Saturday afternoon is not normally the time for a major London piano recital.
My pilgrimage to the Wigmore Hall on a wet and windy Saturday this June was my first since 1982, when Vladimir Horowitz ended a 30-year absence with a recital at the Royal Festival Hall.
The Horowitz was due to begin at 4pm. By the time he’d made his strategically delayed appearance, received a five-minute standing ovation and played the National Anthem - his visit had been arranged by the then Prince of