FRETWORK

With their 40th anniversary on the horizon, the acclaimed and pioneering viol consort Fretwork perform at our Chamber Weekend for the very first time.  Over the last four decades, they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. Their series of discs for Virgin Classics included CDs devoted to William Lawes, Henry Purcell, William Byrd, Matthew Locke, John Dowland and Orlando Gibbons; while their more recent work for Harmonia Mundi USA has produced three discs of J.S. Bach — The Art of Fugue, Alio Modo and The Goldberg Variations – all of which have been exuberantly praised by critics and audiences alike.

The group’s musical horizons expand far beyond their core repertoire, however, and here they will play their wonderfully eclectic Take Five programme, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Tye, Weelkes and Purcell, alongside Kate Bush, Michael Nyman and Dave Brubeck!

J.S. Bach Pièce d’Orgue BWV572
Purcell Fantazia 6 in F major & Fantazia 7 in C minor
Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin
Baldwin Proporcions to the minum: five minums
Tye Trust
Brubeck Take Five
Pärt Fratres
Weelkes In nomine in 5 parts
Nyman Balancing the Books
Byrd Fantasy: two parts in one the fourth above & Browning
Bush/Beamish Running Up That Hill

Kindly sponsored by Lorna Boxall

Tickets are available per concert, as an evening season pass (including 4 evening concerts) or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) . 

WEEKEND PASS