This concert has been cancelled in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Featuring Thomas Walker, Jr., lute, and Mary Burke & Mark Kausch, violas da gamba joined by guest soprano Sarah Jackson.
A DREAM STATE—that’s the only possible way to describe this music. John Dowland’s final work, A Pilgrimes Solace (1612), is his lushest, most vivid composition, overflowing with opulent bloominess. In movements IX, X, and XI, his characteristic elegance is distilled into ravishing chromaticisms that ignite radiant sparks between voice, lute, and treble and bass viols. It’s a work that is as intoxicating to perform as it is to hear!
And anyone familiar with Tobias Hume’s Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke, published in 1607, will already know what a mesmerizing spell Hume can weave with lute, viols, and voice—most of all in his air Cease Leaden Slumber. This concert will also include two treasured Byrd consort songs, a deeply moving air of Henry Lawes, and eloquent works of William Lawes, Richard Mico and others.
Sponsored by SPCM, the New Lute Café usually takes place on the third Thursday of each month. (Please note that April’s concert, however, is being held on the third Tuesday.) Doors open at 7:00 and performances start at 7:30 pm. Performances last about an hour, sometimes a bit more.
There is no set charge for attending the performances, but a $15 per person donation is suggested to help defray costs and support our performers.