Welcome to Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversary
season. It has been a great pleasure and
privilege for me to put the celebratory
programme together – my fifth as Artistic
Director and in my tenth year as a member of
staff, as I joined the Hall (initially as Executive
Director) in the run-up to our 2001 centenary
celebrations. In the decade that has passed
since then, with the vital help of our donors
and patrons, we have been able to refurbish
the building, acquire a long-term lease of
250 years, launch a critically acclaimed record
label, Wigmore Hall Live, and expand our
programming in both traditional and new
directions, attracting record audiences. I see
this 110th anniversary season very much as a
tribute to all of those who have helped us
achieve so much over the past 10 years.
Our season-long celebrations reflect the great
traditions of the Hall: presenting the cream of
international artists and the leading composers of
our time. We launch the season with a six-concert
festival over five days, featuring Karita Mattila
and Martin Katz, Angelika Kirchschlager,
Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake and the Artemis,
Elias and Tokyo String Quartets. The celebrations
continue across the season and we are very
proud to welcome Martha Argerich and Stephen
Kovacevich, Daniel Barenboim, Matthias Goerne,
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Cecilia Bartoli, Diana
Damrau, Alfred Brendel (for a lecture recital
series), Susan Graham, long-standing Wigmore
favourite András Schiff, Jonas Kaufmann in
Die schöne Müllerin with Helmut Deutsch,
Jordi Savall, Philippe Jaroussky, Thomas
Hampson, Andreas Scholl, the Takács Quartet
and Sandrine Piau, Christophe Rousset and
Les Talens Lyriques in a programme of sacred
songs. Two chamber music galas will be held on
31 May and 1 June 2011, the actual dates of the
WELCOME TO OUR 110TH ANNIVERSARY SEASONKe
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Bechstein (now Wigmore) Hall inaugural
concerts in 1901. Very appropriately, reflecting
our commitment to both young artists and
new music, the celebrations conclude on
30 July with the London debut of the superb
New York-based Jack Quartet, whose energy
and panache bowled me over when I first
encountered them last year.
In a major series to mark the bicentenary of
Robert Schumann’s birth in 1810 we draw
together a diverse range of artists to celebrate
one of the most absorbing figures of German
Romanticism. The series takes in the six major
song-cycles (as well as many of his 250 or so
other songs, with a special emphasis on songs
composed during Schumann’s annus mirabilis
1840). We also feature the three string quartets
and the three piano trios, plus other chamber
music and major piano works. The series is
brought to life by Julius Drake, Imogen Cooper,
the Florestan Trio, the Vogler, Elias and Doric
String Quartets (who perform one of Schumann’s
quartets each in three of our autumn Sunday
morning coffee concerts). Singers participating
in the series include Mark Padmore, James
Gilchrist, Christopher Maltman, Gerald Finley,
Ian Bostridge, Soile Isokoski, Wolfgang Holzmair
and Kate Royal. Another major vocal project is
with Malcolm Martineau and distinguished
colleagues who take us on a 100 year journey
through the German song repertoire, culminating
in the period 1900 –1910, the Hall’s first decade.
Clarinettist Michael Collins joins us for a three-
concert residency across the season, featuring
him as both chamber musician and soloist in
a wide variety of repertoire. To mark the 30th
anniversary of the illustrious Hagen Quartet,
we present a six-concert series over the season.
I have invited the much-loved Steven Isserlis to
return as Artist in Residence for a French series in
which he draws together distinguished colleagues
for a survey of the chamber music of Saint-Saëns,
Fauré and Ravel. And we launch a four-concert
guitar series spotlighting an instrument whose
breathtaking versatility and range of musical
expression thrive in the Hall’s intimate acoustic.
We welcome John Williams, Manuel Barrueco
(from Cuba), Álvaro Pierri (Uruguay) and
Glasgow-born Galicia resident David Russell.
Soloist, chamber musician and conductor
Thomas Zehetmair, one of the most dynamic
violinists around, joins us for a Bach recital,
and an appearance within his quartet, as well as
a duo recital with violist Ruth Killius in music
spanning from Mozart to Heinz Holliger. The
distinguished Artemis Quartet continues with the
Beethoven cycle which commenced last season,
and we welcome back the Leopold String Trio
with pianist Aleksandar Madzar (who greatly
impressed our audience with his first evening
solo recital last season) for a concert which
includes Taneyev’s Piano Quartet in E Op. 20.
A new quartet by Mark-Anthony Turnage, written
for the Belcea Quartet and co-commissioned by
Köln Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw,
Vienna Konzerthaus and Wigmore Hall, will
receive its world première on 7 December with
the help of Fondation Hoffmann. We also
co-commission several new works with the
Britten Sinfonia, as part of their award-winning
Lunchtime Series.
Angela Hewitt returns for two concerts in which
she pairs works by Bach with six new works
commissioned by Wigmore Hall. Since 1991,
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has been
Artistic Director of the internationally renowned
Risør Festival, alongside violist Lars Anders
Tomter. Each year several of the world’s leading
musicians convene there for an intensive period
of rehearsals and performances, and, this year,
the special atmosphere of these performances
comes to us in four concerts, also featuring
the Festival’s string orchestra. These will be
very memorable musical events taking place
from 26 –28 November.
Other highlights of the autumn booking period
include return visits from the world’s leading
trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger, the
Jerusalem Quartet, Ebène Quartet, and the
Emerson String Quartet, who will have a trio of
concerts. Christoph Prégardien and Andreas
Staier join us on 1 December. The Early Opera
Company soloists and chorus pack the Wigmore
stage for Handel’s Messiah on 19 December, and
the unconventional Patricia Petibon presents
her own brand of song recital on 21 December,
with a Christmas flavour. Later in the season we
look forward to Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis
in Schubert, and the London debut of pianist
Marino Formenti, one of the most interesting
interpreters of the present day, in a recital
entitled ‘Kurtág’s Ghosts’. We also celebrate
the music of Australian composer Brett Dean
in the spring. As usual, there is far too much to
mention. Please look through the brochure –
we hope to enjoy our celebratory season in
your company.
John Gilhooly
Director
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AT A GLANCE SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2010
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Song Recital SeriesFri 10 Sep Karita Mattila/Martin Katz Page 7
Sat 11 Sep Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake 10
Mon 13 Sep Angelika Kirchschlager/Ian Bostridge 12
Julius Drake
Sat 18 Sep Matthias Goerne/Eric Schneider 13
Mon 20 Sep Matthias Goerne/Andreas Haefliger 14
Tue 21 Sep James Gilchrist/Christopher Maltman 15
Julius Drake
Tue 28 Sep Angelika Kirchschlager 18
Belcea Quartet/Simon Lepper
Thu 14 Oct Kate Royal/Malcolm Martineau 26
Mon 18 Oct Christianne Stotijn/Imogen Cooper 29
Tue 19 Oct Michael Schade/Malcolm Martineau 32
Fri 29 Oct Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 39
Sun 31 Oct Jonas Kaufmann/Helmut Deutsch 41
Tue 2 Nov Christopher Maltman 42
Malcolm Martineau
Fri 5 Nov Angelika Kirchschlager 43
Malcolm Martineau
Thu 11 Nov Matthew Rose/Jonathan Cohen 47
Malcolm Martineau
Sat 13 Nov Kate Royal/Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake 51
Wed 1 Dec Christoph Prégardien/Andreas Staier 63
Fri 10 Dec Samling Showcase 68
Mon 13 Dec Susan Bullock/Malcolm Martineau 70
Tue 14 Dec Wolfgang Holzmair/Imogen Cooper 70
Fri 17 Dec Dorothea Röschmann 73
Malcolm Martineau
Tue 21 Dec Patricia Petibon/Susan Manoff 75
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Festivals and Series to look out for ...ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENING CELEBRATIONS Page 6SCHUMANN BICENTENARY SERIES 8
NASH ENSEMBLE: BEETHOVEN AND THE RUSSIANS 17
GUITAR SERIES 24
DECADE BY DECADE – 100 YEARS OF GERMAN SONG 30
MICHAEL COLLINS – CHAMBER MUSICIAN AND SOLOIST 36
HAGEN QUARTET 30TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES 39
STEVEN ISSERLIS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 48
FRENCH SERIESALFRED BRENDEL LECTURE RECITALS 50
ANGELA HEWITT’S BACH BOOK 54
RISØR FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC 58
AT WIGMORE HALLARTEMIS QUARTET BEETHOVEN CYCLE 64
THOMAS ZEHETMAIR RESIDENCY 72
Early Music and Baroque SeriesFri 24 Sep Academy of Ancient Music 16
Wed 20 Oct Retrospect Ensemble 33
Wed 27 Oct The English Concert 38
Wed 3 Nov Florilegium 42
Thu 25 Nov Academy of Ancient Music 57
Tue 30 Nov Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque 62
Orchestra/Jeannette SorrellSophie Daneman
Sat 4 Dec Les Talens Lyriques/Sandrine Piau 65
Christophe RoussetSun 12 Dec The Brook Street Band 69
Sun 19 Dec Early Opera Company 74
Wed 22 Dec Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque 76
Fri 31 Dec Retrospect Ensemble 77
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Chamber Music SeasonSun 12 Sep Tokyo String Quartet Page 11
Tue 14 Sep Artemis Quartet 12
Fri 17 Sep Razumovsky Young Artist Recital 13
Fri 17 Sep Razumovsky Ensemble 13
Thu 30 Sep IMS Prussia Cove 18
Sat 2 Oct Håkan Hardenberger/Roland Pöntinen 19
Tue 5 Oct Florestan Trio 20
Wed 6 Oct Britten Sinfonia 20
Thu 7 Oct Leopold String Trio/Aleksandar Madzar 21
Fri 8 Oct Brentano String Quartet 21
Mon 11 Oct Florestan Trio 23
Tue 12 Oct Endellion String Quartet 23
Fri 15 Oct Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 26
Sat 16 Oct Scottish Ensemble/Pieter Wispelwey 27
Thu 21 Oct Chilingirian Quartet 33
Fri 22 Oct Sergey Khachatryan/Lusine Khachatryan 34
Sun 23 Oct Nash Ensemble 34
Sun 23 Oct Nash Ensemble 34
Mon 25 Oct Michael Collins 37
Thu 28 Oct Quatuor Ebène 38
Sat 30 Oct Hagen Quartet 40
Sat 6 Nov Nash Ensemble/Christine Rice 44
Mon 8 Nov Aronowitz Ensemble 45
Tue 9 Nov Emerson String Quartet 46
Wed 10 Nov Emerson String Quartet 46
Fri 12 Nov Steven Isserlis/Viviane Hagner 48
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Mon 15 Nov Steven Isserlis/Joshua Bell/Connie Shih 49
Wed 17 Nov Jerusalem Quartet/Chen Reiss 52
Gavriel Livkind
Thu 18 Nov Soloists of the LPO 53
Fri 19 Nov Steven Isserlis/Joshua Bell/Dénes Várjon 49
Sun 21 Nov Nash Ensemble/Dame Felicity Lott 56
Fri 26 Nov Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Hamelin 59
Henning Kraggerud/Lars Anders TomterTorleif Thedéen/Measha BrueggergosmanRisør Festival Strings
Sat 27 Nov Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Page 60
Hamelin/Henning KraggerudLars Anders Tomter/Torleif ThedéenMartin Fröst/Measha BrueggergosmanRisør Festival Strings
Sun 28 Nov Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Hamelin 61
Lars Anders Tomter/Martin FröstRisør Festival Strings
Thu 2 Dec Artemis Quartet 64
Fri 3 Dec Bernard Gregor-Smith 65th Birthday 63
Concert
Tue 7 Dec Belcea Quartet 67
Sat 11 Dec Nash Ensemble/Matthew Rose 68
Wed 15 Dec Britten Sinfonia 71
Wed 15 Dec Razumovsky Young Artist Recital 71
Wed 15 Dec Razumovsky Ensemble 71
Thu 16 Dec Thomas Zehetmair 72
Sat 18 Dec Kuss Quartet 73
Mon 20 Dec Soloists of the LPO 75
London Pianoforte SeriesWed 22 Sep Llyr Williams 15
Sun 17 Oct Stephen Kovacevich/Martha Argerich 28
Khatia Buniatishvili/Belcea QuartetColin Currie & Sam Walton
Thu 4 Nov Imogen Cooper 43
Sun 7 Nov Melvyn Tan 45
Sat 13 Nov Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Sun 14 Nov Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Sat 20 Nov Angela Hewitt 55
Tue 23 Nov Angela Hewitt 55
Wed 8 Dec Elisabeth Leonskaja 67
Thu 9 Dec Nelly Akopian-Tamarina 67
Sat 18 Dec Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Tue 28 Dec Lucy Parham 76
Martin Jarvis & Joanna David
Thu 30 Dec Bertrand Chamayou 77
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime ConcertsMon 13 Sep Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 11
Mon 20 Sep Ilya Gringolts/pianist to be announced 14
Mon 27 Sep ATOS Trio 17
Mon 4 Oct Jonathan Biss 19
Mon 11 Oct Soile Isokoski/Marita Viitasalo 22
Mon 18 Oct Skampa Quartet 29
Mon 25 Oct Diana Damrau/pianist to be announced 35
Mon 1 Nov Khatia Buniatishvili 40
Mon 8 Nov Emerson String Quartet 45
Mon 15 Nov Florian Boesch/Roger Vignoles 52
Mon 22 Nov Takács Quartet 57
Mon 29 Nov Malin Christensson/Simon Lepper 62
Mon 6 Dec Mark Padmore/Kristian Bezuidenhout 66
Mon 13 Dec Tokyo String Quartet/Sabine Meyer 69
Mon 20 Dec Francesco Piemontesi 74
Wigmore Hall LearningSat 18 Sep Open House Day 80
Sat 18 Sep Pre-Concert Talk 13
Fri 24 Sep Pre-Concert Talk 16
Sat 2 Oct Family Day: A Knight’s Quest 80
Mon 4 Oct Study Course: The Nuts and Bolts of 20
Music TheoryFri 15 Oct Schools Concert: Journey Through Song 81
Sat 16 Oct Family Concert: Journey Through Song 27/81
Tue 19 Oct Pre-Concert Talk 32
Wed 20 Oct Wigmore Study Group 32
Fri 22 Oct Wigmore Study Group 32
Tue 26 Oct Half-Term Course: Bach to Jazz 81
Wed 27 Oct Half-Term Course: Bach to Jazz 81
Fri 29 Oct Wigmore Study Group 32
Sat 6 Nov Family Day: Dirty Beasts 82
Tue 9 Nov Imogen Cooper Masterclass 46
Thu 11 Nov Steven Isserlis Masterclass 47
Sat 13 Nov Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Sun 14 Nov Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Sat 20 Nov Artists in Conversation 55
Thu 25 Nov Pre-Concert Talk 57
Sat 27 Nov Artists in Conversation 59
Thu 2 Dec Schools Concert: Chamber Domaine 82
Sat 4 Dec Family Concert: Carducci String Quartet 65/82
Tue 7 Dec Artists in Conversation 66
Sat 18 Dec Alfred Brendel Lecture Recital 50
Guitar SeriesWed 13 Oct John Williams Page 24
Sun 24 Oct Manuel Barrueco 25
Sun 27 Mar 2011 Álvaro Pierri 25
Tue 3 May 2011 David Russell 25
Sunday Morning Coffee ConcertsSun 12 Sep Elias String Quartet Page 11
Sun 19 Sep Anthony Marwood/Aleksandar Madzar 14
Sun 26 Sep Nash Ensemble 17
Sun 3 Oct Bennewitz Quartet 19
Sun 10 Oct Julian Bliss/Robert Bottriell 22
Sun 17 Oct Scottish Ensemble 27
Sun 24 Oct Vogler Quartet 35
Sun 31 Oct Hagen Quartet 40
Sun 7 Nov Belcea Quartet/Julian Rachlin 44
Sun 14 Nov Veronika Eberle/Lars Vogt 51
Sun 21 Nov Atrium Quartet 56
Sun 28 Nov Leif Ove Andsnes/Henning Kraggerud 61
Lars Anders Tomter/Torleif ThedéenMartin Fröst
Sun 5 Dec Adrian Brendel/Tim Horton 66
Sun 12 Dec Doric String Quartet 69
Sun 19 Dec Kuss Quartet 74
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Friday 10 September 7.30 pm
KARITA MATTILA soprano
MARTIN KATZ piano
Saturday 11 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Sunday 12 September 11.30 am
ELIAS STRING QUARTET
Sunday 12 September 7.30 pm
TOKYO STRING QUARTET
Monday 13 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Tuesday 14 September 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTET
Wigmore Hall marks its 110th anniversary with aseason-long celebration reflecting its long traditionof presenting both the cream of international artistsand leading composers of the day. Audiences over theyears have witnessed performances by Eugène Ysaÿe,Ferruccio Busoni, Enrico Caruso, Thomas Beecham,Arthur Rubinstein, Elisabeth Schumann and theCzech Quartet – a roll call of starry artists, the calibreof which we continue to bring before concert-goerstoday. John Gilhooly launches the season with sixconcerts over five days, featuring the front-rank oftoday’s artists, and the celebrations continue acrossthe season, with performances from Martha Argerich,Daniel Barenboim, Cecilia Bartoli, Thomas Quasthoff,András Schiff, Diana Damrau, Susan Graham, JonasKaufmann, Thomas Hampson, Jordi Savall, theTakács Quartet, Les Talens Lyriques and many otherartists who will join us in looking forward to the next110 years of great music-making.
ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENING CELEBRATIONS
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Opening Concert of the 2010 –11 Season
Friday 10 September 7.30 pm
KARITA MATTILA soprano
MARTIN KATZ piano
WIGMORE MEMORIESProgramme to include songs bySCHUBERT, BRAHMS, BERG,STRAUSS, SIBELIUS and MADETOJA
To open Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversaryseason we have a very special event.Hailed by Musical America in 2005 as‘the most electrifying singing actress ofour day’, Finnish soprano Karita Mattilatraces almost a century of Austro-Germansong, and includes selections by Sibeliusand by Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947), the composer she regards as ‘Finland’shidden jewel’.
£20 £30 £40 £50
(not part of subscription scheme)
Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who areproviding vital support throughout the2010 –11 season
Song Recital Series/ Anniversary Season
Opening Celebrations
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Photo by Lauri Eriksson
In a major series to mark the bicentenaryof Robert Schumann’s birth in 1810, wedraw together a diverse range of artists tocelebrate one of the most absorbing figuresof German Romanticism. Schumann’screative spirit was uniquely influenced byhis strong literary instincts, his love for hiswife Clara and his precarious mental state –the sudden decline of which cut his careertragically short.
Taking in the six major song-cycles (as wellas a broad selection of his 250 or so othersongs), the series includes a special focuson Schumann’s song output during the year1840. Presenting the three string quartets(performed across the Coffee Concert seriesby the Elias, Vogler and Doric Quartets) andthree piano trios, plus other chamber musicand major piano works, the series is broughtto life by major interpreters, including JuliusDrake (who oversees Schumann’s Songs of1840 for us), Imogen Cooper, Gerald Finley,Christopher Maltman, Kate Royal, IanBostridge and the Florestan Trio.
SCHUMANNBICENTENARYSERIES
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Saturday 11 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Sunday 12 September 11.30 am
ELIAS STRING QUARTET
Tuesday 21 September 7.30 pm
JAMES GILCHRIST tenor
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Tuesday 5 October 7.30 pm
FLORESTAN TRIO
Monday 11 October 1.00 pm
SOILE ISOKOSKI soprano
MARITA VIITASALO piano
Monday 11 October 7.30 pm
FLORESTAN TRIO
Monday 18 October 7.30 pm
CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN mezzo-soprano
IMOGEN COOPER piano
Sunday 24 October 11.30 am
VOGLER QUARTET
Friday 29 October 7.30 pm
GERALD FINLEY baritone
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Thursday 4 November 7.30 pm
IMOGEN COOPER piano
Saturday 13 November 7.30 pm
KATE ROYAL soprano
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Monday 6 December 1.00 pm
MARK PADMORE tenor
KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT piano
Wednesday 8 December 7.30 pm
ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano
Sunday 12 December 11.30 am
DORIC STRING QUARTET
Tuesday 14 December 7.30 pm
WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR baritone
IMOGEN COOPER piano
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Portrait of Robert Schumann by Gustav Zerner
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Saturday 11 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano
JULIUS DRAKE piano
ANNUS MIRABILIS: THE COMPLETE SONGS OF 1840 –FRAUENLIEBE UND -LEBEN AND OTHER CHAMISSOSETTINGS
SCHUMANN Loreley; Die Nonne; Mädchen-Schwermut;Blondels Lied; Sag an, o lieber Vogel mein; Dem roten Rösleingleicht mein Lieb; Was soll ich sagen; Jasminenstrauch;Volksliedchen; Verratene Liebe; Die Löwenbraut;Die Kartenlegerin; Die rote Hanne; Frauenliebe und -leben
Leading mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and pianistJulius Drake launch this season’s Schumann Bicentenaryseries, opening with Schumann’s brief evocation of the songof a river siren and ending with Frauenliebe und -leben, anintimate account of a woman’s joy, rapture and pain alongher journey through love and loss. The programme is devisedby Julius Drake.
£18 £25 £30 £35
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WIGMORE SERIESSEPTEMBER– DECEMBER 10
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER Nikolaus Karlinsky
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Sunday 12 September 11.30 am
ELIAS STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’SCHUMANN String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
Haydn was one of the composers whose string quartetsSchumann studied before beginning his own first foray in thegenre. The Classical influence of Schumann’s first quartetcomplements the most popular of Haydn’s 12 quartetsdedicated to the violinist Johann Tost, nicknamed the ‘Lark’,after the first violin’s sweetly soaring opening melody.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N T
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Coffee Concert/Schumann Bicentenary Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations
Sunday 12 September 7.30 pm
TOKYO STRING QUARTETBERG String Quartet Op. 3BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7
Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the Tokyo StringQuartet returns to Wigmore Hall, boasting its remarkablecomplement of all-Stradivari instruments.
