ENSEMBLES

In Echo

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Formed and directed by Gawain, In Echo is a diverse and colourful ensemble that aims to explore the rich repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries. The ensemble also commissions and performs new music for old instruments. The group's debut CD 'Music in a Cold Climate: sounds of Hansa Europe' was released in January 2018 on Delphian Records. It broke into the top ten of the classical charts and has received some stellar reviews.
www.inecho.co.uk



The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble

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The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument group with a host of distinguished recordings to its name. As well as giving regular recitals in its own right, the ensemble collaborates with leading vocal ensembles such as I Fagiolini, Alamire, Resurgam, The Marian Consort, Westminster Cathedral Choir and many others. The group is a regular at major festivals such as York, Brighton, Cheltenham and the BBC Proms, and is in demand as a recording ensemble. ECSE celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018 with a new solo CD on the Resonus label entitled Music for Windy Instruments: sounds from the Court of James I. The ensemble also comissioned a major work from composer Andrew Keeling, and gave a recital on BBC Radio 3 as part of the NCEM/Radio 3 2018 Young Composer Award. 2019 saw The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble performing across the UK in York, London, Warwick, Durham, Exeter, Stour, and also abroad in Ireland and Slovenia. 2021 and 2022 will include return visits to Ireland, a Venetian performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 in St Marks’ basilica alongside The Taverner Consort (dir. Andrew Parrott) and a trip to Moscow with The Tallis Scholars celebrating the music of Giovanni Gabrieli.
ecse.co.uk
Contact ECSE: info@ecse.co.uk


The City Musick

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The City Musick is an ensemble formed by leading early music specialist William Lyons to explore the diverse repertoire performed  by the town 'waits' - professional musicians employed in towns and cities  throughout renaissance Europe. The emphasis is on music performed in London, that 'flower of cities all' from 1500-1700.
thecitymusick.com