Rising star counter-tenor Alexander Chance joins Fretwork Viol consort for a programme exploring Orlando Gibbons’ consort music in 5 and 6 parts, alongside songs and madrigals. The concert climaxes with ‘My Days’ by Nico Muhly a substantial and deeply moving work exploring the melancholy that underpins Gibbons’ style.

Orlando Gibbons, whose refined and deeply expressive works represent the pinnacle of Jacobean music, died on 5th June 1625 at the young age of 41, while travelling to Canterbury with the Chapel Royal to receive Charles I’s bride, Henrietta Maria. His untimely death was mourned across English culture, and MUSICON marks the anniversary with the first of two concerts given in Durham in 2025 by legendary viol consort Fretwork.

This concert has been generously supported by the Radcliffe Trust.

Tickets: £10 standard, £5 students, £1 under-18s.