This was a lovely concert of English viol music, specifically William Byrd, from the late Tudor/early Jacobean period. Phantasm are seriously good at this stuff. Janie was up for this one. Wigmore Hall – warmer, much warmer. Byrd too. Funnily enough, come the interval I realise that, sitting behind me, was the very couple I sat … Continue reading The World Of Byrd: Consorts Hymns Divisions & Dances, Phantasm, Wigmore Hall, 20 February 2018