LACHRIMAE
From 18 October to 18 October Belgium / Leuven
7 Tears by J. Dowland & 6 Interludes by A. Van Parys
Festival 20·21 | Paul van Ostaijensite, Leuven
Lachrimae or Seaven Teares Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans is the title of a collection of consort music that John Dowland published in 1604. The collection is special in many ways. The opening seven pavans are an abstract cycle of variations, which was something completely new at that time. Dowland created a wondrous web of thematic and harmonic reminiscences throughout the pavans.
For this concert Dowland’s pavans are separated by Annelies Van Parys’ Interludes, a work that was commissioned by the Hathor Consort. Van Parys uses Dowland’s music and the special sound of the gamba consort as a starting point to create a contemporary commentary on Dowland’s melancholy. The end of each variation reverberates with the beginning of something new, an expression of recognition and alienation, distortion and transformation.
HATHOR CONSORT
Matthias Spaeter - lute,
Irene Klein, Liam Fennelly, Joshua Cheatham, Leonardo Bortolotto - viola da gamba
Romina Lischka - viola da gamba & artistic direction
“…music that drives the rhythm of the heart and lifts your spirits. The Hathor Consort interprets all this beauty with a deep warm sound, as if the mother goddess herself were spreading a bed for you.” – Klara’s 10
Festival 20·21 | Paul van Ostaijensite, Leuven
Lachrimae or Seaven Teares Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans is the title of a collection of consort music that John Dowland published in 1604. The collection is special in many ways. The opening seven pavans are an abstract cycle of variations, which was something completely new at that time. Dowland created a wondrous web of thematic and harmonic reminiscences throughout the pavans.
For this concert Dowland’s pavans are separated by Annelies Van Parys’ Interludes, a work that was commissioned by the Hathor Consort. Van Parys uses Dowland’s music and the special sound of the gamba consort as a starting point to create a contemporary commentary on Dowland’s melancholy. The end of each variation reverberates with the beginning of something new, an expression of recognition and alienation, distortion and transformation.
HATHOR CONSORT
Matthias Spaeter - lute,
Irene Klein, Liam Fennelly, Joshua Cheatham, Leonardo Bortolotto - viola da gamba
Romina Lischka - viola da gamba & artistic direction
“…music that drives the rhythm of the heart and lifts your spirits. The Hathor Consort interprets all this beauty with a deep warm sound, as if the mother goddess herself were spreading a bed for you.” – Klara’s 10
“…the sublime collection of Dowland Lachrimae or Seven Teares, the most perfect expression of the art of the melancholy of this English composer. A concentration sets in. With Romina Lischka, we are silent and we think.” – Le Soir
