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Early Music

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)

Single Tickets on Sale July 14 at 12PM

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 Ash Mills 960x1446
photo by Ash Mills

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

    O tenebroso giorno

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Asciugate i begli occhi

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Ancide sol la morte

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina E tu Signor, tu la tua grazia infondi
  • 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

    Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria a6

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Super flumina Babylonis

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae

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