Rose Consort of Viols

Sunday 28th June, 2026

3:00 pm

The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL

Concert

The Rose Consort of Viols takes its name from a famous family of sixteenth-century viol makers, whose instruments coincided with the growth of English consort music. For nearly four decades the Rose Consort has been delighting audiences across the UK, Europe and further afield. It has performed in London’s Wigmore and South Bank Halls, is heard regularly on the BBC, including a Prom concert from Cadogan Hall, and has made frequent appearances at the London International Exhibition of Early Music. It has performed at festivals in Canada and the USA and also featured as a guest ensemble at the Pan-Pacific Gamba Gathering in Hawaii. It has also performed with the cathedral choirs in UK and at Oslo Cathedral, as well as at festivals in Bratislava, Nuremberg, Cologne and in Austria. The consort’s 23 recordings on Naxos, Deux-Elles and Delphian use three different sets of instruments to cover repertory from the late fifteenth-century origins of consort music to the music of Henry Purcell. The Consort has appeared at Dartington International Summer School, giving concerts and coaching ensembles, activities it now continues here at Benslow Music in Hitchin.

‘Teares of Sorrowe and Gladnesse’

Dowland
Ferrabosco
Simpson
Coperario
Marenzio

£20

Free for students and children

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