To celebrate the anniversary of John Dowland, lutenist to Queen Elizabeth the First and the greatest English song writer until Purcell and Britten, The Boston Camerata presents a program of airs, dances, hymns, and fantasies, for voices and instruments. With British lute virtuoso Nigel North.

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Farewell Unkind: Songs and Dances by John Dowland | Boston Camerata | Artistic Partner

Longy School of Music of Bard College

The second San Diego debut of the season will be Ensemble La Morra, with a guest appearance by one of the great living lutenists, Nigel North. The ensemble will present a program of songs and instrumental music composed or circulating in Italy around the turn of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, shining a light on the richly musical Italy of the time of Leonardo da Vinci.

La Morra

St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

La Morra's recordings on the Ramée record label have become icons for lovers of late Medieval and Renaissance music. In this special one-night-only event, the Switzerland-based sensations bring us a program full of the gorgeous harmonies of the Italian Renaissance, including pieces by Francesco Canova da Milano, Don Michele Pesenti, and even a piece by Giovanni de’ Medici—or, as he was better known, Pope Leo X!

Nigel North

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Feb 15, 2026

Farewell Unkind: Songs and Dances by John Dowland | Boston Camerata | Artistic Partner · Longy School of Music of Bard College

Mar 2, 2024

La Morra · San Diego Early Music Society

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