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Musique Which Pleaseth Myne Ear
The Sixteen
- Date night
- Under 90 mins
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 9 Oct 2026
- Time
- 19:30 · 1h 30m
- Venue
- Hatfield House
- City
- Hatfield
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
- Tickets
- from £16
You'll be taken to the ensemble's official site.
Summary
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen and viol consort Fretwork in a programme of Byrd, Dowland and Morley at Hatfield House.
Why it's fantastic
Step back into the Elizabethan age with an evening of melancholic lute tunes and intricate vocal harmonies by Byrd and Dowland. This collaboration between a premier vocal group and a viol consort captures the intimate, slightly haunting atmosphere of domestic music-making that once echoed through grand historic manor houses.
Programme
- 01Morley: I love, alas, I love thee
- 02Dowland: My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
- 03Byrd: Retire my soul, consider thine estate
- 04Hume: Sweete musicke
- 05Dowland: Weep you no more, sad fountains
- 06Dowland: Robin (lute solo)
- 07Dowland: Up merry mates
- 08Lawes: Pavan on a bass theme by J. Cormacke
- 09Byrd: Come woeful Orpheus
- 10Byrd: In nomine
- 11Byrd: Have mercy upon me O God
- 12Byrd: Pauana: The Earle of Salisbury and Galiardo
- 13Byrd: In winter cold / Whereat an ant
- 14Dowland: My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard
- 15Byrd: This sweet and merry month of May
- 16Lawes: Pavan on a bass theme by Coprario
- 17Byrd: Ah silly soul
- 18Coprario: Illicita Cosa
- 19Byrd: O God that guides the cheerful sun
Soloists
- The Sixteen
- Fretwork
