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St James's Church
197 Piccadilly
Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Bushes and Briars
David Bednall – Put out into the deep
Vadaneaux Lily – Fall, leaves, fall
Alison Willis – The Wind's Warning
Joby Talbot – The Wishing Tree
Jacques Arcadelt – Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
James Whitbourn – The Lark in the clear air
György Ligeti – Nonsense Madrigals: selection
Luca Marenzio – Potrò viver io più se senza luce
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Io son ferito, ahi lasso
Carlo Gesualdo – Asciugate i begli occhi
Thomas Weelkes – The Nightingale, the organ of delight
Thomas Weelkes – The Ape, the Monkey and the Baboone
Gerda Blok-Wilson – O Little Rose
Eleanor Daley – Grandmother Moon
Performers
Owain Park – vocalist
The Gesualdo Six
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Programme Note
“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
