Sleep, wayward thoughts
Now, O now, I needs must part
Behold a wonder here
Fine knacks for ladies
Say love if ever thou didst find
Away with these self-loving lads
Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Come heavy sleep
Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15
Time stands still
Me, me, and none but me
Kemp's Jig
Mrs Winter's Jump
Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Clear or cloudy
O sweet woods
A Galliard
A Shepherd in a Shade
The First Booke of Songes:
His golden locks time hath to silver turned

“To my loving countryman, Mr. John Forster the younger, merchant of Dublin, in Ireland.”

• In thus dedicating the song ‘From Silent Night’ in his collection A Pilgrim’s Solace (1612), John Dowland reveals his possible Irish origins. Was Dowland, often considered the first great English composer, actually Irish? He may have belonged to an old Irish family, the O’Dolans, who settled in Dublin in the middle of the 16th century.

• Dowland is mainly known today for the expressiveness of his Ayres. In putting together this project, La Nef chosen to concentrate on the more light-hearted side of Dowland. Working closely with American tenor Michael Slattery, La Nef start to strip some of Dowland’s Ayres of their complex, contrapuntal accompaniments, giving them a simple, Celtic flavor.

• Michael Slattery was praised by Gramophone magazine for his performance of traditional repertoire: "Michael Slattery has a stellar career ahead of him. It's a real joy to hear this traditional music... Performed beautifully and idiomatically by such a talented and serious artist." Career highlights include Peter Sellars ‘Tristan Project’ at Lincoln Center, the title role in Bernstein's Candide at Royal Festival Hall in London, and Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Châtelet Theater in Paris, the Staatsoper in Berlin, and at Glimmerglass.

• La Nef is a musical group dedicated to creating and producing early and contemporary music. Since its beginning, in 1991, La Nef has been attentive to the historical and theatrical settings of its musical-theatrical shows, and historical and literary themes underpin all its concerts of early and traditional music.