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Stapleford Granary
Bury Road
Stapleford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 5BP
England
Programme
Bartolomeo Bartolomeo Tromboncino – Viva amor, viva el fuoco
György Ligeti – The Lobster Quadrille (from Nonsense Madrigals)
Judith Weir – Madrigal
Ronald Corp – Venite a intender
Claudio Monteverdi – Ch’ami la vita mia
Carlo Gesualdo – Madrigals, Book 6: 'Moro, lasso, al mio duolo'
Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Quivi sospiri pianti ed alti guai
Carlo Gesualdo – Felice primavera
Luca Marenzio – Senza il mio sole
Luca Marenzio – Potrò viver io più se senza luce
Alessandro Striggio Striggio – Misero Ohime
Vittoria Aleotti Aleotti – Al turbar de’ bei lumi
Maddalena Casulana Casulana – Morir non può
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Io son ferito, ahi lasso
Jacques Arcadelt – Il bianco e dolce cigno
Philippe Philippe Verdelot – Italia Mia
Performers
The Gesualdo Six
Programme Note
'Ingeniously programmed and impeccably delivered, with that undefinable excitement that comes from a
group of musicians working absolutely as one'
– Gramophone Magazine
Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend, the Gesualdo Six formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories in Cambridge. They now have an international profile, performing at major festivals across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Notable highlights include a concert as part of the distinguished Deutschlandradio Debut Series, a Wigmore Hall debut and tour of the USA in 2021, and collaborations with the Brodsky Quartet, London Mozart Players, Luxmuralis, William Barton and Matilda Lloyd.
The group released their debut recording - English Motets - on Hyperion Records in early 2018 to critical acclaim. Other releases include a festive album of Christmas favourites, Josquin’s Legacy and Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday.
'Exciting, inventive, vibrant'
– MusicWeb International
Their programme traces the evolution of the madrigal from Renaissance composer Bartolomeo Tromboncino, through Palestrina and Monteverdi to Gyorgy Ligeti. The pioneering Monteverdi led the way in a new expressive style of composition, emphasising words as much as harmony and laying the foundation for many of the stylistic conventions of the Baroque. Ligeti's Nonsense Madrigals parody earlier madrigals by using old compositional techniques as vehicles for humorous portrayals of texts from children's literature by Lewis Carroll and William Brighty Rands.
Doors & bar 6:45pm | Concert 7:45pm, ends 9:00pm, no interval
