Thank you so much to David Skinner of Alamire for contacting me via Facebook about this new video on Anne Boleyn’s Songbook, which includes David discussing the songbook and sharing images from it, as well as performances from Alamire – enjoy!
https://youtu.be/Sw4ukfVygG0
“Venes Regrets” gave me chills. What a beautiful piece of musical history. I can just imagine Anne singing this to Henry while playing the lute in a candlelit room.