John Dowland:
In Darkness let me Dwell
Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
White as Lillies was Her Face
My Thoughts are Winged with Hope
Flow My Tears

Ruan Ji:
Drunken Ecstasy

Benjamin Britten:
The Second Lute Song of the Earl of Essex
from Gloriana (op.53), arr. by Julian Bream

Anonymous:
Flowing Water

Franz Schubert:
Ständchen
Die Mainacht
Der König in Thule
An die Musik
Xu Changjun:
Sword Dance

Dominick Argento:
Letters from Composers - Schubert
Letters from Composers - Chopin

Chen Yi:
Shuo Chang

Stephen Goss:
She Threw me a Quince
Oh, You with the Blue Collar
Plucking the Rushes
Pastoral
In the Tavern
Lament

Globe Music is a new record label from Shakespeare’s Globe that sets out to capture the intimacy of our candlelit concerts in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. A 17th century-style jewel box theatre, one of the great revelations of the space when it opened in 2014 was the crystalline acoustic that has quickly established it a world class chamber music venue. Our ambition for Globe Music is to bring together some of the world’s finest musicians in special, unexpected collaborations, to bottle a unique environment where music and the theatrical meet. Our first release, Songs From Our Ancestors, features two of today’s most imaginative artists; tenor Ian Bostridge and guitarist Xuefei Yang. Their eclectic journey traces a poetic path through history and place that is both global and personal; from Shakespeare’s contemporary John Dowland, through Schubert, Britten and Chinese folk music, to contemporary composers Domenick Argento, Stephen Goss and Chen Yi.