The History of Wigmore Hall
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Summary
Sandy Burnett presents a podcast from Wigmore Hall, in conversation with:
- • Paula Best - Head of Publications and Archive at the Hall who gives a tour of the artists remembered through photographs in the Gerald Moore Room
- • John Gilhooly - current Director, talks about how he has overseen the financial and administrative transformation of the Hall. This includes the 2004 £3.1m refurbishment and purchase of the long-term tenure of the Hall for £3.1m in 2006, as well as recent artistic and recording projects.
- • William Lyne - for 37 years was Director of the Hall, overseeing times of great change for the Hall and for London’s concert scene, and reminiscing about favourite recitals during that period.
- • Graham Johnson - from his perspective as a regular artist at the Hall for 40 years, and as creator of the Songmaker’s Almanac.
- • Hilary Finch - Times critic and regular reviewer at the Hall, describes why Wigmore Hall is such a special place for performer and audience alike.
Music clips:
- Nellie Melba ‘Lo, Here the gentle Lark!’ by Edouard Lalo (Naxos Historical)
- Jessye Norman ‘I got the whole world, in His hands’, Trad. Spiritual
Jessye Norman recordings appear courtesy of Decca Music Group - András Schiff Bach Goldberg Variations - Andras Schiff recordings appear courtesy of Decca Music Group
- Songmakers Almanac Schubertiade – Songmakers Almanac, with Dame Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson, courtesy of Hyperion Records
- Shura Cherkassky Wigmore Hall Live 0014 from Haydn Piano Sonata E minor HXVI:34
- Matthias Goerne & Alfred Brendel, Schubert Winterreise - Matthias Goerne & Alfred Brendel recordings appear courtesy of Decca Music Group
- Opening and closing music – Mendelssohn Octet – from the Wigmore Hall Live 0017 CD
Credits
- Produced by Artsaudio and Helen Peate for Wigmore Hall
- Engineered and edited by Darius Weinberg
