The Gesualdo Six

Embark on a captivating vocal journey with The Gesualdo Six as they curate a collection of exquisite vocal concert pieces. Experience medieval works celebrating nature and love alongside Renaissance highlights by Byrd and Gibbons. Discover how contemporary composers breathe life into verses by Christina Rossetti and Kathleen Jamie. Immerse yourself in skillful re-imaginings of traditional British folk songs that beautifully tie the sequence together.

PROGRAM (subject to change)

William Byrd  This Sweet and Merry Month of May
David Bednall  Put Out Into the Deep
Joby Talbot  The Wishing Tree
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams  Bushes and Briars
Alison Willis  The Wind’s Warning
William Cornysh  Ah Robyn, Gentil Robyn
Alfonso Ferrabosco  So, So, Leave Off This Last Lamenting Kiss
Jacques Arcadelt  Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando Gibbons  The Silver Swan
arr. James Whitbourn  The Lark in the Clear Air
 
~ Interval ~
 
arr. Gordon Langford  The Oak and the Ash
György Ligeti  Nonsense Madrigals
     i. Two Dreams and Little Bat
     ii. Cuckoo in the Pear-Tree
     iii. The Alphabet
Owain Park  Fantasia on English Children’s Songs
Cristen Holmes  Summer Shower
Sarah Rimkus  My Heart is Like a Singing Bird
Eleanor Daley  Grandmother Moon