Workshop - Instruments and Voices with David Hatcher
St Mary's church hall, BANBURY, OX16 0AA
Sunday 27th September 2026
Music from the Songbooks of Margaret of Austria
Led by David Hatcher from the Linarol Consort
Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands at the beginning of the 16th century, was one of the wealthiest and most important women of her age. She was a great patron of the arts and many of the greatest composers of the renaissance worked at her court or contributed to her collections of music. Two songbooks and a volume of dance music survive from her personal collection and it is from these that we will be exploring this rich heritage of early renaissance treasures.
Viols, recorders, voices, cornetts & sackbuts, rebecs, harps and all manner of quiet early 16th century instruments are welcome.
Pitch 440
Led by David Hatcher from the Linarol Consort
Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands at the beginning of the 16th century, was one of the wealthiest and most important women of her age. She was a great patron of the arts and many of the greatest composers of the renaissance worked at her court or contributed to her collections of music. Two songbooks and a volume of dance music survive from her personal collection and it is from these that we will be exploring this rich heritage of early renaissance treasures.
Viols, recorders, voices, cornetts & sackbuts, rebecs, harps and all manner of quiet early 16th century instruments are welcome.
Pitch 440