‘This was another expressively phrased musical conversationof burnished grace and vigour – one the enthusiastic audienceseemed thrilled to have overheard’ New York Times
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season/Anniversary SeasonOpening Celebrations
Monday 13 September 1.00 pm
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA violin
CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN piano
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78
STRAUSS Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18
Still in her mid-twenties Alina Ibragimova is oneof the leading violinists of her generation. Thelush and unjustly neglected Violin Sonata ofRichard Strauss – his last major chamber-musicwork, composed at the age of only 23 – followsBrahms’s richly lyrical Violin Sonata No. 1,written less than a decade earlier.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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ELIAS STRING QUARTET Benjamin Ealovega
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Monday 13 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
WOLF Spanisches Liederbuch
As part of our opening Festival, two world-class singersperform a milestone of the Lieder repertoire. For this sequenceof religious and secular songs Wolf turned to 16th- and17th-century Spanish poems, whose exoticism was the voguein late 19th-century Germany. Wolf’s ability to encapsulatethe entire mood of a poem is strongly evident here.
£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)
Song Recital Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations
Tuesday 14 September 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E minor Op. 59
No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’
The distinguished Berlin-based Artemis Quartet,which recently celebrated its 20th birthday,brings our Anniversary Season OpeningCelebrations to a close with the continuationof the complete Beethoven string-quartetcycle, charting Beethoven’s developmentacross 30 years of composing in a form thatdemonstrates his great innovations inexpressive development.
£12 £16 £22 £26
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IAN BOSTRIDGE David Thompson
ARTEMIS QUARTET Boris Streubel
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Friday 17 September 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
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Chamber Music Season
Friday 17 September 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929
Wigmore regulars the Razumovsky Ensemble comprise aconstantly revolving and evolving selection of internationalartists hand-picked for each project, making for performancesnotable for their vitality and freshness.
‘Each Razumovsky member may be king of their choseninstrument, but they scale the heavens as a team’ The Times
£15 £20 £25 £30
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 18 September 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD STOKES explores the Schubert songs featured in theevening concert in the last of a series of four talks linked withthe Matthias Goerne Schubert Songs series.
£3
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 18 September 7.30 pm
MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone
ERIC SCHNEIDER piano
SCHUBERT Lieder to texts by Mayrhofer,Schober, Schütz, Claudius and Collin
One of today’s leading recitalists, MatthiasGoerne reaches the final year of his large-scaleSchubert project, performing 200 songs over11 recitals across three seasons.
‘Few male singers, even Fischer-Dieskau,command such a rich palette of colours asGoerne does’ Sunday Times
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MATTHIAS GOERNE Marco Borggreve
Sunday 19 September 11.30 am
ANTHONY MARWOOD violin
ALEKSANDAR MADZAR piano
SCHUBERT Duo Sonata in A D574
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78
Anthony Marwood is familiar to Wigmore Hall audiences asviolinist of the Florestan Trio (see 5 & 11 October). This isthe first of three Coffee Concerts he gives this season, eachof which features one of the three effusively lyrical sonatasby Brahms.
‘Marwood’s violin tone is like spun gold’ The Scotsman
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert
Monday 20 September 1.00 pm
ILYA GRINGOLTS violinpianist to be announced
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121
It was as a student at the Leipzig Conservatory that Grieg firstcame into contact with the music of Schumann, inspiring alife-long enthusiasm. The brilliant young Russian violinist IlyaGringolts pairs Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 1, which the composercharacterised as ‘naive, rich in ideas’, with Schumann’s moreturbulent D minor Sonata.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 20 September 7.30 pm
MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone
ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano
SCHUBERT Im Abendrot; Der Wanderer;Nachtviolen; Im Walde; Normans Gesang;Der Abend; Der Geistertanz; SchatzgräbersBegehr; An den Mond (D296); Erlkönig;Am See; Alinde; Widerschein; Die Forelle;Der Fluss; Abendröte; Klage; Der Strom;Fischerweise; Auf der Brücke
‘Matthias Goerne seems to own a differentshade of baritonal colour for every syllableSchubert wrote. The voice is sweet and serene,even at fff, and the shifts that Goerne appliesto the changing of seasons and the ficklenessof love are done with enviable delicacy’Evening Standard
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Song Recital Series/Schubert Songs
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ILYA GRINGOLTS Tomasz Trzebiatowski
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Tuesday 21 September 7.30 pm
JAMES GILCHRIST tenor
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone
JULIUS DRAKE piano
ANNUS MIRABILIS: THE COMPLETE SONGS OF 1840 –EICHENDORFF, KERNER AND ANDERSON
SCHUMANN Der frohe Wandersmann; Der Schatzgräber;Frühlingsfahrt; Sängers Trost; Trost im Gesang; LiederkreisOp. 39; Märzveilchen; Muttertraum; Der Soldat;Der Spielmann; Kernerlieder
Christopher Maltman, James Gilchrist and Julius Drake continueour Schumann Bicentenary Series with a selection of Liederfrom 1840, Schumann’s remarkable ‘year of song’, includingthe second set of Liederkreis – ‘my most Romantic music ever’,said the composer – which features the supernatural forestscene of Waldesgespräch (‘A forest dialogue’) and therapturous moonlit half-lights of Mondnacht (‘Moonlit night’).
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Song Recital Series/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Wednesday 22 September 7.30 pm
LLY^R WILLIAMS piano
BACH/BUSONI Chaconne in D minor from ViolinPartita No. 2 BWV1004
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53
‘Waldstein’BRAHMS 3 Intermezzos Op. 117
BRAHMS Variations and Fugue on a Theme ofHandel Op. 24
Busoni’s towering piano realisation of Bach’sfamous D minor Chaconne for solo violin andBeethoven’s rhythmically driven WaldsteinSonata contrast with Brahms’s more rhapsodicIntermezzos. In his Handel Variations, Brahmspaid tribute not only to the composer whosetheme he borrowed, but also to Beethoven, oneof the greatest exponents of the piano variation.
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JULIUS DRAKE Marco Borggreve
Friday 24 September 6.30 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD EGARR introduces the first performance in The BachDynasty, his year-long showcase of the music of history’smost important musical family.
Free (ticket required)
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Friday 24 September 7.30 pm
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICCHOIR OF THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICRICHARD EGARR director, harpsichord
THE BACH DYNASTY: JS BACH’S ANTECEDENTS
HEINRICH BACH Ich danke dir, GottJOHANN MICHAEL BACH Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen
ANON Es ist g’nugHEINRICH BACH Sonata a 5JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH Die Furcht desHerrenJOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH Ach, daß ichWassers gnug hätte (Lamento)HEINRICH BACH Sonata a 5JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH Mein Freundin,du bist schön
The Academy of Ancient Music begins its year-long homage to history’s greatest musicaldynasty with music by J. S. Bach’s antecedents.The concert begins with music by Heinrich Bach(1615–1692) – great-uncle of Johann Sebastian– before exploring the music of Heinrich’s sonsJohann Christoph (1642–1703) and JohannMichael (1648–1694).
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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Richard Haughton
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Monday 27 September 1.00 pm
ATOS TRIORACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minorOp. posthBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Having won four prizes at the 2007 MelbourneInternational Chamber Music Competition, theATOS Trio is among the current roster of BBCRadio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme. WhileRachmaninov’s first Trio élégiaque carries adoleful air, Beethoven’s noble ‘Archduke’ Trioerupts into a light-hearted, rustic finale.
£12 concs £10
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
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Beethoven enjoyed the patronage of several Russian aristocrats,including Count Razumovsky, who commissioned three of hisbest-known string quartets (Op. 59). Beethoven was one of theprincipal models to Russian composers writing chamber musicin the 19th century, and his influence was equally important toRussia’s greatest 20th-century composer, Shostakovich. Thisseries combines some of Beethoven’s finest chamber works withmusic from the rich Russian tradition, including both familiarmasterpieces and lesser known gems. Some illustrious singersbring their talents to the renowned expertise of the NashEnsemble players in a varied and illuminating series.
Sunday 26 September 11.30 am
NASH ENSEMBLEMARIANNE THORSEN violin RICHARD LESTER cello
PHILIPPA DAVIES flute IAN BROWN piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op. 26
PROKOFIEV Flute Sonata in D Op. 94
RACHMANINOV Prélude Op. 2 for cello and pianoRACHMANINOV Danse orientale Op. 2 for cello and pianoSHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67
NASH ENSEMBLE: BEETHOVENAND THE RUSSIANS
An all-Russian matinee, with Tchaikovsky’s ownviolin-and-piano transcription of his appealingSérénade mélancolique for violin and orchestra,Prokofiev’s substantial and tuneful Flute Sonata,some attractive early Rachmaninov cello pieces,and Shostakovich’s powerful wartime piano trio –written in memory of his friend, the Russianmusicologist and theatre critic Ivan Sollertinsky.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert/Beethoven and the Russians
Beethoven and the Russians Series continues on
23 October, 6 November, 11 December, 15 January,
26 February and 5 March.
NASH ENSEMBLE Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL
Tuesday 28 September 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano
BELCEA QUARTETSIMON LEPPER piano
RESPIGHI Il tramonto for voice and string quartet BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge in Bb Op. 133
MOZART String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37
Fêted mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager returns to jointhe Belcea Quartet for Respighi’s by turns dramatic and serenesetting of Shelley’s The Sunset. She is partnered by pianistSimon Lepper in Chausson’s dreamlike Chanson perpétuelle.The Belcea Quartet will also perform Beethoven’s Grosse Fugeand Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet.
£18 £25 £30 £35
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Song Recital Series
Thursday 30 September 7.30 pm
IMS PRUSSIA COVEMARK PADMORE tenor
LAURA LUTZKE violin
LILY FRANCIS violin, viola
ATAR ARAD viola
PHILIP HIGHAM cello
MATTHEW McDONALD double bass
MATTHEW HUNT clarinet
IEVA JOKUBAVICIUTE piano
ROSSINI Duetto in D for cello and double bassSCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 73
ATAR ARAD New workVAUGHAN WILLIAMS On Wenlock EdgeFAURÉ La bonne chanson Op. 61
This concert follows the IMS Prussia Cove OpenChamber Music Seminar, in which establishedperformers take part in chamber-music ensembleswith young musicians to study and performworks from the chamber-music repertoire. Themusicians have been invited to perform by IMSPrussia Cove’s Artistic Director Steven Isserlis.
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PRUSSIA COVE, CORNWALL
MARK PADMORE Marco Borggreve
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Saturday 2 October 7.30 pm
HÅKAN HARDENBERGER trumpet
ROLAND PÖNTINEN piano
ENESCU LégendeHINDEMITH Trumpet SonataLIGETI Mysteries of the MacabrePIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango (arr. Hardenberger/Pöntinen) CHABRIER Bourrée fantasqueFilm music by PIAZZOLLA, ROTA & CHAPLIN (arr. Hardenberger/Pöntinen)
A rare chance to hear the world’s leading trumpet virtuoso inrecital. Håkan Hardenberger’s typically eclectic programme takesin Enescu’s elegiac Légende, arias from Ligeti’s absurdist operaLe grand macabre, Chabrier’s whirling Bourrée fantasque andPiazzolla’s musical story of the tango’s stylistic development,along with cinema music by Nino Rota and Charlie Chaplin.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 3 October 11.30 am
Wigmore Hall Debut
BENNEWITZ QUARTETSMETANA String Quartet No. 2 in D minorBRAHMS String Quartet in Bb Op. 67
Named after the Czech violinist Antonín Bennewitz (1833–1926),this young quartet has won major competition prizes in Germany,Italy and Japan, including the prestigious Borciani Competition.According to Smetana, his String Quartet No. 2 ‘represents theturbulence of music in a person who had lost his hearing’,while Brahms’s final quartet shows a sunnier disposition.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert
Monday 4 October 1.00 pm
JONATHAN BISS piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Op.10 No. 1BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101
BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles Op. 126
American pianist Jonathan Biss – fast establishinghimself as a young master – builds on the successof his Edison Award-winning Beethoven disc, andhis highly praised Wigmore Hall Live recording,contrasting early and late sonatas, and includingthe last of the three sets of Bagatelles.
‘Not only is his playing expressively subtle andtechnically impeccable, he clearly has plentyto say about everything he touches’BBC Music Magazine
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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HÅKAN HARDENBERGER Marco Borggreve
Wednesday 6 October 1.00 pm
BRITTEN SINFONIAJACQUELINE SHAVE violin
MIRANDA DALE violin
MARTIN OUTRAM viola
CAROLINE DEARNLEY cello
HUW WATKINS piano
MACMILLAN For Max; 25 May 1967; Walfrid, OnHis Arrival at the Gates of Paradise; For SallyMAXWELL DAVIES New work (London première)*SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57
*co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia
Shostakovich’s Stalin Prize-winning Piano Quintetlies at the heart of this opening concert of BrittenSinfonia’s lunchtime series. The miniatures byJames MacMillan are each dedicated to animportant figure in his life, including composersSir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sally Beamish.Maxwell Davies’s new piece in tribute toMacMillan receives its London première.
£12 concs £10
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JACQUELINE SHAVE
STUDY COURSE: THE NUTS ANDBOLTS OF MUSIC THEORY
AN ACCESS COURSE FOR BEGINNERS
11-week study course commencing 4 October 2010
Over a series of weekly study sessions at a local venue, thiscourse introduces music theory for those who would like tounderstand how melodies, chords, keys and rhythms are puttogether. Assuming no prior knowledge and using plenty ofexamples from classical music, students will gain skills whichwill provide a good basis for the Birkbeck Musical Techniquesand Composition Certificate.
Ticket price £225/£300* concs £115/£150*To book, contact Pam Hendon on 020 3073 8219 or [email protected].*prices for participants who already hold a degree or equivalent
In association with Birkbeck, University of London
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Tuesday 5 October 7.30 pm
FLORESTAN TRIOSCHUMANN Phantasiestücke Op. 88
MOZART Piano Trio in Bb K502
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Op. 110
Marking the Schumann bicentenary, the Florestan Trio beginsits two-concert piano-trio survey (see also 11 October) with the Phantasiestücke (1842) – described by one biographer asreflecting the full range of the Romantic spirit, ‘from roguishhumour to intimate reverie’ – and the richly expressive finalpiano trio, written nine years later.
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Thursday 7 October 7.30 pm
LEOPOLD STRING TRIOALEKSANDAR MADZAR piano
BORODIN Variations on a Russian ThemeSCHNITTKE String TrioTANEYEV Piano Quartet in E Op. 20
Recently joined by violinist Isabelle van Keulen, the award-winning Leopold String Trio performs three rarely heardRussian works spanning 130 years, including Taneyev’salmost Straussian Piano Quartet (with Aleksandar Madzar)and Schnittke’s birthday tribute to Alban Berg.
‘It would be hard to over-praise the Leopold Trio’sperformances’ Gramophone
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Chamber Music Season
Friday 8 October 7.30 pm
BRENTANO STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2HARTKE Night Songs for a Desert Flower(UK première)BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 127
Named after Antonie Brentano – the womanbelieved to have been Beethoven’s ‘ImmortalBeloved’ – this dazzling New York-basedquartet includes a new work by StephenHartke – ‘at heart, a book of madrigals forstring quartet’, says the composer – alongsideHaydn’s final quartet and the first of Beethoven’sgreat late quartets.
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LEOPOLD STRING TRIO Benjamin Ealovega
BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Christian Steiner
Sunday 10 October 11.30 am
JULIAN BLISS clarinet
ROBERT BOTTRIELL piano
POULENC Sonata for clarinet and pianoBERNSTEIN Clarinet SonataDEBUSSY Première rapsodieBRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1
Barely into his twenties, Julian Bliss has firmly establishedhimself in the international arena. Among the delights inthis Coffee Concert are Poulenc’s popular sprightly sonata,Debussy’s beguiling Rapsodie and Brahms’s broadly lyricalF minor Clarinet Sonata.
‘Sinuous, immaculate and unfussy … the subtlest powers …delivered so quietly that 6,000 people held their breath’The Times
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Coffee Concert
Monday 11 October 1.00 pm
SOILE ISOKOSKI soprano
MARITA VIITASALO piano
SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 39
DUPARC Chanson triste; L’invitation au voyage;Le manoir de Rosemonde; ExtaseKUULA Paimenet (Wuokoski); Suutelo (Kouta)
Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski marks Schumann’sbicentenary with the yearningly beautiful Op. 39
Liederkreis. Henri Duparc produced only 13 songsbefore retiring at the age of 36. The similarlyearly end to Toivo Kuula’s career, at the age of34, was more tragic – he was accidentally shotin the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War.
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JULIAN BLISS Victor Dezso Foto
SOILE ISOKOSKI Heikki Tuuli
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Monday 11 October 7.30 pm
FLORESTAN TRIOSCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80
MOZART Piano Trio in E K542
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63
One of Britain’s best-loved piano trios, the Florestans produceda Gramophone Award-winning release of Schumann’s first twopiano trios over a decade ago, drawing the acclamation,‘Music-making just doesn’t come much more sympathetic orstylish than this.’ Schumann followed his first trio with one heclaimed ‘makes a friendlier and more immediate impression’.
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Chamber Music Season/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Tuesday 12 October 7.30 pm
ENDELLION STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in C minor Op. 18
No. 4BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1‘Razumovsky’
Following the Endellions’ Beethovenstring-quartet cycle on CD, this season theensemble gives a series of three mostlyBeethoven concerts.
‘These superb musicians respond to the darkundertow so characteristic of Beethoven’squartets as much as the gentle lyricism whichinvariably breaks through’ The Observer
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FLORESTAN TRIO Richard Lewisohn
ENDELLION STRING QUARTET Eric Richmond
GUITAR SERIESAs Wigmore Hall celebrates its 110th anniversary, we launch a newGuitar Series, spotlighting an instrument whose breathtakingversatility and range of musical expression thrive in the Hall’s intimateacoustic. The series begins with perhaps the world’s leading exponentof the instrument, John Williams, and continues through the seasonwith Manuel Barrueco from Cuba, Álvaro Pierri (Uruguay) andGlasgow-born, Galicia-resident David Russell. Although best knownfor bringing the harmonies, rhythms and festivities of Spain to vividlife, the guitar is equally suited to the music of the Baroque and canboast a huge range of repertoire, plusarrangements spanning fromBach to the Beatles.
Wednesday 13 October 7.30 pm
JOHN WILLIAMS guitar
Programme to be announced
John Williams’s distinguished career has embraced a range ofmusical styles and brought fruitful collaborations with JulianBream, Paco Peña, Pete Townshend (of The Who) and HerbieFlowers, with whom he founded the group Sky. Williams’sassociation with Wigmore Hall goes back to his professionaldebut, which took place here in 1958.
£15 £20 £25 £30
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Sunday 24 October 7.30 pm
MANUEL BARRUECO guitar
ARDÉVOL Sonata for GuitarPIAZZOLLA Cinco piezas para guitarraYANOV-YANOVSKY New workALBÉNIZ Prelude from España (arr. Barrueco)ALBÉNIZ Granata, serenata from Suite Española(arr. Barrueco)
ALBÉNIZ Rumores de la Caleta from Malagueña(arr. Barrueco)MALATS Serenata Andaluza (arr. Tárrega)MALATS Serenata Española (arr. Tárrega)
Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco continues our newGuitar Series, featuring the sonata by his compatriotJosé Ardévol, whose charming middle movement is aset of variations on a guajira, a Cuban country dance.Guitar favourites by Albéniz rub shoulders witharrangements of piano works by Albéniz’s Catalancontemporary Joaquín Malats.
£15 £20 £25 £30
Sunday 27 March 2011 7.30 pm
ÁLVARO PIERRI guitar
ALBÉNIZ España Op. 165
LENNOX BERKELEY Sonatina Op. 52 No. 1BOGDANOVIC Ricercare (ded. to Álvaro Pierri)BOGDANOVIC Jazz SonatinaPONCE Sonata IIILLOBET Preludio; Variations on a theme by Fernando SorGINASTERA Sonata for solo guitar Op. 47
£15 £20 £25 £30
Tuesday 3 May 2011 7.30 pm
DAVID RUSSELL guitar
Programme to be announced
£15 £20 £25 £30
Booking for all concerts in the Guitar Series opens toFriends on 29 April, to Mailing List Subscribers on13 May and to the General Public on 20 May.
MANUEL BARRUECO ÁLVARO PIERRI DAVID RUSSELL
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Thursday 14 October 7.30 pm
KATE ROYAL soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
A love story told through song
Programme to includeSCHUBERT Gretchen am Spinnrade; Die Männer sind méchantBRITTEN O Waly, WalyBRAHMS Am Sonntag MorgenDEBUSSY Apparition WOLF Die Kleineand songs by SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, FAURÉ,DEBUSSY, BRIDGE and BRITTEN
Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 2004, Kate Royal’sfirst disc for EMI was named Gramophone’s ‘Editor’s Choice’.Still in her early thirties, she has been tipped to becomeone of the country’s great lyric sopranos.
‘Artists like Royal don’t come along very often’ The Times
£18 £25 £30 £35
Song Recital Series
Friday 15 October 7.30 pm
ALISA WEILERSTEIN cello
INON BARNATAN piano
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C Op. 65
STRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella arr.for cello & pianoCHOPIN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65
American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attractedwidespread attention for combining a naturalvirtuosic command and technical precisionwith impassioned musicianship. One of theUSA’s leading young cellists, she presentsBeethoven’s early Classicism alongsideStravinsky’s first neo-Classical ballet, Pulcinella,and Chopin’s Romanticism against Britten’smore clean-cut modernism.
