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In 2021, Fretwork celebrated 35 years of performing music old and new, and looks forward to a challenging and exciting future as the world’s leading consort of viols. In these last three and a half decades, they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which ...
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Patrick Dunachie of The King's Singers and Richard Boothby of Fretwork talk about the madrigals and instrumental music of two Tudor titans. Recording of the Week , Locke consort works from Fretwork 14th January 2022
In January Fretwork collaborated first with The King’s Singers for a spectacular sell-out Wigmore Hall recital; and then four performances of Secret Byrd, with The Gesulado Six in the Crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields. It also saw the release of our album - see below - Tom& Will, and this has been given a very positive review in The Gramophone:
Jan 14, 2022 · Today’s Recording of the Week sees the early music ensemble Fretwork – who celebrated their 35th birthday last year – explore the intricate yet refined music of one of the last great English composers of consort music: Matthew Locke, the 400th anniversary of whose birth falls in 2022.
Fretwork (early music ensemble) Fretwork highlights Lupo’s various affects: here, the style is light and breezy – buoyed by lithe, dancing rhythms, gracefully articulated; elsewhere, wistful melodies and chromaticisms evoke... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, More….
Jan 10, 2022 · In the magical surroundings of St Alkmund’s Church in the heart of Shrewsbury, on January 14th, the UK’s leading exponents of music for Viol Consort, Fretwork, will present a fascinating programme of music by Henry Purcell, William Locke and William Lawes (7.30pm).
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Purcell: Fantazias for viols in three, four & five parts 1680. Locke: Consorts of Fower Parts; The Flat Consort. 2022 will be the 400th anniversary of Matthew Locke, one of the great English composers before he ceded the title to his pupil, Henry Purcell.
