Anthony Holborne (ca.1545–1602): Suite no. 3*

      Galliard

      Patiencia (Pavan)

      The Sighes (Galliard)

      The Fairie-round

William Byrd (ca.1540–1623): In Nomine (Dow Partbooks / Christ Church, 1580s, Oxford MSS 984-988)

Daniel Farrant (1575–1651): Four-note Pavan

Robert Parsons (c.1535–1571/2): In Nomine (MS Egerton 3665 “The Tregian Manuscript”)

Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656): Pavan à 5

John Dowland (1562–1626): Lachrimae / Seven Teares

      Lachrimae Antiquae

      Lachrimae Gementes

Alfonso Ferrabosco (c. 1575–1628): Susanna fayre sometime of love (Musica Transalpina, London, 1588)

Anthony Holborne: The Image of Melancholly (Pavan)

William Byrd: Browning / The Leaves Be Green (ca. 1578, London. GB-Lbl Add. MS 31390)

Alfonso Ferrabosco: Pavan No. 4 à 5 (Four-note Pavan)

Anthony Holborne: Suite no. 2*

      The night watch

      The Choise (Almaine)

      Wanton

      Heigh ho holiday

*(from Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs / London, 1599)

The title of the program „The Most Eloquent Music“ comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and invites you on a journey into the world of English music at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. The works of Byrd, Holborne, Ferrabosco and the emotionally charged cycle Lachrimae by John Dowland will be performed. All the compositions are united by the ability to express deep emotions through the language of music – through flutes, which, as Hamlet reminds us, can speak most eloquently. In the space of the temple, Renaissance English comes to life in a gentle, yet passionate musical language. The program oscillates between dance and meditation, between joy and sadness – and invites you to listen to music that not only sounds, but really speaks.