John Dowland News

In a world where bigger always seems to imply better, sometimes its important to remember that music can be a gentle and subtle art.

Saturday brings a don't-miss event for early-music lovers. Soprano Emma Kirkby, a renowned early-music specialist, will perform at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem with Swedish lutenist Jakob Lindberg for the Bach Choir of Bethlehem's Gala Concert.

Heading home on Saturday 1 August, keen YM Gatherers might care to drop in at Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House near Sedbergh.

Think Morrissey's a miserabilist? He's got nothing on John Dowland. Singer Mark Padmore explains the enduring appeal of Britain's bard of bleakness Mark Padmore Has there ever been a more melancholy - one might even say downright miserable - songwriter than John Dowland? Morrissey doesn't come close.