Stour Music 2025: The Gesualdo Six English Motets

"The Gesualdo Six sang magnificently faultless. Their sound is precision-tooled for blend, perfectly rounded, and has the utmost ease and precision." Opera Wire

Owain Park Director and Bass Guy James Countertenor Alasdair Austin Countertenor Joseph Wicks Tenor Josh Cooter Tenor Simon Grant Baritone

During the English Renaissance, musical composition flourished but it was a time of great change fuelled by religious division. This programme traces music written by some of the English Renaissance masters over a period of 200 years, encompassing florid medieval-sounding pieces by Dunstaple and Sheryngham, intricately woven polyphonic works by Tallis and Byrd, and the beautiful simplicity of Gibbons and Tomkins.

Sponsored by Stephen Bann [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKH7eByg28I]