Dowland, who died 400 years ago, spun out sad songs that were popular in his time and continue to influence artists today.

As an introduction to a certain facet of Elizabethan life, the one preserved in Shakespeare’s comedies, this is worth exploring; the pity is that this gaggle of strange instruments and louche lyrics ...

Elizabethan songs. Man is for the woman made ; Come again, sweet love doth now invite ; Never weather-beaten saile ; I care not for these ladies ; Willow song ; The cypress curtaine of the night ; ...

The Night Shift is the OAE’s project to put classical music into pub venues – in this case a dimly-lit but welcoming wood-panelled room in south London, usually home to a different kind of music and, ...

From Mahler symphonies and Elizabethan lute songs to Disney and prog rock, this year’s season has something for everyone ...