Such sweet sorrow: lutenist Jonas Nordberg and soprano extraordinaire Ruby Hughes explore four centuries of lute songs, in all their tenderness and passion.
Flow, flow my tears…“I feel often quite drawn to the more melancholic songs” says the soprano and musical explorer Ruby Hughes. “Dowland really understands the human condition; he understands suffering and sadness and loneliness”. Today, though, he’s merely the tender heart of a musical journey into the shade-dappled, endlessly poetic world of the lute song, from Tudor masters to the music of Purcell and Britten. Discover, too, specially commissioned Shakespeare songs from living composers including Errollyn Wallen and Cheryl Frances-Hoad – each inspired by the searching, wonderfully expressive sound of Hughes and her musical soulmate, lutenist Jonas Nordberg.
Additional Info
Date:
Time: 8pm
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes including interval
Tickets: £25
-
Purcell Oh, Solitude; Music for a while
Britten Corpus Christi Carol
Dowland Flow my tears; Can she excuse my wrongs; In darkness let me dwell; lute pieces
Errollyn Wallen The Shade of my Sorrow
Cheryl Frances Hoad They bore him bare-faced on the bier -
Ruby Hughes soprano
Jonas Nordberg lute
‘Dowland died 400 years ago this year, and we’ll be lucky if there are many other tributes as captivating as this one’.
The Guardian ★★★★★‘A jewel of a song recital . . . the sonorous glow of Dowland’s melancholia might be unique but the Purcell selections, the lute and gamba solos, and the contemporary items all offer treasures of their own’.
The Times ★★★★★
Dates, Times & Book
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Crypt Close-Up: Ruby Hughes – Amidst the Shades
Such sweet sorrow: lutenist Jonas Nordberg and soprano extraordinaire Ruby Hughes explore four centuries of lute songs, in all their tenderness and passion.