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
Today is the day! Our first CD, English Motets, is now available to download via the Hyperion website and iTunes! You can of course continue to order hard copies of our CD from our website shop. We’re very excited to celebrate the release with our friends, patrons and supporters… Continue reading
We had a great time returning to the BBC to appear on Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ for our fourth(!) time yesterday. We spoke to Sean Rafferty about our upcoming CD release and Spring Tour and performed some works from our tour programme: Palestrina’s Io son Ferito and Put out into… Continue reading
With only three weeks left until the release of our first CD English Motets, we’ve released a video of Josh, Joseph, Mike and Owain singing Tallis’ If ye love me. One of the finest and most simple works for four voices ever written, it’s the perfect introduction to our CD,… Continue reading
We are very much looking forward to launching our debut album, English Motets, with a concert in London on Saturday 7 April 2018 at 3pm. Our venue is St Peter’s Eaton Square, a remarkable building with a great acoustic for renaissance polyphony and a fabulous Portico for post-concert refreshments. Tickets are available to… Continue reading
