Thurston Dart talks about the founder of the English madrigal school, who was born c. 1557
The talk includes some of Morley's Consort Lessons (1599), played during the original productions of Twelfth Night and other Shakespeare plays, now receiving their first modern performance with their original instrumentation.
Carl Pint (violin)
Wilfred Smith (bass flute)
Robert Donington (bass viol)
Julian Bream (lute)
Desmond Dupr (cittern)
Freddie Phillips (pandora)