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Performer: Richard Boothby

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LondonFretwork 40th Anniversary

Wigmore Hall
Lawes, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Purcell, Benjamin, Pearsall, Schütz, Jenkins, Dowland, Couperin, Wollston, Various
Sir George Benjamin; Fretwork; Emilia Benjamin; Emily Ashton; Jonathan Rees
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Telemann insights from Boothby in Bristol

Richard Boothby gave a simple and informative evening’s concert of Telemann’s 12 fantasias at St Georges, Bristol.
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Bach stays wrapped up: The Art of Fugue with Fretwork

Bach’s final work The Art of Fugue, left incomplete at his death in 1750, has long been famous for (among other things) not having specified its instrumentation. It’s written in open score – each line of music, or “voice”, is given a distinct printed line, making it hard to guess what instrument Bach actually had in mind to play it.
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