Musicke in the Ayre
Carmel Edwards – soprano
Din Ghani – lute

The Programme

‘From dusk to dawn, with Dowland’

Rest a while, you cruel cares

Thinks’t thou then by thy feigning

Sleep wayward thoughts

Come, heavy sleep

Flow my tears

Weep you no more, sad fountains

Sweet, stay a while

Go, crystal tears

Awake sweet love

Come away, come sweet love

The Artists

Musicke in the Ayre was formed by Din Ghani in 2011 as a vehicle for exploring and performing the vast repertoire of C16/17 works for solo voice(s) accompanied by lute or similar, with a growing band of singers and other instrumentalists who share his passion for lute song. Now established as leading performers of this repertoire, they (with contributions from over 20 singers both amateur and professional) have given over 185 recitals across the country and abroad, including a residency for two years at the National Portrait Gallery, as well as regular appearances at the Foundling Museum in London and the Holburne Museum in Bath. They currently hold a residency at St Mary’s Bathwick in Bath.

Carmel Edwards has been singing since the age of five and sings as a soloist or with choral groups in and around the East Midlands. She studied with Nick Clapton in Oxford and has taken part in masterclasses with Dame Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb. She enjoys singing a range of music, but particularly loves early music. As well as being now on her 15th outing as part of Musicke in the Ayre, Carmel has performed with Ayres and Graces, presenting concerts in Tudor houses in period costume. She has written and performed in her own show ‘Cissie’s Songbook’, based on the music of Ivor Novello.

Din Ghani began playing the lute in 1975, and in the last two decades took up luthery; he has made a number of lutes and other early plucked string instruments, mostly for his own use (including the 7-course lute used in this recital). Since 2007 he has participated regularly as an accompanist in lutesong masterclasses given by Dame Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb. The coaching received from David Miller and Michael Fields at these events helped hone his accompaniment skills, together with occasional lessons from other top lutenists.
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