This year marks the 350th anniversary of the death of one of Britain's best kept choral secrets. Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), an unassuming composer from St David's in Wales, wrote wonderful sacred music for the English Chapel Royal and madrigals for the court and was a student of the great William Byrd. Through the Golden Age of Elizabeth I, and into the turbulent years of the English Civil War, in this programme Antiphon explores the varied musical genius of Tomkins and his talented contemporaries.
This concert will last just over one hour.