Awake Sweet Love

The second of Brecon Baroque Festival's dedicated chamber music concerts in the Plough Chapel features tenor Nicholas Mulroy and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny with songs from 17th-century England and Italy, including Dowland, Schütz, Grandi, Monteverdi, Piccinini and Purcell.

Nicholas Mulroy has frequently sung with many leading early music ensembles, including a long association with John Butt and the Dunedin Consort. He is devoted to recital repertoire and has appeared regularly at the Wigmore Hall in a wide range of music with regular collaborator Elizabeth Kenny.

Elizabeth is one of Europe’s leading lute players. Her playing has been described as “incandescent” (Music and Vision), “radical” (The Independent on Sunday) and “indecently beautiful” (Toronto Post). In twenty years of touring she has played with many of the world’s best period instrument groups, including Les Arts Florissants and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.