Música d’Outrora is an early music ensemble founded in 2022 by Galician conductor and harpsichordist Pablo Devigo(1989). Based internationally, the group specializes in 17th-century Italian repertoire, with particular focus on the stylus phantasticus, a compositional style that privileged freedom, fantasy, and dramatic contrasts.
Artistic Approach
The ensemble develops what Devigo defines as “historical research taken to its ultimate consequences,” applying documented 17th-century performance practices to specific repertoires. Their programming centers on forgotten or rarely performed composers alongside new approaches to canonical works. For example, their work with Dario Castello’s sonatas employs instrumentations derived from Monteverdi’s Orfeo. For the ensemble, emotional expression guides all interpretation, using research to discover what is different in the repertoire and taking it to its ultimate consequences.
Career and Projects
Between 2023 and 2024, Música d’Outrora participated in the BREMF Live! program at Brighton Early Music Festival, which includes mentoring, concerts, and educational activities. The Continuo Foundation awarded the ensemble a grant for the Across the Alps tour across the United Kingdom, exploring musical dialogues between Italy and other European countries.
Recording Production
Their debut album Still Life (Deux-Elles, September 2025) was recorded during a residency at St. Alban’s Church in Birmingham between July and August 2024, with support from Angel Early Music and the Continuo Foundation. The church, a historic BBC recording venue since the 1960s, offers exceptional acoustics that have been utilized for BBC Radio 3 concerts and early music productions. The album includes the first recording of works by Gregorio Strozzi and rarely recorded repertoire by Ignazio Albertini alongside sonatas by Castello, Buxtehude, and Stradella. The production, co-produced by Pablo Devigo and Ignasi Cambra, features collaborations with Christi Park(violin), Timothy Lin (cello and viola da gamba), Asako Ueda (theorbo and archlute), Louis Moisan (guitar), Claas Harders (lirone), and Dávid Budai (violone).
Música d’Outrora is an early music ensemble founded in 2022 by Galician conductor and harpsichordist Pablo Devigo(1989). Based internationally, the group specializes in 17th-century Italian repertoire, with particular focus on the stylus phantasticus, a compositional style that privileged freedom, fantasy, and dramatic contrasts.
Artistic Approach
The ensemble develops what Devigo defines as “historical research taken to its ultimate consequences,” applying documented 17th-century performance practices to specific repertoires. Their programming centers on forgotten or rarely performed composers alongside new approaches to canonical works. For example, their work with Dario Castello’s sonatas employs instrumentations derived from Monteverdi’s Orfeo. For the ensemble, emotional expression guides all interpretation, using research to discover what is different in the repertoire and taking it to its ultimate consequences.
Career and Projects
Between 2023 and 2024, Música d’Outrora participated in the BREMF Live! program at Brighton Early Music Festival, which includes mentoring, concerts, and educational activities. The Continuo Foundation awarded the ensemble a grant for the Across the Alps tour across the United Kingdom, exploring musical dialogues between Italy and other European countries.
Recording Production
Their debut album Still Life (Deux-Elles, September 2025) was recorded during a residency at St. Alban’s Church in Birmingham between July and August 2024, with support from Angel Early Music and the Continuo Foundation. The church, a historic BBC recording venue since the 1960s, offers exceptional acoustics that have been utilized for BBC Radio 3 concerts and early music productions. The album includes the first recording of works by Gregorio Strozzi and rarely recorded repertoire by Ignazio Albertini alongside sonatas by Castello, Buxtehude, and Stradella. The production, co-produced by Pablo Devigo and Ignasi Cambra, features collaborations with Christi Park(violin), Timothy Lin (cello and viola da gamba), Asako Ueda (theorbo and archlute), Louis Moisan (guitar), Claas Harders (lirone), and Dávid Budai (violone).
