Thank you to Geoff Brown & Neil Fisher in @thetimes for a glowing 4 star review for @sabi.ensemble 's debut album. "....the Sabi musicians respond so warmly, “from the heart”, that the music still feels fresh 175 years later." Read the full article here /culture/classical-opera/article/best-classical-music-2025-new-reviews-79zh27bpg
Delighted to be exploring a programme of music arranged for string quintet, some totally gorgeous gems in this one. Music by Farrenc, Coleridge-Taylor, Onslow & more!
Supported by the @continuofoundation watch this space for more news and concerts!! 👀
Thanks to @drhannahfrench for giving a spin of @sabi.ensemble 's recording of Farrenc's Nonet on @bbcradio3 Breakfast show this morning. Listen again via @bbcsounds or even better buy the album via our Bandcamp page! #fromtheheart #bbc #bbcradio3 #breakfast
👇🏽Come and hear us live!!! 🎵
We’re are having a very friendly launch of our album in the @plumsteadpeculiars series THIS SATURDAY 4pm!!
There’s no ticket costs or booking required, just a collection where you can pay what you can/ what you feel or nothing at all- we mainly would love for you to join us in celebrating this music!!
Want to hear the first live performance of Coleridge-Taylors Nonet on period instruments in modern times?
Want to meet some of the players and hear about their instruments including a gorgeous 1875 Érard piano?
Want to celebrate the anniversaries of two brilliant composers?
Just want to their some gorgeous music for an hour? COME! 🧡
MORE INFO👇🏽👇🏽
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Did you hear new @continuofoundation grantees @sabi.ensemble perform live on @bbcradio3 In Tune last Wednesday (16 October)? Their debut album, FROM THE HEART – featuring the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Louise Farrenc – is now available for pre-order on @bandcamp 🙌
Founded in 2024 by historical bassist @cosgravecarina , SABI Ensemble is committed to reviving works by composers whose work has been unjustly forgotten and placing this music from the margins centre stage.
Head over to their profile to place your pre-order today 💿
We had the most uplifting and celebratory day at @blacklivesinmusic Classically Black event in Kings Place today.
What a gift to hear and be inspired by @kadiatukannehmason , @simviolin , @musictheatrewales , to be supported by the incredible Black Lives in Music organisation and all while getting to bring a little bit of the music we love to an audience in London….for the first time!
Thank you Thank you 🙏🏽 to the entire @blacklivesinmusic team and audience-we loved every minute-we hope you did too! 🧡
A few more days until @sabi.ensemble 's debut album is out. From The Heart marks 150 years of two ground-breaking composers - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Louise Farrenc with this being the first time their music will have Ben recorded on period instruments. Preorder your copies by visiting our bandcamp page - link in bio.
Following their performance at Classically Black at King's Place, Arts Desk wrote "The musical element of the event began with the Sabi Ensemble, a period instrument group for performers of all ethnicities that was set up last year by double bassist Carina Cosgrave to revive the music of composers whose work has been “unjustly forgotten”. Certain members of the audience had possibly already heard their impressive performance of some of the repertoire on Radio 3's In Tune earlier in the week. A particular highlight was the fourth Novelette for strings (Allegro molto) by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (whose 150th anniversary is marked this year) in which the dynamic agitation of the opening semiquaver passages was interchanged with moments of sublime, quasi-Mozartian elegance."
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Hear us live on BBC Radio 3 TOMORROW!! We’ll be in the studio with Roger Wilson, founder of Black Lives in Music and Petroc Trelawny!!
#farrenc #samuelcoleridgetaylor150 #newalbum #historicalinstruments #sabiensemble
ARTWORK REVEAL 🧡
This album cover means the world to me. The beautiful and talented @tomoko.creates has poured so much love and creativity into this design, I can’t think of a better way to present this music
Release dates and concert info coming soon!
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Our debut album, From The Heart, is out tomorrow! Someone is very excited to get their paws on a copy-have you got yours?!! 🧡
Available HERE 👉🏽 /album/from-the-heart
📣Delighted to announce that our ‘By Special Arrangement’ programme is being supported by the @continuofoundation ! Thanks to their generosity this project will be coming to life in 2026! Watch this space! #sabiensemble #historicalperformance #comingsoon #newproject @continuo_connect #continuofoundation 👀
