Thomas Langlois Mini Recital at the Lute Society Uk

Young Artists Showcase Thomas Langlois Mini Recital at the Lute Society Uk on 10th Feb 2024 Playing Music by John Dowland and Tobias Hume. Lutesociety.org For more info about Thomas Langlois visit- https://thomaslangloislute.com The Battle Thomas Langlois °1999 Renaissance Lute Love’s Farewell Tobias Hume A Soldier’s March – Tobias Hume A Soldier’s Galliard Tobias Hume A Soldier’s March – Tobias Hume Captain Digorie Piper’s Pavan John Dowland Captaine Digorie Piper’s Galliard John Dowland A Soldier’s Revolution – Tobias Hume A Fancy John Dowland A Soldier’s Revolution – Tobias Hume A Humorous Pavan Tobias Hume Forlorn Hope Fancy John Dowland The Battle – John Dowland The King of Denmark’s Battle Galliard John Dowland The Battle – John Dowland Death Tobias Hume Life Tobias Hume A Soldier’s March – Tobias Hume My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home John Dowland In this concert program, lutenist Thomas Langlois evocates a battle from the perspective of a young soldier. He leaves his home, his love and his family to march to war alongside his companions, and finds out how thrilling, glorious and exciting but also how grim, gruesome and depressing a battle can be. The musicserves as a musical soundtrack to the experiences of this character. For the music, Thomas selected pieces by John Dowland and Tobias Hume. Hume was of course a virtuoso viol player, but also a professional soldier. His music published in his “Musicall Humours” has a lot of military references fits very well to the lute. In the preface to his publication, Hume claimed that “from henceforth, the gamba violl shall with ease yield full various and as deviceful music as the lute”. This line angered John Dowland, which prompted him to start a battle of words with Hume. He wrote his rebuttal of Hume’s ideas in the preface to “A Pilgrimes Solace”, defending the lute as the undisputed principal Elizabethan instrument. In between the main pieces some short military-themed fragments will be played, taken from pieces by Hume and Dowland. They serve to create the atmosphere of a battle even more, and lead the listener from one piece to the next. The concert will be played in one continuous movement.