Wigmore Hall Learning Brochure January - March 2012

January – March 2012

Activities for Early Years Family Events Young People’s Events Pre-Concert Events Behind the Music Come and Sing

HOW TO BOOK Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Booking opens 2 November In Person 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm

By Telephone 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm There is a non-refundable £2 administration charge for each transaction Online www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. There is a £1 administration charge online Box Office Enquiries 020 7935 2141 Wigmore Hall Learning Enquiries 020 7258 8240 If you would like to join our free Wigmore Hall Learning mailing list please call the Box Office or visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post

We would like to thank the following for their support of Wigmore Hall Learning programme. Their involvement is greatly appreciated.

Arts Council England The Andor Charitable Trust A bequest from Dr Patricia L Baker The Blue Door Foundation Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust The Ellerdale Trust The Elton Family The Gordon Foundation The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation John Lyon’s Charity Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Milton Damerel Trust The Monument Trust Valerie O’Connor & Jeanette McIntosh The Pidem Fund The Rayne Foundation NM Rothschild and Sons Limited The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3 Sound Connections A bequest from Margaret Mary Tewkesbury Marie-Luise Waldeck And several anonymous donors

Photo Credits: All images © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

Calendar of Events JANUARY – MARCH 2012 Sat 7 Jan

Tue 10 Jan Fri 13 Jan Sat 14 Jan

Thu 19 Jan Thu 19 Jan Tue 24 Jan Wed 25 Jan

Thu 26 Jan Fri 27 Jan

Tue 31 Jan Thu 2 Feb Sat 4 Feb

Wed 8 Feb Fri 10 Feb

Wed 15 Feb

Thu 16 Feb Fri 17 Feb Sat 18 Feb Mon 20 Feb

Come and Sing: Page 13 French Song TODDLER BOP 2 for crying out loud!

2 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8 Norman Lebrecht on Mahler Chamber Tots 3 Birkbeck Study Afternoon 10 Birkbeck Study Afternoon 10 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8 Elspeth Brooke WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 11 Artists in Conversation: 8 Michael Collins WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 11 WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 11 Open Audience Concert: 4 The Soldier's Tale Chamber Tots 3 Artists in Conversation: 8 Roger Vignoles and Richard Stokes Practice Makes Perfect 13 RNIB Study Day Music in Motion Half-Term Course 6 Music in Motion Half-Term Course 6 FAMILY DAY: IGOR AND FRIENDS 4 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8 Bettany Hughes on Socrates

Wed 22 Feb Fri 24 Feb Sat 25 Feb

Tue 28 Feb Wed 29 Feb

Fri 2 Mar Mon 5 Mar

Wed 7 Mar Thu-Sun 8-11 Mar Fri 9 Mar Sat 10 Mar Tue 13 Mar

Wed 14 Mar Thu 15 Mar Fri 16 Mar Sat 17 Mar Wed 21 Mar Fri 23 Mar Tue-Fri 27-30 Mar Thu 29 Mar

Chamber Tots Page 3 Introduction to Music 1 11 Steven Isserlis Legends 12 Interview Series: Ida Haendel Young Producers’ Concert 6 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9 Academy of Ancient Music and Alina Ibragimova Introduction to Music 2 11 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9 Andrew Carwood on Byrd Stephen Hough Masterclass 12 National Young 6 STRING QUARTET WEEKEND Introduction to Music 3 11 Sing a Story Family Concert 5 PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9 Composers in Focus for crying out loud!

2 Chamber Tots 3 Introduction to Music 4 11 FAMILY DAY: MUSICAL CHARACTERS 5 Pre-Concert Talk: Luke Bedford 9 Chamber Tots 3 London String Quartet 12 Week Pre-Concert Performance: 9 NYSQ Weekend Quartet

Activities for Early Years

Activities for Early Years FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! For parents and babies up to 1 year old £6 per adult – babies come for free A highly popular programme for new parents and their babies. Each lasting 45 minutes, the concerts provide an opportunity to enjoy a programme of beautiful chamber music in a calm and accommodating environment.

Friday 13 January Wednesday 14 March

11.00 am – 11.45 am 11.00 am – 11.45 am

With musicians from the Royal Academy of Music

TODDLER BOP For 1 – 2 year olds £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult A new programme of music and movement workshops for toddlers aged 1 – 2 years. Adults are encouraged to participate fully with their child in all the activities.

