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in Echo
Formed and directed by cornetto player Gawain Glenton, in Echo is a diverse and colourful ensemble that aims to explore the rich repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries, attempting to learn from - and engage with - a different type of musicianship. Specialising in early music, the ensemble also commissions and performs new music for old instruments.
www.inecho.co.uk
www.inecho.co.uk
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument ensemble at the forefront of the early music scene.
Since its formation in 1993, ECSE has performed at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad. As well as sell-out concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room it has also performed at the Bath International Festival, Spitalfields Festival, La Folle Journée, Grundton D, and the International Izmir Festival. 2011 saw its debut performance in the Three Choirs Festival alongside the choir of Royal Holloway College. ECSE has toured France, Canada (2001 and 2008) and Israel twice (with assistance from the British Council). In 2011 ECSE visited Turkey and Florence with the renowned solo-voice ensemble I Fagiolini, as well as perfoming music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale with Cantus Cölln in a concert celebrating the re-opening of the gothic cathedral in Trier, Germany.
ecse.co.uk
Contact ECSE: info@ecse.co.uk
Since its formation in 1993, ECSE has performed at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad. As well as sell-out concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room it has also performed at the Bath International Festival, Spitalfields Festival, La Folle Journée, Grundton D, and the International Izmir Festival. 2011 saw its debut performance in the Three Choirs Festival alongside the choir of Royal Holloway College. ECSE has toured France, Canada (2001 and 2008) and Israel twice (with assistance from the British Council). In 2011 ECSE visited Turkey and Florence with the renowned solo-voice ensemble I Fagiolini, as well as perfoming music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale with Cantus Cölln in a concert celebrating the re-opening of the gothic cathedral in Trier, Germany.
ecse.co.uk
Contact ECSE: info@ecse.co.uk
Ensemble Leones
Formed by German lutenist and musicologist Marc Lewon, Ensemble Leones is dedicated to performing Medieval and Renaissance music. The group already has a clutch of CD's to its name, including Les fantaisies de Josquin - The Instrumental Music of Josquin Desprez, Neidhardt - A Minnesinger and his 'vale of tears' and most recently Colours in the Dark - The Instrumental Music of Alexander Agricola. Between them, these discs have garnered an impressive array of awards.
leones.de
leones.de
The City Musick
The City Musick is an ensemble formed by leading early music specialist William Lyons to explore the diverse repertoire performed by '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
thecitymusick.com
I Fedeli
I Fedeli is an ensemble specialising in the performance of 16th and 17th century music. It was founded in 2006 by cornetto player Josué Meléndez with the aim of reviving the best and most exciting repertoire written for the cornetto in different combinations, and to present it to a wider audience.
For music of the 16th century, I Fedeli plays in a wind instrument formation typical for that time; this combination of cornetto, tenor cornetto, pommer, sackbut, and dulcian was known as Stadtpfeifer, Piffari, Ministriles and Town Waits throughout Europe and the New World. As their services were called upon in church, private festivities and public events, their repertoire was very broad and covered both purely instrumental works as well as vocal music. In this formation, I Fedeli won the first prize in the International Young Artist Presentation 2009 in Antwerp.
In the 17th century these wind ensembles evolved to consist mainly of cornettos and trombones and, alongside their usual duties, they were increasingly used in the new up-and-coming form: opera.
ifedeli.org
For music of the 16th century, I Fedeli plays in a wind instrument formation typical for that time; this combination of cornetto, tenor cornetto, pommer, sackbut, and dulcian was known as Stadtpfeifer, Piffari, Ministriles and Town Waits throughout Europe and the New World. As their services were called upon in church, private festivities and public events, their repertoire was very broad and covered both purely instrumental works as well as vocal music. In this formation, I Fedeli won the first prize in the International Young Artist Presentation 2009 in Antwerp.
In the 17th century these wind ensembles evolved to consist mainly of cornettos and trombones and, alongside their usual duties, they were increasingly used in the new up-and-coming form: opera.
ifedeli.org
