24th October 2024
An exploration of love and madness in the seventeenth century,
with songs from Dowland, Danyel and Purcell accompanied
by the lute and theorbo. 7pm to 8pm
Thursday 17th October 2024 (sold out)
Thursday 24th October 2024
The performance will take place in the House of Annetta - a semi-derelict house on Princelet Street just off Brick Lane and the heart of Huguenot Spitalfields. The area has a number of beautifully restored, quirky houses as well as well-known attractions such as the Dennis Severs House on Folgate Street, but the House of Annetta is one of the last remaining near un-restored houses and an extraordinary place to be in as the light slowly fades during an autumn evening.
We will be hosting a combination of a guided journey back into love and madness in the seventeenth century and the music of the finest English composers of the period, Dowland, Danyel and Purcell, all set as dusk falls amongst the bare bones of an ancient, beautiful house.
- Musick for a While (Purcell)
- Here the Deities (Purcell)
- An Old Epitaph (Purcell)
- I Sigh'd and I Pin'd (Purcell)
- Fled is My Love (Purcell)
- 'Tis Death Alone (Purcell)
- I Saw My Lady Weep (Dowland)
- Grief Keep Within (Danyel)
- Flow My Tears (Dowland)
- In Darkness let me Dwell (Dowland)
- Ah Belinda (Purcell)
- Dido's Lament (Purcell)
Tickets available from eventbrite
Doors open 6:30pm for 7pm start. Programme is roughly 55 minutes. Wine, beer and refreshments available before and after performance
'The Eric Clapton of the lute'
'... his voice bringing a tender clarity and emotional literacy to some of the most beautiful works of the period'
'Strikingly intimate... well-judged story-telling entwined with the haunting, sparse beauty of Purcell and Dowland'