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ALISA WEILERSTEIN Lucio Lecce
KATE ROYAL Esther Haase/EMI Classics
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Saturday 16 October 11.00 am
JOURNEY THROUGH SONGFAMILY CONCERT
For age 6 plus
Join pianist and presenter DOMINIC HARLAN and a cast of starsingers for an exciting journey through song. Discover dramaticstories of love, laughter and adventure as you help stage aversion of The Huntsman by Brahms, and even compose asong yourself.
Adults £7 Children £5
(not part of subscription scheme)
Supported by The Lucille Graham Trust and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 16 October 7.30 pm
SCOTTISH ENSEMBLEPIETER WISPELWEY cello
VIVALDI Concerto for strings in G minor RV156
SIBELIUS ImpromptuSALLINEN Chamber Music VIII Op. 94 for cello and strings(London première)VIVALDI Cello Concerto in B minor RV424
ENESCU Octet in C Op. 7 (arr. Morton)
Cellist Pieter Wispelwey makes his debut with the ScottishEnsemble in a programme that ranges from the dark forests ofFinland to the sparkling waters of Vivaldi’s Venice. Enescu’srarely heard Octet completes the programme, in a version forfull string ensemble arranged by Jonathan Morton.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 17 October 11.30 am
SCOTTISH ENSEMBLEJONATHAN MORTON violin, director
VIVALDI The Four SeasonsPIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
One of the country’s most innovative ensemblescontrasts the Baroque elegance and virtuosityof Vivaldi’s Italy with the edgier tango-tingedworld of Astor Piazzolla’s Buenos Aires,presenting two sets of Four Seasons separatedby the hemispheres and the centuries.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert
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PIETER WISPELWEY Benjamin Ealovega
STEPHEN KOVACEVICH 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Sunday 17 October 7.00 pm NB starting time
STEPHEN KOVACEVICH piano MARTHA ARGERICH piano
KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI* piano BELCEA QUARTETCOLIN CURRIE, SAM WALTON percussion
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178*
BARTÓK Sonata for two pianos and percussionBRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
With a distinguished career that has spanned nearly five decades, Stephen Kovacevich is admired not only for his solo performances – especially for searchinginterpretations of the Classical and Romantic repertoire – but also as a chambermusician and conductor. His achievements show no signs of diminishing: in 2009
he won a Gramophone Award for his CD of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations – a work he included in his London debut here at Wigmore Hall in 1961, on which occasion The Times critic noted, ‘[He] may make a remarkable Beethoven pianist’.For his 70th-birthday concert Stephen Kovacevich is joined by a number of friendsand colleagues, chief among them Martha Argerich. This concert is also a highlight of our 110th anniversary celebrations.
£20 £30 £40 £55 (not part of subscription scheme)
London Pianoforte Series
STEPHEN KOVACEVICHAND MARTHA ARGERICH
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Photo by David Thompson/EMI Classics
A donation from the proceeds of this concert will bemade to the Medical Foundation for the Care of
Victims of Torture.
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Monday 18 October 1.00 pm
SKAMPA QUARTETSHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106
If Dvorák’s 13th quartet was written while the composer was‘inexpressibly happy’ after returning to his Czech homelandfrom the USA, Shostakovich’s elegiac 11th quartet is colouredby a sad departure, that of Vasily Shirinsky, second violinistof the Beethoven Quartet, which had premièred so many ofthe composer’s earlier quartets.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 18 October 7.30 pm
CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN mezzo-soprano
IMOGEN COOPER piano
FAURÉ Cinq mélodies de Venise SCHUMANN Intermezzo from Faschingsschwankaus Wien; Sechs Gedichte Op. 90 and Requiem;3 Songs from Myrthen: Widmung; Der Nußbaum;Aus den hebräischen Gesängen; Der Sandmann;Die Kartenlegerin; NachtliedDEBUSSY Chansons de BilitisCHAUSSON Serres chaudes
Award-winning Dutch mezzo-sopranoChristianne Stotijn is joined by Imogen Cooperin a programme contrasting Schumann withhighlights of French song.
‘Among young mezzo-sopranos, ChristianneStotijn is in a class apart; she stamps every noteand word with character, and delivers her songswith a lyrical glow that considerably advancesglobal warming’ The Times
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SKAMPA QUARTET Jakub Ludvik
CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN Marco Borggreve
The 110th anniversary of Wigmore Hall offers an idealopportunity to celebrate the Hall’s unequalled role as aninternational converging point for the world’s great singers.This new series, overseen by Malcolm Martineau andDr Susan Youens, featuring singers chosen by MalcolmMartineau together with John Gilhooly, explores the richrepertoire of German song, decade by decade, spanningfrom 1810 until 1910, thereby overlapping with the Hall’sfirst decade.
This headline series evokes the glories of Wigmore Hall’spast – which has brought performances by artists such asPeter Pears, Alfred Deller, Elly Ameling, Elisabeth Schwarzkopfand Brigitte Fassbaender – in featuring the leading recitalistsof today, among them Diana Damrau, Susan Graham,Angelika Kirchschlager and Christopher Maltman.
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DECADE BY DECADE –100 YEARS OF GERMANSONG 1810 –1910
Tuesday 19 October 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD STOKES with MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Tuesday 19 October 7.30 pm
MICHAEL SCHADE tenor
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1810–1820
Tuesday 2 November 7.30 pm
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1820–1830
Friday 5 November 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1830–1840
Friday 17 December 7.30 pm
DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1840–1850
Tuesday 25 January 7.30 pm
BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1850–1860
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Wednesday 2 March 7.30 pm
AMANDA ROOCROFT soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1860–1870
Wednesday 30 March 7.30 pm
FLORIAN BOESCH baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1870–1880
Tuesday 28 June 7.30 pm
SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1880–1890
Wednesday 6 July 7.30 pm
DIANA DAMRAU soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1890 –1900
Sunday 16 July 7.30 pm
SUSAN GRAHAM mezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1900–1910
Tuesday 19 October 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD STOKES with MALCOLM MARTINEAU
£3
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Tuesday 19 October 7.30 pm
MICHAEL SCHADE tenor
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1810–1820
BEETHOVEN Wonne der Wehmut; Sehnsucht; Mit einemgemalten Band; An die Hoffnung; Abendlied untermgestirnten HimmelWEBER Abschied vom Leben (Körner)TOMÁSEK Nähe des Geliebten; An die Entfernte; SchäfersKlagelied; Rastlose LiebeBEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte SCHUBERT Nachtgesang; An den Mond (D193); An den Mond(D259); Wandrers Nachtlied I; Nachtstück; Rastlose Liebe;Erster Verlust; Auf dem See; Der Fischer; Gott im Frühling;Am Bach im Frühlinge; Freude der Kinderjahre; Das Heimweh;Aus Diego Manazares (Ilmerine); Seligkeit
One of the world’s great Mozart tenors is also a sought-afterrecitalist, having appeared for 16 consecutive seasons at theSalzburg Festival. Michael Schade launches our Decade byDecade – 100 Years of German Song series, featuring aselection of the Bohemian Václav Tomásek’s 34 settings ofGoethe, alongside more familiar settings by Schubert.
£18 £25 £30 £35
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WIGMORE STUDY GROUPWednesday 20 October 3.00 – 6.00 pmFriday 22 October 3.00 – 6.00 pmFriday 29 October 3.00 – 6.00 pm
SCHUMANN SONG
Tied to Gerald Finley’s recital on the 29 October,this Wigmore Study Group explores the songsof Robert Schumann and in particular his HeineLiederkreis Op. 24. Dating from Schumann’sextraordinary year of song (1840), this cycle marksa high point in the development of Schumann’ssong style: the subtle interweaving of voice andpiano, a highly sophisticated response to textand an exploration of shifting emotional textures.Hosted by composer JULIAN PHILIPS, the StudyGroup will offer three approaches: a songmasterclass, a performance-analysis and aninvestigation of the historical context in whichthis cycle was completed.
Series ticket price £53 including three study sessionsand a ticket for the evening concert on 29 October
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
MICHAEL SCHADE Deanne McKee
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Wednesday 20 October 7.30 pm
RETROSPECT ENSEMBLESOLOISTS FROM RETROSPECT ENSEMBLE’SYOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMMEMATTHEW HALLS director
PURCELL Celestial music did the gods inspirePURCELL Suite from The Gordion Knot Unty’dBLOW Venus and Adonis
Retrospect Ensemble is joined by talented vocal soloists fromthe group’s Young Artists Programme in a feast of EnglishBaroque music. Blow’s opera Venus and Adonis stands outfor its lively dance music and exquisite vocal writing. It is heardhere alongside occasional and incidental music by Blow’s mostfamous protégé, Purcell.
£12 £16 £22 £24
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 21 October 7.30 pm
CHILINGIRIAN QUARTETBARTÓK String Quartet No. 4HAYDN String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131
Soon to celebrate its 40th anniversary, theChilingirian Quartet presents the texturalmastery of Haydn’s final completed quartet;Bartók’s innovative Fourth, with its fleetingpizzicato-only fourth movement; and Beethoven’slate Op. 131 quartet, highly regarded by thecomposer despite him quipping it was puttogether with ‘pilferings from this and that’.
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RETROSPECT ENSEMBLE Stephen Page
Friday 22 October 7.30 pm
SERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin
LUSINE KHACHATRYAN piano
BACH Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV1003;Sonata No. 4 in C minor for violin and piano BWV1017
Armenian miniatures to include works by KHACHATURIANand KOMITAS
Almost 300 years after their composition, the Sonatas for soloviolin – produced during Bach’s brief period in Cöthen – remainan ultimate test of technique, intellect and concentration.Winner of the Sibelius International Competition in 2000 andstill in his mid-twenties, Sergey Khachatryan possesses thesethree qualities in abundance.
£15 £20 £25 £30
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 23 October 6.00 pm
NASH ENSEMBLEBEETHOVEN Quintet in Eb for piano and windOp. 16 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Quintet in Bb forpiano and wind
An early-evening recital of youthful quintetsfor piano and wind by Beethoven and Rimsky-Korsakov complements the main concert ofmusic for strings (see below).
£5 or £3 with evening ticket (separate ticket required)
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven andthe Russians
Saturday 23 October 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLEMARIANNE THORSEN violin DAVID ADAMS violin
LAWRENCE POWER viola PHILIP DUKES viola
PAUL WATKINS cello ALICE NEARY cello
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in DTCHAIKOVSKY String Sextet in D minor Op. 70
‘Souvenir de Florence’
The main evening concert of music for stringsfeatures the work Beethoven proudly numberedas his first quartet, Borodin’s melodic StringQuartet No. 2 and the opulently effervescentsextet which Tchaikovsky began to compose onan Italian holiday.
£12 £16 £22 £26
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SERGEY KHACHATRYAN Philippe Gontier/Naïve
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Sunday 24 October 11.30 am
VOGLER QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3SCHUMANN String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2
‘The Vogler Quartet belongs in the highest category ofcontemporary string quartets. They play with a wonderfulexpressive ease and warmth and possess the unteachableknack of being able to communicate everything they dodirectly and unaffectedly. Their performances are marvels ofeloquent phrasing and subtle co-ordination, instinctivemusic-making of the very highest class’ The Guardian
This concert is part of our ongoing celebration of RobertSchumann in his anniversary year.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Sunday 24 October 7.30 pm
MANUEL BARRUECO guitar
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Guitar Series
Monday 25 October 1.00 pm
DIANA DAMRAU sopranopianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
‘A scorcher of an evening’ was The Guardian’sverdict on Diana Damrau’s Wigmore Hall debutin 2008. Damrau was the first performer at theMetropolitan Opera to tackle the divergentMozart roles of Pamina and the Queen of theNight within a single run of The Magic Flute.
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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DIANA DAMRAU Tanja Niemann
VOGLER QUARTET Kasskara
MICHAEL COLLINS –CHAMBER MUSICIANAND SOLOISTSince becoming a finalist aged 16 in the BBC YoungMusician of the Year competition over 30 years ago,Michael Collins has built an international career asclarinettist – and, increasingly, conductor – that hasrecently reached another peak with his new role asPrincipal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia.
‘Collins’ dexterity dazzled,fingers leaping, tossing offthe decorative flourishes,impossibly nimble … But there was never a hintof the humdrum ormechanical’ The Times
This season Wigmore Hall hasinvited Collins to take up athree-concert residency,featuring him as chambermusician and soloist in a widerange of repertoire spanningfrom Mozart to the present day.
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Monday 25 October 7.30 pm
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
LEILA JOSEFOWICZ violin violinist to be announced
MAXIM RYSANOV viola
PAUL WATKINS cello
STEVEN OSBORNE piano
MOZART Clarinet Trio No. 2 in E b K498 ‘Kegelstatt’MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K581
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
Michael Collins draws together a coterie of top-flight soloists,combining Mozart’s genial ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio with the masterfulClarinet Quintet. Messiaen, who believed that Mozart smiledthrough his hardships, triumphed over his own adversity in1941 by composing the haunting Quartet for the End of Timewhile held as a prisoner of war in Silesia.
£15 £20 £25 £30
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Chamber Music Season
Thursday 27 January 2011 7.30 pm
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
LONDON WINDSENDELLION STRING QUARTET
Thursday 5 May 2011 7.30 pm
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
PIERS LANE piano
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Wednesday 27 October 7.30 pm
THE ENGLISH CONCERTNADJA ZWIENER violin
JONATHAN MANSON cello
WILLIAM CARTER theorbo
ALICE COOTE mezzo-soprano
HARRY BICKET director, harpsichord
VIVALDI Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 ‘La Follia’MONTEVERDI Lamento d’Arianna: Lasciatemi morireVIVALDI Concerto in D ‘Il Grosso Mogul’ RV208
DOWLAND Come again! Sweet love doth now invite;Weepe you no more sad fountains; If my complaints couldpassions move; Lachrimae Pavan; In darkness let me dwellVIVALDI Cello Concerto in C minor RV401
HANDEL Cantata: O numi eterni (La Lucrezia) HWV145
Charismatic and richly timbred mezzo Alice Coote joins TheEnglish Concert and Harry Bicket in Monteverdi’s Lasciatemimorire, a selection of Dowland’s heart-rending love songs,and finally as Handel’s tragic heroine Lucrezia. Brilliantstring concertos for violin and cello by Vivaldi complete thisstriking programme.
£18 £24 £28 £32
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 28 October 7.30 pm
QUATUOR EBÈNEHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1BARTÓK String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10
This dynamic young French quartet won ‘Recordof the Year’ at the 2009 Gramophone Awardsfor its Debussy and Ravel quartets.
‘Here is a gifted young string quartet withsomething urgent and individual to communicate.This is playing that combines refinement ofshading and nuance with a sense of controlleddanger’ Daily Telegraph
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QUATUOR EBÈNE J. Mignot
ALICE COOTE Anne-Marie Le Blé
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Friday 29 October 7.30 pm
GERALD FINLEY baritone
JULIUS DRAKE piano
ANNUS MIRABILIS: THE COMPLETE SONGS OF 1840 –
THE HEINE SETTINGS
SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 24; Tragödie I-III; Der armePeter; Belsatzar; Die feindlichen Brüder; Abends am Strand;Die beiden Grenadiere; Dein Angesicht; Lehn deine Wang;Es leuchtet meine Liebe; Mein Wagen rollet langsam;Dichterliebe Op. 48
Gerald Finley continues our Schumann bicentenary series,lending his unmistakably rich baritone to the great Heinesettings of the first Liederkreis and of Dichterliebe, writtenwithin a month of each other in 1840, while Schumannwas briefly apart from his wife-to-be Clara, during hisextraordinarily prodigious ‘year of song’.
£18 £25 £30 £35
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HAGEN QUARTET 30THANNIVERSARY SERIES
To mark the 30th anniversary of the illustriousHagen Quartet, siblings Lukas, Veronika andClemens Hagen – plus second violinist RainerSchmidt – return this season for a six-concertresidency over three weekends, including threeCoffee Concerts. Coached early in its career byNikolaus Harnoncourt, the quartet has wonnumerous international competitions, secured amajor-label recording contract, created an award-winning discography, and nurtured collaborationswith artists such as Sabine Meyer, MaurizioPollini, Heinrich Schiff, Dame Mitsuko Uchidaand Jörg Widmann.
Saturday 30 October 7.30 pm
Sunday 31 October 11.30 am
Saturday 29 January 7.30 pm
Sunday 30 January 11.30 am
Saturday 26 March 7.30 pm
Sunday 27 March 11.30 am
HAGEN QUARTET Regina Recht
GERALD FINLEY Sim Canetty-Clarke
Saturday 30 October 7.30 pm
HAGEN QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 50 No. 1SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135
‘The control of colour and phrasing and the superb ensembleare all predictable Hagen qualities, but the way in which theycharacterise each work without emotional exaggeration orspecial pleading is also a model of its kind’ The Guardian
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Chamber Music Season/Hagen Quartet 30th Anniversary Series
Sunday 31 October 11.30 am
HAGEN QUARTETJANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and theMaiden’
‘Their performance was filled with subtlety and wonder …the playing was breathtaking in its precision, dynamismand agility … a thrilling encounter’ The Independent
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert/Hagen Quartet 30th Anniversary Series
Sunday 31 October 7.30 pm
JONAS KAUFMANN tenor
HELMUT DEUTSCH piano
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Monday 1 November 1.00 pm
Wigmore Hall Debut
KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI piano
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Op. 17
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1STRAVINSKY 3 Movements from Petrushka
Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili isamong the newest crop of BBC Radio 3’s NewGeneration Artists. Her recent highlights haveincluded appearances at Gidon Kremer’sLockenhaus festival and at the Martha ArgerichProject in Lugano. For her Wigmore Hall debutrecital she performs Schumann’s turbulentlyromantic Fantasy and two virtuosic show-stoppers.
£12 concs £10
Khatia Buniatishvili is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
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KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI Julia Wesley
Sunday 31 October 7.30 pm
JONAS KAUFMANN tenor
HELMUT DEUTSCH piano
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
‘… Kaufmann’s dark-timbred, beautiful,near-heroic and extrovert performancecomes as something of a shock. I doubt thatSchubert’s cycle [Die schöne Müllerin],purely in vocal terms, has been morethrillingly sung on disc since Fritz Wunderlichrecorded it for Deutsche Grammophon’Hugh Canning, Sunday Times
With an impressive technique at the service ofa questioning mind, Jonas Kaufmann is keenlysought after by opera companies around theworld. For his first song-cycle at Wigmore Hallhe chooses Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin,following his new recording with HelmutDeutsch. As Kaufmann sees the emotionaljourney of the cycle’s young protagonist,‘the fellow who sets off on his wanderings isin the first songs bursting with energy andself-confidence. The better you convey thismood, the greater the build-up of tension,and the harder the fall.’
£15 £25 £35 £40 (not part of subscription scheme)
Supported by the Kohn Foundation
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Tuesday 2 November 7.30 pm
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1820–1830
SCHUBERT Die Vögel; Der Knabe; Abendröte; Fülle der Liebe;Heliopolis I & II; Sehnsucht; Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren;Gondelfahrer; Auflösung; Auf der Brücke; Der liebliche Stern;Im Frühling; Über WildemannLOEWE Erlkönig; Herr Oluf FELIX MENDELSSOHN Minnelied im MaiFANNY MENDELSSOHN Das Heimweh FELIX MENDELSSOHN Erntelied; Wartend FANNY MENDELSSOHN Sehnsucht FELIX MENDELSSOHN Hexenlied SCHUBERT Im Freien; Das Lied im Grünen; Der Winterabend
Malcolm Martineau’s Decade by Decade series, surveying thecentury of German song prior to the foundation of WigmoreHall in 1901, reaches the 1820s. In addition to a mix of familiarand less-well-known songs by Schubert, Christopher Maltmanexplores songs by Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny, as wellas by their contemporary Carl Loewe.
£18 £25 £30 £35
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade – 100 Years ofGerman Song 1810–1910
Wednesday 3 November 7.30 pm
FLORILEGIUMASHLEY SOLOMON director
SIX MEMBERS OF THE BACH FAMILY
JOHANN BERNHARD BACH Overture and DancesJOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH Sonata in CCARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH Trio Sonata‘Sanguineus and Melancholicus’ for two violinsand continuoWILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH Sinfonia inD minor F65 – Adagio and FugueJOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH Quintet in D Op. 11
No. 6JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Orchestral SuiteNo. 2 in B minor BWV1067
The Bach family has for many years been thefocus of genealogical research. No other musicalfamily of German origin has spanned so manygenerations and produced such highly talentedperformers as well as composers of the highestorder. This programme highlights six membersof this extraordinary family.
£12 £16 £22 £24
Early Music and Baroque Series
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FLORILEGIUM Amit Lennon
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN Levon Biss
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Thursday 4 November 7.30 pm
IMOGEN COOPER piano
DEBUSSY 4 Préludes from Book II: Brouillards; Feuilles mortes;La puerta del vino; Les fées sont d’exquises danseusesSCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 12
DEBUSSY 4 Préludes from Book II: La terrasse des audiencesdu clair de lune; Canope; Les tierces alternées; Feux d’artificeSCHUMANN Humoreske in Bb Op. 20
Imogen Cooper marks the Schumann anniversary with theeight Fantasiestücke, vividly conveying the composer’sintrospective and extrovert characters, and the Humoreske,written as Schumann was ‘laughing and crying’ at the pianowhile his fiancée Clara was in Paris. The fleeting impressionsfrom Book II of Debussy’s Préludes make a beguiling pairing.
£15 £20 £25 £30
London Pianoforte Series/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Friday 5 November 7.30 pm
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1830–1840
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Im Frühling;Frühlingsglaube; Frühlingslied (Lichtenstein);Das erste Veilchen; Frühlingslied (Klingemann);Frühlingslied (Lenau)LACHNER Die badende Elfe; An den Mond;Die Bergstimme; Im Mai; Eine Liebe;Die einsame Träne; WasserfahrtFANNY MENDELSSOHN Suleika; Die Mainacht;Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen; Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass; Schwanenlied;Wanderlied LOEWE Frauenliebe; Vier Fabellieder
Angelika Kirchschlager continues the Decade byDecade series, opening with a spring sequenceby Mendelssohn and returning to the othercomposers from our preceding Decade byDecade recital (see 2 November). She alsoincludes a selection of the Heine settings byFranz Paul Lachner, 120 years after thecomposer’s death.
£18 £25 £30 £35
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IMOGEN COOPER Sussie Ahlburg
Saturday 6 November 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLECHRISTINE RICE mezzo-soprano
PAUL WATKINS cello
ARENSKY String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 for violin,viola and 2 cellosRussian songs including BORODIN Songs with cello obbligatoTCHAIKOVSKY Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1in D Op. 11
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C Op. 29
Arensky’s string quartet with two cellos, written in memory ofTchaikovsky, is paired with Tchaikovsky’s own much-loved slowmovement from his String Quartet No. 1; and Christine Ricesings a Russian group including songs with cello by Borodin.Beethoven’s String Quintet is a rarely heard masterpiece witha finale unlike anything else in his output.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven and the Russians
Sunday 7 November 11.30 am
BELCEA QUARTETJULIAN RACHLIN viola
MOZART String Quintet in G minor K516
BRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111
While Brahms ostensibly went out on a highwith his second String Quintet, intended to behis last work before retiring from composition,aged 57, Mozart’s String Quintet was writtenboth as his fame in Vienna was diminishing andunder the shadow of his father’s serious illness.
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Coffee Concert
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JULIAN RACHLIN Lucas Beck
CHRISTINE RICE Rob Moore
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Sunday 7 November 7.30 pm
MELVYN TAN piano
SCHUBERT 3 Klavierstücke D946
SCHUBERT/LISZT Sei mir gegrüsst; Auf dem Wasser zu singen;Du bist die Ruh; Liebesbotschaft; Ständchen (‘Horch, horch!die Lerch’) CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58
In the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth, Melvyn Tan includes thebig-boned Piano Sonata No. 3, containing one of the composer’smost lyrical slow movements and a breathless finale, as wellas Schubert’s Three Piano Pieces from the last year of his life.More Schubert – this time in elaborations by Liszt – completesthe programme.
£15 £20 £25 £30
London Pianoforte Series
Monday 8 November 1.00 pm
EMERSON STRING QUARTETDVORÁK Terzetto in C Op. 74
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 4 in C Op. 61
Indisputably one of today’s foremost international quartets, theEmersons return to Wigmore Hall for an all-Dvorák programme.
‘The performances were everything we have come to expectfrom this superb ensemble: technically resourceful, musicallyinsightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting’New York Times
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 8 November 7.30 pm
ARONOWITZ ENSEMBLECHAUSSON Concert in D Op. 21 for violin, pianoand string quartetBRAHMS String Sextet in G Op. 36
In embedding a theme in his second stringsextet spelling out the letters of his former loveAgathe von Siebold, Brahms believed he wouldfinally free himself from her. Cast more as a duetfor violin and piano, with string accompaniment,Chausson’s Concert is a rarely heard gem of lateFrench Romanticism.
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MELVYN TAN Sheila Rock
Tuesday 9 November 1.00 pm
IMOGEN COOPER MASTERCLASSWith selected pianists
£7 concs £4
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Tuesday 9 November 7.30 pm
EMERSON STRING QUARTETMENDELSSOHN Andante sostenuto and Variations Op. 81 No. 1MENDELSSOHN Scherzo Op. 81 No. 2WEBERN Langsamer SatzMOZART String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6
The Emerson String Quartet continues its long association withWigmore Hall in a concert featuring two works composed over120 years apart linked to Vienna: Mozart’s popular ‘Dissonance’Quartet, written aged 29 at the height of the composer’s fame,and Webern’s rapturous love music for his cousin Wilhelminein his Langsamer Satz.
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Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 10 November 7.30 pm
EMERSON STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D minor Op. 103
(unfinished)BERG String Quartet Op. 3SCHUBERT String Quartet in G D887
The Emerson String Quartet completes its trio ofconcerts with last contributions to the form byHaydn (the two middle movements of a planned68th quartet) and by Schubert (his visionaryD887), coupled with Berg’s early (and only)example in the genre, marking his graduationfrom studies with Schoenberg.
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET Mitch Jenkins
Benjamin Ealovega
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Thursday 11 November 10.00 am
STEVEN ISSERLIS MASTERCLASSFor details please see feature overleaf
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 11 November 7.30 pm
MATTHEW ROSE bass
CHRISTIAN CURNYN director, organ
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
Other artists to be announced
BACH Cantata BWV82 ‘Ich habe genug’SCHUBERT Grenzen der Menschheit; Der Rattenfänger;Auf der Donau; Der MusensohnWOLF From Italienisches Liederbuch: Ihr seid dieAllerschönste; Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt; Der Mondhat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben; Geselle, woll’n wir uns inKutten hüllen; Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen;Ein Ständchen euch zu bringen WOLF Grenzen der Menschheit; Der RattenfängerIVES In the Alley; At the River; Grantchester; In Flanders Fields
British bass Matthew Rose has in recent years been makingwaves on the opera stage. Recipient of the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship in 2007, he hasbeen preparing for his Wigmore recital debut with someleading singers, including Thomas Quasthoff, Robert Holland Brigitte Fassbaender.
£15 £20 £25 £30
Song Recital Series
Friday 12 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
VIVIANE HAGNER violin
JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano
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Chamber Music Season/Steven Isserlis Artistin Residence/French Series
Saturday 13 November 2.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDELLECTURE RECITALON CHARACTER IN MUSIC
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
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MATTHEW ROSE Clive Barda
Steven Isserlis combines an international career of solo and chambermusic performances with festival directing and writing children’s books.Artistic Director of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove(see 30 September), he has also coached countless young musiciansand overseen a series of children’s concerts in New York. He returnsas Artist in Residence for a French series in which he draws togetherdistinguished friends and colleagues for a survey of the chamber musicof Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Ravel. Isserlis also returns on 1 June for oneof the chamber music galas for our 110th anniversary celebrations.
Thursday 11 November 10.00 am
STEVEN ISSERLIS MASTERCLASSWith selected cellists
£7 concs £4
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Friday 12 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello VIVIANE HAGNER violin
JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32; Berceuse Op. 38
RAVEL Violin Sonata; Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel FauréFAURÉ Berceuse Op. 16; Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120
Saint-Saëns’s intimate, at times despairing Cello Sonata No. 1 was writtenfollowing the death of his great aunt in 1872. This concert will include theoriginal last movement of this work, as well as the one usually played.Ravel’s acerbic, jazzy sonata forms a contrast to Saint-Saëns’s sereneBerceuse for violin and piano. Isserlis is joined by brilliant Munich-bornviolinist Viviane Hagner and recent Gramophone Award-winner,Frenchman Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
£15 £20 £25 £30 (not part of subscription scheme)
Chamber Music Season/Steven Isserlis Artist in Residence/French Series
‘Even in a hall as famed for its intimacyas the Wigmore, I doubt we’ve everheard quieter or more meaningfulsounds than Steven Isserlis breathedinto his cello … a cellist who invests somuch in the music between the notes’The Independent
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STEVEN ISSERLIS ARTIST INRESIDENCE/FRENCH SERIES
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Wednesday 26 January 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Friday 28 January 11.00 am
SCHOOLS CONCERT
Saturday 29 January 11.00 am
FAMILY CONCERT
Thursday 7 April 2.00 pm
LECTURE RECITAL
Friday 8 April 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
STEPHEN HOUGH piano
Wednesday 1 June 7.00 pm NB Starting Time
JOSHUA BELL violin
PAMELA FRANK violin
TABEA ZIMMERMANN viola
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JEREMY DENK piano
GALA CONCERT
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Monday 15 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JOSHUA BELL violin CONNIE SHIH piano
FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13
RAVEL Sonata for violin and celloSAINT-SAËNS Romance in F Op. 36
FAURÉ Romance Op. 69
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 92
Close collaborators for more than 20 years, Steven Isserlis andJoshua Bell join together for Ravel’s duo sonata. They are joinedby Canadian pianist Connie Shih for the second of two piano triosby the child prodigy and, later, inveterate traveller, Saint-Saëns,one of his most ambitious and exciting works.
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Chamber Music Season/Steven Isserlis Artist in Residence/French Series
Friday 19 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JOSHUA BELL violin DÉNES VÁRJON piano
FAURÉ Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75
SAINT-SAËNS Élégie in D Op. 143
FAURÉ Élégie Op. 24 RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor
The final concert of Steven Isserlis’s French Series culminatesin Ravel’s magical, sophisticated Piano Trio, completed soonafter the First World War had begun, following which thecomposer volunteered for service. Steven Isserlis and JoshuaBell are joined by Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon.
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Forthcoming Events in the Series*
One of the 20th century’s great pianists, Alfred Brendel mayhave retired from concert-giving, but he returns to WigmoreHall to give a series of three lecture recitals for its 110thanniversary season. His unique combination of wit, eloquenceand musical experience has for many years been evident notonly in his superlative performances, but in his deftly arguedessays and his humorous, sometimes irreverent, poems. Withthis series Alfred Brendel returns before the public, presentinghis latest thoughts, in both words and music.
‘When you look at how [Schubert] develops the motifs in thelate sonatas, you can see the direction in which he’s going.But like Mahler, he doesn’t give you a solid edifice, or a cleardistance to the goal towards which he is steering’ Alfred Brendel
ALFRED BRENDELLECTURE RECITALS
Saturday 13 November 2.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDEL LECTURE RECITALON CHARACTER IN MUSIC
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Sunday 14 November 3.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDEL LECTURE RECITALDOES CLASSICAL MUSIC HAVE TO BE ENTIRELY SERIOUS?
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 18 December 2.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDEL LECTURE RECITALTHE LIGHT AND SHADE OF INTERPRETATION
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
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Saturday 13 November 7.30 pm
KATE ROYAL soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
ANNUS MIRABILIS: THE COMPLETE SONGS OF 1840 –
MYRTHEN, SONGS AND DUETS
SCHUMANN Myrthen Op. 25
SCHUMANN 6 Lieder Op. 36: Sonntags am Rhein; Ständchen;Nichts schöneres; An den Sonnenschein; Dichters Genesung;Liebesbotschaft; 4 Lieder: Der Knabe mit dem Wunderhorn;Der Page; Der Hidalgo; Sehnsucht; 2 Gedichte Op. 29:Ländliches Lied; LiedSCHUMANN Schlusslied des Narren; Nur ein lächelnder Blick;3 Zweistimmige Lieder Op. 43: Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär;Herbstlied; Schön Blümelein; 4 Duets Op. 34: Liebesgarten;Liebhabers Ständchen; Unterm Fenster; Familien Gemälde
Two of the UK’s leading recitalists return to Wigmore Hall tocontinue our Schumann bicentenary series, opening with thecycle of songs the composer wrote as a wedding gift to his wifeClara – a rich compendium in which each song lingers uponone of love’s facets.
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Song Recital Series/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Sunday 14 November 11.30 am
Wigmore Hall Debut
VERONIKA EBERLE violin
LARS VOGT piano
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78
JANÁCEK Violin SonataSCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minorOp. 121
Still in her early twenties, German violinistVeronika Eberle has already appeared withthe Los Angeles and Rotterdam Philharmonicorchestras and the NDR and SWR Symphonyorchestras. Partnered by one of today’sleading German pianists, she includesJanácek’s taut and blistering Violin Sonataalongside the full-blooded Romanticism ofBrahms and Schumann.
£12 concs £10
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Coffee Concert
Sunday 14 November 3.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDELLECTURE RECITALDOES CLASSICAL MUSIC HAVE TO BE
ENTIRELY SERIOUS?
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VERONIKA EBERLE Bernd Noelle
Monday 15 November 1.00 pm
FLORIAN BOESCH baritone
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
Programme includes songs by CARL LOEWE
Since making his recital debut at the Schubertiade festival inSchwarzenberg, Florian Boesch has appeared around the world,from Japan to the USA, as well as across Europe. Winner of theGolden Mask Award of Russia’s National Theatre Union, hiscareer on the opera stage has been equally prestigious.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 15 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JOSHUA BELL violin
CONNIE SHIH piano
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Chamber Music Season/Steven Isserlis Artist in Residence/French Series
Wednesday 17 November 7.30 pm
JERUSALEM QUARTETCHEN REISS soprano
GAVRIEL LIVKIND cello
BRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1BOCCHERINI Stabat Mater
A rare chance to hear the Stabat Mater byClassical-period Italian master Boccherini, pairedwith the first of Brahms’s three quartets.
‘Superlatives are inadequate in describing justhow fine this playing was from one of the young,yet great quartets of our time’ The Strad
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FLORIAN BOESCH Stephan von der Decken
JERUSALEM QUARTET Marco Borggreve
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Thursday 18 November 7.30 pm
SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAPROKOFIEV Sonata in C for two violins Op. 56
MOZART String Quintet in D K593
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s popularChamber Contrasts series returns to WigmoreHall with a typically mixed programme.Prokofiev’s innovative 1932 Sonata fortwo violins, is followed by one of Mozart’s latetwo-viola quintets. The second half comprisesBrahms’s much-loved Clarinet Quintet – perhapsthe finest of his late group of chamber workswith clarinet.
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Chamber Music Season
Friday 19 November 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JOSHUA BELL violin
DÉNES VÁRJON piano
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JOSHUA BELL Timothy White
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ANGELA HEWITT’SBACH BOOKA favourite of Wigmore Hall audiences, the tireless Angela Hewittreturns for two concerts in which she pairs works by Bach –perhaps the most deep-rooted of her many enthusiasms – withsix new works commissioned by Wigmore Hall. Throughout its110-year history, the Hall has witnessed the premières of newworks by Elgar, Finzi, Stravinsky, Britten and Tippett, amongothers, and this tradition continues in this series, which featuresnew works by Brett Dean, Elena Kats-Chernin, Robin Holloway,Kurt Schwertsik, Dominic Muldowney and Yehudi Wyner.Hewitt’s Bach selection presents church Chorales (arrangedboth by herself and others) as well as works designed for thedomestic setting.
‘The paramount quality of AngelaHewitt’s piano playing is the joy itcommunicates. Underpinning it thereis incontrovertible intellectual rigour; andthere are great reserves of wisdom and technical finesse’Daily Telegraph
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Saturday 20 November 6.00 pm
ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONANGELA HEWITT in conversation with ANNETTE MORREAU
£3
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Saturday 20 November 7.30pm
ANGELA HEWITT piano
BACH Toccata in C minor BWV911
DEAN Prelude and Chorale: Hommage à Bach (world première)WYNER New work (world première)BACH Three-part Inventions Nos. 1–9
SCHWERTSIK New work (world première)BACH Chorale: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein BWV641
(arr. Hewitt)BACH Chorale: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV614 (arr. Hewitt)BACH Chorale: Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643
(arr. Hewitt)BACH English Suite No. 4 in F BWV809
‘It is hard to think of another pianist so steeped in Bach – almost a quarter of a century has passed since she won theToronto Bach competition that launched her internationalcareer – who has so consistently returned to the foundationstones of the modern piano repertoire’ Sunday Times
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London Pianoforte Series
Tuesday 23 November 7.30 pm
ANGELA HEWITT piano
BACH Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV944
KATS-CHERNIN New work (world première)MULDOWNEY Fantasia on B A C H(world première)BACH Three-part Inventions Nos. 10 –15
HOLLOWAY Partita for solo piano on canons fromJ S Bach’s addendum to The Goldberg Variations(world première)BACH Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV727
(arr. Walton)BACH O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde grossBWV622 (arr. Howells)BACH Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minorBWV903
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London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 21 November 11.30 am
ATRIUM QUARTETMENDELSSOHN String Quartet in A minor Op. 13
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 10 in Ab Op. 118
Written in only 10 days, Shostakovich’s Tenth String Quartetreveals the composer’s new-found freedom during the culturalthaw that followed Stalin’s death in 1953. While the influenceof Beethoven would become prominent in Shostakovich’s laterquartets, the hallmarks of the former’s later style are clear inMendelssohn’s A minor Quartet, written in the year ofBeethoven’s death.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert
Sunday 21 November 7.00 pm NB starting time
NASH ENSEMBLEDAME FELICITY LOTT soprano
plus surprise guests
A CONCERT TO CELEBRATE
AMELIA FREEDMAN’S 70TH BIRTHDAY
RAVEL Introduction and AllegroSCHUBERT The Shepherd on the RockSPOHR Nonet in F Op. 31
A garland of birthday pieces for Amelia bycomposers associated with the Nash Ensembleover the years, including MICHAEL BERKELEY,SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE, SIR PETERMAXWELL DAVIES, SIMON HOLT, COLINMATTHEWS, DAVID MATTHEWS andMARK-ANTHONY TURNAGEDVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81
At John Gilhooly’s invitation, the world-renownedNash Ensemble celebrates the 70th birthdayof its founder and Artistic Director, AmeliaFreedman CBE, with a programme she haschosen herself, placing miniatures by someof her many composer friends, and a guestappearance by a favourite soprano colleague,alongside classics of the chamber-musicrepertoire.
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DAME FELICITY LOTT Trevor Leighton
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Monday 22 November 1.00 pm
TAKÁCS QUARTETKELLOGG New work (UK première)SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death andthe Maiden’
One of the world’s foremost quartets performs Schubert’s‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet alongside a new work byyoung American composer Daniel Kellogg, whose workshave been taken up by the Philadelphia Orchestra and theNational Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC.
‘Daniel Kellogg … is one of the most exciting composersaround – technically assured, fascinated by unusual sonictextures, unfailingly easy to listen to, yet far from simplistic’Washington Post
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 23 November 7.30 pm
ANGELA HEWITT piano
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London Pianoforte Series
Thursday 25 November 6.30 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKA pre-concert talk introducing the South American andEuropean baroque music in the evening programme.
Free (ticket required)
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 25 November 7.30 pm
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICJUANITA LASCARRO soprano
RODOLFO RICHTER director, violin
Works by TORREJÓN Y VELASCO, ZIPOLI,GARCIA, HEINICHEN, HASSE, RICHTER,HANDEL, HAYDN
The Academy of Ancient Music, directed fromthe violin by its Brazilian leader Rodolfo Richter,presents a fascinating mix of South Americanmusic from the 18th century contrasted againstEuropean works of the same period. Colombiansoprano Juanita Lascarro adds to the SouthAmerican flavour.
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JUANITA LASCARRO
RISØR FESTIVAL OFCHAMBER MUSICAT WIGMORE HALLWITH LEIF OVE ANDSNES
Since 1991 Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes hasbeen Co-Artistic Director, with violist Lars Anders Tomter,of the internationally renowned chamber music festivalbased in the small fishing town of Risør on thesoutheastern coast of Norway. Each year some of theworld’s leading musicians converge there for an intensiveperiod of rehearsals and performances, and this yearthe special atmosphere of these performances comesto Wigmore Hall in a series of four concerts also featuringthe festival’s resident string orchestra. Among thesoloists are names familiar to Wigmore Hall audiences,including Martin Fröst, Henning Kraggerud and Canadiansoprano Measha Brueggergosman, a prizewinner ofthe Wigmore Hall Song Competition in 2001.
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Friday 26 November 7.30 pm
LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano
HENNING KRAGGERUD violin
LARS ANDERS TOMTER viola
TORLEIF THEDÉEN cello
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN soprano
RISØR FESTIVAL STRINGSGRIEG Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8 LISZT Oh! quand je dors DUPARC Au pays où se fait la guerre BRAHMS Ständchen WAGNER Im Treibhaus BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
‘At a time when so much music comes packaged in cellophane– over-produced, remote and cool – Risør encourages ahands-on, intimate and generous directness. It’s a joy.And, more’s the pity, a one-off ’ The Independent
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Chamber Music Season
Saturday 27 November 6.00 pm
ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONLEIF OVE ANDSNES and LARS ANDERSTOMTER, joint Artistic Directors of the RisørFestival of Chamber Music, in conversationwith music critic and broadcasterGEOFFREY NORRIS.
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MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN Richard Lehun/Deutche Grammophon
Risør Festival with Leif Ove Andsnes continues overleaf
Saturday 27 November 7.30 pm
LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano
HENNING KRAGGERUD violin
LARS ANDERS TOMTER viola
TORLEIF THEDÉEN cello
MARTIN FRÖST clarinet
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN soprano
RISØR FESTIVAL STRINGSSTRAUSS Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb K449 (version for pianoand string quartet)MAHLER/SCHOENBERG Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenLUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes (for clarinet and ensemble)BARTÓK Divertimento for Strings
‘Discovering the Risør Festival of Chamber Music … is likestumbling upon a fabulous little out-of-the-way restaurantthat you are almost reluctant to tell people about … TheFestival has redefined what a chamber music festival can be’New York Times
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Chamber Music Season
RISØR SUNSET
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MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Fran Kaufman
HENNING KRAGGERUD Observatoriet/Simax Classics
Sunday 28 November 11.30 am
LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano
HENNING KRAGGERUD violin
LARS ANDERS TOMTER viola
TORLEIF THEDÉEN cello
MARTIN FRÖST clarinet
DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minorSØRENSEN SchattenlinieMOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K581
Debussy initially considered entitling his whimsical Cello Sonata‘Pierrot angry with the moon’. After the tiny ‘Shadow Line’ byDanish composer Bent Sørensen comes the second of Mozart’sthree major works featuring the clarinet, an instrument whichhe avidly championed, both in an orchestral and solo context.