Tuesday 10 January Workshop repeated

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10.15 am – 11.00 am 11.45 am – 12.30 pm

For 2 – 5 year olds Maximum 4 tickets per booking for each event £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult Workshop leader Natasha Zielazinski and young performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama present these popular music workshops for toddlers and their carers.

Sessions include a short performance in the Auditorium and an interactive workshop in the Bechstein Room including singing, playing percussion and a chance to meet the musicians and see their instruments close up.

Activities for Early Years

CHAMBER TOTS

Please note: These workshops are for parents/ carers and their toddlers to make music together. Please avoid bringing younger siblings if at all possible.

Thursday 19 January

10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Wednesday 8 February 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds

11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds Wednesday 22 February 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds

11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds Thursday 15 March

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

2 – 5 year olds

Friday 23 March

10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds 3

Family Events

Family Events Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Andor Charitable Trust and The Monument Trust

THE SOLDIER’S TALE Saturday 4 February Join us for a performance of The Soldier’s Tale by Stravinsky, open to families and children aged 8 and up. The story is based on a Russian folk tale about a soldier who makes a deal with the devil, trading his fiddle for a book that predicts the future.

The concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk with animateur, Rachel Leach, to help you prepare for the story and the music. For a pack full of fun activities you can do at home in advance of the concert, visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/resources Interactive pre-concert talk 10.15 am – 10.45am Free (ticket required) Open audience concert 11.00 am – 12.00 noon Adults £7 Children £5 Please note this is not an interactive concert and is not suitable for younger children.

IGOR AND FRIENDS Saturday 18 February 10.30 am – 3.30 pm FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Discover the story of Igor! Last year, Wigmore Hall commissioned a fantastic new piece of music from Luke Bedford based on the story of Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing by Satoshi Kitamura, published by Andersen Press. This workshop for families explores the story and gives you a chance to create some new music of your own! Finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. With Polly Ives.

Adults £12 Children £8 4

Saturday 10 March 11.00 am – 11.45 am FAMILY CONCERT For ages 3 – 7 years Celebrating our early years outreach programme, Sing a Story is a special concert for children aged 3 – 7 years and their parents.

Presented by children’s workshop leader Rob Adediran and involving a host of wonderful musicians, Sing a Story will include lots of singing, dance and percussion and the retelling of many classic children’s stories with a musical twist.

Please bring a cushion to sit on.

Family Events

SING A STORY

Adults £7 Children £5

MUSICAL CHARACTERS Saturday 17 March 10.00 am – 3.30 pm FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Inspired by the Pacifica Shostakovich string quartet cycle at Wigmore Hall, this family day, led by Sam Glazer, will help you discover exciting hidden codes and characters within music! Make your own piece to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

This workshop also takes place at the Royal Academy of Music on Sunday 11 March.

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music Adults £12 Children £8

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Young People’s Events

Young People’s Events MUSIC IN MOTION Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

HALF-TERM COURSE For ages 11 – 16 years Ignite leads this exciting two-day course which explores ideas of creating music based on movement. Choreograph and soundtrack some of your own moves and perform your new pieces on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this half-term course. All levels of musical experience welcome. £40 per ticket Supported by Arts Council England, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

YOUNG PRODUCERS’ CONCERT Tuesday 28 ­February 5.30 pm – 6.15pm Young people aged 14+ are invited to attend this concert programmed by the Wigmore Hall Young Producers team. Working together since October 2011, the Young Producers have selected the artists, repertoire and theme for this dynamic concert for young people by young people.

Further information to be announced on the Wigmore Hall Learning pages www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/young-producers

NATIONAL YOUNG STRING QUARTET WEEKEND AT CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC Thursday 8 ­March – Sunday 11 March If you are in a string quartet at school or college, this is a fantastic opportunity to take part in an intensive weekend of coaching and performance with leading chamber music coaches and the Carducci Quartet. For more information or to apply, contact Ruth Wheal on rwheal@wigmore-hall.org.uk 6

Chamber Zone: Ticket Scheme for 8 – 25 year olds Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support from The Monument Trust, John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

Free tickets are available to 8 – 25 year olds for specially selected Wigmore Hall series concerts.

Please note – there is a limited number of Chamber Zone tickets available per concert.

Please book through the box office on 020 7935 2141.

This offer is also available to schools, with a free workshop in school. Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/ whats-on/series/free-tickets-chamber-zone for more information about the schools’ offer.

Sunday 8 January 4.00 pm Raphael Wallfisch cello John York piano Delius 150th Anniversary Concert Delius, Grieg Tuesday 17 January 7.30 pm Zehetmair String Quartet Hindemith, Schubert Tuesday 24 January 7.30 pm Stephen Hough piano Juilliard String Quartet Feldman, Elliott Carter, Lowell Liebermann Wednesday 25 January 1.00 pm Britten Sinfonia Handel , Previn, Brooke, Poulenc Sunday 29 January 11.30 am Zemlinsky String Quartet Beethoven, Suk, Mendelssohn

Saturday 4 February 11.00 am Janine Jansen & friends Stravinsky, The Soldier’s Tale

Friday 23 March 7.30 pm Gould Piano Trio Dvor˘ák, Martinů

Sunday 26 February 11.30 am Panocha Quartet Mozart, Dvor˘ák

Monday 26 March 1.00 pm Malin Christensson soprano Simon Lepper piano German, French and Scandinavian songs

Thursday 1 March 7.30 pm Elias String Quartet Jonathan Biss piano Haydn, Sibelius, Dvor˘ák Saturday 3 March 7.30 pm Nash Ensemble Schumann, Korngold, Strauss II, Schubert Thursday 8 March 7.30 pm Stephen Hough piano Heath Quartet Kirchner, Schumann, Brahms

Young People’s Events

FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!

Tuesday 27 March 7.30 pm Alban Gerhardt cello Thomas Larcher piano Schumann, Debussy, Larcher For full programme listings please see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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Pre-Concert Events

Pre- Concert Events pre-concert talk: NORMAN LEBRECHT ON MAHLER Saturday 14 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Norman Lebrecht explores the songs of Mahler ahead of the performance of Rückert Lieder in the evening concert with the Nash Ensemble and Alice Coote.

pre-concert TALK: ELSPETH BROOKE Wednesday 25 January 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required) Elspeth Brooke discusses her new work which will be performed in the Britten Sinfonia lunchtime concert.

Artists in Conversation: MICHAEL COLLINS Friday 27 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Annette Morreau talks to Michael Collins before his Birthday Concert performance with the City of London Sinfonia.

Artists in Conversation: ROGER VIGNOLES AND RICHARD STOKES Friday 10 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Richard Stokes talks to Roger Vignoles ahead of his evening performance of German Romantic song with John Mark Ainsley.

pre-concert talk: BETTANY HUGHES ON SOCRATES Monday 20 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Bettany Hughes discusses Socrates before the evening concert, which includes the performance of ‘The Death of Socrates’ from Socrate by Satie.

This talk forms part of Ian Bostridge’s Ancient and Modern project.

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Wednesday 29 February 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (separate ticket required) BBC Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Alina Ibragimova ahead of her performance with the Academy of Ancient Music, which focusses on the rise of the concerto.

pre-concert TALK: ANDREW CARWOOD ON BYRD

Pre-Concert Events

pre-concert TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC AND ALINA IBRAGIMOVA

Monday 5 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 As part of the William Byrd Sacred Music Series, Andrew Carwood, director of The Cardinall’s Musick, will give this talk preceeding their evening concert: Byrd: The Englishman.

pre-concert TALK: COMPOSERS IN FOCUS Tuesday 13 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (separate ticket required) Anthony Burton talks to composers featured in the evening concert programme performed by the Nash Ensemble.

pre-concert TALK: LUKE BEDFORD Wednesday 21 March 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required) John Gilhooly, Director of Wigmore Hall, talks to Luke Bedford, Composer in Residence, before the London première of his new work in the Britten Sinfonia lunchtime concert.

Pre-Concert Performance: NYSQ WEEKEND QUARTET Thursday 29 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (separate ticket required) Pre-concert performance by quartets who took part in the National Young String Quartet Weekend at Chetham’s School of Music earlier in the month.

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Behind the Music

Behind the Music BIRKBECK STUDY AFTERNOON: BEETHOVEN AND THE ’CELLO Thursday 19 January 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Although Beethoven’s output of just five cello sonatas may seem small in comparison to the thirty-two for piano and ten for violin; these works contain more than enough material to show his development as a composer. From the magnificent piano parts of Op. 5, written to show off the 25-year-old Beethoven’s virtuosity, to the shorter, more concentrated, minimal material used in Op. 102; Ross Alley explores the full range of Beethoven’s development through these striking works. £10 concs £6 Linked to the Beethoven Chamber and Instrumental Series and the concerts by Pieter Wispelwey and Kristian Bezuidenhout on 19 & 20 January – concert tickets to be purchased separately.

