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Phantasm
Image credit: © Marco Borggreve

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Dowland 400th Anniversary Weekend

Phantasm; Elizabeth Kenny lute

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Date
Sun 29 Mar 2026, 11.30am
Tickets
£18 (concessions £16)
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including coffee/sherry/juice
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.

Artists

  • Phantasm
    • Laurence Dreyfusdirector, treble viol
    • Emilia Benjamintreble viol
    • Heidi Grögertenor viol
    • Chris Terepinbass viol
    • Markku Luolajan-Mikkolabass viol
  • Elizabeth Kennylute

Programme

  • John Dowland
    1563-1626
      • Mrs Nichols Almand
      • Lachrimae Antiquae
      • Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
      • Mr Nicholas Gryffith his Galliard
      • Sir John Souch’s Galliard
      • Lachrimae Gementes
      • Lachrimae Tristes
      • Mr Giles Hoby his Galliard
      • The King of Denmark, his Galliard
      • Lachrimae Coactae
      • Lachrimae Amantis
      • Mr. Thomas Collier his Galiard
      • Mr Bucton's Galliard
      • The Earl of Essex Galliard
      • Lachrimae Verae
      • Semper Dowland semper dolens
      • Captain Piper his Galliard
      • Mr Henry Noel his Galliard
      • Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
      • Mr George Whitehead his Almand
      • Mr. John Langton's Pauan

Overview

Dowland, admired by contemporaries for his ‘sad and doleful’ harmonies, distilled his profound feeling for heartfelt emotions into his ‘Lachrimae pavan’. He placed the work at the head of his Lachrimae or Seaven Teares, a matchless collection of pieces for five-part instrumental consort comprising seven inspired versions of the ‘Lachrimae pavan’ and 14 other dances, among them ‘Semper Dowland, semper dolens’ (‘Always Dowland, always sorrowful’).

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