Last weekend, with lots of grading to do, I went to the English Department in Basel to work in a lovely sunny room there. As I opened my laptop, I heard the English Seminar Choir downstairs practicing a favorite song of mine: "Come Again", by John Dowland (1563-1626). I sat still and listened to the song's captivating melody, and when they finished, I went down and thanked them for their beautiful performance. The song was published in 1597 in Dowland's "First Booke of Songes or Ayres". I first heard it on a 1999 ECM album, "In Darkness Let Me Dwell", featuring tenor John Potter, saxophonist John Surman, and bassist Barry Guy. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 29 May 2025)