The Gesualdo Six
Cambridge Villages Tour
The final concert in the Cambridge Villages Tour
The writing of notorious composer, Carlo Gesualdo is well known for its extreme style, with
chromatic melodies creating dissonant and disjointed harmonic progressions that illuminate
the most melancholy aspects of the dark texts he set. Alongside a selection of Gesualdo’s
atmospheric sacred music, focused on the darkness and shadows of Holy Week’s Tenebrae
services, The Gesualdo Six present four of his final madrigals, published in 1611.
“The whole programme moved forward by alternating between homophonic and polyphonic textures; between relative simplicity and complexity; between relaxation and tension… the effect was mesmerising.” - Limelight
PROGRAMME
Gesualdo sacred works:
In te Domine speravi
Peccantem me quotidie
Tenebrae Responsories
i. Tristis est anima mea
ii. Tenebrae factae sunt
iii. O vos omnes
Gesualdo secular madrigals, Books 5 & 6 1611:
O tenebroso giorno
Asciugate i begli occhi
Ancide sol la morte
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Cambridge Early Music
Sat, 27 September 2025
St Andrew and St Mary, Granchester, Cambridge
6:00pm
£15 | Students £10 | u18s £0- ➕3 other performances
Full Event Details
Spotlight on Carlo Gesualdo
The writing of notorious composer, Carlo Gesualdo is well known for its extreme style, with
chromatic melodies creating dissonant and disjointed harmonic progressions that illuminate
the most melancholy aspects of the dark texts he set. Alongside a selection of Gesualdo’s
atmospheric sacred music, focused on the darkness and shadows of Holy Week’s Tenebrae
services, The Gesualdo Six present four of his final madrigals, published in 1611.
“The whole programme moved forward by alternating between homophonic and polyphonic textures; between relative simplicity and complexity; between relaxation and tension… the effect was mesmerising.” - Limelight
PROGRAMME
Gesualdo sacred works:
In te Domine speravi
Peccantem me quotidie
Tenebrae Responsories
i. Tristis est anima mea
ii. Tenebrae factae sunt
iii. O vos omnes
Gesualdo secular madrigals, Books 5 & 6 1611:
O tenebroso giorno
Asciugate i begli occhi
Ancide sol la morte
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Venue Details & Map
Location
St Andrew and St Mary, Granchester, Cambridge
44 High St, Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9NF
Other performances
In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:
Cambridge Villages Tour
- Sat, 27 September 2025
- St Andrew's Church, Girton, Cambridge
- 11:30am
- £15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
- Cambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour
- Sat, 27 September 2025
- St Vigor's with All Saints, Fulbourn, Cambridge
- 2:00pm
- £15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
- Cambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour
- Sat, 27 September 2025
- St Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton, Cambridge
- 4:00pm
- £15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
- Cambridge Early Music
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