Live music returns to Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall will make steps towards restarting live music in June with a series of lunchtime concerts that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, the first live music on the station since lockdown began. Leading soloists will include Maestro Artists Pavel Kolesnikov, Paul Lewis and Allan Clayton.
The concerts will be broadcast live at 1pm on weekdays in Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert strand, and will be streamed on BBC Sounds and the Wigmore Hall's website, starting on Monday, 1 June.
Musicians will perform to an empty hall and in compliance with social distancing rules, with minimal production staff involved. John Gilhooly, Director of Wigmore Hall, said: ‘The health and safety of our staff and the musicians will always be Wigmore Hall’s foremost concern. This is a London-centric series. Most of the artists are based in London and have pledged to come in on foot or by bike. No artists will be taking public transport.’
Programmes
1pm, 5 June 2020
Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy
Brahms – Selection of Waltzes from Op.52a and Op.65a
Schubert – Impromptu Op.142 No.2
Beethoven – Eight Variations Woo 67
Schubert – Selection of Waltzes and Ländler
Schubert – Fantaisie in F minor
1pm, 10 June 2020
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, 'Moonlight', Op.27 No.2
Schubert – Piano Sonata No.18 in G major D894
1pm, 19 June 2020
Allan Clayton and James Baillieu
Schumann – Kerner Lieder
Vaughan Williams – Orpheus with his lute
Bridge – Journey’s End
Britten (arr.) – Sally in our alley, The plough-boy, I wonder as I wander
