Steven Isserlis / Connie Shih

Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Monday 09 November 2026

13:00

Programme

Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875)	Sonata Duo in A major, Op.32
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Six studies in the form of canons, Op.56 (Innig) (arr. Steven Isserlis)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Sängers Trost, Op.127 no.1
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Cello Sonata no. 2 in D Major, Op 58

Performers

Steven Isserlis	Cello
Connie Shih	Piano

Steven Isserlis’s programme recalls the musical powerhouse of Leipzig in the mid-1800s. Mendelssohn, so impressed by the works of William Sterndale Bennett, invited the young English composer to the German city, where he met and became friends with Robert Schumann. Bennett’s gift for melodic invention shines in his Sonata Duo, written in 1852 for the virtuoso cellist, Antonio Piatti, as does Mendelssohn’s in his Bach-inspired Second Cello Sonata of 1842.

Tickets

£18 (concessions £16)

Priority Booking for this event will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 15 April at 10.00am

General sale for this event will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 28 April

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