Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Jewels of 17th-century English song

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, a recital by soprano Carolyn Sampson and lutenist Matthew Wadsworth, including songs by Dowland, Robert Johnson and Purcell.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, a recital by soprano Carolyn Sampson and lutenist Matthew Wadsworth, including songs by Dowland, Robert Johnson and Purcell.

Anon: I will give my love an apple
Anon: Paggington's Pound
Anon: Greensleeves
Dowland: Fortune my foe
Dowland: In darkness let me dwell
Dowland: If my complaints could passions move
Johnson: Away, delights
Johnson: Oh, let us howl
Purcell O solitude, my sweetest choice
Laura Snowden: Echoes in air
Purcell: The fatal hour comes on apace
Purcell: From silent shades (Bess of Bedlam)
Purcell: Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn)

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Matthew Wadsworth (lute)

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Sep 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Anon

    I will give my Love an Apple

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Ben Jonson

    Paggington's Pound

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • John Dowland

    Fortune my foe; In Darkness Let me Dwell; If my Comlaints could Passions Move

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Robert Johnson

    Away Delights; Oh Let Us Howl

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Henry Purcell

    O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Laura Snowden

    Echoes in the Air

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fatal Hour

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Henry Purcell

    From silent shades, and the Elysian groves (Bess of Bedlam)

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.
  • Henry Purcell

    Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground)

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Matthew Wadsworth.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Sep 2020 13:00