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.
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 1:00PMMacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Singer and more
Matthew Rose bass; Tom Poster piano
Thursday 4 April 2019 7:30PMSchubert, Liszt, Musorgsky, Poster and Ives
JACK Quartet
Saturday 6 April 2019 1:00PMComplete Elliott Carter String Quartets
JACK Quartet
Saturday 6 April 2019 7:30PMComplete Elliott Carter String Quartets
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Tuesday 9 April 2019 7:30PMBeethoven, Debussy, Dean and Brahms
Escher String Quartet
Wednesday 10 April 2019 7:30PMIves, Norman, Copland and Barber
Nash Ensemble; Stefan Asbury conductor; Claire Booth soprano; Simone Leona Hueber reciter; Lawrence Power viola; Adrian Brendel cello; Ursula Leveaux bassoon; Lucy Wakeford harp
Friday 12 April 2019 7:30PMFocus on Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Gavan Ring baritone; Simon Lepper piano
Sunday 14 April 2019 3:00PMSchumann, Bodley and Larchet
Tabea Zimmermann viola; Adam Walker flute; Agnès Clément harp
Monday 15 April 2019 1:00PMBax, Debussy, Stravinsky and Gubaidulina
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin; Reto Bieri clarinet; Polina Leschenko piano
Saturday 27 April 2019 7:30PMFauré, Vivier, Bartók and more
Marcus Farnsworth baritone; James Baillieu piano
Tuesday 30 April 2019 7:30PMLines from a Wanderer
RNCM soloists; Maria Luc piano; Luke Jones piano; Anna Denisova piano; Katie Hyland flute
Saturday 4 May 2019 10:30AMIn Focus: Sir George Benjamin
RNCM New Ensemble; Mark Heron conductor; Jack Sheen conductor; Laurent Zufferey conductor; Callum Smart violin
Saturday 4 May 2019 2:00PMIn Focus: Sir George Benjamin
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Georg Kallweit leader
Saturday 4 May 2019 7:30PMHandel and Telemann
The King's Singers
Monday 6 May 2019 1:00PMAn unconventional journey from Moscow to London in one hour
Håkan Hardenberger trumpet; Roland Pöntinen piano
Monday 13 May 2019 7:30PMAntheil, Storm, Berio and more
Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano; Dylan Perez piano
Saturday 18 May 2019 7:30PMGuildhall Wigmore Recital Prize 2019
Elias String Quartet
Thursday 23 May 2019 7:30PMBach, Mozart, RNCM composition competition winner and Schumann
Piatti Quartet
Saturday 25 May 2019 1:00PMPurcell, Turnage and Walton
Endellion String Quartet
Wednesday 29 May 2019 7:30PMBeethoven, Beamish, Boondiskulchok and more
Nicholas Daniel oboe; Lucy Wakeford harp; Wigmore Oboe-Fest Ensemble
Saturday 8 June 2019 11:30AMNicholas Daniel Oboe Day
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Saturday 8 June 2019 7:30PMNicholas Daniel Oboe Day
Viktoria Mullova violin
Friday 14 June 2019 10:00PMBach, Fujikura, Benjamin, Mullov-Abbado and Prokofiev
Gerald Finley bass-baritone; Julius Drake piano
Saturday 15 June 2019 7:30PMSchubert, Rachmaninov, Turnage and Britten
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Monday 17 June 2019 1:00PMBach and Dutilleux
Chineke! Ensemble
Friday 21 June 2019 10:00PMSaint-Saëns, Wallen and Coleridge-Taylor
Colin Currie Quartet
Monday 1 July 2019 1:00PMPereira, Volans, Stockhausen and Reich
Brett Polegato baritone; Iain Burnside piano
Wednesday 3 July 2019 7:30PMA Transatlantic Voyage: English Songs from Here to There
Adam Walker flute; Sean Shibe guitar
Friday 12 July 2019 10:00PMPiazzolla, Debussy, Takemitsu, Poulenc and Shankar
Alexi Kenney violin; Orion Weiss piano
Wednesday 17 July 2019 7:30PMBach, Wiancko, Schubert and more
Susan Bullock soprano; Richard Sisson piano
Friday 19 July 2019 10:00PMSongs my father taught me
Beethoven Festival Weekend
Booking is now open for 10 concerts over 2 days to kick-off Wigmore Hall's season-long celebration of Beethoven.
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