About
Formed and directed by cornetto player Gawain Glenton, In Echo is a diverse ensemble that explores the rich repertoires of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Specialising in renaissance and baroque music, the ensemble also commissions and performs new music for old instruments.
"It is natural to believe that people have always experienced the world much as we do today, but the truth is different. Fundamental attitudes - such as man's place in the universe, the nature of society and everyday life - are not constant. They evolve and alter over time. The same is true with music. For instance, musical training in the 16th and 17th centuries was very different from the training classical musicians receive today, with the result that musicians then developed a different understanding of music from its most fundamental aspects.
We cannot click our fingers and 'become' musicians of the 16th or 17th centuries, but we can explore the skills we know they developed. The aim is not academic, but to arrive at performances that connect more with modern audiences - just as fully historical productions of Shakespeare plays can be more accessible to people in the 21st century, not less."
Gawain Glenton
"It is natural to believe that people have always experienced the world much as we do today, but the truth is different. Fundamental attitudes - such as man's place in the universe, the nature of society and everyday life - are not constant. They evolve and alter over time. The same is true with music. For instance, musical training in the 16th and 17th centuries was very different from the training classical musicians receive today, with the result that musicians then developed a different understanding of music from its most fundamental aspects.
We cannot click our fingers and 'become' musicians of the 16th or 17th centuries, but we can explore the skills we know they developed. The aim is not academic, but to arrive at performances that connect more with modern audiences - just as fully historical productions of Shakespeare plays can be more accessible to people in the 21st century, not less."
Gawain Glenton
Recordings
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Music in a Cold Climate: sounds of Hansa Europe
Our debut ensemble CD was released in 2018 by Delphian Records and created quite a stir. Read what people said about it here. It's available directly from Delphian, Apple Music, Spotify and all good record shops. 
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Philips & Dering: Motets
This new collaboration with the choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (dir. Matthew Martin) was released in May 2023 by Linn Records. The instruments of In Echo are used inventively, combining with the voices in a variety of ways. In Echo are also featured in several instrumental tracks. Find out more here. 
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