Bellot Ensemble

The ensemble will present a programme exploring the rich musical dialogue between Italy and England in the 17th century, focusing on one of the period’s most fertile ideas: the ground bass. From the expressive Italian world of Monteverdi, Strozzi, Merula and Marini to the more introspective but no less inventive sound world of Dowland, Lawes, Jenkins and Purcell, we trace how composers on both sides of the Channel absorbed, transformed and reimagined shared musical languages.