We are a consort of viols playing music from 1501 to 2016 by Nico Muhly, John Taverner, Elvis Costello, William Byrd, George Benjamin and many others.
Joined October 2012
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FRETWORK retweeted
24 Apr 2025
New @fretwork single out today! 'My Days' ft. @iestyn_davies, @SamBodenTenor, @HugoHymas & @jimmyvacance, a ritualised memory piece about Orlando Gibbons composed by @nicomuhly.
LISTEN / PRE-ORDER - lnk.to/mydays
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23 May 2025
Listen to In Tune on @BBCRadio3 to hear us play pieces from our new album of music by Orlando Gibbons and @nicomuhly
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FRETWORK retweeted
28 Feb 2025
Out today! Leading performers of 17th century music the Magdalena Consort, @FretworkViols and @hismajsagbutts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their 3rd release exploring the English Anthems.
BUY / LISTEN - lnk.to/Chainsofgold3
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FRETWORK retweeted
11 Feb 2025
William Stonnard's 'Hearken, all ye people' played by leading performers of 17th-century music William Hunt, Magdalena Consort & @FretworkViols
From the forthcoming 'In Chains of Gold, Vol. 3' (released 28th Feb)
LISTEN / PRE-ORDER - lnk.to/Chainsofgold3
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FRETWORK retweeted
25 Oct 2024
Very belatedly but best wishes anyway Stefania!
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FRETWORK retweeted
25 Oct 2024
It was brilliant! Great use of such a beautiful space too.
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FRETWORK retweeted
25 Oct 2024
Good morning Petroc and all. Head still reeling from amazing theatrical Secret Byrd @TheGesualdoSix and @FretworkViols in candlelit crypt @CburyCathedral last night with the inimitable company of @StefaniaCiocia. Thrillingly close to the singers. Past made dramatically present.
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FRETWORK retweeted
25 Oct 2024
Shh! 🤫 only sharing with Breakfast pals…#SecretByrd @TheGesualdoSix and @FretworkViols at Canterbury Cathedral last night was a thing of beauty. Thank you @minogue732 for delayed birthday present providing extraordinary balm for the soul.
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FRETWORK retweeted
24 Oct 2024
This Thursday evening Secret Byrd @CburyCathedral is sold out, but we still have tickets for:
@KeithFarnan at the Great Hall
@KatherinePriddy @westgatehall
The Future of Geography & The Science of Wine Making at Augustine Hall
@FretworkViols @TheGesualdoSix @ClagueLLP @harwoodbc
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FRETWORK retweeted
22 Oct 2024
This short trailer gives a small insight into an exceptional and moving concert I attended in the very atmospheric surroundings of the Lutyens Crypt @LiverpoolMet last night by @TheGesualdoSix and @FretworkViols. I know @StargazingAleta enjoyed it too!
youtu.be/j8TRsqWugPw?si=tiom…
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FRETWORK retweeted
18 Oct 2024
“This was something else: imaginative, authentic, and deeply moving"
@TheGesualdoSix collaborate with @FretworkViols
in an immersive performance by candlelight.
Picture Gallery - @TempleNewsam, Tue 22 Oct
🎟️tiny.cc/SecretByrd
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FRETWORK retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Secret Byrd travels to Liverpool and Leeds! This immersive, candlelit experience transports you back to a time of religious intolerance and worshipping in secret with @TheGesualdoSix & @FretworkViols. Don't miss it! 🎶
📅 21 Oct, Liverpool, 22 Oct, Leeds
continuoconnect.com/tour/sec…
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FRETWORK retweeted
11 Oct 2024
📢Tickets are now on sale for Sound Out Leeds: A Journey into Extraordinary Classical Music.
Inviting audiences to engage with classical music in unusual and exciting ways.
🎟️tiny.cc/SoundOutLeeds
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10 Oct 2024
Secret Byrd performances incoming this month! Come and hear Browning and much more in Liverpool on 21st October, Leeds on 22nd and Canterbury on 24th. With @thegesualdosix & @barclayarts.
Become a Friend of Fretwork to get discounted tickets!!
fretwork.co.uk/friends-of-fr…
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FRETWORK retweeted
5 Oct 2024
Three wonderful concerts so far from @fhvln @MartinRoscoe1 and the Abeto Guitar Duo - and 5 more to come this weekend with song today from Michael Bell (tenor) at 4pm and @FretworkViols tonight at 7.30pm (limited availability)!
3 Oct 2024
I'm so looking forward to heading back to @lichfieldfest tomorrow with fabulous @MartinRoscoe1! Our very gorgeous programme includes music by Fauré, Ravel, Lili Boulanger, Enescu & Saint-Saëns. Come and join us if you can for some of the very best notes there are! ❤️
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FRETWORK retweeted
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, @TheGesualdoSix collaborate with @FretworkViols in an immersive performance by candlelight.
Picture Gallery - @TempleNewsam, Tue 22 Oct
🎟️tiny.cc/SecretByrd
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FRETWORK retweeted
28 Sep 2024
Continuing our Wigmore Hall Voices of Today Series, @FretworkViols and @TenebraeChoir join forces to perform works by composer Alexander Campkin this afternoon 🎵
🕰️ 1.00pm
🎟️ wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on…
ALT Text reads: Fretwork; Tenebrae. Saturday 29 September 2024, 1.00pm. Wigmore Hall Voices of Today: Alexander Campkin. Image is of Fretwork, five musicians wearing smart black clothes and holding viols.
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FRETWORK retweeted
26 Sep 2024
Our autumn Chamber Music Festival starts next week, with 4 days/8 concerts from Oct 3-6! Our stunning line-up includes @MartinRoscoe1 @fhvln @leonmccawley @PaddingtonTrio @FretworkViols and much more! Tickets and full schedule: lichfieldfestival.org or 01543 306271
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FRETWORK retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Looking forward to @FretworkViols performing at Malling Abbey with Susan Bickley and Thomas Kemp. Music old and new including this brilliant piece from 1990 by Sir George Benjamin. @Fabercomposers @FaberMusic @soundandmusic @earlymusicshop @earlymusictoday @SeeOfRochester #music
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