We haven't put up a Wigmore Hall recital for a while. This one just appeared on YouTube.
Wigmore Hall, in London has always been a favorite of mine, not least because I did my debut there, many years ago. It is a lovely small hall with excellent acoustics. It seats a modest 545 listeners and specializes in solo recitals, chamber and early music.
Anon from London: great to see this posted. The Wigmore has wonderful programming - consistently the best. And these online concerts are a great gift.
ReplyDeleteIf you are a young artist doing your international debut, the green room can be quite daunting! At least when I was there, the walls were hung with an amazing assortment of signed publicity photos from very famous musicians. There was everyone from Narciso Yepes to Arthur Rubinstein to, well, everyone!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, and photos of that kind are still there - the great and the good going back to the beginning of the last century.
DeleteRegarding composers' reputations, I've been sorting through my piano music and came across Hindemith's First Sonata. I love some of Hindemith (Organ sonatas, Mathis der Mahler, Weber Metamorphoses etc) but this sonata leaves me really cold. And yet, in the 30s, Hindemith's style was very influential. He's another who's star has waned. But it seems rather hard to get it to glow again.
Be careful what you say about Hindemith! Commentator Wenatchee the Hatchet is a big fan
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