Arizona Early Music presents the Gesualdo Six
The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprising some of the UK’s finest consort singers, directed by Owain Park. Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend, the group formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories in Cambridge and has gone on to perform at numerous major festivals around the world.
Program: Motets & Madrigals of Palestrina & Gesualdo
Experience a captivating tapestry of litanies, madrigals, and Lamentations from two renowned Renaissance composers. Palestrina, one of the most acclaimed musicians of the sixteenth century, refined the musical style of his time with elegant and balanced compositions, adhering to traditional melodic and harmonic conventions. In stark contrast, Carlo Gesualdo’s extreme chromaticism and dissonant harmonies vividly illuminate the melancholy of his chosen texts.
