The Hermes Experiment are inviting composers to submit graphic scores for premiere in collaboration with The Gesualdo Six this Autumn. They are looking for pieces linked to reconnection and new beginnings. Email hermesexperiment@gmail.com or tweet @TheHExperiment by 15 September at 5pm. The winner will be announced on 17 September 2020. #LondonSoundGallery Find out… Continue reading
We sang a service of Choral Evensong live on BBC Radio 3 from St Martin-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 19 August at 3.30pm. Many of us grew up singing Choral Evensong at churches around the UK and it was wonderful to bring these shared experiences together. The psalms were specially adapted for… Continue reading
For the next month-or-so you can catch-up with our performance of the Fauré Requiem with a slightly-expanded team and the wonderful London Mozart Players, filmed as-live from JAM on the Marsh in St. Leonard’s Church in Hythe. It was a wonderful experience for us to be able to gather together… Continue reading
Now it’s your turn! For our first #singwithG6 we have chosen one of our favourite pieces: a sacred motet by Josef Rheinberger which the composer first penned in 1855 at the age of 15. It is perhaps his most famous choral work, which looks backward to the great sacred music… Continue reading
On Saturday 1 August, we will be performing our first open-air concert since lockdown as part of ‘Music at the Tower’. The series is an impromptu summer festival started by Mary Bevan MBE and William Thomas, held at the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Tower, Hornsey. The aim is to… Continue reading
We are delighted that our performance at St John’s Smith Square next week has been chosen by DCMS as a pilot concert *with* a socially distanced audience. If you would like to win a pair of tickets to this event then please send us an email with an answer to… Continue reading
Our performance takes place on Saturday 29 August 2020 at 7pm BST, live from the VOCES8 Centre in London. We will be singing music from our Fading programme: inspired by the ancient service of compline, including works by Tallis, Gombert, Joanna Marsh and Arvo Pärt. Find out more about the series here…. Continue reading
We are delighted to be taking part in a new online vocal festival, Live from London, which features some of the world’s finest vocal ensembles. We will be performing on Saturday 29 August 2020 at 7pm BST / 2pm EST live from the VOCES8 Centre in London. Our programme is… Continue reading
We’re pleased to have released a new edition of our podcast. Episode three is our Isolation Special: Bringing you all the news and views from the members of The Gesualdo Six and their friends in isolation. Featuring a discussion about the voice and acoustics with countertenor duo Guy and Andrew,… Continue reading
We are terrifically excited to share a photo of our first commission as a group, ‘Christus factus est’ from British composer Joanna Ward. Joanna Ward received first prize in the under-18 category of our 2016 Composition Competition, and when the opportunity for a new setting of this text arose we… Continue reading
