Wigmore Hall Centenary Concert I
Today the Wigmore Hall celebrates its centenary with the first of two live star-studded gala concerts. Pianist Andras Schiff and principals of the Chamber
Orchestra of Europe, perform chamber music by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Haydn Variations in F minor H XVII 6; String Quartet in F, Op 77 No 2; Piano Sonata in E flat HXVI 52
6.15 Interval: The Story of the Wigmore Hall
In the first of two interval features this week, Anthony Burton traces the history of the Wigmore Hall. With extracts from historic concert recordings and reminiscences by critics Felix Aprahamian , Joan Chissell and John Steane , historian Cyril Ehrlich and the hall's current director, William Lyne. See also tomorrow 8pm
6.45 Mozart Wind Serenade in C minor, K388; Variations on Gluck's "Unser
Dummer Pobel Meint", K455; Quintet in E flat for piano and wind, K452
7.50 Twenty Minutes: A Fragmentary Story
A light-hearted account of the detective work behind the reconstruction of Mozart's
Rondo in A for piano and orchestra, K 386. With Benjamin Whitrow as Mozart.
8.10 Schubert's Sommerreise
In the spring and summer of 1825, Franz Schubert travelled through Upper Austria, performing recitals and beginning to compose his Great C major symphony. The poet and German scholar David Constantine retraces the journey and reflects on how this summer break was to prepare Schubert forthe autumn and winter of his short life. With Simon Russell
Beale as Schubert and singer
Ian Bostridge , conductor Roger Norrington , Schubert scholars Elizabeth Norman
McKay, Nicholas Rast and Marie-Agnes Dietrich and Romantic experts Phillip Brady and Peter Branscombe.
9.00 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784; Piano Quintet in A, D66 7 (Trout)