For more than 30 years, English early-music ensemble Fretwork has dedicated itself to the repertoire of a single stringed instrument. The viol—also known as the viola da gamba—reached the height of ...

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Kanneh-Mason’s second album is a delight; Davies and Fretwork excel in early baroque German music; and the pick of Proms week one With its brilliant fugue finale, Samuel Barber’s heavyweight yet ...

Bach died in 1750 with The Art of Fugue incomplete, and he left no indications on the manuscript as to the work's instrumentation. Nearly every new recording meets these two challenges in different ...

It’s probably musical heresy to suggest it, but arguably, the instrumental works of John Dowland and Johann Strauss II share a common feature: dancing. Indubitably, unlike a Viennese waltz, a galliard ...

The viol consort Fretwork celebrated its 30 th birthday on Friday with an evening of music representing the development of the ensemble’s repertoire across the years. The five current regular members ...

All this is partly explained by the fact that in their heyday viol consorts played music that was one step away from the voice; they were the pioneers of instrumental chamber music. They let the ...

CAMBRIDGE — The Boston Early Music Festival opened its 27th concert season on Friday at First Church in Cambridge with the British viol consort Fretwork, Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc, and, as always ...