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.
Belcea Quartet
Thursday 15 November 2018 7:30PMMozart, Phibbs and Beethoven
Anthony Marwood violin; Richard Lester cello; Susan Tomes piano; Aleksandar Madžar piano; Doric String Quartet
Sunday 25 November 2018 7:30PMPeasmarsh Chamber Music Festival Anniversary Concert
Tai Murray violin; Silke Avenhaus piano
Monday 26 November 2018 1:00PMGrieg, Glass and Saint-Saëns
Arditti Quartet; Paul Cannon double bass
Monday 26 November 2018 7:30PMDan Yuhas, Mark Barden, James Clarke and Brian Ferneyhough
Alina Ibragimova violin; Cédric Tiberghien piano
Friday 30 November 2018 7:30PMStravinsky, Mendelssohn, Crumb and Schumann
Augustin Hadelich violin; Charles Owen piano
Monday 10 December 2018 1:00PMBrahms, Ysaÿe and John Adams
Andreas Scholl countertenor; Tamar Halperin piano
Thursday 20 December 2018 7:30PMThe Twilight People
Sunwook Kim piano
Tuesday 8 January 2019 7:30PMMozart, Beethoven, Shin and Chopin
Leila Josefowicz violin; John Novacek piano
Monday 21 January 2019 1:00PMSibelius, Prokofiev, Knussen, Mahler and Zimmermann
François Le Roux baritone; Olivier Godin piano
Tuesday 22 January 2019 1:00PMDutilleux Birthday Celebration
Simon Höfele trumpet; Frank Dupree piano
Monday 28 January 2019 1:00PMEnescu, Takemitsu, Hindemith and more
Britten Sinfonia
Wednesday 6 February 2019 7:30PMMozart, Skryabin, Britten, Matthews and Strauss
François-Frédéric Guy piano
Monday 11 February 2019 1:00PMBrahms, Murail and Debussy
Sergey Khachatryan violin; Alisa Weilerstein cello; Inon Barnatan piano; Colin Currie percussion; Owen Gunnell percussion; Sam Walton percussion
Monday 11 February 2019 7:30PMBeethoven, Schoenberg, Wallin and Shostakovich
Britten Sinfonia
Wednesday 13 February 2019 1:00PMBach, Janácek, Messiaen, Finnis and Martinu
Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano; Simon Lepper piano
Monday 18 February 2019 1:00PMFrom the Pens of Women
Ailish Tynan soprano; Benjamin Appl baritone; Iain Burnside piano
Monday 18 February 2019 7:30PMLearning Gala Concert: Home Sweet Home
Elias String Quartet
Friday 22 February 2019 7:30PMPurcell, Haydn, Beamish and Schumann
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy
Sunday 3 March 2019 11:30AMGinastera, Ducros, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Halvorsen
Brad Mehldau piano; Ian Bostridge tenor
Sunday 3 March 2019 7:30PMMehldau and Schumann
Ensemble Modern; Sir George Benjamin conductor; Anu Komsi soprano; Helena Rasker contralto
Tuesday 5 March 2019 7:30PMMason, Milliken, Dallapiccola and Benjamin
Simon Bode tenor; Igor Levit piano
Thursday 14 March 2019 7:30PMMozart, Schubert and Corigliano
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano; Julius Drake piano; Emily Berrington actor
Friday 15 March 2019 7:30PMArgento and Schumann
Members of the Nash Ensemble side by side with Members from the Royal Academy of Music
Tuesday 19 March 2019 5:30PMCarter, Birtwistle and Knussen
Nathan Gunn baritone; Julie Gunn piano
Sunday 24 March 2019 7:30PMCAKE, Berlin, Waits and more
Cancelled: Paul Appleby tenor; Malcolm Martineau piano
Monday 25 March 2019 7:30PMAucoin, Britten and Schubert
Britten Sinfonia
Wednesday 27 March 2019 1:00PMTrad/Scottish, MacMillan, Maxwell Davies and OPUS2018 winner
Supporting our 2018/19 Season
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