The vernal season is upon us! Spring brings new life and this year has brought The Gesualdo Six a new bass: Sam Mitchell, who we are very pleased to welcome to the team. We’re all looking forward immensely to working and performing with Sam, who’s first appearance will be (very appropriately!) Carlo Gesualdo’s… Continue reading
We’ve had a brilliant year – here are some of our highlights from 2015. A series of concerts to start the year We began the year with four concerts in Cambridge Colleges, performing in the chapels of Jesus, Caius, St John’s and King’s. Our one-year anniversary concert of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae… Continue reading
We are delighted to have appointed Sam Mitchell as our new bass. Sam begins working with us in the New Year, as we say a fond farewell to Jonny. We offer our warmest congratulations to Sam who gave an outstanding audition. Here are a few words from him: “I’m… Continue reading
We’re very excited about returning to London to perform a programme of British music this Friday at 7.30pm. We’ll be performing in the intimate setting of Grange Wellington Chapel in Vincent Square, near Victoria station as part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London’s 2015 season. The first half will… Continue reading
The first of many pre-concert selfies taken on tour In August 2015, we embarked upon our first tour. Many months of planning went in to organising ten concerts over nine days across the South and West of England, starting with a concert in Southgate in North London on the 20th of August (only… Continue reading
Wow! What a summer it has been for The Gesualdo Six! The group have been by far the busiest we have ever been. Starting on August the 13th we had a fantastic time performing some of our favourite pieces live BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and meeting Sean Rafferty and the team at the BBC. A… Continue reading
The Gesualdo Six will be appearing on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme on Thursday 13th August at 4.30pm. Tune in to hear three pieces of Renaissance music that will be included in the tour programme across parts of the UK this summer. Visit the In Tune website here. Continue reading
Tenor Joseph Wicks writes about returning to Salisbury with us this summer: “Ever since the group performed its first concert 18 months ago, I’ve wanted to bring them down from Cambridge to Salisbury, and in particular to the glorious acoustic of St Martin’s. It will suit the size and sound… Continue reading
Countertenor Guy James writes about returning to Dursley with The Gesualdo Six this summer: One of my earliest musical memories is of standing next to my mum, Lynn James, singing with the Parish choir of St. James the Great in the parish centre in Dursley. I was effectively on probation… Continue reading
We are delighted to announce that we will be St John’s Smith Square Young Artists for the 2015/16 season! Here’s a note from Richard Heason, the director of SJSS: ‘As a concert hall it is crucial that we don’t just give voice to established artists but that we also invest… Continue reading
