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Hikaru Kanki and Arvid Fagerfjäll
Image credit: © André Leischner

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High Hopes
Arvid Fagerfjäll baritone; Hikaru Kanki piano
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Date
Sun 11 May 2025, 3.00pm
Tickets
£18 (concessions £16)
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 8 January at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 21 January.

Artists

  • Arvid Fagerfjällbaritone
  • Hikaru Kankipiano

Programme

  • Hugo Wolf
    1860-1903
      • Mörike Lieder
        :
      • Im Frühling
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Liederkreis Op. 24
        :
      • Mit Myrten und Rosen
      • Mein Wagen rollet langsam Op. 142 No. 4
  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Am Fenster D878
      • Schwanengesang D957
        :
      • Der Doppelgänger
  • André Caplet
    1878-1925
      • 3 Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
        :
      • La cigale et la fourmi
      • Le loup et l'agneau
  • Benjamin Britten
    1913-1976
      • Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74
        :
      • A Poison Tree
      • The Tyger
  • Kurt Weill
    1900-1950
      • Propaganda Songs
        :
      • Buddy on the night shift

Overview

High hopes supply an eternal element of the human condition. Arvid Fagerfjäll, winner of the 2021 International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, explores the many ways in which composers have conveyed the energy of optimism and the power of hope over experience.

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