Lighten mine eies

Ensemble Près de votre oreille

Date: Tue 17 Feb 2026, 1.00pm
Tickets: £18 (concessions £16)
Duration: This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Priority Booking for this event will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 24 September at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this event will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 7 October.

Programme

William Lawes
1602-1645
- - Choice Psalmes
    :
  - Music, the master of thy art is dead
- - Harp Consort No. 9 in D
    :
  - Pavin on a theme by Cormacke
- - Choice Psalmes
    :
  - My God, my rock, regard my cry
  - My God, my rock, regard my cry (arranged by Loris Barrucand)
  - Judah in exile wanders
- - Harp Consort No. 5 In D
    :
  - Alman - Saraband
- - Harp Consort No. 4 in D
    :
  - Coranto
- - Choice Psalmes
    :
  - Whieles I this standing lake swathed up with ewe
  - Love, I obey, shoot home thy dart
  - O sing unto the Lord a new song
- - Harp Consort No. 11 in D
    :
  - Fantazy
- - Choice Psalmes
    :
  - Ne irascaris, Domine
- - Harp Consort No. 10 in G
    :
  - Paven on a theme by Coprario
- - Choice Psalmes
    :
  - How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord
  - Come sing the great Jehova's praise
  - O my Clarissa

Overview

William Lawes, killed in 1645 while serving the royalist cause during the Siege of Chester, was admired by his peers for his harmonic daring and the brilliance of his melodic invention. Ensemble Près de votre oreille, known for the expressive intimacy of its performances, makes its Wigmore Hall debut with an unmissable programme of the cavalier composer’s rarely heard Psalm settings for three voices and basso continuo.

Ensemble Près de votre oreille

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