Singing Dowland, Purcell & Handel | Iestyn Davies & Dunford · MarchVivo

"English Orpheus". This was the epithet received by John Dowland as well as Henry Purcell and Georg Friedrich Handel. The former was considered the epitome of the lute song of the Elizabethan era. This genre reached a new splendor with Henry Purcell who, from 1690, explored new accompaniments in ground bass and bass ostinato. Georg Friedrich Handel brought the spirit of Italian opera and cantata to London.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
00:00 Strike the viol, from Come, ye sons of art away Z 323
02:08 By beauteous softness, from Now does the glorious day appear Z 332
04:18 Hymn "Lord, what is man?" Z 192

John Dowland (1563-1626)
09:32 King of Denmark's Galliard, from Lachrimae, or Seven Tears
11:36 Can she excuse my wrongs, from First Booke of Songs

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Cantata "Hendel, non può mia musa" HWV 117
13:56 Recitative "Hendel non può mia Musa" HWV 117
14:27 Aria "Puotè Orfeo o co'l dolce suono" HWV 117
16:57 Recitative "Dunque maggior d'Orfeo"
17:17 Aria "Musa all'ora che il pletro appeso"

Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
19:08 Orpheus with his lute

Eric Clapton (1945)
21:46 Tears in heaven


Iestyn Davies, countertenor. Thomas Dunford, baroque lute

Extraordinary concert (excerpt) "English Orpheus: songs with lute" closing concert of the 2020-2021 Season
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26 May 2021
Fundación Juan March, Madrid

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