The Gesualdo Six and Concert Theatre Works

Following the huge international success of Secret Byrd, creator/director Bill Barclay teams up for a second collaboration with The Gesualdo Six to celebrate their namesake composer, Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613).

Infamous for murdering his wife and her lover, Gesualdo’s tortured chromaticism anticipated musical romanticism by 200 years. His madrigals and Tenebrae – the mass he wrote for his own death – form the backbone of a new theatrical concert that superimposes his life over his music.

Haunting, vexing, and wildly fascinating, this anti-Valentine’s Day program may best befit a Friday the 13th. 

Commissioned by The Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for its 300th birthday, The National Centre for Early Music in York, and Music Before 1800.

“Effortless Perfection.”
—The Observer, of Secret Byrd

Holiday 
Friday the 13th

Concert Stream
March 2-16

Bill Barclay artistic director
Will Tuckett choreographer
Owain Park music director

Dancers:
Doria Bramante, Thomas Brazzle, Kristin Wold, Kat Humes, Ryan Winkles, Markus Weinfurter

Virtual concert generously sponsored by Bruce Garetz