Join us at a special gala concert at London’s Wigmore Hall to celebrate Gramophone’s centenary, featuring some of today’s finest artists, including: Martin James Bartlett, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Bertrand Chamayou, Alina Ibragimova, Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton, Miloš, Fatma Said, Carolyn Sampson, Sean Shibe, Karim Sulayman, Emma Sventelius and Cédric Tiberghien.

Fatma Said, Gramophone's 2021 Young Artist of the Year will be performing at the gala concert (photo: James Bort)

Gramophone at 100

‘An apology is due to the public for inflicting upon it another review, but I should not be doing so unless I were persuaded that many of the numerous possessors of gramophones will welcome an organ of candid opinion.’ So wrote Compton Mackenzie in April 1923 as a prologue to the first issue of The Gramophone. One hundred years on, and recognised the world over as one of the most influential classical recording magazines, it’s time for Gramophone to celebrate. Gramophone’s Editor-in-Chief James Jolly tells the story of the magazine’s first century in the company of a stellar line-up of artists, many of whom are recipients of Gramophone Awards.

Pianist Martin James Bartlett will play at the gala concert (photo: Paul M Mitchell)

Ticket information

Tickets are available from the Wigmore Hall box office on 020 7935 2141, or visit wigmore-hall.org.uk

The concert will also be streamed live on Wigmore Hall's website

Full Programme

Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor

Schubert Rastlose Liebe D138. Im Frühling D882. Nachtstück D672

Duplessy Amor Fati

Ravel Miroirs – Une barque sur l'océan, Alborada del gracioso

Sibelius Den första kyssen Op 37 No 1

Sjögren Kärleks-sånger Op 50. Tänd stjärnor

Alma Mahler Waldseligkeit. Ansturm

Trad/Sephardic La Prima Vez

Trad/Andalusian Lamma Bada Yatathanna

Sayed Darwish El Helwa Di

Liszt Isoldes Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde S447. Liebeslied (Widmung) S566

Purcell Sweeter than roses Z585

Britten Fancie

Poulenc Fancy

Poldowski L'heure exquise

Saariaho 4 Instants. Parfum de l'instant

Liszt Venezia e Napoli S162