The fifteenth episode of Stories from the Black Kitchen. In today’s episode we discuss three songs from John Dowland’s Second Booke of Songs (1600):
Time’s Eldest Sonne, Then Sit Thee Downe and When Others Sings

This work forms a triptych, and we shall seek to determine the narrative that underpins its three constituent songs.

Time’s Eldest Sonne
Then Sit Thee Downe
When Others Sings

from:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1600

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

Recording: Julita Emanuiłow

Polskie Radio Dwójka

JOHN DOWLAND
Stories from the Black Kitchen

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