Queen Elizabeth

  • Vivat Eliza!

    Vivat Eliza!

    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

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  • The Life and Death of the Earl of Essex. Can She Excuse My Wrongs?

    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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