During his lifetime John Dowland was one of the few English composers whose fame spread throughout Europe. He has never been entirely forgotten although his music was almost completely ignored during the whole of the eighteenth ce…

A rare work for the Lute-based Theorbo. Below is the programme note from the composer.In July 1998 I decided that I would use a theorbo in Havoc a piece I was writing for the 1999 Proms (premiere September 8th 1999). Since my kno…

Beeing the third part of 'A Booke of Ayres with a Triplicitie of Musicke' (1606) for soprano, bass, lute, and gamba, edited by Cedric Lee. Additionally, a transposed version for voices and keyboard instrument is included in the ed…

Suite BWV 1006a. Baroque Lute version
The works of Johann Sebastian Bach which are generally considered to have been originally written for the lute (BWV 995-1000 and 1006a) are being published here in a series of practical e…