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David Hatcher Alison Kinder Claire Horáček Timothy Lin

The Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols draws together players who are leading exponents of the viol as both a consort and solo instrument, and focuses uniquely on their love of the instrument’s very earliest sound and repertoire.

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News and events

Concerts coming up:

Shipwreck

with Héloïse Bernard, soprano and James Gilchrist, tenor

Sunday November 9th, 6pm: Sunday at Six, Canton Uniting Church,
Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1LQ

Sunday December 7th, 3pm: Huntingdon Hall Worcester WR1 3LD Worcester Concert Club

Telling the story of a truly dramatic event: a shipwreck that led to a chance meeting between Henry VII of England and Philip the Handsome of Burgundy. The programme follows the story of the adventure and includes music by three composers who were on the voyage with Philip (Pierre de la Rue, Marbrianus de Orto and Johannes de Stokem) as well as Josquin des Prez and Henry VIII.

Visit Continuo Connect for early music concert listings, news and lots more!

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Our new recording

Epitaph for a Green Lover:

Music from the song books of Margaret of Austria with Héloïse Bernard

Tracks from the new recording are being released monthly by CRD Records . Find them here.

We are very grateful to have been awarded generous grants from The Continuo Foundation, Angel Early Music and The Marchus Trust who have made the recording possible.

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Inn Stetter Hut

To listen click here

Inn Stetter Hut

Sixteenth-century viol music for the richest man in the world Volume II

with James Gilchrist

If you would like to buy the CD please email linarolconsort@gmail.com.

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La La Hö Hö can be bought direct from us, please click here

Both CDs are published by the Inventa label of Resonus. 

“The performances on this disc are outstanding, and the soundworld is seductive and delightful.”   For the full review of our debut CD La La Hö Hö  from Planet Hugill click here 

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Epitaph for a Green Lover:

Music from the song books of Margaret of Austria with Héloïse Bernard

At the end of January 2024 we made a recording of our popular programme, Epitaph for a Green Lover, with award winning producer Adrian Hunter.

Here is a video of Soubz ce tumbel the title track of the recording

Soubz ce tumbel – Pierre de la Rue (cl.1452-1518)
Recorded at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking, January 2022. by The Real Music Video Company

Héloïse Bernard and the Linarol Consort at Hawkwood College, Stroud. by Anthony Pearson

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About

David Hatcher   Asako Morikawa  Timothy Lin  Alison Kinder   Claire Horáček

The Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols draws together players who are leading exponents of the viol as both a consort and solo instrument, and focuses uniquely on their love of the instrument’s very earliest sound and repertoire.

The Consort takes its name from the maker of the original viol on which the instruments they play are modelled: all are copies of one surviving viol by the Venetian maker Francesco Linarol, who was active throughout the 16th century and currently displayed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. David has worked closely with viol maker Richard Jones, who will shortly complete his 100th copy of the Linarol viol, to recreate two sets of viols: a “high” consort of treble, two tenors and a bass, and a “low” consort, pitched a fourth lower, comprising a tenor, two basses and a “great” bass.

Photographs of the group were kindly taken by Anthony Pearson.  Do have a look at more of his great photos on his website Dank Spangle.

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Media

Recorded at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking during our residency in January 2022.

Soubz ce tumbel – Pierre de la Rue? (cl.1452-1518)
La Spagna – Johann Ghiselin [Verbonnet] (fl.1491-1507)

Thank you to The Francis W Reckitt Arts Trust for supporting our residency and Michael Hamilton of Real Music Videos.

Barber Lunchtime Virtual Concert Premiered February 2021

Lockdown Linarols

This is four Davids on viols with a remote James Gilchrist added to the mix. Part of David’s Consort-Music-Minus-one project.

Frag weiter nit, anon

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Cipriano de Rore’s classic madrigal, Ancor che col partire.

Tanndernac by Petrus Alamire.

Films by Michael Hamilton of Real Music Videos.

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