by Christine Jay
We all have composers who rivet us by the sounds of their genius. Many swear by the usual playboys of the Western canon –– Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven –– but can hundreds of years of music history be encapsulated by the music of three men? Critically-acclaimed lutenist and scholar Paul O’Dette begs to differ. On January 30 at 7:30 pm, as part of the Cleveland Guitar Society’s International Series at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights, O’Dette will perform a program exclusively of music by John Dowland, the Renaissance “English Orpheus.”