Russel Oberlin sing John Dowland "Flow my tears"

The famous countenor Russel Oberlin in an outstanding interpretation of "Flow my Tears" a John Dowland composition.
Russel Oberlin don't use the technique of "falsetto" but he had a "natural" voice very brilliant and ringing on high tones.

The lyric:
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Flow my teares fall from your springs,
Exilde for ever: Let me morne
Where nights black bird hir sad infamy sings,
There let me live forlorne.

Downe vaine lights shine you no more,
No nights are dark enough for those
That in dispaire their last fortunes deplore,
Light doth but shame disclose.

Never may my woes be relieved,
Since pittie is fled,
And teares, and sighes, and grones
My wearie days of all joyes have deprived.

From the highest spire of contentment,
My fortune is throwne,
And feare, and griefe, and paine
For my deserts, are my hopes since hope is gone.

Hark you shadowes that in dakrnesse dwell,
Learn to contemne light,
Happy that in hell
Feele not the worlds despite.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Russel
• Oberlin
• Countenor
• controtenore
• John
• Dowland
• Flow
• my
• tears

[silvaerina]

I'm surprised there are no comments on this yet. As this is Dowland he is singing, brilliantly at that, is the instrumentation a lute?

[BALDASSARREBRENTANI]

@silvaerina Yes the instrument is a lute the right instrument for this kind of music....Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I don't have a lot time to publish other musical video...for now I would like to publish an ancient lyric and a classical Opera romance (my father is the tenor) to get the contrast between the countenor and a lyric tenor

[silvaerina]

Thanks! I rather suspected it was a lute, but don't have a trained enough ear to know for sure. I'm just discovering music like this.

Though I prefer countertenors and male sopranos, being able to hear the difference between a tenor and a voice like Oberlin's, or any other countertenor/male soprano, would be highly instructional, especially if I can compare/contrast them on the same site..