Announcing our 2026-27 season
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Our 2026-27 season explores the world of late Renaissance and early Baroque Italy, a time of artistic and cultural revolution that redifined and shaped classical music into what we know today. With programmes featuring works by masters of the time, including Carlo Gesualdo, Barbara Strozzi, Girolamo Fescobaldi, and Claudio Monteverdi, Sestina Music brings to life the grandeur, beauty, and splendour of the Italian Baroque.
SESTINA MUSIC NEWS
Funding from National Lottery through ACNI for our 2026/27 season!
We are delighted to have received project funding from the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for our 2026/27 season. This funding enables us to keep programming ambitious, dynamic music for audiences in Northern Ireland, as well as our Next Generation Artists programme and other outreach projects. We are grateful to the National Lottery and Ars Council of Northern Ireland for their continued support.
Continuo Foundation grant recipients
We are thrilled to have been awarded a grant from the Continuo Foundation, as part of their 12th round of funding grants to early music projects across the UK.
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This funding is for our performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in April 2027. This is a piece of great size and spectacle, rarely heard in Northern Ireland, and it is possible as a result of the Continuo Foundation's support.
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The Continuo Foundation and Continuo Connect are invaluable resources for all things early music, including concerts, funding, and so much more.
Continued partnership with Fisherwick Presbyterian Church
For our 2026/27 season, we remain in partnership with central Belfast's Fisherwick Presbyterian Church. A stunning venue and place of worship, it is the perfect setting for our season of spectacular music, and we are delighted to be based at Fisherwick for so many of our performances again this year.
ABOUT SESTINA MUSIC
Sestina Music is a dynamic early music ensemble based in Belfast with a reputation for excellence and innovation in early music. As well as profiling the very best of Irish and Northern Irish early music we nurture the next generation of aspiring professional singers in our mentoring and education programmes.
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Sestina, like so many arts organisations, is facing a challenging and uncertain future. Your support will help us to continue to employ freelance artists from Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as mentoring the next generation of young singers. You can make a one-off donation via the link below, or you can support us on a regular basis by joining our Friends scheme.
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