A man­u­script at the Royal College of Music bears a mys­te­ri­ous inscrip­tion: Mistress ABolleyn nowe thus”. Is this a sig­na­ture of Anne Boleyn, the sec­ond wife of Henry VIII? David Skinner and his vocal ensem­ble Alamire sus­pect it is. They per­form a selec­tion from Anne’s song­book full of gor­geous chan­sons and motets by Brumel, Josquin and oth­er mas­ters of polyphony. 

Anne Boleyn's songbook

  • musical director: David Skinner
  • ensemble: Alamire