By Kathleen Gilbert, Highland Dancer www.tartanthistledancers.co.uk Many of the traditional highland dances have histories rooted in mili...

Ensemble Hesperi had a great experience a few months back – although it seems like years now! – playing for a Scottish Ceilidh at Brighto...

For me, a lot of the joy I feel when playing music of the Scottish Baroque is down to its closeness with folk music. I grew up in rural C...

Over the past few weeks, our recorder player Mary-Jannet Leith and harpsichordist Thomas Allery, who are married and therefore cohabiting...

On Monday 25th May, at 2.30pm, we will performing online at the English Music Festival, with a fantastic programme, 'Handel's Glorious Ba...

In May 2019 Ensemble Hesperi were honoured to be invited to perform at the Celebration service of the Founding of Chelsea and Westminster...

From Kathleen Gilbert, our fantastic Highland dancer: "Last weekend I travelled to Bath Spa to perform in Farmborough’s All Saint Church w...

Our first performance of our new Arts Council England funded project, "The Pheasant's Eye" was at Newcastle University. The University ha...

Supported by Arts Council England, Ensemble Hesperi tours England with our new collaborative project, "The Pheasant's Eye", showcasing Sc...

We're getting nearer and the nearer to the first concert of our "Pheasant's Eye" tour in Newcastle this Thursday! We're delighted to hav...

We are very much looking forward to our residency at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside throughout February 2019! It's a beautiful City church, w...

We wish all our supporters a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! We have an exciting year ahead - and we're really looking forward ...

In November, I won first prize at the Internationaler Gebrüder-Graun Early Music Competition in Bad Liebenwerda, Germany. It was a wonder...

Following our Audience Award at last year's Fringe Festival, Thomas and Mary-Jannet performed as a duo at the amazing Utrecht Early Music...

We are delighted to welcome to the Ensemble Hesperi fold our wonderful friends and colleagues Magdalena Loth-Hill (Baroque Violin) and Fl...

Last week, we discovered the fantastic news that our latest project, 'The Pheasant's Eye' has received funding from Arts Council England!...

We'd love to keep you up to date with our latest concerts and projects! To hear our news first, just head to our Contact page, where you ...

Over the last few months, Ensemble Hesperi has been busy researching the wonderful world that is Scottish Baroque music, showcasing its u...

Last week, we had our first full rehearsals for our brand new project, ‘The Pheasant’s Eye’. In our first showcase concert on Saturday 9t...

Earlier in April, Tom and I made our long-awaited trip to the Wighton Collection in Dundee, a wonderful collection of mainly eighteenth a...