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.
Cinquecento; Nicholas Todd tenor
Friday 7 June 2019 7:30PMJosquin des Prez and his legacy
The English Concert
Tuesday 11 June 2019 7:30PMOrpheus of Princes
Stile Antico; Rihab Azar oud
Wednesday 12 June 2019 7:30PMSongs of Longing and Exile
The Cardinall's Musick
Thursday 20 June 2019 7:30PMThe Company of Heaven III
La Nuova Musica; Christine Rice mezzo-soprano; David Bates conductor
Thursday 27 June 2019 7:30PMMozart, Traetta and Haydn
Rachel Podger violin, director; Brecon Baroque
Monday 1 July 2019 7:30PMVivaldi and Bach
Max Emanuel Cenčić countertenor; Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu ensemble; Franck-Emmanuel Comte director, harpsichord
Thursday 11 July 2019 7:30PMOrlando
Vox Luminis; Lionel Meunier artistic director
Saturday 13 July 2019 7:30PMBach
Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet director
Saturday 27 July 2019 7:30PMMozart in Salzburg
The Mozartists; Ian Page director; Regula Mühlemann soprano
Thursday 19 September 2019 7:30PMHaydn and Mozart
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Roberta Mameli soprano (as Aci); Sonia Prina contralto (as Galatea); Luigi De Donato bass (as Polifemo); laBarocca; Ruben Jais conductor
Thursday 26 September 2019 7:30PMHandel
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Rachel Podger violin; Brecon Baroque
Saturday 28 September 2019 7:30PMBach Concertos
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Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Wednesday 2 October 2019 7:30PMBach
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Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord; Sandrine Piau soprano; Stuart Jackson tenor; Konstantin Krimmel baritone
Tuesday 8 October 2019 7:30PMHandel
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Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano; Le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm director, harpsichord, organ
Friday 1 November 2019 7:30PMVioloncello Obbligato
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The English Concert; Harry Bicket director, harpsichord; Nadja Zwiener violin
Thursday 28 November 2019 7:30PMFontana, Marini, Castello and more
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Tenebrae; Nigel Short conductor; Olivia Jageurs harp
Sunday 1 December 2019 7:30PMGregorian Chant, Peacock, L'Estrange and more
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L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar director, theorbo; Céline Scheen soprano; Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano; Vincenzo Capezzuto alto
Friday 13 December 2019 7:30PMFar la ninnananna
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Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor; Il Pomo d'Oro
Saturday 14 December 2019 7:30PMFacce d’amore
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Fretwork; Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Sunday 15 December 2019 7:30PMAn Elizabethan Christmas
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Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset director
Tuesday 17 December 2019 7:30PMCharpentier
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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
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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
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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
Experience exceptional classical music. Priority booking is now open for September – December 2019.
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