Karim Sulayman/Sean Shibe review – tenor and guitarist beguile in wide-ranging and joyful recital

Wigmore Hall, London From a lament to the Lebanese capital to Sephardic love songs, melancholy Monteverdi to Purcell and Britten, the pair’s ‘Broken Branches’ programme felt spontaneous and engaging The tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe together bring a microcosm of world heritage to the concert platform: English, Japanese, Scottish, Lebanese and American. Their recital programme Broken Branches offers similarly a multitude of perspectives, both remembered and imagined. Its title comes from a poem by Sinan Antoon on being an Iraqi refugee in New York, set to music in 2022 by Layale

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