We are looking forward to giving our debut performances in three European countries this month. We begin in Lausanne, Switzerland with our Passion and Polyphony programme, followed by a concert of atmospheric Fading music in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Finally, we will visit Italy to perform our English Motets programme in the beautiful city of… Continue reading
Owain Park, Director of The Gesualdo Six, writes: We were all thrilled with the standard of the entries, 307 in total, which arrived from six continents in a variety of interesting styles. Singing through the pieces has been an immensely enjoyable experience, and it is heartening to see composers writing… Continue reading
The astronomer who saved his mother from being burned as a witch. In January 2019, we visited the beautiful university town of Tübingen in southwest Germany to perform excerpts from Kepler’s Trial alongside a new work written for us by British composer, Tim Watts, ‘Kepler-Motetten’. In 1615, when Johannes Kepler… Continue reading
We are asking for your help to release our second album, a CD of music for Advent and Christmas. Since we first performed this repertoire in 2014, we knew that we wanted to make it into a CD recording. Over the past few years, we have been developing the tracklist,… Continue reading
In February 2019, we will be touring a programme of music inspired by the ancient service of compline, Fading. Concerts will include atmospheric works by Nicolas Gombert, Thomas Tallis, Sarah Rimkus and Joanna Marsh. 15 February 2019 Leeds | Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall Start time: 1:05 PM More Information 17 February 2019 London |… Continue reading
We had a fantastic time performing for our 5th (we can’t quite believe it either!) time on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. We spoke with Sean Rafferty about some of our upcoming projects, including our Composition Competition, and performed My heart is like a singing bird by 2016 competition entrant Sarah Rimkus,… Continue reading
To mark the centenary of the Armistice that ended World War I, we present ‘Sequence: In Parenthesis’. About the project ‘Sequence: In Parenthesis’ is a composition by Owain Park, inspired by David Jones’s epic poem, ‘In Parenthesis’, which narrates the experiences of Private John Ball during World War I. Based… Continue reading
We have just had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend giving our Yorkshire debut at the Ripon International Festival. Our programme included several of our favourite English Motets alongside a second half of contemporary works including Poulenc’s Les Petites Voix. We are hard at work over the next few weeks, with WWI… Continue reading
Tour Blog #6 – Owain sums up our summer After concerts in the beautiful towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Elora, we were almost taken aback by the towering architecture as we approached the bustling metropolis of Toronto. A highlight of this tour has been the personal connections we have made along the way,… Continue reading
Sunday 3 June 2018 at 5.00pm St Peter’s Church, Hurstbourne Tarrant We are delighted to be visiting Hurstbourne Tarrant (nr. Andover) to give a concert at St Peter’s Church on Sunday 3 June at 5.00pm. We have selected some of our favourite repertoire for this programme: from meditative and atmospheric music from… Continue reading
