Items are taken from Early Music News, Thames Valley Early Music Forum, and from viol consorts themselves, with thanks. You are strongly advised to check on concert dates, times etc with the organisers!

8 April (Tuesday 20:00) St Mary's Church, Old Amersham, part of the Amersham Festival. ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Catherine King (mezzo). Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage: dramatic songs from the Elizabethan plays staged for court and city, interspersed with dances and fantasias by Byrd, Tomkins and their contemporaries.

19 April (Saturday 20:00) Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, WC2E 7NA THE MARESIENNE CONSORT: Huw Daniel, violin; Ibi Aziz, viola da gamba; Bridget Cunningham, harpsichord. Bach Trio Sonatas. Arrangements of J.S. Bach's works for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 concs.

26 April (Saturday 19:30) Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PA IBI AZIZ, Viola da gamba and TAL ARBEL, Viola da gamba Recital of music for two violas da gamba by Schenck, Telemann, Boismortier and others. Tickets: £12.00/£10.00 concs.

14 May (Wednesday) Ottery St Mary Church, Devon. ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Catherine King (mezzo). Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage: dramatic songs from the Elizabethan plays staged for court and city, interspersed with dances and fantasias by Byrd, Tomkins and their contemporaries.

16 May St Martin-in-the-Fields Festival FRETWORK Late night concert with Clare Wilkinson, including music by Michael Nyman

17 May (Saturday afternoon) Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music at St. John's Smith Square, London SW1 CONCORDIA (director Mark Levy) with Elin Manahan Thomas Knock'd on the Head - music of the English Civil War by William Lawes and his contemporaries. Lufthansa Festival Box Office 020 7222 1061

29 May Cambridge FRETWORK Second Festival of Evensong

5 June (Thursday, 18:30) Middle Temple Hall, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 7BB CONCORDIA (director Mark Levy) with William Purefoy (part of the Temple Festival 2008) REGINA MONOLOGUES with Penelope Keith as Elizabeth I The ageing Elizabeth reminisces about her love for Essex accompanied by the music in which she had taken so much pleasure. Her beloved Lord Essex is dead for treason; all of the closest councillors and friends upon whom she depended have passed on. Who is left to listen? Information and tickets: 020 7427 5641

6 June Cambridge College FRETWORK Concert of Purcell fantasias

8 July (Tuesday, 13:00) York Early Music Festival ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Philips, Dering, Bull (details to follow)

15 July (Tuesday, 19:30) Wigmore Hall, London CONCORDIA with Robin Blaze (countertenor) Dowland: Lachrimae, and music by Byrd, Bryars, Williams and Tavener

18 July (Friday, 19:30) Gower Festival, St Mary's, Rhossili ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Catherine King mezzo-soprano 'Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage'

19 July (Saturday) Gower Festival ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Catherine King mezzo-soprano Workshop for Singers/Viols (details to follow)

19 July (Saturday 19:30) Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PA. THE MARESIENNE CONSORT, with Clare Wilkinson, mezzo soprano Telemann Cantatas. Tickets: £12.00/£10.00 conc.

29 July (Tuesday, 17:00) Dartington, Great Hall ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Composers in Mace's Musick's Monument. (details to follow)

31 July (Thursday, 17:00) Dartington, Great Hall ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Hume (details to follow)

14 September (Sunday) Wigmore Hall, London FRETWORK "Birds on Fire" Concert to mark the release of Birds on Fire, Jewish Music for Viols on Harmonia Mundi USA

6 October (Monday 19:30) Huddersfield Music Society, St Paul's Hall ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Emma Kirkby Byrd, Gibbons. (details to follow).

7 October (Tuesday 18:30) Huddersfield University ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Inaugural Lecture-Recital. (details to follow).

31 October (Friday) Dartington Great Hall ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Emma Kirkby Early Music Showcase. Byrd, Gibbons (details to follow).

Amersham Music Club (details to follow) ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage

4 December (Thursday) Bedford Music Club ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Catherine King mezzo-soprano Lullaby (details to follow).

6 December Christ's College, Cambridge FRETWORK A Concert celebrating the tricentenary of the birth of John Milton.

12 December (Friday) Milverton Concert Society ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with Catherine King mezzo-soprano 'Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage' and pm workshop (details to follow).

1 February Wigmore Hall, London FRETWORK with Clare Wilkinson Music by Goehr, Skeaping, Byrd, Bach, Purcell, Wolf & Wilkinson