Acclaimed British vocal consort The Gesualdo Six present their tenth album, featuring a collaboration with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd in works by Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Tallis, James Macmillan, Roxana Panufnik, and others. “From religious processions to military victories, the combination of voices and trumpet has played a prominent role in concerts and ritual for centuries,” says artistic director Owain Park. “On this album, we explore different shades of light through music, capturing moments across the spectrum, from the soft, golden glow of a summer evening as shadows lengthen to the shimmering of moonlight on calm waters. Some texts contrast the terror of darkness with the brilliance of dazzling sunlight; others explore the blurred boundaries between heaven and earth. Plainchant threads this program together — sometimes finely woven into the structural framework, and at other times as a fragment of the composer’s imagination.”