echo present 'Innocence', an exploration of purity and corruption. The concert forms the choir's second performance as a new ensemble, and features a program exploring Biblical ideas of original sin, childhood and the innocence of sleep, through to the inevitability of the end of innocence.

The concert will include music from the 12th century to the present day, featuring Herbert Howells 'Requiem' at its centre, alongside works by Purcell and Skempton, vocal improvisation and traditional folk songs from England and America

Please note the earlier than usual start time of 6.00pm.

Herbert Howells - Requiem Aeternam (I) from ‘Requiem’
Maurice Ravel - Nicolette - from ‘Trois Chansons’
Improvisation on 'Baiskeli' - trad. Swahili
Howard Skempton - He wishes for the cloths of heaven
Hildegard von Bingen - extracts from 'Ordo Virtutum'
John Dunstable - Beati Dei genitrix
Diogo Dias Melgas - Salve Regina
Robert Parsons - Ave Maria
Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin
Gabriel Fauré - Les Berceaux
Henry Purcell - Hush, no more - from ’The Fairy Queen’
Ivor Gurney - Sleep
Improvisation on ‘All the Pretty Little Horses’

Sopranos: Sally Carr, Samantha Cobb, Hilary Cronin, Lizzy Humphries, Lindsey James
Altos: Marnie Blair, Tristram Cooke, Jessica Haig, Sophie Timms
Tenors: Simon Harper, Chris Huggon, Matthew Keighley, Sam Leggett
Basses: Arthur Bruce, Peter Edge, John Laichena
Conductor: Sarah Latto

echo is a brand new ensemble of 18 young professional singers, exploring the full range of ensemble singing. Music rooted in the Western classical tradition yet inspired by improvisation, folk song and spoken word. The group met while working together through Genesis Sixteen, the prestigious young artists scheme run by The Sixteen.