In this episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen we will discuss the story behind a song from John Dowland’s Second Booke of Songs (1600) O sweet woods, the delight of solitarinesse, in which the Earl of Essex is in his ‘Wanstead Mood’.
O sweet woods, the delight of solitarinesse
from:
The Second Booke of Songs or Aires, 1600
The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano
Frank Pschichholz – lute
Recording: Julita Emanuiłow
Polskie Radio Dwójka
Script: Frank Pschichholz, Maria Skiba
JOHN DOWLAND
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