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The Gesualdo Six
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Queen of Hearts

The Gesualdo Six

Programme & Song Text
Date
Sun 23 Jun 2024, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes in duration, including an interval

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Important Information


Change of Programme
The programme for this concert has slightly changed and is now as below.

Artists

  • The Gesualdo Six
    • Owain Parkartistic director, bass
    • Guy Jamescountertenor
    • Alasdair Austincountertenor
    • Joseph Wickstenor
    • Josh Cootertenor
    • Michael Craddockbaritone

Programme

Interval

  • Anon
      • Se je souspire/Ecce iterum
        (attributed to Margaret of Austria)
  1. Commissioned by The Gesualdo Six

Overview

The Gesualdo Six presents a selection of motets and chansons from the French Court, focusing on European Queens: Anne of Brittany, Marguerite d’Austria, Anne Boleyn and Mary Tudor. Reflecting on these earthly regencies, devotional motets for the Queen of Heaven are interwoven with texts from the Song of Songs, appropriated to venerate the Blessed Virgin, alongside specially written chansons and motets commemorating key moments in the reign of Europe’s Queens. The programme will also include new works of Renaissance French poetry by director Owain Park, and Ninfea Crutwell-Reade, specially commissioned by The Gesualdo Six.

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