A Farewell from the black kitchen

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

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John Dowland, White as Lillies Was Hir Face from the Black Kitchen

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

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Now O Now I Needs Must Part from the black kitchen

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 I Needs Must Part

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JOHN DOWLAND: Stories form the Black Kitchen. Episode II.

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

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Rehearsals of John Dowland’s Pilgrimes Solace

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/

Renaissance Dark Wave Night in December

On December 21 The Schoole will perform at Gleis 1 – KulTourPunkt at the train station (Bahnhof) in Görlitz. 19.00

Photo : Sascha Röhricht

In the programme you will find the lute songs of John Dowland followed by our dark wave programme – songs written by Frank Pschichholz to the texts of John Donne, John Dowland and William Shakespeare. After that Djane Melanie will play for those who want to stay more and dance.

Lucy © The Schoole of Night 2024

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