Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here is a moment from “Dum transisset sabbatum” by Thomas Tallis, from our album, Radiant Dawn. ☀️
🎧 Stream, spin, and discover: https://linktr.ee/TheGesualdoSix
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In Dum transisset Sabbatum, Thomas Tallis perfectly paints the image of a bright Easter Morning, as the gloom of Lent is finally replaced by the new season’s joy. The melismatic setting of the chant in the top voice lends itself to instrumental performance, with serene, unbroken melodic lines, rather than the text, at the forefront for the listener. Meanwhile, the lower voices dance beneath, cultivating scalic lines which are punctuated by yearning leaps—listen for the moment Tallis chooses to highlight ‘emerunt aromata’ (‘bought aromatic oils’) with a series of fragrant triadic gestures that ripple through the voices. The interplay between these two textures creates a gentle yet persistent sense of forward momentum, culminating in the triumphant final ‘Alleluia’. [Owain Park © 2025]
*****
💿 Order your copy now: thegesualdosix.co.uk/shop/radiant-dawn-2025
Performed by The Gesualdo Six
Matilda Lloyd (Trumpet)
Directed by Owain Park
Video produced by Andy Staples
@ajrstaples • @studio_2359
Audio by David Hinitt & Adrian Peacock for Hyperion Records
Here is a moment from “Dum transisset sabbatum” by Thomas Tallis, from our album, Radiant Dawn. ☀️
🎧 Stream, spin, and discover: https://linktr.ee/TheGesualdoSix
*****
In Dum transisset Sabbatum, Thomas Tallis perfectly paints the image of a bright Easter Morning, as the gloom of Lent is finally replaced by the new season’s joy. The melismatic setting of the chant in the top voice lends itself to instrumental performance, with serene, unbroken melodic lines, rather than the text, at the forefront for the listener. Meanwhile, the lower voices dance beneath, cultivating scalic lines which are punctuated by yearning leaps—listen for the moment Tallis chooses to highlight ‘emerunt aromata’ (‘bought aromatic oils’) with a series of fragrant triadic gestures that ripple through the voices. The interplay between these two textures creates a gentle yet persistent sense of forward momentum, culminating in the triumphant final ‘Alleluia’. [Owain Park © 2025]
*****
💿 Order your copy now: thegesualdosix.co.uk/shop/radiant-dawn-2025
Performed by The Gesualdo Six
Matilda Lloyd (Trumpet)
Directed by Owain Park
Video produced by Andy Staples
@ajrstaples • @studio_2359
Audio by David Hinitt & Adrian Peacock for Hyperion Records
