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Dowland's Lachrimae

To mark the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death, Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards John Dowland's famous Lachrimae collection.

To mark the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death, Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards John Dowland's famous Lachrimae collection. We hear music which, like the Lachrimae, is full of melancholy, together with more modern musical dances, a form which inspired many of Dowland's works.

Producer: Ben Collingwood.

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Sunday13:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    The Trout Quintet: Theme & Variations

    Performer: Joseph Carver. Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • John Dowland

    Flow My Tears

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Claude Gervaise

    Pavana-Gallarda y Branle de Champagne

    Performer: Enrike Solinís. Ensemble: Euskal Barrokensemble.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Trois danses anciennes, Op.95: No.2, Pavane

    Performer: Sophia Vaillant.
    • Indesens.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane Op.50

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido's Lament

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • DG Archiv.

  • Blind Willie Johnson

    Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground

    Singer: Blind Willie Johnson.
    • Columbia.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in C minor "Sanguineus et Melancholicus:" II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Four Seasons - Summer: III. Presto

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne Op.15, No..2 in F sharp major

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No.1: III. Juba Dance

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Decca.

  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Study No. 3a

    Performer: Player Piano.
    • Other Minds.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Lachrymae Op. 48a

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jamie Phillips.
    • Claves.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Or Seaven Teares 1604

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sunday13:30
    BBC Radio 3