About this Event
Dowland’s Foundry: Delights to the Ear
The Programme
John Dowland: Time stands still
John Danyel: Like as the lute
John Dowland : Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
Can she excuse
It was a time when silly bees could speak
Interval: with complimentary tea coffee and cake
anon.: Light of love
John Dowland: Awake sweet love
Sweet stay awhile
Dear if you change
Come away, come sweet love
Mourn, mourn
Go nightly cares
Lacrime
Philip Rossetter: No grave for woe
Thomas Campion: To music bent is my retir’d mind
John Dowland: I must complain
Daniel Batchelar: Monsieur’s Almain
John Dowland: Now cease my wand’ring eyes
Come again
About the programme
World-famous by the time of his death in 1626, John Dowland was admired no less by his contemporaries than by us today for the variety, depth and beauty of his work. In this programme, we explore Dowland's multifaceted genius in his own music, and in that of the contemporaries he influenced.
Although he was never to achieve a coveted position at Elizabeth I’s court, Dowland was active in courtly circles, and owned a fraught relationship to that uncertain world. We explore this connection in our first set, with music written to flatter, coax and complain.
Dowland is most famous for his pitch-black melancholy, and his world famous pavan Lacrime became a musical touchstone. However, he captures no less brilliantly the complete emotional spectrum, with aubades and seductive and courtly love songs.
Our Second half shows Dowland at his most witty and reconciled, enduring the slings and arrows of love and fortune with gentle wryness. We also see him in a friendly duel with Thomas Campion - mutual respect notwithstanding their exchanging shots - and with Daniel Batchelar, a far more successful gentleman-lutenist.
About the performers
Dowland’s Foundry are a UK-based lute and voice ensemble whose heartland repertoire is the golden age of Elizabethan song, known for dynamic performances and programming. dowlandsfoundry.com
Daniel Thomson is an award-winning tenor known for his expressive, text-driven performances - particularly in lute-song and Bach roles Since his studies in Melbourne and Basel, Daniel has appeared at leading festivals and venues worldwide. www.daniel-thomson.com
“The Eric Clapton of the Lute”, Sami Brown is a British-Iraqi chordophonist based in London. He enjoys a thriving career that has seen him perform across four continents, and regularly collaborates with leading singers, actors and poets. www.sambrownmusic.org
The London Sketch Club, 7 Dilke St, London SW3 4JE
The London Sketch Club’s concerts aim to give promising musicians the opportunity to perform pieces of their choice in an informal setting while members and guests spend an enjoyable afternoon. The concert is relaxed, so music lovers of all ages are welcome. There will be music, tea, coffee and biscuits.
The London Sketch Club is a lively private members’ club for both professional and amateur artists. The club holds life drawing and portrait sessions where members, and non-members, sketch and draw in a unique convivial atmosphere. We also hold concerts for members and the public.
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The London Sketch Club, 7 Dilke Street, London, United Kingdom
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