Linarol Consort of Viols

Continuo Foundation grantee
Supported by Continuo Foundation
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.
Musicians
- Tim LinViola da Gamba, Cello
- David HatcherViols, Recorder
- Claire HoráčekViols, Cello
- Alison KinderViols, Viola da Gamba, Violin, Recorder
- Claire Horacek
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Past programmes

‘Vialles greate and small'
Sat 28 September 2024
St Catherine's Church, Tugford
12:30pm
£14
Corvedale Festival
- ➕1 other performance
Music from Renaissance Italy for Viola da Gamba
Thu 19 September 2024
Church of St Peter & St Paul, North Curry
7:30pm
£15
- ➕1 other performance

Shipwreck
Sat 29 July 2023
Holy Trinity Church, Gloucester
11:30am
£0-£35
Three Choirs Festival

James Gilchrist with Linarol Consort of Viols
Mon 24 April 2023
St Mary's Parish Church, Luton
7:30pm
£18 full price, £10 students, unwaged, free for 18's and under

Inn Stetter Hut
Fri 17 March 2023
Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells
7:00pm
£18 (in advance) £20 (on the door) free for under 18s
- ➕3 other performances