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Maria Thompson Corley
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Date
Sat 19 Jul 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

  • Maria Thompson Corleypiano
  • Nadine Benjaminsoprano
  • Michael Harperreciter

Programme

  • Spiritual
      • Sanctuary
        (arranged by Maria Thompson Corley)
      • Hold On
        (arranged by Maria Thompson Corley)

Overview

A programme of music by women composers of African descent with acclaimed Jamaica-born pianist, composer and writer and poet Maria Thompson Corley who has spent her career promoting Black women composers both in concert and on record. She will be joined by soprano Nadine Benjamin and Michael Harper who will recite poetry by Maria Thompson Corley.

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