Radiant Dawn

The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprising some of the UK’s finest consort singers, directed by Owain Park. Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend, the group formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s ‘Tenebrae Responsories’ in Cambridge and has gone on to perform at numerous major festivals around the world.

For this concert, the group join forces with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd who last performed for Skipton Music with the Solus Trumpet Ensemble in April 2022. Together they present a stunning programme entitled ‘Radiant Dawn’ that explores different shades of light through music. Works from the Golden Age of polyphony by Tallis and White are juxtaposed with modern compositions by Roxanna Panufnik, Alec Roth and Deborah Pritchard. Highlights include Sir James MacMillan’s In splendoribus sanctorum, a meditative and atmospheric setting from the composer’s ‘Strathclyde Motets’, alongside Richard Barnard’s Aura, co-commissioned by the artists.