Sunday 12 October, 19:30 at St Martin's Church
Queen of Hearts
16th-century polyphony inspired by devotion to queens - both earthly and divine
Date & Time: Sunday 12 October, 19:30
Ticket price: £25 / £18; under 30s £12.50 / £9; under 12s free; £5 standing
Venue: St Martin's Church
At the heart of this programme lies a devotion to queens, both earthly and divine. The Gesualdo Six presents 16th-century polyphony which venerates the Virgin Mary, Regina Caelorum, while also memorialising queens of courtly life – Anne of Brittany, Margaret of Austria, Anne Boleyn and Mary Tudor. Blending sacred Latin texts with vernacular poetry, these works evoke a world where love, reverence and political allegiance were expressed through ritual and song.
The Gesualdo Six
Guy James countertenor
Alasdair Austin countertenor
Joseph Wicks tenor
Josh Cooter tenor
Simon Grant baritone
Owain Park director & bass
Programme
Antoine Brumel
c.1460-c.1512 Sub tuum praesidium
Johannes Ockeghem
c.1410-1497 Intemerata Dei mater
Loyset Compère
c.1445-1518 Plaine d’ennuy / Anima mea
Jean Mouton
c.1459-1522 De tous regretz
Margaret of Austria (attrib.)
1480-1530 Margaret of Austria (attrib.)
Owain Park
b.1993 Prière pour Marie
Jean Lhéritier
c.1480-c.1551 Sub tuum praesidium
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Josquin des Prez
c.1450-1521 Josquin des Prez
Josquin Mille regretz
Pierre de La Rue
c.1452-1518 Secretz regretz
Brumel Secretz regretz
Costanzo Festa
c.1485-1545 Quis dabit oculis
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade
b.1989 Plaisir n’ai plus
Josquin O Virgo prudentissima