PROGRAMME 2025
17th WIMBLEDON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
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HAMMERKLAVIER
Boris Giltburg, piano in Beethoven piano sonatas
Saturday 1 November, 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
STAN & MABEL AND THE RACE FOR SPACE
Family concert with the London Mozart Players
Sunday 2 November, 12:00 & 15:00
Merton Arts Space, Wimbledon Library
LONGING AND LIGHT
Sacconi Quartet & Anthony Friend, clarinet in Blackford, Ravel & Brahms
Monday 3 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
I GOT RHYTHM
Imogen Whitehead, trumpet & Patrick Milne, piano in a delightfully varied programme
Wednesday 5 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
FLOWING FORMS
Goldberg Variations with Jonathan Ferrucci, piano and Matthew Johnson, photographer
Thursday 6 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
THE NIGHT SHIFT
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment brings Baroque chamber music to pubs, where it was first performed
Friday 7 November 20:00
The Old Frizzle, The Broadway
REQUIEM
Academy Choir & London Mozart Players in John Tavener & Fauré’s Requiem
Saturday 8 November 20:00
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
SCHOOLS' CONCERT
Merton Music Foundation presents: Stringfever
Tuesday 11 November 10:30 & 13:45
New Wimbledon Theatre, The Broadway
DIFFERENT TRAINS
Tom Service (BBC Radio 3) & The Solem Quartet present Steve Reich’s Different Trains
Tuesday 11 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
A POET'S LOVE
Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch in Schumann’s Dichterliebe
Wednesday 12 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
CELLAR SOUNDS
French wine and music with harpist Oliver Wass
Wednesday 12 November 19:30
Friarwood Fine Wines, Wimbledon Village
LUMIÈRE
Laura van der Heijden, cello & Jâms Coleman, piano in French music from the Belle Époque
Thursday 13 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
JAZZ EVENING: EFFRA
Jazz with the Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
Friday 14 November 20:00
Upper Hall, Sacred Heart Church
BAROQUEBUSTERS
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in an innovative ‘Baroquebusters’ recital
Saturday 15 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
CELLAR SOUNDS
Spanish wine and music with guitarist Jack Hancher
Tuesday 18 November 19:30
Friarwood Fine Wines, Wimbledon Village
POET OF THE PIANO
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano in Chopin and French Baroque
Wednesday 19 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
PLAYFEST
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Thursday 20 November PM/EVE
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
CANTATA
Max Barley, director, Julia Doyle, soprano and Florian Störtz, baritone in beloved Bach Cantatas
Friday 21 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT
The Philharmonia under Robin O’Neill with soloist Timothy Ridout, celebrating Ravel’s 150th birthday
Saturday 22 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
