Programme
»Ian Bostridge and Friends«
1st concert
THOMAS ADES (*1971)
»Darknesse Visible« for piano solo
based on Dowland's lute song »In darkness let me dwell«
JOHN DOWLAND (1563–1626)
In darkness let me dwell (tenor and lute)
Captaine Digorie Piper his Galliard (lute)
Lachrymae antiquae (lute)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976)
»Lachrymae«, op. 48 for viola and piano
Contemplations on a song by Dowland
– Intermission –
JOHN DOWLAND
Lute songs from the »Third Book of Songs«
Farewell too fair
Time stands still
Behold a wonder here
Daphne was not so chaste
Me, me and none but me
When Phoebus first did Daphne love
Say Love if ever thou dids't find
Flow not so fast ye fountains
What if I never speed?
Love stood amaz'd
Encore:
THOMAS MORLEY (1557?–1602)
In the Spring
Artists
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