[LUTE] Re: Hilliard ensemble

2013-12-10 Thread Dan Winheld
Martin, I would say that 16th century English polyphony is directly lute-related. This is sad news indeed, but thanks for the heads-up. I will treasure their recordings all the more. My latest Renaissance lute student (the one who eagerly abandoned his mission to play lute music on his

[LUTE] Re: Hilliard ensemble

2013-12-10 Thread Ed Durbrow
I had a quick look up of the history of the group on Wikipedia. I had always assumed it was Paul Hillier’s group. I’m slightly out of touch as he left in the 80s! I went to their website and there was no mention of him. No mention about the group’s demise either. Them and Sequentia have been