The five-piece has been selected by the scheme, which aims to showcase and nurture exceptional UK-based groups working in the Baroque music sphere <\/p>
BBC Radio 3, Royal College of Music and the National Centre for Early Music have announced the UK-based quintet Ensemble Augelletti<\/a> as the New Generation Baroque Ensemble for 2023-25.<\/strong><\/p>\n Launched in 2021 with five-piece Ensemble Moli\u00e8re as the first ever recipient, the New Generation Baroque Ensemble scheme aims to showcase and nurture exceptional UK-based groups working in the Baroque<\/strong><\/a> music sphere, as they take the first steps in their careers. It supports them to reach the next level of professionalism and artistry over a two-year period, using the range of expertise, performance and recording opportunities available through each of the partner organisations.<\/p>\n Founded in 2019, Ensemble Augelletti (Ellen Bundy, violin; Toby Carr, lutes; Carina Drury, cello; Olwen Foulkes, recorders;\u00a0 Benedict Williams, keyboards) has performed at several UK arts festivals, including London, Brighton, and York Early Music Festivals. They were finalists of the York International Young Artists Competition in 2022 and winners of the Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella Young Artist Competition in Italy in 2019.<\/p>\n Their debut CD of trio sonatas, The library of a Prussian Princess<\/em>, was released on Barn Cottage Records<\/strong><\/a> in February 2022. Exploring the work of the pioneering composer, organist, patron and collector Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, and sister of Frederick the Great, the disc also featured sonatas by CPE\u00a0 and JS Bach<\/strong><\/a>, Handel<\/strong><\/a>, Corelli and Geminiani.<\/p>\n