Fretwork
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The World Encompassed
Prepare for an epic journey. Sir Francis Drake’s perilous round-the-world voyage is the stuff of legend. Drake took four viol players with him on his expedition, who played for the sea captain, as well as the native peoples they met.
Weaving together music of the period with new music written by Orlando Gough inspired by 15th-16th century composers, Fretwork explores Drake’s circumnavigation with the help of narrator, Simon Callow. Be swept away by one of the richest voices on the planet, and the stunning sounds of Fretwork’s six-player viol group.
Fretwork
Few other ensembles can match the range of Fretwork’s repertory, spanning as it does the first printed music of 1501 in Venice, to music commissioned…
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