The Gesualdo Six

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The Gesualdo Six is a 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 UK, Europe, Canada and Australia.
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Gesualdo: Illumina faciem tuam (excerpt)
Héloïse Werner: coronasolfège for 6
Owain Park: Phos hilaron
Gerda Blok-Wilson: O Little Rose (excerpt)
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ACCLAIM / TESTIMONIALS
"The all-male voices ring out with intonational precision and an almost ecstatic connection to text that would have delighted Byrd, who intended the words to cut through the polyphonic underpinning."
The Guardian
“The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they’re just coming into focus.”
Gramophone
"The group have a remarkable blend, beautifully showcasing the music’s interweaving polyphony under the direction of Owain Park."
The Arts Desk
"The Gesualdo Six and Owain Park are fearless and have shaped a programme that almost plays out as a composed sequence. The singing is impeccable."
Choir and Organ Magazine
"The effect was as mesmerising as the almost inexplicable contrast between the purity, clarity and beauty of the singing on the one hand and its affective ferocity on the other."
Limelight Magazine
“When The Gesualdo Six – a consort of young male singers from Trinity College, Cambridge – stepped on stage and began singing William Byrd’s 'Miserere Mihi Domine', it felt as though time had stopped."
Seesaw Magazine
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DISCOGRAPHY

Byrd: Mass for five voices

Released: June 2, 2023
Label: Hyperion

Lux Aeterna

Released: September 2, 2022
Label: Hyperion

Tenebrae Responsories

Released: March 4, 2022
Label: Hyperion

Josquin's Legacy

Released: October 29, 2021
Label: Hyperion

Fading

Released: March 27, 2020
Label: Hyperion

Christmas

Released: November 1, 2019
Label: Hyperion

English Motets

Released: March 30, 2018
Label: Hyperion

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English Motets

Available: November 2-19, 2023; February 1-11, 2024
During the Renaissance, musical composition flourished, but it was a time of great change, fueled by religious division. This program traces music written by some of the English Renaissance masters over a period of 200 years, encompassing florid medieval-sounding pieces by Forest and Sheryngham, intricately woven polyphonic works by Tallis and Byrd, and the beautiful simplicity of Gibbons and Tomkins.

Lux Aeterna

Available: November 2-19, 2023; February 1-11, 2024
Grief touches all of us at some point during our lives, affecting each person in different ways. The music in this program is intended to illustrate some of these emotions, exploring musical responses to mourning and loss.

Passion & Polyphony

Available: November 2-19, 2023; February 1-11, 2024
The Gesualdo Six presents an exhibition of some of the finest vocal consort works from Renaissance and modern-day composers. Taking inspiration from the darkness and shadows of Holy Weeks Tenebrae services, the program explores atmospheric liturgical music through different lenses. Works from the Golden Age of polyphony by Tallis, Gesualdo and Victoria are juxtaposed with contemporary music by Judith Bingham and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Josquin's Legacy

Available: November 2-19, 2023; February 1-11, 2024
Courts in Renaissance Italy were meeting places for some of the greatest musicians from across Europe. The Court at Ferrara became a leading center: many of the Franco-Flemish school passed through its gates and perhaps the most notable of these is Josquin. This program contextualises some of the ‘jewels in the crown’ of Italian Renaissance repertoire by tracing themes of pedagogy and patronage in northern Italy over 150 years, featuring works by Brumel, Josquin, Mouton and L'Héritier.

Flower of the Italian Madrigal

Available: November 2-19, 2023; February 1-11, 2024
Renaissance Italy was a melting pot of different traditions and cultures. This program begins in the early stages of the development of this form with a frottola by Tromboninco, tracing the evolution of the madrigal form which culminated with Monteverdi, the composer who stitched the seam between Renaissance and Baroque.

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