The 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd was well marked this year, rather better than that of his more wayward contemporary, the great English madrigalist Thomas Weelkes, who also died in 1623.
Happily, amends were made by , a cleverly curated collection of madrigals and consort song for viols and voices by The King's Singers and our longest-serving viol consort, Fretwork. One reason why Weelkes's often erotically charged minstrelsy gets).