Early Music and Baroque
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The Hall's intimate acoustic is ideal for period instruments, and this series includes some of the finest ensembles and soloists performing today.
The English Concert; Harry Bicket director, harpsichord; Nadja Zwiener violin
Thursday 28 November 2019 7:30PMBetween Harmony & Invention: The Birth of the Violin Concerto
Tenebrae; Nigel Short conductor; Olivia Jageurs harp
Sunday 1 December 2019 7:30PMForbes L’Estrange, Britten, Chilcott and more
L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar director, theorbo; Céline Scheen soprano; Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano; Vincenzo Capezzuto alto
Friday 13 December 2019 7:30PMFar la ninnananna
Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor; Il Pomo d'Oro
Saturday 14 December 2019 7:30PMFacce d’amore
Fretwork; Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Sunday 15 December 2019 7:30PMAn Elizabethan Christmas
Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset director
Tuesday 17 December 2019 7:30PMCharpentier
Ensemble Marsyas; Peter Whelan director; Katie Bray mezzo-soprano; Alec Frank-Gemmill horn; Joe Walters horn
Monday 30 December 2019 7:30PMBaroque Hogmanay – Music from the Edinburgh Musical Society
Florilegium; Ashley Solomon director, flute; Rowan Pierce soprano; Bojan Čičić violin; David Blackadder trumpet
Tuesday 31 December 2019 7:00PMJS Bach, CPE Bach and Giornovichi
The Mozartists; Ian Page conductor; Samantha Clarke soprano; Ida Ränzlöv mezzo-soprano
Thursday 9 January 2020 7:30PM1770 – a retrospective
La Nuova Musica; David Bates conductor; Christopher Lowrey countertenor; Nick Pritchard tenor
Thursday 23 January 2020 7:30PMA French Affair
Concentus Musicus Wien; Stefan Gottfried director, harpsichord, organ
Thursday 6 February 2020 7:30PMBiber, Purcell, Vivaldi and Telemann
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers conductor
Friday 21 February 2020 7:30PMByrd and Dowland
The English Concert
Tuesday 25 February 2020 7:30PMJS Bach - In Search of Perfection
Isabelle Faust violin; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Bernhard Forck leader, violin; Xenia Löffler oboe
Saturday 29 February 2020 7:30PMJS Bach and CPE Bach
Florilegium; Ashley Solomon flute, recorder, director; Alexandra Bellamy oboe; Bojan Čičić violin; Reiko Ichise viola da gamba
Wednesday 4 March 2020 7:30PML’Europe Galante
London Handel Orchestra; Adrian Butterfield director
Tuesday 10 March 2020 7:30PMParnasso in Festa
Early Opera Company; Christian Curnyn director
Thursday 12 March 2020 7:30PMLocke and Blow
L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar theorbo, director; Luciana Mancini mezzo-soprano; Vincenzo Capezzuto alto
Friday 27 March 2020 7:30PMPájarillo y duende
Ensemble Marsyas; Peter Whelan director
Monday 30 March 2020 7:30PMPurcell – ‘Come, Ye Sons of Art’
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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