Bednall: Put out into the deep The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (director) A film by Apple and Biscuit Recordings Filmed at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom Read more and order the CD: https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68480 *** While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Genesaret. And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. Ascendens Jesus in navim, et sedens, docebat turbas, alleluia. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon: ‘Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.’ And Simon answered: ‘Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.’ Preceptor per totam noctem laborantes nihil cepimus, in verbo autem tuo laxabo rete. And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying: ‘Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.’ For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: ‘Do not be afraid: henceforth you will be catching men.’ And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. Luke 5: 1-11 Bristol-based composer David Bednall chose a passage from the Gospel of St Luke to set for his commission from Opus Anglicanum, the five-voice British group notable for commissioning many new works. The story describes Jesus filling the doubtful fishermen’s nets, empty from the previous night’s efforts. Put out into the deep is carefully crafted, beginning with a chant-inspired melody which develops as the voices are gently revealed. Plainchant laces the work, even appearing as two Latin phrases while the English text is suspended—the characters taking a break from their work—with rippling scalic melodies. The harmonies reflect the influence of twentieth-century British composers such as Edward Bairstow and Herbert Howells. from notes by Owain Park © 2026 *** Follow The Gesualdo Six: Facebook - @TheGesualdoSix X - @thegesualdosix Instagram - @thegesualdosix TikTok - @thegesualdosix Follow Hyperion: Instagram / Facebook / X / Bluesky - @hyperionrecords #gesualdosix #owainpark #hyperion #bednall #wishingtree