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The Gesualdo Six

Lux Aeterna
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 8PM
Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Renowned as “weavers of rich and plangent aural tapestries” (BBC Music Magazine), The Gesualdo Six returns with a program of poignant and uplifting music commemorating the departed. Through a thoughtfully curated selection of works spanning from the Renaissance to the present day, the a cappella ensemble explores the rich variety of musical responses to the themes of mourning, loss, and hope over centuries. The repertoire features compositions by Tavener, Byrd, Tallis, Purcell, and de Morales alongside contemporary works, including Joanna Marsh’s I take thee, which was composed for The Gesualdo Six in 2020.

Gesualdo Six by Ash Mills 2
photo by Ash Mills

Renowned as “weavers of rich and plangent aural tapestries” (BBC Music Magazine), The Gesualdo Six returns with a program of poignant and uplifting music commemorating the departed. Through a thoughtfully curated selection of works spanning from the Renaissance to the present day, the a cappella ensemble explores the rich variety of musical responses to the themes of mourning, loss, and hope over centuries. The repertoire features compositions by Tavener, Byrd, Tallis, Purcell, and de Morales alongside contemporary works, including Joanna Marsh’s I take thee, which was composed for The Gesualdo Six in 2020.

Repertoire

  • Cristóbal de Morales Parce mihi, Domine
  • Cristóbal de Morales Lux aeterna (Communio)
  • Sir John Tavener Funeral Ikos
  • Orlande de Lassus Libera me Domine
  • William Byrd Peccantem me quotidie
  • Thomas Tallis In jejunio et fletu
  • Howard Skempton And There was War in Heaven
  • Donna McKevitt Lumen (Nunc Dimittis)
  • James O’Donnell Present yourselves as a living sacrifice
  • Henry Purcell Thou knowest, Lord
  • Owain Park Sequence: In Parenthesis
  • Douglas Guest For the Fallen
  • Eleanor Daley In remembrance
  • Joanna Marsh I take thee
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett A Good-Night

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