Artists
- Nardus Williamssoprano
- Elizabeth Kennylute
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Nardus Williams
Image credit: © Bertie Watson
The Four Humours
Nardus Williams soprano; Elizabeth Kenny lute
- Date
- Mon 24 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £40 £37 £33 £27 £18
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
Black Bile
- Claudio Monteverdi1567-1643
- Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciatemi morire SV22
- John Dowland1563-1626
- Melancholy Galliard
- Barbara Strozzi1619-1677
- L'Eraclito amoroso Op. 2
- Robert Johnsonc.1583-1633
- Away delights
- John Dowland1563-1626
- In darkness let me dwell
Phlegm
- Barbara Strozzi1619-1677
- Sete pur fastidioso
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- While Thirsis, wrapt in downy sleep (A Pastoral Coronation Song) Z437
- Barbara Strozzi1619-1677
- Amor dormiglione Op. 2
- John Dowland1563-1626
- Time's eldest son
- Matthew Lockec.1621-1677
- The delights of the bottle
Interval
Yellow Bile
- Settimia Caccinic.1591-1660
- Già sperai, non spero or più
- John Blow1649-1708
- Amphion Anglicus:
- Lysander, I pursue in vain (A Mad Song)
- John Eccles1668-1735
- I burn, I burn
- Giacomo Carissimi1605-1674
- Apritevi inferni
Blood
- Francesco Rasi1574-1621
- O che felice giorno
- Giulio Caccini1551-1618
- Odi, Euterpe, il dolce canto
- Alfonso Ferrabosco1543-1588
- Galliard
- Philip Rosseterc.1567-1623
- When Laura smiles
- This merry pleasant spring
- Benedetto Ferrari1603-1681
- Amanti io vi sò dire
Overview
Nardus Williams, winner of the Rising Talent award at the 2022 International Opera Awards, dives headlong into the world of the Four Humours, physical properties believed to govern human behaviour from ancient times until the 1850s. Her programme encompasses monodies by Settimia Caccini and Barbara Strozzi, among the first women to forge successful careers in music.