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Phantasm; Elizabeth Kenny lute
Dowland 400th Anniversary Weekend
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn and Spring Concerts - 2025-2026 Series
Add to my Calendar 29-03-2026 11:30 29-03-2026 13:30 36 Phantasm; Elizabeth Kenny lute Dowland, admired by contemporaries for his ‘sad and doleful’ harmonies, distilled his profound feeling for heartfelt emotions into his ‘Lachrimae pavan’. He placed the work at the head of his Lachrimae or Seaven Teares, a matchless collection of pieces for five-part instrumental consort comprising seven inspired versions of the ‘Lachrimae pavan’ and 14 other dances, among them ‘Semper Dowland, semper dolens’ (‘Always Dowland, always sorrowful’). Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
John Dowland – Mrs Nichols Almand
John Dowland – Mr. Nicholas Gryffith his Galliard
John Dowland – Lachrimae antiquae
John Dowland – Lachrimae antiquae novae
John Dowland – Sir John Souch’s Galliard
John Dowland – Lachrimae gementes
John Dowland – Lachrimae tristes
John Dowland – Mr Giles Hoby his Galliard
John Dowland – The King of Denmark, his Galliard
John Dowland – Lachrimae coactae
John Dowland – Lachrimae amantis
John Dowland – Mr. Thomas Collier his Galliard
John Dowland – Mr Bucton's Galliard
John Dowland – The Earl of Essex Galliard
John Dowland – Lachrimae verae
John Dowland – Semper Dowland semper dolens
John Dowland – Captain Piper his Galliard
John Dowland – Mr. Henry Noel his Galliard
John Dowland – Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
John Dowland – Mr. George Whitehead his Almand
John Dowland – Mr. John Langton's Pauan
Performers
Elizabeth Kenny – lute
Phantasm
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Programme Note
Dowland, admired by contemporaries for his ‘sad and doleful’ harmonies, distilled his profound feeling for heartfelt emotions into his ‘Lachrimae pavan’. He placed the work at the head of his Lachrimae or Seaven Teares, a matchless collection of pieces for five-part instrumental consort comprising seven inspired versions of the ‘Lachrimae pavan’ and 14 other dances, among them ‘Semper Dowland, semper dolens’ (‘Always Dowland, always sorrowful’).
