PROGRAMME 2026
18th WIMBLEDON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
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SCHOOLS' CONCERT
1,600 school children from Merton attend our introduction to Opera
Tuesday 3 November, daytime
New Wimbledon Theatre, Broadway
SACRED SPLENDOUR Music from Venice and Madrid
Academy Choir Wimbledon with George Inscoe (conductor) and His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts
Saturday 7 November 20:00
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
THE DUCK WITH NO LUCK
Family Concerts with the London Mozart Players
Sunday 8 November 12:00 & 15:00
Merton Arts Space, Wimbledon Library
FRENCH IMPRESSIONS for Flute, Voice & Harp
Erda Ensemble in French Impressionist music
Monday 9 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
JAZZ AT THE RUSHMERE
Informal jazz evening with Natalie Williams and band
Tuesday 10 November 20:00
The Rushmere, Ridgway
SOUND AND FURY
Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly Southbank Sinfonia) in Mendelssohn, Anna Clyne and a new concerto for Imogen Whitehead
Thursday 12 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT
Edgar Francis and Jâms Coleman in viola and piano music by Schumann, Clarke and Bridge
Friday 13 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
JAZZ PIONEERS
Jazz with the Julian Bliss Quintet
Saturday 14 November 20:00
Upper Hall, Sacred Heart Church
WiGS GUITAR DAY
Masterclasses, workshops and recitals with Wimbledon Guitar Society
Sunday 15 November all day
King’s College School, Wimbledon
WiGS PRESENTS LAURA SNOWDEN
Star guitar soloist Laura Snowden in Spanish and South American music alongside her own folk arrangements
Sunday 15 November 19:30
King’s College School, Wimbledon
MENDELSSOHN'S OCTET PLUS
Sinfonia Cymru and Haim Choi (leader) in Mendelssohn’s Octet and more
Monday 16 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
NORDIC FOLK MEETS BACK BY CANDLELIGHT
Lodestar Trio in Nordic folk arrangements of Bach and traditional music
Tuesday 17 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
PIANO QUINTETS
Antonio Oyarzábal, piano and Solem Quartet in Dvořák and Amy Beach
Wednesday 18 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
OAE NIGHT SHIFT
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment brings Baroque chamber music to pubs, where it was first performed
Thursday 19 November 20:00
The Rushmere, Ridgway
PLAYFEST
Join us on the WIMF Stage!
Saturday 21 November daytime
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
GALA OPERA RECITAL
English National Opera’s Harewood Artists in gala recital with piano
Saturday 21 November 19:30
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
AMIDST THE SHADES
Dowland by Candlelight
Dowland, Purcell and more with soprano Ruby Hughes and lutenist Jonas Nordberg
Monday 23 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
PAINTING AND MUSIC
Jérémie Queyras creates a large-scale painting with Charlotte Spruit, violinist in Bach & Bartók
Tuesday 24 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
PIANO TITANS
David Khrikuli, piano in Bach, Chopin, Ravel and Rachmaninoff
Thursday 26 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
BACH CANTATAS AND MAGNIFICAT
Max Barley directs a hot-shot young Baroque ensemble and choir in Bach’s Magnificat and more
Friday 27 November 14:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
CHAMBER CONCERT
Mozart, Korngold & Schubert. French quartet stars Quatuor Agate join Festival Director, clarinettist Anthony Friend
Saturday 28 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
CLOSING RECITAL
Angela Hewitt, piano, in Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn and Bach. A recital of the highest international calibre.
Sunday 29 November 19:30
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill
