With the natural world bursting into life for Spring, the event will be based around The Gesualdo Six’s popular programme The Wishing Tree, which follows the roots of choral singing through to the flowering of a tradition. The natural world has always proved to be a plentiful source of inspiration for composers; exploring a relationship between old and new, playful and profound.
Indicative programme:
William Byrd This sweet and merry month of May
David Bednall Put out into the deep
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Bushes and briars
arr. Gordon Langford The Oak and the Ash
Claude Le Jeune Revecy venir du Printans
Christen Holmes Summer Shower
Alison Willis The Wind’s Warning
Joby Talbot The Wishing Tree
Owain Park Fantasia on English Children’s Songs
Francis Poulenc Les Petites Voix
i. La petite fille sage
ii. Le chien perdu
iii. En rentrant de l’école
iv. Le petit garçon malade
v. Le hérisson
arr. Vaughan Williams The Lark in the clear air
arr. Owain Park Botany Bay
arr. Simon Carrington Red Red Rose
“Weavers of rich and plangent aural tapestries, The Gesualdo Six meld style and substance with beguiling sure-footedness.” BBC Music Magazine
The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprising some of the UK’s finest consort singers, directed by Owain Park. Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend, the ensemble formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories in Cambridge and has gone on to perform at numerous major festivals across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Notable highlights include a concert as part of the distinguished Deutschlandradio Debut Series, debut at Wigmore Hall in 2021, and collaborations with the Brodsky Quartet, London Mozart Players, Luxmuralis, William Barton and Matilda Lloyd.
The group have recently commissioned new works from Joanna Ward, Kerensa Briggs, Deborah Pritchard, Joanna Marsh, and Richard Barnard alongside coronasolfège for 6 by Héloïse Werner.
Videos of the ensemble performing a diverse selection of works filmed in Ely Cathedral have been watched by millions online. The group released their debut recording English Motets on Hyperion Records in early 2018 to critical acclaim, followed by a festive album of seasonal favourites in late 2019, Christmas, and an album of compline-themed music titled Fading which was awarded Vocal & Choral Recording of the Year 2020 by Limelight. A programme celebrating the 500th anniversary of Josquin des Prez titled Josquin’s Legacy followed in late 2021, and Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday was released in Lent 2022.
“…impeccably delivered, with that undefinable excitement that comes from a group of musicians working absolutely as one.” Gramophone
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/1634026-0?pid=4231
Category : Live Music | Classical
Prices:
Band A: GBP 35.0,
Band B: GBP 25.0,
Band C: GBP 12.0
Artists : The Gesualdo Six
