English music for the ‘broken consort’: the modern symphony orchestra is the historical end game of different instruments being mixed together to create one big happy family. But what are the early examples? In England, from the reigns of Elizabeth I to Charles II, composers wrote ‘concerted’ music for instruments from different families – keyboards, plucked strings, viols, violins, and winds -, sometimes as an accompaniment to solo voices. Players from Vache Baroque present an hour-long programme of music from this fabulous repertory, ranging from punchy dances to reflective songs, with pieces by John Jenkins, Christopher Simpson, William Lawes, and others.

Featuring VB players and singers including…

Recorder Olivia Petryszak
Violin Naomi Burrell
Musical Director/Harpsichord/Countertenor Jonathan Darbourne
Bass Viol Jennifer Bullock