Dowland’s Teares of Sorrowe and Gladnesse

ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS
York Early Music Festival Event 10

Monday 6 July 6pm – c.7pm | Undercroft, Merchant Adventurers Hall, Fossgate
Tickets: Unreserved seating £30 (£28) | Under 35s £10

Ibrahim Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum, Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks viols with Jamie Akers lute

In his ground-breaking set of Lachrimae, published in 1604, Dowland describes ‘teares’ as not always being
shed ‘in sorrowe, but sometime in joy and gladnesse’. The ‘Seaven Passionate Pavans’ that he based on his
famous song Flow my teares form a deeply moving sequence, unique in its time. Here they are heard in the
context of some of Dowland’s more joyful dances for viols and lute, plus music by Orlande de Lassus and
Alfonso Ferrabosco that might have inspired his own.

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Event Date: 06/07/2026 6:00pm

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