The Gesualdo Six: The Wishing Tree

Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival presents the award-winning British vocal ensemble - The Gesualdo Six, as they perform a special choral programme of some of the world’s finest vocal consort works.

Bathe in sacred music from the High Renaissance, written at a time of great change and religious division. Delight in the harmonic shifts and expressive word painting of William Byrd and Thomas Tomkins, alongside works from vital composers Thomas Tallis and Josquin des Prez. Exploring the theme of courage through this lens, The Gesualdo Six trace the evolution of the madrigal form, leading to a selection of contemporary pieces that reinvent these time-honoured compositional techniques.

Exclusive to the Festival, this exquisite performance will also feature a very special finale in collaboration with Seumanu Simon Matāfai and the Auckland Gospel Choir.

★★★★★ “[A] mesmerising contrast between the purity, clarity and beauty of the singing... and its affective ferocity… [An] unforgettable concert.” — Limelight, Perth Festival

“The Gesualdo Six are outstanding, shifting impeccably from Renaissance polyphony to twenty-first century music.” — Seen and Heard International