Alex Park Plays A Fancy by John Dowland

ByBradford Werner
2019

Alex Park playing A Fancy by Elizabethan composer and lutenist John Dowland (1563-1626) via the excellent Guitar Salon International and their fantastic YouTube channel on a 2019 Dominik Wurth guitar. Dowland is one of my favourite composers and we are very lucky to be able to play his music which works well on the modern guitar. Great performance here by Park. He sets up the rhythmic feel and really keeps to it with ultra clean playing, nice phrasing, and clear voice separation. I’m used to a slightly more sweet and relaxed delivery but he really pulls it off with some high virtuosity at the end!

Dowland Sheet Music and Lessons

John Dowland (1563-1626) – Renaissance, England
Fortune, My Foe by Dowland, Grade 6, Sheet Music or Tab
Mr. Dowland’s Midnight by Dowland, Grade 4, Sheet Music or Tab
Mrs. Winters Jump by Dowland, Grade 4, Free Sheet Music or Tab
Orlando Sleepeth by Dowland, Grade 4, Sheet Music or Tab
Tarleton’s Resurrection, Grade 6, Sheet Music or Tab
The Round Battle Galliard, Grade 7, Sheet Music or Tab

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.