Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortNaomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Since you ask, it was absolutely astonishingly good. Officially high on JD. 021
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortNaomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Going to @fretwork.bsky.social John Dowland fest at Milton Hall later. It's a great month for Dowland stans www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...barbican.org.ukFretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny | BarbicanTenor Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, and viol consort Fretwork delve into the timeless melancholy and beauty of John Dowland’s music, paired with a modern reflection by Adrian Williams. 041
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Today's weird discovery. Susan Pell & Richard Campbell, both alumni of @fretwork.bsky.social , appear on Kate Bush - Aerial 0111
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 15/02/2026#NowPlaying The Hidden Face - @fretwork.bsky.social Music by John Tavener; John Ward; Picforth; Henry Purcell 182
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026#NowPlaying George Benjamin - Three Inventions; Upon Silence; Sudden Tme; Octet featuring @fretwork.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortMusic in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · 06/02/2026“Proof that self-imposed constraint is no barrier to the creation of music of deeply satisfying beauty.” Bachtrack's review of our recent concert with Fretwork, an imaginative programme that stretched nearly 500 years of music. 🎻 @bachtrack.com @fretwork.bsky.social bachtrack.com/review-fretw...bachtrack.com 062
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/11/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 The Consort Music - William Byrd @fretwork.bsky.social 1141
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/11/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Nyman & Purcell: If & other songs - Iestyn Davies & @fretwork.bsky.social Heavenly www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukNyman & Purcell: If & other songs<p>Iestyn Davies and Fretwork indulge in a spot of 'pump-action Purcell' …</p> 161
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 John Jenkins (1592-1678) Division - The virtuoso consort Another delightful album from @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukJenkins: Division - The virtuoso consort<p>Join Fretwork and Silas Wollston (on the organ) as they revel in the uniquely English world of John Jenkins’s consort music for viols, a repertoire distinguished by its rich lyricism, exceptional c... 151
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortThe Marais Project & Elysian Fields @maraisproject.bsky.social · 02/11/2025British viol player Sarah Small is doing her bit for climate change www.continuoconnect.com/features/sar...continuoconnect.comFeature | Sarah Small: Tuning into climate change | Continuo ConnectAcclaimed British viola da gamba player Sarah Small reflects on the highlights and challenges of her successful 4,500km 'Good Again?' concert tour. 041
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025And while we're at it Richard Boothby & @fretwork.bsky.social seem to be the most prominent viol Consort in my collection. Probably for good reason 181
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 William Byrd - The Second Service & Consort Anthems Featuring @fretwork.bsky.social & the aforementioned Rogers Covey-Crump 1131
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 William Byrd - Consort Songs Emma Kirkby / @fretwork.bsky.social 0121
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Division - John Jenkins @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukJenkins: Division - The virtuoso consort<p>Join Fretwork and Silas Wollston (on the organ) as they revel in the uniquely English world of John Jenkins’s consort music for viols, a repertoire distinguished by its rich lyricism, exceptional c... 031
Fretwork Viol Consort @fretwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Many thanks indeed to Continuo Foundation who have awarded us a grant so we can perform our new Albion project, coming up in Oxford in 2026. Watch this space for details! @continuoconnect.bsky.social 063
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Division is a new release (& wonderful) but I'd also recommend the Jenkins: Complete four-part consort music, also from @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukJenkins: Complete four-part consort music<p>The effortless counterpoint and rare melodic gift of John Jenkins find peerless voice in the care of masterful viol consort Fretwork.</p> 141
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 John Jenkins (1592-1678) Division - The virtuoso consort @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukJenkins: Division - The virtuoso consort<p>Join Fretwork and Silas Wollston (on the organ) as they revel in the uniquely English world of John Jenkins’s consort music for viols, a repertoire distinguished by its rich lyricism, exceptional c... 021
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 10/09/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Muhly: My days; Gibbons: Fantasias & Fugues Lovely, as you'd expect @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukMuhly: My days; Gibbons: Fantasias & Fugues<p><i>My days</i> is a bold new work from Nico Muhly whose text amalgamates passages from The Burial of the Dead (‘thou hast made my days as it were a span long …’—Psalm 39) with an anonymous autopsy-... 061
