'The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they’re just coming into focus’ (Gramophone)

In their programme entitled "Fading" - The Gesualdo Six take us on a journey inspired by the ancient service of Compline.

Since the fourth century, the service of Compline has marked the end of the day, ushering in the darkness of the night.

Much of the music for the programme at St David's Cathedral is inspired by this ancient service, evoking a contemplative atmosphere: renaissance polyphony by Byrd, Tomkins and Pierre de la Rue that contains startling harmonic shifts and expressive word painting is juxtaposed with contemporary reflections by Veljo Tormis, Alison Willis, and Richard Rodney Bennett.

This is a "once in a lifetime" performance from one of the world's finest vocal ensembles.

PROGRAMME
Thomas Tallis - Te lucis ante terminum
William Byrd - Ave verum corpus
William Byrd - Afflicti pro peccatis nostris

Jonathan Seers - Look down, O Lord
Donna McKevitt - Lumen (Nunc Dimittis)

Veljo Tormis - Marjal aega magada
Alison Willis - The Wind’s Warning

Franz Schubert - Die Nacht
Max Reger - Nachtlied
Josef Rheinberger - Abendlied

~Interval ~

Luca Marenzio - Potrò viver io più se senza luce
Jacques Arcadelt - Il bianco e dolce cigno
Carlo Gesualdo - Moro, lasso

Pierre de la Rue - Absalon fili mi
Thomas Tallis - In manus tuas
Thomas Tomkins - When David heard

James O’Donnell - Present Yourselves
Richard Rodney Bennett - A Good-Night