Wednesday 22 December 2021 7:30PM

Wigmore Soloists

Bliss, Brahms and Ferguson
Live stream starts at 8:00PM

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CANCELLED CONCERT

We are sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances Wigmore Soloists are unable to perform the above concert. The concert has therefore been cancelled and will be rescheduled in due course. There will be no replacement.

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Wigmore Soloists
Isabelle van Keulen viola, violin
Sini Simonen violin
Scott Dickinson viola
Kristina Blaumane cello
Tim Gibbs double bass
Michael Collins clarinet
Peter Sparks clarinet
Robin O'Neill bassoon
Alberto Menéndez Escribano horn
Emily Beynon flute

In January the ensemble made its Wigmore Hall debut to an audience at home with the popular Schubert Octet, subsequently returning to play music by Bartók, Dohnányi and Reinecke before a live audience. Tonight’s programme from a group consisting of leading soloists sees them take on two works by British composers, Arthur Bliss’s quintet of 1932 and Howard Ferguson’s 1933 octet, which paradoxically began life as a clarinet quintet: its first performance was arranged by Ferguson’s colleague Bliss.