Dowland by candlelight
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Jonas Nordberg, lute
‘A captivating Dowland tribute… steeped in delicious Elizabethan melancholy’ (The Guardian)
Marking the 400th anniversary of John Dowland’s death, this candlelit programme weaves together lute songs and instrumental works with music by Purcell and Robert Johnson, alongside contemporary reflections by Errollyn Wallen and Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Soprano Ruby Hughes is admired for her ‘clean and intensely expressive singing’ (The Times), having performed around the world in major opera houses and venues like the Wigmore Hall, Vienna Musikverrein and New York’s Carnegie Hall. She is joined by Swedish lutenist Jonas Nordberg, praised for his ‘sensitive, rounded, intelligent playing’ (BBC Music Magazine)
Programme:
Henry Purcell – Amidst the shades, Oh Solitude, Music for a while
John Dowland – Fantasia P.5, Fantasia P.6
Errollyn Wallen – The Shadow of my Sorrow
Robert Johnson – Full Fathom Five, Care charming sleep, Mrs Winter’s Jump
(Dowland lute solo) Where the bee sucks
John Dowland – Semper Dowland semper Dolens
Interval
Corpus Cristi Carol (anon)
John Dowland – Preludium, Time stands still, Can she excuse my wrongs, Flow my tears
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – They bore him bare-faced on the bier
John Dowland – The Earl of Derby’s Galliard, Sorrow stay, Now oh now I needs must part/The Frog Galliard, In darkness let me dwell, Come again 3