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The cittern with its nine strings, bridge, and pegbox ‘‘brings to mind the theory of music’s harmonic proportions.

It did indeed turn into the trusty guitar in due course, but not before it had cross-fertilised with another medieval instrument, the citole, whose chief successor in England was unhelpfully called the cittern.

Danielle Svonavec lends her soprano to the consort’s lute, cittern, viols and flute as they play songs from the plays of William Shakespeare.

Find your Celtic groove with great Irish and Scottish baroque and traditional music, performed by fiddler and Irish whistle player Michael Albert, Scottish fiddler Brandon Vance and harpsichordist and cittern player Henry Lebedinsky.

Among the highlights are Burns' cittern, a fragment of Jean Armour's wedding dress and original manuscripts including Scots Wha Hae and Auld Lang Syne.