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12 Ensemble
Image credit: © Raphaël Neal

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12 Ensemble
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Date
Tue 08 Jul 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £36 £32 £26 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including 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

  • 12 Ensemble

    Programme

    • Olivier Messiaen
      1908-1992
        • L'Ascension
          :
        • Prière du Christ montant vers son Père

    Interval

    • Maurice Ravel
      1875-1937
        • Petite symphonie à cordes (after String Quartet in F)
          (arranged by Rudolf Barshai)

    Overview

    Conductorless and fearless, 12 Ensemble comprises a dozen of London’s finest string players. The pioneering group’s bold repertoire choices, on display throughout this programme, provide the antidote to the mundane. This evening’s bill includes a new work by British-Canadian composer Isabella Gellis, known for her love of the surreal and playful.

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