The Gesualdo Six: Nachtmusik
Thursday 20 November 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Music that glows in the dark: an evening of nocturnes from Owain Park and the radiant voices of The Gesualdo Six.
Where shall the weary traveller find their rest…? As night falls, the imagination takes flight: a time for dark fears and magical dreams; for dread, wonder and deep, tranquil beauty. For centuries, composers and poets have found inspiration in the hours of darkness and now Owain Park and his acclaimed The Gesualdo Six take a long day’s journey into night. Monteverdi and Dowland send up nocturnal prayers, Brahms and his contemporaries contemplate secret longings and Park himself finds new beauties in one of Schubert’s sublimest slow movements. Sink into its arms tonight…
Dowland A psalme before Evening praier; In darkness let me dwell; Can she excuse my wrongs; Flow, my tears
Rebecca Farthing . . . after Dowland
Monteverdi Quel sguardo sdegnosetto; Ohimè il bel viso
Monteverdi/Owain Park Pur ti miro
Reger Nachtlied
Brahms Nachtwache (from Five Songs)
Schubert/Simon Parkin/Owain Park Wo wird einst des Wandermüden? (Adagio from String Quintet)
Rheinberger Abendlied
Schubert/Simon Parkin Die nacht
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director
Josephine Knight cello
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Thu 20 Nov | 7:30 PM | £35/£30/£25/£16/£10 | Book |
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