Monday 18 May 2026 Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

Fretwork: Take Five

“Fretwork, that Rolls-Royce among viol consorts” Janet Banks, The Strad, October 2025

Fretwork, the groundbreaking Viol* Consort, return to Oxford for ‘Take Five’, a brilliantly imaginative and stimulating programme that includes everything from the expected (Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons, J.S. Bach) to the very much not expected (Radiohead and Kate Bush).

A celebratory evening in the group’s 40th anniversary year, one not to be missed.

* A viol is a bowed stringed instrument, played on the leg.

This concert is supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation.

Programme

J. S. Bach

Pièce d’Orgue BWV572

Orlando Gibbons

Two In Nomines in 5 parts

Claude Debussy

La Fille aux cheveux de lin

Henry Purcell

Fantazia Upon One Note

Christopher Tye

Trust

Radiohead

Everything in its right place

John Baldwin

Proporcions to the minum: five minums

Paul Desmond & Jon Rees

Take Five In Nomines

Arvo Pärt

Fratres

Thomas Weelkes

In Nomine in 5 parts

Orlando Gough

Birds on Fire part I

Byrd

Fantasy: two parts in one the fourth above

Browning

Kate Bush/Sally Beamish

Running Up That Hill

Performers

Emilia Benjamin

Jonathan Rees

Joanna Levine

Sam Stadlen

Richard Boothby

Venue Information

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
St. Hilda’s College
Cowley Place
Oxford
OX4 1DY

01865 286 660
jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

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