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The eigth episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. In this episode we talk about the song no. XX from John Dowland’s Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600) JOHN DOWLANDTosse Not My Soule The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1600 The Schoole of NightMaria Skiba – sopranoFrank Pschichholz-lute Recording: Julita Emanuiłow Polskie Radio
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The seventh episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. In this episode we talk about the 2nd Earl of Essex and ‘his’ song Can She Excuse My Wrongs. JOHN DOWLANDCan She Excuse My Wrongs The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1597 The Schoole of NightMaria Skiba – sopranoFrank Pschichholz-lute Recording: Michael Havenstein Radio Bremen
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The sixth episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. In this episode, we will discuss all of John Dowland’s songbooks, their interrelationships and contexts. JOHN DOWLANDComplete Lute Songs The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1597 The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1600 The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Airs, 1603 A
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The fifth episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. In this episode we will discuss the context and the history behind the song Farewell Too Faire from John Dowland’s Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres (1603). A Farewell to the dying Queen… Farewell Too Faire ©The Schoole of Night 2025
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The fourth episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. This time you we discuss the story behind White as Lillies Was Hir Face and Wofull Hart from John Dowland’s Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600) White as Lillies Was Hir Face / Wofull Hart ©The Schoole of Night 2025
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The third episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. This time you can hear the story behind Now O Now I Needs Must Part from John Dowland’s First Booke of Song or Ayres (1597) and its connections to the failed marriage negotiations of Queen Elizabeth I with the Duke d’Anjou in 1579. Now O Now
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The second episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. This time you can hear the story behind Come Yee Heavie States of Night from John Dowland’s Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600) and its connections to the Second Earl of Essex and to the story of Hamlet. Come Yee Heavie States of Night ©The
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The Schoole of Night has just finished rehearsing John Dowland’s Pilgrimes Solace. A Pilgrimes Solace (1612) is Dowland’s fourth book of songs. It is dedicated to Theophilus, Lord Walden and it is a book of true renaissance magic. The Schoole’s partner in this project ist the Kommen und Gehen festival https://www.kommenundgehen.org/
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Photos: E.P and Maria Skiba Between 7–10 July 2025, The Schoole of Night met at the Christuskirche in Görlitz to record John Dowland’s complete Third Booke of Songs (1603). This marks the fourth recording of Dowland’s complete songbooks. Our Dowland recording library now includes:
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On Monday, June 30 we started the rehearsals for the recording of John Dowland’s entire Third Booke of Songs (1603). The Third Booke is a tale of love and death, courtly intrigues and great politics. It is a farewell to Elizabeth I and Essex. The recording is planned for next week.
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