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 09/09/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 In chains of gold – The English pre-Restoration verse anthem, Vol. 3 Ah, his glory! – Anthems of praise, prayer and remembrance Magdalena Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, @fretwork.bsky.social www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukIn chains of gold – The English pre-Restoration verse anthem, Vol. 3<p>Described by <i>Early Music Review</i> as ‘an impressive master-class in how these texts should be declaimed’, the third volume in the Magdalena Consort’s revelatory series brings us a further elev... 042
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/08/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Lamento - @fretwork.bsky.social with Iestyn Davies & Silas Wollston www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukLamento<p>With important contributions from organist Silas Wollston and countertenor Hugh Cutting, this new album sheds new light on the viol consort and its repertoire as they thrived beyond the shores of E... 041
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortEntertainment Factor @entfact.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The Fretwork album MY DAYS: ORLANDO GIBBONS AND NICO MUHLY has been released by Signum Classics entertainment-factor.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-d... #music #newmusic #classical #classicalmusic #mydays #orlandogibbons #nicomuhly #fretwork @nicomuhly.bsky.social @fretwork.bsky.socialentertainment-factor.blogspot.comMY DAYS: ORLANDO GIBBONS AND NICO MUHLY - Fretwork AlbumThe Fretwork album MY DAYS: ORLANDO GIBBONS AND NICO MUHLY has been released by Signum Classics 031
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 My Days - @fretwork.bsky.social featuring Orlando Gibbons & Nico Muhly www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...hyperion-records.co.ukMuhly: My days; Gibbons: Fantasias & Fugues<p><i>My days</i> is a bold new work from Nico Muhly whose text amalgamates passages from The Burial of the Dead (‘thou hast made my days as it were a span long …’—Psalm 39) with an anonymous autopsy-... 041
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Birds on Fire - 17th century Jewish Music for Viols @fretwork.bsky.social www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...prestomusic.comBirds on Fire: 17th century Jewish Music for ViolsBirds on Fire. Harmonia Mundi: HMU907478. Buy download online. Jeremy Avis (cantor) Fretwork 271
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 18/06/2025🎶 Two stunning new albums—If the Fates Allow (Helen Charlston) & My Days (@fretwork.bsky.social) —supported by Continuo Foundation ⭐ Hear them live at York Early Music on 4 July (York) & Stour Music on 21 June (Kent) in music by Gibbons & @nicomuhly.bsky.social 🎟️ go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on 032
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortMusic at Oxford @musicatoxford.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Tonight!! www.musicatoxford.com/whats-on/fre...musicatoxford.comFretwork My Days: A Celebration of Orlando Gibbons | Music at OxfordPioneering viol consort Fretwork is joined by the cream of British singing talent for a celebration of the astonishingly rich music of composer Orlando Gibbons. 032
Fretwork Viol Consort @fretwork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Come and here the wonderful music of Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly in Oxford tomorrow. @musicatoxford.bsky.social Oxford in SJE at 7.30pm 010
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 05/06/2025🎼 Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of composer, keyboard virtuoso, and one of the last of the greats from the English polyphonic school, Orlando Gibbons. 🎶 Hear @fretwork.bsky.social at @wigmore-hall.org.uk tonight... Search for an event near you 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/whats-on 051
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortGroves Artists @grovesartists.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Alexander Chance performs music by Orlando Gibbons with @fretwork.bsky.social! 5 June – @wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 June – Music at Oxford www.fretwork.co.uk/concerts-1/a... 031
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Harmonice Musices Odhecaton - an anthology of polyphonic secular songs published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501. It is the first book of polyphonic music ever to be printed using movable type. Fretwork 151
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDr Colin Runeckles @colinruneckles.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Hopefully that will be in Foyles when I visit tomorrow...meanwhile this is currently playing. 021
Fretwork Viol Consort @fretwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2025My Days: Fretwork album review — a fascinating blend of ancient and modern 120
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Might as well play this again (& again) @fretwork.bsky.social 041
Fretwork Viol Consort @fretwork.bsky.social · 29/05/2025www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...theguardian.comMy Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly album review – a luminous tributeThe English composer died 400 years ago; this new collection commemorates the enduring power of his music; Muhly’s My Days, a ritualised memory piece about Gibbons, contrasts perfectly. 131
