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Cancelled: An Orphan Orpheus: with Musicke in the Ayre

Celebrating 400th anniv of gifted orphan composer/poet/physician Thomas Campion

Add to my Calendar 22-03-2020 15:00 22-03-2020 17:00 36 Cancelled: An Orphan Orpheus: with Musicke in the Ayre Din and Carmel mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Thomas Campion - celebrated poet, prolific composer, esteemed physician - with a programme of lute songs by him, plus a few by colleagues such as Dowland, Johnson and Coperario. An orphan by age 13, he became a gentleman amateur who was an important figure in the English lute song movement, wtih connections to the Jacobean court. This delightful programme includes songs that cover many aspects of life: love and loss, marriage and mourning, faith and frolicking. Foundling Museum, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
England

Programme

Thomas Campion – When to her lute Corinna sings
Thomas Campion – My love hath vow'd
Thomas Campion – Fain would I wed
Robert Johnson – Full Fathom Five (The Tempest: Act I Scene 2)
John Dowland – Come ye heavy states of night
John Coperario – So parted you
Thomas Campion – All looks be pale
John Coperario – While dancing rests
Thomas Campion – Woo her and win her
John Dowland – What if a day (lute solo)
Thomas Campion – Oft have I sighed
Thomas Campion – A secret love or two
Thomas Campion – Shall I come sweet love to thee
Thomas Campion – Come, cheerful day
Thomas Campion – Never, weather-beaten sail

Performers

Carmel Edwards – soprano
Din Ghani – lute

Musicke in the Ayre

Programme Note

Din and Carmel mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Thomas Campion - celebrated poet, prolific composer, esteemed physician - with a programme of lute songs by him, plus a few by colleagues such as Dowland, Johnson and Coperario. An orphan by age 13, he became a gentleman amateur who was an important figure in the English lute song movement, wtih connections to the Jacobean court. This delightful programme includes songs that cover many aspects of life: love and loss, marriage and mourning, faith and frolicking.

Din and Carmel at St Brides

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