Bellot Ensemble are proud to be selected for the Philip and Dorothy Young Artists scheme 2024/2025
Cupid’s Ground bass
Date - Saturday 12th of July 2025
Early Music Day - Continuo Foundation Emerging Ensemble Showcase
Festival - Oxford Festival of the Arts
Venue - Magdalen Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU
Doors Open - 14:30
Concert Starts - 15:30
Duration - 1 hour
Tickets - £12
Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
https://www.continuoconnect.com/events/cupids-ground-bass
Known for their energetic and passionate performances, Bellot Ensemble present their Cupid’s Ground Bass debut album programme, which explores the extremities of love, through the groundbreaking works of 17th-century Italy, highlighting both the vocal and instrumental innovations of the time. The concert will include not only some of the most beautiful arias from this period sung by the incredibly talented singers, soprano Lucine Musaelian and tenor Kieran White, but also the group’s own instrumental diminutions and arrangements, often over the wonderful ‘ground bass’ themes, popular at this time.
Bellot Ensemble at HHH Concerts
Date - Saturday 25th of October 2025
HHH Concerts
Venue - St Christopher’s Church, Haslemere GU27 1DD
Doors Open - 19:00
Concert Time - 19:30
Supported by Making Music - Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme
Join the Bellot Ensemble for a thrilling evening of 17th-century Italian music, as they bring their acclaimed Cupid’s Ground Bass programme to the HHH Concerts series. Known for their vibrant and expressive performances, the ensemble delves into the emotional depths of love—its ecstasy, torment, and everything in between—through the bold and inventive sound world of early Baroque Italy.
This programme showcases not only the richly expressive vocal writing of the period, with stunning performances by soprano Lucine Musaelian and tenor Kieran White, but also the ensemble’s signature instrumental flair. Expect virtuosic diminutions, imaginative reworkings, and a celebration of the hypnotic ground bass patterns that underpin some of the era’s most moving and dramatic music.