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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023: Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six, exploring five centuries of madrigals, including works from Weelkes and Palestrina to Ligeti and Weir.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023: Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six, exploring five centuries of madrigals, including works from Weelkes and Palestrina to Ligeti and Weir.

Presented by Ian Skelly, from the Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Luca Marenzio: Potrò viver io più se senza luce
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Io son ferito, ahi lasso
Maddalena Casulana: Morir non può il mio cuore
Carlo Gesualdo: Asciugate i begli occhi
Claudio Monteverdi: Sì, ch’ io vorrei morire
Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando Gibbons: The silver swan
William Byrd: This sweet and merry month of May
Thomas Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending

Thomas Weelkes: Thule the period of cosmographie
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals – No. 1: Two Dreams and Little Bat
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals – No. 2: Cuckoo in the Pear Tree
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals – No. 3: The Alphabet
Thomas Weelkes: The nightingale, the organ of delight
Thomas Weelkes: The ape, the monkey and baboon
György Ligeti Nonsense Madrigals – No. 4: Flying Robert
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals – No. 5: The Lobster Quadrille
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals – No. 6: A Long, Sad Tale
Judith Weir: Madrigal
Sarah Rimkus: My heart is like a singing bird

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park, director

1 hour, 34 minutes

Music Played

  • Luca Marenzio

    Potro viver io piu se senza luce

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Io son ferito, ahi lasso

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Maddalena Casulana

    Morir non puo il mio cuore

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Asciugate i begli occhi

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si, ch' io vorrei morire

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Jacques Arcadelt

    Il bianco e dolce cigno

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver swan

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • William Byrd

    This sweet and merry month of May

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    Thule the period of cosmographie

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 1: Two Dreams and Little Bat

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 2: Cuckoo in the Pear Tree

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 3: The Alphabet

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    The nightingale, the organ of delight

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    The ape, the monkey and baboon

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 4: Flying Robert

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 5: The Lobster Quadrille

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • György Ligeti

    Nonsense Madrigals, No. 6: A Long, Sad Tale

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Judith Weir

    Madrigal

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Sarah Rimkus

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother moon

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    O Corta Jaca

    Performer: Paul Gregory. Music Arranger: E. Grillo.
    • Tango!.
    • Claudio.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Day 2023 21:10

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