CSMF 2019 presents Gesualdo Six – O Hearken: Music from the British Isles from the 15th to 21st centuries

Owain Park director

 

Thomas Tallis  Te lucis ante terminum

William Byrd  Miserere mihi Domine

Jonathan Seers Look down, O Lord       

John Taverner Quemadmodum  

Owain Park On the Infancy of our Saviour

Thomas Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter  

John Plummer Tota pulchra es  

Thomas Tallis If ye love me  

David Bednall Put out into the deep  

Thomas Tallis Loquebantur  

Joby Talbot The Wishing Tree  

Cheryl Frances-Hoad The Promised Light of Life  

Owain Park Phos hilaron  

William Cornysh Ave Maria Mater Dei  

Roxanna Panufnik O Hearken  

Two Spirituals   arr. Dale Adelmann

 

The spacious Gothic Revival interior of OLEM (Our Lady and the English Martyrs) is the perfect setting for this wide-ranging programme of choral music from the British Isles from the 15th to 21st centuries. Formed in 2014, the Gesualdo Six has already established a reputation as an exceptional vocal consort comprising some of the UK’s finest young singers – giving over a hundred performances in their first four years and releasing the critically-acclaimed recording English Motets on the Hyperion label. This evening’s programme reflects their journey from an initial focus on early music to a growing interest in contemporary choral works – a refreshing juxtaposition of renaissance polyphony alongside some of the most exciting names in modern music.