Gesualdo at Snape Maltings

The writing of notorious composer, Carlo Gesualdo is well known for its extreme style, with chromatic melodies creating dissonant and disjointed harmonic progressions that illuminate the most melancholy aspects of the dark texts he set. In this programme, The Gesualdo Six explore some of his most beautiful and evocative compositions, featuring sacred works such as the Tenebrae Responsories and Peccantem me quotidie, alongside secular settings from his books of madrigals.

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Programme to include
Carlo Gesualdo  In te Domine speravi
Carlo Gesualdo  Illumina faciem
Carlo Gesualdo  Da pacem Domine (completed Stravinsky)
Carlo Gesualdo  Sospirava il mio core
Carlo Gesualdo  O tenebroso giorno