The Gesualdo Six
The Gesualdo Six are an English male vocal sextet, directed by Owain Park. The group was founded in Cambridge in 2014 for a performance the Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday by Carlo Gesualdo, in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge[1]. Represented by the artist management company Hazard Chase since May 2017[2], The Gesualdo Six perform a wide range of music from the middle ages to the present day in concerts across the UK and Europe.
The group were St John's Smith Square Young Artists for the 2015-2016 season[3], and in partnership with St. John's Smith Square and the Music Sales Group, commissioned a composition competition which attracted over 170 entries from across the globe.[4]
In 2018 the group released their debut album, English Motets, on the Hyperion label.[5][6] The CD features works from the English Renaissance by composers including Dunstaple, Cornysh, Byrd, Tallis, Tomkins, Sheppard and Morley. The CD was selected for the quarterly Bestenliste by the German Record Critics' Awards in August 2018.[7]
In the summer of 2018 the group toured Canada, performing in seven cities.[8]
External links
- The Gesualdo Six – Official website
- The Gesualdo Six – YouTube channel
- "The Gesualdo Six". Hazard Chase.
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- ^ "Meet the team - The Gesualdo Six". The Gesualdo Six. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ "The Gesualdo Six – New Beginnings – Hazard Chase". www.hazardchase.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ "Past Young Artists". St John's Smith Square. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ "Composition Competition 2016 - The Gesualdo Six". The Gesualdo Six. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ "English Motets − The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor)". Hyperion. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Pritchard, Stephen (2018-04-08). "Home listening: the joys of evensong, on disc, online and on Radio 3". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ Kirsch, Holger. "Bestenliste 3-2018". www.schallplattenkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ Duke, David Gordon (2018-07-18). "The Gesualdo Six on the road". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-03.