Contemporary Music Series
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Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, as commissioner of new works and champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières.
'Our commissioning scheme is already the most extensive in Europe for chamber music. We plan to present up to 20 commissions per season from 2013 and make Wigmore Hall one of the world's foremost centres for contemporary chamber music.'
Wigmore Hall Director, John Gilhooly
We are very grateful to all those who have generously supported the Contemporary Music Series, including Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, The Marchus Trust, and André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy; Elena Bashkirova piano
Sunday 17 November 2019 7:30PMBeethoven, Dohnányi and Schnittke
Danny Driver piano
Monday 18 November 2019 7:30PMMcKay, Ravel, Jolas and Beethoven
Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano; Kathleen Kelly piano
Saturday 30 November 2019 7:30PMWarren, Boulanger, Beach and more
Tenebrae; Nigel Short conductor; Olivia Jageurs harp
Sunday 1 December 2019 7:30PMForbes L’Estrange, Britten, Chilcott and more
Bertrand Chamayou piano
Monday 2 December 2019 7:30PMLiszt, Beethoven and Rihm
Stephen Hough piano; Steven Isserlis cello
Tuesday 3 December 2019 7:30PMDvořák, Suk, Brahms and Hough
Mario Häring piano
Tuesday 10 December 2019 1:00PMLeeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital
Melvyn Tan piano; Calefax; Signum Quartet
Wednesday 11 December 2019 7:30PMKevin Volans’ 70th Birthday
Martin Fröst clarinet; Roland Pöntinen piano
Monday 16 December 2019 7:30PMFrench Beauties and Swedish Beasts
Claron McFadden soprano; Alexander Melnikov piano
Sunday 22 December 2019 7:30PMProkofiev, Cage, Berio and more
Julien Van Mellaerts baritone; James Baillieu piano
Sunday 5 January 2020 3:00PMMahler, Farr, Britten and Poulenc
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano; Fazıl Say piano
Wednesday 8 January 2020 7:30PMRavel, Debussy, Fauré and more
Vijay Iyer presents Ritual Ensemble
Friday 10 January 2020 7:30PM
Dover Quartet; Edgar Meyer double bass
Sunday 19 January 2020 7:30PMMozart, Rossini, Ravel and Meyer
Britten Sinfonia Principal Musicians; Katie Bray mezzo-soprano
Wednesday 22 January 2020 1:00PMLeclair, Mahler, Lutosławski and Waley-Cohen
Mark Padmore tenor; Sacconi Quartet
Friday 24 January 2020 1:00PMRachmaninov and Dove
Andreas Scholl countertenor; Tamar Halperin piano
Friday 24 January 2020 7:30PMThe Twilight People
MILOŠ
Saturday 25 January 2020 7:30PMBach, Granados, Albéniz and more
Kuss Quartet
Tuesday 4 February 2020 7:30PMBeethoven and Mantovani
Carolyn Sampson soprano; Joseph Middleton piano
Friday 14 February 2020 1:00PMAlbum Launch Recital
Artemis Quartet
Saturday 22 February 2020 7:30PMHaydn, Widmann and Beethoven
Meccore String Quartet
Sunday 23 February 2020 11:30AMPenderecki and Smetana
Cédric Tiberghien piano
Sunday 23 February 2020 7:30PMBeethoven, Feldman, Cage and Crumb
Inon Barnatan piano
Thursday 5 March 2020 7:30PMMendelssohn, Adès and Schubert
Nelly Miricioiu soprano; David Gowland piano
Friday 6 March 2020 1:00PMDonceanu, Brediceanu, Stoia and more
Sean Shibe guitar
Friday 6 March 2020 7:30PMDowland, Fennessy, Rautavaara, Bach and Lentz
Doric String Quartet
Saturday 14 March 2020 7:30PMHaydn, Britten, Tarrodi and Sibelius
Brentano String Quartet
Saturday 21 March 2020 7:30PMSongs of Thanksgiving
Brentano String Quartet
Monday 23 March 2020 1:00PMShostakovich, Adolphe and Mendelssohn
Royal Academy of Music students Side by Side with members of the Nash Ensemble
Tuesday 24 March 2020 5:00PMIntroduced by Gillian Moore CBE Director of Music, Southbank Centre
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival 20th Anniversary
Tuesday 31 March 2020 7:30PMBridge, Watkins, Purcell and more
Autumn 2019 Wigmore Series
Booking is now open for Wigmore Series concerts and Learning events for September - December 2019
Spring 2020 Wigmore Series
Booking is now open for Wigmore Series concerts and Learning events for January - March 2020.
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