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The Early Music Show

17 July 2004

Saturday 17 July 2004 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)

Catherine Bott is joined today by fellow soprano Emma Kirkby to explore the intimate and expressive repertoire of the English lute song, which reached its peak in the first half of the seventeenth century with composers like Dowland, Ferrabosco and the Lawes brothers, Henry and William.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Emma Kirkby (soprano)
With Jacob Lindberg (lute)

Alfonso Ferrabosco: So, so leave off this last lamenting kiss; Gentle Knights
Robert Johnson: As I walked forth
John Dowland: Go crystal tears; Lend your ears to my sorrow; Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace?
Dowland: Prelude and Fantasia for lute
Robert Jones: Ite, caldi sospiri
Henry Lawes: Tavola: Or you or I Nature did wrong: Slide soft, you silver floods
William Lawes: Why so pale and wan, fond lover
Daniel Bachelor: Prelude - La Jeune Fillette for lute
Alfonso Bales: Cloris sigh'd, and sang, and wept
George Jeffreys: Have pity, grief, I cannot pay
John Hilton: Hymne to God the Father




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