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 DOWLAND
Complete 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 Musicall Banquet, 1610

A Pilgrimes Solace, 1612

The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano
Frank Pschichholz-lute

Recording: Julita Emanuiłow, Renate Wolter-Seevers, Michael Havenstein

Radio Bremen
Polskie Radio Dwójka

JOHN DOWLAND
Stories from the Black Kitchen

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