Sublime Discourses: Fretwork plays English consort music at Weill Recital Hall

Par Amanda Keil, 12 février 2012

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Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Weill, New York, le 8 février 2012

Fretwork

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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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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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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Amanda Keil

Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.