For more than 30 years, English early-music ensemble Fretwork has dedicated itself to the repertoire of a single stringed instrument. The viol—also known as the viola da gamba—reached the height of ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. Internationally-celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies is returning to Vancouver this fall, ...

Kanneh-Mason’s second album is a delight; Davies and Fretwork excel in early baroque German music; and the pick of Proms week one With its brilliant fugue finale, Samuel Barber’s heavyweight yet ...

CAMBRIDGE — The Boston Early Music Festival opened its 27th concert season on Friday at First Church in Cambridge with the British viol consort Fretwork, Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc, and, as always ...

Fretwork, the early-music ensemble and self-described “consort of viols,” made its Carnegie Hall début back in 2012, during a season that was opened by Yo-Yo Ma. This winter, the two are programmed on ...

Bach died in 1750 with The Art of Fugue incomplete, and he left no indications on the manuscript as to the work's instrumentation. Nearly every new recording meets these two challenges in different ...

Votaries of Early Music Vancouver (EMV) convened last week in downtown Christ Church Cathedral, their customary shrine, for yet another born-again experience. Officiating clergy at last week’s ...

The viol consort Fretwork celebrated its 30 th birthday on Friday with an evening of music representing the development of the ensemble’s repertoire across the years. The five current regular members ...