La Spirita Consort of Viols consists of Mary Benton, Patricia Hlafter, David Moulton, and Judith Klotz. The ensemble performs Renaissance and Baroque music with voice and treble, tenor and bass viols, often with guest singers and other gambists. They specialize in the polyphony of the 17th century, including the English composers William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Jenkins, and Henry Purcell, and the Italian Giovanni Gabrieli. The viola da gamba is a Renaissance stringed i