“Neither are the tears always shed in sorrowe, but sometimes in joy and gladnesse”. Tears of sorrow, but also of joy. Prior to his Lachrimae or Seven Tears, John Dowland indicates that each tear, each of his seven slow, stately pavanes, is different. There are old, sighing and sad tears; but also sincere and in love tears.
In this programme with soprano Francesca Aspromonte, Dowland’s Lachrimae sound like an overture, the prelude to a poignant musical journey through which melancholy is woven as a thread.
This production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter
