Show Notes
In October’s podcast episode, Dr Leah Broad, Dr Natasha Loges and mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately discuss the life and music of British composer and violist Rebecca Clarke ahead of a Focus Day at Wigmore Hall this November. One of the most important composers of her generation, Clarke created around 100 works, but only 20 of these were published in her lifetime. Leah, Natasha and Kitty introduce Clarke in the context of music-making in Britain at the start of the 20th century, discussing her life, compositions, and performance career. The trio look ahead to Saturday 8 November 2025, an exciting day of four events to celebrate the centenary of Clarke's major 1925 recital at the Hall, as well as a new recording by Kitty Whately, tenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Anna Tilbrook of Clarke’s complete songs, which will be released on 7 November 2025.
More from Wigmore Hall Podcasts
In October’s podcast episode, music historians Leah Broad and Samantha Ege discuss the lives and works of Samuel and Avril Coleridge-Taylor.
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.
In June’s podcast episode, Professor Laura Tunbridge speaks to violinist Mark Steinberg about performing Beethoven’s string quartets as a cycle.
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.