William Byrd - Fantasia III, T 391 (1611)

William Byrd (birth date variously given as c.1539/40 or 1543 – 4 July 1623) was an English composer of the Renaissance. Widely considered to be one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance and one of the greatest British composers, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music.

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Fantasia III in G minor for 6 Viols, T 391 (1611)

Fretwork
Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell, Wendy Gillespie, Julia Hodgson, William Hunt, Susanna Pell, viols

This Fantasia features rich overlapping polyphony with clear influences of Elizabethan court dances. Consort Music.