Stravaganza offers a journey through three centuries of European music, from royal courts and cathedrals to ballrooms and chapels. The programme juxtaposes familiar names — Charpentier, Gabrieli, Lully, Bach — with lesser-known composers such as Corrette and Holborne, moving between festive dances, sacred works and virtuosic pieces. Musicians — teachers from the Early Instruments Department, their students and guest tutors — perform on replicas of historical instruments (violin, sackbut, dulcian, traverso, recorder, lute, trumpet, harpsichord), restoring the distinctive timbres of another era and vivid sonic colors.