Fretwork Viol Consort @fretwork.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A week to until @fretwork.bsky.social ‘s concert at @wigmore-hall.org.uk , exactly 400 years since the death of one of England’s greatest composers: Orlando Gibbons. We’ll be joined by some fabulous singers and performing lots of wonderful Gibbons; but also ‘My Days’ by @nicomuhly.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Last Friday saw the release of My Days, the a brand-new disc by @fretwork.bsky.social featuring music by @nicomuhly.bsky.social and Orlando Gibbons – a project supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation (@continuoconnect.bsky.social) ⭐ Read 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/richard-boot... 031
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 25/05/2025“It’s so important that the viol does not come across as a museum instrument” 💯 In this week's Sunday Feature, we meet Richard Boothby, founder of @fretwork.bsky.social, a steadfast figure in the early music world for over 40 years. Full article 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/richard-boot... 031
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 23/05/2025📣🚨 DOUBLE NEW ALBUM RELEASE KLAXON 🚨📣 MY DAYS (Orlando Gibbons, @nicomuhly.bsky.social, @fretwork.bsky.social on Challenge Records) IF THE FATES ALLOW (Helen Charlston, Sounds Baroque on BIS Records) Both funded by Continuo Foundation! More info + how to listen 🔗 linktr.ee/continuo_con...linktr.ee@continuo_connect on Linktree | LinktreeDiscover the world of early music with Continuo Connect. Find early music event listings, features, interviews, playlists, and much more. 011
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 11/05/2025This week's Sunday Feature penned by Bill Hunt dives into the third and final volume of IN CHAINS OF GOLD, a collection of English pre-Restoration verse anthems performed by @fretwork.bsky.social and friends 💿 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/in-c... 121
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortAdrian Ainsworth @adrianspecs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Beautiful concert from SANSARA & @fretwork.bsky.social this evening. 021
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/03/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Petrucci - Harmonice Musices Odhecaton Fretwork www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...prestomusic.comPetrucci - Harmonice Musices OdhecatonPetrucci - Harmonice Musices Odhecaton. Harmonia Mundi: HMG507291. Buy download online. Fretwork 021
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 16/03/2025#NowPlaying The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 - Bach Fretwork 141
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025#NowPlaying 🎻 Birds of Fire; 17th century Jewish Music for Viols - Fretwork www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...prestomusic.comBirds on Fire: 17th century Jewish Music for ViolsBirds on Fire. Harmonia Mundi: HMU907478. Buy download online. Jeremy Avis (cantor) Fretwork 062
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I'm holding @fretwork.bsky.social responsible for any trouble I get into 241
Reposted by Fretwork Viol Consortdurhammusicdept.bsky.social @durhammusicdept.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Some belated photos of the wonderful Musicon concert by @fretwork.bsky.social and Alexander Chance last week. The 400th anniversary of Orlando Gibbon's death was marked by performances of his music alongside Nico Muhly's touching and surprising depiction of the events around his death. 011
Reposted by Fretwork Viol Consortelizabethanmusic.com @elizabethanmusic.com · 27/02/2025"My Days: Orlando Gibbons & Nico Muhly" by @fretwork.bsky.social et al. will be released by Signum Classics on May 23rd, 2025 #Gibbons400 153
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 25/02/2025@fretwork.bsky.social Thanks for a lovely concert at the @kebleoxford.bsky.social early music festival. 141
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortRichard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage. 275112075020756
Reposted by Fretwork Viol Consortelizabethanmusic.com @elizabethanmusic.com · 23/01/2025"In chains of gold – The English pre-Restoration verse anthem, Vol. 3 'Ah, his glory! '– Anthems of praise, prayer and remembrance" by Magdalena Consort, @fretwork.bsky.social, and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, will be released by Signum Classics on February 28th, 2025. 151
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortDr Philippa Earle @uncouthswain.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I love starting the day with @fretwork.bsky.social s gorgeous cd of the music of John Milton (1562-1647) & imagining his son, John, hearing it at home as a child 🤓 042
Reposted by Fretwork Viol ConsortAndrew Weston @groatbury.bsky.social · 14/12/2024William Lawes (1602 – 1645) Consort Setts For Ye Violls Fretwork (viols) & Paul Nicholson (organ) @fretwork.bsky.social: 8 Consort set a6 in F major: 1 Fantazy (The Sunrise☀️) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Aj...youtube.comConsort Set No. 8 for 6 Viols in F Major, VdGS 90-93: I. Fantazy (The Sunrise)YouTube video by Fretwork - Topic 011