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Coffee Concert
Sunday 28 November 7.30 pm
LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano
MARC- ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano
LARS ANDERS TOMTER viola
MARTIN FRÖST clarinet
RISØR FESTIVAL STRINGSWALLIN Under City SkinHONEGGER Symphony No. 2BERG 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring (arr. Stravinskyfor piano four hands)
Honegger’s Second Symphony reflects thetroubled spirit of the Second World War, whichinterrupted its composition. Norwegian RalfWallin’s piece for solo viola with strings,premièred last year at Risør, is inspired bysounds of the urban jungle. Hamelin andAndsnes form an indomitable duo forStravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring.
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Chamber Music Season
TORLEIF THEDÉEN
MARTIN FRÖST Mats Bäcker
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Monday 29 November 1.00 pm
MALIN CHRISTENSSON soprano
SIMON LEPPER piano
BRAHMS Von ewiger Liebe; Wie Melodien zieht es mir;Lerchengesang; Meine Liebe ist grün; Immer leiser wird meinSchlummer; Wiegenlied; Vergebliches StändchenSTRAUSS Schlechtes Wetter; Du meines Herzens Krönelein;Das Rosenband; WiegenliedWOLF Mausfallensprüchlein; Im Frühling; Das verlasseneMägdlein; Nimmersatte Liebe; Verborgenheit; Er ist’s
With recent engagements at the Royal Opera, Glyndebourneand La Scala, Milan, young Swede Malin Christensson has alsoappeared at the Aix-en-Provence and Vienna festivals. Last yearshe stood in at short notice to replace indisposed fellow NewGeneration Artist Daniela Lehner in a Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.
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Malin Christensson is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New GenerationArtists scheme
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
Tuesday 30 November 7.30 pm
APOLLO’S FIRE: THE CLEVELANDBAROQUE ORCHESTRAJEANNETTE SORRELL harpsichord, direct0r
SOPHIE DANEMAN soprano
FIRE AND FOLLY: MYTHS OF LOVE AND BETRAYAL
HANDEL Cantata: Dietro l’orme fuggaci (Armidaabbandonata) TARTINI/SORRELL Didoneabbandonata: Sinfonia drammatica (after theviolin sonata) MONTÉCLAIR Cantata: La mort deDidon VIVALDI Concerto in B minor for 4 violinsOp. 3 No. 10 from L’estro armonicoVIVALDI/SORRELL La Folia: Concerto grosso(after Trio Sonata ‘La Folia’)
The acclaimed American Baroque orchestra fromCleveland makes its long-awaited European debut.Sophie Daneman and Jeannette Sorrell bringfeminine passion to works inspired by timelessmyths – from the fire of the abandoned Armidato the vulnerability of the betrayed Dido. This isthe final performance of a major European tour.
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MALIN CHRISTENSSON Sussie Ahlburg
JEANNETTE SORRELL & MEMBERS OF APOLLO’S FIRE The Chautauquan Daily
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Wednesday 1 December 7.30 pm
CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN tenor
ANDREAS STAIER fortepiano
SONGS BY SCHUBERT AND SCHUMANN
SCHUBERT Lieder to texts by Ernst SchulzeSCHUMANN Sechs Gedichte Op. 90 & Requiem; Liederkreis Op. 39
Renowned German lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien performssongs by two of the greatest Lieder composers, partnered byAndreas Staier, whose fortepiano brings refreshingly newcolours to these much-loved keyboard parts.
‘[Prégardien] stops you in your tracks right away, and won’tlet you get back to your life until well after silence returns’The Toronto Star
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Song Recital Series
Thursday 2 December 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETPlease see page 64 overleaf for full details
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven Cycle
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CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN Rosa-Frank.com
Friday 3 December 7.00 pm NB starting time
BERNARD GREGOR-SMITHwith special guests
DANTE QUARTETKRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ violin GILES FRANCIS violin
JUDITH BUSBRIDGE viola
ECLECTICA!LIZZIE BALL violin PETE OXLEY guitarNICOLAS MEIER guitarand
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello
BEN GREGOR-SMITH cello
YOLANDE WRIGLEY piano
RONNIE BIRKS violin
ROBIN IRELAND viola
BERNARD GREGOR-SMITH
65TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT
VENABLES The Moon Sails Out (world première)DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minorSCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956
COREA Spain (arr. Pete Oxley)MITCHELL River (arr. Pete Oxley)PIAZZOLLA La Misma Pena (arr. Lizzie Ball)MONTI Czardas (arr. Nicolas Meier)MENDELSSOHN Octet in Eb Op. 20
A celebration of the cellist’s remarkable career,which spans over 40 years of chamber-musicperformance at the highest level, with groupssuch as The Lindsays (of which he was a foundermember), the Dante Quartet and, in recentyears, with the jazz-based group Eclectica!.
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Chamber Music Season
Tuesday 14 September 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETSee page 12 for details
Thursday 2 December 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet inF Hess 34 (arr of Piano SonataOp. 14 No. 1)String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131
The current instalment of the Artemis Quartet’s Beethoven cycle beginswith Beethoven’s arrangement of his spirited early Piano Sonata, Op. 14
No. 1. The middle-period ‘Harp’ Quartet is nicknamed after the delicatepizzicato passage in its first movement, while the large-scale Op. 131 is,for many, Beethoven’s greatest achievement in the form.
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Chamber Music Season/Beethoven Cycle
Thursday 20 January 7.30 pm (see page 87 for details)
Saturday 22 January 7.30 pm (see page 88 for details)
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ARTEMIS QUARTET Boris Streubel
ARTEMIS QUARTETBEETHOVEN CYCLESpanning his entire composing career, Beethoven’s string quartets tracethe full range of his development, beginning with his early efforts in thesix Op. 18 quartets to mould the form as inherited from Haydn. Five yearslater came the three ‘Razumovsky’ quartets, Op. 59, beginning a period ofexpansion that marked his ‘heroic’ middle period. With the late quartetsBeethoven, by now completely deaf, produced his greatest and mostphilosophical outpourings, turning to the string quartet as a laboratoryfor his innovative experiments in form, harmony and expression. TheBerlin-based Artemis Quartet is currently engaged in a landmark project,performing the cycle across 10 European cities as well as in the USA.
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Saturday 4 December 11.00 am
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTETFAMILY CONCERT for age 5 plus
The dynamic young Carducci String Quartet presents this inspiring,interactive concert of string quartet music, including a trip toSouth America with Astor Piazzolla’s Four for Tango. Comeprepared to join in!
Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber musicto young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted topresent this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 4 December 7.30 pm
LES TALENS LYRIQUESSANDRINE PIAU soprano
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSETconductor, harpsichord
HARMONIA SACRA
PURCELL Now that the sun hath veiled its light(An Evening Hymn); The earth trembled;Thou wakeful shepherd (A Morning Hymn);In the black, dismal dungeon of despair;Let the night perish; With sick and famish’deyes; How long, great God; How have I stray’d,my God; Great God and just; We sing to himwhose wisdom form’d the ear; My song shallbe alway of the loving kindness of the Lord;Lord, what is man?; Tell me, some pitying angel(The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation); The Nightis come; My op’ning eyes are purg’d
Under the direction of Christophe Rousset,leading European early-music ensemble LesTalens Lyriques and soprano Sandrine Piauexplore Purcell’s contributions to the twovolumes of sacred songs, Harmonia sacra(1688 & 1693), which draw on the style of theFrench ‘petit motet’ and church cantata, andinclude the well-known ‘Evening Hymn’ andthe dramatic ‘Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation’.
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MEMBERS OF LES TALENS LYRIQUES Eric Larrayadieu
Sunday 5 December 11.30 am
ADRIAN BRENDEL cello
TIM HORTON piano
BACH Sonata No. 1 in G BWV1027
BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C Op. 65
CHOPIN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65
A trio of works performed by Adrian Brendel, son of the pianistAlfred, fast becoming one of the UK’s leading cellists.
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Coffee Concert
Monday 6 December 1.00 pm
MARK PADMORE tenor
KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT piano
LACHNER Im Mai; Das Fischermädchen; Die Meerfrau;Ein Traumbild; Die einsame TräneSCHUMANN Dichterliebe Op. 48
In the bicentenary year of Schumann’s birth, a second chancethis season (see 29 October) to hear the composer’s celebratedHeine cycle Dichterliebe (‘A Poet’s Love’), this time introduced,aptly, by Heine settings from Franz Paul Lachner’s firstSängerfahrt (‘A Bard’s Journey’), marking 120 years sinceLachner’s death in 1890.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Tuesday 7 December 6.00 pm
ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONMARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE in conversation withthe writer and broadcaster CHRISTOPHER COOK
£3
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MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE Philip Gatward
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Tuesday 7 December 7.30 pm
BELCEA QUARTETProgramme to include:TURNAGE Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad (world première)*
Already established as one of the foremost internationalensembles, the Belcea Quartet includes the world premièreof a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage, celebrating thecomposer’s 50th birthday, which they then take to audiencesin Amsterdam, Cologne and Vienna.
‘Their sound is mellow and warm … and their unanimity isastounding’ Evening Standard
*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann,President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.Co-commissioned with Köln Musik, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam andWiener Konzerthaus.
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Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 8 December 7.30 pm
ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G D894
SCHUMANN Études symphoniques Op. 13
‘Elisabeth Leonskaja … is one of the last links to a grand schoolof Russian pianism where technique meant the marshalling ofpiano possibilities into a positively orchestral array of expressivemeans … a splendour and focus fervent in feeling, masterly indiscipline, a serious line in beauty’ artsdesk.com
£15 £20 £25 £30
London Pianoforte Series/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Thursday 9 December 7.30 pm
NELLY AKOPIAN-TAMARINA piano
SCHUMANN Arabeske in C Op. 18
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op. 16
SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6
The distinguished Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina makes her own contribution to theSchumann bicentenary. Winner of the Gold Medalat the International Schumann Competition inZwickau in 1963, she subsequently receivedthe Robert Schumann Prize in 1974, succeedingRichter, Nikolayeva and Gilels. Her recording ofSchumann’s Fantasie is included in the recentlyreleased Brilliant Classics CD set, ‘LegendaryRussian Pianists’.
£15 £20 £25 £30
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ELISABETH LEONSKAJA Jo Schwartz
Friday 10 December 7.30 pm
SIR THOMAS ALLEN baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
SARAH-JANE BRANDON soprano
CECELIA HALL mezzo-soprano
JAMES GEER tenor PHILIP SMITH baritone
DANIEL WNUKOWSKI piano
SAMLING SHOWCASE
The programme will include RAVEL Don Quichotte, DEBUSSYChansons de Bilitis, LISZT Comment, disaient-ils, Oh! quandje dors and Enfant, si j’étais roi and songs from SCHUBERTSchwanengesang D957, with opera arias and ensembles byHANDEL, MOZART and STRAUSS.
Showcasing the voices of the future, five outstanding youngartists perform alongside Sir Thomas Allen and MalcolmMartineau. These young artists have all completed Samling’sprestigious international Masterclass Programme, whichconnects its Scholars to the world’s greatest artists to developexcellence in technique, professionalism and performance.
£12 £16 £22 £26
There are a number of tickets which include a three-course dinner, wineand coffee with the artists after the concert in the Bechstein Room. Theseare priced £125 and are available only from Samling on 01434 602885.
Song Recital Series
Saturday 11 December 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLEMARIANNE THORSEN violin
PAUL WATKINS cello
IAN BROWN piano
MATTHEW ROSE bass
RACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minorOp. posthMUSORGSKY Songs and Dances of DeathBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Musorgsky’s gripping song-cycle describingdeath in different guises, sung by Matthew Rose,is flanked by two piano trios: the earlier ofRachmaninov’s two Trios élégiaques, from hisstudent years; and Beethoven’s last full-lengthtrio, a magnificent work that he dedicated to hispupil the Archduke Rudolph.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven andthe Russians
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SARAH-JANE BRANDON
NASH ENSEMBLE Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL
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Sunday 12 December 11.30 am
DORIC STRING QUARTETSCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3
Schubert’s dark-toned ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet – borrowinga theme from his earlier incidental music to the playRosamunde, Queen of Cyprus – prefaces the best-knownof Schumann’s three string quartets in this recital given bythe young Doric String Quartet, which has already made anacclaimed entry to the Wigmore Hall Live CD series.
£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Coffee Concert/Schumann Bicentenary Series
Sunday 12 December 7.30 pm
THE BROOK STREET BANDFROM LEIPZIG TO LONDON, VIA LÜBECK!
BACH Trio Sonata in G BWV530
BACH Trio Sonata in C minor BWV526
TELEMANN Trio Sonata in EbHANDEL Trio SonataBUXTEHUDE Trio Sonata in G BuxWV271
PACHELBEL Partie VI in Bb from Musicalische Ergötzung
Though he became an English citizen in 1727, Handelnever quite shook off his German origins, and thisprogramme explores these connections throughexhilarating and sensual music. It was Telemann whosparked Handel’s passion for opera, and both Bach andHandel refused to marry Buxtehude’s daughter!
£12 £16 £22 £24
Early Music and Baroque Series
Monday 13 December 1.00 pm
TOKYO STRING QUARTETSABINE MEYER clarinet
SCHUBERT String Quartet in Eb D87
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K581
Recently turned 40, the Tokyo String Quartet isjoined by one of the world’s foremost soloclarinettists. Their performance features Mozart’smature Clarinet Quintet, inspired by the artistryof clarinettist Anton Stadler, and one of the greatfruits of Schubert’s adolescence, composedaged 16 while still a student of Mozart’s earlierrival, Salieri.
£12 concs £10
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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THE BROOK STREET BAND Hayley Madden
Monday 13 December 7.30 pm
SUSAN BULLOCK soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
Programme to include songs by GRIEG, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV,BRAHMS, DUPARC and English Songs
Susan Bullock – who last year won a Royal PhilharmonicSociety Award for her performances in the gruelling role ofStrauss’s Elektra for the Royal Opera – returns to Wigmore Hallfor the first time in five years, for a programme representingthe varied traditions within the song repertoire.
£18 £25 £30 £35
Song Recital Series
Tuesday 14 December 7.30 pm
WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR baritone
IMOGEN COOPER piano
SCHUMANN Settings by Heine and EichendorffREIMANN NachtstückSCHUMANN Kernerlieder Op. 35
In a highlight of our Schumann bicentenaryseries, Wolfgang Holzmair is joined by one ofthe UK’s most sensitive and probing pianists fora recital placing Eichendorff settings by AribertReimann alongside those of Schumann. Alsofeatured are Schumann settings of his belovedHeine as well as of Kerner, the ‘mysteriousheavenly power’ whose poems the composerappreciated even as a teenager.
£15 £20 £25 £30
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SUSAN BULLOCK Sussie Ahlburg
WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR Benjamin Ealovega
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Wednesday 15 December 1.00 pm
BRITTEN SINFONIATHOMAS GOULD violinMIRANDA DALE violinMARTIN OUTRAM violaJOY FARRALL clarinetSARAH BURNETT bassoonSTEPHEN BELL hornHUW WATKINS piano
PHILIPS New work (London première)*JANÁCEK Concertino*co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia
Janácek’s Concertino for seven instruments presents a softerside of the Czech composer, in depicting scenes from nature.This concert has been programmed by acclaimed composerJulian Philips – a regular host of Wigmore Study Group events –and features the London première of a new work by him thattakes its influence from Janácek’s Concertino.
£12 concs £10
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 15 December 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
£6 (not part of subscription scheme) or free withevening concert (separate ticket required)
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 15 December 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLESCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’
‘This kind of insight and commitment would beremarkable for an ensemble who played togetherevery day; that the Razumovskys manage it onsuch an ad-hoc basis – all having successfulsolo careers alongside their chamber-musicplaying – is a minor miracle’ The Guardian
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MIRANDA DALE
THOMAS GOULD Simon Weir
THOMAS ZEHETMAIR
Soloist, chamber musician and conductor Thomas Zehetmair is one of the most dynamic andversatile violinists around. Having founded the Zehetmair Quartet in 1994, he became MusicDirector of the Northern Sinfonia in 2002, building its reputation as one of Europe’s leadingchamber orchestras. This season Zehetmair also became an Artistic Partner of the Saint PaulChamber Orchestra in Minneapolis. John Gilhooly invited Zehetmair to have a special residencyand this three-concert series opens a window on his range of talents, beginning with a soloBach recital and continuing next year – when he appears within his quartet, as well as in a duo recital (with his wife, violist Ruth Killius), in music spanning from Mozart to Heinz Holliger.
Thursday 16 December 7.30 pm
THOMAS ZEHETMAIR violin
BACH Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006 BACH Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005
BACH Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004
Austrian violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair begins his three-concert residency this seasonwith his selection from the works which reveal the true mettle of any violinist – Bach’s solo violinSonatas and Partitas – including the D minor Partita, with its famously challenging Chaconne.
£15 £20 £25 £30
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 13 February 7.30 pm
ZEHETMAIR QUARTET
Tuesday 5 April 7.30 pm
RUTH KILLIUS viola THOMAS ZEHETMAIR violin
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Friday 17 December 7.30 pm
DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1840 –1850
Programme to include works by ROBERT AND CLARA SCHUMANN,LISZT and MENDELSSOHN
German soprano Dorothea Röschmann joins Malcolm Martineauas our Decade by Decade Series – exploring a century of Germansong prior to Wigmore Hall’s opening in 1901 – reaches the1840s. Röschmann also celebrates a decade since her Britishrecital debut, here at Wigmore Hall.
‘Ms Röschmann’s seriousness is only a veil attractively coveringand accentuating an underlying sensuality’ New York Times
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Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade – 100 Years ofGerman Song 1810–1910
Saturday 18 December 2.00 pm
ALFRED BRENDELLECTURE RECITALTHE LIGHT AND SHADE OF INTERPRETATION
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 18 December 7.30 pm
KUSS QUARTETMOZART String Quartet in D K575
TCHAIKOVSKY Chanson russe from Album pourenfants Op. 39 (arr. for string quartet)STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for string quartetTCHAIKOVSKY Mélodie antique française fromAlbum pour enfants Op. 39 (arr. for string quartet)STRAVINSKY Concertino for string quartetTCHAIKOVSKY La poupée malade from Albumpour enfants Op. 39 (arr. for string quartet)TCHAIKOVSKY Chanson populaire (Kamarinskaya)from Album pour enfants Op. 39 (arr. for stringquartet)TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11
The Berlin-based Kuss Quartet mixes Stravinsky’searly character pieces and arrangements fromTchaikovsky’s set of piano miniatures for childrenwith the first of Mozart’s three ‘Prussian’ Quartets,whose cello parts were designed to please thecello-playing King Friedrich Wilhelm II whocommissioned them.
£12 £16 £22 £26
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DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN Jim Rakete
Sunday 19 December 11.30 am
KUSS QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135
VERDI String Quartet in E minor
‘Every note, every phrase, every new motif appeareddusted down, questioned and joyfully restored’Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Coffee Concert
Sunday 19 December 7.00 pm NB starting time
EARLY OPERA COMPANYSARAH FOX soprano
IESTYN DAVIES countertenor
THOMAS WALKER tenor
DEREK WELTON baritone
CHRISTIAN CURNYN director
HANDEL Messiah
Handel’s Messiah stands as one of the pinnacles of musicalhistory and remains his most popular work. Following itsacclaimed sell-out performance at Wigmore Hall in 2008,Early Opera Company returns, with soloists, players andchorus packing the Wigmore stage, to again bring to lifeHandel and Jennens’s meditation on the life of Jesus.
£18 £25 £30 £35
Early Music and Baroque Series
Monday 20 December 1.00 pm
FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI piano
JANÁCEK Piano Sonata I.X.1905 ‘From the Street’BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101
STRAVINSKY/AGOSTI Danse infernale, Berceuseand Finale from The Firebird
Young Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi isone of the most recent recruits to BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists. Born in 1983, he studiedin Hanover and was a prize-winner at the QueenElisabeth Competition in 2007. He recentlyappeared in the Martha Argerich Project, Lugano,and made his Carnegie Hall debut.
£12 concs £10
Francesco Piemontesi is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
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KUSS QUARTET Boris Streubel
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Monday 20 December 7.30 pm
SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRADEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola and harpBAX Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harpVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Phantasy String QuintetPUCCINI CrisantemiPIAZZOLLA Five Tango Sensations
The trios by Debussy and Bax for the unusual combinationof flute, viola and harp appeared within a year of each otherduring the First World War. In addition to Vaughan Williams’slittle-known Phantasy Quintet (with two violas), the LPOsoloists contrast Puccini’s touching Crisantemi with Piazzolla’sbandoneón-tinged Five Tango Sensations.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Chamber Music Season Tuesday 21 December 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall Debut
PATRICIA PETIBON soprano
SUSAN MANOFF piano
Works by HANDEL, HAYDN, POULENC, HAHN,SATIE and BACRI
Though a protégée of William Christie, Frenchcoloratura soprano Patricia Petibon is equally athome singing Baroque or Bernstein. Her quirkysense of curiosity and fantasy make for anunconventionally spontaneous, even eccentric,style of recital with a faint hint of the burlesque.Leave any preconceptions at home and enjoy aChristmas treat.
