Instruments of Time & Truth: Songs for these Distracted Times
28 July @ 8.00pm to 9.00pm
About Instruments of Time & Truth: Songs for these Distracted Times
Curated by Christopher Bucknall, this programme turns to music born out of one of England’s most turbulent chapters. In the upheaval of the Civil War, composers and poets found in song, for voices and instruments, a means of reflection, solace, and escape. Their music speaks with a remarkable intimacy across the centuries.
Programme
Suite for Violin, Bass Violin and Organ in A minor – William Lawes
I Rise and Grieve – Henry Lawes
Slide Soft you silver floods – Henry Lawes
A Sad Pavan for these distracted times – Thomas Tomkins
Pavan in C minor – Robert Johnson
Sweet Stay a While – Henry Lawes
Suite for Bass Viol – Tobias Hume
Variations on John Come Kiss – Thomas Baltzar
No more shall meads be decked with flowers – Nicholas Lanier
Suite from Cupid and Death – Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons
Performers
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Liz McCarthy, violin
Suzanne Heinrich, viol
Toby Carr, lute
Christopher Bucknall, organ and harpsichord
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
Full price – £20.00
Concessions (Student, disability, benefits, under 16) – £10.00
All orders will be subject to a per transaction booking fee of £1.50
Dates & times:
Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 8.00pm
Doors open at 7.30pm
Running time:
1 hour, without an interval
