Since its foundation in 1985 the viol consort has helped disseminate and renew a tradition of music formerly little known beyond a small band of specialists, its extraordinary standard of playing wedded to an approach to repertory that has seen it seek out forgotten music as well as commissioning new works from contemporary composers. In Musick’s Monument, the ensemble surveys English consort music from Cornysh to Purcell across three seasons.

In this programme, the English consortrepertoire is sampled in a varied selection ofitems that looks forward to Christmas and theNew Year.