Thomas Simpson was one of the leading figures among the English expatriate musicians active on the continent in the early 17th century.
The last of 12 programmes on the English consort style abroad focuses on his Taffel-Consort, a collection of instrumental music by Simpson, Dowland,
Ferrabosco and others which he compiled in 1621, when the hardships of the Thirty Years' War were having a serious effect on the publication of music in Germany.
The Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman and Mark Caudle