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PATRICIA PETIBON Felix Broede/Deutsche Grammophon
FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Marco Borggreve
Wednesday 22 December 7.30 pm
RACHEL PODGER violin
BRECON BAROQUEBACH Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041
BACH Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052
BACH Concerto for violin in G minor BWV1056
TELEMANN Concerto in F for 3 violins, strings and continuoTWV53:F1
BACH Concerto in E for violin and strings BWV1042
Leading Bach specialist Rachel Podger presents a programmeof violin concertos by Bach and Telemann in the intimatestyle of the Café Zimmermann concerts directed by Bach inLeipzig. This concert marks the release of Podger’s new CD ofBach concertos and the London debut of her own ensemble,Brecon Baroque.
£12 £16 £22 £26
Early Music and Baroque Series
Tuesday 28 December 7.30 pm
LUCY PARHAM piano
JOANNA DAVID narrator
MARTIN JARVIS narrator
BELOVED CLARA
SCHUMANN Des Abends from FantasiestückeOp. 12
MENDELSSOHN Song without Words in A‘Spring Song’SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Nos. 2 & 4SCHUMANN Piano Sonata in G minor (firstmovement)CLARA SCHUMANN Nocturne from SoiréesmusicalesBRAHMS Scherzo from Piano Sonata in F mino SCHUMANN In der Nacht from Fantasiestücke;Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus WienBRAHMS Intermezzo in A minor SCHUMANN Romance in F#; Träumerei fromKinderscenenBRAHMS Capriccio in B minor; Intermezzo inB minor SCHUMANN/LISZT Widmung
The story of the intense relationships betweenSchumann, his wife Clara and Brahms is broughtto life in this programme of music and readings.Music by all three is performed by Lucy Parham,interspersed with extracts from their letters anddiaries, read by celebrated actors Joanna Davidand Martin Jarvis.
£12 £16 £22 £24
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JOANNA DAVID, LUCY PARHAM & MARTIN JARVIS Marco Borggreve
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Thursday 30 December 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall Debut
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU piano
FRANCK Prélude, choral et fugueLISZT Au bord d’une source; Orage; Vallée d’Obermann andLes cloches de GenèveLISZT Venezia e Napoli
Young French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs fourevocative vignettes from Liszt’s Swiss travels, as well as thetwo songs and tarantella that make up Venezia e Napoli,a ‘supplement’ to the composer’s Italian sojourn. Franck’sgrandly conceived Prélude, choral et fugue reflects his yearsof service as organist at St Clotilde in Paris.
£15 £20 £25 £30
London Pianoforte Series
Friday 31 December 7.00 pm NB starting time
RETROSPECT ENSEMBLEJOANNE LUNN soprano
ROBIN BLAZE countertenor
CHARLES DANIELS tenor
PETER HARVEY baritone
MATTHEW HALLS director
BACH Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben BWV248
(Christmas Oratorio, part 4)BACH Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen BWV248
(Christmas Oratorio, part 5)BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046
A festive performance of Bach to herald the NewYear. Two uplifting cantatas from Bach’s seasonalmasterpiece performed by a stellar line-up ofsoloists and the instrumentalists of RetrospectEnsemble provide the backbone for a programmethat also features the extraordinary instrumentalvirtuosity of the first Brandenburg Concerto.
£12 £16 £22 £24
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BERTRAND CHAMAYOU Laure Vasconi/Naïve
MATTHEW HALLS
BRAD MEHLDAU ATWIGMORE HALLJazz pianist Brad Mehldau is one of the most exciting musicians inhis field today, touring and recording extensively with great success.Having been invited by John Gilhooly to curate Wigmore Hall’s JazzSeries from September 2009, Brad Mehldau brought his inimitablestyle to bear in a series of concerts over the 2009/10 season. Thisincluded a solo performance, appearances with Joshua Redman andthe Brad Mehldau Trio, and a programme of both jazz and classicalmusic with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, including theUK première of new work co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall,Carnegie Hall and KölnMusik.
Brad Mehldau continues his curatorship this year, inviting friendsfrom across the musical spectrum to participate in a variety of duoperformances which will explore the limits of improvisatory andexperimental contemporary composition, in addition to moreconventional work in the jazz tradition. Italian vocalist Diana Tortojoins renowned British pianist John Taylor on 6 May; whilst Germanreeds player Klaus Gesing joins forces with the ubiquitous Britishpianist Gwilym Simcock on 2 June. In the autumn, Brad Mehldauhimself forms two all-American partnerships, with versatile mandolinplayer Chris Thile on 16 September, and acclaimed singer Joe Henryon 2 December, concluding what promises to be an extraordinaryand thought-provoking series of collaborations. This brings Brad’stenure as Jazz Series Curator to a close.
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Friday 6 May 2011 7.30 pm
DIANA TORTO singer
JOHN TAYLOR piano
£15 £20 £25 £30
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Jazz Series
Thursday 2 June 2011 7.30 pm
KLAUS GESING reeds
GWILYM SIMCOCK piano
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Jazz Series
Friday 16 September 2011 7.30 pm
CHRIS THILE mandolin
BRAD MEHLDAU piano
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Jazz Series
Friday 2 December 2011 7.30 pm
JOE HENRY singer
BRAD MEHLDAU piano
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(not part of subscription scheme)
Jazz Series
Booking for the concerts in this series opens to Friends 0n 29 April, to Mailing List Subscribers on 13 Mayand to the General Public on 20 May.
DIANA TORTO
KLAUS GESING GWILYM SIMCOCK
JOE HENRY CHRIS THILE
JOHN TAYLOR
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Saturday 2 October 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
A KNIGHT’S QUESTFAMILY DAY For age 5 plus
Join us as we prepare for a knight’s quest andgo searching for treasure. Discover the medievalarmour at the Wallace Collection, create yourcharacter’s puppet (are you a knight or a squire?)and compose some rhythmic travelling musicfor the journey. Finish the day by performingon the Wigmore Hall stage. Led by artist MARCWOODHEAD and composer DUNCAN CHAPMAN.
Adults £10 Children £8 (not part of subscription scheme)
In partnership withThe Wallace Collection
EVENTS FOR FAMILIES ANDYOUNG PEOPLE
All events listed on pages 80 to 82 will open for booking on 1 July, with the exception of the FamilyConcerts on 16 October and 4 December, which go on sale alongside the other concerts in theSeptember – December Wigmore Series.
Family Events are supported by The Lucille Graham Trust andMayfield Valley Arts Trust.
Saturday 18 September 11.30 am – 3.00 pm
OPEN HOUSE DAYVisit Wigmore Hall between 12 noon and 3.00 pm; join in withmusic workshops at 12 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm led byKATE NEWELL, and hear performances by IGNITE at 12.30 pm,1.30 pm and 2.30 pm.
Admission free
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Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 October10.00 am – 3.30 pm
BACH TO JAZZHALF-TERM COURSE
For ages 11– 16 years
Discover the genius of Bach and re-invent it asjazz with professional composers, chambermusicians and jazz artists. Perform and recordyour new works on stage at Wigmore Hall atthe end of this half-term course.For instrumentalists grade 3 and above.
£20 per ticket
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Friday 15 October 11.00 am
JOURNEY THROUGH SONGKEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT
Join pianist and presenter DOMINIC HARLAN and a cast of starsingers for an exciting journey through song. Discover dramaticstories of love, laughter and adventure as you help stage aversion of The Huntsman by Brahms, and even compose asong yourself.
£2.50 per ticket (not part of subscription scheme)
Supported by John Lyon’s Charity
Saturday 16 October 11.00 am
JOURNEY THROUGH SONGFAMILY CONCERT For age 6 plus
A repeat of the concert on 15 October for families.
Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)
Saturday 6 November 10.30 am – 3.30 pm
DIRTY BEASTSFAMILY DAY
For age 5 plus
Explore Roald Dahl’s magical story of ‘The Toad and the Snail’and follow the giant toad’s adventure trail from country tocountry. Draw your own image of the mysterious creatures youmeet and create music to enhance their special powers. Shareyour creations on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.Led by workshop leader, KATE NEWELL.
Adults £10 Children £8 (not part of subscription scheme)
Thursday 2 December 11.00 am
CHAMBER DOMAINEKEY STAGE 3 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT
Join musicians from vibrant ensemble CHAMBER DOMAINE forthis engaging and interactive concert for Key Stage 3 students.
£2.50 per ticket (not part of subscription scheme)
Supported by John Lyon’s Charity
Saturday 4 December 11.00 am
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTETFAMILY CONCERT
For age 5 plus
The dynamic young CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
presents this inspiring, interactive concert ofstring quartet music, including a trip to SouthAmerica with Astor Piazzolla’s Four for Tango.Come prepared to join in!
Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringingchamber music to young people and young people tochamber music, is delighted to present this concert inassociation with Wigmore Hall.
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THE REST OF THE SEASON – A PREVIEW
The preview of our spring and summer series, onthe following pages, outlines the continuationof our 110th birthday celebrations.
Chamber music highlights include a new workfor Michael Collins, London Winds and theEndellion String Quartet by Thea Musgrave,premièred here on 27 January, as well as acelebration of the music of Australian composerBrett Dean on 19 February. As always, wecelebrate Schubert’s birthday on 31 January,and this year we welcome Alina Ibragimova,Alban Gerhardt and Steven Osborne forSchubert’s piano trios. The Fauré Quartet joinsus for Mozart’s piano quartets, and we welcomeback the Artemis, Belcea, Hagen and Zehetmair
Quartets, as well as the outstanding youngPacifica Quartet who made a firm impressionhere in Elliott Carter’s music last season.
Song Series highlights include return visits fromChristine Brewer and Magdalena Kozená, andwe welcome back the excellent French baritoneStéphane Degout. Juliane Banse, together withviolinist András Keller, perform Kurtág’s KafkaFragments on 18 February, whilst András Schiffand Robert Holl join us for Winterreise. Wecontinue our exploration of 100 years of Germansong with Malcolm Martineau, which culminatesin a survey of songs from 1900–1910, the Hall’sfirst decade.
Two celebratory galas will be held on 31 Mayand 1 June 2011, the actual dates that the Hallopened in 1901. Daniel Barenboim, who madehis debut here at the age of 15, joins us on15 June for his much awaited return, afterseveral decades.
Please look through the brochure for yourself andpick out your own highlights. We look forward toyour company as the season progresses.
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Sunday 2 January 11.30 am
SZYMANOWSKI QUARTETSCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703
SZYMANOWSKI String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2
Coffee Concert
Thursday 6 January 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
Chamber Music Season
Thursday 6 January 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
ECMA SHOWCASEFriday 7 January 1.00 pmSaturday 8 January 11.00 am – MasterclassSaturday 8 January 4.00 pmSunday 9 January 4.00 pm
ARCADIA QUARTETCUARTETO ARRIAGAQUATUOR ZAÏDEBOULANGER TRIOHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3‘The Emperor’ARRIAGA String Quartet No. 3 in EbZEMLINSKY String Quartet No. 4 (Suite) Op. 25
KAGEL Piano Trio
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PREVIEW JANUARY – MARCH 2011
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Sunday 9 January 11.30 am
ANTHONY MARWOOD violin
ALEKSANDAR MADZAR piano
SCHUBERT Sonata (Sonatina) in D D384
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121
Coffee Concert
Monday 10 January 1.00 pm
ELIAS STRING QUARTETBARTÓK String Quartet No. 3SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’
The Elias String Quartet is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New GenerationArtists scheme
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
Wednesday 12 January 7.30 pm
CLASSICAL OPERA COMPANYIAN PAGE conductor
REBECCA BOTTONE sopranosoprano to be announced
THOMAS HOBBS tenor
UNEXPECTED MEETINGS – THE OPERASOF HAYDN
Programme to include:HAYDN Non v’è chi mi aiuta from La canterina;Wenn am weiten Firmamente from Philemonund Baucis; È la pompa un grand’ imbrogliofrom L’infedeltà delusa; Deh! Se in ciel pietadeavete from L’incontro improvviso; Wie walletmein Herze from Die Feuersbrunst; Ho viaggiatoin Francia from Orlando paladino; Odio, furor,dispetto, dolor from Armida; Del mio core il votoestremo from L’anima del filosofo
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 13 January 7.30 pm
IESTYN DAVIES countertenor
RICHARD EGARR fortepiano
GAETANO GAUDAGNI AND THE AGE OF THEEARLY CONCERT
Songs and arias from the time of Handel’s lastcastrato and the early Classical period music ofGluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Mozart’s Mitridate,J C Bach’s Die Amerikanerin and works of Arne,Haydn and Beethoven.
Song Recital Series/The Art of the Countertenor
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IESTYN DAVIES Vince Barone
Saturday 15 January 6.00 pm
NASH ENSEMBLEIAN BROWN piano
LAWRENCE POWER viola
LUCY WAKEFORD harp
PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34 for clarinet,piano and string quartetTCHAIKOVSKY Songs (transcr. Vadim Borisovsky) for violaand piano: October (Autumn Song from The Seasons Op. 37
No. 10); None but the Lonely Heart; April (from The Seasons);Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4; Ardent DeclarationGLINKA Nocturne for solo harpSHOSTAKOVICH Waltzes for flute, clarinet and piano
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven and the Russians
Saturday 15 January 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLESUSAN GRITTON soprano
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’SHOSTAKOVICH Seven Romances on poems of Alexander BlokOp. 127 for soprano and piano trioTCHAIKOVSKY Student Pieces for piano, harp and strings(UK première)SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven and the Russians
Sunday 16 January 11.30 am
JUILLIARD QUARTETProgramme to be announced
Coffee Concert
Sunday 16 January 4.00 pm
CHRISTINE RICE mezzo-soprano
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
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Sunday 16 January 7.30 pm
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS violin
ENRICO PACE piano
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80
AUERBACH PreludesDVORÁK Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75
SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934
Chamber Music Season
Monday 17 January 1.00 pm
HENK NEVEN baritone
HANS EIJSACKERS piano
Programme to be announced
Henk Neven is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/New Generations
Monday 17 January 7.30 pm
JAMES GILCHRIST tenor
ANNA TILBROOK piano
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
Song Recital Series
Tuesday 18 January 7.30 pm
JULIAN RACHLIN violin, viola
CHARLES OWEN piano
Programme to include:BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1BRAHMS Viola Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13
Chamber Music Season
Thursday 20 January 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6BEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 withGrosse Fuge Op. 133
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven Cycle
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LEONIDAS KAVAKOS
Friday 21 January 7.30 pm
LEOPOLD STRING TRIOBACH Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. D Sitkovetsky)
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 22 January 7.30 pm
ARTEMIS QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven Cycle
Sunday 23 January 11.30 am
SITKOVETSKY TRIOBRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87
SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15
Coffee Concert
Sunday 23 January 4.00 pm
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSICSONG CIRCLEProgramme to include:HAYDN Der GreisSCHUBERT Licht und LiebeSCHUMANN So wahr die Sonne scheinetBRAHMS Es rauschet das WasserMENDELSSOHN WasserfahrtBERLIOZ Le trébuchetDUPARC La fuiteFAURÉ TarentelleMASSENET Rêvons, c’est l’heureGOUNOD L’arithméthiqueCHAUSSON La nuitROSSINI Duetto buffo di due gattiPURCELL Sound the trumpetBRITTEN Underneath the abject willow
Song Recital Series
Monday 24 January 1.00 pm
CHRISTIANNE STOTIJNmezzo-soprano
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Programme to includeSHOSTAKOVICH 6 Verses (Tsvetayeva) Op. 143
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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Monday 24 January 7.30 pm
PIERS LANE piano
SCHUBERT German Dances D783 (a selection); Ländler No. 3in D from 12 Deutsche Ländler D790; German Dances D783
(a selection); Valses sentimentales D779 (a selection)BRAHMS 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab Op. 110
CHOPIN 4 Ballades
London Pianoforte Series
Tuesday 25 January 7.30 pm
BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1850–1860
Programme to include songs bySCHUMANN, LANG, LISZT and BRAHMS
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade: 100 years ofGerman Song 1810–1910
Wednesday 26 January 6.30 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKWith RICHARD EGARR
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Wednesday 26 January 7.30 pm
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICRICHARD EGARR director, harpsichord
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
THE BACH DYNASTY
J C BACH Keyboard Concerto from Op. 13
C P E BACH Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170
C P E BACH String Symphony J C F BACH Sonata in G for cello and continuoW F BACH Harpsichord Concerto in A minor
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 27 January 7.30 pm
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
ENDELLION STRING QUARTET LONDON WINDSHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4JANÁCEK MladiMUSGRAVE New commission (world première)BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
Chamber Music Season/Michael Collins –Chamber Musician and Soloist
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BERNARDA FINK Klemen Breitfuss
Friday 28 January 11.00 am
STEVEN ISSERLIS SCHOOLS’ CONCERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Friday 28 January 7.30 pm
CHRISTINE BREWER soprano
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
Saturday 29 January 11.00 am
STEVEN ISSERLISFAMILY CONCERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 29 January 7.30 pm
HAGEN QUARTET MOZART String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’HAAS New work (London première)SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 in C minorOp. 110
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 30 January 11.30 am
HAGEN QUARTET MOZART String Quartet in Eb K428
SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D864
‘Rosamunde’
Coffee Concert
Sunday 30 January 4.00 pm
ROBIN TRITSCHLER tenor
JOSEPH MIDDLETON piano
Programme to include songs by MOZART,HEAD, HAHN, DELIUS, POULENC, SCHUBERT,MENOTTI, ABSIL and MENDELSSOHN
Song Recital Series
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CHRISTINE BREWER Christian Steiner
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Monday 31 January 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 31 January 7.30 pm
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA violin
ALBAN GERHARDT cello
STEVEN OSBORNE piano
SCHUBERT BIRTHDAY CONCERT
SCHUBERT Piano Trios No. 1 in Bb D898 and No. 2 in Eb D929
Chamber Music Season
Tuesday 1 February 7.30 pm
HEATH QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 127
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 2 February 7.30 pm
MAGDALENA KOZENÁ mezzo-soprano
PRIVATE MUSICKEWorks by VITALI, D’INDIA, FOSCARINI, MARINI,RIBAYAZ, KAPSBERGER, BRICENO, STROZZI,CACCINI, MACQUE, MERULA, SANZ andMONTEVERDI
Song Recital Series
Thursday 3 February 7.30 pm
ARDITTI QUARTETJAKE ARDITTI countertenor
CLARKE String Quartet No. 2 (London première)FERNEYHOUGH String Quartet No. 6 (Londonpremière)FUJIKURA New work (world première)PAREDES Cantiones Lunaticas (UK première)
Chamber Music Season
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HEATH QUARTET Sussie Ahlburg
Friday 4 February 7.30 pm
MAGDALENA KOZENÁ mezzo-soprano
PRIVATE MUSICKERepeat of concert on 2 February
Song Recital Series
Saturday 5 February 7.30 pm
BORODIN QUARTETMYASKOVSKY String Quartet No. 13 in A minor Op. 86
STRAVINSKY Concertino for string quartetBORODIN String Quartet No. 1 in A
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 6 February 11.30 am
ATOS TRIOBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67
Coffee Concert
Sunday 6 February 7.30 pm
ALEXANDER JANICZEK violin
LLY^R WILLIAMS piano
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minorJANÁCEK Violin SonataBEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minorOp. 30 No. 2
Chamber Music Season
Monday 7 February 1.00 pm
RENAUD CAPUÇON violin
FRANK BRALEY piano
Programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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RENAUD CAPUÇON Marc Ribes
ATOS TRIO92
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Tuesday 8 February 7.30 pm
BORIS GILTBURG piano
CHOPIN Mazurka in A minor for Emile GaillardCHOPIN Mazurka in AbCHOPIN Mazurka in C# minor Op. 50 No. 3PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82
RAVEL La valse
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 9 February 7.30 pm
MARINO FORMENTI piano
KURTÁG’S GHOSTS
Kurtág’s Ghosts interweaves works by György Kurtág withworks by past and recent masters, ranging from Machautto Beethoven and Bach to Bartók, Ligeti and Messiaen(among others).
