Sequentia, an early-music ensemble formed in 1977, performs with different combinations of singers and players to suit its program.
Bad luck did not bring down previous attempts at early-music ensembles in New York.
There may be more early-music ensembles of international repute based in Southern England than anywhere else in the world.
Because its name refers to a 14th-century stylistic movement, one might expect Ars Nova to be an early-music ensemble.
This Belgian conductor and the early-music ensemble he founded in 1970 have rightly won an enormous following for their concerts and recordings.
Among the seasonal offerings, the choice selections are probably those including early-music ensembles or performers.
The singers in Anonymous 4 met through their involvement with other early-music ensembles, and from singing in church choirs.
Other early-music ensembles as well as recordings have trained one to expect wind and percussion sections to stand out, if not actually dominate.
An early-music ensemble like the academy, although established, still has to consider certain existential parameters: what is its philosophy toward the music it is making?
America has some of the best early-music ensembles in the world.