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Great Exhibitionists: Dowland's Dream

Dates
24 March 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
Pay What You Can

A colourful drawing of two stick figures playing musical instruments

24 March 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
Pay What You Can

magpie duo strive to uncover the underrepresented soundworld between lute and sackbut through shared experiences of early music, new commissions, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Created by RCM students Jess Bull Anderson (sackbut) and Felix Collins (lute), this project DOWLAND’S DREAM commemorates 400 years since Dowland’s death through an intimate blend of live music, art, and spoken word; immersing audiences in the duality of Dowland’s melancholia through both his lutesong and a contemporary mirror.

magpie duo are very excited to be collaborating with composer Ilayda Oguz in a new commission of three ‘dreamsongs’, which explores an imagined subconcious dreamscape with text and artwork from Jess Bull Anderson.

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Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
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   South Kensington: 0.5 miles
   Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
   High Street Kensington: 0.8 miles

   Paddington: 1.5 miles
   Victoria: 2 miles

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