Beguiled and blue: ayres to the lute, with Musicke in the Ayre
Beguiled and blue: ayres to the lute, with Musicke in the Ayre at Holy Cross Church, Marlborough
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Beguiled and blue: ayres to the lute, with Musicke in the Ayre £12.00
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About the show
Alysha Paterson and Alice Simmons present some vocal gems of the Stuart era, from the delights of Dowland to the pleasures of Purcell. with Din Ghani on lutes.
Four hundred years ago, the death of John Dowland marked the beginning of the end of the lute’s golden age in England. For much of the 16th and early 17th centuries, the lute was central to English musical life, accompanying singers and instrumentalists. By the time of Henry Purcell, however, it had become just one of many instruments used to accompany a voice.
This programme traces the changing styles of song across this period, beginning with Dowland and his contemporaries and the final flowering of the English lute-song tradition. Nicholas Lanier provides a bridge to the more dramatic Baroque style of Purcell, whose songs are also represented here. Together, they reveal how the intimate sound of voice and lute evolved over the course of a century.
Tickets £12 at the door, from the Post Office in Ramsbury or online.
Musicke in the Ayre
Musicke in the Ayre was formed by lutenist/luthier Din Ghani with a group of friends to explore and perform the lute song repertoire and other 16th/17th century music with a flexible line-up of voices, lutes and allied instruments.