Renaissance · Welsh

Thomas Tomkins

1572 to 1656

English Renaissance

Core repertoire

Portrait of Thomas Tomkins

Born in St David’s, Wales, and probably a pupil of Byrd, Thomas Tomkins was organist of Worcester Cathedral from 1596 and, from 1621, organist of the Chapel Royal alongside Orlando Gibbons. The last representative of the English virginalist school, he remained faithful to the polyphonic language of the Renaissance until the middle of the seventeenth century in his keyboard pieces, madrigals and church music.

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The repertoire

Works in the project’s repertoire

2 works, 1 of them available to listen to.

Core repertoire

  • Flagship work

    Clarifica me Pater

    MB 4 · Verse

    Early repertoire, best served by an unequal temperament (ideally meantone)

  • Trois versets

    MB 74-76 · Verse

    Early repertoire, best served by an unequal temperament (ideally meantone)

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