Stuart Willis' John Dowland Concert

Stuart Willis is back at 17Nineteen with an extra special concert to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland.
About this Event

Join Stuart Willis for an afternoon of exquisite solo guitar. Stuart will take you on a musical journey across land and time, covering the English Renaissance and the Spanish Baroque, all from the comfort of our glorious Georgian Nave.

For the first half of the concert, you'll hear music by John Dowland and his contemporaries. For the second half you are in for a wonderful treat and hear rarely performed Spanish music for guitar from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Doors: 12pm

Start: 12.30pm

Built in 1719, Holy Trinity Church was once the centre of the emerging parish and now holds host to a variety of concert performances. An acoustically stunning and architecturally exquisite venue with many stories to tell, we are delighted to be pairing with Stuart for this truly special performance.

Stuart Willis read music at Newcastle University and studied lute and historical guitar with Nigel North and Jakob Lindberg in London, and Hopkinson Smith in Portugal. He has performed throughout the UK and Europe with notable concerts at the Handel/Hendrix Museum in London, the Bury St Edmunds Festival, the Grassington Festival, the York Early Music Festival, and performances at the Universities of Oxford, Durham, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Stuart is the co-author of four volumes of guitar music published by Schott Mainz. He was the guitar and lute teacher for Durham University Music Department and now runs his own guitar and lute teaching practice based in Sunderland.

Light refreshments and sweet treats will be available from the coffee bar. This event is free to attend, however donations are welcome and can be made on the door.