Many manuscripts of English viol music also contain pieces by composers from continental Europe, some of whom visited England, but many who were known here only by their wonderful motets, chansons and madrigals. These pieces were often copied without their original texts, and make ideal repertory for the consort of viols. Today's programme explores the wealth and variety of continental music known in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, rubbing shoulders with pieces by native composers.