Come Sing With Us: Chromatic Labyrinth - Gesualdo and His Legacy

The Chromatic Labyrinth- Lose yourself in four centuries of extraordinary harmoniesStep into a musical labyrinth where nothing is quite as it seems. At its heart is Carlo Gesualdo, whose intensely expressive madrigals and sacred music pushed Renaissance harmony to extraordinary extremes - nowhere more strikingly than in the celebrated Moro, lasso, al mio duolo. From Gesualdo and the adventurous chromaticism of his English contemporary Thomas Weelkes, we'll follow unexpected paths through the intricate writing of Brahms's O Heiland, reiss die Himmel aufto Schoenberg's surprisingly approachable folk-song settings, Op. 49, based on melodies from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.The path eventually leads us back to Gesualdo: his music fascinated twentieth-century modernists, and in the 1950s Stravinsky became so absorbed by it that he recomposed the missing voices of three of Gesualdo's incomplete Sacrae Cantiones, creating a remarkable meeting of two composers separated by nearly four centuries. A fascinating day of musical puzzles, unexpected
Harmonies and glorious choral singing.The recommended ticket price is 40.Buy Printed Music: Printed Music costs 5 which can be purchased in addition to your singing ticket.
Those who order the music booklet will receive a printed copy on arrival on the day. All participants will receive a pdf of the music in Early January via email.Timetable for the day:
10.00 am Doors open for registration, coffee and music distribution
10.30 am-12.30 pm Workshop session 1
12.30 pm-1.30 pm Lunch (own arrangements)
1.30 pm-3.30 pm Workshop session 2
3.30 pm-4.00 pm Tea and cake
4.00-4:30 pm Informal concertAre you an amateur singer, who would like to: Explore choral masterpieces? Learn about their historical and musical contexts? Brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert? Have a fun day with a friendly group of singers in a beautiful Wren church?
Then this is for you!