Brighton Consort celebrates early music, not least unaccompanied singing of the great works of the 15th and 16th Centuries.

Its Festival contribution this year was Tomas Louis de Victoria's Victory Mass, published in 1600.

It is based on an earlier work by Clement Janequin called La Guerre which celebrated a French victory.

Brighton Consort mixed the mass with the earlier piece and works by other Spanish composers, including Alonso Lobo, Antonio de Cabezon and Juan Cererols and Andrea Gabriel.

Director Deborah Roberts certainly made the Consort sing and the sound it gave was beautifully spiritual and ethereal in the somewhat cavernous interior of All Saints Church.

The group sang with precision, discipline and enthusiasm, making music which can sometimes be more than a little esoteric, real and, at times, earthy.

Personally, I would have liked to have heard the Victory Mass sung straight through without being cut up to allow the other works to intercede.

And I felt that to include the other composers was a tad self-indulgent and made the evening seem a little too long but the Consort are so good it didn't really cause problems.

I remain a committed fan of this Brighton-based ensemble and its mission to resurrect the great works of times past.

The Brighton Consort will next perform at St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham, on June 12.