• About
  • Performances
  • Media
  • Press
  • Writing
  • Contact
Menu

Elise Groves, soprano

  • About
  • Performances
  • Media
  • Press
  • Writing
  • Contact

What is our life?

March 9, 2020

Political upheaval? Rampant disease?
Late Renaissance or just yesterday’s news?
Here’s a setting of Sir Walter Raleigh’s sonnet “What is our life?”, written while he was in the Tower of London awaiting execution.

In Early Music Monday Tags Madrigals, Gibbons, Plague, Listening
← The Plague and MusicMusikalishe Exequien →

Early Music Monday Index

Click above to explore Early Music Monday posts by composer name, topic, instrument, etc.

Sign up for my newsletter and I’ll send you a recap of my posts each month!


Categories

  • Early Music Monday
  • Program Notes
  • Why Early Music?
No results found

Recent Posts

Featured
August 3, 2026
Frei Jacinto do Sacramento
August 3, 2026
Read more →
August 3, 2026
July 27, 2026
Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
July 27, 2026
Read more →
July 27, 2026
July 20, 2026
Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement
July 20, 2026
Read more →
July 20, 2026
July 13, 2026
Early Band
July 13, 2026
Read more →
July 13, 2026
July 6, 2026
Johann Pachelbel
July 6, 2026
Read more →
July 6, 2026
June 29, 2026
Thomas Arne
June 29, 2026
Read more →
June 29, 2026
June 22, 2026
Senfl riffs on Mille regretz?
June 22, 2026
Read more →
June 22, 2026
June 15, 2026
Mille Regretz (the recording)
June 15, 2026
Read more →
June 15, 2026
June 8, 2026
Gradus ad Parnassum
June 8, 2026
Read more →
June 8, 2026
June 1, 2026
Gesualdo Tristis est anima mea
June 1, 2026
Read more →
June 1, 2026
May 25, 2026
Kuhnau Tristis est anima mea
May 25, 2026
Read more →
May 25, 2026
May 18, 2026
Lassus Tristis est anima mea
May 18, 2026
Read more →
May 18, 2026
May 11, 2026
Purcell Trumpet Tune
May 11, 2026
Read more →
May 11, 2026
May 4, 2026
Jeremiah Clarke
May 4, 2026
Read more →
May 4, 2026
April 20, 2026
Mass in G minor
April 20, 2026
Read more →
April 20, 2026