Musicians in Ordinary: Shakespeare’s Sorrows

As the culmination of our commemoration, on the anniversary of the death of the Bard we present the thoughts of the fate-crossed Pericles, the comedic Jaques and of course, Hamlet, paired with Dowland’s ayres and his great pavans from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares for five-part strings and lute. Prof. Seth Lerer reading.