London Pianoforte Series
Thursday 10 February 7.30 pm
STÉPHANE DEGOUT baritone
HÉLÈNE LUCAS piano
Programme to include:DEBUSSY Trois mélodiesPOULENC Le bestiaireSongs by HAHN, SAINT-SAËNS, SCHUBERT, STRAUSS andBRAHMS
Song Recital Series
Sunday 13 February 11.30 am
DANISH STRING QUARTETWinner of the London International StringQuartet Competition 2009
ADÈS ArcadianaBRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
Coffee Concert
Sunday 13 February 4.00 pm
EMMA BELL soprano
ANDREW WEST piano
BERG Sieben frühe LiederWALTER Tragödie I–III; Waltrauts Lied I & IIMARX Hat dich die Liebe berührt; Traumgekrönt;Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebrachtWAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
Song Recital Series
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EMMA BELL
Sunday 13 February 7.30 pm
ZEHETMAIR QUARTET MOZART String Quartet in Bb K458 ‘Hunt’SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 15 in Eb minor Op. 144
Chamber Music Season
Monday 14 February 1.00 pm
CALEFAX reed quintet
RAMEAU Nouvelle Suite (arr. Raaf Hekkema)RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Raaf Hekkema)
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 15 February 7.30 pm
RETROSPECT TRIOJULIA DOYLE soprano
PURCELL SONATAS AND THEATRICAL AIRS
PURCELL Sonata in Four Parts No. 7 in C;Oh! Fair Cedaria; If Music be the food of love;Sonata in Three Parts No. 1 in G minor; Sweeterthan Roses; Fairest Isle from King Arthur; Sonatain Three Parts No. 12 in D; Sonata in Three PartsNo. 3 in D minor; Tell me, some pitying angel(The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation); Sonata inThree Parts No. 10 in A; O solitude, my sweetestchoice; I attempt from Love’s Sickness to fly,from The Indian Queen; Sonata in Four PartsNo. 6 in G minor; Now that the sun hath veiledits light (An Evening Hymn)
Early Music and Baroque Series
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ZEHETMAIR QUARTET Keith Pattison
JULIA DOYLE
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Wednesday 16 February 7.30 pm
MIAH PERSSON soprano
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
Thursday 17 February 7.30 pm
SCOTTISH ENSEMBLEALISON BALSOM trumpet
VIVALDI Concerto for trumpet and stringsVariations on ‘Sellenger’s Round’ (BRITTEN, BERKELEY,OLDHAM, SEARLE, TIPPETT, WALTON )ALBINONI Concerto for trumpet and stringsMACMILLAN New work for trumpet and stringsTIPPETT Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Chamber Music Season
Friday 18 February 7.30 pm
JULIANE BANSE soprano
ANDRÁS KELLER violin
KURTÁG Kafka Fragments Op. 24
Song Recital Series
Saturday 19 February 11.30 am
ADAM WALKER flute
BRETT DEAN viola
DORIC STRING QUARTET BRETT DEAN DAY
DEAN Eclipse; Demons; Epitaphs
Chamber Music Season/Brett Dean Day
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MIAH PERSSON Mina artistbilder
BRETT DEAN
Saturday 19 February 3.00 pm
KAREN CARGILL mezzo-soprano
JACK LIEBECK violin
BRETT DEAN viola
JOHN MYERSCOUGH cello
DUNCAN McTIER double bass
PIERS LANE piano
BRETT DEAN DAY
DEAN The Homage Etudes; Poems and Prayers; Voices of Angels
Chamber Music Season/Brett Dean Day
Saturday 19 February 7.30 pm
JACK LIEBECK violin
GARY POMEROY viola
CHRISTOPHER MURRAY cello
DUNCAN McTIER double bass
MATTHEW HUNT clarinet
RICHARD WATKINS horn percussion to be announced
PIERS LANE piano
HEATH QUARTETBRETT DEAN conductor, viola
BRETT DEAN DAY
CLARA SCHUMANN Four RomancesDEAN Recollections; Intimate DecisionsBRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111
Chamber Music Season/Brett Dean Day
Sunday 20 February 11.30 am
ARCANTO QUARTET BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10
Coffee Concert
Sunday 20 February 7.30 pm
MIDORI violinpianist to be announced
Programme to include:DEAN New work for violin and piano (UK première)
Chamber Music Season
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Monday 21 February 1.00 pm
JAMES EHNES violin
ANDREW ARMSTRONG piano
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minorBARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz75
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 21 February 7.30 pm
ARCANTO QUARTETWEBERN Six Bagatelles Op. 9MOZART String Quartet in D minor K421
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’
Chamber Music Season
Tuesday 22 February 7.30 pm
ALASDAIR BEATSON piano
MENDELSSOHN Fantasia (Sonate écossaise) in F# minorOp. 28
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57
‘Appassionata’FAURÉ Thème et Variations in C# minor Op. 73
DUTILLEUX Sonata for piano
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 23 February 7.30 pm
THE ENGLISH CONCERTKRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUTdirector, fortepiano
MOZART Symphony No. 1 in E b K16
MOZART Fantasia in C minor K475
MOZART Quintet in Eb for piano and winds K452
MOZART Divertimento in F K138
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 24 February 7.30 pm
DORIC STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in A Op. 20 No. 6MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in Eb Op. 44 No. 3BERG Lyric Suite
Chamber Music Season
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DORIC STRING QUARTET Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL
Friday 25 February 7.30 pm
RODERICK WILLIAMS baritone
HELMUT DEUTSCH piano
WOLF Songs from Italienisches LiederbuchKORNGOLD Abschiedslieder Op. 14
MAHLER ErinnerungMAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Aus! Aus!; Um schlimmeKinder artig zu machen; Ich ging mit Lust; SelbstgefühlSCHUMANN Kernerlieder Op. 35
Song Recital Series
Saturday 26 February 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLEMARIANNE THORSEN violin LAURA SAMUEL violin
LAWRENCE POWER viola PAUL WATKINS cello
ALICE NEARY cello
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 7 in F# minor Op. 108
GLAZUNOV String Quintet in A Op. 39
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven and the Russians
Sunday 27 February 11.30 am
VADIM GLUZMAN violin
ANGELA YOFFE piano
LECLAIR Violin Sonata in D Op. 9 No. 3BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47
‘Kreutzer’RAVEL Kaddisch from Deux mélodies hébraïques(for violin and piano); Tzigane
Coffee Concert
Sunday 27 February 4.00 pm
ANNA GREVELIUS mezzo-sopranopianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
Sunday 27 February 7.30 pm
FAURÉ QUARTETMOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478
MOZART Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb K493
Chamber Music Season
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RODERICK WILLIAMS Keith Saunders
FAURÉ QUARTET KASSKARA
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Monday 28 February 1.00 pm
SANDRINE PIAU soprano
ANTOINE TAMESTIT viola
MARKUS HADULLA piano
Songs by SCHUBERT
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wednesday 2 March 1.00 pm
BRITTEN SINFONIASTEVEN OSBORNE piano
HOLT New work (London première)*SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A D667 The Trout*co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 2 March 7.30 pm
AMANDA ROOCROFT soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1860 –1870
Programme to include songs by LISZT,CORNELIUS, JENSEN, BRUCH and BRAHMS
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade:100 years of German Song 1810–1910
Thursday 3 March 7.30 pm
ENDELLION STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Hess 34 (arr ofPiano Sonata Op. 14 No. 1)BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 127
Chamber Music Season
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STEVEN OSBORNE Benjamin Ealovega
AMANDA ROOCROFT Anthony Roocroft
Saturday 5 March 7.30 pm
NASH ENSEMBLE PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE narrator**to be confirmed
BORODIN String Sextet in D minorSHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces Op. 11 for string octet PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf (arr. David Matthews) fornarrator and ensembleBEETHOVEN Septet in Eb Op. 20
Chamber Music Season/Beethoven and the Russians
Sunday 6 March 11.30 am
WIHAN QUARTETJANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’DVORÁK String Quartet No. 4 in C Op. 61
Coffee Concert
Sunday 6 March 7.30 pm
ROYAL ACADEMY SOLOISTSCLIO GOULD director
STURM UND DRANG
BIBER BattaliaMOZART Symphony No. 25 in G minor K183
HAYDN Symphony No. 26 in D minor‘Lamentatione’SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
Chamber Music Season
Monday 7 March 1.00 pm
MARTIN HELMCHEN piano
Programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 8 March 7.30 pm
WIHAN QUARTETMENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E minorOp. 44 No. 2JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105
Chamber Music Season
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Thursday 10 March 7.30 pm
TREVOR PINNOCK harpsichord
LOCKE Suite in C from MelothesiaTAKEMITSU Rain DreamingBACH Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830
COUPERIN Prelude in D minorJACQUET DE LA GUERRE Sarabande in D minor; Chaconne in DNAVICKAS El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan (world première)RAMEAU From Pièces de clavecin: Les tendres plaintes; Les niaisde Sologne; L’entretien des Muses; Les cyclopes, rondeau
Early Music and Baroque Series
Friday 11 March 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL
Chamber Music Season
Friday 11 March 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 12 March 7.30 pm
PAVEL HAAS QUARTETDANJULO ISHIZAKA cello
SCHULHOFF String Quartet No. 1PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 13 March 11.30 am
MARIANNE THORSEN violinpianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
Coffee Concert
Monday 14 March 1.00 pm
FLORESTAN TRIOHAYDN Piano Trio in Eb HXV:29
DVORÁK Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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TREVOR PINNOCK Peer Lindgreen
Tuesday 15 March 7.30 pm
KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ROBINSON TRIOBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’RAVEL Piano Trio in A minorMENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 16 March 6.30 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKWigmore Hall Learning Event
Wednesday 16 March 7.30 pm
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC BERNARD LABADIE conductor
KARINA GAUVIN soprano
HANDEL Arias; Instrumental music
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 17 March 7.30 pm
VIVIANE HAGNER violin
NICOLE HAGNER piano
Programme to include:SCHUBERT Rondo in B minorLISZT La lugubre gondola (version for violin &piano); Grand Duo Concertante for violin & pianoBEETHOVEN Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 19 March 2.00 pm
ÁLVARO PIERRI guitar
FAMILY CONCERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
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KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ROBINSON TRIO Christian Steiner
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Saturday 19 March 7.30 pm
PACIFICA QUARTETMENDELSSOHN String Quartet in Eb Op. 12
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 5 in Bb Op. 92
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and theMaiden’
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 20 March 11.30 am
KOPELMAN QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’SCHUBERT String Quartet in Eb D87
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for string quartetSHOSTAKOVICH Elegy; Polka
Coffee Concert
Sunday 20 March 4.00 pm
ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN sopranopianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
Sunday 20 March 7.30 pm
EMANUEL AX piano
Programme to include:SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D935; Piano Sonatain A D664; Piano Sonata in Bb D960
Works by CHOPIN
London Pianoforte Series
Monday 21 March 1.00 pm
KOPELMAN QUARTETProgramme to include:BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN Dario Acosta
PACIFICA QUARTET Robin Holland
Tuesday 22 March 7.30 pm
PAUL LEWIS piano
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C D840 ‘Reliquie’SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in D D850
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 23 March 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALKCOMPOSERS IN FOCUS
Anthony Burton in conversation with the composers of theevening concert
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Wednesday 23 March 7.00 pm NB starting time
NASH ENSEMBLEMARK PADMORE tenor
PHILIPPA DAVIES flute
RICHARD WATKINS horn
LIONEL FRIEND conductor
NASH INVENTIONS
DEBUSSY Syrinx for solo fluteBENNETT Sonata after Syrinx for flute, viola and harpM BERKELEY Piano QuintetHOLT The Torturer’s Horse for string sextet (world première)D MATTHEWS Horn Quintet (world première)TURNAGE A Constant Obsession for tenor solo and eight players
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 23 March 10.00 pm
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETTpiano, arranger
CLAIRE MARTIN vocalist
MEMBERS OF THE NASHENSEMBLELATE NIGHT JAZZ EVENT TO CELEBRATERICHARD RODNEY BENNETT’S 75TH BIRTHDAY
Richard and Claire will join members of theNash Ensemble in special arrangements fromthe Great American Songbook, which willinclude songs by GERSHWIN, JOHNNY MERCER,CY COLEMAN, HAROLD ARLEN and RICHARDRODNEY BENNETT
Chamber Music Season
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CLAIRE MARTIN
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Thursday 24 March 7.30 pm
PAUL LEWIS piano
Repeat of concert on 22 March
London Pianoforte Series
Friday 25 March 7.30 pm
LUCY CROWE soprano
CLARA MOURIZ mezzo-soprano
ALLAN CLAYTON tenor
RONAN COLLETT baritone
JOSEPH MIDDLETON piano
COLOURS OF SPAIN
TURINA Poema en forma de cancionesWALTON Through gilded trellisesBRAHMS Spanisches LiedSCHUMANN Der HidalgoWOLF From Spanisches Liederbuch: Auf dem grünen Balkon;Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst; Bedeckt mich mit BlumenPOULENC ToréadorRAVEL Vocalise-étude en forme de habaneraSAINT-SAËNS Guitares et MandolinesRAVEL Chanson épique from Don Quichotte à DulcinéeCHABRIER España, rhapsody arr. for voiceSCHUMANN From Spanisches Liederspiel: Erste Begegnung;Intermezzo; Liebesgram; In der Nacht; Es ist verraten;Melancholie; Geständnis; Der Kontrabandiste; Botschaft;Ich bin geliebt; Hoch, hoch sind die Berge; Flutenreicher Ebro
Song Recital Series
Saturday 26 March 7.30 pm
HAGEN QUARTETLUTOSLAWSKI String QuartetBEETHOVEN String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 27 March 11.30 am
HAGEN QUARTETSCHUBERT String Quartet in G D887
Coffee Concert
Sunday 27 March 7.30 pm
ÁLVARO PIERRI guitar
Please see Guitar Series feature on pages 24–25
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Guitar Series
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PAUL LEWIS Jack Liebeck
Monday 28 March 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 29 March 7.30 pm
LAWRENCE ZAZZO countertenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
Programme to include songs by GERLE, HOWELLS and IVES
Song Recital Series/The Art of the Countertenor
Wednesday 30 March 7.30 pm
FLORIAN BOESCH baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1870–1880
Programme to include songs byBRAHMS and LISZT
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade:100 Years of German Song 1810–1910
Thursday 31 March 7.30 pm
FLORILEGIUMASHLEY SOLOMON director, flute, recorder
ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS soprano
JANE GOWER bassoon
VIVALDI Sinfonia in G RV146; Laudate pueri;Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 ‘La Follia’;Motet Nulla in mundo pax sinceraTELEMANN Quartet in D minor from Tafelmusik I;Concerto in F for recorder, bassoon, strings andbasso continuo; Conclusion in E minor fromTafelmusik II
Early Music and Baroque Series
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ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS
FLORIAN BOESCH Stephan von der Decken
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Saturday 2 April 7.30 pm
QUATUOR MOSAÏQUESHAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’MOZART String Quartet in D K575
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 3 April 11.30 am
SHARON KAM clarinet
LARS VOGT piano
DEBUSSY Première rapsodieSCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 73
POULENC Sonata for clarinet and pianoBRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1
Coffee Concert
Sunday 3 April 7.30 pm
QUATUOR MOSAÏQUESHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 76 No. 5DAVID String Quartet in ABRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1
Chamber Music Season
Monday 4 April 1.00 pm
HAN-NA CHANG cello
FINGHIN COLLINS piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40
PROKOFIEV Cello Sonata in C Op. 119
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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PREVIEW APRIL – JULY 2011
These concerts (except the concerts on 3 May, 6 May and 2 June at 7.30 pm) are not bookable onthis brochure. Booking dates and full details of artists and programmes will be published in aseparate brochure available from late December 2010.
SHARON KAM Maike Helbig
Monday 4 April 7.30 pm
THE ENGLISH CONCERTLAURENCE CUMMINGS director, harpsichord
MAURICE STEGER recorder
CORBETT Alla Milanese from Le bizzarie universal Op. 8CORELLI Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 4SCARLATTI/AVISON Concerto Grosso No. 9 in CCORELLI/CASTRUCCI Sonata in E minor for voice flute Op. 5 No. 8CORELLI/GEMINIANI Chaconne upon a Sarabanda Op. 5 No. 7CORELLI/GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso (La Folia) Op. 5 No. 12
CORELLI/BABELL Concerto in F for soprano recorder Op. 5 No. 10
Early Music and Baroque Series
Tuesday 5 April 7.30 pm
THOMAS ZEHETMAIR violin
RUTH KILLIUS viola
SKALKOTTAS DuoMOZART Duo in G K423; Duo in Bb K424
HOLLIGER Drei SkizzenMARTINU Madrigals for violin and viola
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 6 April 7.30 pm
RENATA POKUPIC mezzo-soprano
ALEK SHRADER tenor
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
SCHUMANN In der Fremde; Intermezzo;Waldesgespräch; Mondnacht; Schöne Fremde;Gedichte der Königin Maria StuartBARBER O Boundless, Boundless Evening; A NunTakes the Veil; The Secrets of the Old; Sure onthis Shining Night; Solitary Hotel; NocturneDUPARC L’invitation au voyage; Chanson triste;Extase; Le manoir de RosemondeFAURÉ Aurore; Automne; Le secret; Notre amour ROSSINI Les amants de Séville; La promessa;Il rimprovero; La danza; L’Invito
Song Recital Series
Thursday 7 April 2.00 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS LECTURE RECITALWigmore Hall Learning Event
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RUTH KILLIUS Keith Pattison
RENATA POKUPIC Chris Gloag
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Thursday 7 April 7.30 pm
KATARINA KARNÉUS mezzo-soprano
JULIUS DRAKE piano
GRIEG Med en vandlilie; Spillemaend; En fuglevise; HaugtussaRANGSTRÖM Bön till natten; Pan; Flickan under nymånenSIBELIUS Den första kyssen; Lasse liten; Soluppgång;Var det en dröm?; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte;Bollspelet vid Trianon; Säv, säv, susa; Demanten på marssnön;Våren flyktar hastigt
Song Recital Series
Friday 8 April 7.30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
STEPHEN HOUGH piano
BACH/SILOTI Adagio from the Toccata in CBUSONI Kultaselle, variations on a Finnish folksongBRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
LISZT Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth S.382
GRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36
Chamber Music Season
Saturday 9 April 7.30 pm
STEVEN OSBORNE piano
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A D959
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in Bb D960
London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 10 April 11.30 am
HEATH QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2DVORÁK String Quartet in Eb Op. 51
Coffee Concert
Sunday 10 April 7.30 pm
LISA BATIASHVILI violin
ADRIAN BRENDEL cello
TILL FELLNER piano
HAYDN Piano Trio in D HXV:24
BIRTWISTLE New Trio (UK première)BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Chamber Music Season
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LISA BATIASHVILI
Monday 11 April 1.00 pm
TRIO WANDERERProgramme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 11 April 7.30 pm
CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
Programme to include songs bySCHUBERT and MAHLER
Song Recital Series
Tuesday 12 April 7.30 pm
QUARTETTO DI CREMONA ADRIAN ADLAM violin
THOMAS HELL piano
BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 2 Sz76
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6CHAUSSON Concert in D Op. 21 for violin, pianoand string quartet
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 13 April 1.00 pm
BRITTEN SINFONIATHOMAS GOULD violin
Programme to include:PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Chamber Music Season
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QUARTETTO DI CREMONA
TRIO WANDERER François Marquet
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Wednesday 13 April 7.30 pm
MARIA JOÃO PIRES piano
Programme to be announced
London Pianoforte Series
Thursday 14 April 7.30 pm
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
DAME MITSUKO UCHIDA piano
SCHUBERT Winterreise
Song Recital Series
Saturday 16 April 7.30 pm
JOSHUA BELL violinpianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 17 April 11.30 am
MARIE-ELISABETH HECKER cello
MARTIN HELMCHEN piano
BACH Viola da gamba sonata JANÁCEK PohádkaMENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58
Coffee Concert
Monday 18 April 1.00 pm
MIKLÓS PERÉNYI cello
BACH Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012
BRITTEN Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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MARIA JOÃO PIRES Eduardo Gagiero/DG
Tuesday 19 April 7.30 pm
ELIAS STRING QUARTETProgramme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 20 April 7.30 pm
RETROSPECT ENSEMBLEMATTHEW HALLS director
BUXTEHUDE Membra Jesu Nostri BUXWV75
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thursday 21 April 7.30 pm
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTERmezzo-soprano
CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEALEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓNdirector, harpsichord
A programme of French baroque music, to includeworks by CHARPENTIER, LULLY and RAMEAU
Early Music and Baroque Series
Saturday 23 April 7.30 pm
PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY countertenor
L’ARPEGGIATAProgramme to include:SANCES Stabat materCAZZATI Salve ReginaDONATI O gloriosaMONTEVERDI Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius
Early Music and Baroque Series/The Art ofthe Countertenor
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ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Mats Bäcker
PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY Simon Fowler/Virgin Classics
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Sunday 24 April 11.30 am
AVIV STRING QUARTET VLADIMIR MENDELSSOHN viola
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4BRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111
Coffee Concert
Monday 25 April 1.00 pm
NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano
Programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 26 April 2.00 pm
KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARD 2011
SEMI-FINAL
Song Recital Series
Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm
ROBERT HOLL baritone
ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano
SCHUBERT Winterreise
Song Recital Series
Thursday 28 April 7.30 pm
KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ piano
BACH The Art of Fugue BWV1080
London Pianoforte Series
Friday 29 April 6.00 pm
KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARD 2011
FINAL
Song Recital Series
Saturday 30 April 7.30 pm
SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAMOZART Horn Quintet in Eb K407
STRAUSS Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956
Chamber Music Season
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KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ Charles Seton
Sunday 1 May 11.30 am
DORIC STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death andthe Maiden’
Coffee Concert
Sunday 1 May 7.30 pm
LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRAADRIAN BUTTERFIELD director, violin
RACHEL BROWN flute
LAURENCE CUMMINGS harpsichord
TELEMANN Flute Concerto in E minor with violin, strings andbasso continuoC P E BACH Flute Concerto in D minor Wq22
LECLAIR Violin Concerto in F Op. 7 No. 4BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050
Early Music and Baroque Series
Monday 2 May 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 2 May 7.30 pm
HESPÈRION XXIMONTSERRAT FIGUERAS soprano
JORDI SAVALL viola da gamba, director
MARE NOSTRUM
Programme to include Christian, Sepharadic,Turkish, Arabo-andalousian and Mediterraneanmusic.
Early Music and Baroque Series
Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pm
DAVID RUSSELL guitar
Programme to be announced
Please see page 25 for ticket details.
Guitar Series
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Wednesday 4 May 6.00 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 4 May 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
PIERS LANE piano
BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2WEBER Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op. 48
BENJAMIN Le tombeau de RavelKATS-CHERNIN New workMILHAUD Scaramouche Op. 165b (arr. for clarinet and piano)POULENC Sonata for clarinet and piano
Chamber Music Season
Friday 6 May 7.30 pm
DIANA TORTO singer
JOHN TAYLOR piano
Born six years ago, the collaboration betweenDiana Torto and John Taylor has graduallydeveloped to a perfect balance where the blendof both artists and music is beautifully defined.The repertoire is based mainly on their owncompositions and other contemporary composerslike Kenny Wheeler and Anders Jormin.
