"Rhiannon Giddens is the ultimate performer—reinventing herself with each song," the Guardian's Alexandra Coghlan writes in a four-star review of her recent Wigmore Hall concert with Francesco Turrisi. "This was big, generous, provocative music-making on a small stage." You can read it here.
Right look listen to this because at 1.02.15 Samson Tsoy and Pavel Kolesnikov play Le Jardin Féerique to an empty Wigmore Hall. They recorded it on June 5 2020 but they can play together because they live together and it’s all too much.
An alert for London-area devotees of Dame Sarah Connolly: I’ve just spotted a recital on the Wigmore website that I’m pretty sure hasn’t been listed there for long. It’s on April 24, 2019; Dame Sarah performs Robert Schumann’s Myrthen song cycle along with Robin Tritschler and Malcolm Martineau. It’s priority booking only at the moment. Public booking opens on February 5.
Livestream tomorrow: conversation with Dame Janet Baker
Mezzophiles of the world, unite!—around your computer screens to watch tomorrow’s livestream from Wigmore Hall: Dame Janet Baker in conversation with Simon Callow. It’s scheduled for 3:00 p.m. London time (4:00 p.m. for most of continental Europe; in North America, 10:00 a.m. Eastern / 7:00 a.m. Pacific) on Sunday, September 30, 2018. The Wigmore website says it will run about an hour.
They never make advance promises about archiving livestreams but I expect that if you miss the live event, you will be able to watch it later here.