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Anne of Denmark, the Dancing Queen, with Musicke in the Ayre

Songs to the lute marking 400th anniv of death of James I's Queen Consort

Add to my Calendar 01-03-2019 19:00 01-03-2019 21:00 36 Anne of Denmark, the Dancing Queen, with Musicke in the Ayre We mark the 400th anniversary of the death (on 2nd March 1619) of Anne of Denmark, Queen consort of James I, with a programme of lute songs and solos by composers employed or patronized by her, her courtiers and other members of her family: James himself, the tragic Prince Henry, and his siblings Elizabeth and Charles. A number of the songs have texts by people whose portraits are also in the gallery, such as Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne and Henry Lee. National Portrait Gallery, London DD/MM/YYYY

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National Portrait Gallery
Saint Martin's Place
Westminster
London
WC2H 0HE
England

Programme

Thomas Robinson – The Queen's gigue
Tobias Hume – Cease, leaden slumber
John Dowland – Sweet, stay a while
John Dowland – The King of Denmark's Galliard
John Danyel – Like as the lute delights
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – If all the ages of the earth
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – So beauty on the water stood
Daniel Bacheler – En me revenant
John Dowland – Far from triumphing court
John Coperario – Tis now dead night
Thomas Campion – Woo her and win her
Thomas Campion – Now hath Flora
John Coperario – While dancing rests
Robert Johnson – Full Fathom Five (The Tempest: Act I Scene 2)
Robert Johnson – Have you seen but a white lily grow

Performers

Sophia Brumfitt – mezzo-soprano
Din Ghani – lute

Musicke in the Ayre

Programme Note

We mark the 400th anniversary of the death (on 2nd March 1619) of Anne of Denmark, Queen consort of James I, with a programme of lute songs and solos by composers employed or patronized by her, her courtiers and other members of her family: James himself, the tragic Prince Henry, and his siblings Elizabeth and Charles. A number of the songs have texts by people whose portraits are also in the gallery, such as Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne and Henry Lee.

Sophia and Din at the NPG with Anne of Denmark in the background

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