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Nicky Spence
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My Father's Son

Nicky Spence tenor; Malcolm Martineau piano

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Date
Sat 09 May 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

Artists

  • Nicky Spencetenor
  • Malcolm Martineaupiano

Programme

  • Buxton Orr
    1924-1997
      • Songs of a Childhood
        :
      • Shy Geordie
  • Hugo Wolf
    1860-1903
      • Italienisches Liederbuch
        :
      • Ihr seid die Allerschönste
  • Hugo Wolf
      • Mörike Lieder
        :
      • Storchenbotschaft

Interval

  • Thomas Dunhill
    1877-1946
      • The Wind among the Reeds
        :
      • The Cloths of Heaven
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
  • Buxton Orr
      • Songs of a Childhood
        :
      • The Boy in the Train

Overview

The title of Nicky Spence’s recital and his choice of songs are resonant with personal and universal meaning. The Scottish tenor, winner of the 2024 RPS Singer Award, reflects on the relationship between father and son and the richly interwoven layers of birth, childhood, adulthood and parenthood. There’s room here for pathos and tender love, tears of sorrow and laughter, expressed in pieces as diverse as Buxton Orr’s haunting Shy Geordie, Tim Minchin’s hilarious Lullaby and Mahler’s transcendent Um Mitternacht.

Booking Information

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This concert is supported by the Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation

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