Wigmore Summer 2026

The Summer 2026 (April to July) programme is online: view/download it here

Wednesday 1st April
Vox Luminis
Sebastiani and Steffani
7.30pm     135 minutes inc interval
Super choral
Saturday 4th April
Charles Daniels (tenor); Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano); Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano); Elisabeth Paul (alto); Simon Wall (tenor); Jimmy Holliday (bass); Fretwork; Silas Wollston (organ); Richard Boothby (director)
Schutz: The Resurrection History
3.00pm     60 minutes
Wonderful work
Thursday 9th April
Eric Lu (piano)
Chopin, Mozart and Schubert
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
A star! Winner of the Chopin Competition
Friday 1st May
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Couperin and Froberger
7.30pm     80 minutes
Extraordinary artist - really exciting - but we'll be in France
Wednesday 6th May
Chiaroscuro Quartet, Nicolas Baldeyrou (clarinet)
Haydn and Mozart
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
My favourite quartet - and the Mozart Clarinet Quintet!
... but we'll be in France
Friday 8th May
Dunedin Consort; John Butt (director); Alexander Chance (countertenor); Stephen Farr (organ); Alexandra Bellamy (oboe d'amore); Katy Bircher (flute); Huw Daniel (viola d'amore)
Bach, Graupner and Telemann
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Top class artists: quality music - but we'll be in France
Sunday 10th May
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Beethoven, Haydn, Hummel and R Schumann
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Bazouzet is a complete phenomenon - but we'll be in France
Monday 11th May
Renaud Capucon (violin); Igor Levit (piano)
Brahms violin sonatas
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Any concert with Igor Levit is an absolute must - but we'll be in France
Monday 18th May
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Scarlatti Focus
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Great artist - but we'll be in France
Tuesday 19th May
Stephen Hough (piano)
Beethoven, Brahms, R Schumann and more
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
A giant - but we'll be in France
Saturday 23rd May
Pavel Haas Quartet; Boris Giltburg (piano)
Dvorak and Schubert
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
One of the great quartets
Tuesday 26th May
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba, director); Hesperion XXI; Soloists of La Capella Reial de Catalunya
The Tears and Fire of the Muses, Claudio Monteverdi Revolution
1.00pm     75 minutes
Not to be missed
Tuesday 26th May
Asmik Grigorian (soprano); Lukas Geniusas (piano)
Bizet, Faure, Hahn and more
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Grigorian is a huge star - a rare chance to hear her in London
Saturday 30th May
Leonkoro Quartet; Igor Levit (piano)
Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn and Haydn
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Any concert with Igor Levit is an absolute must
Sunday 31st May
Lise Davidsen (soprano); James Baillieu (piano)
Schubert Lieder
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Lise Davidsen: the most in-demand singer in the world
Monday 1st June
Igor Levit (piano)
Anniversary Gala Concert: Ravel; Shostakovich; Liszt
1.00pm     60 minutes
The concert of the year
Monday 1st June
Les Arts Florissants; William Christie (director, harpsichord); James Way (tenor); Rachel Redmond (soprano); Alex Rosen (baritone); Richard Pittsinger (tenor)
Handel: Acis and Galatea
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Always full of wonderful music. Unmissable
Tuesday 2nd June
Lise Davidsen (soprano); James Baillieu (piano)
Schubert Lieder
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Lise Davidsen: the most in-demand singer in the world
Thursday 4th June
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Incomparable
Sunday 7th June
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Bach - Closing Gala Concert
7.00pm     180 minutes inc interval
Wednesday 10th June
Pacifica Quartet; Sigourney Weaver (narrator)
Revolutionary Portraits: Our Better Angels
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Thursday 11th June
The English Concert; Lucy Crowe (soprano); Hugh Cutting (countertenor)
Handel
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Great artists, great music - but we'll be in France
Sunday 14th June
Solomon's Knot
Bach cantatas
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Solomon's Knot never disappoint - but we'll be in France
Monday 15th June
Alina Ibragimova (violin); Christian Poltera (cello); Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Debussy and Ravel
1.00pm     60 minutes
Ibragimova is superb - but we'll be in France
Friday 19th June
Andras Schiff (piano)
Announced at the concert
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
One of the great atists of the world - but we'll be in France
Sunday 21st June
Andras Schiff (piano)
Announced at the concert
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
One of the great atists of the world - but we'll be in France
Wednesday 24th June
Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Dunford (director, lute); Jupiter Ensemble
Handel arias
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
If I could only go to one, this would be it
Thursday 25th June
Alina Ibragimova (violin); Cedric Tiberghien (fortepiano)
Beethoven violin sonatas
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
They are completely wonderful playing the Beethoven sonatas
Monday 29th June
La Venexiana
The Dawn of a New Music: Love and Longing in Italian Baroque
1.00pm     60 minutes
Monday 29th June
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin; Carlo Vistoli (countertenor)
Bach, Handel and Vivaldi
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Tuesday 30th June
Leonidas Kavakos (violin); The Apollon Ensemble
Bach Violin Concertos
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Stunning violinist - but we'll be in France
Sunday 5th July
Simon Keenlyside (baritone); Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Bridge, Butterworth, Duparc and more
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Magisterial and wonderful
Wednesday 8th July
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini (conductor); Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Haydn, Telemann and Vivaldi
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Thursday 9th July
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano); Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Albeniz, Martucci, Puccini, Tosti and Verdi
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Yoncheva is a great world star
Sunday 12th July
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn
11.30am     60 minutes
My favourite quartet
Monday 13th July
The Gesualdo Six
Wishing Tree
1.00pm     60 minutes
Tuesday 21st July
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Couperin suites
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Rondeau is the most exciting artist imaginable
Friday 24th July
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Bach, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Ravel
7.30pm     120 minutes inc interval
Monday 27th July
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello); Thomas Dunford (artistic director, lute); Jupiter Ensemble
Vivaldi
1.00pm     60 minutes
Unmissable - the essence of musicality
Friday 31st July
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone); Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)
Schubert Winterreise
7.30pm     120 minutes
Winterreise is one of the great heights of Western culture