Soprano Hallie Fishel, baroque violinist Christopher Verrette, lutenist John Edwards and other members of The Musicians In Ordinary – ensemble-in-residence at St. Michael’s College – perform music written by England’s famed Renaissance era songwriter and lutenist John Dowland (1563-1626), a convert to Catholicism. The artists “Sing Praise Upon the Lute and Viol” in a program that pairs Dowland’s “Lachrimæ or seaven teares figured in seaven passionate pavans” with lute airs from his songbooks, consort songs and his psalm settings on the death of his friend Sir Henry Noel. The concert, titled “The Cure for Religious Melancholy”, concludes a three-part series featuring music of praise intended for performance in Catholic households of 16th and 17th century England and Italy.

Rev. Lisa Wang puts the music in context in a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $30, students & seniors $20, available at the door.