Wigmore Hall

Ensemble Modern/Benjamin/Prohaska review – teetering on the edge of the atonal

Composer George Benjamin reunites with the contemporary music ensemble for an alternately fierce and delicate programme, with soprano Anna Prohaska a hypnotic standout

Andrew Clements

13, Sep, 2023 @11:53 AM

Prégardien/Litwin review – immersed in every word, the great lieder singer is in command

The first of three programmes from Prégardien, with songs by Ives, Schubert, Schumann and Mahler linked with settings from Hanns Eisler, consummately sung and played

Andrew Clements

04, Jul, 2023 @2:16 PM

The week in classical: Requiem; Jerusalem Quartet review – another five-star fusion from Opera North

Sorrowful Mozart meets unstoppable Neo Muyanga in an inspired double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Plus, the sounds of Yiddish cabaret…

Fiona Maddocks

03, Jun, 2023 @11:30 AM

The week in classical: The Pearl Fishers; Takács Quartet – review

Opera North’s latest concert staging goes big on pearls, with commitment to match. And the peerless Takács give a masterclass in delayed gratification

Flora Willson

20, May, 2023 @11:30 AM

Benjamin Grosvenor review – pianist’s virtuosity preferences power over pastel colours

An ambitious programme that ranged from Busoni’s Bach to Prokofiev confirmed why the pianist is a favourite here

Andrew Clements

08, May, 2023 @11:50 AM

‘Incredible’ Donizetti songs to be heard for first time in 200 years

Italian opera composer’s lost works to be performed in London after discovery by British musicologist

Dalya Alberge

23, Apr, 2023 @1:00 PM

Wigmore Hall addresses neurodiversity with ‘low stimulus’ concerts

The London concert venue’s 2023/24 season includes a trio of ‘low stimulus’ classical concerts, tickets for £1 and music from 2,500 artists

Tim Jonze

29, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM

El Cimarrón review – virtuoso celebration of Cuban folk hero

A rare performance of Hans Werner Henze’s engrossing song cycle featured a tour de force of technique and stamina from baritone Will Liverman

Andrew Clements

12, Mar, 2023 @5:00 PM

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber review – songs of existential crisis delivered with subtlety and snarl

The pianist and baritone were perfectly balanced combining emotional scope and intense ferocity in a repertoire that explored the turmoil of mental illness

Erica Jeal

13, Feb, 2023 @1:13 PM

The week in classical: Least Like the Other; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster

The sad fate of Rosemary Kennedy is strikingly told by Irish National Opera. Plus, the female French composer we should all know about…

Fiona Maddocks

21, Jan, 2023 @12:30 PM

Yunchan Lim review – piano prodigy puts his brilliance on full display

The Korean teenager dazzled with Byrd and Bach but his raging Beethoven showed he could still reach further, subtler heights

Andrew Clements

20, Jan, 2023 @11:22 AM

The Dunedin Consort review – less is more in Schütz’s restrained Christmas story

Edinburgh-based orchestra of fine baroque understanding gave Heinrich Schütz’s 1660 retelling of the nativity a sense of restraint, balanced by personality

Andrew Clements

21, Dec, 2022 @12:35 PM