If you had to pick one phrase for 2020, what would it be? The year that sucketh? 2020: F You? What about a Latin phrase: Media vita in morte sumus, which means, “in the midst of life, we are in death”? That’s the name of the monumental work of John Sheppard, who lived from 1515 to 1558, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and sang at the funeral of Edward VI. And a new recording from the early music consort Alamire might just be the perfect soundtrack for periods of quiet contemplation as we near the finish line of this year. David Skinner, director of the Alamire consort (the…