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Ailish Tynan
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Celebrating 100 years since Rebecca Clarke's sold-out recital at Wigmore Hall in 1925

Ailish Tynan soprano; Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan tenor; Ashley Riches bass-baritone; Max Baillie violin, viola; Anna Tilbrook piano

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Date
Sat 08 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £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 9 April 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 Wednesday 23 April.

Artists

  • Ailish Tynansoprano
  • Kitty Whatelymezzo-soprano
  • Nicholas Phantenor
  • Ashley Richesbass-baritone
  • Max Baillieviolin, viola
  • Anna Tilbrookpiano

Programme

  • Rebecca Clarke
    1886-1979
      • Greeting
      • Shy One
      • The cherry-blossom wand
      • Chinese Puzzle
        (for violin and piano)
      • Return of Spring
        (world première)
      • Colour of life
        (world première)
      • Tears
        (world première)
      • Away Delights
      • Sleep
      • Viola Sonata

Interval

  • Rebecca Clarke
    1886-1979
      • June Twilight
      • The Seal Man
        (for voice, viola and piano) (arranged by Myra Lin, Max Baillie & Anna Tilbrook) (world première of arrangement)
      • Down by the Salley Gardens
      • God Made a Tree
      • A Psalm of David, When He Was in the Wilderness of Judah (Psalm 63)
      • 3 Old English Songs
        :
      • It was a lover and his lass (for voice and violin)
      • The tailor and his mouse (for voice and violin)
      • Phillis on the new made hay (for voice and violin)
      • Aspidistra
      • O Dreaming World
      • There is No Rose

Overview

World premières of Rebecca Clarke’s settings of traditional Chinese verse, written around 1910, and of an arrangement of one of her best known songs, The Seal Man, stand among the riches of this essential survey of the composer’s art. The programme also includes the Viola Sonata, which tied for first place with a composition by Ernest Bloch at the prestigious Berkshire Festival Competition in 1919.

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