Ensemble Jupiter
Thomas Dunford | vocals, lute and direction
Laurence Kilsby | vocals
Thomas Dunford and his Jupiter Ensemble celebrate British repertoire from the baroque era to the present day.
Love will find a way
A celebration of English repertoire from the Baroque era to today
Dowland Come again
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett Blind man
Purcell If love’s a sweet passion
The Beatles Something
Purcell Strike the viol
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett We are the ocean
Dowland A dream
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett Sometimes
Purcell A ground in G minor
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett Take me back to you
Purcell An evening hymn
The Beatles Blackbird
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett That’s so you
Dowland King of Denmark’s galliard, Can she excuse my wrongs
The Beatles Let it be
Dowland Frog galliard, Now o Now I needs must part
Purcell Chaconne
John Lennon Imagine
Thomas Dunford & Doug Balliett Love will find a way
Thomas Dunford appears to be equally relaxed in any number of formations – with the most historically informed conductors of our time (William Christie, John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, etc.), at the helm of the Jupiter Ensemble founded seven years ago as a duo with Lea Desandre, or flying solo and taking on Bach. This talented string player has been dubbed the “Eric Clapton of the lute” (BBC Music Magazine). As a writer-composer-performer, he has devised a programme blending Purcell, The Beatles and Dowland. This journey through eras and styles will conclude with his own songs influenced by jazz, baroque, and pop. And, who knows, perhaps a jam session as an encore? Nothing would surprise us!
Production Jeanine Roze Production