The Gesualdo Six
English Motets: Exploring Renaissance masterpieces from the Golden Age of polyphony in England
Featuring music by Tallis, Byrd, William Cornysh, John Taverner, Walter Frye, Richard Pygott, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes, William Mundy, Sheryngham, Robert Ramsey and Thomas Thomkins.
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park artistic director, bass
Guy James countertenor
Alasdair Austin countertenor
Joseph Wicks tenor
Josh Cooter tenor
Simon Grant baritone
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
Wed, 9 September 2026
Wigmore Hall, London
7:30pm
£18 - £40
Full Event Details
During the 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 Pygott and Cornysh, intricately woven polyphonic works by Tallis and Byrd, and the beautiful simplicity of Mundy and Tomkins.
Featuring music by Tallis, Byrd, William Cornysh, John Taverner, Walter Frye, Richard Pygott, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes, William Mundy, Sheryngham, Robert Ramsey and Thomas Thomkins.
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park artistic director, bass
Guy James countertenor
Alasdair Austin countertenor
Joseph Wicks tenor
Josh Cooter tenor
Simon Grant baritone
Venue Details & Map
Location
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Related upcoming events
Radiant Dawn
- Tue, 14 April 2026
- The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
- 7:30pm
- £18 - £35
The Gesualdo Six & Chelys Consort
- Sun, 3 May 2026
- Boxgrove Priory, Chichester
- 7:30pm
- £35 (Front Rows) | £30 (General Admission) | £25 (U35s)
Secret Byrd
- Fri, 8 May 2026
- Smith Square Hall, London
- 6:30pm
- £45
- Smith Square Hall
- ➕3 other performances
Wishing Tree
- Mon, 13 July 2026
- Wigmore Hall
- 1:00pm
- £18 (concessions £16)
- Early Music at Wigmore Hall