Venue
Duke's Hall
Price
£20

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Programme Details

Elizabeth Kenny director
Academy Baroque Soloists

DOWLAND Pavans and Galliards from Lachrimae, or Seven Teares (1604); Away with these self-loving lads; My thoughts are winged with hopes; Flow, my tears; Sleep, wayward thoughts; Sweet, stay awhile; In darkness let me dwell
GIBBONS Ah, dear heart; What is our life?; O, that the learned poets; The Silver Swan

‘What is our life? The play of passion. Our mirth? The music of division’.

Sir Walter Raleigh’s poem is the inspiration for this anniversary programme featuring the music of two great composers who died within a year of each other: Orlando Gibbons and John Dowland. The infectious joy of Gibbons’ counterpoint is perfectly matched by Dowland’s forthright and eloquent writing of solo ayres and part-songs. Extracts from Dowland’s monumental collection Lachrimae, or Seven Teares complete the programme.

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