Saturday 2 July 2022 2:00PM

Family Concert: Pioneering Women

Recommended for families with children aged 7-11

Booking information

First Time Booker Offer: New to family events at Wigmore Hall? Buy your tickets for half price, either by phoning our Box Office on 020 7935 2141 or visiting in person.

Duration

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

£12Child£10

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Bloomsbury Quartet

Join presenter Jessie Maryon Davies and the dynamic Bloomsbury Quartet as they explore music by female composers in this interactive concert for 7-11-year-olds and their parents and carers. Discover stories of pioneering women through their inspirational music for string quartets featuring music by Henriette Bosmans, Caroline Shaw, Elizabeth Maconchy and Hildegard von Bingen.

Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949)
- - String Quartet
    - I. Allegro con moto
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
- - String Quartet No. 1
    - II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Caroline Shaw (b.1982)
- - Entr’acte
Jessie Montgomery (b.1981)
- - Voodoo Dolls
Bosmans (1895-1952)
- - String Quartet
    - II. Lento
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
- - String Quartet
    - I. Modéré
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
- - O virtus Sapientie
Elizabeth Maconchy
- - String Quartet No. 1
    - IV. Presto