When Laura Smiles
Court Music from Elizabethan and Jacobean England
by
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Philip Rosseter (1567-1623)
James Gilchrist: tenor
Matthew Wadsworth: lute
Wigmore Hall, Friday 6 January 2006
To celebrate the (September 2005) release of their exciting CD devoted to the music of the great English lutenist and song writer Philip Rosseter, Matthew Wadsworth and James Gilchrist present some of the finest surviving Elizabethan and Jacobean music.
“James Gilchrist performs with supreme awareness, beckoning the listener to inhabit his world”
Gramophone, July 2003
www.hazardchase.co.uk/client/gilchrist.shtml
"Lutenist Matthew Wadsworth dazzles with his dexterity”
Rising stars of 2005, The Independent Magazine, January 2005
Philip Rosseter (1567-1623)
Prelude – lute solo
Fantasia – lute solo
Sweet come again
And would you see
No grave for woe
Reprove not love
When Laura Smiles
Pavan and Galliard – lute solo
John Dowland (1563-1626)
The Earl of Essex galliard - lute solo
Can she excuse my wrongs?
In darkness let me dwell
Interval
John Dowland (1563-1626)
I saw my lady weep
Flow my tears
My thoughts are winged with hopes
Daniel Bacheler (1572-1619)
Prelude – lute solo
La Jeune Fillette
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
The Cypress curtain of the night
Oft have I sighed
Author of light
It fell on a summer’s day
Never weather beaten sail
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