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Built in 1901 as the display hall for the German company Bechstein Pianos, the Wigmore Hall was seized as enemy property in World War I and sold at auction for a fraction of its value. These days, boasting perfect acoustics, art nouveau decor and an excellent basement restaurant, the 'Wiggy' is one of the world's top chamber music venues and currently hosts around 400 events a year. Programming leans on the classical and Romantic periods. The Monday lunchtime recitals, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, are excellent value, as are the Sunday morning coffee concerts. Musical luminaries who have performed at the Wigmore Hall include Sergey Prokofiev, Shura Cherkassky, Paul Hindemith, Andrés Segovia, Benjamin Britten and Francis Poulenc.
European Brandenburg Ensemble directed by harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock, with Lucy Crowe (soprano) and Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe. Handel's Overture in G from 'My song shall be alway'; Recitative...
The Portuguese-American pianist Artur Pizarro plays Albéniz's 'Suite Ibéria', his evocations of Andalusia, combining colourful folk rhythms and dances with Debussyian Impressionism. (Note: at 6pm...
The pianist Marc-André Hamelin presents Haydn's Variations in F minor; Mozart's Piano Sonata in A minor; Liszt's 'Venezia e Napoli'; Fauré's Nocturne No 6 in D flat, Op 63; and Alkan's Symphonie ...
Participants will study Japanese comic art and use their thoughts on it to create a new piece of music with composer Jackie Walduck and professional musicians. No experience necessary. Age 11-16.
Members of the Nash Ensemble play Lili Boulanger's 'D'un soir triste'; and 'D'un matin de printemps' for piano trio; Debussy's Sonata for cello and piano; Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano; and Sa...
The Nash Ensemble, with Sally Matthews (soprano) and Lucy Wakeford, harp. Turina's Piano Quartet, Op 67; Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet; Canteloube's ...
The pianist Grace Francis plays Brahms's Piano Sonata No 1 in C, Op 1; Prokofiev's 'Sarcasms'; Liszt's 'Sposalizio' (from 'Années de pèlerinage', Deuxième Année No 1); and 'Mephisto Waltz No 1'.
The Lendvai Trio plays Cras's String Trio; Martinu's String Trio No 1 (1923); and Mozart's Divertimento in E flat, K563.
The Emerson String Quartet performs Haydn's 'Seven Last Words'.
A blind US jazz pianist, Roberts emerged along with Wynton Marsalis, as one of the 'conservative' neo-bop revivalists of the '80s, yet has gone on to forge an enviable rep, performing Gershwin with...
Emerson String Quartet plays Mendelssohn's String Quartet in E flat, Op 12; Beethoven's String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 ('Harp'); and Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F minor, Op 80.
The countertenor Iestyn Davies makes his Wigmore debut, with Concerto Copenhagen directed by Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Hasse's 'Alma Redemptoris mater'; Locatelli's Concerto Grosso in D, Op 1 No 5; Viv...
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