Iestyn Davies performs a Tiny Desk Concert. NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR Tiny Desk Iestyn Davies: Tiny Desk Concert May 17, 2014 • In Elizabethan England, it was hip to have the blues. Watch the British countertenor mine the art of John Dowland's melancholy songs. He's joined by Thomas Dunford, "the Eric Clapton of the lute." Iestyn Davies: Tiny Desk Concert Listen · 14:03 14:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/312717303/312718085" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Music Reviews Sting's 'Labyrinth': 16th Century Pop Music October 16, 2006 • Refined Elizabethan music might not come to mind when you think of Sting. Think again. The rock star has released Songs of the Labyrinth, a new CD of songs for voice and lute by John Dowland, one of that era's most important composers. Sting's 'Labyrinth': 16th Century Pop Music Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6263882/6263915" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews John Dowland April 2, 2000 • John Dowland, born around 1563, was a lute player and composer in Renissance England. A new recording of his music is titled, In Darkness Let Me Dwell (ECM New Series 1697/Produced by Manfred Eicher/www.ecmrecords.com). John Potter (Tenor) and Stephen Stubbs (Lute) talk with Jacki about the sadness in Dowland's life and music, and about the decision to include instruments on this recording that did not exist in Dowland's time. The other musicians on the recording are: John Surman (Soprano Saxophone and Bass Clarinet), Maya Homburger (Baroque Violin), and Barry Guy (Double-Bass). John Dowland Only Available in Archive Formats. Real Media
NPR Classics in Concert Danielle De Niese In Concert May 3, 2012 • Watch an intensely physical and deeply felt performance by a soprano who brings operatic elegance and rock glam to music by Handel, Dowland and Monteverdi at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York.
The NPR Classical 50 John Dowland's Art Of Melancholy January 5, 2010 • Dowland was an important and beloved composer at a time when there was no dichotomy between popular and classical music. He was, in effect, an Elizabethan-era pop musician. The dark, wistful mood that pervades Dowland's lute music was, in its day, a sign of maturity and intelligence. Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Dowland's Lute Songs Listen · 5:36 5:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/121262154/120966520" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Cafe Sting: From The Police to the Elizabethan Era XPN November 24, 2006 • Sting first became known as the lead singer of the immensely popular pop/rock/punk group The Police, but he's maintained success throughout his ever-evolving solo career, which began after the band broke up at the height of its popularity in 1984. Sting in Studio on World Cafe - 11/24/2006 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6533935/6533953" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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