An English Chest of Six – Consorts for six viols

Phantasm’s viol playing was recently praised by the Guardian for being ‘immaculate in its balance’ and ‘rich in tone and detail’. The group ends the year with a celebration of the simply stunning six-part fantasies of Orlando Gibbons, fitting tribute to a great English composer on the quartercentenary of his death. Its programme also projects the power of 'six' in spectacular consort pieces by John Ward, Thomas Tomkins and William Lawes.