Leading up to the group’s third Summer Tour, Classical Events interviewed Owain covering everything from the early days to our most memorable performances. Read the full interview here. Interviewer: What are your most memorable performances? Owain: Performing Arvo Pärt’s ‘Passio’ with the composer in attendance will live long in the memory,… Continue reading
Guy James reflects on our first concerts in the North of England, CD recording and performance at the SJSS Holy Week Festival 2017. An early start heralded the beginning of our Spring projects, with me meeting Owain, Joseph, and the familiar rented 7-seater just outside Cambridge on Sunday morning. Engineering… Continue reading
We are really looking forward to presenting Arvo Pärt’s stunning Passio in St John’s Smith Square with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers on 25 June. This concert will launch the London International A Cappella Choir Competition 2017, which celebrates Arvo Pärt as its featured composer. Completed in 1982, Passio is one of Pärt’s… Continue reading
We teamed up with Ely Cathedral to release five videos for Holy Week as part of their #LiveHolyWeek initiative. We really enjoyed getting to sing in the incredible acoustic of the Ely Lady Chapel, and we’re very pleased to be able to share the results with you. We recorded pieces… Continue reading
In 2017 we raised the funds to make a recording of some of our favourite music from the English Renaissance, including works by Tallis, Sheppard and Byrd. Our crowdfunding campaign was a huge success and we’d like to thank our supporters for their generosity and for helping us reach our stretch… Continue reading
An early start heralded the beginning of our Spring projects, with me meeting Owain, Joseph, and the familiar rented 7-seater just outside Cambridge on Sunday morning. Engineering works, a hasty U-turn and three hours of driving later saw more of us than we were expecting arriving in the car in… Continue reading
We are looking forward to a busy spring season, with our first performances in the North of England as well as in The Hague and at the Wye Valley Music Festival. We are also recording our first CD of English Renaissance Polyphony, before appearing at the inaugural Holy Week Festival at… Continue reading
We are delighted to be performing our first concerts in the North of England, taking place in Blackburn, Bolton and Manchester 31 March – 2 April. “The coolest vocal group around – revel in the gorgeous sounds, the spellbinding music, the programmes with something for everyone. Don’t miss them, I guarantee… Continue reading
Now we’re safely nestled in the first week of 2017, it feels like a good time to have a little reminisce about our recent Advent exploits. We were very proud to perform abroad for the first time in Monaco and also enjoyed returning to Salisbury and St. John’s Smith Square, a venue that has… Continue reading
Mike writes about our concert in SJSS and the last day of The Gesualdo Six’s 2016 season: Saturday morning brought with it something not yet experienced on this tour: a lie-in, and a much needed one, after a lively wine and perudo evening after our Salisbury concert. The group stumbled blinking… Continue reading
