Just noticed the website for this new ensemble, which is based in the
Washington DC area.  Inaugural concerts are slated for November and
February.

Their home page is located at http://www.earlymusic.net/O17/

It'll be kind of nice to have a group like this, which can adapt its
instrumental makeup to reflect the significant changes that took place
in that century, from Monteverdi to Purcell and Charpentier.

Bill H.