Events
Friday 10th September, 7.00pm 'Fairest Isle': songs of old England. A programme of Renaissance, Baroque and folk songs from the British Isles, accompanied by lute and folk harp. With Rachel Davies and Jessica Blake.
Folk Songs
All things are Quite Silent - trad. folk
The Ash Grove - trad. folk
She Moved through the Fayre - trad. folk
Waters of Tyne - trad. folk
The Oak and the Ash - trad. folk
Songs of the British Crown
Greensleeves - attrib. Henry VIII
O Death Rock me Asleep - attrib. Anne Boleyn
My Lodging is on the Cold Ground - Matthew Locke
Dowland Lute Songs
Come Away, Come Sweet Love - Dowland
Can she Excuse my Wrongs/The Earl of Essex, his Galliard - Dowland
Flow my Teares - Dowland
Fine Knacks for Ladies - Dowland
Purcell Songs
Since from my Dear Astrea's Sight (from Dioclesian) - Purcell
Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) - Purcell Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas) - Purcell
JESSICA BLAKE and RACHEL DAVIES met in 2000 at Birmingham University’s Centre for Early Music Performance and Research, where they studied with various early/folk musicians including Mark Tucker, Vivien Ellis, Giles Lewin, Paula Chateauneuf, Faye Newton and Jamie Savan. Jessica and Rachel have performed lute song recitals around Britain and Germany. Their programmes comprise a mixture of Renaissance, Baroque and folk music: both ‘composed’ and ‘folk’ pieces from English Renaissance courts, Dowland lute songs, and pieces from Restoration masques.
Tickets £3 for members; £5 for non-members. Please reserve a seat.
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