In association with Birkbeck, University of London.

BIRKBECK STUDY AFTERNOON: APPRECIATING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Tuesday 24 January 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Is the evening concert programme too challenging? It presents unfamiliar works without the perceived ‘relaxation’ of a little Mozart to soften the blows of modernity. However these pieces are all approachable – Feldman’s dance piece, inextricably linked to Merce Cunningham’s choreographic style, Carter’s tightly-planned Quartet, and Liebermann’s popular synthesis of old and innovative are exciting and beautiful. We will discuss how to listen to unfamiliar contemporary music, finding a way to appreciate the new as much as the familiar. With Pauline Greene and Nicholas O’Neill. £10 concs £6 Linked to the 7.30 pm concert by Stephen Hough and the Juilliard Quartet on 24 January – concert tickets to be purchased separately.

In association with Birkbeck, University of London

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Thursday 26 January, Tuesday 31 January and Thursday 2 February 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm THE SOLDIER’S TALE For the second Wigmore Study Group of the season, composer Julian Philips explores Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, linked to an evening performance of the work on 3 February, with Janine Jansen. Composed towards the end of the First World War and premierèd in Lausanne on 28 September 1918, The Soldier’s Tale is a unique synthesis of narration, music and dance, based on the folk-tale The Soldier and the Devil, and conceived as ‘something simple...whose music would only require a small number of instruments...and two or three characters’. This Wigmore Study Group will not only explore the remarkable context for the work’s creation, but also its distinctive theatricality and how its striking blend of Russian folk-music, popular dance and jazz opened up new possibilities for the development of Stravinsky’s musical style.

Behind the Music

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 3 February.

INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC Fridays 24 February, 2, 9 and 16 March 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS In his lifetime Beethoven wrote sixteen string quartets, and these stretch from his earliest pieces to his final sublime works. The Belcea Quartet’s mission to present them all this season gives us the opportunity to look at their development and direction, as well as some beautiful individual works. Taking examples from early, middle and late quartets, Pauline Greene explains the initial lively style – after all, Beethoven was taught by Haydn, the ‘Father of the String Quartet’ – and how he then broke the mould and introduced innovative form, harmony, range, and spirit into this timeless combination of instruments.

Series ticket price £24 Linked to the Beethoven Chamber and Instrumental Series – concert tickets to be purchased separately.

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Behind the Music

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Wednesday 15 February 10.30 am – 5.00 pm Professional development day for blind and partially sighted music teachers This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted music teachers to share ideas and best practice in instrumental teaching through masterclasses, talks and workshops.

For more information and to apply to take part, contact James Risdon, Music Officer, RNIB on 020 7391 2273 or jrisdon@rnib.org.uk Free, application required

STEVEN ISSERLIS LEGENDS INTERVIEW SERIES Saturday 25 February 11.00 am – 12.30 pm STEVEN ISSERLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH IDA HAENDEL For the second in his series, Steven Isserlis is joined by the incomparable violinist Ida Haendel to speak about her life in music, the place of music in her life and her views on the essential spirit of being a performer. ‘I am the violin,’ she declared in a documentary film around the time of her 80th birthday, defining a lifetime’s connection with her instrument and her art. Expect laughter and tears, as well as memorable insights, from this audience with a true legend.

All seats £15

STEPHEN HOUGH MASTERCLASS Wednesday 7 March 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Stephen Hough offers ideas from his many decades of performing experience and deep thinking about music to students from London’s conservatoires. He also invites students to bring their technical problems for a series of consultations in his piano surgery, before taking questions from the audience.

Audience tickets: £7 concs £4

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FRENCH SONG Saturday 7 January 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Isabelle Adams leads a day of singing workshops for adults inspired

by French song. Learn some new songs, join in with fun vocal warmups and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall Stage.

Open to everyone – no experience required! All activities will be inclusive and music will be taught by ear.

Come and Sing

Come and Sing

£18 concs £10 (not part of subscription scheme) Linked to Christopher Maltman’s concert on 15 January – concert tickets to be purchased separately

LONDON STRING QUARTET WEEK Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk nearer the time for details of London String Quartet Week, 27 March – 30 March, with masterclasses, talks and lunchtime concerts as well as the Preliminary Round of the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition.

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Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 • www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Elizabeth McCall Head of Learning • Learning Tel: 020 7258 8240 The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838 Facilities for Disabled People. For full details please call 020 7258 8210