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Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:30PM

Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th St., NYC)

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The award-winning Gesualdo Six returns with a program inspired by the ancient service of Compline, which marks the close of the day and the onset of night. This contemplative concert pairs Renaissance polyphony by masters such as Thomas Tallis, Carlo Gesualdo, and John Sheppard with contemporary reflections by Sarah Rimkus, Joanna Marsh, and Gerda Blok-Wilson.

Gesualdo Six 2025 by Andrew Wilkinson 960x1446 — photo by Andrew Wilkinson

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The award-winning Gesualdo Six returns with a program inspired by the ancient service of Compline, which marks the close of the day and the onset of night. This contemplative concert pairs Renaissance polyphony by masters such as Thomas Tallis, Carlo Gesualdo, and John Sheppard with contemporary reflections by Sarah Rimkus, Joanna Marsh, and Gerda Blok-Wilson.

Repertoire

David Bednall
Put out into the deep
(2008)
Hildegard von Bingen
O Ecclesia oculi tui
Gerda Blok-Wilson O Little Rose, Oh Dark Rose (2018)
CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD
The Promised Light of Life
(2015)
Carlo Gesualdo
Languisce al fin
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Heinrich Isaac Illumina faciem tuam
Owain Park
Phos hilaron
(2017)
Pérotin
Beata viscera
Max Reger
Nachtlied Op. 138, No. 3
(1914)
Franz Schubert
Die Nacht, D. 983 Op. 17, No. 4
(1823)
John Sheppard
In pace in idipsum
Thomas Tallis
Te lucis ante terminum
Thomas Tallis
Absterge Domine
Alison Willis
The Wind's Warning
(2019)
ANONYMOUS
The Lark in the clear air
arr. James Whitbourn

Performers

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director

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