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Sambuca performed live at the Orpheus Centre in Godstone, Surrey in 2005 and our cameramen were there to capture the result.

Here's a selection of favourite Sambuca tunes, ranging from baroque to Balkans, via the smooth tango sound of Astor Piazzolla.

Sambuca's new CD There and Back Again was released in May 2008, continuing the eclectic programming heard  in their first CD Sambuca.   Set out in seventeenth-century London, rub shoulders with Santiago de Murcia in Spain and Antonio Carlos Jobim in Brazil, stop off in Bulgaria and Argentina, and indulge in a breathtaking trip to Venice with Antonio Vivaldi.   Follow the links to find out more and to hear tracks from both CDs.  Of course you can also buy copies  from our merchandise page.

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Jolly Sicilian tunes on ocarina and guitar.


The Italian Ground - a gentle 18th century number on treble recorder and baroque guitar.


Handel's Sonata in F op 1 no 11, Siciliana and Allegro - still on treble recorder and baroque guitar.


Macedonian tunes played on frula and guitar. "Life in Macedonia has always been absolutely miserable but they have wonderful music there" - see if you agree.


Something very different now - the Toccata Arpeggiata by Kapsperger, published in 1604 and played by Peter Martin on the theorbo.


...which leads nicely into the sultry tango Café 1930 by Astor Piazzolla, for flute and guitar.


And finally two Bulgarian tunes, one slow and one fast. The guest percussionists are Michael Murray and Yuzuru Yamashiro, otherwise known as the two other members of the Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet.