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A Play of Passion
Academy Baroque Soloists
'What is our life? The play of passion. Our mirth? The music of division'.
Sir Walter Raleigh's poem is the inspiration for this anniversary programme featuring the music of two great composers who died within a year of each other: Orlando Gibbons and John Dowland.
Programme:
Dowland
Pavans and Galliards from Lachrimae, or Seven Teares (1604)
Away with these self-loving lads
My thoughts are winged with hopes
Flow, my tears
Sleep, wayward thoughts
Sweet, stay awhile
In darkness let me dwell
Gibbons
Ah, dear heart
What is our life?
O, that the learned poets
The Silver Swan
Performers:
Academy Baroque Soloists
Elizabeth Kenny director
Sir Walter Raleigh's poem is the inspiration for this anniversary programme featuring the music of two great composers who died within a year of each other: Orlando Gibbons and John Dowland.
Programme:
Dowland
Pavans and Galliards from Lachrimae, or Seven Teares (1604)
Away with these self-loving lads
My thoughts are winged with hopes
Flow, my tears
Sleep, wayward thoughts
Sweet, stay awhile
In darkness let me dwell
Gibbons
Ah, dear heart
What is our life?
O, that the learned poets
The Silver Swan
Performers:
Academy Baroque Soloists
Elizabeth Kenny director
Royal Academy of Music: Resounding Shores
Sun, 1 Nov 2026
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
12:00pm
£20
Full Event Details
'What is our life? The play of passion. Our mirth? The music of division'.
Sir Walter Raleigh's poem is the inspiration for this anniversary programme featuring the music of two great composers who died within a year of each other: Orlando Gibbons and John Dowland.
Programme:
Dowland
Pavans and Galliards from Lachrimae, or Seven Teares (1604)
Away with these self-loving lads
My thoughts are winged with hopes
Flow, my tears
Sleep, wayward thoughts
Sweet, stay awhile
In darkness let me dwell
Gibbons
Ah, dear heart
What is our life?
O, that the learned poets
The Silver Swan
Performers:
Academy Baroque Soloists
Elizabeth Kenny director
Venue Details & Map
Location
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
1–5 York Gate, Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5HT
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