Dowland 400 Festival
Full List of Events
The Octagon Chapel
Thursday
10.30 - Lecture - Matthew Spring: ‘Dowland’s court pieces for voices and instruments’
12.00 - Lunchtime Concert - Augustus Cornwall-Irvin - ‘Setting The Scene: Lute Music in England Before Dowland’
14.30 - Lecture - Jan Burgers - ‘A new approach to manuscript sources’
16.00 - Lecture - Michael Lowe - ‘Dowlands Lutes’
19.00 - Concert - Nigel North - ‘John Dowland, Mirth and Melancholy’
21.30 Concert - Matthew Brown – Dowland
Friday
10.00 - Masterclass - Nigel North
12.00 - Concert - Dowlands Foundry - Dowland Songs from The First Books of Songs (1597) and Second Book of Songs (1600)
14.00 - Lecture - Peter Holman - Two Englishmen Abroad: John Dowland and Thomas Simpson
15.00 - Lecture - Peter Hauge - ‘Dowland’s Time in Copenhagen’
16.00 - Lecture - Joachim Held ‘Dowland’s time in France’
19.00 - Concert - Broken Consort - Fleet Street Revival
21.30 - Late Night Concert - Matthew Wadsworth - ‘Dowland and his European admirers’
Saturday
10.00 - Masterclass - Bor Zulijan - Octagon Chapel
12.00 - Concert - Dowlands Foundry - Dowland Songs from The Third Book of Songs (1603) and A Pilgrims Solace (1612)
14.00 - Lecture - Sigrid Wirth
15.00 - Lecture - Daniel Thomson - ‘A New Edition of Dowland’s Songbooks’
16.00 - Lecture - Luke Challinor - Historically correct stringing
19.00 - Concert - Bor Zuljan
21.00 - Concert - Emma-Lisa Roux - Self Accompanied Dowland Lute Songs
Sunday
14.00- Concert - Chordophony Lute Quartet
15.30 - Lecture - Lynda Sayce - ‘The Lute Ensemble inn the Elizabethan Court’
17.00 - Lecture - Dawn Grapes, Dowland Biography, via Zoom
18.00 - Wine and Cheese, Festival Celebration
19.00 - Concert - Fretwork with Liz Kenny
Full List of Events
Martineau Hall
Thursday
10.00 - 13.00 - Open Session for Music Making in Martineau Hall – Scores available
13.00 – 16.00 – Dowland Lute Songs in Dutch - Workshop – Ciska Mertens – Martineau Hall
15.30 - 16.00 - Show case for Workshop led by Ciska Mertens
17.00 - 17.30 - Dutch Ensemble Show Case- Free informal concert by the Dutch Lute Society Ensemble : a 10-piece lute band plays music by Dowland and his Danish and North German contemporaries. UK premiere performance!
Friday
10.00 - 14.00 - Open Session for Music Making in Martineau Hall - Scores available
13.00 - 17.00 - Private Lessons with Jacob Heringman
To take part in a private lesson with Jacob please email us
for details. Our contact details are here
Saturday
10.00 - 18.00 Exhibition Hall - Strings, Music, Luthiers etc, and a chance to have a go on a lute.
Sunday
14.00 - 18.00 Exhibition Hall - Strings, Music, Luthiers etc