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The Gesualdo Six

Motets and Madrigals of Palestrina and Gesualdo
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 7:30PM
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th St., NYC)
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The acclaimed Gesualdo Six returns with a program highlighting two of the Renaissance’s most famous composers: Palestrina, revered for his clarity and elegance, and the notorious Carlo Gesualdo, with his bold chromaticism and emotional intensity. Experience a captivating tapestry of litanies, madrigals, and Lamentations, showcasing the extraordinary writing and contrasting approaches of these two luminaries.

Gesualdo Six 2025 by Andrew Wilkinson 960x1446
photo by Andrew Wilkinson
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The acclaimed Gesualdo Six returns with a program highlighting two of the Renaissance’s most famous composers: Palestrina, revered for his clarity and elegance, and the notorious Carlo Gesualdo, with his bold chromaticism and emotional intensity. Experience a captivating tapestry of litanies, madrigals, and Lamentations, showcasing the extraordinary writing and contrasting approaches of these two luminaries.

Repertoire

  • Carlo Gesualdo In te Domine speravi
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Peccantem me quotidie
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Tenebrae Responsories
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Asciugate i begli occhi
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Ancide sol la morte
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Queste saranno ben lagrime
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Io son ferito, ahi lasso
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Quando dal terzo cielo
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Nunc dimittis (Salva nos Domine vigilantes)
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut cervus
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae

Performers

  • Gesualdo Sixby 2025 Andrew Wilkinson 160x240
    The Gesualdo Six
  • Owain Park by Helena Cooke 160x240
    Owain Park director
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