Please see page 79 for ticket details.
Jazz Series
Saturday 7 May 11.00 am
MICHAEL COLLINSFAMILY CONCERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
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PIERS LANE Clive Barda
DIANA TORTO AND JOHN TAYLOR R Cifarelli/Phocus
Saturday 7 May 7.30 pm
JERUSALEM QUARTETBRAHMS String Sextet in Bb Op. 18
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht Op. 4
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 8 May 11.30 am
CUARTETO CASALSMOZART String Quartet in Eb K428
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135
Coffee Concert
Monday 9 May 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 10 May 7.30 pm
MIKHAIL RUDY piano
SKRYABIN 8 Études from Op. 8, Op. 42 & Op. 65
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuitCHOPIN 2 Nocturnes Op. 27; Nocturne in C# minorOp. posth; Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1;Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35 ‘FuneralMarch’
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm
ENDELLION STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3;String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minorOp. 80
Chamber Music Season
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CUARTETO CASALS Felix Broede
MIKHAIL RUDY
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Thursday 12 May 7.30 pm
CHARLES OWEN piano
BACH Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830
RAVEL Le tombeau de CouperinSCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A minor D845
London Pianoforte Series
Saturday 14 May 7.30 pm
CHRISTIAN GERHAHER baritone
GEROLD HUBER piano
MAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der SchildwacheNachtlied; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht; Das irdische Leben;Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz; Wo die schönen Trompetenblasen; Lied des Verfolgten im Turm; Ablösung im Sommer;Rheinlegendchen; Ich ging mit Lust; Lieder eines fahrendenGesellen; Frühlingsmorgen; Phantasie aus Don Juan;Kindertotenlieder
Song Recital Series
Sunday 15 May 11.30 am
ANTHONY MARWOOD violin
ALEKSANDAR MADZAR piano
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minorSCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934
Coffee Concert
Monday 16 May 1.00 pm
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor
ROGER VIGNOLES piano
Programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pm
ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano
ARTEMIS QUARTET MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
Chamber Music Season
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GEROLD HUBER AND CHRISTIAN GERHAHER Alexander Basta/Song BMG Classical
Friday 20 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm
YCAT FINALS 2011
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 22 May 11.30 am
META4
Programme to include:HAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’
Coffee Concert
Monday 23 May 1.00 pm
QUATUOR EBÈNEMOZART String Quartet in D minor K421
BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in D
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 23 May 7.30 pm
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
JULIUS DRAKE piano
PURCELL/TIPPETT Music for a whileBACH/BRITTEN Five Spiritual SongsHAYDN Content; Sailor’s song; She never toldher love; The Wanderer; FidelityPURCELL/BRITTEN The Queen’s EpicediumBRITTEN From Who are these Children Op. 84:Nightmare; Slaughter; Who are these Children?;The ChildrenWEILL Beat! Beat! Drums!; O captain!My captain!; Come up from the fields, father;Dirge for two veterans
Song Recital Series
Thursday 26 May 7.30 pm
GENIA KÜHMEIER soprano
BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano
MICHAEL SCHADE tenor
THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
JUSTUS ZEYEN piano
SCHUMANN Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138
BRAHMS Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52; An dieHeimat; Der Abend; O schöne Nacht; Abendlied;Neue Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 65
Song Recital Series
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META4 Antti Hannuniemi
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Friday 27 May 7.30 pm
ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano
MOZART 12 Variations K500
MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
HAYDN Variations in F minorSCHUMANN Theme and Variations in Eb ‘Geister Variations’BEETHOVEN 33 Variations in C on a waltz by Diabelli Op. 120
London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 29 May 11.30 am
ENSEMBLE PIERRE ROBERTDE VISÉE Tombeau de Francisque CorbetCHARPENTIER Seconde leçon de ténèbres du mercredi;Répons: ‘Amicus meus’; Seconde leçon de ténèbres du jeudi;Répons: ‘Seniores populi’; Seconde leçon de ténèbres du vendrediL COUPERIN Tombeau de Monsieur BlancrocherMARAIS Tombeau pour Sieur de Sainte-Colombe
Coffee Concert
Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm
THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone
ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano
Programme to include songs byMAHLER and STRAUSS
András Schiff Series:Songs – With and Without Words
Monday 30 May 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 31 May 7.00 pm NB starting time
TAKÁCS QUARTETSTEPHEN HOUGH piano
ANNIVERSARY GALA 1
HAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135
DVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81
Wigmore Hall opened with two inauguralconcerts on 31 May and 1 June 1901.We present two Gala Concerts in honourof our 110th anniversary.
Chamber Music Season
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ANDRÁS SCHIFF Birgitta Kowsky, Leipzig
Wednesday 1 June 7.00 pm NB starting time
JOSHUA BELL violin
PAMELA FRANK violin
TABEA ZIMMERMANN viola
STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
JEREMY DENK piano
ANNIVERSARY GALA 2
BEETHOVEN Duet in Eb WoO32 ‘Augengläsern’SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929
DVORÁK Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75 (arr. for 2 violins & viola)ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
Wigmore Hall opened on 31 May 1901 with a Gala Concert onthat day and on 1 June we celebrate our 110th anniversary inthe same way.
Chamber Music Season
Thursday 2 June 5.00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICSCHUBERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm
KLAUS GESING reeds
GWILYM SIMCOCK piano
Original material by Gwilym Simcock and Klaus Gesing mixedwith jazz standards
Please see page 79 for ticket details.
Jazz Series
Saturday 4 June 7.30 pm
VANBRUGH QUARTETPROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 1 in B minor Op. 50
AUERBACH String Quartet No. 3 ‘Cetera desunt’SCHUBERT String Quartet in G D887
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 5 June 11.30 am
EGGNER TRIO BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor
Coffee Concert
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VANBRUGH QUARTET Keith Saunders
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Monday 6 June 1.00 pm
ANGELA HEWITT piano
Works by BACHCHOPIN Nocturne in Ab, Op. 32, No. 2; Waltz in Gb Op. 70 No. 1;Mazurkas in D Op. 33 No. 2 and C Op. 67 No. 3; Prelude in AOp. 28 No. 7; Waltz in C# minor Op. 64 No. 2; Grande valsebrillante in Eb Op. 18
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm
ANDREAS SCHOLL countertenor
TAMAR HALPERIN harpsichord, piano
Works by PURCELL, DOWLAND, CAMPION,HANDEL and HAYDN and selected folk songs
Early Music and Baroque Series/The Art ofthe Countertenor
Wednesday 8 June 6.00 pm
RAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTISTSChamber Music Season
Wednesday 8 June 7.30 pm
RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLE Programme to be announced
Chamber Music Season
Thursday 9 June 5.00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICSCHUBERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 9 June 7.30 pm
VIENNA PIANO TRIOProgramme to be announced
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ANDREAS SCHOLL Eric Larrayadieu
Friday 10 June 7.30 pm
DANIIL SHTODA tenor
LARISSA GERGIEVA piano
Songs by GLINKA, CUI, DARGOMÏZHSKY, BALAKIREV,TCHAIKOVSKY, RACHMANINOV, GLIÈRE and SVIRIDOV
Song Recital Series
Saturday 11 June 7.30 pm
STEPHEN HOUGH piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor Op. 27 No. 2HOUGH New work (world première)SKRYABIN Piano Sonata No. 4 in F# Op. 30
SKRYABIN Piano Sonata No. 5 in F# Op. 53
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor S178
London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 12 June 11.30 am
KIT ARMSTRONG piano
Programme to be announced
Coffee Concert
Monday 13 June 1.00 pm
BELCEA QUARTETDVORÁK String Quartet in Eb Op. 51
JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 13 June 7.30 pm
THOMAS HAMPSON baritone
WOLFRAM RIEGER piano
Songs by MAHLER
Song Recital Series
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STEPHEN HOUGH Christian Steiner
THOMAS HAMPSON Sheila Rock
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Tuesday 14 June 7.30 pm
PAUL LEWIS piano
SCHUBERT 12 Waltzes D145
SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D899
SCHUBERT Hungarian Melody in B minor D817
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G D894
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm
DANIEL BARENBOIM piano
Works by LISZT
London Pianoforte Series
Thursday 16 June 5.00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICSCHUBERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 16 June 7.30 pm
PAUL LEWIS piano
Repeat of concert on 14 June
London Pianoforte Series
Friday 17 June 7.00 pm NB starting time
DANTE STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3SIBELIUS String Quartet in D minor Op. 56
‘Voces Intimae’
Chamber Music Season
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DANIEL BARENBOIM Sheila Rock/EMI Classics
Friday 17 June 10.00 pm
THE OTHER EBÈNEQUATUOR EBÈNE RICHARD HÉRY drums
FABRICE PLANCHAT sound engineer
A programme of arrangements and improvisations on jazz,film soundtracks and pop music.
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 19 June 11.30 am
QUARTETTO DI CREMONABEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’GRIEG String Quartet in G minor Op. 27
Coffee Concert
Monday 20 June 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 20 June 7.30 pm
SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRABRAHMS Horn Trio in Eb Op. 40; Clarinet Trio inA minor Op. 114
MARTINU SextetBEETHOVEN Sextet in Eb Op. 71
Chamber Music Season
Tuesday 21 June 7.30 pm
MARK PADMORE tenor
PAUL LEWIS piano
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
Song Recital Series
Wednesday 22 June 7.30 pm
SKAMPA QUARTETSCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105
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THE OTHER EBÈNE J. Mignot
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Thursday 23 June 5.00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICSCHUBERT
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Thursday 23 June 7.30 pm
MARK PADMORE tenor
PAUL LEWIS piano
Repeat of concert on 21 June
Song Recital Series
Saturday 25 June 7.30 pm
PHILIPPE GRAFFIN violin
TRULS MØRK cello
EMILY BEYNON flute
CHEN HALEVI clarinet
STEPHEN KOVACEVICH piano
CLAIRE DÉSERT piano
CONSONANCES IN MINIATURE
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2
SCHOENBERG Phantasy Op. 47
SCHOENBERG/WEBERN KammersymphonieNo. 1 Op. 9 DEBUSSY/SCHOENBERG Prélude àl’après-midi d’un faune
Chamber Music Season
Sunday 26 June 11.30 am
FINGHIN COLLINS piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.18 in Eb Op. 31 No. 3DEBUSSY Images, Series 1 & 2; L’isle joyeuse
Coffee Concert
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FINGHIN COLLINS Lorcan Brereton
PHILIPPE GRAFFIN Benjamin Ealovega
Monday 27 June 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 28 June 7.30 pm
SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1880–1890
Programme to include songs by BRAHMS, PFITZNER,STRAUSS and WOLF
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade: 100 years ofGerman Song 1810–1910
Wednesday 29 June 7.30 pm
CECILIA BARTOLI mezzo-soprano
ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano
THOMAS HAMPSON baritone
ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano
CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN MEMORIAL CONCERT
Programme to include:SCHUBERT Heine Lieder from SchwanengesangSongs by BRAHMS, ROSSINI, and Arias andDuets by MOZART
Song Recital Series
Thursday 30 June 7.30 pm
TREVOR PINNOCK harpsichord
CAROLYN SAMPSON soprano
Other artists to be announced
PURCELL Airs and Dances from The Fairy QueenBACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067
HANDEL Arias from Alcina, Hercules and Semele
Early Music and Baroque Series
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CECILIA BARTOLI Uli Weber/Decca
CAROLYN SAMPSON
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Friday 1 July 7.30 pm
RUTH ZIESAK soprano
ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet
SCHUMANN From Myrthen: Widmung; Der Nußbaum; Jemand;Lied der Braut I & II; Rätsel; Die Hochländer-Witwe;Hochländisches WiegenliedSCHUMANN Kinderscenen Op. 15
SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 39
SCHUBERT Suleika I & II; Wonne der Wehmut; Geheimes;Wandrers Nachtlied II; The Shepherd on the RockLISZT Der du von dem Himmel bist; Du bist wie eineBlume; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Freudvoll und leidvoll;Die Loreley
András Schiff Series: Songs – With and Without Words
Saturday 2 July 7.30 pm
FLORILEGIUM ASHLEY SOLOMON flute, recorder
JULIAN PODGER tenor
RACHEL PODGER violin, guest director
JAMES JOHNSTONE harpsichord
FLORILEGIUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D BWV1068
BACH Arias from Cantata BWV55 ‘Ich armer Mensch’BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D BWV1069
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb BWV1051
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049
Early Music and Baroque Series
Sunday 3 July 11.30 am
RICHARD HARWOOD cello
CHRISTOPH BERNER piano
Programme to include:BEETHOVEN 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchenoder Weibchen‘ from Mozart’s Die ZauberflöteOp. 66
BRIDGE Cello Sonata in D minor
Coffee Concert
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FLORILEGIUM Amit Lennon
RUTH ZIESAK Steven Haberland/Edel Classics
Sunday 3 July 7.30 pm
FLORILEGIUMDAME EMMA KIRKBY soprano
ASHLEY SOLOMON flute, recorder
ALEXANDRA BELLAMY oboe
RACHEL PODGER violin, guest director
RICHARD FOMISON trumpet
FLORILEGIUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV1066
BACH Aria: Ei, wie schmeckt der Coffee susse from‘Coffee Cantata’ BWV211
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067
BACH Aria: Ich habe genug from Cantata BWV82
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046
Early Music and Baroque Series
Monday 4 July 1.00 pm
IMOGEN COOPER piano
Programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wednesday 6 July 7.30 pm
DIANA DAMRAU soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1890–1900
Programme to include songs by WOLF,ZEMLINSKY, HUMPERDINCK and STRAUSS
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade:100 years of German Song 1810–1910
Thursday 7 July 7.30 pm
LARS VOGT piano
SCHOENBERG 6 Little Piano Pieces Op. 19
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G D894
BRAHMS 3 Intermezzi Op. 117; Variations on aTheme by Paganini (Book I)
London Pianoforte Series
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DIANA DAMRAU John Palmer
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Sunday 10 July 11.30 am
JACK LIEBECK violin
KATYA APEKISHEVA piano
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in Eb Op. 12 No. 3
SZYMANOWSKI Three Myths Op. 30
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105
Coffee Concert
Monday 11 July 1.00 pm
Artists and programme to be announced
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 12 July 7.30 pm
CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW piano
MOZART Piano Sonata in F K533/494
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Op. 17
London Pianoforte Series
Wednesday 13 July 7.30 pm
JUPITER QUARTETWEBERN Langsamer SatzBARTÓK String Quartet No. 3KURTÁG Hommage à Mihály András(12 Microludes) Op. 13
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 withGrosse Fuge Op. 133
Chamber Music Season
Friday 15 July 7.30 pm
STILE ANTICOPASSION AND RESURRECTION
Works by CORNYSH, GIBBONS, TALLIS,DE LASSUS, VICTORIA, MORALES, McCABE,TAVERNER, GOMBERT, LOBO, CRECQUILLON, LHÉRITIER and BYRD
Early Music and Baroque Series
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JUPITER QUARTET Merri Cyr
STILE ANTICO
Saturday 16 July 7.30 pm
SUSAN GRAHAM mezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano
1900–1910
Programme to include songs by REGER, MAHLER, BERG,LEHÁR and SCHOENBERG
Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade: 100 years ofGerman Song 1810–1910
Sunday 17 July 11.30 am
FRANÇOIS CHAPLIN piano
CHOPIN Nocturne in Bb minor Op. 9 No. 1; Ballade No. 3 in AbOp. 47; Nocturne in C# minor Op. posth; Waltz in Ab Op. 34 No. 1;Waltz in A minor Op. 34 No. 2; Étude in Ab Op. 25 No. 1FAURÉ Nocturne No. 1 in Eb minor Op. 33 No. 1DEBUSSY Pour les arpèges composés No. 11 from ÉtudesBook II; From Préludes Book I: Les sons et les parfumstournent dans l’air du soir; La cathédrale engloutie;Feux d’artifice from Préludes Book II
Coffee Concert
Monday 18 July 6.30 pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENTRICHARD EGARR
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Monday 18 July 7.30 pm
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICRICHARD EGARR director
BACH Cantata ‘O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort,chorale’ BWV20; Cantata ‘Erhalt uns, Herr,bei deinem Wort, chorale’ BWV126; Cantata‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’ BWV146
Early Music and Baroque Series
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SUSAN GRAHAM Dario Acosta
FRANÇOIS CHAPLIN
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Tuesday 19 July 7.30 pm
WALDSTEIN ENSEMBLEMOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25
Chamber Music Season
Wednesday 20 July 7.30 pm
DAVID FRAY piano
Programme to be announced
London Pianoforte Series
Saturday 23 July 7.30 pm
ALICE COOTE mezzo-soprano
pianist to be announced
Programme to be announced
Song Recital Series
Sunday 24 July 11.30 am
MICHELANGELO QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’DVORÁK String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’
Coffee Concert
Thursday 28 July 7.30 pm
YEVGENY SUDBIN piano
Programme to be announced
London Pianoforte Series
Saturday 30 July 7.30 pm
JACK QUARTETLIGETI String Quartet No. 2PINTSCHER Study IV for Treatise on the VeilCAGE String Quartet in 4 PartsXENAKIS Tetras
Chamber Music Season
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BOOKING DATES
BOOKING PERIOD 1
Friday 10 September – Friday 31 December 2010
FriendsPriority booking form to reach the Box Office by 29 April
Mailing ListPriority booking form to reach the Box Office by 13 May
General PublicBy telephone/online from 20 May
Booking Information
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WIGMORE HALL BOX OFFICE36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
Tel: 020 7935 2141
Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Email: (not for bookings)[email protected]
TICKETS
Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided intofour price ranges
Stalls C – M: Highest price
Stalls A – B, N – P: 2nd highest price
Balcony A – D: 2nd highest price
Stalls BB, CC, Q – S: 3rd price
Stalls AA, T – X: Lowest price
BOX OFFICE HOURS
7 days a week: 10.00am–8.30pm.Days without an evening concert10.00am–5.00pm. No advance bookingduring the half-hour prior to performance.
TELEPHONE BOOKINGS
7 days a week: 10.00am–7.00pm.Days without an evening concert10.00am–5.00pm. There is a non-refundable£2.00 administration charge for eachtransaction. This includes the return of yourtickets by post if time permits.
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Please make cheques payable to WigmoreHall with the amount left open but statingan upper limit, and add an administrationcharge of £2.00. Tickets will then be sentby post.
ONLINE BOOKINGS
Online booking is available 24 hours a day,7 days a week. There is a £1.00 administrationcharge online. You can select your own seatand make subscription bookings online.
TICKETS FOR CONCESSIONS
Where a concession (concs) ticket price islisted these are available to students,senior citizens and the unemployed.
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GROUP BOOKINGS
Discounts of 10% are available for groupsof 12 or more, subject to availability.
WESTMINSTER RESCARD
Westminster ResCard holders may obtain a 10% discount on ticket purchases of £3 orabove. Two tickets per card (not applicableto subscription bookings).
TRANSPORT
Tubes: Bond Street (Central, Jubilee lines),Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central andVictoria lines).
Buses: A number of bus routes pass alongOxford Street.
Car Parking: There is limited street parkingafter 6.30 pm Monday to Saturday and allday Sunday in permitted areas. Alternativelythere are public car parks in CavendishSquare, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane,all of which are less than a five minute walkfrom the hall.
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FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
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Information in this brochure was correct at the time ofprinting. The right is reserved to substitute artists andto vary programmes if necessary.
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SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS
Eric Abraham*Aubrey Adams*Lady Alexander of Weedon*Tony and Marion Allen*American Friends of Wigmore Hall†
The Andor Charitable TrustThe Anniversary PatronsArts Council EnglandAnthony AustinBequest from Dr Patricia BakerAlan Bell-BerryMr Nicholas J BezKarl Otto Bonnier*David and Mary Bowerman*Alan Bradley*Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson*Rainer and Doreen Burchett*Gwen and Stanley Burnton*Café de Colombia
Mr E Clause*The late John CoblenzThe John S Cohen FoundationEdwin C Cohen*Sonia and Harvey ColeComplete CoffeeThe Concertina Charitable TrustJohn Crisp*Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch*Decade by Decade Song SyndicateThe D’Oyly Carte Charitable TrustThe Dunard FundVernon and Hazel Ellis†
The Elton FamilyThe Equitable Charitable TrustThe Ernest Cook TrustThe Fidelio Charitable Trust†
Peter and Sonia FieldJohn and Amy FordFoyle FoundationFriends of Wigmore HallJonathan Gaisman*John and Lauren Goldsmith*The Goldsmith’s CompanyNicholas and Judith GoodisonThe Gordon FoundationThe Great Britain Sasahawa Foundation
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Charles Rose*Rosenblatt RecitalsJackie Rosenfeld OBE Hon RCM*
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N M Rothschild and Sons LimitedThe Rubinstein CircleS E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3The Samuel Sebba Charitable TrustRichard Sennett and Saskia Sassen*Martin and Elise Smith*Victoria and Richard Sharp*The Sobell FoundationCita and Irwin Stelzer*John Stephens OBE, Hon FTCL*The Stewart Family TrustThe Swiss Global Artistic FoundationHarry Teacher*The Tertis FoundationAllen L Thomas and Jane Simpson’Scilla and Tony Thornton*†
John and Ann Tusa*Gordon VeneKlasen*Kathleen Verelst*Robin Vousden*Gerry WakelinMarie-Luise WaldeckHoward de Walden Estates LimitedMichael and Rosemary WarburgAnne and David Weizmann*City of WestminsterDavid and Martha WinfieldTony Wingate†
The Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationThe Wolfson FoundationWorshipful Company of Information TechnologistsSimon Yates and Kevin Roon*
and several anonymous supporters
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