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Dowland: The First Booke of Songes

6:30pm, Sat, 5 Jul 2025

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Concert
    Start time: 6:30pm
    End time: 8:30pm
    Venue: St Anne's Church
    125 Salusbury Road
    London NW6 6RG
    Description:
     
    A rare complete performance of The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1597), an extremely influential collection for voices and instruments, by England’s most celebrated lutenist / singer-songwriter.

    with
    Miriam Monaghan, recorders
    Augustin Cornwall-Irving, lute
    Nichola Blakey, viola
    Josh Salter, cello

     
    Inspired by his time in Rome with Luca Marenzio, John Dowland blends melancholy and wit in 21 short songs or ayres (and one wacky duet for two players on one lute). This first book was so popular it was reprinted four times during Dowland's lifetime, brought him an international career, and he wrote two sequels.