Name: The Gesualdo Six
Start: 2024-12-20T19:30:00
Location: Wigmore Hall

This December, London’s Wigmore Hall will be resonating with the enchanting sounds of Michael Praetorius' festive compositions. Kickstart the season with Tenebrae’s diverse selection of carols on December 4th. Arcangelo, led by Jonathan Cohen, will mesmerize with early German Baroque pieces on December 15th. Finally, The Gesualdo Six will wrap up the festive celebration on December 20th with a blend of ancient and modern works marking Epiphany.

Celebrate Christmas in London with Michael Praetorius' Timeless Works

Get ready for an unforgettable musical journey at London's Wigmore Hall this November and December! Featuring the timeless works of Orlande De Lassus, celebrated ensembles like Septura, Stile Antico, The Cardinall's Musick, The Gesualdo Six, and The King's Singers will bring Renaissance music to life. Highlights include a new piece by Roxanna Panufnik and contemporary works by Nico Muhly and Cecilia McDowall, ensuring a rich blend of ancient and modern compositions.

Orlande De Lassus Takes Center Stage at Wigmore Hall, London

London's renowned Wigmore Hall is set to host an array of captivating performances this season, featuring the exceptional works of Anon. From the rich Spanish Golden Age melodies by Cantoría to the festive tunes by Lucy Crowe and The Cardinall's Musick, and the legendary consort ensemble Hespèrion XXI led by Jordi Savall, these events promise to be unforgettable. Don't miss the dynamic performances by The Gesualdo Six, as they bring their unique blend of ancient and modern works to life.

Experience the Magic of Anon in London's Premier Music Events

London's Wigmore Hall is set to host a series of captivating events showcasing the exceptional works of renowned composer Bob Chilcott. Featuring performances by Fretwork and Tenebrae, ORA Singers, The Gesualdo Six, and The King's Singers, these events promise to immerse audiences in dreams, Shakespearean echoes, festive carols, and more. Join us as we traverse through an array of musical landscapes, all under the masterful composition of Bob Chilcott.

Celebrate the Season with Bob Chilcott at Wigmore Hall, London

This fall and winter, London becomes a hub of musical splendor with a series of enchanting performances dedicated to the works of William Byrd. From the meditative tones of 'Resounding Shores: Chamber and Chapel' at the Royal Academy of Music to the exhilarating 'James McVinnie: Fantasias' at the Southbank Centre, these events promise to captivate and inspire. Join us at Wigmore Hall for an array of soulful evenings, including performances by Stile Antico and The Gesualdo Six, culminating in a Shakespearean celebration by Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the timeless beauty of Byrd's compositions.

Celebrate the Musical Genius of William Byrd Across London's Iconic Venues

London's concert halls are set to resonate with the enchanting and meditative compositions of Arvo Pärt. From the violin brilliance of Daniel Pioro at Wigmore Hall to the piano duets of Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang at Southbank Centre, and the mesmerizing cello performances by Yo-Yo Ma at the Barbican, each event promises to be a celebration of Pärt's timeless music. Not to be missed are the Purcell School’s student ensembles at Smith Square Hall, the Christmas-themed 'In Dulci Jubilo,' and the Gesualdo Six at Wigmore Hall, culminating in the spectacular Tan Dun's Water Concerto at Southbank Centre.

Discover Arvo Pärt's Musical Legacy in London: A Series of Unforgettable Concerts

Joseph Wicks

Josh Cooter

Michael Craddock

Sam Mitchell

Wigmore Hall

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Chamber Tots

Join musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for a concert experience created especially for parents or carers and babies under 1. Enjoy live music together in an interactive and welcoming environment – move and groove to the music or sit back and unwind. Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed.

For Crying Out Loud!

Robert Schumann’s life, short by modern measures, mirrored the emotional extremes and poetic refinement respectively cultivated by his alter egos, the impulsive, heart-on-sleeve ‘Florestan’ and the introspective ‘Eusebius’. Ian Bostridge and Vadym Kholodenko, Gold Medallist of the 2014 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, bring the cavernous expressive scope of his music to life in a programme that pairs two masterworks for piano solo with ideally matched song settings.

