Your events at Classical Events
The Shepherd Knight and his Star
celebrating Sir Philip Sidney and his muse Lady Penelope Rich
Add to my Calendar 22-09-2023 13:15 22-09-2023 15:15 36 The Shepherd Knight and his Star A lunchtime recital inspired by the life and works of the renowned Elizabehan courtier/poet/soldier and his relationship with Lady Penelope Rich who was his muse - she was the inspiration of his monumental sonnet cycle "Astrophil and Stella" which was his most famous work. The programme combines settings of poems from this work with pieces relating to both parties and some of their relations. St Bride's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Bride's Church
Fleet Street
Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 8AU
England
Programme
William Byrd – O you that hear this voice
Thomas Morley – Who is it that this dark night
William Byrd – Content is Rich
William Byrd – Come to me, grief, for ever
Henry Lawes – My lute, within thyself
John Bartlet – If ever hapless woman
John Dowland – Lady Rich her Galliard
John Coperario – My joy is dead
John Coperario – In darkness let me dwell
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – Was I to blame
Robert Jones – Farewell, fond youth
Performers
Jane Hunt – soprano
Melissa Scott – mezzo-soprano
Din Ghani – lute
Musicke in the Ayre
Programme Note
A lunchtime recital inspired by the life and works of the renowned Elizabehan courtier/poet/soldier and his relationship with Lady Penelope Rich who was his muse - she was the inspiration of his monumental sonnet cycle "Astrophil and Stella" which was his most famous work. The programme combines settings of poems from this work with pieces relating to both parties and some of their relations.
