Iestyn Davies & Oliver Wass
Wigmore Series
Event details
11 January 2026
Countertenor Iestyn Davies and harpist Oliver Wass come together to perform their journey through the ages with a programme spanning 400 years of music. Oliver Wass is a renowned soloist on the concert stage and was the first ever harpist to win the Guildhall Gold Medal. He joins together with internationally renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies who last appeared on the Garsington stage as Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2024) which featured in the 2024 BBC Proms to great critical acclaim.
If you would like to stay for dinner afterwards, the Studios Café will be serving a hot main course followed by dessert, with a glass of house wine for £35 per person. Spaces for dinner are limited and tend to sell out so early booking is advised.
Tickets
£55 concert
£35 dinner
Timings
Bar opens: 5pm
Concert start time: 5.30pm
Supper: c. 6.45pm
Priority Booking
Ingrams Circle, Constellation & Patron member booking opens: Tuesday 9 September
Special Friend & Friend member booking opens: Tuesday 23 September
Affiliate Member booking opens: Tuesday 30 September
Public booking opens: Tuesday 7 October
11 January 2026
11 January 2026
Programme
Giovanni Maria Trabaci
Toccata Seconda & Ligature per l’arpa
Claudio Monteverdi
‘Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius’ SV 287
Girolamo Frescobaldi
‘Se l’aura spira’ F 7.15
Francesco Cavalli
‘Delizie contente’ from Il Giasone
Henry Purcell
‘Strike the Viol’ from Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary II, Z323
Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Franz Schubert
‘Im frühling’ Op.101, no.1, D.882
‘Seligkeit’ D.433
‘A den Mond’ Op.57, 3 D.193
Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau
Nico Muhly
Traditional Songs Suite A Brisk Young Lad – Searching for Lambs – The Cruel Mother – The Bitter Withy
Interspersed with harp movements from ‘The Street’
G F Handel
‘Sento amor’ from Partenope
‘Oh Lord Whose Mercies Numberless’ from Saul
Performers
Countertenor
Iestyn Davies
Harp