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A Beloved London Concert Hall Grows Bold as It Turns 120 Smart choices in the pandemic mean that the Wigmore Hall is reopening in a more confident position than many other British venues. The pianist Stephen Hough rehearsing in the Wigmore Hall in May last year. Concerts livestreamed from the empty auditorium reached a wide audience during England’s first coronavirus lockdown.Credit...Ben Stansall/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images May 28, 2021, 9:18 a.m. ET LONDON — “Welcome!” said John Gilhooly, the general director of the Wigmore Hall, standing in front of the auditorium’s sma...

Spira, Spera Emmanuel Despax (piano) Signum Classics SIGCD665   80:30 mins Emmanuel Despax appears to be floating on fluffy clouds in a blue sky. One arm is crooked at his neck, another rests on his hip in a gesture of serene openness. Around him, people bustle about – but he’s immune to their stress. It’s the type of imagery we might associate with a meditation app, not a solo piano album. However, the Bach transcriptions featured in Spira, Spera (Breathe, Hope) can help us find stillness better than any mindfulness tech. Despax channels the cleansing complexity of Bach in a progr...

‘The Healing Power of Music’: composer Nigel Hess on great-aunt Myra’s wartime concerts | reviews, news & interviews ‘The Healing Power of Music’: composer Nigel Hess on great-aunt Myra’s wartime concerts ‘The Healing Power of Music’: composer Nigel Hess on great-aunt Myra’s wartime concerts Parallels between lockdown solace and a great Dame's National Gallery events by Nigel HessMonday, 01 March 2021 Dame Myra Hess performing at the National Gallery during World War Two It has been well-documented over the last few months that there has been an upsurge in liste...

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