Group

Fires of Love,the critically acclaimed Early Music quartet based in Scotland.

We specialise in innovative programmes of Renaissance and early Baroque chamber music,  combining a stunning array of instruments with soprano and baritone voices.

2008 saw the release ofChansons a Plaisir, our latest CD,  from Delphian Records.

‘..A FITTING WAY TO MARK THE QUARTET’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY…A MULTIPLICITY OF COLOURS AND TEXTURES’ -  from the Goldberg Magazine review

Look at some photographs of the recording sessions in Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian.

‘Style and panache. An excellent group.’ The Herald

‘An impressive collection of talent.’ The Scotsman

We present music of the period 1500-1700 in an accessible but authentic style. The music is colourful and dramatic, and lively and informative programmes focus on lute and guitar songs, set among instrumental ensembles and solos and include familiar masterpieces, recent discoveries and the group’s own arrangements. The composers whose music we have performed include well known names - Monteverdi, Lully, Dowland and Josquin Deprez- and others unjustly neglected such as Kapsberger, Le Camus and Merulo. Our instruments include two lutes, archlute, vihuela, baroque guitar, four-course guitar, recorders (from bass to garklein) and percussion.

Since our formation in 1998, we have been privileged to perform all over Scotland and at various English music festivals.