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The did not die but was only sleeping! The six viols of with the mezzo-soprano continue their celebration of Purcell at the Wigmore Hall this weekend with a programme mixing 17th century items with those of later centuries. Purcell is represented by the songs O Solitude and Music For a While, the Fantazia Upon One Note and another four-part fantazia. While these are matched with fantasias and fantasies by and , the rest of the programme includes arrangements of works written when the viol consort was supposedly dead - Schubert, Debussy, Shostakovich, Wolf and Warlock for instance. Sonnets and fantasies by and world premieres of works by and confirm the viol's late 20th century resurrection.

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