Fretwork
Artist's website: https://www.fretwork.co.uk/
Fretwork is a consort of viols based in England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1986, the group initially consisted of six players, while it is currently five viols. Its repertoire consists primarily of music of the Renaissance period, in particular that of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, arrangements of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and contemporary music written for them.
The group has toured all over the world, with tours of Japan and the United States, and three visits to Russia, the first in 1989, when it was still a part of the Soviet Union. They initiated a series of courses for voices and viols on the Greek island of Evvia with Michael Chance, and have also been invited twice to teach on the annual Conclave of the Viola da Gamba Society of America.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretwork_(music_group)
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Episode 35: Tom & Will (& Jimmy & Roddy) – Tudor Anniversaries with Fretwork and The King's Singers
2nd Apr 2023
Patrick Dunachie of The King's Singers and Richard Boothby of Fretwork talk about the madrigals and instrumental music of two Tudor titans.
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Locke consort works from Fretwork
14th Jan 2022
The acclaimed consort mark the 400th anniversary of Matthew Locke's birth with a selection of his consort works from the twilight of the English consort tradition.
Recent Best Sellers: Fretwork
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Special offer. Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611)
The Sixteen, Fretwork, Harry Christophers
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Record Review, 8th October 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Taverner: Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima & other choral works
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Davies, Peter Maxwell: Taverner
Martyn Hill (Taverner), David Wilson-Johnson (Jester), Stephen Richardson (Henry VIII), Fiona Kimm (Virgin Mary), Michael Chance (Priest/God), Quentin Hayes (White Abbot) & Peter Sidhom (Richard Taverner) Fretwork, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Voices, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts & New London Children’s Choir, Oliver Knussen
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, April 2010, Recording of the Month
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Divisions | John Jenkins: The Virtuoso Consort
Fretwork, Silas Wollston (organ)
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Chamber Choice
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