Early music recital by tenor Kieran White and lutenist Cédric Meyer of Dowland and Danyel lute songs, closing the Celebrate Voice Festival.
Kieran White and Cédric Meyer are performing at the Medieval Hall on Saturday 31 October, a recital that marks the 400th anniversary of two masters of the English lute song, John Dowland and John Danyel. White takes the tenor part and Meyer the lute, and the whole thing is built around the 'ayres' — the lute songs of the period that pair English music and poetry in songs of love, reflection and melancholy.
Dowland is the big name here, widely acknowledged as the premier secular lute song composer of his generation. The recital takes its title from one of his most famous songs, Time Stands Still. Beside him is John Danyel, whose vocal music survives in a single volume, First Booke of Songes or Ayres, published in 1606 and held in high regard by early music specialists. The two are early music specialists themselves, and the programme brings together a selection of songs from both.
It's also the closing performance of the Celebrate Voice Festival, which has run for ten days across Salisbury from 21 to 31 October. The festival has brought together international voices from a range of genres, with up-close concerts in beautiful venues and local people involved throughout. This recital is the final act of that run.
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It starts at 2pm on Saturday 31 October at the Medieval Hall, which you'll find at Sarum St. Michael, West Walk, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EY.