Ian Bostridge tenor; Vadym Kholodenko piano

Elements of Moravian folksong combine with edgy modernism in the String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15, written six years before Pavel Haas was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Pavel Haas Quartet, champion of the Czech composer’s music since its formation in 2002, places the work together with the yearning sounds of ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’, by Haas’s teacher, Leoš Janáček. It is joined by two close colleagues in Dvořák’s folk-infused String Sextet for two violins, two violas and two cellos.

Pavel Haas Quartet; Pavel Nikl viola; Ivan Vokáč cello

The Parkhouse Award is pleased to present the Davidoff Trio who won its biennial award in 2025. Its programme today includes one of Haydn’s ‘London’ piano trios written at the height of his powers; Kelly-Marie Murphy is intrigued by the myth of the Phoenix that strives to fly; and Dvořák was held high in the estimation of Prague’s Charles University who awarded him an honorary doctorate just before he left for the United States.

Davidoff Trio

The award-winning ORA Singers celebrates its 10th anniversary year with a choral highlights programme featuring key works from its first decade. Alongside Renaissance polyphony by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Victoria, Palestrina and others sit 10 contemporary pieces from its ground-breaking 100 commissions catalogue, including the world première of its 100th commission – In Manus Tuas by Brett Dean.

ORA Singers; Suzi Digby OBE conductor

Midori’s penetrating artistry, rich in insight and profound musical maturity, and special gifts as teacher and communicator have touched audiences far beyond the world’s leading concert halls, thanks to the reach of her acclaimed Midori and Friends education programme. She is also a firm supporter of music by living composers, reflected in the presence in her latest Wigmore Hall programme of a new work by Thierry Escaich, one of the four titular organists of Notre-Dame de Paris. A diverse trio of sonatas completes the Japanese American violinist’s alluring menu of works.

Midori violin; Özgür Aydin piano

The supremely talented Soloists of the Kronberg Academy present Wigmore Hall audiences with the chance to hear the next generation of world-class chamber musicians. Their choice of repertoire includes two movements from the F-A-E Sonata, a collaborative work by Robert Schumann, the young Brahms and Schumann’s pupil Albert Dietrich. The concert is framed by Debussy’s mature, ravishingly beautiful Cello Sonata and his late Violin Sonata, a luminous and harmonically daring work that crowns his final creative period.

Soloists of the Kronberg Academy; Kirill Gerstein piano

Kirill Gerstein, Principal Professor in the Kronberg Academy study programmes since 2018, once again joins four of the Academy’s exceptional young musicians this evening. They open with Brahms’s mighty Piano Quintet in F minor, a four-movement work of symphonic proportions, and follow it with Dvořák’s comparably great Second Piano Quintet, a richly lyrical staple of the chamber music repertoire since its first performance in 1888.

Avi Avital’s programme spans four centuries of mandolin history to show the art that his instrument has inspired. He opens his Wigmore Hall Residency with an engrossing selection of original works and arrangements, including Paul Ben-Haim’s pulsating Sonata a tre and Death is a Friend of Ours, a surprisingly uplifting work specially written for Avi Avital which celebrates the joy of being alive.

Avi Avital mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts harp; Lukasz Kuropaczewski guitar; Ophira Zakai theorbo; Alexander von Heißen harpsichord

Flexible in format and strikingly diverse in repertoire, the Orsino Ensemble comprises some of Britain’s finest wind players. ‘This is all-star playing of the highest level’, noted the Guardian in a review of its 2021 debut album. Its latest Wigmore Hall recital includes Nielsen’s delightful Wind Quintet and the UK première of Mark Simpson’s The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, inspired by five of John Koenig’s neologisms for different types of emotion.

Orsino Ensemble

Dame Sarah Connolly’s duo partnership with Joseph Middleton, forged over many years, rises from the telepathic understanding that passes between them whenever they make music. The celebrated mezzo-soprano’s ‘rapport with top Lieder pianist Joseph Middleton’, notes BBC Music Magazine, ‘allows for some very special interchanges’. Their recital includes treasures from Brahms’s Op. 57 collection and the hauntingly beautiful Late Romanticism of Webern’s Early Songs.

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano; Joseph Middleton piano

The ensemble’s recent album brings together a sequence of works, ancient and modern, to mark the feast of Epiphany.

The Gesualdo Six

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