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Discreetly nestled in central London, Wigmore Hall is one of the world’s great concert venues and is entering its 125th Season this autumn.
The Hall is more than a venue, it is where audiences, artists and communities connect. In this anniversary year, we will celebrate all that Wigmore Hall has to offer with behind-the-scenes insights, artist conversations and discoveries from the archive.
With new episodes every month, we’ll talk to musicians about what makes Wigmore Hall so special and how it has come to stand at the heart of the UK’s musical landscape. We will be exploring the Hall’s storied history, established and brand-new repertoire, music's place in society, and much more.
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In the first podcast episode of the 2026/27 season, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and dancer Suleiman Suleiman discuss their project ‘A Kabuki Winterreise: Spring Snow’
A meditation on sound and silence, solitude and communion, love and loss, this project intertwines the narratives of Yasuna, one of the great kabuki plays dating back to 1818, and Schubert’s iconic Winterreise, conceived a decade later in 1827.
In the final episode of the 2025/26 season, pianists James Cheung and Anna Tilbrook discuss their musical lives and works.
Both Cheung and Tilbrook have worked as collaborative pianists for singers and instrumentalists. In this conversation, in which the two musicians met for the first time, they discussed their working relationships with other musicians, what it takes to prepare different kind of repertoire, and favourite musical experiences.
In June’s podcast episode, Professor Laura Tunbridge speaks to violinist Mark Steinberg about performing Beethoven’s string quartets as a cycle.
Spanning the entirety of the composer’s creative life, Beethoven’s sixteen string quartets are often divided into early, middle and late. In this conversation, Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, Professor Laura Tunbridge, discusses different musicological approaches to programming and performing these profound works as a cycle with the first violinist of the Brentano String Quartet, Mark Steinberg.
In May’s podcast episode, author Julia Boyd speaks to Ian Skelly about her book, There is Sweet Music Here: The World of Wigmore Hall (Elliott & Thompson, 2026).
Drawing on archival sources and first-hand accounts, the book and their conversation charts the Hall’s extraordinary journey from Edwardian beginnings to the present day.
There is Sweet Music Here: The World of Wigmore Hall will be available to purchase at the Hall from Thursday 21 May, and throughout our 125th Anniversary Festival from Monday 25 May until Sunday 7 June.
In April’s podcast episode, composer-performers Héloïse Werner and Errollyn Wallen discuss their approaches to composition, performance, and contemporary music making.
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