Ensemble: 
                  soprano
                  countertenor
                                    lutes
                                    teorbo 
                                    2 viols 
                                    2 recorders

This programme includes songs by John Coperario, one of the summits of English music, and songs by his contemporaries.

The Elisabethain English song will remain one of the greatest events in musical history. It created a new form, where music and poetry are closely interwoven. The Coperario's songs are a quintessence of noble English style. his innovations are numerous, and he created also the first cycle of songs in history. His authority was eminently high.
He educated a Pleiad of composers of XVIIth century.