Please note that there will be no on-site box office for this event – tickets must be booked online.
East London’s cosmopolitan history, captured in song – including the influence of immigrants to our city, and the links to our area’s own Royal Palace – from one of today’s leading sopranos and a long-time friend of the festival and lutenist extraordinaire.
Nardus Williams Soprano
Elizabeth Kenny Lute
‘Henry VIII’
De la tromba
Whereto should I express
Pastyme with good companye
Daniel Bacheler To plead my Faith
John Dowland
Fortune my Foe
It was a time when Silly Bee
Alfonso Ferrabosco Udite Lagrimosi spir’ti d’Averno
Anon. Sta Notte mi Sognava
Giulio Caccini Amarilli mia Bella
Nicholas Lanier
Qual Musico Gentil
Nor com’st thou yet: Hero and Leander
Loves Constancy
Henry Purcell O Solitude
Francisco Corbetta Chaconne
José Marin Sepan Todos que muero
Roderick Williams, words by Rommi Smith The Blacke Songs (commissioned by Spitalfields Music)
Duration: 1hr 15
This concert is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund.
