Mattias Schulstad plays "Come, Heavy Sleep (Molto Tranquillo)" by Benjamin Britten

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"Come, Heavy Sleep (Molto Tranquillo)" from Nocturnal After John Dowland, op.70 by Benjamin Britten (1913--1976) played by Mattias Schulstad. Filmed in the Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, August, 2013. Performed on a guitar made by Ignacio Fleta (1897--1977), Barcelona, 1953. Learn more about this guitar at: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/506729

Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation

A production of the Digital Media Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Produced and Directed by Kate Farrell
Edited by Marina Zarya
Camera by Alex Rappaport and Sarah Cowan
Lighting by Ned Hallick
Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio by Marlan Barry
Production Coordinator: Stephanie Wuertz
Production Assistant: Marina Zarya
Lighting by Ned Hallick
Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio by Marlan Barry
Production Coordinator: Stephanie Wuertz
Production Assistant: Marina Zarya

Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose curator-in-charge
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
Susana Caldeira, Assistant Conservator
Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator
Marian Eines, Associate for Administration