Paul O’Dette, lute

Sunday
March 8, 2026
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall

The outstanding Paul O’Dette comes to Calderwood Hall, one of Boston’s best venues to hear the lute. He will perform a recital in celebration of John Dowland, the great Elizabethan composer and lutenist who died 400 years ago. O’Dette will perform dances and laments of exquisite Tudor melancholy. Come celebrate the life and intimate music of this master musician!

Photo credit: Laus Polyphoniae Festival

Works

Mr. Dowland’s Midnight: Lute Music of John Dowland

Program subject to change.

Artist

Paul O'Dette, lute

The performer orginally scheduled to perform on this date had to withdraw.

Seating Sections and Rates

Performance Level and First Balcony:
Members $65, Adults $85, Seniors $75, Students & Children ages 7–17 $20

Second Balcony:
Members $50, Adults $65, Seniors $55, Students & Children 7-17 $20

Third Balcony:
Members $40, Adults $50, Seniors $45, Students & Children ages 7–17 $20

James Lawrence Memorial Concert

Music at the Gardner is supported by Manitou Fund. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Joseph Mari, Sallie and Jim McGregor, Nicie and Jay Panetta, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.