BBT20 Sunday 11 June 2023 - Sean Shibe and Ema Nikolovska perform Dowland, Britten and Thomas Adès

In the final concert of BBT's 20th anniversary weekend at Wigmore Hall in June 2023, guitarist Sean Shibe followed Quatuor Ébène's Purcell Fantasia No 6 with a Fantasia from nearly 100 years earlier, by John Dowland, before being joined by mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska for three Dowland songs. A jump of three centuries brought us to the 20th century for two of Benjamin Britten's Songs from the Chinese, before a further leap into our own century for two excerpts from Thomas Adès' most recent opera, The Exterminating Angel, which also saw Ema's debut on the piano!

[@MrMjp58]

Where are Sean’s socks? He is a bit ‘with it’ for a classical musician, but also a really great player.
I suppose he’s the new John Williams.
A nice selection of music. Well performed.

[@arthurfranca5516]

he is super stylish. and has a very different way of playing than JW

[@MrMjp58]

@@arthurfranca5516 Agreed.

[@davidwilson5201]

Interested in the mic right on the body of his guitar - its size/shape - is that a Senn 8000 of some sort?

[@davidwilson5201]

Also, regarding his footwear, watch his Wigmore Reich Counterpoint - bare feet.