SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 2001, 12.00 midday - St Mary’s Church, Boxford

In darkness let me dwell

Philippa Hyde (soprano)

Fred Jacobs (lute & theorbo)

John Dowland virtually invented the English lute song, often achieving a perfect balance between the words and the music. This programme includes some of his greatest songs, including the melancholy masterpiece ‘In darkness let me dwell’, as well songs and lute pieces by his contemporaries and followers.

Philippa Hyde is one of the most exciting young sopranos in the early music scene, and appears regularly at the Suffolk Villages Festival. She is joined by Fred Jacobs, one of Europe’s most distinguished lutenists.