[SCA-BMDL] Great Performances

[Ruth Morrisson]

Greetings from Myfanwy!
Thanks for the heads up (I don't watch PBS too much anymore).
BTW -- the CD itself is pretty neat.  Songs are interspersed with the 
reading of letters that Dowland wrote home while traveling around the 
Continent.  It was fun to see him playing himself as the musical guest 
on an early episode of "Studio 60" in that week's 
episode-within-an-episode.
On Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 07:46  AM, Pamela Hansen wrote:

> This is slightly out of period, but did anyone happen to see Great 
> Performances last night on PBS?  Sting was singing Elizabethan music, 
> primarily by John Dowland, from his album "Songs from the Labyrinth".  
> Sting's voice was definitely a change from they style you usually hear 
> in Elizabethan music, and I suppose whether you like the music has a 
> lot to do with whether or not you like Sting (and how accepting you 
> are of a bit of anachronism in the style; personally, I found it 
> intriguing).  The lutenist was amazing, though.  I think it's probably 
> worth watching just for the lute music.
>
> The show itself was a little cheesy -- they cut in with discussions 
> about Dowlands life and Sting's take on his music.  I'd have preferred 
> to just hear the music.  But the visuals were beautiful; it was filmed 
> mostly outdoors at Sting's manor house in England and his Italian 
> villa.  (Oh, to have such a burden as to own _both_ a manor house and 
> a villa!)
> If you're interested, the show airs again this week on WQED:
>
> Wednesday, February 28, 3:00am
> Wednesday, February 28, 5:00am
>
> They're not exactly prime time viewing, but you may be able to 
> tape/TIVO it if you're intrigued.
>
> And yes, we're still alive, relatively well, and lurking on the list.  
> ;-)
>
> -- Anastasia/Pamela
>
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Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
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