A Poet’s teares

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O Sweet woods, the delight of solitarinesse,

O how much do I love your solitarinesse.

From fame's desire, from loves delight retir'd,

In these sad groves an Hermit's life I led.

To dwell in solitude, to look inside oneself, to learn to see one's inner light: John Dowland, John Danyel and Alfonso Ferrabosco invite us to turn away from the outside world, in order to better explore the world within.

By singing and playing alone, Emma-Lisa searches for a new form of intimacy, another way to experience the sweet melancholy expressed in the famous lute songs of the turn of the 17th century.

The program

O sweet woods - John Dowland (1563-1626)

A piece without title (78)

All ye who love - John Dowland

Mourne, mourne

Dear if you change

Like as the lute - John Danyel (1564-1626) 

La mia barbara - John Dowland

Come away, come sweet love

Praeludium - John Dowland

Like Hermit Poore - Alfonso Ferrabosco (1576-1628)

If floods of teares - John Dowland

M. & Mrs E. her funerall teares - John Danyel

The First part: Grief keep within

The Second part: Drop not mine eyes

The Third part: Have all our passions certaine proper vents

Drowne not with teares - Alfonso Ferrabosco 

Down in a valley - Michael Cavendish (ca. 1565 -1628)

1 musician, 60min.