"Eclipse is one of the most exciting young ensembles on the early music scene at the moment. With all round attention to performing detail and comprising some of the top musicians of their generation, their performances are a colourful blend of virtuosic playing, story telling, drama and dance." - Click here for more reviews.
Created by Joy Smith and Layil Barr, this extraordinary international ensemble perform on rarely heard and seen instruments, creating a fusion between the worlds of early and contemporary music and dance. With their extravagant costumes and dramatic staging Eclipse creates a feast for the senses. - Click here to listen to Eclipse.
World-wide engagements include the Brighton Early Music Festival, Stour Early Music Festival, Mersin International Festival, Istanbul International Concert Series, Royal Northern College of Music concert series, the Barbican, Hackney Empire, Glastonbury Festival and Womad, among others. They have also performed live on television and radio, including BBC Radio 3 & 4 and were chosen as selected artists of the Making Music Concert Promoters' Scheme 2008. Members of Eclipse also perform as soloists and with other ensembles, such as The Royal Opera House, Munich State Opera, I Fagiolini, La Concert des Nations, & The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Click here for Eclipse's Performance Diary.
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