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Based on Porträt Carlo Gesualdo Gesualdo's poignant Responsories for the nights of Holy Week, the British a cappella ensemble The Gesualdo Six The Gesualdo Six immerses us in divine songs of light and shadow of the Passion of Christ.

Content

fantastic programme of wholly unaccompanied singing

Gesualdo near Naples, Holy Week 1611: the responsories for the Tenebrae of Holy Week composed by Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, are first sung by a few select male voices, just like the English ensemble The Gesualdo Six today. The shrill dissonances, terrifying plunges into darkness and harsh light of Gesualdo’s music contrast with the mild laments of the English composer Tallis and the Spanish composer Victoria. Modern a-cappella arrangements by Judith Bingham and Owain Park round off this fantastic programme of wholly unaccompanied singing, which has the Lamb of God at its centre.

Programme

Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah / In jejunio et fletu 
Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsorien  
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Tenebrae Responsorien  
Judith Bingham: Watch with me  
Owain Park: It is finished  

Duration: around 70 minutes without intermission

INTRO
20 minutes before each performance in the foyer, we will tell you about the story of the evening.

Tickets

Price: EUR 20 / 38 / 58

Subscription (four performances of free choice)
Reductions: U27 / Ö1 Intro / Club Ö1

Cast

The Gesualdo Six

The Gesualdo Six
© Ash Mills
Vocal ensemble

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