Artists
- The Gesualdo Six
- Owain Parkartistic director, bass
- Guy Jamescountertenor
- Alasdair Austincountertenor
- Joseph Wickstenor
- Josh Cootertenor
- Michael Craddockbaritone
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The Gesualdo Six
Image credit: © Ash Mills
- Date
- Mon 01 Apr 2024, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert is approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Luca Marenzio1553-1599
- Potrò viver io più se senza luce
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrinac.1525-1594
- Io son ferito
- Maddalena Casulanafl.1566-1583
- Gran miracol d'amore
- Carlo Gesualdoc.1561-1613
- Asciugate i begli occhi
- Claudio Monteverdi1567-1643
- Sì ch'io vorrei morire SV89
- Jacques Arcadeltc.1507-1568
- Il bianco e dolce cigno
- Orlando Gibbons1583-1625
- The silver swan
- William Byrdc.1540-1623
- This sweet and merry month of May a6
- Thomas Weelkes1576-1623
- As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
Interval
- Thomas Weelkes1576-1623
- Thule the period of cosmographie
- György Ligeti1923-2006
- Nonsense Madrigals:
- Two Dreams and Little Bat
- Cuckoo in the Pear-Tree
- The Alphabet
- Judith Weirb. 1954
- Madrigal
- György Ligeti1923-2006
- Nonsense Madrigals:
- Flying Robert
- The Lobster Quadrille
- A Long, Sad Tale
- Sarah Rimkusb. 1990
- My heart is like a singing bird
Encore
- Eleanor Daleyb. 1955
- Grandmother Moon
Overview
The Gesualdo Six begins in the early stages of the development of the madrigal (a secular song which places equal importance on both poetry and music), with works from Renaissance Italy. Inspired by the success of this form, composers in England took on the madrigal and created their own responses, lead by master Thomas Weelkes. Tonight's programme also highlights modern settings in the madrigal style by György Ligeti, Judith Weir and Sarah Rimkus.
