New wine in old bottles: Fretwork at the Royal College of Music

Von Emily Owen, 15 November 2012

Laden, bitte warten...

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal College of Music: Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, London, am 13 November 2012

Gough, Birds on Fire I

Gough, Birds on Fire II

Woolrich, Three Songs for alto and six viols

Purcell, Fantasy no. 7 for 4 viols in C minor, Z 738

Werke von Purcell

Purcell, Fantasy no. 8 for 4 viols in D minor, Z 739

Dun, A Sinking love

Druce, 3 Poems of Henry Vaughn

Fretwork

Susan Bickley, Mezzosopran

Ausflug und Pilgerziel: Podgers Walk with Bach bei Brecon Baroque

Jens Klier, 2nd November

Zwei Konzerte von Brecon Baroque warfen derart inspirierend einen ersten Blick in Bachs Kosmos, dass man die Weiteren bereits sehnsüchtig erwartet.

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Ei, ei, Überraschung: Johann Sebastianis Matthäuspassion in London

Jens Klier, 2nd April

Eine absolute Rarität, die die Ausführenden selbst zur Referenz machten und dem Stück die Auszeichnung bescherten, es unbedingt in den Kanon der Ostermusiken aufzunehmen.

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Take Five: Fretwork in Sheffield

Phil Parker, 3rd February

Fretwork bring the expected and the startlingly unexpected to Sheffield in a revealing evening of music for viol consort.

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Tenderness and passion from Stile Antico and Fretwork

Nick Boston, 15th August

Ancient and modern Shakespeare settings, and music from Shakespeare's contemporaries given tender and passionate readings in a varied programme from Fretwork and Stile Antico.

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Drake's voyage explored by Orlando Gough

Imogen Phoebe Webb, 14th June

An exceptional performance of Orlando Gough's The World Encompassed by six-strong viol ensemble, Fretwork.

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Proms Chamber Music 8: Dowland's seductive melancholy with Ian Bostridge and Fretwork

Frances Wilson, 2nd September

Amidst the furore of celebrations for the anniversaries of Verdi and Wagner, the final Chamber Prom of this season gave pause to savour the music of the great English Renaissance lutenist, singer and composer John Dowland, whose 450th birthday also falls this year.

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.