Jakob Lindberg

Program

Celebrating the Genius of John Dowland (1563-1626)
“whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense”

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Britain’s greatest renaissance composer, John Dowland, this stunning recital captures the breadth of human emotions in the hands of the great master lutenist, Jakob Lindberg. As the world’s leading interpreter, Swedish born Lindberg, was the first to record Dowland’s complete works four decades ago. An unmissable event on Australian shores.

 

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

Sir John Smith’s Almain

Lady Rich’s Galliard

Lady Clifton’s Spirit

Fantasia (P. 5)

Semper Dowland Semper Dolens

Fantasia (P. 6)

Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard

Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe

Mrs. Winter’s Jump

Loth to Depart

Prelude

Fantasia (P. 1a)

About the artist

Jakob Lindberg was born in Djursholm in Sweden and developed his first passionate interest in music through the Beatles. After reading music at Stockholm University, he went to London to study at the Royal College of Music, where he further developed his knowledge of the lute and he is now one of the most prolific performers in this field.

Jakob has made numerous recordings for BIS, many of which are pioneering in that they present a wide range of music on CD for the first time. He has brought Scottish lute music to public attention, demonstrated the beauty of the Italian repertoire for chitarrone and recorded chamber music by Vivaldi, Haydn and Boccherini on period instruments. He is the first lutenist to have recorded the complete solo lute music by John Dowland and his recording of Bach's music for solo lute is considered to be one of the most important readings of these works.

An active continuo player on the theorbo and arch lute, Jakob has worked with many well-known English ensembles including The English Concert, Taverner Choir, The Purcell Quartet, Monteverdi Choir, Chiaroscuro, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Academy of Ancient Music.

It is particularly through his live solo performances that he has become known as one of the finest lutenists in the world today, with concerts all over the globe. In addition to his busy life as a performer, Jakob Lindberg teaches at the Royal College of Music in London where he succeeded Diana Poulton as professor of lute in 1979.