Renaissance Lute Duets

The Lute Society's Spring Meeting promises to be absolutely unmissable. Nigel North will give a talk on Dowland in connection with his new edition of Dowland’s lute works, and for the afternoon recital he will be joined by Michał Gondko for a programme of duets.

There will be two mini-recitals by excellent players, Yair Avidor performing Dowland on lute and Davide Fabbri on baroque guitar.

In the afternoon there will be an event unprecedented in the annals of the Early Music revival: 18th-century music played on an original instrument made by the father of the composer! The composer in question is John Francis Weber, Handel's lutenist, who wrote the mandolin music played in a famous painting of Prince Frederick and his sisters; his father was a luthier. Davide Rebuffa will play, accompanied by Peter Holman on the harpsichord, and David will present his book on this subject.

Programme of events:
10.30 - Arrival and coffee
11.00 - Editing Dowland, a talk by Nigel North.
12.00 - Mini-recital: Yair Avidor plays music by Dowland.
12.30 - Announcement of The Delta Project, by Tim Crawford
12.40 - Mini-recital: Davide Fabbri performs on the baroque guitar

14.00 - Mini-recital on original instrument and talk: Davide Rebuffa plays music by Francis Weber on an original mandolin made by Weber’s father, accompanied by Peter Holman on the harpsichord and Lousie Jameson on baroque cello, with a lecture and book presentation.
16.30 - The Lute Society Recital, ‘Ophelia’s Garden, Nigel North and Michał Gondko play English Renaissance lute lute duets, by Dowland, John Johnson, Thomas Robinson, William Byrd and contemporary composer Stephen Goss.