John Ward’s music for four viols shows less consistency of style than his work for five- or six-part consort. The smooth madrigalian lines of the six Oxford fantasias most clearly approach the accomplishment of his characteristic pieces for larger ensembles. The Paris fantasias, which with the In nomines also included in the collection feature uniquely in a single source in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, are more variable in texture and idiom. The volume also includes six ayres for two ba...

• Ayre No. 1 (VdGS No. 1) 2 bass viols & organ
• Ayre No. 1 (VdGS No. 1) [?Set by] 2 lyra viols
• Ayre No. 2 (VdGS No. 2) 2 bass viols & organ
• Ayre No. 3 (VdGS No. 3) 2 bass viols & organ
• Ayre No. 4 (VdGS No. 4) 2 bass viols & organ
• Ayre No. 5 (VdGS No. 5) 2 bass viols & organ
• Ayre No. 5 (VdGS No. 5) [?Set by] Keyboard
• Ayre No. 5 (VdGS No. 5) [?Set by Simon Ives Lute
• Ayre No. 5 (VdGS No. 5) [?Set by Simon Ives] Lute
• Ayre No. 5 (VdGS No. 5) [?Set by Simon Ives] Strings a4 ...