A contemporary early music concert exploring John Dowland's A Pilgrimes Solace through a mental health lens, presented as part of the Brighton Early Music Festival.
Dowland's Foundry are playing St Nicholas' Church on Saturday 17 October, as part of the Brighton Early Music Festival. The concert is called Nightly Cares: A Pilgrim's Solace, and it's built around A Pilgrimes Solace, the fourth and final songbook John Dowland published in 1612.
That book is a heavy one. It works its way through a dark night of the soul, following a path of anxiety and insomnia where faith and music are what eventually lead towards dawn and a stoical resolution. Dowland's Foundry approaches it through a contemporary mental health lens, and the whole thing sits within 'Dowland Day', a programme described as a navigation through anxiety, insomnia and faith through music.
The line-up brings together five voices and a lute. Sami Brown is on lute, with Gwendolen Martin (soprano), Clemmie Franks (alto), Daniel Thomson (tenor), and Timothy Dickinson (bass). It's a full range of voices to work through the songbook, from the high soprano down to the bass, all held together by the lute.
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It starts at 18:30 at St Nicholas' Church on Church Street, BN1 3LJ. Tickets are £20, with under 30s at £10 and under 12s free.
