Proms at Aberystwyth

30 Jul 2023, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

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Proms 2023 Proms at Aberystwyth

14:00 Sun 30 Jul 2023 Aberystwyth Arts Centre/Canolfan y Celfyddydau

Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six in a journey through five centuries of madrigals, from Thomas Weelkes (celebrating his 400th anniversary this year) and Orlando Gibbons to Judith Weir and Sarah Rimkus.

Programme

- - Luca Marenzio
  - Potr貌 viver io pi霉 se senza luce(3 mins)
- - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  - Io son ferito, ahi lasso(4 mins)
- - Maddalena Casulana
  - Morir non pu貌 il mio cuore(2 mins)
- - Carlo Gesualdo
  - Asciugate i begli occhi(4 mins)
- - Claudio Monteverdi
  - S矛, ch鈥� io vorrei morire(4 mins)
- - Jacques Arcadelt
  - Il bianco e dolce cigno(2 mins)
- - Orlando Gibbons
  - The silver swan(2 mins)
- - William Byrd
  - This sweet and merry month of May(3 mins)
- - Thomas Weelkes
  - As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending(4 mins)
- - interval
- - Thomas Weelkes
  - Thule the period of cosmographie(5 mins)
- - Gy枚rgy Ligeti
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥� No. 1: Two Dreams and Little Bat(2 mins)
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥撀燦o. 2: Cuckoo in the Pear Tree(2 mins)
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥撀燦o. 3: The Alphabet(2 mins)
- - Thomas Weelkes
  - The nightingale, the organ of delight(2 mins)
  - The ape, the monkey and baboon(2 mins)
- - Gy枚rgy Ligeti
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥� No. 4: Flying Robert(3 mins)
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥� No. 5: The Lobster Quadrille(2 mins)
  - Nonsense Madrigals 鈥� No. 6: A Long, Sad Tale(2 mins)
- - Judith Weir
  - Madrigal(3 mins)
- - Sarah Rimkus
  - My heart is like a singing bird(6 mins)

Performers

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park
director
director

Composers

About This Event

Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six in a journey through five centuries of madrigals, from English Tudor composer Thomas Weelkes (celebrating his 400th anniversary this year) and Orlando Gibbons to contemporary composers Judith Weir and Sarah Rimkus.

Image: The Gesualdo Six 漏 Ash Mills

Part of

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