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Arcadian Ayres with Musicke in the Ayre
Lute songs associated with Salisbury and poets in the Wilton Circle of Mary Herbert
Part of the Sarum College Lunchtime concert series 2019 Series
Add to my Calendar 01-11-2019 12:45 01-11-2019 14:45 36 Arcadian Ayres with Musicke in the Ayre Mary Herbert Countess of Pemborke, sister of the poet Sir Philip Sidney, created at her home in Wilton a circle of poets, writers, musician and other intellectuals, including Samuel Daniel, John Donneand Edmund Spenser. Gillian and Din explore lute song settings oftexts by a number of such poets including brother Philip.Wilton was the inspiration for his major work The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia which lends its name to the programme - the opening piece is an anonymous setting of a text from this work.They also touch on the work of the Lawes brothers from Dinton, near Salisbury. Sarum College, Salisbury DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sarum College
The Close
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EE
England
Programme
Anonymous – O dear life
Anonymous – O Lord, whose grace
John Danyel – Like as the lute delights
John Danyel – Rosamund
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – Come my Celia
Robert Johnson – Have you seen but a white lily grow
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – So, so, leave off
John Dowland – Sweet, stay a while
Henry Lawes – O let me groan one word
William Lawes – Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Performers
Gillian Wormley – soprano
Din Ghani – lute
Musicke in the Ayre
Programme Note
Mary Herbert Countess of Pemborke, sister of the poet Sir Philip Sidney, created at her home in Wilton a circle of poets, writers, musician and other intellectuals, including Samuel Daniel, John Donneand Edmund Spenser. Gillian and Din explore lute song settings oftexts by a number of such poets including brother Philip.Wilton was the inspiration for his major work The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia which lends its name to the programme - the opening piece is an anonymous setting of a text from this work.They also touch on the work of the Lawes brothers from Dinton, near Salisbury.
