The Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Norwich, NR3

Marking the anniversary year of the death of John Dowland (c.1563-1626), Matthew Wadsworth (lute) and Kate Bennett Wadsworth (viol) present a feast of Dowland’s most delicious lute songs. The concept of a song without words is borrowed from Felix Mendelssohn, who found music to be an even more precise mode of expression than words, and, given the fluidity of melodies between sung and instrumental forms in Dowland’s time, we think that Dowland himself just might have agreed.

Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne, Dorsett.

International concert soloists Amy Whittlesea and lutenist Matthew Wadsworth invite us to step back in time through their evocative combination of recorder and theorbo. Experience the virtuosity of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance and the world of the French Baroque including music from St Mark’s Basilica in Venice and the Royal Court at Versailles.

Thornham Parva, Suffolk

Vivaldi cello sonatas in G minor and A minor
Theorbo solos by Kapsberger and Piccinini

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3

As part of the Dowland 400 anniversary festival in Norwich, Matthew Wadsworth will give a solo recital of his favourite solo pieces by John Dowland. They include, Semper Dowland, Mignada, Lachrimae pavan, Farwell Fancy and many others.

The Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Norwich, NR3

Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne, Dorsett.

Thornham Parva, Suffolk

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3