14 December, 1:00pm: The Gesualdo Six
The Gesualdo Six
Director, Owain Park
Veni, veni Emmanuel
Kay Gaudete
M Praetorius Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland à 6
Harvey The Annunciation
Anon. There is no rose
Trad. Coventry Carol
Park On the Infancy of our Saviour
Tallis Videte Miraculum
Praetorius In dulci jubilo
harm. Praetorius Es Ist ein’ Ros’ Entsprungen
Frances-Hoad The Promised Light of Life
Byrd Vigilate
arr. Lawson Veni, veni, Emmanuel
The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park, perform a diverse selection of works for the festive season, juxtaposing modern works by composers including Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Jonathan Harvey with renaissance masterpieces by Byrd and Praetorius. The concert features Thomas Tallis’s Videte Miraculum, a choral respond which exhibits plainchant both in a solo capacity and as part of a beautifully woven six-part polyphonic texture. The group will also perform a setting of Francis Quarles’s On the Infancy of our Saviour, set to music by the group’s Director, alongside arrangements by Brian Kay and Philip Lawson.