Deux-Elles (september, 2025)
Works by D. Castello, I. Albertini, A. Stradella, G. Strozzi, and D. Buxtehude
PABLO DEVIGO, DIR. & HISTORICAL KEYBOARDS
CHRISTI PARK, VIOLIN
TIMOTHY LIN, CELLO & VIOLA DA GAMBA
ASAKO UEDA, THEORBO & ARCHLUTE
LOUIS MOISAN, GUITAR
CLAAS HARDERS, LIRONE
DÁVID BUDAI, VIOLONE
STILL LIFE IS THE DEBUT ALBUM OF MÚSICA D’OUTRORA, DIRECTED BY PABLO DEVIGO. RECORDED IN BIRMINGHAM IN 2024 AND SET TO BE RELEASED BY THE BRITISH LABEL DEUX-ELLES IN SEPTEMBER 2025, IT EXPLORES THE RADICAL EXPRESSIVITY OF THE 17TH-CENTURY STYLUS FANTASTICUS. FEATURING FIRST RECORDINGS OF WORKS BY IGNAZIO ALBERTINI AND GREGORIO STROZZI ALONGSIDE SONATAS BY CASTELLO, BUXTEHUDE, AND STRADELLA, THE PROJECT COMBINES RIGOROUS HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH BOLD, IMAGINATIVE PERFORMANCE. THE RECORDING WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM ANGEL EARLY MUSIC AND THE CONTINUO FOUNDATION, AND CO-PRODUCED BY PABLO DEVIGO AND IGNASI CAMBRA. STILL LIFE INVITES LISTENERS INTO A SOUND WORLD WHERE TIME SUSPENDS, EMOTIONS INTENSIFY, AND CONTRASTS ILLUMINATE THE PATH TO TRANSCENDENCE.
Deux-Elles (september, 2025)
Works by D. Castello, I. Albertini, A. Stradella, G. Strozzi, and D. Buxtehude
PABLO DEVIGO, DIR. & HISTORICAL KEYBOARDS
CHRISTI PARK, VIOLIN
TIMOTHY LIN, CELLO & VIOLA DA GAMBA
ASAKO UEDA, THEORBO & ARCHLUTE
LOUIS MOISAN, GUITAR
CLAAS HARDERS, LIRONE
DÁVID BUDAI, VIOLONE
STILL LIFE IS THE DEBUT ALBUM OF MÚSICA D’OUTRORA, DIRECTED BY PABLO DEVIGO. RECORDED IN BIRMINGHAM IN 2024 AND SET TO BE RELEASED BY THE BRITISH LABEL DEUX-ELLES IN SEPTEMBER 2025, IT EXPLORES THE RADICAL EXPRESSIVITY OF THE 17TH-CENTURY STYLUS FANTASTICUS. FEATURING FIRST RECORDINGS OF WORKS BY IGNAZIO ALBERTINI AND GREGORIO STROZZI ALONGSIDE SONATAS BY CASTELLO, BUXTEHUDE, AND STRADELLA, THE PROJECT COMBINES RIGOROUS HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH BOLD, IMAGINATIVE PERFORMANCE. THE RECORDING WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM ANGEL EARLY MUSIC AND THE CONTINUO FOUNDATION, AND CO-PRODUCED BY PABLO DEVIGO AND IGNASI CAMBRA. STILL LIFE INVITES LISTENERS INTO A SOUND WORLD WHERE TIME SUSPENDS, EMOTIONS INTENSIFY, AND CONTRASTS ILLUMINATE THE PATH TO TRANSCENDENCE.
DEBUT ALBUM
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
DOCUMENTARY ON THE RECORDING OF STILL LIFE, THE DEBUT ALBUM OF MÚSICA FILMED DURING THE RECORDING SESSIONS AT ST ALBAN’S CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM (UK) BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST 2024, THE DOCUMENTARY OFFERS AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ENSEMBLE’S CREATIVE PROCESS, INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH, AND ARTISTIC VISION. THE ALBUM, WHICH EXPLORES 17TH-CENTURY STYLUS FANTASTICUS REPERTOIRE, WILL BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 2025 BY THE BRITISH LABEL DEUX-ELLES.
CONTACT
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