Skip Sempé

Fiery virginalists 
There is no denying that the school of English virginalists formed the cradle of great keyboard music between 1550 and 1650. The contrasts within compositions are downright breathtaking: from the simplest melodies to flamboyant displays, from dance music to the magic of polyphony. Skip Sempé delves, among other things, into the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the most significant source of this musical treasure that forms the link between the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque.