Wigmore Hall 2017/18 Season brochure by Wigmore Hall

2017/18

Season

September 2017 - July 2018

2• Welcome to our new look Wigmore Hall Season Brochure. I hope that you find it informative, clear and easy to use. Our season will include residencies from, amongst others, Isabelle Faust, Christian Tetzlaff, Sir András Schiff, Jörg Widmann and Sonia Prina. The season will include a 17-concert survey of Haydn’s string quartets with all of Haydn’s quartets from the Op. 20s onwards, and Cuarteto Casals will present a complete cycle of Beethoven’s string quartets, alongside new works by living composers.

Director’s Introduction

Vocal highlights include a performance of Winterreise by Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida, and Roderick Williams’s first performances of Die schöne Mullerin, Winterreise and Schwanengesang, as well as recitals from Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly, Joyce DiDonato, Christian Gerhaher, Philippe Jaroussky and Simon Keenlyside.

The Nash Ensemble will dedicate its 2017/18 Season to an exploration of French chamber music, performing repertoire by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc. Other chamber concerts include appearances by Renaud Capuçon, Julia Fischer Quartet, Quatuor Ebène, the Takács Quartet, Alisa Weilerstein, Leila Josefowicz, and a performance by Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang. The London Pianoforte Series includes performances from Francesco Piemontesi, who will continue his Mozart piano sonata cycle; Nelson Freire, who will mark the 50th anniversary of his Wigmore Hall debut with a recital on the exact day on 17 February 2018; and Daniil Trifonov with Rachmaninov and Chopin, as well as recitals from Jonathan Biss, Imogen Cooper, Bertrand Chamayou, Ingrid Fliter, Kirill Gerstein, Ivana Gavrić, Richard Goode, Igor Levit and Steven Osborne. The 2017/18 Season will also include a focus on Bach, featuring Angela Hewitt, James Ehnes, Philip Higham, Mahan Esfahani, the Dunedin Consort (which will present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St Matthew Passion and Mass in B minor across the course of the season) and Les Arts Florissants. The season will contain around 20 premières, with contemporary repertoire presented by artists including Arditti Quartet, Mary Bevan, Ensemble intercontemporain, JACK Quartet, Igor Levit, Nash Ensemble and Takács Quartet. For the first time, Wigmore Hall’s Learning programme has been planned around a theme: Seven Ages, Journeys through Life will reflect on life and experience in its many and various forms. This hall must be a place of diversity, discovery, open to new names and young artists, fresh interpretations and a constant exploration of all that the repertoire offers. It is also tremendously important that, through our Learning programme and innovative use of digital technology, we can share so much of what we have with the widest possible audience.

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Contents At a Glance

Calendar 6 September 8 October 31 November 51 December 73 Contemporary Music Series

Spring Preview

Summer Preview

Booking Information

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At a Glance

September – December 2017

See pages 8 – 90 for full details of these concerts and page 104 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for…

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts

Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation 8, 9 International Song Competition Gerald Finley & Julius Drake 10 Sonia Prina: A Celebration 12 Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle 14, 34, 81 Mahan Esfahani: 11 Bach Harpsichord Works Haydn String Quartet Series 16, 17, 26, 55, 79, 83 The English Concert 18, 71 Simon Trpčeski Series 13 Vox Luminis 20 Nash Ensemble: 24, 49, The French Connection 77, 79 Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall 23, 27 Jörg Widmann as 26, 79 Composer-Performer Robert Holl & Sir András Schiff 27 Sarah Connolly & Malcolm Martineau 28 Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek 31 Finland 100 33 Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration 35 Armonia Atenea & Xavier Sabata 36 Vijay Iyer Jazz Residency 38 Polish Music Day with Jennifer Pike 39 & Friends Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey 43 Philip Higham: Bach Cello Suites 44 The Sixteen 47 Max Raabe 48 Jordi Savall 50 Kirill Gerstein 57 Takács Quartet: Associate Artists 58 Elīna Garanča 60 Joshua Bell & Academy of St Martin 62, 63 in the Fields James Ehnes: Bach Violin Works 64, 65 Christian Gerhaher 67 Joyce DiDonato 69, 85, 87 Philippe Jaroussky & Ensemble Artaserse 70 Roderick Williams: 72 Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles L’Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar 74 Christian Tetzlaff Focus 78 Daniil Trifonov 80 Mark Padmore & Mitsuko Uchida 82 Dunedin Consort: 84 Big Ideas for a Small Stage Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang 86 Arcangelo 90 Contemporary Music Series 92, 93

Mon 11 Sep Sophie Bevan/ 13 Sebastian Wybrew Mon 18 Sep Fretwork 19 Mon 25 Sep Amatis Piano Trio 27 Mon 2 Oct Paul O’Dette 32 Mon 9 Oct Lise de la Salle 36 Mon 16 Oct Anne Queffélec 42 Mon 23 Oct Trio Jean Paul 46 Mon 30 Oct Florilegium 50 Mon 6 Nov Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/ 54 David Meier Mon 13 Nov Gabriela Montero 56 Mon 20 Nov Meccore Quartet 65 Mon 27 Nov Andrei Ioniţă/Itamar Golan 71 Mon 4 Dec Céline Moinet/Florian Uhlig 75 Mon 11 Dec Armida Quartet 81 Mon 18 Dec Alina Ibragimova/ 85 Cédric Tiberghien

Chamber Music Season Mon 11 Sep Cuarteto Casals 14 Wed 13 Sep Doric String Quartet 17 Fri 15 Sep Daniel Müller-Schott/ 13 Simon Trpčeski Wed 20 Sep Nash Ensemble 21 Fri 22 Sep Vienna Mozart Trio 22 Sun 24 Sep Heath Quartet/ 26 Hannes Minnaar Sat 30 Sep Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 30 Sun 1 Oct Leila Josefowicz/ 31 John Novacek Tue 3 Oct Northern Lights Symphony 33 Orchestra/Nicky Spence/ David Tollington Wed 4 Oct Cuarteto Casals 34 Thu 5 Oct IMS Prussia Cove 34 Sat 7 Oct Isabelle Faust/ 35 Alexander Melnikov Tue 10 Oct Pavel Haas Quartet/ 37 Pavel Nikl Wed 11 Oct The Endellion String Quartet 38 Thu 12 Oct Eggner Trio 40 Sat 14 Oct Polish Music Day: 39 Jennifer Pike/Thomas Gould/ Guy Johnston/Elizabeth Kenny/ Mahan Esfahani/Tom Poster Sat 21 Oct Philip Higham 44 Sat 28 Oct Nash Ensemble 49 Tue 31 Oct Elias String Quartet 51 Wed 1 Nov Augustin Dumay/Louis Lortie 51 Sat 4 Nov Alisa Weilerstein/ 53 Inon Barnatan Wed 8 Nov Doric String Quartet 55 Sun 12 Nov Takács Quartet 58

Mon 13 Nov Takács Quartet 58 Wed 15 Nov Joshua Bell/Academy of 62 St Martin in the Fields Fri 17 Nov Britten Sinfonia 61 Fri 17 Nov Joshua Bell/Academy of 63 St Martin in the Fields Sat 18 Nov James Ehnes 64 Sun 19 Nov James Ehnes 64 Thu 23 Nov Hagen Quartet 66 Sat 25 Nov Vadim Gluzman/ 68 Johannes Moser/ Yevgeny Sudbin Tue 28 Nov Soloists of the London 71 Philharmonic Orchestra Thu 30 Nov Ning Feng/ 73 Daniel Müller-Schott/ Igor Levit Tue 5 Dec Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 78 Sat 9 Dec Nash Ensemble/ 79 Roderick Williams Sun 10 Dec Gould Piano Trio 79 Tue 12 Dec Cuarteto Casals 81 Thu 14 Dec Jerusalem Chamber Music 83 Festival Ensemble/ Elena Bashkirova Fri 15 Dec Anthony Marwood/ 83 Isabelle van Keulen/ Lawrence Power/ Richard Lester/ Heath Quartet Tue 19 Dec Leonidas Kavakos/ 86 Yuja Wang Fri 22 Dec Renaud Capuçon/David Fray 87 Wed 27 Dec Arcadia Quartet 88 Sat 30 Dec Liza Ferschtman/ 89 Roman Rabinovich

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts Sun 10 Sep Castalian String Quartet 11 Sun 17 Sep Yossif Ivanov/Philippe Ivanov 15 Sun 24 Sep Nash Ensemble 24 Sun 1 Oct Natasha Paremski 31 Sun 8 Oct Isabelle Faust/ 35 Alexander Melnikov Sun 15 Oct Scottish Ensemble 40 Sun 22 Oct Wihan Quartet 45 Sun 29 Oct Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 49 Sun 5 Nov Leonore Piano Trio 53 Sun 12 Nov Tamsin Waley-Cohen 56 Huw Watkins Sun 19 Nov Eric Le Sage 63 Sun 26 Nov Trio Isimsiz 68 Sun 3 Dec Cyprien Katsaris 73 Sun 10 Dec Heath Quartet 79 Sun 17 Dec Novus String Quartet 83 Sun 31 Dec Gary Hoffman/David Selig 89

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Early Music and Baroque Series

Song Recital Series

Contemporary Music Series

Tue 12 Sep Mahan Esfahani 11 Thu 14 Sep The English Concert/ 18 Kristian Bezuidenhout Mon 18 Sep Classical Opera 19 Tue 19 Sep Vox Luminis 20 Mon 9 Oct Xavier Sabata/ 36 Armonia Atenea/ George Petrou Fri 20 Oct Roberta Invernizzi/ 42 Accademia Hermans Sun 22 Oct Phantasm 45 Tue 24 Oct The Sixteen 47 Wed 25 Oct Carolyn Sampson/ 46 The King’s Consort Sun 29 Oct Jordi Savall/Hespèrion XXI 50 Tue 7 Nov Alina Ibragimova/ 54 Il Pomo d’Oro Sun 26 Nov Philippe Jaroussky/ 70 Ensemble Artaserse Wed 29 Nov The English Concert 71 Fri 1 Dec L’Arpeggiata 74 Mon 4 Dec The Cardinall’s Musick 75 Fri 8 Dec Early Opera Company 77 Wed 13 Dec Trio Mediæval/Nils Økland 81 Sat 16 Dec Dunedin Consort 84 Wed 20 Dec Ensemble Plus Ultra 87 Fri 29 Dec Concerto Italiano/ 89 Rinaldo Alessandrini Sun 31 Dec Arcangelo/ 90 Anna Lucia Richter

Sat 9 Sep Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 10 Sun 10 Sep Sonia Prina/ 12 Paolo Spadaro Munitto Sat 16 Sep Christiane Karg/ 15 Gerold Huber Thu 28 Sep Robert Holl/ 27 Sir András Schiff Fri 29 Sep Sarah Connolly/ 28 Malcolm Martineau Mon 2 Oct Anne Schwanewilms/ 32 Charles Spencer Tue 3 Oct Nicky Spence/ 33 Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra/David Tollington Sun 8 Oct Ben Johnson/ 34 Tyler Duncan/ Graham Johnson Thu 26 Oct Benjamin Appl/ 48 Graham Johnson Fri 27 Oct Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 48 Thu 2 Nov James Gilchrist/ 52 Anna Tilbrook Fri 3 Nov Miah Persson/ 52 Malcolm Martineau Thu 9 Nov Samling Showcase 55 Fri 10 Nov Florian Boesch/Justus Zeyen 56 Tue 14 Nov Elīna Garanča/ 60 Malcolm Martineau Sun 19 Nov Ludwig Mittelhammer/ 65 Jonathan Ware Thu 23 Nov Christian Gerhaher/ 67 James Cheung Mon 27 Nov Roderick Williams/ 72 Iain Burnside Wed 6 Dec Alice Coote/Julius Drake 77 Sat 9 Dec Nash Ensemble/ 77 Roderick Williams Mon 11 Dec Mark Padmore/ 82 Mitsuko Uchida Mon 18 Dec Joyce DiDonato/ 85 Brentano Quartet Thu 21 Dec Joyce DiDonato/ 87 Brentano Quartet Sat 23 Dec Sophie Rennert/ 88 Stephan Loges/ Graham Johnson

Mon 11 Sep Cuarteto Casals 14 Wed 20 Sep Nash Ensemble 21 Sun 24 Sep Heath Quartet 26 Wed 4 Oct Cuarteto Casals 34 Sat 14 Oct Polish Music Day/ 39 Jennifer Pike Thu 2 Nov James Gilchrist/ 52 Anna Tilbrook Sun 12 Nov Takács Quartet 58 Tue 12 Dec Cuarteto Casals 81

London Pianoforte Series Sun 17 Sep Leslie Howard Sat 23 Sep Sir András Schiff Tue 26 Sep Sir András Schiff Sun 15 Oct Roman Rabinovich Mon 16 Oct Kristian Bezuidenhout Wed 18 Oct Angela Hewitt Mon 23 Oct Francesco Piemontesi Sun 5 Nov Cédric Tiberghien Sat 11 Nov Kirill Gerstein Mon 20 Nov Philippe Cassard Wed 22 Nov Jonathan Biss Sat 2 Dec Imogen Cooper Thu 7 Dec Daniil Trifonov Sun 17 Dec Ingrid Fliter Thu 28 Dec Ivana Gavrić

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We are grateful to The Monument Trust for essential additional support for our expanded vocal series

Jazz Series Fri 13 Oct Vijay Iyer Sextet

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by

Wigmore Hall Learning Sat 2 Sep Come and Sing: 8 French Song Sun 3 Sep François Le Roux 8 on French Song Mon 4 Sep Inside the Rehearsal Room 8 Wed 6 Sep Exploring Russian Song 9 Wed 6 Sep Dame Felicity Lott 9 Masterclass Sat 16 Sep Open House Day 15 Thu 21 Sep Chamber Tots 21 Fri 22 Sep For Crying Out Loud! 22 Fri 29 Sep Schools Concert: The 28 Chimpanzees of Happytown Sat 30 Sep Family Concert: The 30 Chimpanzees of Happytown Sat 30 Sep Artists in Conversation 30 Sun 1 Oct Silver Sunday 32 Tue 10 Oct Wigmore Study Group 37 commences Wed 11 Oct Chamber Tots 37 Tue 17 Oct Come and Sing 41 Thu 26 Oct Chamber Tots 47 Fri 27 Oct Family Day: 48 Soundscapes and Landscapes Thu 2 Nov Chamber Tots 51 Sat 4 Nov Chamber Tots 52 Wed 8 Nov For Crying Out Loud! 54 Thu 16 Nov Schools Concert: 61 London Jazz Festival Sat 18 Nov Family Concert: 63 London Jazz Festival Sat 18 Nov Artists in Conversation 64 Fri 24 Nov Music for the Moment 68 Fri 24 Nov Joyce DiDonato Masterclass 69 Sat 2 Dec Relaxed Concert 76 Wed 6 Dec Chamber Tots 75

Calendar September – December 2017 September

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Sat 2 Sep 10.00am Come and Sing: French Song 8 Sun 3 Sep 11.00am International Song Competition 8 Preliminary Stage – Day 1 2.30pm International Song Competition 8 Preliminary Stage – Day 1 4.30pm François Le Roux on French Song 8 Mon 4 Sep 11.00am International Song Competition 8 Preliminary Stage – Day 2 2.30pm International Song Competition 8 Preliminary Stage – Day 2 5.00pm Inside the Rehearsal Room 8 Tue 5 Sep 3.00am International Song Competition 8 Semi-Final Round 7.00pm International Song Competition 8 Semi-Final Round Wed 6 Sep 1.00pm Exploring Russian Song 9 3.00pm Dame Felicity Lott Masterclass 9 Thu 7 Sep 6.00pm International Song Competition 9 Final and Prize-Giving Sat 9 Sep 7.30pm Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 10 Sun 10 Sep 11.30am Castalian String Quartet 11 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Paolo Spadaro Munitto 12 Mon 11 Sep 1.00pm Sophie Bevan/Sebastian Wybrew 13 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 14 Tue 12 Sep 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 11 Wed 13 Sep 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 17 Thu 14 Sep 7.30pm The English Concert/ 18 Kristian Bezuidenhout Fri 15 Sep 7.30pm Daniel Müller-Schott/Simon Trpčeski 13 Sat 16 Sep 10.00am Open House Day 15 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Gerold Huber 15 Sun 17 Sep 11.30am Yossif Ivanov/Philippe Ivanov 15 4.00pm Leslie Howard 19 Mon 18 Sep 1.00pm Fretwork 19 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 19 7.30pm Classical Opera 19 Tue 19 Sep 7.30pm Vox Luminis 20 Wed 20 Sep 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 21 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 21 Thu 21 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots 21 11.45am Chamber Tots 21 Fri 22 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 22 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 22 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 22 7.30pm Vienna Mozart Trio 22 Sat 23 Sep 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 23 Sun 24 Sep 11.30am Nash Ensemble 24 7.30pm Heath Quartet/Hannes Minnaar 26 Mon 25 Sep 1.00pm Amatis Piano Trio 27 Tue 26 Sep 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 27 Thu 28 Sep 7.30pm Robert Holl/Sir András Schiff 27 Fri 29 Sep 11.00am Schools Concert: The Chimpanzees 28 of Happytown 7.30pm Sarah Connolly/Malcolm Martineau 28 Sat 30 Sep 11.00am Family Concert: The Chimpanzees 30 of Happytown 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 30 7.30pm Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 30

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Sun 1 Oct 11.30am Natasha Paremski 31 12 noon Silver Sunday 32 7.30pm Leila Josefowicz/John Novacek 31 Mon 2 Oct 1.00pm Paul O’Dette 32 7.30pm Anne Schwanewilms/Charles Spencer 32 Tue 3 Oct 7.30pm Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra/ 33 Nicky Spence/David Tollington Wed 4 Oct 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 34 Thu 5 Oct 7.30pm IMS Prussia Cove 34 Sat 7 Oct 11.00am Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 35 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 35 Sun 8 Oct 11.30am Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 35 7.30pm Ben Johnson/Tyler Duncan/ 34 Graham Johnson Mon 9 Oct 1.00pm Lise de la Salle 36 7.30pm Xavier Sabata/Armonia Atenea/ 36 George Petrou Tue 10 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 37 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet/Pavel Nikl 37 Wed 11 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots 37 2.00pm Chamber Tots 37 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 38 Thu 12 Oct 7.30pm Eggner Trio 40 Fri 13 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 37 7.30pm Vijay Iyer Sextet 38 Sat 14 Oct 11.30am Jennifer Pike/Thomas Gould/ 39 Guy Johnston/Elizabeth Kenny/ Mahan Esfahani 3.00pm Jennifer Pike/Guy Johnston/Tom Poster 39 7.30pm Jennifer Pike/Guy Johnston/Tom Poster 39 Sun 15 Oct 11.30am Scottish Ensemble 40 7.30pm Roman Rabinovich 40 Mon 16 Oct 1.00pm Anne Queffélec 42 7.30pm Kristian Bezuidenhout 42 Tue 17 Oct 10.30am Come and Sing 41 Wed 18 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 37 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 43 Fri 20 Oct 7.30pm Roberta Invernizzi/Accademia Hermans 42 Sat 21 Oct 3.00pm Philip Higham 44 5.00pm Philip Higham 44 7.00pm Philip Higham 44 Sun 22 Oct 11.30am Wihan Quartet 45 7.30pm Phantasm 45 Mon 23 Oct 1.00pm Trio Jean Paul 46 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi 46 Tue 24 Oct 7.30pm The Sixteen 47 Wed 25 Oct 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/The King’s Consort 46 Thu 26 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots 47 11.45am Chamber Tots 47 7.30pm Benjamin Appl/Graham Johnson 48 Fri 27 Oct 10.30am Family Day: Soundscapes and Landscapes 48 7.30pm Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 48 Sat 28 Oct 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 49 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 49 Sun 29 Oct 11.30am Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 49 7.30pm Jordi Savall/Hespèrion XXI 50 Mon 30 Oct 1.00pm Florilegium 50 Tue 31 Oct 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 51

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Wed 1 Nov 7.30pm Augustin Dumay/Louis Lortie 51 Thu 2 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots 51 11.45am Chamber Tots 51 7.30pm James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook 52 Fri 3 Nov 7.30pm Miah Persson/Malcolm Martineau 52 Sat 4 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots 52 11.45am Chamber Tots 52 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 53 Sun 5 Nov 11.30am Leonore Piano Trio 53 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 53 Mon 6 Nov 1.00pm Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/David Meier 54 Tue 7 Nov 1.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Il Pomo d’Oro 54 Wed 8 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 54 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 54 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 55 Thu 9 Nov 7.30pm Samling Showcase 55 Fri 10 Nov 7.30pm Florian Boesch/Justus Zeyen 56 Sat 11 Nov 7.30pm Kirill Gerstein 57 Sun 12 Nov 11.30am Tamsin Waley-Cohen/Huw Watkins 56 7.30pm Takács Quartet 58 Mon 13 Nov 1.00pm Gabriela Montero 56 7.30pm Takács Quartet 58 Tue 14 Nov 7.30pm Elīna Garanča/Malcolm Martineau 60 Wed 15 Nov 7.30pm Joshua Bell/ 62 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Thu 16 Nov 11.00am Schools Concert: London Jazz Festival 61 Fri 17 Nov 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 61 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 61 7.30pm Joshua Bell/ 63 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sat 18 Nov 11.00am Family Concert: London Jazz Festival 63 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 64 7.30pm James Ehnes 64 Sun 19 Nov 11.30am Eric Le Sage 63 3.00pm Ludwig Mittelhammer/Jonathan Ware 65 7.30pm James Ehnes 65 Mon 20 Nov 1.00pm Meccore Quartet 65 7.30pm Philippe Cassard 66 Wed 22 Nov 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 66 Thu 23 Nov 1.00pm Christian Gerhaher/James Cheung 67 7.30pm Hagen Quartet 66 Fri 24 Nov 3.00pm Music for the Moment 68 7.30pm Joyce DiDonato Masterclass 69 Sat 25 Nov 7.30pm Vadim Gluzman/Johannes Moser/ 68 Yevgeny Sudbin Sun 26 Nov 11.30am Trio Isimsiz 68 7.30pm Philippe Jaroussky/Ensemble Artaserse 70 Mon 27 Nov 1.00pm Andrei Ioniţă/Itamar Golan 71 7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 72 Tue 28 Nov 7.30pm Soloists of the London 71 Philharmonic Orchestra Wed 29 Nov 7.30pm The English Concert 71 Thu 30 Nov 7.30pm Ning Feng/Daniel Müller-Schott/ 73 Igor Levit

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Fri 1 Dec 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata 74 Sat 2 Dec 3.00pm Relaxed Concert 76 7.30pm Imogen Cooper 73 Sun 3 Dec 11.30am Cyprien Katsaris 73 Mon 4 Dec 1.00pm Céline Moinet/Florian Uhlig 75 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick 75 Tue 5 Dec 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 78 Wed 6 Dec 10.15am Chamber Tots 75 11.45am Chamber Tots 75 7.30pm Alice Coote/Julius Drake 77 Thu 7 Dec 7.30pm Daniil Trifonov 80 Fri 8 Dec 7.30pm Early Opera Company 77 Sat 9 Dec 6.00pm Nash Ensemble 77 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams 79 Sun 10 Dec 11.30am Heath Quartet 79 7.30pm Gould Piano Trio 79 Mon 11 Dec 1.00pm Armida Quartet 81 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Mitsuko Uchida 82 Tue 12 Dec 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 81 Wed 13 Dec 7.30pm Trio Mediæval/Nils Økland 81 Thu 14 Dec 7.30pm Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival 83 Ensemble/Elena Bashkirova Fri 15 Dec 7.30pm Anthony Marwood/Isabelle van Keulen/ 83 Lawrence Power/Richard Lester/ Heath Quartet Sat 16 Dec 7.30pm Dunedin Consort 84 Sun 17 Dec 11.30am Novus String Quartet 83 7.30pm Ingrid Fliter 85 Mon 18 Dec 1.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 85 7.30pm Joyce DiDonato/Brentano Quartet 85 Tue 19 Dec 7.30pm Leonidas Kavakos/Yuja Wang 86 Wed 20 Dec 7.30pm Ensemble Plus Ultra 87 Thu 21 Dec 7.30pm Joyce DiDonato/Brentano Quartet 87 Fri 22 Dec 7.30pm Renaud Capuçon/David Fray 87 Sat 23 Dec 7.30pm Sophie Rennert/Stephan Loges/ 88 Graham Johnson Wed 27 Dec 7.30pm Arcadia Quartet 88 Thu 28 Dec 7.30pm Ivana Gavrić 88 Fri 29 Dec 7.30pm Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini 89 Sat 30 Dec 7.30pm Liza Ferschtman/Roman Rabinovich 89 Sun 31 Dec 11.30am Gary Hoffman/David Selig 89 7.00pm Arcangelo/Anna Lucia Richter 90

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Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997

This Competition recognises the song tradition as a whole and requires contestants to perform in at least three languages. At the same time it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre.

Competition Sunday 3 September 11.00am and 2.30pm

Preliminary Stage – Day 1

Monday 4 September 11.00am and 2.30pm

Tuesday 5 September 3.00pm and 7.30pm

Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme

Preliminary Stage – Day 2

Semi-Final Round

All day £15 concs £13 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (Ticket required)

Please note there will be a break from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please call 020 7258 8292.

12 semi-finalists will each perform a 20-minute programme All day £20 concs £15

Book for the first three days at the same time for £35 concs £30

Related Events Saturday 2 September 10.00am – 3.30pm

Sunday 3 September 4.30pm – 5.15pm

Monday 4 September 5.00pm – 6.00pm

Come and Sing: French Song

François Le Roux on French Song

Inside the Rehearsal Room

As part of our International Song Competition celebrations, Penny Desbruslais leads a workshop day for adults exploring French Song. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage.

French Art Song is said to be the perfect marriage between music and French poetry. But how does this work, if an expert such as philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau said that French language is non-musical? What kind of French language is it that works for composers? François Le Roux will explore the characteristics of both sung and spoken French to try to understand.

£27 concs £20

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Ailish Tynan soprano James Baillieu piano Nigel Simeone presenter Soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist James Baillieu are joined by Nigel Simeone for this musically illustrated talk in which they explore the fascinating relationship between singer and pianist when approaching a performance. £6

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JURY John Gilhooly OBE Chair Hugh Canning Bernarda Fink Christian Gerhaher Soile Isokoski David Jackson Graham Johnson OBE François Le Roux Dame Felicity Lott

Thursday 7 September 6.00pm

Final and Prize-Giving

Four singers will each give a recital of 30 minutes £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Please note there will be an interval from 8.20pm to 9.30pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please call 020 7258 8292.

Wednesday 6 September 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Wednesday 6 September 3.00pm – 7.30pm

Exploring Russian Song

Dame Felicity Lott Masterclass

Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Iain Burnside piano Iain Burnside and Julia Sitkovetsky take us on a fascinating journey through the colourful world of Russian song as they explore works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Iain and Julia will reveal the difficulties of the language for non-Russian singers, and how to interpret the texts successfully. £6

Dame Felicity Lott passes on some of the wisdom she has acquired throughout her career, and uses her vast experience as an internationally acclaimed soprano to provide encouragement and inspiration to eight Semi-Finalists. £8 concs £6

Sir Ralph Kohn FRS This year’s competition celebrates the outstanding contribution of the late Sir Ralph Kohn FRS as its original founder. It is also a fitting tribute to this great man and his huge contribution to medical science, philanthropy and music.

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Saturday 9 September 7.30pm

Gerald Finley bass-baritone

Julius Drake piano

Opening Concert of the 2017/18 Season Schubert Prometheus; Geistes-Gruß; Jägers Abendlied; Schäfers Klagelied; Mahomets Gesang (fragment); An Schwager Kronos; Im Walde; An mein Herz; Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid); Über Wildemann Poulenc Le bestiaire Ravel Histoires naturelles Mark-Anthony Turnage Three Songs for baritone Britten The red cockatoo; She’s like the swallow; Tit for Tat; The Crocodile Over the past three decades Gerald Finley has risen to the summit of achievement at the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. The Canadian bass-baritone, a Grammy and three-time Gramophone Award winner, has received universal acclaim for his feeling for words and expressive communication. A regular at Wigmore Hall since the early 1990s, he opens the season with a programme devised to bring out the rich colours and deep humanity of his voice. He is joined by regular duo partner Julius Drake in a captivating sequence of Schubert songs, and a second half of pieces packed with delightful animal imagery. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Sunday 10 September 11.30am

Castalian String Quartet Mozart String Quartet in E flat K428 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ One of the world’s most exciting young quartets, and winner of the 2015 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, the Castalian String Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall with two landmarks of the classical repertoire. The ensemble prefaces the introspective intensity of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ with the sunniest and most sensuous of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Sunday 10 September 7.30pm

Sonia Prina contralto Paolo Spadaro Munitto

Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Bach’s creative world was home to a striking array of keyboards. Mahan Esfahani’s visionary interpretations of the composer’s music on harpsichord flow from his intimate knowledge of period instruments, their sound and their technical possibilities. His comprehensive Bach Project, launched in style last year with a revelatory performance of the Goldberg Variations, continues with four concerts at Wigmore Hall this season. Tuesday 12 September 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Bach English Suite No. 1 in A BWV806; Capriccio in E BWV993; Toccata in F sharp minor BWV910; Toccata in G BWV916; English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807 Bach’s English Suites, despite their popular title, owe much to the profound influence of French music. Mahan Esfahani’s programme includes the Capriccio in E, dedicated to the composer’s eldest brother and teacher, Johann Christoph, and the chromatic twists and turns of the Toccata in F sharp minor, startling in its harmonic daring and improvisatory élan. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Friday 9 February 2018 7.30pm Wednesday 9 May 2018 7.30pm Tuesday 19 June 2018 7.30pm

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Sonia Prina: A Celebration Studies in singing and trumpet set deep foundations for Sonia Prina’s subsequent artistry. The Italian contralto has flourished since launching her career in the mid-1990s, propelled by the dark-hued beauty and spectacular virtuosity of her voice. Her three-concert series at Wigmore Hall this season spans everything from dazzling baroque showpieces to exquisite mélodies by Duparc. Sunday 10 September 7.30pm

Sonia Prina contralto Paolo Spadaro Munitto piano Programme to include: Falla 7 canciones populares españolas Berio 4 Canzoni populari Seiber 4 French folksongs Songs by Monteverdi, Chopin, Duparc and Gershwin The past is not a foreign country to Sonia Prina – it’s part of the living present, strongly connected to universal emotions and fundamental human feelings. The Italian contralto is set to reveal the full intensity and passion of songs by Gershwin, Falla and Chopin as part of Wigmore Hall’s celebration of her art this season. £40 £35 £25 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Thursday 11 January 2018 7.30pm Sonia Prina contralto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Tuesday 1 May 2018 7.30pm Sonia Prina contralto Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen director

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Monday 11 September 1.00pm

Monday 11 September 7.30pm

Sophie Bevan soprano Sebastian Wybrew piano

Cuarteto Casals

Traditional The lark in the clear air; The stuttering lovers Gurney Down by the Salley Gardens Coates Betty and Johnny Britten Early one morning Grainger The Sprig of Thyme Traditional Ae fond kiss Hughes I Know Where I’m Going Gurney Edward, Edward Traditional Lord Rendall Britten The Brisk Young Widow Grainger Died for Love Vaughan Williams The Turtle Dove Britten The Ash Grove Traditional The Water of Tyne Britten The last rose of summer

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Doric String Quartet See page 17 Thursday 14 September 7.30pm

The English Concert Kristian Bezuidenhout director, fortepiano See page 18

Song is ‘nothing less than speech charged with emotion’, observed Vaughan Williams. Sophie Bevan’s programme explores themes of national identity and the enduring power of popular culture with songs inspired by traditional British texts and the revival of native folk music.

Simon Trpčeski, hailed by the Evening Standard for his ‘wonderfully original insight’, has established a loyal and large following at Wigmore Hall. He is the subject of a threeconcert series this season which encompasses his work as recitalist and chamber musician. Friday 15 September 7.30pm

Daniel Müller-Schott cello Simon Trpčeski piano Programme to include: Debussy Cello Sonata Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Few duo partnerships can match the sheer intensity and conviction generated in performance by Daniel Müller-Schott and Simon Trpčeski. The pair returns to Wigmore Hall for a recital sure to project the empathy shared by two of today’s finest artists. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Sunday 21 January 2018 7.30pm Wednesday 2 May 2018 7.30pm

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Simon Trpčeski Series

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Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle Musicologist Joseph Kerman hit the mark when he likened the opening of one of Beethoven’s first string quartets to ‘a coiled spring waiting to go off in all directions’. Cuarteto Casals celebrates its 20th anniversary this season by following the composer’s creativity through his sixteen string quartets and presenting them in company with new works in each concert. Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wednesday 4 October 7.30pm Tuesday 12 December 7.30pm Saturday 24 March 2018 7.30pm Monday 4 June 2018 7.30pm Wednesday 4 July 2018 7.30pm

Monday 11 September 7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6; String Quartet in F Op. 135 Matan Porat String Quartet ‘Binah’* (world première) Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Cuarteto Casals’s Beethoven Cycle opens with a work known above all for the melancholy slow introduction to its finale and continues with the composer’s concise final string quartet. Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat’s new quartet offers a fresh way to approach the meditative focus of the String Quartet in A minor Op. 132, completed following Beethoven’s recovery from serious illness in 1825. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Saturday 16 September 10.00am – 3.00pm

Saturday 16 September 7.30pm

Sunday 17 September 11.30am

Open House Day

Christiane Karg soprano Gerold Huber piano

Yossif Ivanov violin Philippe Ivanov piano

Es war einmal... ‘Märchenhafte Sagenwelt’

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1 Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42; Valse-scherzo Op. 34 Ravel Tzigane

Join us for an opportunity to look behind the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free performances and workshops taking place throughout the day. Bring the family and join Detective Inspector Lucy Drever for a musical mystery trail around the building, as well as free musicmaking workshops at 11.00am, 12.15pm and 1.30pm. Please sign up for the workshops on the day. Free (no ticket required)

Schubert Der Leiermann from Winterreise; Der Zwerg; Erlkönig Schumann Aus alten Märchen; Waldesgespräch; Auf einer Burg; Im Walde; Die Meerfee; Ein Jüngling Liebt ein Mädchen; Der arme Peter; Die Löwenbraut Pfitzner Hast du von den Fischerkindern das alte Märchen vernommen?; Lockung; Gretel; Ich fürcht’ nit die Gespenster; Nachtwanderer Mahler Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt; Rheinlegendchen; Hans und Grethe; Verlorne Müh; Ablösung im Sommer; Das irdische Leben; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen German soprano Christiane Karg, recently hailed by the Chicago Tribune for ‘the shining purity’ of her singing, makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall for a rich recital of German Lieder with duo partner Gerold Huber.

The Ivanov brothers, Yossif and Philippe, make their Wigmore Hall duo debut with a programme of great musical variety and expressive contrasts. They open with Beethoven’s uplifting Op. 12 No. 1, dedicated to the imperial court composer Antonio Salieri, and move to Ravel’s rhapsodic Tzigane by way of two exquisitely beautiful scores by Tchaikovsky. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Haydn String Quartet Series History records Haydn as the ‘father of the string quartet’, a title reinforced by the test of time. Wigmore Hall’s Haydn String Quartet Series, performed by an irresistible line-up of world-class ensembles, spans the full range of the composer’s invention, from the early Op. 20 compositions to his late masterworks of the 1790s. This series is made possible with additional support from the Haydn String Quartet Circle and the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

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Wednesday 13 September 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 20 No. 1; String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2; String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3 Haydn’s ground-breaking Op. 20, completed in 1772, set new standards of formal ingenuity, expressive eloquence and technical accomplishment in the realm of the string quartet. The Doric String Quartet, one of Britain’s finest young chamber ensembles, launches Wigmore Hall’s season-long Haydn String Quartet Series with a probing survey of the opus’s first half. © George Garnier

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

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2018

Sunday 24 September 7.30pm

Wednesday 3 January 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 April 7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Schumann Quartet

Vertavo String Quartet

Wednesday 8 November 7.30pm

Monday 12 February 7.30pm

Saturday 26 May 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet

Doric String Quartet

Sunday 10 December 11.30am

Thursday 22 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 30 May 7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Doric String Quartet

Quatuor Mosaïques

Sunday 17 December 11.30am

Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm

Thursday 31 May 7.30pm

Novus String Quartet

Doric String Quartet

Quatuor Mosaïques

Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm

Saturday 16 June 7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Thursday 15 March 7.30pm

Friday 13 July 7.30pm

Danish String Quartet

Bennewitz Quartet

Friday 16 March 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 July 7.30pm

Kuss Quartet

Castalian String Quartet

Tuesday 17 April 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet

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The English Concert Thursday 14 September 7.30pm

The English Concert Kristian Bezuidenhout director, fortepiano Haydn Symphony No. 39 in G minor Hob. I:39 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C K415 CPE Bach String Symphony in B minor Wq. 182/5 Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat K319 The English Concert is joined by one of its favourite collaborators, virtuoso Kristian Bezuidenhout, as he directs the ensemble from the fortepiano. From Haydn’s first minor key symphony and the intensity of CPE Bach, to Mozart’s imaginative and playful Piano Concerto No. 13, this programme embodies the inventive spirit of the classical masters. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wednesday 29 November 7.30pm Thursday 8 February 2018 7.30pm Thursday 19 April 2018 7.30pm

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Sunday 17 September 4.00pm

Monday 18 September 1.00pm

Monday 18 September 6.00pm and 7.30pm

Leslie Howard piano

Fretwork

Pre-Concert Talk

Mozart Variations on Gluck’s ‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’ K455 Tchaikovsky Six morceaux Op. 19 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat Op. 22 Liszt Magyar Rapszódia No. 23 in C sharp minor ‘Rêves et Fantaisies’ S242/23 (world première)

Bach The Art of Fugue BWV1080: Contrapuncti 1–11; Contrapunctus 14 (completion by Richard Boothby)

Ian Page discusses his future plans for The Mozartists, and introduces works in the concert.

Bach’s total mastery of counterpoint, encyclopaedic knowledge of musical form and fascination with the mathematics of music is clearly revealed in his sublime The Art of Fugue. Fretwork explores the first eleven contrapuncti from the work’s first edition of 1751 and crowns the recital with Richard Boothby’s completion of the unfinished Contrapunctus 14, a triple fugue for four voices.

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Leslie Howard’s thought-provoking programme features two pairs of composers – Mozart and Tchaikovsky; Beethoven and Liszt – the second of each a deeply perceptive disciple of the first. The final work of the recital will be the first known performance of a massive Liszt fantasy on Hungarian themes. Approximately 2 hours in duration (with interval) £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

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Classical Opera/ The Mozartists Ian Page conductor Louise Alder soprano Matthew Truscott violin Alfonso Leal del Ojo viola The Mozartists Launch Concert Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 Gluck De’ sublimi augusti eroi from Il prologo Mozart Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K418 Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A K201 Internationally renowned ensemble Classical Opera launches The Mozartists, an exciting new strand of its expanding concert work, with a fascinating Gluck rarity, Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, and one of his most genial symphonies. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 © Gerard Collett

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Tuesday 19 September 7.30pm

Vox Luminis Bach, Arnstadt

H Bach Ich danke dir, Gott JM Bach Herr, der König freuet sich; Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ JC Bach Die Furcht des Herren Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab’ ich dich o Herr Anon Magnificat JC Bach Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig JS Bach Cantata: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV4 Vox Luminis turns to sacred works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries, including his first cousin Johann Christoph Bach as well as Dietrich Buxtehude. Young JS Bach famously walked the 250 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck to hear Buxtehude at work and ‘in order to comprehend one thing and another about his art’. Lionel Bringuier and his Belgiumbased ensemble include JC Bach’s Die Furcht des Herren, written to celebrate the election of a new town council at Eisenach, and his exquisite setting of words from Psalm 25, Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig, together with JS Bach’s dramatic early cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle

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Wednesday 20 September 6.00pm and 7.30pm

Thursday 21 September 10.15am and 11.45am

Pre-Concert Talk 6.00pm

Chamber Tots

Broadcaster and journalist Tom Service in conversation with composers featured in the evening concert.

Into the Jungle

Free (ticket required)

Nash Ensemble 7.30pm Martyn Brabbins conductor Richard Hosford clarinet Benjamin Nabarro violin Adrian Brendel cello Ian Brown piano Nash Inventions Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet John Casken Clarinet Quintet* (world première) Alexander Goehr Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin and double bass** (world première) Sir Harrison Birtwistle Trio for violin, cello and piano Maxwell Davies String Quintet

We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we head into the jungle! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

*Nash commission **Commissioned by the Radcliffe Trust, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Alexander Goehr’s latest chamber work, scored for an intriguingly mixed quintet, is presented alongside Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s single-movement Trio, with its uncharacteristically abstract title, and the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s String Quintet, first performed as part of the Ensemble’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The programme is crowned by John Casken’s folk-inspired Quintet. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 © Keith Saunders

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Friday 22 September 11.00am and 12.30pm

Friday 22 September 6.00pm and 7.30pm

Sunday 24 September 11.30am

For Crying Out Loud!

Pre-Concert Talk 6.00pm

Nash Ensemble

Bukolika Piano Trio

H.E. Dr Martin Eichtinger, Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, explores the history and revolutionary vision of Empress Maria Theresia.

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Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adult £8.50 (babies come free)

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Sunday 24 September 7.30pm

Vienna Mozart Trio 7.30pm

Heath Quartet Hannes Minnaar piano

300th Anniversary of Maria Theresia

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Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K502 Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Empress Maria Theresia, the only female ruler of the long-lived Habsburg Empire, while conservative by nature introduced radical reforms to education, boosted Austria’s economy and promoted inoculation against smallpox. Hosted by the Ambassador of Austria and in association with the Austrian Cultural Forum, we commemorate the tercentenary of her birth with works written in Vienna in the afterglow of her reign. Approximately 1 hour in duration (no interval) All seats £10

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Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall Sir András Schiff made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1978 with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. He has made a monumental contribution to the Hall’s artistic development over the four decades since and appears across this season in the roles of recitalist, song pianist and chamber musician.

Saturday 23 September 7.30pm

Sir András Schiff piano Mendelssohn Fantasia (Sonate écossaise) in F sharp minor Op. 28 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp Op. 78 Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 76; 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Bach English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811 Sir András Schiff received his first piano lessons almost sixty years ago, and went on to become one of the great interpreters of his instrument’s repertoire. He launches his latest Wigmore Hall residency with a programme of works that reflects the soul and spirit of his truly enlightened music-making. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Repeated Tuesday 26 September 7.30pm Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Thursday 28 September 7.30pm with Robert Holl baritone Friday 5 January 2018 7.30pm Repeated Sunday 7 January 2018 7.30pm Saturday 12 May 2018 7.30pm with Jörg Widmann clarinet

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection During Stravinsky’s time in French-speaking Switzerland and France he encountered ragtime and jazz, and developed his ‘neo-classical’ approach, while retaining musical affinities with his native Russia. This series juxtaposes music from his French period with music by a variety of composers from the French tradition – including Saint-Saëns and Fauré, the great Impressionists Debussy and Ravel, and the ‘bright young things’ of the generation that emerged after the First World War. Under the Patronage of H.E. Madame Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom Sunday 24 September 11.30am

Nash Ensemble Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. for wind quintet) Stravinsky Three pieces for solo clarinet; Pastorale Bizet Jeux d’enfants (arr. for wind quintet) Debussy Syrinx Poulenc Sextet for wind quintet and piano Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for clarinet, a 1919 postscript to The Soldier’s Tale, and his early Pastorale in its 1933 arrangement, are heard alongside wind quintet versions of orchestral favourites by Ravel and Bizet, and Poulenc’s chamber music masterpiece, the Sextet for piano and wind. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Forthcoming Events in this Series Saturday 28 October 6.00pm Saturday 28 October 7.30pm Saturday 9 December 6.00pm Saturday 9 December 7.30pm with Roderick Williams baritone Saturday 13 January 2018 7.30pm with Stephanie dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oustrac mezzo-soprano Saturday 10 February 2018 6.00pm Saturday 10 February 2018 7.30pm with Sophie Bevan soprano Saturday 10 March 2018 7.30pm Tuesday 20 March 2018 7.30pm with Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

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Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Jörg Widmann represents the tradition of the composer-performer at Wigmore Hall. Busoni and Ysaÿe were among the first artists to take to the stage and there have been so many others since, from Britten and Poulenc to Thomas Adès and Huw Watkins. Widmann’s music is a very significant part of the modern German voice in composition and the breadth of this series means that we can explore and celebrate the full spectrum of his work. Haydn String Quartet Series Sunday 24 September 7.30pm

Heath Quartet Hannes Minnaar piano Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 The Heath Quartet trains the spotlight on the first of Haydn’s ‘Russian’ Quartets, a work that combines pathos and popular melodies, grace and dark humour. The Heaths also open their season-long survey of Jörg Widmann’s five string quartets with the German composer’s first foray into the genre, an entrancing twelve-minute adventure in textural and tonal possibilities. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

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Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall/ Schubert: The Complete Songs

Monday 25 September 1.00pm

Tuesday 26 September 7.30pm

Thursday 28 September 7.30pm

Amatis Piano Trio

Sir András Schiff piano

Haydn Piano Trio in E HXV:28 (Bartolozzi trio) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49

Repeat of concert on 23 September

Robert Holl baritone Sir András Schiff piano

Founded in 2013 by three musicians from diverse backgrounds, the Amatis Piano Trio has emerged as one of today’s most exciting young chamber groups. It marks its Wigmore Hall debut with a virtuosic and expressive trio by Haydn before turning to Mendelssohn’s lyrical Piano Trio in D minor, dubbed ‘the master trio of the age’ by Robert Schumann.

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series

Schubert Pilgerweise; Das Heimweh; Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe; Der blinde Knabe; Todesmusik; An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Der Wanderer (D489); Totengräbers Heimweh; Der 13. Psalm (fragment); Hymne I ‘Wenige wissen das Geheimnis’; Nachthymne; Der Winterabend Superlatives soon run dry when trying to describe the mighty capacity of Robert Holl’s voice. The Dutch bass-baritone, born in Rotterdam in 1947, followed in the footsteps of his teacher Hans Hotter to become one of the world’s foremost opera and oratorio performers. He has also delighted audiences with the penetrating intelligence and eloquent artistry of his Lieder interpretations, qualities sure to be on display during his Wigmore Hall farewell recital with Sir András Schiff.

£15 concs £13 The Amatis Piano Trio is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme

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Friday 29 September 11.00am – 12 noon

Friday 29 September 7.30pm

Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives: The Chimpanzees of Happytown

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Reception & Key Stage 1 Schools Concert Based on the book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, The Chimpanzees of Happytown is Music in the Round’s latest live music concert for young children. With original music by their Children’s Composer in Residence Paul Rissmann, performed by Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives, this captivating concert includes projected images from the book and irresistibly catchy songs.

Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung; Sehnsucht; Die Nacht; Liebeshymnus Zemlinsky 6 Gesänge (Maeterlinck) Eisler Die Hollywood-Elegien Korngold Sterbelied; Unvergänglichkeit; Gefaßter Abschied Copland From 12 poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, the Gentlest Mother; There came a wind like a bugle; The world feels dusty; I’ve heard an organ; Going to Heaven!; The Chariot Britten A Charm of Lullabies A recent review in The New York Times placed Sarah Connolly ‘at the peak of her career’, a judgement underpinned by the penetrating spiritual insights and emotional power of her artistry. She and Malcolm Martineau offer a programme touched by nostalgia and longing, from Hanns Eisler’s bitter-sweet Brecht settings to Britten’s evocations of night and sleep, A Charm of Lullabies. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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SCHOOLS Our Schools Programme engages children, young people and teachers across London and further afield, working with our Partner Music Education Hubs to engage groups who otherwise would not have the opportunity to take part in creative music making. Now in its third year, our Partner Schools Programme is a new approach to working with schools; in collaboration with our Partner Music Education Hubs we are working alongside four primary schools keen to develop their cultural offer, empowering them to co-create a programme of opportunities over three years which meets their needs and supports them to place music at the heart of their ethos.

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Saturday 30 September 11.00am – 12 noon

Saturday 30 September 6.00pm

Saturday 30 September 7.30pm

Family Concert Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives: The Chimpanzees of Happytown

Artists in Conversation

Tasmin Little violin Piers Lane piano

For ages 4 plus

£5

Leading violinist Tasmin Little gives us an insight into her life as a performer as well as the evening concert programme.

Based on the book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, The Chimpanzees of Happytown is Music in the Round’s latest live music concert for young children. With original music by their Children’s Composer in Residence Paul Rissmann, performed by Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives, this captivating concert includes projected images from the book and irresistibly catchy songs.

Bridge Violin Sonata Szymanowski Violin Sonata Op. 9 Bliss Violin Sonata Franck Violin Sonata in A Tasmin Little and Piers Lane open with Frank Bridge’s Violin Sonata, first performed at Wigmore Hall in 1934. They pair the composer’s highly sophisticated work with Szymanowski’s Sonata Op. 9, an early composition touched by the influence of Skryabin. Their programme’s second half matches Arthur Bliss’s single-movement Sonata with Franck’s evergreen Sonata in A. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Children £10 Adults £12

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Sunday 1 October 11.30am

Sunday 1 October 7.30pm

Natasha Paremski piano

Leila Josefowicz violin John Novacek piano

Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Books I & II) Op. 35 Chopin 3 Mazurkas Op. 63 Thomas Adès Mazurkas Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 Potent virtuosity and the spirit of dance course through Natasha Paremski’s programme. The Moscow-born American pianist, who began recording in her mid-teens, crowns her Wigmore Hall debut with the turbulent emotions and ultimate triumph over adversity of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7, written in 1940 under the shadow of Stalin’s rule of terror.

Sibelius Valse triste Op. 44 (arr. Friedrich Hermann) Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arr. Robert Wittinger) Kaija Saariaho Calices Zimmermann Sonata for violin and piano Reviewers have written of the alchemy that unites Leila Josefowicz’s duo partnership and John Novacek. The Arts Desk praised their last appearance at Wigmore Hall in 2015 for its ‘huge panache and professional energy’ and for their musicmaking’s daring spontaneity. They return with a programme of works hallmarked by dark introspection and powerful emotions, including arrangements of profoundly meditative orchestral pieces by Sibelius and Mahler, Kaija Saariaho’s mystical Calices and two compelling 20th-century takes on the sonata. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

£15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Sunday 1 October 12 noon – 4.30pm

Monday 2 October 1.00pm

Monday 2 October 7.30pm

Silver Sunday

Paul O’Dette lute

Anne Schwanewilms

Byrd La Volta; Pavana Bray; Galliarda; The Woods So Wild; Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home Johnson Omnino galliard; Delight pavan and galliard; Carman’s Whistle Dowland Farewell (on In Nomine); Farewell Bacheler Daniells Jigge; Mounsieurs Almaine

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As part of Silver Sunday, we invite people living with dementia and their family, friends and carers to join us in the beautiful space of The Wallace Collection. Meet at The Wallace Collection at 12 noon for tea and sandwiches before exploring the gallery, then turn pictures into music with Julian West and students from the Royal Academy of Music. Free (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk. In partnership with The Wallace Collection, Westminster Arts and the Royal Academy of Music

Paul O’Dette, a driving force in the development of period-instrument performance for over four decades, lives and breathes the spirit of the pieces in this lunchtime programme. The acclaimed American lutenist turns his vast experience and insight to works from the age of Shakespeare, including music by the Bard’s collaborator Robert Johnson and the peerless John Dowland. £15 concs £13

Charles Spencer piano Schreker 5 Lieder Op. 3 Schubert Ellens Gesang I, II & III (Ave Maria); Das Mädchen; Die junge Nonne; Schwestergruss; Der Tod und das Mädchen Liszt Lieder aus Schillers ‘Wilhelm Tell’ S292 (Second version): Der Fischerknabe; Der Hirt; Der Alpenjäger Korngold Was Du mir bist?; Mit Dir zu schweigen; Welt ist stille eingeschlafen Hailed for ‘her unfailing instinct for the finest details of phrasing and timing’ and vocal ‘brilliance, warmth, suppleness and technical mastery’, Anne Schwanewilms ranks among the world’s finest lyric sopranos. She is famed not least for her captivating artistry and interpretations of the song repertoire. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Tuesday 3 October 7.30pm

Finland 100

Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra Adam Johnson conductor Nicky Spence tenor David Tollington horn Sibelius Andante Festivo; Suite Mignonne Op. 98a Rautavaara Epitaph for Béla Bartók Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C for strings Op. 48 Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra opens its tenth anniversary season with its Wigmore Hall debut under principal conductor Adam Johnson. This concert also marks the centenary of Finland’s declaration of independence from Russian rule, celebrating the nation’s commitment to democracy and equality while reflecting its enormous contribution to international cultural life. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle Wednesday 4 October 7.30pm

Thursday 5 October 7.30pm

Sunday 8 October 7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals

IMS Prussia Cove

Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4; String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Mauricio Sotelo New work (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131

Arvid Engegård violin Savitri Grier violin Benedikt Schneider viola Hannah Strijbos viola Mikayel Hakhnazaryan cello Laura van der Heijden cello Matthew McDonald double bass Tom Poster piano

Ben Johnson tenor Tyler Duncan baritone Graham Johnson piano

Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo completed his training in Vienna, a move which he describes as ‘essential to his artistic development’. His latest piece for string quartet is presented in company with the music of another composer who flourished in the city. Cuarteto Casals surveys three works from Beethoven’s early, middle and late years in Vienna, including the sublime seven-movement Op. 131. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Mark-Anthony Turnage Quintet for piano and strings* (London première) Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516 Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ *Commissioned by IMS Prussia Cove

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Open Chamber Seminar, IMS Prussia Cove has commissioned a new quintet by Mark-Anthony Turnage, written for the same instruments as Schubert’s iconic ‘Trout’ Quintet. IMS continues to nurture outstanding chamber music performers under the artistic directorship of cellist Steven Isserlis. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Schubert Die Befreier Europas in Paris; Romanze D144; Trinklied; Auf einen Kirchhof; Der Jüngling am Bache; Punschlied: im Norden zu singen; Die vier Weltalter; Frühlingslied; Winterlied; Der Flüchtling; Sprache der Liebe; Der Schäfer und der Reiter; Fahrt zum Hades; Am Strome; Der Schiffer; Ganymed; Memnon; An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Der Blumenbrief; Blondel zu Marien; Sehnsucht; Die Sternennächte; Wehmut; Der Einsame; Dithyrambe; L’incanto degli occhi D990e; L’incanto degli occhi D902 No. 1 Two terrific young singers join Graham Johnson in a beguiling all-Schubert programme. They open with the young composer’s triumphant response to news of Napoleon’s defeat and first exile in 1814, before travelling through a sequence of songs rich in popular melodies and high spirits. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 © Chris Gloag

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Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration ‘Her sound has passion, grit and electricity but also a disarming warmth and sweetness that can unveil the music’s hidden strains of lyricism...’, noted The New York Times of Isabelle Faust’s playing. The German violinist, whose multi-layered artistry has attracted a devoted Wigmore Hall following, embarks on a fiveconcert Residency this season, complete with a weekend’s exploration of Mozart’s mature violin sonatas. Saturday 7 October 11.30am

Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov fortepiano Mozart Violin Sonata in D K306; Violin Sonata in E flat K302; Violin Sonata in B flat K454

Saturday 7 October 7.30pm

Sunday 8 October 11.30am

Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov

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Mozart Violin Sonata in E flat K380; 6 Variations in G minor ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360; Violin Sonata in F K377; Violin Sonata in E minor K304; Violin Sonata in A K526

Mozart Violin Sonata in A K305; Violin Sonata in F K376; Violin Sonata in C K303; Violin Sonata in B flat K378

Mozart wrote his first violin sonatas during childhood. He went on to develop the genre in later years with works such as the Violin Sonata in F K377, a mix of high spirits and melancholic reflection, and the Violin Sonata in A K526, considered by many to be his finest composition for violin and keyboard. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Isabelle Faust’s recent recording of Mozart’s Violin Concertos drew rave reviews. Her vivacious approach to the composer’s works, with her rare blend of intellectual curiosity, emotional daring and fine expressive detailing, is ideally suited to the creative brilliance and musical variety of these four violin sonatas from the late 1770s. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration (no interval)

Isabelle Faust launches her Wigmore Hall residency in company with her close artistic collaborator, Alexander Melnikov, offering a weekend of concerts devoted to Mozart’s violin sonatas. They open with the last of the socalled ‘Palatine’ Sonatas, a work of playful brilliance, and include K454, written in Vienna for the Mantuan violin virtuoso, Regina Strinasacchi.

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Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration (no interval)

Monday 9 April 2018 7.30pm

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with Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wednesday 10 January 2018 7.30pm with Anne Katharina Schreiber violin Yoshiko Morita viola Emmanuel Balssa cello Lorenzo Coppola clarinet

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Monday 9 October 1.00pm

Monday 9 October 7.30pm

Lise de la Salle piano

Xavier Sabata countertenor Armonia Atenea George Petrou director, harpsichord

Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971 Liszt Fantasie and Fugue on the theme B-A-C-H Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 The rediscovery of Bach’s music in the mid-1800s, propelled by the publications of the Bach Gesellschaft, inspired a succession of new works by performercomposers such as Liszt and Busoni. Lise de la Salle’s lunchtime recital traces Bach’s enduring legacy before exploring treasured jewels of the romantic repertoire. £15 concs £13

Catharsis Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV157 Orlandini Ciò che donò la frode... Alza al ciel pianta orgogliosa from Adelaide Conti In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido... Cara sposa from Griselda Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 ‘La Follia’ Torri Vorresti col tuo pianto from Griselda Vivaldi Gelido in ogni vena from Farnace Handel From Admeto: Introduzzione; Orride larve... Chiudetevi miei lumi Hasse Viver vogl’io sempre per te mio dio... Or mi pento from La conversione di Sant’Agostino Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 Ariosti Spirate, o iniqui marmi... Voi d’un figlio tanto misero from Coriolano Orlandini O del mio caro ben... Già mi sembra al carro avvinto from Adelaide Armonia Atenea, equally at home on period and modern instruments, has flourished under George Petrou’s artistic leadership. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall with Xavier Sabata and a programme coloured by spectacular vocal virtuosity. The Catalan countertenor’s Bad Guys album, a homage to Handel, was hailed by the Guardian as one of ‘the most intelligent and striking recital discs of recent years’. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

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Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey Tuesday 10 October 3.00pm – 6.00pm Friday 13 October 3.00pm – 6.00pm Wednesday 18 October 3.00pm – 6.00pm Take a journey through the incredible world of Bach’s keyboard music in three afternoons of discussion and performance. Throughout his life, Bach wrote more consistently for keyboard than for any other medium, allowing us to trace the entire development of his musical language through this repertoire. His fame as a keyboard virtuoso led to the wide publication of works such as The Welltempered Clavier, which became a formative influence on subsequent generations of composers. The sessions are presented by composer Julian Philips alongside pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers and performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Tuesday 10 October 7.30pm

Wednesday 11 October 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Pavel Haas Quartet Pavel Nikl viola

Chamber Tots

Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet Ravel String Quartet in F Dvořák String Quintet in E flat Op. 97 Written in 1920 to enliven the famous Flonzaley Quartet’s repertoire, Stravinsky’s brief Concertino revels in the contrasts and tension between two different scales. It prefaces the Pavel Haas Quartet’s exploration of Ravel’s String Quartet in F, an emblem of poise and playfulness, and Dvořák’s sonorous ‘viola quintet’, written in the summer of 1893 in Spillville, Iowa.

On the Train All aboard the music train! We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us for this interactive music-making workshop featuring songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 12.30pm (1–2 year-olds) & 2.00pm (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

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Series ticket price £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 18 October © Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 11 October 7.30pm

Friday 13 October 7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet

Vijay Iyer Sextet

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 Now into its 39th season, The Endellion String Quartet opens this programme with a Haydn quartet bubbling with good natured warmth and vitality. Bartók’s final and very expressive quartet is in turns wild, lyrical, sardonic and ultimately deeply tragic, whilst Beethoven’s Op. 127 is one of the most melodious and uplifting of all his works. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics Stephan Crump double bass Marcus Gilmore drums Steve Lehman alto sax Mark Shim tenor sax Graham Haynes cornet, flugelhorn Grammy-nominated pianist, bandleader and composer Vijay Iyer launched his Jazz residency at Wigmore Hall last season in performance with Wadada Leo Smith and brought his eponymous Trio to the Hall in July. For the final part of his series, Iyer, named as DownBeat’s Artist of the Year for a second successive time in June 2016, expands his classic Trio with three truly great horn players, coming together as the Vijay Iyer Sextet. Known for his pioneering creativity and adventurous approach to music-making, the Guardian recently hailed Iyer as ‘one of the world’s most inventive new-generation jazz pianists’. The final night of the Vijay Iyer Jazz Residency is one not to miss. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration (no interval)

Thursday 12 October 7.30pm

Eggner Trio See page 40

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Polish Music Day with Jennifer Pike and Friends Saturday 14 October 11.30am

Saturday 14 October 3.00pm

Saturday 14 October 7.30pm

Jennifer Pike violin Thomas Gould violin Guy Johnston cello Elizabeth Kenny theorbo Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Petr Limonov piano

Jennifer Pike violin Guy Johnston cello Petr Limonov piano

Jennifer Pike violin Guy Johnston cello Tom Poster piano

Chopin Introduction and polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 Szymanowski Sonata for violin and piano Op. 9 Karłowicz Impromptu Lutosławski Grave (Metamorphoses for cello and piano) Wieniawski Polonaise No. 1 in D Op. 4

Szymanowska Polonaise in F minor; Nocturne in B flat Eugeniusz Knapik Partita for violin and piano Górecki Pożegnanie (Farewell) Chopin Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8

Krzysztof Penderecki Capriccio for solo violin (UK première) Jarzębski Concerto Primo, Secundo and Terzo Hanna Kulenty E for E Bacewicz Caprice No. 4; Polish Caprice Polak Gagliarda; Courante Anon Hajducki; Dance; Polonaise Paulina Załubska New work (world première) Goldberg Trio Sonata in C Jennifer Pike explores her artistic roots in a day devoted to music from four centuries of Poland’s cultural history. The violinist, born to an English father and Polish mother, is joined by close collaborators and friends in a programme that spans everything from Italian-influenced works from the early 1600s to a UK première of a work by Krzysztof Penderecki and a world première by Paulina Załubska. £15 concs £13

Poland, dominated by three neighbouring powers throughout the 1800s, connected with the wider world through music. Chopin and Wieniawski boosted the spirit of Poles at home and abroad with pieces based on the noble polonaise. The recital is crowned with Szymanowski’s striking Sonata for violin and piano Op. 9.

Maria Szymanowska, born in Warsaw in 1789, earned an international reputation as a composer-virtuoso and played for the Royal Philharmonic Society in London in 1824. Her brilliant miniatures, the famous Nocturne in B flat among them, paved the way for Chopin’s compositions. The finale of Polish Music Day also includes Górecki’s Pożegnanie and Eugeniusz Knapik’s hauntingly beautiful Partita.

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Eggner Trio: Haydn and Dvořák Thursday 12 October 7.30pm

Sunday 15 October 11.30am

Sunday 15 October 7.30pm

Eggner Trio

Scottish Ensemble

Roman Rabinovich piano

Haydn Piano Trio in E minor HXV:12; Piano Trio in G HXV:41 Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’

Mozart String Quintet in C K515 Brahms String Quintet in F Op. 88

Haydn Piano Sonata in G HXVI:39 Roman Rabinovich Memory Box Rachmaninov Corelli Variations Op. 42 Chopin 4 Ballades

Dvořák’s fifth and final piano trio, filled with the rhythmic energy and melancholy of Slavic folksong, caught the popular mood of Czech nationalism and was cheered at its première in Prague in 1891. The three Eggner brothers preface the ‘Dumky’ with Haydn’s early keyboard trio in G and his impassioned E minor Piano Trio of 1788.

By adding an extra viola to the string quartet, Mozart created fresh tonal possibilities and entered a vast new universe of emotional expression. Scottish Ensemble pairs the third of his viola quintets, a piece of symphonic proportions, with one of Brahms’s most radiant and uplifting works. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich recently presented his interpretations of Haydn’s complete piano sonatas at the Lammermuir Festival in Scotland and at the Tel Aviv Conservatory. He offers his latest thoughts on the composer’s Piano Sonata HXVI:39 together with one of his own works and two landmarks of the Romantic piano repertoire. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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MUSIC FOR LIFE We believe that dementia should not stop people from doing the things they love, or from trying new things. With the right support people can live well with dementia, and we are committed to this goal: helping to build a dementia friendly society and enabling people living with dementia to access high quality, life enriching musical experiences. Music for Life is a pioneering programme that brings together musicians, care staff and people living with dementia through music making. Activity takes place in residential homes, extra care settings and day centres, engaging people who can be isolated and disempowered as a result of dementia. Over the course of eight weeks, specially trained musicians use improvisation to create music with people living with dementia and their care staff, and participants are given the space to express themselves and make their own musical choices. Music for Life aims to enhance the quality of life of its participants as well as the quality of their care. © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Tuesday 17 October 10.30am – 1.30pm

Come and Sing For families living with dementia If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, join Isabelle Adams for a session of group singing, exploring a mixture of music old and new, followed by tea and coffee. No previous experience needed, just an enthusiasm to sing! Free (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk. In partnership with Westminster Arts

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Monday 16 October 1.00pm

Monday 16 October 7.30pm

Friday 20 October 7.30pm

Anne Queffélec piano

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Roberta Invernizzi

Beethoven Rondo in C Op. 51 No. 1; Rondo in G Op. 51 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Op. 10 No. 3 Haydn Variations in F minor HXVII:6 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’

Accademia Hermans Fabio Ciofini conductor,

Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ BWV659 Marcello/Bach Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor Handel/Kempff Minuet in G minor Handel Chaconne in G HWV435 Scarlatti Sonata in D minor Kk32; Sonata in B minor Kk27 Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826 Anne Queffélec’s revelatory artistry, driven by a ceaseless quest for musical meaning, has deepened over the course of a long and distinguished career. The French pianist, born in Paris in 1948, marks her return to Wigmore Hall for the first time in many seasons with a lunchtime recital of Baroque treasures and transcriptions.

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Since winning the prestigious Bruges Fortepiano Competition in the early 2000s, Kristian Bezuidenhout has flourished as a performer on both period and modern instruments. His latest Wigmore Hall recital connects with the rich and subtle sounds of the Viennese fortepiano to offer fresh perspectives on evergreen works by Haydn and Beethoven. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Handel’s Queens Handel Scherza in mar la navicella from Lotario; Ah, mio cor from Alcina; Traditore, traditore from Berenice; Trio Sonata in G minor Op. 2 No. 6 HWV391 Handel From Giulio Cesare: Tu la mia stella sei; Piangerò; Sinfonia bellica; Da tempeste; Che Sento? Oh Dio!; Se pietà di me non senti Founded in 2000 by its artistic director, Fabio Ciofini, the Accademia Hermans has evolved into an ensemble selected from Italy’s finest period-instrument performers. Roberta Invernizzi continues her close collaboration with the group in an all-Handel programme, including works from the composer’s formative Italian years and Cleopatra’s arias from Giulio Cesare, created in London in 1724 for Francesca Cuzzoni. £60 £50 £40 £30 £15

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Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey Bach’s keyboard works span a breath-taking range of musical styles and fashions, and connect with the grace and flow of physical movement. Angela Hewitt, intensely aware since childhood of the significance of dance to the composer’s music, continues her Bach Odyssey this season, moving from his Partitas to the Goldberg Variations by way of both books of The Well-tempered Clavier. Wednesday 18 October 7.30pm

Angela Hewitt piano Bach Partita No. 3 in A minor BWV827; Partita No. 5 in G BWV829; Partie in A BWV832; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Bach published a keyboard partita every year between 1726 and 1731, ‘offered to music lovers … to refresh their spirits’. He stamped each piece with his matchless contrapuntal mastery and feeling for dance rhythms. Angela Hewitt, whose recording of the Partitas was praised by Gramophone for ‘effortlessly eclipsing all competition’, resumes her Bach Odyssey with four of these mighty masterworks. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Friday 26 January 2018 7.30pm Thursday 26 July 2018 7.30pm

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Philip Higham: Bach Cello Suites Philip Higham’s first-class artistry has earned international critical plaudits, prompting the Washington Post to describe him as ‘a major talent’. The Scottish cellist, born in 1986, first performed Bach’s Cello Suites during his mid-twenties and went on to apply the energy of youth and the experience of deep study to the job of recording them in 2014. Higham’s vision of the works also draws on his early studies as a pianist to connect with the harmonic conception and subtle voicing of Bach’s counterpoint. ‘I love trying to get inside Bach’s mind as a craftsman, trying as much as possible to be a detective, not just a blind servant’, he comments. Each concert approximately 45 minutes in duration (no interval) Saturday 21 October 3.00pm

Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007; Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV1010 £15 concs £13 Saturday 21 October 5.00pm

Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011; Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009 £15 concs £13 Saturday 21 October 7.00pm

Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008; Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 £15 concs £13 © Sussie Ahlburg

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Sunday 22 October 11.30am

Sunday 22 October 7.30pm

Wihan Quartet

Phantasm

Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in C Op. 61

Laurence Dreyfus treble viol, director Emilia Benjamin treble viol, tenor viol Jonathan Manson tenor viol Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol Mikko Perkola bass viol

Despite the provocative harmonies of its slow introduction, Mozart’s String Quartet in C K465 is anything but dissonant. The Czech Wihan Quartet, a resident ensemble at London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire, places this most uplifting of works in company with the grandeur of Dvořák’s monumental String Quartet in C Op. 61.

Christopher Tye and Claude Le Jeune: 16th-century musical radicals

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Tye In Nomine a 4; In Nomine a 5 ‘Beleve Me’; In Nomine a 5 ‘Rounde’; Dum transisset No. 3; In Nomine a 5 ‘Saye so’; O lux beata Trinitas Le Jeune Fantaisie No. 1; Que je porte d’envie; Debat la noste trill’ en May Tye In Nomine a 5 ‘Rachell’s weepinge’; Rubum quem a 5; In Nomine a 5 ‘Re La Re’; In Nomine a 5 ‘Howld fast’; In Nomine a 5 ‘I come’; Amavit eum Dominus; In Nomine a 5 ‘Crye’ Le Jeune Susanne un jour; Quell’eau, quel air, quel feu; Une Puce; O Roze reyne des fleurs; Fracine roze d’este Tye In Nomine a 5 ‘Seldome sene’; In Nomine a 5 ‘Reporte’; Christus resurgens; In Nomine a 5 ‘Trust’; Sit fast a 3 Le Jeune Fantaisie No. 2; Tu ne l’enten pas; Fantaisie No. 3 (after ‘Benedicta est Coelorum Regina’ by Josquin DesPrez); Revecy venir du Printemps Christopher Tye and Claude Le Jeune, like so many musicians of the 1500s, negotiated the seismic religious upheavals of their century, the Catholic Tye as Master of the Choristers at Ely Cathedral, the Protestant Le Jeune under the protection of Huguenot patrons. Phantasm explores the diverse moods of Tye’s ‘In Nomines’ and pieces from Le Jeune’s delightful Meslanges et fantasies de violes. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Monday 23 October 1.00pm

Monday 23 October 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 October 7.30pm

Trio Jean Paul

Francesco Piemontesi

Carolyn Sampson soprano The King’s Consort Robert King conductor

Haydn Piano Trio in F sharp minor HXV:26 Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36 (arr. Kirchner) Trio Jean Paul, named after Robert Schumann’s favourite author, has remained unchanged in membership for over two decades. The ensemble directs its poetic artistry, sophistication and suavity to Theodor Kirchner’s arrangement of Brahms’s String Sextet in G for piano trio together with a work by Haydn, subtle and shifting in mood. £15 concs £13

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Mozart Rondo in D K485; Piano Sonata in D K311; Piano Sonata in B flat K333; Piano Sonata in C K545; Piano Sonata in D K576 Francesco Piemontesi launched his complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas at Wigmore Hall in 2015. The Swiss pianist’s visionary interpretations underline the central importance of these works to the composer’s creative development. His Mozart project continues with a recital comprising the popular Piano Sonata in C, ‘For beginners’, and the Rondo in D K485, a high-spirited piece in sonata form.

The Genius of Purcell Purcell Sonata in Four Parts No. 3 in A minor; If music be the food of love; Music for a while; Trio Sonata in G minor; Not all my torments; Oh! Fair Cedaria; Sonata in Four Parts No. 4 in D minor; Fairest Isle from King Arthur; Sonata in Four Parts No. 9 in F; O solitude, my sweetest choice; Sonata in Four Parts No. 6 in G minor Z807; Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (Ode on the death of Queen Mary); Sonata in Four Parts No. 1 in B minor; If music be the food of love; If Love’s a sweet passion from The Fairy Queen

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Hailed by The Times for its stylish and exuberant Purcell performances, The King’s Consort joins forces with soprano Carolyn Sampson for a programme which combines some of the composer’s most extraordinary chamber music with cherished vocal jewels. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 © Irene Zandel

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Tuesday 24 October 7.30pm

Thursday 26 October 10.15am and 11.45am

The Sixteen

Chamber Tots

Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale

Into the Jungle

Monteverdi Beatus vir (Primo); O ciechi, il tanto affaticar che giova?; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Primo); Salve Regina (Terzo); Gloria a 7; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Terzo); Salve Regina (Secondo); Laudate pueri (Primo); Chi vol che m’innamori; Dixit Dominus (Secondo) a 8

To celebrate the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi’s birth, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers continue their exploration of the composer’s Selva morale e spirituale, his vast anthology of sacred works published in Venice between 1640 and 1641. The programme opens with a dramatic setting of Psalm 112, Beatus vir, and includes the joyful double-choir polyphony of Dixit Dominus and the majestic Gloria for seven voices. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

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Thursday 26 October 7.30pm

Friday 27 October 10.30am – 3.30pm

Friday 27 October 7.30pm

Benjamin Appl baritone Graham Johnson piano

Family Day: Soundscapes and Landscapes

Max Raabe singer Christoph Israel piano

Lieder vom Orient – Songs from the East Schubert Die Liebe hat gelogen; Du liebst mich nicht D756; Lachen und Weinen; Dass sie hier gewesen; Du bist die Ruh Brahms 9 Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32 Schumann Aus den östlichen Rosen; Freisinn; Die Lotosblume; Aus den hebräischen Gesängen; Belsazar Loewe Alles ist eitel, spricht der Prediger Wolf Sonne der Schlummerlosen; Nun wandre, Maria; Epiphanias Cornelius Die Könige Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland

We invite families with children aged 5 and over to join artists and musicians to collect musical and visual ingredients from the galleries of The Wallace Collection, before mixing them together at Wigmore Hall to create their own original work of musical art! Children £12 Adults £16 In partnership with The Wallace Collection

Benjamin Appl has been described by Gramophone as ‘the current front-runner in the new generation of Lieder singers’. He joins forces with Graham Johnson to explore the influence of the orient on Romantic poetry and song.

A Night in Berlin The forces of creativity and destruction raged during the short-lived Weimar Republic. Max Raabe, founder of the Palast Orchester, makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to bring the biting satire of Berlin’s cabaret scene back to life. The German singer mines the Weimar legacy of ‘Gassenhauer’ or ‘alley hits’, tunes picked up instantly and sung in the streets. He and Christoph Israel also revive movie melodies such as Marlene Dietrich’s ‘Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt’, best known as ‘Falling in love again’, and tragi-comic numbers from the turbulent early 1930s. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection

Saturday 28 October 6.00pm

Saturday 28 October 7.30pm

Sunday 29 October 11.30am

Pre-Concert Talk

Nash Ensemble

Jonathan Cross, Professor of Musicology at the University of Oxford, explores the music of Stravinsky and his French contemporaries.

Ian Brown piano Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Patricia Routledge reciter

Steven Isserlis cello Olli Mustonen piano

Free (ticket required)

Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka Ravel Introduction and Allegro Chabrier Trois valses romantiques; Habanera; España Saint-Saëns Tarantelle in A minor Op. 6 Saint-Saëns Tarantelle in A minor Op. 6; Le carnaval des animaux for two pianos and ensemble with reciter Debussy’s Sonata and Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro flank a vivid suite from Stravinsky’s Petrushka. Chabrier piano duos and a brilliant woodwind showpiece by Saint-Saëns provide a suitable prelude to the latter’s much-loved Carnival of the Animals, introduced by actress Patricia Routledge speaking the verses of Ogden Nash.

Prokofiev Ballade in C minor Op. 15 Olli Mustonen Chanson Russe et Danse Oriental Kabalevsky Cello Sonata in B flat Op. 71 Celebrated for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, Steven Isserlis joins forces with Finnish pianist and composer Olli Mustonen for this Coffee Concert. At the heart of the recital lie two evocative and characterful pieces by Mustonen. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Sunday 29 October 7.30pm

Monday 30 October 1.00pm

Jordi Savall viola da gamba Hespèrion XXI

Florilegium

Istanbul Dimitrie Cantemir: The Book of the Science of Music Cantemir Uzzäl uşūleş Darb-i feth No. 209 Trad La rosa enflorece - Maciço de rosas; Alagyeaz tsar; Khnki tsar Cantemir Hüseynī Semâ’î No. 268 Trad Hisar Ağir Semai; Ta xyla; Çeçen kızı; Ene Sarére Cantemir Uzzäl Sakîl ‘Turna’ Semâ’î No. 324 Trad Paxarico tu te llamas; Al aylukhs Cantemir Räst ‘Murass’a’ uşūleş Düyek No. 214 Trad Hermoza muchachica; O’h intsh anush; Koniali; Una pastora Cantemir Hüseynī Sakīl-i Ağa Rıżā Hespérion XXI and its Spanish-Catalan founder Jordi Savall continue to remove barriers between musical traditions and evoke past creative collaborations. Their latest Wigmore Hall programme arises from venerable Turkish, Armenian and Sephardic works preserved in The Book of the Science of Music by Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723), a polyglot Moldavian soldier who became a virtuoso on the tanbur, the long-necked lute favoured at the Ottoman court in Istanbul. The multi-national ensemble’s concert includes haunting laments and pulsating dance songs.

Telemann Quartet in B minor from the Paris Quartets (1738 Collection) Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 Rameau Suite in D minor No. 5 from Pièces de clavecin en concerts Rebel Les caractères de la danse Florilegium, ensemble in residence at Wigmore Hall from 1998 to 2000, is known for the vital energy and captivating intensity of its period-instrument performances of Baroque music. The group’s lunchtime programme includes chamber works that reflect the profound influence of French music on German composers and also embraces the contrapuntal complexities of Bach’s Trio Sonata in G. £15 concs £13

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Tuesday 31 October 7.30pm

Wednesday 1 November 7.30pm

Thursday 2 November 10.15am and 11.45am

Elias String Quartet

Augustin Dumay violin Louis Lortie piano

Chamber Tots

In Beethoven’s Footsteps Webern Langsamer Satz Bartók String Quartet No. 4 BB95 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18 Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano

Webern’s intensely romantic Langsamer Satz was inspired by a hiking holiday taken by the composer and his fiancée in the foothills of the Austrian Alps. Shot through with resonances of Beethoven, this programme is completed with Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet and Brahms’s Op. 51 No. 2, two works distinguished by their thematic unity and allusions to folk music.

Two outstanding artists join forces in a programme of masterworks for violin and piano, crowned by Franck’s radiant Sonata in A, written in 1886 as a wedding present for the virtuoso violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie open with one Brahms’s most lyrical compositions before charting the romantic course of Strauss’s youthful Violin Sonata in E flat.

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Fireworks Join us to make some musical fireworks in this interactive music making workshop for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Sing, dance, play percussion and meet some exciting instruments up close, alongside our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders and emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

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Thursday 2 November 7.30pm

Friday 3 November 7.30pm

Saturday 4 November 10.15am and 11.45am

James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano

Miah Persson soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Chamber Tots

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Jonathan Dove Under Alter’d Skies* (world première) Schumann Dichterliebe

Haydn The Mermaid’s song; The Wanderer; Pastoral Song; She never told her love; O tuneful voice Mozart An Chloe; Das Veilchen; Dans un bois solitaire; Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte; Abendempfindung; Un moto di gioia

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook have developed their reading of Schumann’s Dichterliebe over many performances and hours of work in rehearsal. They return to the composer’s Heine settings in a special programme, celebrating twenty years of their artistic collaboration, which also includes Vaughan Williams’s evocative first song cycle and a new work by Royal Philharmonic Society Award winner Jonathan Dove, based on poems from Tennyson’s In Memoriam.

Swedish soprano Miah Persson scored rave reviews for her interpretation of the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at La Scala last October, hailed by the Financial Times for making ‘this production tick … without once leaving the stage’. Her charismatic artistry is equally compelling in the song repertoire, explored through the course of this recital in company with Malcolm Martineau.

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Saturday 4 November 7.30pm

Sunday 5 November 11.30am

Sunday 5 November 7.30pm

Alisa Weilerstein cello Inon Barnatan piano

Leonore Piano Trio

Cédric Tiberghien piano

Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor

Prokofiev Visions fugitives Op. 22 Philippe Hersant In Black Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

The Leonore Piano Trio was formed in 2012 by three members of Sheffield-based Ensemble 360 in response to critical acclaim for their piano trio performances. The group presents a programme that includes Ravel’s beautiful Piano Trio in A minor of 1913–14 and Schumann’s Second Piano Trio, a work of genial warmth and melodic richness.

In high demand worldwide for the poetic eloquence and artistic refinement of his playing, Cédric Tiberghien returns to Wigmore Hall with a typically rich and colourful programme, as cornerstones of the repertoire by Musorgsky and Prokofiev bookend his exploration of Philippe Hersant’s In Black.

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Stravinsky Suite italienne for cello and piano Steven Mackey Through Your Fingers* (UK première) Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 *Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Steven Mackey’s art embraces his long experience as a rock guitarist and passion for creative spontaneity and improvisation. Through Your Fingers takes its inspiration from the dynamic intensity of Alisa Weilerstein’s playing and the energy she generates in recital with Inon Barnatan. The work’s UK première is framed by early and late Brahms, and the sparkling Suite italienne from Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.

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Monday 6 November 1.00pm

Tuesday 7 November 1.00pm

Wednesday 8 November 11.00am and 12.30pm

Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola David Meier piano

Alina Ibragimova violin Il Pomo d’Oro

For Crying Out Loud!

Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 Hindemith Sonata for viola and piano Op. 11 No. 4 Ysaÿe Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 ‘Ballade’ (arr. for viola) Paganini La Campanella (arr. Primrose) Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad, born in 1994, is fast emerging among the leading viola soloists and chamber musicians of his generation. The young musician became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2016 and makes his Wigmore Hall debut with a captivating programme complete with an arrangement by the great violist William Primrose, who first performed at Wigmore Hall in his late teens.

M Haydn Violin Concerto in G MH52 Mendelssohn Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor for strings; Violin Concerto in D minor Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and intriguing violinists of her generation. She is joined by period ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro for this lunchtime recital, with a programme charting the evolution and survival of familiar musical styles, embracing an early violin concerto by Haydn and beloved works by Mendelssohn.

The Abingdon Quintet Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adult £8.50 (babies come free)

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Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme £15 concs £13

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Haydn String Quartet Series Wednesday 8 November 7.30pm

Thursday 9 November 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet

Samling Showcase

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4; String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5; String Quartet in A Op. 20 No. 6

Lauren Fagan soprano Rowan Pierce soprano Bianca Andrew mezzo-soprano Nicky Spence tenor Milan Siljanov bass-baritone James Baillieu piano Ian Tindale piano Actor to be announced

Haydn’s ‘Sun Quartets’, named after the rising sun decoration printed on the cover of their first edition in 1772, underlined the composer’s status as a master of the genre. As part of Wigmore Hall’s Haydn String Quartet Series, the Doric String Quartet unlocks the full ‘Storm and Stress’ energy and impassioned intensity of Op. 20 Nos. 4–6. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to the Haydn String Quartet Circle

Seasons in the Mind of Men Schubert An den Frühling; Frühlingsglaube; Am Bach im Frühling; Frühlingslied; Der Winterabend Mendelssohn Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein Schumann Liebesgarten Brahms Sommerabend; Herbstgefühl Wolf Nun ist es Herbst, die Blätter fallen Strauss September; Winterweihe; Winterliebe Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Butterworth Bredon Hill Warlock The cricketers of Hambledon; Autumn Twilight Beach Ah, love, but a day Quilter Autumn Evening; It was a lover and his lass Britten Autumn; At day-close in November Argento Winter Head Love’s lament Ireland Spring sorrow Gurney Spring Monckton Charming weather Kern All the Things You Are Novello We’ll gather lilacs Beginning and ending with Spring, Samling’s annual showcase explores the transience and beauty of the natural world through the seasons. A gathering of Samling Artists from over the years present mankind’s response in song and spoken word. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Dine with the artists There are a limited number of tickets for best concert seats with a special post-concert sparkling reception and supper with the artists, priced at £95. Available exclusively from Samling on 01434 602885 or by email to enquiries@samling.org.uk. © George Garnier

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Friday 10 November 7.30pm

Sunday 12 November 11.30am

Monday 13 November 1.00pm

Florian Boesch baritone Justus Zeyen piano

Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Gabriela Montero piano

violin

Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Shostakovich Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor Op. 61 Gabriela Montero Improvisations

Schubert Im Walde (D708); Auf der Brücke; Der Pilgrim Wolf Verborgenheit; Gesang Weylas; Auf ein altes Bild; Denk’ es, o Seele!; Schlafendes Jesuskind; Gebet Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39

Huw Watkins piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Brahms Scherzo in C minor from F-A-E Sonata (Sonatensatz) Janáček Violin Sonata Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G

Gabriela Montero’s ability to improvise complex pieces in the moment enhances her interpretations of existing compositions. The Venezuelan pianist displays spontaneity and freedom of expression as part of a lunchtime programme that also includes Schumann’s ‘Childhood Scenes’ and the searing intensity of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Sonata.

With his passion for poetry and commitment to characterful expression, Florian Boesch ranks among the world’s foremost Lieder singers. His contributions to Wigmore Hall’s Schubert song series scored five-star reviews and strengthened his connection to the venue’s audience. He and Justus Zeyen, a lion among Lieder pianists, offer a scintillating programme including Schumann’s emotionally powerful Eichendorff Liederkreis.

Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, lauded by The Strad for her ‘potent rhetorical style’, and composer and pianist Huw Watkins enjoy a duo partnership tempered by their long experience together in concert and the recording studio. This concert marks the release of their latest CD release on the Signum label.

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Sunday 12 November 7.30pm

Monday 13 November 7.30pm

Takács Quartet

Takács Quartet Louise Williams viola

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Saturday 11 November 7.30pm

Kirill Gerstein piano

Bach 4 Duettos from Clavier-Ubung (Book III) BWV802-805 Debussy Préludes Book I Chopin Waltzes: A flat Op. 42; E minor Op. posth.; F Op. 34 No. 3 Thomas Adès Mazurkas Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14 ‘One seldom sees an audience erupt with such spontaneous delight,’ observed the Independent following Kirill Gerstein’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto at the 2016 BBC Proms. The Russian-born American pianist’s compelling musicianship, richly informed by his experience as a classical and jazz performer, was recognised in 2010 when he became the sixth recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award. Gerstein’s latest Wigmore Hall programme runs the wide gamut of his musical interests, spanning everything from Bach’s four enigmatic Duets from the Clavier-Übung III, to the Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14, written while the young Schumann was suffering the pain of separation from his beloved Clara Wieck. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Takács Quartet: Associate Artists Sunday 12 November 7.30pm

Takács Quartet Mozart String Quartet in D K575 ‘Prussian’ Carl Vine New work (European première) Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67 Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists pair the first of Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets, a composition written with the chamber music-loving, cello-playing Frederick the Great in mind, with a new work by the Australian composer Carl Vine. The folk-inspired melodies and soaring lyricism of Brahms’s third string quartet occupy the concert’s second half. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15 Monday 13 November 7.30pm

Takács Quartet Louise Williams viola Mozart String Quartet in B flat K589 ‘Prussian’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122 Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B flat Op. 87 It’s hard to believe that Mozart was only thirty-four when he composed his second ‘Prussian’ Quartet, such is its maturity and depth of invention. The Takács Quartet places it alongside Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11, a profoundly reflective work written while its composer was recovering from a heart attack. Louise Williams joins the ensemble after the interval in Mendelssohn’s dramatic Second String Quintet. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Saturday 19 May 7.30pm with Louise Williams viola and Pál Banda cello Repeated Monday 21 May 7.30pm with Louise Williams viola and Pál Banda cello

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Tuesday 14 November 7.30pm

Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann From Myrthen: Widmung; Der Nußbaum; Jemand; Lied der Braut I & II Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Mahler Rückert Lieder Elīna Garanča invests everything she performs with elements of her personality and experience of life. The Latvian mezzo-soprano recently reflected on her approach to making music in an acclaimed autobiography, in which she credited wearing the right shoes as key to freeing her soul and allowing her voice to soar in performance. She joins Malcolm Martineau in a programme shot through with big emotions and expressive contrasts, moving from the songs of Myrthen, Schumann’s wedding gift to his wife, Clara, to Mahler’s transcendent Rückert Lieder by way of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, written while the composer was at work on his opera Tristan und Isolde. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series

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Thursday 16 November 11.00am – 12 noon

Friday 17 November 12.15pm

Friday 17 November 1.00pm

Schools Concert: London Jazz Festival

Pre-Concert Talk

Britten Sinfonia Nik Bärtsch piano

Key Stage 3 Schools Concert We join forces with the EFG London Jazz Festival for this interactive schools concert exploring jazz from around the world. The performance, featuring internationally renowned musicians, is designed to support and extend the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Children £4 Adults Free (ticket required) In partnership with EFG London Jazz Festival

The winner of OPUS2017 discusses their new work with Dr Kate Kennedy. Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch’s music has been praised by The New York Times for seamlessly blending ‘the hypnotic shifting textures of post-modernism with a precision groove honed in the spirit of James Brown’. He has curated this programme setting his latest work for ensemble alongside a new piece from the winner of OPUS2017, Britten Sinfonia’s competition for unpublished composers. £15 concs £13 This concert is part of the 2017 EFG London Jazz Festival

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Wednesday 15 November 7.30pm

Joshua Bell director, violin

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 Mozart Violin Concerto in B flat No. 1 K207; Violin Concerto in A No. 5 K219 Renowned for his impassioned music-making, restless curiosity and multi-faceted musical interests, Joshua Bell stands among today’s great violinists. In 2011 the musicians of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields chose him to succeed the famous chamber orchestra’s founder Sir Neville Marriner as its Music Director. Their collaboration has flourished since, earning rave reviews and reaching audiences worldwide. Bell and the ASMF return to Wigmore Hall to explore the logic, clarity and beauty of Mozart’s violin concertos. £60 £50 £40 £30 £15 Repeated Friday 17 November 7.30pm

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Friday 17 November 7.30pm

Saturday 18 November 11.00am – 12 noon

Sunday 19 November 11.30am

Joshua Bell director, violin Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Family Concert: London Jazz Festival

Eric Le Sage piano

Repeat of concert on 15 November

We welcome back the EFG London Jazz Festival in a dynamic concert for families with children aged 5 and over, in which we explore exciting new sounds from across the genre alongside internationally renowned musicians.

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For ages 5 plus

Children £10 Adults £12 In partnership with the EFG London Jazz Festival

Saturday 18 November 6.00pm & 7.30pm

James Ehnes See page 64

Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Schumann Études symphoniques Op. 13 (with posthumous Études) Schumann’s quicksilver personality, subject to fleeting changes and revelatory emotional outbursts, flows through the works in Eric Le Sage’s programme. The composer’s rational and romantic sides surface in Davidsbündlertänze, an early work inspired in part by his love for Clara Wieck, and the Études symphoniques, a collection of contrasting variations performed complete with the five posthumous Études published in 1890. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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James Ehnes: Bach Violin Works In his career’s early years James Ehnes attracted international attention with his recording of Bach’s ‘Sei Solo’, the six sonatas and partitas for violin. He has returned to the works many times over the past two decades. The Canadian artist, who recently turned forty, continues to develop his special relationship with these supremely inventive, utterly perfect compositions. Saturday 18 November 6.00pm

Saturday 18 November 7.30pm

Artists in Conversation

James Ehnes violin

Renowned violinist James Ehnes discusses his life as a performer and the weekend programme.

Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002; Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005

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Bach completed his six sonatas and partitas for solo violin in 1720 at Cöthen. The pieces crown a great tradition of German violin music, transcending existing models to create works of compelling musical interest and jaw-dropping technical demands. James Ehnes, acclaimed for his probing musicianship and virtuosity, explores the full range of Bach’s invention in two concerts over the course of one weekend. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Sunday 19 November 7.30pm

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James Ehnes: Bach Violin Works Sunday 19 November 3.00pm

Sunday 19 November 7.30pm

Monday 20 November 1.00pm

Ludwig Mittelhammer

James Ehnes violin

Meccore String Quartet

baritone

Bach Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006; Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV1003; Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Szymanowski String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 37 Sibelius String Quartet in D minor Op. 56 ‘Voces Intimae’

Jonathan Ware piano Schubert Auf der Brücke; Im Frühling; Der Knabe; Der Schmetterling; Der Einsame; Die Gebüsche; Der Wanderer; An den Mond; An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht Wolf From Mörike Lieder: Fußreise; Der Knabe und das Immlein; Der Jäger; Der Tambour; An eine Äolsharfe; Der Feuerreiter; Gesang Weylas; Storchenbotschaft Ludwig Mittelhammer, winner of the 2014 ‘Hugo Wolf’ International Art Song Competition, is currently a member of the Opera Studio at Frankfurt Opera. The formidably talented young baritone, born in Munich in 1988, makes his Wigmore Hall debut with a programme constructed to encompass his full range of vocal nuance and project his heartfelt expressive artistry.

Bach, according to one of his sons, ‘played the violin with a pure and penetrating tone [and] perfectly understood all the possibilities of the violin family’. The composer set the highest technical hurdles for performers of his solo sonatas and partitas. James Ehnes is sure to apply the grace and ease of his artistry to the polyphonic textures and exacting demands of Bach’s violin masterworks. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Poland’s Meccore String Quartet, acclaimed for its recent recording of works by Debussy and Szymanowski, has cemented its status among the finest young quartets since its prize-winning success in the 2012 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. The ensemble returns to the Hall and turns its trademark energy and commitment to scores governed by a rare combination of introspection and exuberance. £15 concs £13

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Monday 20 November 7.30pm

Wednesday 22 November 7.30pm

Thursday 23 November 7.30pm

Philippe Cassard piano

Jonathan Biss piano

Hagen Quartet

Debussy Perspectives III: ‘Debussy danse…’

Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Kirchner Interlude II Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17

Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Webern Fünf Sätze Op. 5 Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3

Debussy Valse romantique; La plus que lente Chopin Waltz in D flat Op. 70 No. 3 Grieg Troldtog from Lyric Pieces Op. 54 No. 3 Chabrier Scherzo-valse Satie Je te veux Massenet Valse folle Debussy Danseuses de Delphes; Serenade for the Doll; Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses; Danse de la poupée; Ronde générale; Menuet & Passepied from Suite bergamasque; Pour le piano; Fête galante (transcr. Cassard); Tarentelle styrienne; Masques; Pour les sonorités opposées; Pour les octaves. Dance held a lifelong fascination for Debussy, reflected in everything from ‘Serenade for the Doll’ to the flamboyant ‘Tarentelle styrienne’. This programme sets the composer’s keyboard dances in context, offering fresh perspectives on the waltz as a concert piece and linking Debussy to Chopin, Chabrier and Satie.

Over the past decade, Jonathan Biss has developed a strong bond with Wigmore Hall’s audience, attracting an eager following to his strikingly imaginative interpretations and compelling programmes. The American pianist returns to perform Leon Kirchner’s Interlude II, commissioned for him in 2003 by the BBC and the Royal Philharmonic Society, in company with three works shaped by emotional turbulence and tragedy.

DiePresse.com hit the mark when it described the Hagen Quartet as ‘The pinnacle of musicality’! The Austrian ensemble, founded in 1981, upholds standards of tonal blend and beauty, intonation and expressive communication matched by few others. The group’s latest Wigmore Hall programme reflects its close association with the Viennese Classics and profound feeling for Romantic repertoire. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Thursday 23 November 1.00pm

Christian Gerhaher baritone

James Cheung piano Britten Proverbs 1 – 7 from Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Brahms Wir wandelten; Meerfahrt; Verzagen; Über die Heide; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht Schubert From Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger Christian Gerhaher prefaces Schubert’s six revelatory settings of poems by Heinrich Heine from Schwanengesang with a selection of songs that show the sensitivity, spiritual insight and refinement of Brahms’s writing for solo voice and piano. His unmissable lunchtime programme includes the potent imagery and allusions of ‘Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht’ and cruel irony and haunting conclusion of ‘Meerfahrt’. Britten created his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with whom Gerhaher studied in masterclass sessions. In turn James Cheung chose to concentrate on song accompaniment after attending a masterclass given by Christian Gerhaher at Snape Maltings. Approximately 1 hour in duration (no interval) £15 concs £13 © Thomas Egli

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Friday 24 November 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Saturday 25 November 7.30pm

Sunday 26 November 11.30am

Music for the Moment

Vadim Gluzman violin Johannes Moser cello Yevgeny Sudbin piano

Trio Isimsiz

A concert for people living with dementia and their friends, family and carers If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, please join us for this informal afternoon concert with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly invited to join us for tea and coffee from 2.30pm. Free (ticket required) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music and Westminster Arts

Schubert Notturno in E flat D897 Babadjanian Piano Trio Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 Three outstanding soloists and chamber musicians, acclaimed for their virtuosity and high-octane musicianship, unite as a dreamteam piano trio. They open with Schubert’s Notturno, a sublime late masterwork, and include Arno Babadjanian’s dramatic Piano Trio of 1952. Their programme concludes with the breath-taking lyricism and entrancing virtuosity of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Formed at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2009, the Trio Isimsiz captured first prize and the audience prize at the 2015 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. The risingstar piano trio marks its Wigmore Hall debut with two inspired works in C minor, Beethoven’s forward-looking Op. 1 No. 3 and Mendelssohn’s late Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 66. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT

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Friday 24 November 7.30pm

Joyce DiDonato

Masterclass

Reflections on the light and dark of human nature and a desire to elevate mankind’s creative spirit belong to Joyce DiDonato’s concerns as an artist, qualities that have given an extra dimension to her interpretations of everything from the simplest of songs to spectacular bel canto arias. She is set to share her insights and experiences in a masterclass with postgraduate singers and pianists from London music colleges, part of her commitment to the next generation of musicians and audiences. Approximately two hours in duration (with interval) All seats £20

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Sunday 26 November 7.30pm

Philippe Jaroussky countertenor

Ensemble Artaserse Programme to include: Handel Overture from Radamisto; Son pur felice… Bel contento from Flavio; Son stanco… Deggio morire, o stelle from Siroe; Se potessero i sospir miei from Imeneo; Vieni, d’empietà mostro... Vile! Se mi dai vita from Radamisto; Che mi chiama alla gloria?... Se parla nel mio cor from Giustino; Inhumano fratel… Stil amare from Tolomeo; Ombra cara di mia sposa from Radamisto; Privarmi ancora… Rompo i lacci from Flavio Wigmore Hall has become a favourite venue for Philippe Jaroussky, an intimate stage where the superstar countertenor can communicate his compelling artistry and dare to take vocal risks. His work with Ensemble Artaserse, showered with recording awards and fivestar reviews, continues with an all-Handel programme fuelled by Baroque ideals of vocal display, the clear and powerful expression of distinct emotions, and the creation of drama through music. The spotlight falls on dazzling arias from such little-known operas as Flavio, a satire on human fantasies, the King Lear-like Siroe, and Tolomeo, a compelling tale of political intrigue, love, lust and revenge. £60 £50 £40 £30 £15

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Monday 27 November 1.00pm

Tuesday 28 November 7.30pm

Wednesday 29 November 7.30pm

Andrei Ioniţă cello Itamar Golan piano

Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

The English Concert Robert Quinney director,

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40

Dvořák String Sextet in A Op. 48 Schubert Octet in F D803

Andrei Ioniţă seized first prize at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow with a towering final performance of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. The Romanian artist, recently hailed by The Times as ‘one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade’, makes his Wigmore Hall debut. Andrei Ioniţă is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme £15 concs £13

Monday 27 November 7.30pm

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano See page 72 © TVW

The Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra open this concert with Dvořák’s sonorous String Sextet, a work infused with the rich spirit of Slavonic folk music that the Czech composer held dear to his heart. It offers a fascinating contrast to Schubert’s Octet, his largest scale chamber work, overflowing with sublime melodies. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Choir of New College Oxford Blow Chaconne in G; O sing unto the Lord Purcell Chacony in G minor Z730; Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day) Z339 Handel Organ Concerto in F Op. 4 No. 4 HWV292 Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm! BWV229; Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ BWV116 The English Concert continues its new partnership with organist Robert Quinney and The Choir of New College Oxford, celebrating not only the recent festivities of St Cecilia’s day with Purcell’s wonderful Welcome to all the pleasures, but the imminent start of advent with Bach’s cantata Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Roderick Williams: Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles Invited by Wigmore Hall to perform Schubert’s three great song cycles for the first time in his career, Roderick Williams set about sharing the process of discovery and learning with students at the Guildhall. The baritone, winner of the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Singer Award, journeys through Schubert’s vast emotional landscapes and diverse spiritual states together with his long-standing duo partner, Iain Burnside.

Monday 27 November 7.30pm

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano Schubert Die schöne Müllerin In the summer of 1823 Schubert discovered a new volume of verse by Wilhelm Müller and was immediately inspired to set its sequence of poems as his first song cycle. Die schöne Müllerin recounts the unhappy tale of a young apprentice’s love for a miller’s daughter. The work charts the tragic course of his rejection, despair and suicide. Approximately 1 hours 15 minutes in duration (no interval) £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to the Voices at Wigmore Circle

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Thursday 29 March 2018 7.30pm Winterreise Wednesday 16 May 2018 7.30pm Schwanengesang

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Thursday 30 November 7.30pm

Saturday 2 December 7.30pm

Sunday 3 December 11.30am

Ning Feng violin Daniel Müller-Schott cello Igor Levit piano

Imogen Cooper piano

Cyprien Katsaris piano

Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33 Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor HXVI:20 Beethoven Variations on ‘La stessa la stessissima’ WoO. 73 Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110

Mozart Fantasia in C minor K396 Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:35 Schubert Klavierstück in E flat D946 No. 2 Schubert (transcr. Liszt) Ständchen; Ave Maria Schubert Ländler Suite: selections from 17 Ländler D366, 12 Ländler D790 & 12 Deutsche Tänze D420 Johann Strauss II Wiener Blut Op. 354 (paraphrase by Eduard Schütt)

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 Igor Levit, fresh from his acclaimed survey of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas at Wigmore Hall last season, joins forces with two outstanding string players in Schubert’s late piano trios. ‘One glance at Schubert’s Trio (D898)’, wrote Robert Schumann, ‘and the troubles of our existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again’. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 With grateful thanks to the Season Benefactors Friday 1 December 7.30pm

Imogen Cooper’s searching interpretations, praised by Gramophone for their ‘imaginative freedom’ and ‘balance of sense and sensibility’, reveal hidden facets in even the most familiar works. Her latest Wigmore Hall programme travels from the classical poise of early Beethoven and the heft of Haydn’s C minor Piano Sonata to the remarkable invention of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 31. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

L’Arpeggiata

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The generous spirit of popular song and dance flows through Cyprien Katsaris’s ear-catching choice of compositions, present in everything from the simple charm of Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 35 and Schubert’s lyrical late Klavierstück in E flat to Liszt’s dazzling transcription of Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’. The programme opens with Mozart’s sublime Fantasia in C minor K396.

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Friday 1 December 7.30pm

L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar director, theorbo Giuseppina Bridelli mezzo-soprano Rossi From Il palazzo incantato: Sinfonia; Vaghi Rivi; Dove mi spingi, amor; Sol per breve momento; Ballo Rossi From Orfeo: Mio ben, teco il tormento; Dal imperio d’amore; Dormite, begl’occhi; Lasciate, Averno Rossi Begl’occhi, che dite; Gelosia ch’a poco a poco; Se dolente e flebil cetra; Questo piccolo rio; La bella più bella; Al soave spirar d’aure serene Luigi Rossi made his name as a musician in Rome under the patronage of Antonio Barberini, crown-cardinal protector of France. Christina Pluhar’s ensemble L’Arpeggiata and Giuseppina Bridelli summon up the supernatural world of Il palazzo incantato before exploring the composer’s second and final opera Orfeo, staged in Paris in 1647 under Cardinal Mazarin’s protection, and a sequence of impassioned arias from Rossi’s chamber cantatas. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

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Monday 4 December 1.00pm

Monday 4 December 7.30pm

Wednesday 6 December 10.15am and 11.45am

Céline Moinet oboe Florian Uhlig piano

The Cardinall’s Musick Andrew Carwood director

Chamber Tots

R Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 Nielsen 2 Fantasy Pieces Op. 2 C Schumann 3 Romances Op. 22 R Schumann Abendlied Op. 85 No. 12 Pasculli Concerto on ‘La Favorita’ by Donizetti

Palestrina Missa Hodie Christus natus est Anonymous Gaudete; Hail Mary full of grace; Queen Pastores; Salutation Carol Palestrina Hodie Christus natus est Handl Mirabile mysterium Pygott Quid petis O fili Victoria Ecce Dominus veniet Dunstable Speciosa facta est Byrd Lullaby, my sweet little baby Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni

Advances in manufacturing technology and developments in musical taste brought change to the oboe in the first half of the 19th Century. The instrument gained additional keys and a new repertoire of chamber and solo pieces. Céline Moinet, principal oboe of Dresden Staatskapelle since 2008, explores the Romantic era’s oboe revolution from Pasculli’s virtuosic Concerto to the lyrical Romances of Clara and Robert Schumann. £15 concs £13

The Cardinall’s Musick presents a programme of sacred works from England and Europe before and after the Reformation. Although almost 150 years separate Dunstable’s motet Speciosa facta est and Byrd’s consort song, Lullaby, my sweet little baby, the two pieces share a serenity that connects with the simple beauty of Palestrina’s Christmas Mass. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

On the Train All aboard the music train! We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us for this interactive music-making workshop featuring songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4 Tuesday 5 December 7.30pm

Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano See page 78

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IN THE COMMUNITY We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to make music, no matter their background or situation. Music in Hospitals uses music as a tool to improve wellbeing and community cohesion with young people in hospital settings across West London. Wigmore Hall Learning and its Associate Artists, Ignite, have been engaging children and young people at Chelsea Community Hospital School (CCHS) in creative musicmaking activities since 2008. CCHS delivers education for children and young people aged four to eighteen while they are in hospital. In partnership with teaching staff, we lead creative music-making activity to enable young people across CCHS’s four hospital sites to take part in inspiring music projects alongside professional musicians, in order to build social inclusion and a sense of community, and improve their experience of being in hospital as well as their wellbeing.

Saturday 2 December 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Relaxed Concert: Zoë Martlew Our relaxed concerts are open to everyone and are specifically designed to welcome people who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, sensory and communication disorders, and learning disabilities. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights will remain up. Audience members are able to move in and out of the auditorium as they need to, and there is a designated quiet area. Join dynamic cellist and composer Zoë Martlew for a diverse programme of music written for cello. £5

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection

Schubert: The Complete Songs Wednesday 6 December 7.30pm

Friday 8 December 7.30pm

Saturday 9 December 6.00pm

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn director

Nash Ensemble

Programme to include: Schubert Wandrers Nachtlied I; Im Frühling; Der Tod und das Mädchen; Erlkönig; Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen; An Silvia; Ganymed; Im Abendrot; Der Zwerg; Abendstern; Nacht und Träume; Frühlingsglaube; Seligkeit; Rastlose Liebe; Ständchen from Schwanengesang; Du bist die Ruh; Sei mir gegrüsst; Der Musensohn; Lachen und Weinen; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Wandrers Nachtlied II; An den Mond (D296)

Charpentier In nativitatem Domini canticum; Messe de minuit pour Noël; Te Deum

Big emotions and entrancing melodies resound across Alice Coote’s Schubert recital. The great British mezzo-soprano, whose performances have been described by The Times as ‘breathtaking in [their] sheer conviction and subtlety of perception’, is joined by her regular duo partner, Julius Drake, in a programme that includes the exuberance and energy of such early masterworks as ‘Rastlose Liebe’ and ‘Erlkönig’.

Join Early Opera Company for a festive concert featuring three of Charpentier’s most popular works. The exquisite Messe de minuit pour Noël uses traditional Christmas carols in a unique setting of the Midnight Mass liturgy, and the Pastoral In nativitatem recounts the very night of Jesus’s birth. The celebratory Te Deum is a joyous explosion of colour, featuring the famous ‘Marche en Rondeau’. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Thursday 7 December 7.30pm

Stephanie Gonley violin Adrian Brendel cello Ian Brown piano Boulanger D’un soir triste; D’un matin de printemps Ravel Pièce en forme d’Habanera (arr. for cello and piano) Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Stravinsky Suite italienne for cello and piano A pair of atmospheric trio pieces by the short-lived Lili Boulanger is followed by three duos: a Spanish-style miniature by Ravel; Debussy’s last work, the masterly Violin Sonata; and Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, a transcription of movements from his timetravelling ballet Pulcinella. All seats £3

Daniil Trifonov piano See page 80

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Christian Tetzlaff Focus

German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, a regular at Wigmore Hall over many years, is the subject of a three-concert residency this season. His eloquent artistry can be heard in the three Violin Sonatas of Brahms, a composer close to his heart. He also appears as a chamber musician in major landmarks of the quartet and quintet repertoire. Tuesday 5 December 7.30pm

Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 When Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt last performed Brahms’s violin sonatas at Wigmore Hall, the Financial Times observed how the violinist’s musicianship spoke ‘intimately as though one-to-one with each member of the audience’. This recital offers a chance to hear their latest thoughts on three of the most radiant works in the duo repertoire. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Forthcoming Events in this Series Sunday 11 February 2018 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff violin Florian Donderer violin Rachel Roberts viola Tanja Tetzlaff cello Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Martin Helmchen piano Julian Prégardien tenor Sunday 20 May 2018 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet Sunday 10 June 2018 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet © Giorgia Bertazzi

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Haydn String Quartet Series/Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer

Saturday 9 December 7.30pm

Sunday 10 December 11.30am

Sunday 10 December 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Heath Quartet

Gould Piano Trio

Roderick Williams baritone Ian Brown piano Simon Crawford-Phillips & Philip Moore piano duet Lucy Wakeford harp

Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 3 ‘Jagdquartett’ Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80

Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2; Piano Trio in B flat Op. 11; Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’

Debussy Danse sacrée et danse profane Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (arr. Philip Moore for piano duet) Poulenc Le bal masqué Ravel Don Quichotte a Dulcinee; Piano Trio Debussy’s two dances with solo harp begin this recital, followed by a virtuoso piano duet arrangement version of Stravinsky’s vivid ballet The Firebird. The RPS Awardwinning baritone Roderick Williams joins the Nash Ensemble for Poulenc’s Le bal masqué, before assuming the character of Don Quixote in Ravel’s late song late song cycle. The programme ends with Ravel’s magnificent Piano Trio.

The Heath Quartet’s seasonlong survey of Jörg Widmann’s five string quartets continues, placing the German composer’s ‘Jagdquartett’ in company with two works marked by their intense concentration and foreboding. Widmann’s work echoes the opening rhythms of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony before pursuing its ideas with obsessive energy and wanton violence.

Beethoven beguiled Vienna’s musical elite, Haydn among them, with the official première of his first piano trios in August 1795. The Gould Piano Trio opens with the serious Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 before taking in the wit and inspired invention of his Op. 11 and sense of tragedy central to the ‘Ghost’ Trio. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Thursday 7 December 7.30pm

Daniil Trifonov piano

Mompou Variations on a Theme of Chopin Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22 Chopin: 2 Mazurkas; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Piano connoisseurs and music-lovers of any era would give thanks for poetic artistry of the kind delivered by Daniil Trifonov. The Russian pianist, born in 1991, allies total technical command of his instrument to a unique feeling for expressive contrasts and musical drama. His interpretations appear to arise in the present moment, responsive to the subtlest change of mood and always alive to the piano’s endless possibilities of shading, colour and articulation. Trifonov’s latest Wigmore Hall recital explores the legacy of Chopin in the shape of quintessential works by the Polish composer and of compositions built on themes from his Op. 28 Preludes. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle Monday 11 December 1.00pm

Tuesday 12 December 7.30pm

Wednesday 13 December 7.30pm

Armida Quartet

Cuarteto Casals

Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Beethoven Große Fuge in B flat Op. 133

Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Giovanni Sollima New Work (English première) Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’

Trio Mediæval vocal ensemble Nils Økland violin

Good humour and playfulness combine with fervent emotions in the ‘Hunt’ Quartet, written in Vienna in the autumn of 1784. The Armida Quartet, First Prize-winner at the 2012 ARD International Music Competition, moves from Mozart’s genial composition to Beethoven’s ‘Große Fuge’, a work propelled by fierce energy and a Promethean spirit of creative struggle. £15 concs £13

Cuarteto Casals evokes the creative originality of Beethoven’s string quartets by placing three of his pioneering works in company with a new score by the Italian composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima. The concert concludes with the first ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, a work that reflects on the classicism of Haydn’s quartets while looking forward to a new era of musical invention. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Wolcome Yole Programme to include: Medieval and traditional music for Advent and Christmas from Norway, Sweden and England Andrew Smith New work (world première) Trio Mediaval has beguiled audiences worldwide with its modern re-imaginings of medieval music. The Trio juxtaposes sacred polyphony with folk music and improvisation, melding these elements into its own distinct and unique style. Innovative fiddle player Nils Økland joins the ensemble for this programme, which includes the world première of a work by Andrew Smith. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Monday 11 December 7.30pm

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Monday 11 December 7.30pm

Mark Padmore tenor Mitsuko Uchida piano Schubert Winterreise Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida present a special performance of Winterreise, dedicating their account of the work to the cause of Wigmore Hall’s annual fundraising appeal. The tenor’s interpretations of Schubert’s profoundly moving late song cycle, a work of boundless spiritual depths and revelatory reflections on life and death, are marked by their vision and humanity. He will share his latest expedition through the composer’s dark-hued emotional landscapes with one of the most sensitive and poetic of all Schubertians, acclaimed for her utterly spellbinding ability to span every expressive nuance and dramatic turn of Schubert’s music. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration (no interval) £60 £50 £40 £30 £15

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Haydn String Quartet Series Thursday 14 December 7.30pm

Friday 15 December 7.30pm

Sunday 17 December 11.30am

Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival Ensemble Elena Bashkirova piano

Anthony Marwood violin Isabelle van Keulen violin Lawrence Power viola Richard Lester cello Heath Quartet

Novus String Quartet

Stravinsky Suite from The Soldier’s Tale (for violin, clarinet and piano) Ustvolskaya Piano Sonata No. 5 Shostakovich Seven Poems of Alexander Blok Op. 127 Ustvolskaya Trio for clarinet, violin and piano Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67 Works by teacher and pupil – Shostakovich and Galina Ustvolskaya – deliver abundant expressive richness and depth to Elena Bashkirova’s programme with the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival Ensemble. The haunting melodies and sombre intensity of Ustvolskaya’s Trio for clarinet, violin and piano supports her statement that ‘There is no link whatsoever between my music and that of any other composer, living or dead’. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat Op. 20 Enescu String Octet in C Op. 7 Anthony Marwood, the Heath Quartet and three other wonderful chamber musicians open with Mendelssohn’s Octet, a miraculous product of his mid-teens. Enescu’s fine String Octet also dates from the Romanian composer’s teenage years. ‘I wore myself out trying to make work a piece of music divided into four segments of such length that each of them was likely at any moment to break’, Enescu later recalled.

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 17 No. 6; String Quartet in E flat Op. 50 No. 3; String Quartet in A Op. 55 No. 1 Since winning the 2014 International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, the Novus String Quartet has grown in stature with a series of landmark debut performances and reinvitations to perform at the world’s leading chamber music venues. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall following its debut last January to add its collective voice to the Haydn String Quartet Series. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Dunedin Consort: Big Ideas for a Small Stage Saturday 16 December 7.30pm

Dunedin Consort John Butt director Bach Christmas Oratorio: Cantatas I, IV, V & VI Bach’s Christmas Oratorio offers a set of related cantatas, originally intended for consecutive performance on the six church feasts between Christmas Day and Epiphany. John Butt and his Dunedin Consort, acclaimed for their revelatory readings of Bach, present four of the cantatas in one evening, leading listeners through its compelling account of the Nativity story and creating ideal conditions to contemplate its timeless message. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Sunday 25 March 2018 5.00pm Thursday 21 June 2018 7.30pm

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Joyce DiDonato Series Sunday 17 December 7.30pm

Monday 18 December 1.00pm

Monday 18 December 7.30pm

Ingrid Fliter piano

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Joyce DiDonato

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat Op. 31 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ Chopin Nocturnes Op. 27: No. 1 in C sharp minor; No. 2 in D flat Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Ingrid Fliter’s Beethoven and Schumann recordings, greeted by five-star reviews, project the charismatic power of her musicianship and penetrating insight of her pianism. The Argentinian pianist, the only woman to receive the esteemed Gilmore Artist Award, returns to Wigmore Hall to explore Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 18 and 23 in company with works by Chopin.

Ysaÿe Poème élégiaque Op. 12 Vierne Violin Sonata Op. 23 Cédric Tiberghien and Alina Ibragimova first met as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme in 2005. Their instant rapport led to the formation of a duo partnership that continues to grow and mature. They return to Wigmore Hall to perform Ysaÿe’s atmospheric Poème élégiaque, written in 1892–3, and Louis Vierne’s intense Violin Sonata Op. 23. £15 concs £13

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Brentano Quartet Programme to include: Strauss Arrangements for mezzosoprano and string quartet: All’ mein Gedanken; Du meines Herzens Krönelein; Die Nacht; Traum durch die Dämmerung; Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden Jake Heggie Camille Claudel: Into the Fire ‘The staggering, joyful artistry of Joyce DiDonato reminds us that in any generation there are few giants,’ observed Jake Heggie in Gramophone. The American composer’s insightful understanding of her art can be heard in Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, written for DiDonato in 2012. The song-cycle responds to the creative genius and tragic end of the sculptor Camille Claudel, Rodin’s muse and lover and an artistic giant of her generation. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Repeated Thursday 21 December 7.30pm

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Tuesday 19 December 7.30pm

Leonidas Kavakos violin Yuja Wang piano Janáček Violin Sonata Schubert Fantasy in C D934 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 BB84 Leonidas Kavakos is celebrated around the globe as an artist of rare quality, known for virtuosity of the highest level and the integrity of his playing. He is joined by internationally renowned Yuja Wang, recently hailed by The New York Times as ‘one of the best young pianists around’. They present a programme of virtuosic works spanning an astonishing range of moods and emotions, journeying from the struggle between violent outbursts and beautiful, folk-inspired themes of Janáček’s Violin Sonata to the serene Schubert Fantasy in C. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

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Joyce DiDonato Series Wednesday 20 December 7.30pm

Thursday 21 December 7.30pm

Friday 22 December 7.30pm

Ensemble Plus Ultra

Joyce DiDonato

Victoria Ave Maria; Magnificat quarti toni; Gaude Virgo Maria; Ave maris stella; Alma Redemptoris mater Guerrero Canite tuba Victoria Ecce Dominus veniet Byrd Domine praestolamur Sheppard Verbum caro factum est Victoria O magnum mysterium; Quem vidistis, pastores; Magi viderunt stellam; Hostis Herodes impie Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Anonymous Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgen le dezia; Coventry Carol Praetorius Joseph, lieber Joseph mein

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Renaud Capuçon violin David Fray piano

Brentano Quartet Repeat of concert on 18 December £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Described by Early Music Today as ‘a crack squad of the finest British early music singers’, Ensemble Plus Ultra received the 2012 Gramophone Early Music Award for its ten-disc survey of the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria. The group turns its deep affinity for the Spanish-born priest and composer’s work to a selection of Christmas pieces, set in company with exquisite seasonal motets by his 16th-century contemporaries. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Bach Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor BWV1018 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’ Bach Violin Sonata in C minor BWV1024 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Renaud Capuçon and David Fray are part of a remarkable younger generation of French instrumentalists with much to say and the artistry to express it. ‘The ‘Spring’ Sonata was the first piece of Beethoven I played, when I was ten years old’, Capuçon recalls. ‘His music is a rite of passage for every violinist.’ £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Schubert: The Complete Songs Saturday 23 December 7.30pm

Wednesday 27 December 7.30pm

Thursday 28 December 7.30pm

Sophie Rennert

Arcadia Quartet

Ivana Gavrić piano

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Bartók String Quartet No. 1 BB52 Mozart String Quartet in D K575 ‘Prussian’

Haydn Piano Sonata in F HXVI:23 Grieg Slåtter Op. 72 (selection) Chopin 4 Mazurkas Op. 24; Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16

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Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano Schubert Hagars Klage; Sehnsucht D52; Son fra l’onde; Don Gayseros; Lieb Minna; Erster Verlust; Idens Nachtgesang; Von Ida; Die Erscheinung; Die Täuschung; Das Sehnen; Geist der Liebe; Die Spinnerin; Der Schatzgräber; Wonne der Wehmut; Selma und Selmar; Gesang der Geister (fragment); Schweizerlied; Der Strom; Lied eines Kindes (fragment); Das Abendrot; Himmelsfunken; Mahomets Gesang (fragment); Johanna Sebus (fragment); Die Wallfahrt; Eine altschottische Ballade ‘Hagars Klage’, a fine example of Schubert’s early songs, dates from the composer’s Vienna schooldays. It introduces this programme, ideal for the story-telling talents of Sophie Rennert and Stephan Loges, which includes the expansive and elaborate setting of Metastasio’s ‘Son fra l’onde’, and the touching duet ‘Selma und Selmar’.

Following a headlong rush of victories at the Osaka, Wigmore Hall, Almere and Hamburg string quartet and chamber music competitions, the Romanian Arcadia Quartet has earned plaudits worldwide for the impassioned intensity and expressive force of its playing. Its latest Wigmore Hall programme pairs the turbulent emotions of Bartók’s youthful First String Quartet with Haydn’s light-hearted Op. 33 No. 5. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Ivana Gavrić’s programme choices invariably reveal contrasts and reflect comparisons in pieces that might not at first appear to be obvious companions. The passion and lyricism of her music-making are sure to run free throughout her latest Wigmore Hall recital, which spans everything from the sprightly figuration of Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 23 to the musical fantasies of Schumann’s Kreisleriana. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

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Friday 29 December 7.30pm

Saturday 30 December 7.30pm

Sunday 31 December 11.30am

Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini

Liza Ferschtman violin Roman Rabinovich piano

Gary Hoffman cello David Selig piano

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Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 BB84 Lutosławski Subito Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96

Beethoven 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69

Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1038; 14 Canons BWV1087; Musical Offering BWV1079 Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano, which the harpsichordist founded in 1984, bring fresh energy and ideas to the interpretation of Baroque music. Their captivating performances of Bach are infused with a feeling for the light and shade of the composer’s counterpoint and for the sheer brilliance of his melodic invention. Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration (no interval) £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman, the daughter of Russian musicians, plays like a force of nature, unleashing the full passion of her heartfelt artistry in performance. She is joined by Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich in a strikingly innovative programme, complete with Bartók’s fiery Violin Sonata No. 1, first performed in London in 1923, and Lutosławski’s lighthearted Subito, conceived as a competition test-piece in 1992.

Beethoven wrote his sprightly set of variations on Mozart’s hit tune ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from The Magic Flute during a visit to Berlin in 1796. Gary Hoffman, one of today’s finest cellists, presents this joyful work in company with two captivating celebrations of melody, the cello sonatas Opp. 69 & 102 No. 1. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Autumn 2017

Arcangelo

Concerts from September to December 2017 open for Priority Booking on 11 April. Requests must be submitted for Season Patrons, Season Benefactors and Rubinstein Circle by 2 May, for Friends by 4 May and for Mailing List Subscribers by 11 May.

Jonathan Cohen director Peter Whelan bassoon Anna Lucia Richter soprano Samuel Boden tenor Blow Ode: Begin the Song Vivaldi Concerto in C for bassoon, strings and continuo RV473 Handel Gloria HWV deest Purcell Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day) Z339 Vivaldi Concerto in C RV537; Gloria RV589 Arcangelo marks the countdown to the New Year with celebratory odes for St Cecilia’s Day – Henry Purcell’s Welcome to all the pleasures of 1683 and John Blow’s Begin the Song of 1684 – and two rousing Gloria settings. Handel’s Gloria, probably written before its young composer’s departure from Germany to Italy in 1706, was believed to be lost until it was rediscovered in the library of the Royal Academy of Music in 2001. Vivaldi’s Concerto in C for two trumpets and pioneering Concerto in C for bassoon complete the festivities.

Booking opens to General Public on 30 May. Join Friends of Wigmore Hall to benefit from Priority Booking. For details of our Learning events, look out for our Learning brochure from June 2017.

Spring 2018 See pages 94–97 for preview details

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Summer 2018 See pages 98–101 for preview details

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CHAMBER ZONE Free concert tickets for young people and school groups Wigmore Hall and CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust have been offering free tickets to young people since 1999. This year we are delighted to offer over 2,000 free tickets to young people aged 8 – 25 and school groups, as well as free pre-concert workshops for schools. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone or check our Learning brochure for forthcoming concert dates. Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust

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Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, and as a commissioner of new works and a champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières.

‘Our commissioning scheme is already the most extensive

Saturday 9 September 7.30pm Gerald Finley bass-baritone Julius Drake piano Mark-Anthony Turnage Monday 11 September 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals Matan Porat* Wednesday 20 September 7.30pm Nash Ensemble John Casken, Alexander Goehr*, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Maxwell Davies

in Europe for chamber music’,

Sunday 24 September 7.30pm

comments Wigmore Hall

Heath Quartet Jörg Widmann

Director, John Gilhooly, ‘and in recent years Wigmore

Sunday 1 October 11.30am

Hall has become one of the

Natasha Paremski piano Thomas Adès

world’s foremost centres for contemporary chamber music.’

Sunday 1 October 7.30pm Leila Josefowicz violin John Novacek piano Kaija Saariaho

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Wednesday 4 October 7.30pm

Sunday 29 October 11.30am

Friday 17 November 1.00pm

Cuarteto Casals Mauricio Sotelo

Steven Isserlis cello Olli Mustonen piano Olli Mustonen

Britten Sinfonia Winner of OPUS2017 Competition* & Nik Bärtsch

Thursday 5 October 7.30pm IMS Prussia Cove Mark-Anthony Turnage Saturday 14 October 11.30am Jennifer Pike violin Thomas Gould violin Guy Johnston cello Elizabeth Kenny theorbo Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Petr Limonov piano Krzysztof Penderecki, Hanna Kulenty & Paulina Załubska Saturday 14 October 7.30pm Jennifer Pike violin Guy Johnston cello Tom Poster piano Eugeniusz Knapik Sunday 15 October 7.30pm Roman Rabinovich piano Roman Rabinovich

Thursday 2 November 7.30pm

Saturday 2 December 7.30pm

James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano Jonathan Dove*

Imogen Cooper piano Thomas Adès

Saturday 4 November 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein cello Inon Barnatan piano Steven Mackey* Sunday 5 November 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien piano Philippe Hersant Saturday 11 November 7.30pm Kirill Gerstein piano Thomas Adès Sunday 12 November 7.30pm Takács Quartet Carl Vine

Sunday 10 December 11.30am Heath Quartet Jörg Widmann Tuesday 12 December 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals Giovanni Sollima Monday 18 December 7.30pm Repeated Thursday 21 December 7.30pm Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Brentano Quartet Jake Heggie *Commissioned or co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by Helen Grime, Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, is supported by The Marchus Trust

Spring Preview January – March 2018 Concerts from January to March 2018 open for Priority Booking on 19 September. Requests must be submitted for Friends by 12 October and for Mailing List Subscribers by 19 October. Booking opens to General Public on 7 November. Full details of concerts and Learning events will be published in the Spring 2018 brochure.

January 2018

András Schiff © Nadia F Romani ECM Records

Isabelle van Keulen

Tue 2 Jan 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi

Mon 15 Jan Fatma Said/ 1.00pm pianist to be announced

Wed 3 Jan 7.30pm

Schumann Quartet

Tue 16 Jan 7.30pm

Thu 4 Jan 7.30pm

Jörg Widmann/ Tabea Zimmermann/Dénes Várjon

Fri 5 Jan 7.30pm

Sir András Schiff

Sat 6 Jan 7.30pm

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/ Carolyn Sampson

Sun 7 Jan 11.30am

Szymanowski Quartet

Sun 7 Jan 7.30pm

Sir András Schiff

Mon 8 Jan 1.00pm

Isabelle van Keulen/ Ronald Brautigam

Mon 8 Jan 7.30pm

Piers Lane

Sun 21 Jan Royal Academy of Music 3.00pm Richard Lewis Song Circle

Tue 9 Jan 7.30pm

Allan Clayton/James Baillieu

Sun 21 Jan Simon Trpčeski & Friends 7.30pm

Allan Clayton © Laura Harling

Alexander Melnikov © Marco Borggreve

Jean-Guihen Queyras © Marco Borggreve

Dorothea Röschmann © Jim Rakete

Wed 10 Jan Isabelle Faust/ 7.30pm Anne Katharina Schreiber/ Yoshiko Morita/ Emmanuel Balssa/ Lorenzo Coppola Thu 11 Jan 7.30pm

Sonia Prina/ Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Fri 12 Jan 7.30pm

Elias String Quartet

Sat 13 Jan 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble/ Stephanie d’Oustrac

Sun 14 Jan Benjamin Beilman/Boris Giltburg 11.30am Sun 14 Jan Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 3.00pm Simon Trpčeski © Simon Fowler

Sun 14 Jan Modigliani Quartet 7.30pm

Midori/Antoine Lederlin/ Jonathan Biss

Wed 17 Jan Alexander Melnikov 7.30pm Thu 18 Jan 7.30pm

Quatuor Diotima

Fri 19 Jan 7.30pm

Jean-Guihen Queyras/ Alexandre Tharaud

Sat 20 Jan 7.30pm

Dorothea Röschmann/ Malcolm Martineau

Sun 21 Jan Navarra String Quartet 11.30am

Mon 22 Jan Daniel Müller-Schott/ 1.00pm Francesco Piemontesi Mon 22 Jan The Sixteen 7.30pm Tue 23 Jan Classical Opera 7.30pm Wed 24 Jan Pre-Concert Talk: Leo Chadburn 12.15pm Wed 24 Jan Britten Sinfonia 1.00pm Wed 24 Jan Julia Fischer Quartet 7.30pm Thu 25 Jan Anna Bonitatibus & Friends 7.30pm Fri 26 Jan 1.00pm

ECMA: Amatis Piano Trio

Fri 26 Jan 7.30pm

Angela Hewitt

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January 2018 Sat 27 Jan 11.00am

ECMA Masterclass

Sun 28 Jan Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 7.30pm

Sat 27 Jan 1.00pm

ECMA: Adorno Quartet/Simply Quartet

Mon 29 Jan Apollon Musagète Quartet 1.00pm

Sat 27 Jan 7.30pm

Anna Bonitatibus/ pianist to be announced

Mon 29 Jan Escher Quartet 7.30pm

Sun 28 Jan Lara Melda 11.30am

Tue 30 Jan Hagen Quartet/Jörg Widmann 7.30pm

Sun 28 Jan ECMA: 3.00pm Trio Vitruvi

Wed 31 Jan Angelika Kirchschlager/ 7.30pm Julius Drake

Jörg Widmann Marco Borggreve

Angelika Kirchschlager Nikolaus Karlinsky

February 2018 Thu 1 Feb 7.30pm

Mark Padmore/Roderick Williams/Julius Drake

Sun 11 Feb 11.30am

Pavel Haas Quartet

Fri 2 Feb 7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet

Sun 11 Feb 7.30pm

Sat 3 Feb 7.30pm

Ensemble 360

Sun 4 Feb 11.30am

Ensemble 360

Christian Tetzlaff/ Florian Donderer/ Rachel Roberts/ Tanja Tetzlaff/ Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/ Martin Helmchen/ Julian Prégardien

Sun 4 Feb 7.30pm

Daniel Behle/Armonia Atenea

Tue 6 Feb 7.30pm

Henning Kraggerud/ Natalie Clein/ Christian Ihle Hadland

Wed 7 Feb 7.30pm

Robin Tritschler/ Christopher Glynn

Thu 8 Feb 7.30pm

Mon 12 Feb SCO Winds 1.00pm

Mark Padmore © Marco Borggreve

Natalie Clein © Sussie Ahlburg

Mon 12 Feb Jerusalem Quartet 7.30pm Wed 14 Feb Artemis Quartet 7.30pm

The English Concert

Thu 15 Feb 7.30pm

Ruby Hughes/Joseph Middleton

Fri 9 Feb 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani

Fri 16 Feb 7.30pm

Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ Polina Leschenko

Sat 10 Feb 6.00pm

Nash Ensemble

Sat 17 Feb 7.30pm

Nelson Freire

Sat 10 Feb 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble/ Sophie Bevan

Sun 18 Feb Quatuor Zaïde 11.30am

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Steven Osborne

Sun 18 Feb Škampa Quartet/Melvyn Tan 7.30pm

Sun 25 Feb Johannes Kammler/ 3.00pm Roger Vignoles

Mon 19 Feb Ashley Riches/ 1.00pm pianist to be announced

Sun 25 Feb Pieter Wispelwey/ 7.30pm Alasdair Beatson

Tue 20 Feb Phantasm 7.30pm

Mon 26 Feb Aleksandar Madžar 1.00pm

Wed 21 Feb Steven Isserlis/ 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov

Mon 26 Feb Les Talens Lyriques 7.30pm

Thu 22 Feb Doric String Quartet 7.30pm

Tue 27 Feb 7.30pm

Sat 24 Feb 7.30pm

Wed 28 Feb Doric String Quartet 7.30pm

Wihan Quartet

Louis Lortie

Sun 25 Feb Joseph Moog 11.30am

March 2018

Thu 1 Mar 7.30pm

Emma Johnson/ Michelangelo Quartet

Sat 10 Mar 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble/Eleanor Bron/ Martyn Brabbins

Sat 3 Mar 7.30pm

Steven Osborne

Sun 11 Mar 11.30am

Bennewitz Quartet

Sun 4 Mar 11.30am

Ronan O’Hora

Sun 11 Mar 7.30pm

Arditti Quartet

Sun 4 Mar 3.00pm

Martin Mitterrutzner/ Gerold Huber

Mon 12 Mar Calidore Quartet 1.00pm

Sun 4 Mar 7.30pm

Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood

Mon 12 Mar Nelson Goerner 7.30pm

Mon 5 Mar 1.00pm

Leon McCawley

Wed 14 Mar Heath Quartet/Nils Mönkemeyer 7.30pm

Mon 5 Mar 7.30pm

Denis Kozhukhin

Thu 15 Mar Danish String Quartet 7.30pm

Wed 7 Mar 7.30pm

Vienna Piano Trio

Fri 16 Mar 7.30pm

Kuss Quartet

Thu 8 Mar 7.30pm

Florilegium

Sat 17 Mar 7.30pm

Imogen Cooper

Fri 9 Mar 7.30pm

Florian Boesch/ Malcolm Martineau

Sun 18 Mar Gould Piano Trio 11.30am

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March 2018 Sun 18 Mar Soraya Mafi/Graham Johnson 3.00pm

Sun 25 Mar Andreas Ottensamer 11.30am

Sun 18 Mar Gautier Capuçon/Jérôme Ducros 7.30pm

Sun 25 Mar Dunedin Consort 5.00pm

Mon 19 Mar Stile Antico 1.00pm

Mon 26 Mar Danny Driver 1.00pm

Mon 19 Mar Soloists of Ensemble 7.30pm intercontemporain

Mon 26 Mar Paul O’Dette 7.30pm

Tue 20 Mar Nash Ensemble/Christine Rice 7.30pm

Tue 27 Mar Les Arts Florissants 7.30pm

Wed 21 Mar The Schubert Ensemble 7.30pm

Wed 28 Mar Les Folies françoises 7.30pm

Thu 22 Mar London Handel Orchestra 7.30pm

Thu 29 Mar Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 7.30pm

Fri 23 Mar 7.30pm

Sat 31 Mar 7.30pm

Dianne Reeves

Sylvia Schwartz/ Malcolm Martineau

Dianne Reeves

Sat 24 Mar Cuarteto Casals 7.30pm Sylvia Schwartz

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Summer Preview April – July 2018 Concerts from April to July 2018 open for Priority Booking on 19 December. Requests must be submitted for Friends by 11 January and for Mailing List Subscribers by 18 January. Booking opens to General Public on 6 February. Full details of concerts and Learning events will be published in the Summer 2018 brochure.

April 2018

Sun 1 Apr 11.30am

Zemlinsky Quartet

Sun 15 Apr Arcadia Quartet 11.30am

Mon 2 Apr 1.00pm

Laura van der Heijden/ Petr Limonov

Sun 15 Apr Wigmore Hall International String 6.00pm Quartet Competition Final

Mon 2 Apr 7.30pm

Narek Hakhnazaryan/ Oxana Shevchenko

Mon 16 Apr Christoph Prégardien/ 1.00pm Julius Drake

Tue 3 Apr 7.30pm

Theatre of the Ayre/ Elizabeth Kenny

Mon 16 Apr Yefim Bronfman 7.30pm

Wed 4 Apr 7.30pm

Bertrand Chamayou

Tue 17 Apr 7.30pm

Thu 5 Apr 7.30pm

Le Concert d’Astrée/ Emmanuelle Haïm

Wed 18 Apr Pre-Concert Talk: 12.15pm Caroline Shaw

Fri 6 Apr 7.30pm

Elias String Quartet

Wed 18 Apr Britten Sinfonia 1.00pm

Sat 7 Apr 1.00pm

La Nuova Musica

Wed 18 Apr Yevgeny Sudbin 7.30pm

Sat 7 Apr 7.30pm

O/MODӘRNT/Hugo Ticciati

Thu 19 Apr 7.30pm

The English Concert

Sun 8 Apr 11.30am

Atrium Quartet

Fri 20 Apr 7.30pm

Alina Ibragimova/ Cédric Tiberghien

Sun 8 Apr 3.00pm

O/MODӘRNT/Hugo Ticciati

Sat 21 Apr 7.30pm

Venera Gimadieva/Pavel Nebolsin

Sun 8 Apr 7.30pm

O/MODӘRNT/Hugo Ticciati

Sun 22 Apr Modigliani Quartet 11.30am

Mon 9 Apr 1.00pm

Javier Perianes

Mon 23 Apr Sophie Gent/Matthew Truscott 1.00pm Jonathan Manson/Trevor Pinnock

Mon 9 Apr 7.30pm

Isabelle Faust/ Kristian Bezuidenhout

Mon 23 Apr Cédric Tiberghien 7.30pm

Tue 10 Apr 7.30pm

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Tue 24 Apr Matthias Goerne 7.30pm pianist to be announced

Castalian Quartet

Wed 11 Apr JACK Quartet 7.30pm

Wed 25 Apr The Kathleen Ferrier Awards 1.30pm Semi-Final

Thu 12 Apr 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

Wed 25 Apr Vertavo Quartet 7.30pm

Fri 13 Apr 7.30pm

Igor Levit

Thu 26 Apr Matthias Goerne 7.30pm pianist to be announced

Sat 14 Apr 2.00pm

Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Semi-Final

Fri 27 Apr 6.00pm

The Kathleen Ferrier Awards Final

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April 2018 Sat 28 Apr 7.30pm

Nikolai Lugansky

Sun 29 Apr Smetana Trio 11.30am

Mon 30 Apr Hille Perl 1.00pm Mon 30 Apr Pavel Kolesnikov 7.30pm Matthias Goerne

Sun 29 Apr Leslie Howard 70th 4.00pm Birthday Concert

May 2018 Tue 1 May 7.30pm

Sonia Prina/Vivica Genaux/ Concerto Copenhagen

Mon 14 May Schumann Quartet 1.00pm

Wed 2 May 7.30pm

Simon Trpčeski

Mon 14 May Phantasm 7.30pm

Thu 3 May 7.30pm

Mauro Peter/Helmut Deutsch

Tue 15 May Andreas Haefliger 7.30pm

Fri 4 May 7.30pm

Lucy Crowe/Anna Tilbrook

Wed 16 May Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 7.30pm

Sat 5 May 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet

Thu 17 May Thomas Dunford 7.30pm

Sun 6 May 11.30am

Borodin Quartet

Fri 18 May 7.30pm

Richard Goode

Sun 6 May 7.30pm

Rachel Podger/ RAM Baroque Soloists

Sat 19 May 7.30pm

Takács Quartet & Friends

Mon 7 May 1.00pm

Sabine Devieilhe/Anne Le Bozec

Sun 20 May Peter Hill 11.30am

Wed 9 May 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani

Sun 20 May Tetzlaff Quartet 7.30pm

Thu 10 May Pavel Haas Quartet 7.30pm

Mon 21 May Takács Quartet & Friends 7.30pm

Fri 11 May 7.30pm

Christian Gerhaher/ Gerold Huber

Tue 22 May La Nuova Musica 7.30pm

Sat 12 May 7.30pm

Jörg Widmann/Sir András Schiff

Sun 13 May Kopelman Quartet 11.30am

Wed 23 May Karen Cargill/Simon Lepper 7.30pm Fri 25 May 7.30pm

Inon Barnatan

Sun 13 May Morgan Pearse/Simon Lepper 3.00pm

Sat 26 May Doric String Quartet/ 7.30pm Sir Thomas Allen

Sun 13 May The Endellion String Quartet 7.30pm

Sun 27 May István Várdai/Vikingur Olafsson 11.30am

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May 2018

Sun 27 May Simon Keenlyside/ 7.30pm Malcolm Martineau

Wed 30 May Quatuor Mosaïques 7.30pm

Mon 28 May Danish String Quartet 1.00pm

Thu 31 May Quatuor Mosaïques 7.30pm

Mon 28 May Trio Tre Voci: Marina Piccinini/ 7.30pm Kim Kashkashian/Sivan Magen

June 2018

Django Bates

Fri 1 Jun 7.00pm

Birgid Steinberger/ Julius Drake

Wed 13 Jun Jakub Józef Orlinski/ 7.30pm Michal Biel

Sat 2 Jun 7.30pm

Carolyn Sampson/Iestyn Davies/ Joseph Middleton

Fri 15 Jun 7.00pm

Razumovsky Ensemble

Sun 3 Jun 11.30am

Kuss Quartet

Sat 16 Jun 7.30pm

Heath Quartet/Mary Bevan

Sun 3 Jun 7.30pm

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/ Anna Prohaska

Sun 17 Jun Apollon Musagète Quartet 11.30am

Mon 4 Jun 7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals

Sun 17 Jun Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake 7.30pm

Tue 5 Jun 7.30pm

Stéphane Degout/Simon Lepper

Mon 18 Jun Christine Rice/ 1.00pm Julius Drake

Wed 6 Jun 7.30pm

The Prince Consort

Mon 18 Jun Peter Donohoe 7.30pm

Thu 7 Jun 7.30pm

Finghin Collins

Tue 19 Jun 7.30pm

Fri 8 Jun 10.00pm

Onyx Brass/Liam Noble

Wed 20 Jun Edgar Moreau 7.30pm David Kadouch

Sat 9 Jun 7.30pm

Django Bates Belovèd/ Claire Huguenin/Marius Neset

Thu 21 Jun Dunedin Consort 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani

Sun 10 Jun Christian Ihle Hadland 11.30am

Fri 22 Jun 7.00pm

Elias String Quartet

Sun 10 Jun Tetzlaff Quartet/Jörg Widmann 7.30pm

Fri 22 Jun 10.00pm

Donald Grant & Friends

Mon 11 Jun Trio Wanderer 1.00pm

Sat 23 Jun 7.30pm

The Sixteen

Mon 11 Jun Collegium Vocale Gent 7.30pm

Sun 24 Jun Amaryllis Quartet 11.30am

Tue 12 Jun 7.30pm

Sun 24 Jun Quatuor Ebène 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

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June 2018 Mon 25 Jun Elias String Quartet/ 1.00pm Navarra String Quartet

Fri 29 Jun 7.00pm

Beatrice Rana

Mon 25 Jun Quatuor Ebène/Martin Fröst 7.30pm

Fri 29 Jun 10.00pm

Lucy Schaufer/Huw Watkins

Tue 26 Jun Imogen Cooper 7.30pm

Sat 30 Jun Sophie Bevan/ 7.30pm Ryan Wigglesworth

Adam Walker Kaupo Kikkas

July 2018 Sun 1 Jul 11.30am

Veronika Eberle/Alban Gerhardt/ Edicson Ruiz/José Gallardo

Fri 13 Jul 10.00pm

The Prince Consort/ Jason Rebello

Mon 2 Jul 1.00pm

Adam Walker/Cédric Tiberghien

Sat 14 Jul 7.30pm

Evelyn Glennie/Philip Smith/ Huw Edwards

Mon 2 Jul 7.30pm

Aida Garifulina/Lech Napierala

Sun 15 Jul 11.30am

Sitkovetsky Trio

Tue 3 Jul 7.30pm

David Hansen/ other artists to be announced

Tue 17 Jul 7.30pm

Sergei Babayan

Wed 4 Jul 7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals

Wed 18 Jul 7.30pm

Maximilian Schmitt/Gerold Huber

Thu 5 Jul 7.30pm

Tana String Quartet

Thu 19 Jul 7.30pm

Gabriela Montero

Fri 6 Jul 7.00pm

Sandrine Piau/Susan Manoff

Fri 20 Jul 10.00pm

Heath Quartet

Fri 6 Jul 10.00pm

David Orlowsky Trio

Sat 21 Jul 7.30pm

Igor Levit

Sat 7 Jul 7.30pm

Steven Osborne

Sun 22 Jul 11.30am

Zora Quartet

Sun 8 Jul 11.30am

Formosa Quartet

Sun 22 Jul 7.30pm

Pavol Breslik/Amir Katz

Sun 8 Jul 7.30pm

ATOS Trio

Tue 24 Jul 7.30pm

Julia Fischer/ Aris Alexander Blettenberg

Mon 9 Jul 1.00pm

Chloë Hanslip/Danny Driver

Wed 25 Jul Castalian String Quartet 7.30pm

Mon 9 Jul 7.30pm

Early Opera Company/ Christian Curnyn

Thu 26 Jul 7.30pm

Wed 11 Jul 7.30pm

Ensemble Variances

Fri 13 Jul 7.00pm

Bennewitz Quartet

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String Quartet Competition

The 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition is the fourteenth edition of this prestigious Competition, and a celebration of the art of the string quartet, attracting the leading ensembles from around the globe.

Tuesday 10 April – Friday 13 April

Saturday 14 April 2.00pm and 7.30pm

Sunday 15 April 6.00pm

Preliminary Round

Semi-Finals

Final and Prize-Giving

At the Royal Academy of Music

At least six quartets selected by the International Jury will perform their choice of one of Beethoven’s quartets. At the end of the evening, the Jury will select at least three ensembles for the Final. Each session: £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

The selected finalists will each play their chosen work from the Romantic repertoire, which could include works by Brahms, Debussy, Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Schumann, Schubert and Smetana. The concert will be followed by the Awards Ceremony at about 9.00pm.

Book for both Semi-Final sessions and receive a 20% discount

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Each of the twelve selected ensembles presents two, contrasting recital programmes, including cornerstones of the repertoire. The first recital consists of Haydn alongside The Four Quarters by Thomas Adès, and the second recital includes a late Mozart work paired with any major quartet written between 1918 and 1999. Free (no ticket required)

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Saturday 2 September – Sunday 31 December 2017

Tel: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Email (not for bookings): boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Priority Booking opens on Tuesday 11 April 2017 Season Patrons, Season Benefactors and Rubinstein Circle: Request to be submitted by Tuesday 2 May 2017

Tickets Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into five price ranges:

Patron, Benefactor, Supporter and Member Friends: Request to be submitted by Thursday 4 May 2017

■ 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 highest price ■ Stalls AA, T – V: 4th highest price ■ Stalls W – X: Lowest price

Mailing List: Request to be submitted by Thursday 11 May 2017 General Public: By telephone/online from Tuesday 30 May 2017 We strongly recommend early booking for Pre-Concert Talks, Artists in Conversation and Study Events.

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Under 35s Ticket Scheme Ticket buyers under the age of 35 are entitled to reduced price tickets for selected concerts. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/u35 for full details.

Facilities for Families Wigmore Hall is proud to meet the Family Arts Standards reflecting its commitment to offering family-friendly events and spaces.

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Supporting Wigmore Hall With over £1.7 million to raise each season every gift, no matter the size, is important to us. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall by becoming a Friend or making a donation towards our Artistic Series or Learning programme, please call 020 7258 8230 or email friends@wigmore-hall.org.uk for more information. The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have made an investment in our concert and Learning programmes: Royal Patron

Corporate Supporters

HRH The Duke of Kent, KG

Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Complete Coffee Ltd Dawood & Tanner Specialist Dental Practice The Howard de Walden Estate John Lewis Partnership – Oxford Street London Stock Exchange Group Foundation Martin Randall Travel Ltd Rothschild & Co Steinway & Sons

Honorary Patrons Aubrey Adams André and Rosalie Hoffmann Kohn Foundation Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan

Season Patrons Aubrey Adams* Tony and Marion Allen* American Friends of Wigmore Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* Henry and Suzanne Davis The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Pauline and Ian Howat Harry Lee and Clive Potter* Simon and Sophie Ludlam* Valerie O’Connor Hamish Parker Victoria and Simon Robey* David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma*† Cita and Irwin Stelzer* William and Alex de Winton* and several anonymous donors

Chamber Music Circle Karl Otto Bonnier* Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Margery Gray Pauline and Ian Howat Lord and Lady Lloyd The Tertis Foundation Marina Vaizey Kathleen Verelst*

Voices at Wigmore Tony and Marion Allen* Anthony Austin Geoffrey Barnett Karl Otto Bonnier* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair Michael Brind Nicola Coldstream Pauline Del Mar J L Drewitt Alan and Joanna Gemes* Benjamin Hargreaves Julia MacRae* Edith Randall Louise Scheuer Julia Schottlander* Gill and Keith Stella* In memory of Robert Streit John and Ann Tusa Gerry Wakelin* Susan Ward David and Frances Waters* Anne and David Weizmann David Evan Williams

Donors and Sponsors The 29th May 1961 Charitable TrustL Mr Eric Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Elaine Adair Alexis Gregory Foundation and the Vendome Prize Ian Allan The Andor Charitable TrustL Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation David and Jacqueline Ansell* Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne‡ Arts Council England Mrs Arlene Beare Alan Bell-Berry Mr Nicholas J Bez Mrs Arline Blass David and Mary Bowerman* John and Julia Boyd* Alan Bradley* Clive Butler A bequest from the late Peter Cain Donald Campbell Cavatina Chamber Music TrustL Charities Advisory TrustL Mary and Robert Childs Colin Clark John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Michael and Felicia Crystal* Celia and Andrew Curran Anthony Davis* In memory of Margaret Dewhirst James Dooley The Dorset Foundation – in memory of Harry M Weinrebe Nina Drucker Dunard Fund† In memory of Robert Easton Douglas and Janette Eden Mr Martin and Dr Mina Edwards The Eldering/Goecke Family Annette Ellis* The Elton Family The Emmanuel Kaye Foundation Dr C Endersby and Prof D Cowan OBE Caroline Erskine Felicity Fairbairn Philip and Susan Feakin

The Fidelio Charitable Trust Peter and Sonia FieldL Patricia and Jeffrey Fine Deborah Finkler and Allan Murray-Jones John and Amy Ford The Foyle Foundation Neil and Deborah Franks* Michael Freegard Friends of Wigmore Hall Jonathan Gaisman* The Garfield Weston Foundation John Gilhooly* John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Peter Goodwin Charles Green Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Elaine and Peter Hallgarten Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust The Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationL Malcolm Herring* Nicholas Hodgson André and Rosalie Hoffmann‡ Gay Huey Evans* Graham and Amanda Hutton* Hyde Park Place Estate CharityL Simone Hyman* J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust Peter and Nikki Jeffcote John Lyon’s CharityL Marc Jourdren* In memory of Donald Kahn Su and Neil Kaplan* Jerome Karet* David and Louise Kaye* Kohn Foundation* Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Maryly La Follette* Gabor Lacko Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss Rose and Dudley Leigh The Leverhulme TrustL The Linbury TrustL Tim Llewellyn Dame Felicity Lott The Loveday Charitable Trust Marianne and Andy Lusher* David Lyons* Anne and Brian Mace The Estate of Pamela Majaro MBE Simon Majaro MBE The Marchus Trust‡ Harriet and Michael Maunsell Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Michael and Lynne McGowan* George MeyerL Michael Watson Charitable Trust Milton Damerel TrustL David Moldon in memory of his brother Peter L Moldon The Monument Trust Amyas and Louise Morse* A C and F A Myer

Sara Naudi Valerie O’ConnorL Celia and Roy Palmer P Parkinson The Peter Stebbings Memorial CharityL The Piano Fund The du Plessis Family Foundation Isabel and Jonathan Popper Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Radcliffe Trust Stuart and Bianca RodenL Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, HonRCM* The Rubinstein Circle S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3L The Sampimon TrustL Julia Schottlander* Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Rhona Shaw Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Serena Simmons and Michael Thomas* Jo and Barry Slavin Sir Martin and Lady Smith*† Michael Smith and Nicholas Bartlett* Spencer Hart Charitable Trust Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* John Stephens OBE, HonFTCL* The Stewarts Law FoundationL Anne and Paul Swain* Alisa and Joshua Swidler* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* Professor Christopher Thompson The Three Monkies TrustL Robin Vousden* Andrew and Hilary Walker* Professor Janet Walker CD and Professor Doug Jones AO* Dame Fanny Waterman* Michael and Rosemary Warburg The Welton Foundation David and Martha Winfield* Tony Wingate Philip and Emeline Winston* The Wolfson Foundation Youth MusicL and several anonymous donors * Rubinstein Circle members † Early Music and Baroque Series supporters ‡Contemporary Music Series supporters L Learning Programme supporters To discuss making a gift to Wigmore Hall please contact: Marie-Hélène Osterweil, Director of Development on 020 7258 8220 Details correct as of February 2017 The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered Charity No. 1024838

Join Friends of Wigmore Hall Membership from £5 a month* • Priority booking • Advance information • Exclusive events

Ask at the Box Office. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/friends Call Isabel Harvey-Kelly in the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230 *When paying by Direct Debit in 10 instalments

Registered Charity No. 1024838

Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM, HonFRIAM 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity Number 1024838

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