Wigmore Hall Diary Jan – Feb 2018 by Wigmore Hall

JAN/ FEB 2017/18 SEASON

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January

February

Tue 2 Jan 7.30pm Miklós Perényi 4 Wed 3 Jan 7.30pm Schumann Quartet 4 Thu 4 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 4 7.30pm Jörg Widmann/ 4 Tabea Zimmermann/Dénes Várjon Fri 5 Jan 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 5 Sat 6 Jan 7.30pm Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/ 5 Carolyn Sampson Sun 7 Jan 11.30am Szymanowski Quartet 5 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 5 Mon 8 Jan 1.00pm Isabelle van Keulen/Ronald Brautigam 5 7.30pm Piers Lane 6 Tue 9 Jan 7.30pm Allan Clayton/James Baillieu 6 Wed 10 Jan 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Anne Katharina Schreiber/ 6 Yoshiko Morita/Emmanuel Balssa/ Lorenzo Coppola Thu 11 Jan 7.30pm Sonia Prina/ 6 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Fri 12 Jan 12.30pm Chamber Tots 7 2.00pm Chamber Tots 7 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 7 Sat 13 Jan 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac 7 Sun 14 Jan 11.30am Benjamin Beilman/Boris Giltburg 7 3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 8 7.30pm Modigliani Quartet 8 Mon 15 Jan 1.00pm Fatma Said/James Vaughan 8 Tue 16 Jan 7.30pm Midori/Antoine Lederlin/Jonathan Biss 8 Wed 17 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 9 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov 9 Thu 18 Jan 7.30pm Quatuor Diotima 9 Fri 19 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 9 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 9 7.30pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/ 9 Alexandre Tharaud Sat 20 Jan 1.00pm Anna Huntley/Ben Johnson/ 10 Nick Pritchard/Stephan Loges/ Graham Johnson/Singers from GMSD 7.30pm Louise Alder/James Baillieu 10 Sun 21 Jan 11.30am Navarra String Quartet 10 3.00pm Royal Academy of Music 11 Richard Lewis Song Circle 7.30pm Simon Trpčeski & Friends 11 Mon 22 Jan 1.00pm Inon Barnatan 11 7.30pm The Sixteen 12 Tue 23 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 12 7.30pm The Mozartists/Classical Opera 12 Wed 24 Jan 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 12 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 13 7.30pm Julia Fischer Quartet 13 Thu 25 Jan 7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus & Friends 13 Fri 26 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Amatis Piano Trio 14 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 15 Sat 27 Jan 11.00am ECMA: Masterclass 14 1.00pm ECMA: Adorno Quartet/Simply Quartet 14 7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus/Adele D’Aronzo 15 Sun 28 Jan 11.30am Lara Melda 15 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 14 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 15 Mon 29 Jan 1.00pm Apollon Musagète Quartet 15 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 16 Tue 30 Jan 7.30pm Hagen Quartet/Jörg Widmann 16 Wed 31 Jan 1.00pm Gemma Summerfield/Ferdinand Keller/ 16 Harrison Hintzsche/Graham Johnson 7.30pm Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake 17

Thu 1 Feb 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Roderick Williams/ 17 Julius Drake/Rory Kinnear Fri 2 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots 18 11.45am Chamber Tots 18 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 18 Sat 3 Feb 11.00am CAVATINA Family Concert 18 7.30pm Ensemble 360 18 Sun 4 Feb 11.30am Ensemble 360 18 7.30pm Daniel Behle/Armonia Atenea 19 Mon 5 Feb 1.00pm Golda Schultz/Jonathan Ware 19 7.30pm Eunsley Park/Maria Tarasewicz/Joy Lisney 19 Tue 6 Feb 1.00pm Sean Shibe 19 7.30pm Henning Kraggerud/Natalie Clein/ 20 Christian Ihle Hadland Wed 7 Feb 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 20 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Christopher Glynn 20 Thu 8 Feb 7.30pm The English Concert 21 Fri 9 Feb 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 21 Sat 10 Feb 6.00pm Nash Ensemble 21 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Sophie Bevan/ 21 Leslie Caron Sun 11 Feb 11.30am Pavel Haas Quartet 23 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Florian Donderer/ 22 Rachel Roberts/Tanja Tetzlaff/ Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/ Martin Helmchen/Julian Prégardien Mon 12 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits Band commences 25 1.00pm SCO Winds 23 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 23 Tue 13 Feb 5.45pm Bechstein Sessions: Fabled 23 7.30pm Jamal Aliyev/Daniel Evans 23 Wed 14 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Musical Portraits 26 7.30pm Artemis Quartet 26 Thu 15 Feb 6.00pm Discussion Panel 26 7.30pm Ruby Hughes/Joseph Middleton 26 Fri 16 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Heath Quartet 27 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ 27 Polina Leschenko Sat 17 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 27 1.00pm Family Sounds 27 7.30pm Bartosz Woroch/Enno Senft/Philippe 28 Tondre/Makoto Yoshida/Teunis van der Zwart/Rie Koyama/Masanori Oishi/ Honjo Hidejiro/Mei Yi Foo/Yu Kosuge Sun 18 Feb 11.30am Quatuor Zaïde 28 7.30pm Škampa Quartet/Melvyn Tan 28 Mon 19 Feb 1.00pm Ashley Riches/Joseph Middleton 29 7.30pm Behn Quartet/Neill–Kim Duo 29 Tue 20 Feb 10.30am Come and Sing 29 7.30pm Phantasm 30 Wed 21 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 30 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 30 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group commences 30 7.30pm Steven Isserlis/Alexander Melnikov 31 Thu 22 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: The Empty Chair 31 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 31 Fri 23 Feb 7.30pm Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert: 31 All the World’s a Stage Sat 24 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 32 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 32 Sun 25 Feb 11.30am Joseph Moog 32 3.00pm Johannes Kammler/Roger Vignoles 32 7.30pm Pieter Wispelwey/Alasdair Beatson 32 Mon 26 Feb 1.00pm Aleksandar Madžar 33 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques 33 Tue 27 Feb 7.30pm Louis Lortie 33 Wed 28 Feb 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 33

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Monday 1 January

Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer

No performances Box Office closed

Tuesday 2 January 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi cello Reger Suite No. 1 in G from 3 Suites for solo cello Op. 131c Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 Ligeti Sonata for solo cello György Kurtág A selection from Signs, Games and Messages Britten Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Wednesday 3 January 7.30pm

Schumann Quartet Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5; String Quartet in D minor Op. 42; String Quartet in E flat Op. 17 No. 3; String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Thursday 4 January 6.00pm Artists in Conversation Jörg Widmann gives an insight into his life as a composer and performer, and discusses his new work to be performed in the evening concert. £5 Thursday 4 January 7.30pm

Jörg Widmann clarinet Tabea Zimmermann viola Dénes Várjon piano Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Jörg Widmann Es war einmal (Fünf Stücke im Märchenton)* (UK première); Fantasie for solo clarinet Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat K498 ‘Kegelstatt’ *Co-commissioned by Tonhalle Zürich; Bozar Music; Musée du Louvre; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Jörg Widmann © Marco Borggreve

Miklós Perényi © Szilvia Csibi

Schumann Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

JANUARY • 5

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Friday 5 January

Sunday 7 January

7.30pm

11.30am

Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

Szymanowski Quartet

Sir András Schiff piano Schumann Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV869 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor

Saturday 6 January 7.30pm

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Aapo Häkkinen director, harpsichord Carolyn Sampson soprano Telemann Ouverture burlesque in B flat TWV55:B8; Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels (Canary Cantata) Bach Concerto in D for harpsichord BWV1054 (from Violin Concerto in E BWV1042); Cantata: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51

Schubert String Quartet in G minor/B flat D18 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Schubert String Quartet in G minor D173 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice 7.30pm

Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

Sir András Schiff piano Repeat of concert on 5 January £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Monday 8 January 1.00pm

Isabelle van Keulen violin Ronald Brautigam piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Szymanowski The Fountain of Arethusa from Myths Op. 30 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 All seats £15

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Sir András Schiff © Nadia F Romanini ECM Records

Carolyn Sampson © Marco Borggreve

Szymanowski Quartet © Florian Graser

Isabelle van Keulen © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 8 January

Wednesday 10 January

7.30pm

Piers Lane piano

Isabelle Faust violin Anne Katharina Schreiber violin Yoshiko Morita viola Emmanuel Balssa cello Lorenzo Coppola clarinet

Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87; Sonata in G K14 Bach From The Well-tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp BWV848 & Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor BWV867 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22

Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Tuesday 9 January

Thursday 11 January

7.30pm

Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Sonia Prina contralto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Programme to include:

Sonia Prina: A Celebration

Purcell/Britten A Morning Hymn; In the black dismal dungeon of despair; Evening Hymn Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Songs by Gurney Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35

Handel Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 2 Ferrandini Cantata: Il pianto di Maria Bach Cantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV54 Locatelli Concerto Grosso in E flat ‘Il pianto d’Arianna’ Op. 7 No. 6 Vivaldi Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Piers Lane © Eric Richmond

Allan Clayton © Laura Harling

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle

Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede

Sonia Prina © Ribalta Luce Studio

JANUARY • 7

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Friday 12 January

Saturday 13 January

12.30pm and 2.00pm

7.30pm

Chamber Tots

Nash Ensemble Lawrence Power viola Ian Brown piano Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano

On the Farm We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go to the farm in this interactive music-making workshop. 12.30pm (1–2 year olds) & 2.00pm (3–5 year olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration

Children £6 Adults £4 7.30pm

Elias String Quartet After Beethoven: Melodists Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

The French Connection Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Benno Sachs) Vierne Deux pièces Op. 5 Debussy Beau soir (arr. viola and piano) Honnoré Morceau de concert Op. 23 Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé Debussy Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (arr. for voice and ensemble by Colin Matthews) Ravel Chansons madécasses; String Quartet in F £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Sunday 14 January 11.30am

Benjamin Beilman* violin Boris Giltburg piano Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice *WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Chamber Tots 2 © Benjamin Ealovega

Elias String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega

Power Lawrence © Jack Liebeck

Benjamin Beilman © Giorgia Bertazzi

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Sunday 14 January

Monday 15 January

3.00pm

1.00pm

Alessandro Fisher tenor Ashok Gupta piano

Fatma Said soprano James Vaughan piano

Head On the wings of the wind; Over the rim of the moon; Money, O! Mendelssohn Der Tag; Reiterlied; Abschied; Der Bettler Schubert Der Schiffer Chausson Sérénade italienne Brahms Meerfahrt Op. 96 No. 4 Meyerbeer Mina (Chanson d’un gondolier venétien) Hahn Venezia – Chansons en dialecte vénitien

Schumann Sechs Gesänge Op. 89; Singet nicht in Trauertönen Op. 98a No. 7; Liebeslied Op. 51 No. 5; Requiem Op. 90 No. 7 Mendelssohn Die Liebende schreibt; Ach, um deine feuchten Schwinge; Hexenlied Poulenc Les chemins de l’amour; Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon Sherif Mohie El Din Three Poems: Rain; Could The River Flow For Ever?; Against Whom?

All seats £15

Fatma Said is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme

7.30pm

Modigliani Quartet Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1; String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 ‘Rider’ Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£15 concs. £13

Tuesday 16 January 7.30pm

Midori violin Antoine Lederlin cello Jonathan Biss piano Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Schumann Phantasiestücke Op. 88 Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Alessandro Fisher © Gerard Collett

Modigliani Quartet © Marie Staggat

Fatma Said

Midori © Timothy Greenfield Sanders

JANUARY • 9

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Wednesday 17 January

Friday 19 January

6.00pm

11.00am and 12.30pm

Artists in Conversation

For Crying Out Loud!

Alexander Melnikov discusses his evening programme and the choice of three different pianos – a Steinway, a Graf and an Erard – each carefully matched to the repertoire.

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1.

£5

Approximately 45 minutes in duration

7.30pm

Adult £8.50 (babies come free)

Alexander Melnikov piano Many Pianos Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Chopin 12 Études Op. 10 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 Stravinsky 3 Scenes from Petrushka £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Thursday 18 January 7.30pm

Quatuor Diotima Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 Rebecca Saunders New commission* (world première) Schubert String Quartet in G D887

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

7.30pm

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexandre Tharaud piano Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D BWV1028 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Berg 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 (arr. for cello and piano) Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation; the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund in the Library of Congress; ECLAT Festival Stuttgart; Festival Musica Strasbourg; Philharmonie Luxembourg; Klangspuren Schwaz

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Alexander Melnikov © Molina Visuals

Quatuor Diotima © Jeremie Mazenq

Jean-Guihen Queyras © Marco Borggreve

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Saturday 20 January

7.30pm

1.00pm

Louise Alder soprano James Baillieu piano

Nick Pritchard tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano with

Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ben Johnson tenor Singers from Guildhall School of Music Schubert Trinklied vor der Schlacht; Schwertlied; Punschlied; Das Grab (D330); Trinklied (D356); Das Grab (D377); Beitrag zur fünfzig jährigen Jubelfeier des Herrn von Salieri; Schlachtlied; Das Grab (D569); Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (D656); Gesang der Geister; Bootgesang; Widerspruch; Nachthelle; Ständchen (D920); Zur guten Nacht Approximately two hours in duration (with interval)

£15 concs. £13

Chants d’amour Mozart An Chloe; Abendempfindung; Der Zauberer Bizet Chant d’amour; Ouvre ton cœur; Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Strauss Ruhe, meine Seele; Cäcilie; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen Mendelssohn Gruß Op. 19a No. 5; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Neue Liebe Fauré Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ Op. 58 Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca S270/1: Pace non trovo; Benedetto sia’l giorno; I’ vidi in terra angelici costume £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Sunday 21 January 11.30am

Navarra String Quartet Artsybushev Serenade in A from Les vendredis Lyadov Mazurka in D from Les vendredis Blumenfeld Sarabande in G minor from Les vendredis Schubert String Quartet in G D887 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Nick Pritchard © Nick James

Stephan Loges © Alexander Barnes

Louise Alder © Gerard Collett

Navarra String Quartet © Sussie Ahlburg

JANUARY • 11

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7.30pm

Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle

Simon Trpčeski piano Aleksandar Krapovski violin Alexander Somov cello Hidan Mamudov clarinet,

Meinir Wyn Roberts soprano Patrick Terry countertenor Hiroshi Amako tenor Richard Walshe bass-baritone Zuzanna Basinska piano Keval Shah piano

saxophone, kaval

Programme to include:

Makedonissimo

Schubert Gondelfahrer Schumann Zwei Venetianische Lieder Mendelssohn Venetianisches Gondellied Head Three songs of Venice Massenet Souvenir de Venise Gounod Venise Glinka Venetian night Taneyev Venice at Night Rossini La regata veneziana Tosti Venetian Song

Pande Shahov Transcriptions of Macedonian traditional music (UK première)

Vlatko Nushev percussion Simon Trpčeski Series

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Monday 22 January 1.00pm

Inon Barnatan piano

All seats £15

Bach Toccata in E minor BWV914 Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Barber Piano Sonata in E flat minor Op. 26

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT

£15 concs. £13

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Royal Academy of Music Singers

Simon Trpčeski © Simon Fowler

Inon Barnatan © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 22 January

7.30pm

The Mozartists/Classical Opera Ian Page conductor Katy Bircher flute Chiara Skerath soprano

The Sixteen PURCELL – Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Purcell Rejoice in the Lord alway; Chaconne (Two in One Across the Ground) from Dioclesian; Close thine eyes and sleep secure (Upon a Quiet Conscience) Z184; Blow, Boreas, blow; O all ye people, clap your hands; Come, my hearts, play your parts; What shall be done in behalf of the man?; Overture in D minor Z771; Thy genius, lo! From The Massacre of Paris; O praise the Lord, all ye heathen; Retir’d from any mortal’s sight; From those serene and rapturous joys

Haydn Symphony No. 26 in D minor ‘Lamentatione’ Jommelli Ombre che tacite qui sede from Fetonte JC Bach Flute Concerto in D WC79 Haydn From Lo speziale: Amore nel mio petto & Salamelica, Semprugna cara Mozart From La finta semplice: Overture & Amoretti, che ascosi qui siete Hasse Perderò l’amato bene from Piramo e Tisbe Vanhal Symphony in D minor

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Tuesday 23 January

Wednesday 24 January

6.00pm

12.15pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Leading Mozart scholar Richard Wigmore provides an overview of the year 1768 and introduces some of the music being performed in the concert.

Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Leo Chadburn discusses his new work with Dr Kate Kennedy.

£5

The Sixteen © Molinavisuals

Harry Christophers © Marco Borggreve

Ian Page © Sheila Rock

Chiara Skerath © Capucine de Chocqueuse

JANUARY • 13

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Thursday 25 January

Britten Sinfonia

7.30pm

Jacqueline Shave violin Caroline Dearnley cello Huw Watkins piano Biber Mystery Sonata No. 1 ‘The Annunciation’ Philip Glass Orbit Leo Chadburn New work* (London première) Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K502

Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano Serena Farnocchia soprano Jeremy Ovenden tenor Riccardo Novaro baritone Vincenzo Scalera piano

Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’

Crescentini Il primo amore Perucchini Vieni, t’appressa all’urna; Col labbro, o Nice; Se i sospiri degli amanti; Odi d’un uom che muore Gordigiani Il trovatore; La notte; La lacrima; Elisa Mazzucato Il lago; Il bacio; Il pensiero della sera; Il canto d’amore Verdi Guarda che bianca luna Mercadante Virginia: Cantata for soprano and piano Verdi Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo Gabussi La luna Donizetti Il giuramento Rossini L’ultimo ricordo Costa Ecco quel fiero istante Malibran Nel cor più non mi sento Rossini I gondolieri

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.

£15 concs. £13 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

7.30pm

Julia Fischer Quartet

Britten Sinfonia © Harry Rankin

Julia Fischer Quartet © Irene Zandel

Anna Bonitatibus © Frank Bonitatibus

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European Chamber Music Academy Showcase

Wigmore Hall’s annual European Chamber Music Academy Showcase spotlights the next generation of top-flight chamber musicians. Its young performers have been chosen by ECMA’s founder Hatto Beyerle in collaboration with Europe’s leading universities, conservatoires and festivals. The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton

Amatis Piano Trio © Marco Borggreve

Simply Quartet © Gerard Spee

Adorno Quartet © Studio Fotografico GC

Friday 26 January

1.00pm

Adorno Quartet Simply Quartet

Amatis Piano Trio Schumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Op. 110 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 All seats £5

Saturday 27 January

Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 All seats £5

11.00am

Sunday 28 January

Masterclass with Professor Johannes Meissl & Professor Hatto Beyerle with Simply Quartet

3.00pm

Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Free admission (ticket required)

Trio Vitruvi © Tom McKenzie

Trio Vitruvi Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929; Notturno in E flat D897 All seats £5

JANUARY • 15

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Friday 26 January

Sunday 28 January

7.30pm

11.30am

Angela Hewitt piano

Lara Melda piano

Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage S161

Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book I BWV846–869 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Saturday 27 January

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

7.30pm

Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano Adele D’Aronzo piano

Ilker Arcayürek tenor Simon Lepper piano

Anna Bonitatibus: Lirica Italiana Rossini Or che di fiori adorno; Farò come colui che piange e dice; Ave Maria su due sole note; A ma belle mère; Arietta all’antica; Une caresse à ma femme Sgambati Visione; Care luci; Tu sei proprio come un fiore & Prière Martucci Scherzo in E Op. 53 No. 2 from Tre Scherzi; Pagine sparse Op. 68 Bossi La serenata; Sul prato; Aprile & Che spera Mancinelli Le Ondine Respighi Tempestoso; Quanta invidia mi fai bel gelsomino; Cantata Pilati 2 Madrigali del Guarini Mix Due Preludi; Omaggio a Stravinsky Berio 4 Canzoni populari Carpi Il Filo Strappato; Portami un fiore £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Schubert Frühlingsglaube; Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren; Rastlose Liebe; Abendstern; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Am Flusse; Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Der Schiffer (D536); Der Doppelgänger; An den Mond (D193); Über Wildemann; Nachtstück; Der Einsame; An die Laute; Der Musensohn; Sehnsucht (D879); Schäfers Klagelied; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Schwanengesang (D744); Gesänge des Harfners: Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß & An die Türen will ich schleichen £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor

Monday 29 January 1.00pm

Apollon Musagète Quartet Sibelius Andante Festivo Puccini Crisantemi Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 £15 concs. £13

Angela Hewitt © Keith Saunders

Anna Bonitatibus © Frank Bonitatibus

Lara Melda © Benjamin Harte

Ilker Acrayürek

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Monday 29 January

Wednesday 31 January

7.30pm

1.00pm

Escher String Quartet

Gemma Summerfield soprano Ferdinand Keller tenor Harrison Hintzsche baritone Graham Johnson piano

Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Tuesday 30 January 7.30pm

Hagen Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet Jörg Widmann as Composer–Performer Webern String Quartet (1905) Jörg Widmann Quintet for clarinet and string quartet – lento assai* (UK première) Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 *Co-commissioned by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Madrid; Muziekgebouw Amsterdam; Strijikkwartet Biennale Amsterdam; Lugan Musica; Carnegie Hall New York; Cité de la Musique Paris; Mozartwoche Salzburg; Philharmonie Essen; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Schubert: The Complete Songs Schubert Entra l’uomo allor che nasce; Serbate, o dei custodi; Misero pargoletto; Szene aus Goethes ‘Faust’; Die Mondnacht; An die Sonne (D272); Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (D325); Lodas Gespenst; Klage an den Mond; Die Gestirne; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (Gesänge des Harfners) D478/2 (first & second settings); Klage um Ali Bey (D496a); Klage um Ali Bey (D140); Zufriedenheit II (D501); Herbstlied; Sehnsucht (D516); Memnon; Abend (fragment) (D645); An mein Herz; Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid); Mignon und der Harfner from ‘Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister’; Wolke und Quelle (sketch) D896b; Sie in jedem Liede (sketch) D896a; Lebensmut (fragment) (D937); Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe (D955); Die Taubenpost D965a £15 concs. £13 Approximately two hours in duration (with interval)

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Escher String Quartet © Sophie Zhai

Hagen Quarte © Harald Hoffmann

Gemma Summerfield © Arno Photography

Graham Johnson © Clive Barda

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Thursday 1 February

Angelika Kirchschlager

7.30pm

mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake piano Schubert: The Complete Songs Final concert in Schubert series Schubert Namenstagslied; Frühlingsglaube; Das Echo; Augenlied; Bei dir allein!; Lambertine; Geheimes; Wiegenlied (D498); An den Mond (D193); In der Mitternacht; Erlkönig; Suleika I & II; Der Unglückliche; Heimliches Lieben; Rückweg; Gesang der Norna; Rosamunde; Der liebliche Stern; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Lied des Florio; Abschied von der Erde £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Mark Padmore tenor Roderick Williams baritone Julius Drake piano Rory Kinnear actor Songs of the Sea Ireland Sea Fever Haydn Sailor’s song Stanford Drake’s Drum Finzi Channel Firing Fauré Au cimetière Duparc La vie antérieure Fauré Les berceaux Clarke The Seal Man Tippett Full fathom five Elgar Sea Slumber Song from Sea Pictures Mendelssohn Wasserfahrt Schubert Der Schiffer (D536); Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Meeres Stille (D216) Brahms Meerfahrt; Die Meere Wolf Seemanns Abschied Elgar Where corals lie from Sea Pictures Britten Tom Bowling; Sail on, sail on Hely Hutchinson The Owl and the Pussycat £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Angelika Kirchschlager © Nikolaus Karlinsky

Mark Padmore © Marco Borggreve

Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega

Julius Drake © Marco Borggreve

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Friday 2 February

Saturday 3 February

10.15am & 11.45am

11.00am – 12 noon

Chamber Tots

CAVATINA Family Concert: Barbican Piano Trio

Bear Hunt We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go on a Bear Hunt! 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

For ages 5 plus

Join the award-winning Barbican Piano Trio for an interactive family concert which explores the wonderful world of chamber music. Children £10 Adults £12 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.

7.30pm

Ensemble 360

7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Janáček Concertino Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Sunday 4 February 11.30am

Ensemble 360 Martinů Nonet for wind quintet, string trio and double bass Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Ensemble 360

Barbican Piano Trio © Sam Pearce

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7.30pm

Daniel Behle tenor Armonia Atenea Markellos Chryssicos

The Monday Platform

director, harpsichord

Opera Arias Gluck Qual ira... Oggi per me non sudi from La contesa de’ numi; Son lungi e non mi brami from Le cinesi; Trio Sonata in G minor Wq. 53 No. 2; Bel piacer saria d’un core from La Semiramide riconosciuta; Non hai cor per un’impresa fro Ipermestra; Io veggo in lontananza from Semiramide riconosciuta; Quercia annosa sull’erte pendici from Antigono; Trio Sonata in F Wq. 53 No. 6; Cruelle, non, jamais from Iphigénie en Aulide; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice from Orphée et Eurydice £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Monday 5 February 1.00pm

Golda Schultz soprano Jonathan Ware piano Mozart An Chloe; Das Lied der Trennung Schubert Heimliches Lieben; Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Suleika I & II Beach Three Browning Songs Op. 44 Carter Cantata £15 concs. £13

Danie Behle © Julian Laidig

Golda Schultz © Gregor Rohrig

Eunsley Park violin Maria Tarasewicz piano Joy Lisney solo cello Schubert Sonata (Sonatina) in D D384 Britten Suite No. 3 for solo cello Joy Lisney ScordaturA for solo cello Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Park Lane Group (Reg. Charity No. 252205)

Tuesday 6 February 1.00pm

YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 2017/18

Sean Shibe guitar Bach Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV997 Villa-Lobos A selection of Preludes and Études £13 concs. £11 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series. Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Eunsley Park

Sean Shibe © Kaupo Kikkas

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Tuesday 6 February

7.30pm

Robin Tritschler tenor Christopher Glynn piano

Henning Kraggerud violin Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano Clarke Dumka (Duo Concertante for violin and viola with piano) transcribed for violin and cello Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87 Henning Kraggerud Victimae Paschali for piano trio Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Wednesday 7 February 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass £10 concs. £8 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

A Heine Songbook Meyerbeer Komm du schönes Fischermädchen Brahms Sommerabend C Schumann Sie liebten sich beide Loewe Der Asra Mendelssohn Reiterlied Brahms Meerfahrt Jensen Lehn deine Wang an meine Wang Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Liszt Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen Brahms Mondenschein; Es schauen die Blumen Bruckner Frühlingslied Mendelssohn Neue Liebe Saint-Saëns Clair de lune Rimsky-Korsakov The pine and the palm Grieg Eingehüllt in graue Wolken Rachmaninov Child! you are as fair as a flower Bridge All things that we clasp Tchaikovsky Otchevo? Schumann Dichterliebe £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Henning Kraggerud © Robert Romik

Natalie Clein © Neda Navaee

Thomas Quasthoff © Bernd Brundert

Robin Tritschler © Sussie Ahlburg

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Thursday 8 February

Saturday 10 February

7.30pm

6.00pm

The English Concert Harry Bicket director, organ Nadja Zwiener violin Jonathan Manson viola da gamba Dorothee Mields soprano

Nash Ensemble

Buxtehude: Bach’s Hero Buxtehude Sonata in C BuxWV266; Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet BuxWV5; Trio Sonata in D minor BuxWV257; Herr, auf Dich traue ich BuxWV35; Gen Himmel zu dem Vater Sein BuxWV32; Trio Sonata in G minor BuxWV261; Trio Sonata in D BuxWV267; O fröhliche Stunden BuxWV84 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Friday 9 February 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Bach Sonata in A minor after Reinken BWV965; English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV808; English Suite No. 4 in BWV809; Toccata in D BWV912 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Stephanie Gonley violin Lawrence Power viola Adrian Brendel cello Philippa Davies flute Ian Brown piano

Nash Ensemble: The French Connection Duruflé Prélude, Récitatif et Variations for flute, viola and piano Op. 3 Debussy Sonata for cello and piano Ravel Sonata for violin and cello All seats £3 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble Sophie Bevan soprano Leslie Caron reciter

Nash Ensemble: The French Connection Ravel Sonatine (arr. for flute, viola and harp by Salzedo/Kanga) Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics; Two Poems by Konstantin Balmont Debussy Chansons de Bilitis (arr. Boulez) Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Dorothee Mields © Harald Hoffmann

Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil

Adrian Brendel © Jack Liebeck

Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg

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Christian Tetzlaff Focus

Wigmore Hall celebrates the work of Christian Tetzlaff, bold and independent in his interpretations of music of all periods and pioneer of innovative chamber music projects.

Sunday 11 February 7.30pm

Christian Tetzlaff violin Florian Donderer violin Rachel Roberts viola Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Tanja Tetzlaff cello Martin Helmchen piano Julian Prégardien tenor Schubert Schwanengesang Schubert String Quintet in C D956 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Christian Tetzlaff © Giorgia Bertazzi

Forthcoming Events in this Series

Sunday 20 May 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet

Sunday 10 June 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

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Sunday 11 February

Tuesday 13 February

11.30am

5.45pm – 6.45pm

Pavel Haas Quartet

Bechstein Sessions: Fabled

Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’

We’re delighted to launch Bechstein Sessions, a new series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar.

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

Sam Rapley saxophone & clarinet Alex Munk guitar Matt Robinson piano Conor Chaplin double bass Will Glaser drums

Monday 12 February 1.00pm

SCO Winds Beethoven Wind Sextet in E flat Op. 71 Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103 £15 concs. £13

Fabled explores a wealth of textures, harmonies and grooves, taking inspiration from Debussy, Sarah Vaughan and Bon Iver. £5 7.30pm

7.30pm

Jerusalem Quartet

Jamal Aliyev cello Daniel Evans piano

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’; String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’; String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1

Eccles Violin Sonata in G minor (transcription for cello and piano by Jawher Matmati) Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Martinů Variations on a theme by Rossini

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£20 £18 £14 £12 £10

Haydn String Quartet Series

Kirckman Concert Society Supported by LankellyChase Foundation

Pavel Haas Quartet © Marco Borggreve

SCO Winds © Marco Borggreve

Jerusalem Quartet © Felix Broede

Fabled

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Wigmore Hall Learning is thrilled to launch its first ever Festival. Seven Ages is an exploration of the stories and stages of our lives, and the different journeys we all take, reflecting on life and experience in its many and varied forms. Taking our Learning programme strands as inspiration, we invite you to explore with us the path from birth to older age, and everything in between.

Seven Ages Journeys through Life Tuesday 13 February 5.45pm Bechstein Sessions

Tuesday 20 February 10.30am – 1.30pm Come and Sing

Wednesday 14 February 10.30am – 3.30pm Musical Portraits: Family Day

Wednesday 21 February 11.00am – 11.45am and 12.30pm – 1.15pm For Crying Out Loud!

Thursday 15 February 6.00pm Panel Discussion: Parenthood 7.30pm Helen Grime world première

Thursday 22 February 11.00am – 12 noon Schools Concert: The Empty Chair

Friday 16 February 11.00am – 12 noon Relaxed Concert

Friday 23 February 7.30pm All the World’s a Stage concert

Saturday 17 February 10.00am – 12 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm Family Sounds

Saturday 24 February 10.00am – 3.30pm Big Sing

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Musical Portraits Band

Musical Pathways

Monday 12 February 11.00am – 3.30pm Tuesday 13 February 11.00am – 3.30pm

Drop in to the Bechstein Room to explore your own musical journey with Wired4Music, a community of young creatives.

For young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions

We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions to be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, and to create their own works of art and music with inspiring visual artists alongside Wigmore Hall Learning Associate Artists Ignite. For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email charlotte@turtlekeyarts.org.uk. Free (application required) In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

Monday 12 February Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Wednesday 14 February Between 4.00pm and 5.30pm Friday 16 February Between 10.00am and 1.00pm Monday 19 February Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Free (no ticket required) In partnership with Wired4Music, led by Sound Connections

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Wednesday 14 February

Thursday 15 February

10.30am – 3.30pm

6.00pm

Family Day: Musical Portraits

Discussion Panel

The families of Musical Portraits participants come together with Ignite at Wigmore Hall to take part in their own music making and explore the creative process of the Musical Portraits Band.

Helen Grime and Fiona Benson discuss the topic of parenthood.

Children £12 Adults £16

7.30pm

Ruby Hughes soprano Joseph Middleton piano

In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery

For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email charlotte@turtlekeyarts.org.uk 7.30pm

Artemis Quartet Mozart String Quartet in F K590 ‘Prussian’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Op. 44 No. 1 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

£5

Songs for New Life and Love Schumann Prelude from Jugendlieder 1827; Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Mahler Kindertotenlieder Ives Serenity; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather Sad; Songs my mother taught me Helen Grime New work* (world première) Britten Ca the Yowes; At the mid hour of night; Come you not from Newcastle?; O Waly, Waly *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Helen Grime, Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, is supported by The Marchus Trust Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

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Friday 16 February

Saturday 17 February

11.00am – 12 noon

10.00am and 1.00pm

Relaxed Concert

Family Sounds

Heath Quartet

Join us for this music-making workshop for children aged 0–5 and their parents or carers, which offers the opportunity to co-create a new piece inspired by the music of our Composer in Residence, Helen Grime. Workshop leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever lead us in exploration of singing, play and poetry, and our new piece will be shared online!

This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to explore music in an informal environment. Join the dynamic Heath Quartet for a concert exploring the Seven Ages theme, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. 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.

Repeated 1.00pm – 3.00pm £6 Children £8 Adults

£5 7.30pm

Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Polina Leschenko piano Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Poulenc Violin Sonata Mozart Violin Sonata in E flat K380 György Kurtág Tre pezzi Op. 14e Enescu Impressions d’enfance Op. 28 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Saturday 17 February

Sunday 18 February

7.30pm

11.30am

Avex Classics International Wigmore Series

Quatuor Zaïde

Bartosz Woroch violin Enno Senft double bass Philippe Tondre oboe Makoto Yoshida clarinet Teunis van der Zwart horn Rie Koyama bassoon Masanori Oishi saxophone Honjo Hidejiro shamisen Mei Yi Foo piano Yu Kosuge piano Dai Fujikura Portrait Dai Fujikura Rubi(co)n for clarinet; Milliampere for solo toy piano; Es for solo double bass; Sakana for solo saxophone; Deepened Arc (Piano Etude No. 2) for solo piano; Frozen Heat for solo piano; Neo for solo shamisen (UK première); SekSek and Ayatori for solo piano; Following for solo bassoon; Breathless for toy piano and violin; Samarasa for solo violin; Go for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (UK première)

Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice 7.30pm

Škampa Quartet Melvyn Tan piano Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Korngold Piano Quintet in E Op. 15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Škampa Quartet

Melvyn Tan

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Monday 19 February

Tuesday 20 February

1.00pm

10.30am – 1.30pm

Ashley Riches bass-baritone Joseph Middleton piano

Come and Sing

A Musical Zoo

As part of our Seven Ages festival, join Isabelle Adams for a session of group singing exploring a mixture of music from across the ages, followed by tea and coffee. We welcome people living with dementia and their family, friends and carers to attend. No previous experience needed, just an enthusiasm to sing!

Schubert Die Forelle; Die Vögel; Der Alpenjäger Fauré Le papillon et la fleur Saint-Saëns La coccinelle Massenet La mort de la cigale Ravel Histoires naturelles Vernon Duke Ogden Nash’s Musical Zoo £15 concs. £13 Ashley Riches is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme

7.30pm

The Monday Platform

For families living with dementia

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

Behn Quartet Neill–Kim Duo: Henry Neill baritone Somi Kim piano Shostakovich Two pieces for string quartet: Elegy and Polka Maxwell Davies Quartet Movement Loewe Tom der Reimer; Hinkende Jamben; Freibeuter; Meeresleuchten Wolf Der Feuerreiter; Fußreise; An die Geliebte; Lied eines Verliebten; Der Tambour Judith Weir Songs from the Exotic Ravel String Quartet in F £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Supported by The Musicians’ Company & Concordia Foundation Artists Fund

Henry Neill

Somi Kim

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Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm

Phantasm Laurence Dreyfus director, treble viol Emilia Benjamin treble viol, tenor viol Jonathan Manson tenor viol Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol Emily Ashton tenor viol Jonathan Rees bass viol

The world of Byrd: consorts, hymns, divisions & dances Byrd Five Fantasias a 3 and a 4; Fantasia a 5 (‘Two parts in one’); Two Fantasias a 6 (‘to the vyolls’); Kyrie, Sanctus & Agnus Dei from Missa a 4; Miserere; Sermone Blando; Christe redemptor omnium; Browning (‘The Leaves be green’); Queen’s Goodnight (Prelude and Ground); La Virginella; Though Amaryllis dance in green; In fields abroad; Susanna fair; My Mistress had a little dog; In Nomines: a 4 and a 5; Galliard a 5, Pavan and Galliard a 6 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Wednesday 21 February 11.00am and 12.30pm

For Crying Out Loud!

Wigmore Study Group: Haydn String Quartets Wednesday 21 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm Monday 26 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm Wednesday 28 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm Witness the birth of the string quartet and trace its development to the height of invention. Haydn’s quartets from his time at the Esterházy estate are associated with the freedom he enjoyed in Vienna and the friendships he formed there, most famously with Mozart. Delve into these works, which have never been surpassed in their intimacy of interaction between four equal yet independent instruments, with composer Julian Philips alongside pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers, and performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Series ticket price £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 28 February

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1. Approximately 45 minutes in duration

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Friday 23 February

Steven Isserlis cello Alexander Melnikov piano

7.30pm

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Mikhail Pletnev Sonata for cello and piano Evgeny Kissin Sonata-Ballade for cello and piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Thursday 22 February 11.00am – 12 noon

Schools Concert TROUPE: The Empty Chair Key Stage 2 Featuring music by Debussy, Couperin, Berio, Moondog and TROUPE, get involved with games and music making. Children £4 Adults Free (ticket required) 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 64 No. 1; String Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2; String Quartet in B flat Op. 64 No. 3 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert

Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ilker Arcayürek tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano All the World’s a Stage Joseph Phibbs New Commission* Haydn Der Greis Schubert Der Knabe; Die Knabenzeit; An die Laute; Greisengesang; Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk Schumann Schlusslied des Narren; Die wandelnde Glocke; Er und Sie Brahms O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück; Ich sah als Knabe Blumen blühn Wolf Sie blasen zum Abmarsch; Ihr jungen Leute, die ihr zieht ins Feld; Der Soldat I Mahler Lob des hohen Verstandes from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Gilbert & Sullivan When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar from Trial by Jury Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre Poulenc Le sommeil; Le retour du sergent from Chansons villageoises Britten A Charm from A Charm of Lullabies; Black Day from Who are these Children? Coward Bronxville Darby and Joan *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Steven Isserlis © Joanna Bergin

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Saturday 24 February

3.00pm

10.00am – 3.00pm

Johannes Kammler baritone Roger Vignoles piano

Big Sing! Join Isabelle Adams for a Big Sing! celebration of our Seven Ages festival, with this special opportunity to develop your singing skills and explore new music with Wigmore Hall Learning. £25 concs. £19 7.30pm

Wihan Quartet Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105

Schubert An Schwager Kronos; Wonne der Wehmut; Schäfers Klagelied; Wandrers Nachtlied I; An die Entfernte; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus Wolf Peregrina I & II Schoeck Peregrina: Aufgeschmückt ist der Freudensaal; Ein Irrsaal kam in die Mondscheingärten; Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahl gebunden Mendelssohn Der Mond; Venetianisches Gondellied; Pagenlied; Nachtlied Wolf Der Gärtner; In der Frühe; Der Tambour; Verborgenheit; Selbstgeständnis All seats £15

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

7.30pm

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Pieter Wispelwey cello Alasdair Beatson piano

Sunday 25 February 11.30am

Joseph Moog piano Haydn Fantasia in C HXVII:4 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Debussy L’isle joyeuse Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Reger Suite No. 2 in D minor Op. 131c Brahms Sonata Op. 78 (cello transcription of Violin Sonata) Brahms arr. Wispelwey Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 (arr. for cello and piano); Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2 (arr. for cello and piano) £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

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Monday 26 February

Tuesday 27 February

1.00pm

7.30pm

Aleksandar Madžar piano

Louis Lortie piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Schubert Fantasy Sonata in G D894 Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 1 Chopin Mazurka in F minor Op. 7 No. 3; Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 2 Chopin Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3; Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. 44

All seats £15 7.30pm

Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset director Gilone Gaubert-Jacques violin Gabriel Grosbard violin Emmanuel Jacques cello Jodie Devos soprano Judith Van Wanroij soprano

Love and death in Venice Monteverdi Chiome d’oro; O come sei gentile; Ahi sciocco mondo e cieco Castello Seconda Sonata from Sonata Concertante in Stil Moderno, Libro Primo Monteverdi From L’incoronazione di Poppea: Prologue & Sinfonia; Signor, deh non partire; Signor oggi rinasco & Pur ti miro, pur ti godo; Sento un certo non so che Rossi A che tanto spavento; Che può far Citherea; Vi renda Amor mercè; Lasciate, Averno Rosenmüller Sonata Sesta a 3 Cavalli Lamento di Cassandra & Lamento di Didone

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 64 No. 4; String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’; String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

How to get to Wigmore Hall HARLEY ST

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Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.

Buses A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately a five-minute walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website.

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

Restaurant and Bars Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

Disabled Access and Facilities Full details from 020 7935 2141 or access@wigmore-hall.org.uk

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