It's an experience of early music with a difference. We invite you to join us on a journey of discovery of music hundreds of years old, some rarely hear and some vaguely familiar perhaps. But it’s all fresh, honest and on the edge of the possibilities. Every concert is carefully curated and carries a story of it’s own: musicians are hand-picked, as is the food menu for each concert…food plays a very important role! We cook real home-made meals for all our musicians and we make it available our audiences as well. Our home is in an active church who are very much a part of the festival, and help us realise our feastival of early music and food.
It's an experience of early music with a difference. We invite you to join us on a journey of discovery of music hundreds of years old, some rarely hear and some vaguely familiar perhaps. But it’s all fresh, honest and on the edge of the possibilities. Every concert is carefully curated and carries a story of it’s own: musicians are hand-picked, as is the food menu for each concert…food plays a very important role! We cook real home-made meals for all our musicians and we make it available our audiences as well. Our home is in an active church who are very much a part of the festival, and help us realise our feastival of early music and food.
Nicola Barbagli
Director
Born and raised in the historic city of Arezzo, Italy, Nicola possesses an unquenchable thirst for finding new 'old' music, be it digging through old manuscripts and bookshops to find old scores from which he can make parts or make an arrangement. Still has a CD collection.
John-Henry Baker
Director
Born in Arequipa, Peru and raised in Lima and Lincolnshire, JHB loves nothing but a challenge. As well as playing the double bass, is responsible for recording and filming and risograph printing aspects, among others.
Photo by Max Mausen
Guido Della Lena Guidiccioni
Festival Assistant
Guido is from Luca, Italy and is an archaeologist by training, but his skills are many and far ranging - from making focaccia to managing front of house and managing logistics.
Giuseppe Ciraso-Calì
Social Media Assistant
Heath Street Baptist Church,
84 Heath Street,
Hampstead,
London,
NW3 1DN
Only 2 mins walk from Hampstead Northern Line Station.
Parking is very limited in Hampstead and difficult to find and so we advise to use public transport wherever possible.
However it is possible to park in the following bays:
Pay & Display CA-H zone parking bays after 6pm Monday - Saturday (No restrictions on Sundays)
Residential CA-H zone parking bays after 8pm Monday - Saturday (No restrictions on Sundays)
5-10 mins walk, on West Heath Road you can parking in any CA-S zone parking bays after 2.30pm Monday - Friday (No restrictions Saturdays or Sundays)
