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The Gesualdo Six: The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons)

The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons (b.1583 – 1625), sung for ClassicFM by members of The Gesualdo Six. Listen to other similar works on the ensemble’s first album, ‘English Motets’, a programme linking two hundred years of music from medieval and Tudor England (available here: http://bit.ly/2Fmp8Od). “Weavers of rich and plangent aural tapestries, The Gesualdo Six meld style and substance with beguiling sure-footedness. An auspicious debut.” – BBC Music Magazine The fine-grained texture of solo voices allows us to savour the amazing harmonic pungency of English sacred music, which at times seems almost modernist. It is a wonderful achievement.” – The Telegraph - - The silver swan, who living had no note, When death approached, unlocked her silent throat; Leaning her breast against the reedy shore, Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more: “Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes; More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.” - - The Gesualdo Six | Owain Park www.thegesualdosix.co.uk