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.
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
Vijay Iyer piano; Craig Taborn piano
Sunday 22 September 2019 7:00PMThe Transitory Poems
Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics; Mike Ladd lyrics, electronics
Sunday 22 September 2019 10:00PMThe Evolution Tapes
Britten Sinfonia; Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Wednesday 2 October 2019 1:00PMCPE Bach, Falla, Osborn and Strauss
Jess Gillam saxophone; Zeynep Özsuca piano
Monday 7 October 2019 1:00PMIturralde, Marcello, Clyne and more
Elias String Quartet
Monday 14 October 2019 7:30PMHaydn, Hindson and Schubert
Lawrence Power viola, violin; Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Monday 21 October 2019 1:00PMBenjamin, Adès, Couperin, Ravel and Stravinsky
Colin Currie percussion; Huw Watkins piano
Thursday 31 October 2019 7:30PMMaric, Britten, Duddell and more
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Saturday 2 November 2019 11:00AMWaley-Cohen, Benjamin, Knussen, Bach and Kurtág
Pavel Haas Quartet
Saturday 2 November 2019 7:30PMČekovská, Schulhoff, Smetana and Tchaikovsky
Joanna MacGregor piano
Monday 11 November 2019 1:00PMBirds, Grounds, Chaconnes
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 7:30PMSaint-Saëns, Fauré, Chabrier and more
Stephen Hough piano; Steven Isserlis cello
Tuesday 3 December 2019 7:30PMSuk, 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
Beethoven Festival Weekend
Booking is now open for 10 concerts over 2 days to kick-off Wigmore Hall's season-long celebration of Beethoven.
Autumn 2019 Wigmore Series
Booking is now open for Wigmore Series concerts and Learning events for September - December 2019
Wigmore Hall's Audience Fund
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