The Gesualdo Six
Queen of Hearts
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Sunday 6th October 2024 7.30pm
St John’s Church, 92 Glaisnock Street KA18 1JU
The Gesualdo Six present 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, setting Renaissance French poetry by director Owain Parks and Ninfea Crutwell-Reade, specially commissioned by The Gesualdo Six.
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director
Programme
Antoine Brumel Sub tuum praesidium
Jacob Obrecht Parce Domine
Johannes Ockeghem Intemerata Dei Mater
Loyset Compère Plaine d’ennuy / Anima mea
Jean Mouton Ave Maria, virgo serena
Owain Park Prière pour Marie
Jean L’Héritier Sub tuum praesidium
Josquin des Prez Nymphes des bois / Requiem aeternam
Jean Mouton De tous regretz
Margaret of Austria (attrib.) Se je souspire / Ecce iterum
Constanzo Festa Quis dabit oculis
Ninfea Crutwell-Reade Plaisir n’ai plus (commissioned by The Gesualdo Six)
Johannes Prioris Consommo la vita mia
Nicholas Gombert Tous les regretz
Event information
7.30pm on Sunday 6th October 2024
Approximate running time 1 hour 10 minutes
Tickets
Full price: £25
Local Residents, Students and Under 26s: £18
Unwaged and Under 18s: £7
St John’s Church
92 Glaisnock Street KA18 1JU
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