The Orchestra, led from the lute by Rolf Lislevand, is joined by mezzo soprano Randi Stene in music by John Dowland. Randi Stene has an impressive operatic reputation, having performed at Covent Garden, the New York Met, Paris' Châtelet Theatre and opera houses across the world. Also known as a great concert soloist, she performs regularly with the great Danish & Norwegian orchestras. She has performed at the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh and many other International Festivals. In 2000 she became a permanent member of the Royal Danish Opera.

John Dowland (?1563 - 1626) was in many ways the most outstanding musician of late-Tudor England. His Lachrimae cycle of pavans is a perfect musical expression of the 'Cult of the Melancholy' that ran deeply through 16th century art, literature and music Rolf Lislevand has worked extensively with Jordi Savall and Monserrat Figueras and leads the Norsk Barokkorkester from the lute using a combination of intuition and research to guide him towards a comprehensive concept of style and aesthetics in baroque music.