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
Over the last few months, we have been planning a second Composition Competition to coincide with our fifth anniversary and debut appearance at the Cadogan Hall. After the success of our inaugural competition in 2016, we are delighted to be able to reveal the details of our next competition, running from… 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
We were delighted to embark on our first international tour to Canada this summer, giving seven concerts across three Canadian provinces. Our programmes included meditative and atmospheric choral music from the renaissance to the present day, and featured works from our debut album, English Motets. Highlights included works by William… Continue reading
The Gesualdo Six’s debut album, English Motets, has been selected as the Critics’ Choice by the jury of the German Record Critics’ Award. The ‘Bestenliste’, released quarterly, nominates new releases “which merit special attention, either for the quality of interpretation or creativity, or for their value to the repertoire.” Member of the… 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
The Daily Telegraph | April 2018 ★★★★★ Spellbound by a medley of mighty motets “The genre [motets] flourished mightily in England, as it did all over Europe, and Owain Park, the director of young vocal group The Gesualdo Six has set out to represent the English kind in all its variety…. Continue reading
Mike Craddock writes about our second Spring Tour, which took place 2–8 April 2018. Summer has firmly arrived in the City of London, and I am writing this update in a roof garden near Fleet Street, with a large iced coffee. It is amazing to think that our Spring Tour,… Continue reading
Thank you to Matthew Rusk of MGR Music for this article about our concert in Winchester as part of our Spring Tour 2018! Read the article here. MGR Music is a network of professional musicians located throughout the UK and Ireland, tutoring students of all ages and abilities across a… Continue reading
