The Rose Consort of Viols is an English ensemble of

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players who perform mainly early

consort music A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble. These could be of the same or a variety of instruments. Consort music enjoyed considerable popularity at court and in ho ...

, including works by

Orlando Gibbons Orlando Gibbons ( bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical famil ...

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

, and

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. They have performed around the world at many events, have appeared a number of times for the

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, and have made a number of recordings, several of which have been made in collaboration with Red Byrd, a vocal group from

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. The name was taken from a famous family of viol makers.

Discography

*''Elizabethan Christmas Anthems'' (with Red Byrd) (Saydisc, 1990) *''Born is the Babe: Renaissance Music for Christmas'' (Woodmansterne, 1990) *''Dowland:

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'' (Saydisc, 1992) *''Ah, Dear Heart'' (Woodmansterne, 1993) *'' Jenkins: All in a Garden Green'' (

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, 1993) *''

William Byrd William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...

: Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and Anthems'' (with Red Byrd) (Naxos, 1994) *''

Thomas Tomkins Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort mus ...

: Consort Music for Viol and Voices; Keyboard Music'' (Naxos, 1995) *''

William Lawes William Lawes (April 160224 September 1645) was an English composer and musician. Life and career Lawes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was baptised on 1 May 1602. He was the son of Thomas Lawes, a vicar choral at Salisbury Cathedral, ...

: Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and Theorboes'' (Naxos, 1996) *''

: Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and Anthems'' (with Red Byrd) (Naxos, 1997) *''

: Consort Music and Songs'' (Naxos, 1997) *''

: Complete Fantazias and In Nomines'' (Naxos, 1997) *'' Alfonso Ferrabosco: Consort Music'' (CPO, 1997) *'' John Ward: Upon a Bank of Roses, Consort Music'' (CPO, 1998) *''Elizabethan Consort Music and Dramatic Songs'' (Naxos, 1999) *''Four Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal'' (Deux-Elles, 2008) *''Loquebantur: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks'' with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2010) *''An Emerald in a Work of Gold: Music from the

Dow Partbooks The Dow Partbooks (Christ Church, Mus. MSS 984–988) are a collection of five partbooks compiled by Robert Dow in Oxford around 1581–88. The collection includes mostly choral but also some instrumental pieces. At the end is an instrumental ''L ...

'' with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2012) *''Serenissima: Music from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols'' (Delphian, 2014) *''Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: the earliest consort music for viols'' (Delphian, 2015)

External links

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