Echo presents: Brick x Brick at St Matthew's Church, London on Saturday 9th June 2018

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Echo presents: Brick x Brick

Add to my Calendar 09-06-2018 13:00 09-06-2018 15:00 36 Echo presents: Brick x Brick Join echo for a lunchtime recital in the beautiful surroundings of St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green on Saturday 9th June. It’s part of our echo presents series, exploring themes of architecture and ambition. Expect pieces by Palestrina, Reich, and Guillaume Dufay’s stunning Nuper Rosarum Flores, composed for the consecration of the Florence Cathedral in 1436, alongside traditional music, improvisation and theatrical use of the performance space. - Thirteen professional singers - Music from five centuries - Improvisation, folk song & new music “echo’s imaginative approach and innate musicianship are a delight” Christopher Glynn, Artistic Director, Ryedale Festival echo is a new ensemble of young professional singers. Since launching in early 2017, the group intends to explore the full range of what ensemble singing means - working both with and without a conductor, including improvisation in each concert and performing music both inside and outside of the Western classical canon. The group came together through Genesis Sixteen, the prestigious young artists’ scheme run by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Following highly acclaimed launch concerts in London and Birmingham, echoheadlined the Sounds Sublime Festival in July 2017, and made their St John Smith Square debut the same month, in collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Magnus Lindberg. echo were one of the inaugural Chiltern Arts Festival Take Note young artists for 2018, are performing at the Ryedale Festival in July and will be working again with the LPO at Queen Elizabeth Hall later this year. “Impeccable intonation, balance, charm and perfect diction... an exceptional group” Henley Standard St Matthew's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Matthew's Church
St Matthew's Row
Bethnal Green
London
E2 6DT
England

Saturday 9th June 2018
1:00 PM

Programme

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Jubilate deo
Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
Steve Reich – Clapping Music
Arvo Pärt – Peace upon you, Jerusalem
Guillaume Dufay – Nuper rosarum flores
Bobby McFerrin – Circle Song no.4
Joanna Bailie – Artificial Environment no.7 'Harmonizing'
Hans Leo Hassler – Caeli Enarrant

Performers

Echo

Programme Note

Join echo for a lunchtime recital in the beautiful surroundings of St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green on Saturday 9th June. It’s part of our echo presents series, exploring themes of architecture and ambition. Expect pieces by Palestrina, Reich, and Guillaume Dufay’s stunning Nuper Rosarum Flores, composed for the consecration of the Florence Cathedral in 1436, alongside traditional music, improvisation and theatrical use of the performance space.

- Thirteen professional singers

- Music from five centuries

- Improvisation, folk song & new music

“echo’s imaginative approach and innate musicianship are a delight” Christopher Glynn, Artistic Director, Ryedale Festival

echo is a new ensemble of young professional singers. Since launching in early 2017, the group intends to explore the full range of what ensemble singing means - working both with and without a conductor, including improvisation in each concert and performing music both inside and outside of the Western classical canon. The group came together through Genesis Sixteen, the prestigious young artists’ scheme run by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.

Following highly acclaimed launch concerts in London and Birmingham, echoheadlined the Sounds Sublime Festival in July 2017, and made their St John Smith Square debut the same month, in collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Magnus Lindberg. echo were one of the inaugural Chiltern Arts Festival Take Note young artists for 2018, are performing at the Ryedale Festival in July and will be working again with the LPO at Queen Elizabeth Hall later this year.

“Impeccable intonation, balance, charm and perfect diction... an exceptional group” Henley Standard

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