Sean Shibe, Wigmore Hall online review - persuasive and poignant | reviews, news & interviews Sean Shibe, Wigmore Hall online review - persuasive and poignant Sean Shibe, Wigmore Hall online review - persuasive and poignant An intimate recital, despite the distance by Miranda HeggieWednesday, 24 February 2021 Shibe: poised and evocative playingKaupo Kikkas Returning to the Wigmore Hall for another socially distanced concert, Edinburgh-born guitarist Sean Shibe brought a programme of moving, often melancholy music, apt for these still locked-down times. He opened with a trio of works by John Dowland written originally for lute. Returning to the Wigmore Hall for another socially distanced concert, Edinburgh-born guitarist Sean Shibe brought a programme of moving, often melancholy music, apt for these still locked-down times. He opened with a trio of works by John Dowland written originally for lute. "Preludium" was delightfully intimate, Shibe expertly teasing out the subtleties of its emotion, while the descending chromaticism of "Forlorn Hope Fancy" was played with an almost jazzy sense; here Shibe toyed with the rhythm as he exposed the music’s crunchy discords. "Fantasia" began with a simply played melody which soon transformed into florid and evocative music, with each voice clearly illuminated.