a group for people who like renaissance choral music; I say that hoping I'm not mixing up eras of music... Perhaps it's easier to name some composers and performers, it might clarify things if I'm wrong on the era. Composers such as: Lassus, Mundy, Victoria, Allegri, Tallis, Palestrina, Lotti etc etc. Performance groups would be groups like: Gabrieli Consort, Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen. I love the music of this era and it would be great to meet other like-minded people for meet-ups. Th …

For those who love "early" music; starting from 16th century renaissance music up to about the baroque music of the 18th century. Hopefully, we'll find some concerts using original instruments - so you can experience sackbuts, hurdy gurdys, viola di gambas, serpents and other extraordinary things. This group is also for those who know nothing about this type of music but who would like to explore "new" music - you might even get hooked on the wonders of polyphony and false relations (nothing to …