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Iestyn Davies and Elizabeth Kenny

In concert at LSO St Luke's in London, countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform songs by Robert Johnson, Dowland, Purcell, Greene, Morley, Weldon and others.

In the second concert this week from LSO St Lukes celebrating Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform songs by Robert Johnson, Dowland, Purcell and others.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Johnson: Hark! Hark the lark; Where the bee sucks; Full fathom five
Johnson: Galliard
Byrd/Morley/Anon: O mistress mine
Anon: When that I was
Purcell: If music be the food of love
Dowland: Fortune
Anon: Fortune my foe
Greene: Orpheus with his lute
Anon: Poor Tom Of Bedlam
Humfrey: A poor soul sat sighing
Anon: The Willow Song
Morley: It was a lover and his lass
Anon: John come kiss me now
Reggio: Arise Ye Subterranean Winds
Banister: Come unto these yellow sands; Full fathom five
Weldon: My dear Amphitrite
Jones: Farewell, dear love

Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Elizabeth Kenny (lute).

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Johnson

    Hark, hark! the lark

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Robert Johnson

    Where the bee sucks

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Robert Johnson

    Full fathom five

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Robert Johnson

    Galliard

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
  • William Byrd

    O mistress mine

    Composer: Thomas Morley. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Anon.

    When that I was and a little tiny boy

    Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • John Dowland

    Fortune my foe

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Maurice Greene

    Orpheus with his lute

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Anonymous

    Tom o' Bedlam

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
  • Pelham Humfrey

    A poor soul sat sighing (Willow Song)

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Anon.

    The Willow Song

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Thomas Morley

    It was a lover and his lass

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Anon.

    John, come kiss me now

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
  • Pietro Reggio

    Arise ye subterranean winds

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • John Banister

    Come unto these yellow sands

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • John Banister

    Full fathom five

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • John Weldon

    My dear, my Amphitrite

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • Robert Jones

    Farewell, dear love

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
  • John Dowland

    Can she excuse my wrongs?

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Iestyn Davies.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Apr 2016 13:00