Editions

sets for broken consort

The consort's own performing edition, issued in fascicles as the repertoire grows: dance sets, grounds and ballad tunes from prints and manuscripts of 1550–1700, with the divisions the consort actually plays written out rather than implied.

The perusal copy below is free to download; performing sets are available from the consort.

The Vervain Dance Book — perusal fascicle (PDF)

for bass viol and continuo

Adjoa Mensah's division sets on the recercada grounds, written for the consort's teaching work at Blackfriars and recorded on Divisions on a Ground.

Published by Fen and Vane Listen

for viola da gamba, theorbo, hurdy-gurdy and sackbut · 14'

Mabel Torrance's piece about the field boundary as a musical instrument — drones from the wheel, birdcall from the slide, and a ground bass that never quite repeats. The first Broken Music commission, filmed for the Lantern Sessions.

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for broken consort · 11'

Dev Chatterjee's commission takes the consort's founding accident — a procession rained off into a market awning — and scores the weather: the piece may be paused and resumed, as street music always could be. First performance in York this season.

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