Closing Concert – The Seven Tears – Ensemble Jupiter plays Dowland

Closing Concert – The Seven Tears – Ensemble Jupiter plays Dowland: performed by Jupiter Ensemble, Thomas Dunford (Lute / Artistic Director) playing Dowland; Come again; Semper Dowland, semper dolens; Go crystal tears; King of Denmark’s Galliard; Can she excuse my wrongs?; Sorrow, stay; The Earl of Essex Galliard; In darkness let me dwell; Captain Digorie Piper’s Gaillard; I saw my Lady weep; Mr George Whitehead his Almand; Flow, my tears; Frog Galliard; Now, O now, I needs must part. at St Mary's Kirk, Haddington on Sun 20 Sept 7.30pm as part of the Lammermuir Festival. As homage to one of the greatest composers of the early 17th century on the 400th anniversary of his death, Thomas Dunford and the brilliant Ensemble Jupiter play all seven Lachrimae (Tears) of John Dowland, composer of some of the most profoundly beautiful music ever written. Dowland's cycle of masterpieces for lute and viol consort is interspersed with exquisite songs from his three Books of Ayres, leading the listener through a series of tearful moods, from despairing melancholy to intense love and supreme joy.