This programme places Dowland’s music alongside that of his contemporaries. Evoking how listeners might have originally heard it in the intimate surroundings of Hatfield House, The Sixteen and leading viol consort Fretwork perform works by Morley, Hume, Byrd, Lawes, Dowland and Coprario as part of the Hatfield House Music Festival.

PROGRAMME

  • Morley

    I love, alas, I love thee

  • Dowland

    My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home

  • Byrd

    Retire my soul, consider thine estate

  • Hume

    Sweete musicke

  • Dowland

    Weep you no more, sad fountains

  • Dowland

    Robin (lute solo)

  • Dowland

    Up merry mates

  • Lawes

    Pavan on a bass theme by J. Cormacke

  • Byrd

    Come woeful Orpheus

  • Byrd

    In nomine

  • Byrd

    Have mercy upon me O God

  • Byrd

    Pauana: The Earle of Salisbury and Galiardo

  • Byrd

    In winter cold / Whereat an ant

  • Dowland

    My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard

  • Byrd

    This sweet and merry month of May

  • Lawes

    Pavan on a bass theme by Coprario

  • Byrd

    Ah silly soul

  • Coprario

    Illicita Cosa

  • Byrd

    O God that guides the cheerful sun

PERFORMERS

  • The Sixteen
  • Fretwork
  • Harry Christophers conductor

Venue details

Hatfield House

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