Parnham Voices - The Course of True Love - Songs of Courtship, Companionship and Remembrance

Love has inspired composers for centuries. They have celebrated it, pursued it, lamented its loss, cherished its memory and occasionally laughed at its absurdities. The music in this programme by Parnham Voices spans more than four hundred years, yet the emotions it explores remain strikingly familiar.
The course of true love may not always run smooth, but it continues to inspire some of the finest music ever written. Tonight's programme celebrates that journey in all its richness: courtship and companionship, remembrance and laughter, hope and heartbreak.
Programme
Courtship and Delight
Sing We and Chant It — Thomas Morley (c.1557–1602)
Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone — John Farmer (c.1570–1601)
Come Gentle Swains — Michael Cavendish (c.1565–1628)
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite — John Dowland (1563–1626)
Reading
Love's Labours Lost
Draw on, Sweet Night — John Wilbye (1574–1638)
Too Much I Once Lamented — Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Weep, O Mine Eyes — John Bennet (c.1575–1614)
Reading
Love renewed
It Was a Lover and His Lass - Thomas Morley (c.1557–1602)

Interval

Love’s Promise
Come Live with Me — William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
Who Shall Have My Lady Fair? — Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795–1856)
My Spirit Sang All Day — Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Reading
Love Remembered
An Eriskay Love Lilt —Hebridean Melody Arranged by Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952)
Stars of the Summer Night — John Hatton (1809–1886)
Lay a Garland — Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795–1856)
My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land — Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Reading
Love Laughs Last
Tea for Two — Vincent Youmans (1898–1946) Arranged by Guy Turner
Let's Do It — Cole Porter (1891–1964) Arranged by David Blackwell