June - July 2019 Monthly Diary by Wigmore Hall

JUN/ JUL 2018/19 Season

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2 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER

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How to Book Wigmore Hall Box Office

TICKETS

36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

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

In Person 7 days a week: 10.00am - 8.30pm. Days without an evening concert: 10.00am - 5.00pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

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Standby Tickets Standby tickets for students, senior citizens and the unemployed are available from one hour before the performance (subject to availability) with best available seats sold at the lowest price. NB standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime and Sunday Morning Concerts.

Group Discounts

Discounts of 10% are available for groups of 12 or more, subject to availability.

Latecomers

Latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable pause in the performance.

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June

1 Jun 11.00am RNIB Family Day 7.30pm Till Fellner 2 Jun 11.30am Daniel Pioro/Roderick Chadwick/ Charlotte Bonneton/Clare O’Connell 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 3 Jun 1.00pm Ilya Gringolts/Peter Laul 7.30pm Doric String Quartet/Jonathan Biss 4 Jun 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 7.30pm Camilla Tilling/Paul Rivinius 5 Jun 7.30pm Maximilian Schmitt/Gerold Huber 6 Jun 10.15am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 11.45am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 7.30pm Katya Apekisheva 7 Jun 1.00pm Nicholas Daniel Masterclass 7.30pm Cinquecento/Nicholas Todd 8 Jun 11.30am Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ Lucy Wakeford/Wigmore Oboe-Fest Ensemble 3.00pm Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ Julius Drake/Guildhall School Wind Quintet 7.30pm Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ Tom Owen/Kyeong Ham/Amy Harman/ Jacqueline Shave/Timothy Ridout/ Guy Johnston/Lynda Houghton/Martin Owen/ Alexei Watkins/Maggie Cole 9 Jun 11.30am Hugo Wolf Quartett 7.30pm Royal College of Music Strings 10 Jun 1.00pm Jean Rondeau 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet/Enno Senft/ Boris Giltburg 11 Jun 7.30pm The English Concert 12 Jun 7.30pm Stile Antico/Rihab Azar 13 Jun 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 14 Jun 7.00pm Isabelle Faust/Jean-Guihen Queyras/ Alexander Melnikov 10.00pm Viktoria Mullova 15 Jun 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Bloomsbury Quartet 7.30pm Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 16 Jun 11.30am Heath Quartet 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 7.30pm Steven Isserlis/Anthony Marwood/ Irène Duval/Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/ Dénes Várjon/Izabella Simon 17 Jun 1.00pm Nicolas Altstaedt 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals/Alban Gerhardt 18 Jun 1.00pm Leeds Lieder Young Artists Masterclass 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: BirdWorld 7.30pm Sergei Babayan 19 Jun 7.00pm Leeds Lieder Fundraising Gala 20 Jun 11.00am Schools Concert: Glitter Bird 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick 21 Jun 7.00pm Alexander Rudin/Alexander Melnikov 10.00pm Chineke! Ensemble 22 Jun 11.00am CAVATINA Family Concert: Thorne Trio 7.30pm Franz-Josef Selig/Gerold Huber 23 Jun 11.30am Andrew Tyson 7.30pm Matthias Goerne/Sir Antonio Pappano 24 Jun 1.00pm Christopher Maltman/Graham Johnson 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas 25 Jun 7.00pm Emanuel Ax/Sir Simon Keenlyside/ Dover Quartet

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26 Jun 1.00pm The Purcell School: Chamber Ensembles 7.30pm Matthias Goerne/Alexander Schmalcz 27 Jun 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/Christine Rice/David Bates 28 Jun 7.00pm Alice Sara Ott 10.00pm Sean Shibe 29 Jun 7.30pm Evgeny Kissin 30 Jun 11.30am Vision String Quartet 7.30pm Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School

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July

1 Jul 1.00pm Colin Currie Quartet 7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque/ Marcin Świątkiewicz/Daniele Caminiti 2 Jul 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Lars Vogt 3 Jul 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 2.00pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 7.30pm Brett Polegato/Iain Burnside 4 Jul 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Lars Vogt 5 Jul 1.00pm Elizabeth Kenny 7.00pm Lucas Debargue 6 Jul 1.00pm HONJOH Hidejiro 7.30pm Xavier Phillips/François-Frédéric Guy 7 Jul 11.30am Smetana Trio 3.00pm Julia Boyd: Travellers in the Third Reich Talk 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 8 Jul 1.00pm Imogen Cooper 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 7.30pm The Mozartists/Ian Page/Louise Alder/ Katy Bircher/Oliver Wass/Gavin Edwards 9 Jul 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 10 Jul 7.30pm Benjamin Beilman/Louis Schwizgebel 11 Jul 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 7.30pm Max Emanuel Cenčić/Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu/Franck-Emmanuel Comte 12 Jul 7.00pm Silesian String Quartet 10.00pm Adam Walker/Sean Shibe 13 Jul 7.30pm Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier 14 Jul 11.30am Maxim Bernard 7.30pm Django Bates Belovèd/Evan Parker 15 Jul 1.00pm István Várdai/Sunwook Kim 7.30pm Dominic Sedgwick/Ceri Owen/ Marmen Quartet 16 Jul 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 17 Jul 5.30pm Bloomsbury Quartet 7.30pm Alexi Kenney/Orion Weiss 18 Jul 3.00pm Music for the Moment 7.30pm Werner Güra/Christoph Berner 19 Jul 7.00pm Kian Soltani/Aaron Pilsan 10.00pm Susan Bullock/Richard Sisson 20 Jul 10.00am Come and Sing: Sounds of America 7.30pm Ronald Brautigam 21 Jul 11.30am Calidore String Quartet 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 22 Jul 7.30pm Lana Trotovsek/Maria Canyigueral 23 Jul 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/Malcolm Martineau 24 Jul 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis 25 Jul 7.30pm Kit Armstrong 26 Jul 7.30pm Sir Simon Keenlyside/Howard McGill/ Gordon Campbell/Richard Pryce/ Matthew Regan/Mike Smith 27 Jul 7.30pm Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet 28 Jul 11.30am Chiaroscuro Quartet

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4 • JUNE

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Saturday 1 June

Sunday 2 June

11.00am – 4.00pm

11.30am

RNIB Family Day

Daniel Pioro violin Roderick Chadwick piano

For blind and partially sighted children aged 6–12 years and their families Be inspired by art and music at The Wallace Collection and Wigmore Hall, and create your own masterpieces in this interactive multisensory workshop for blind and partially sighted children and their families. For more information and to book contact Sally-Anne Zimmerman, RNIB Music Adviser at sally.zimmerman@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2273. Free (application required) In partnership with RNIB and The Wallace Collection

with special guests

Charlotte Bonneton viola Clare O’Connell cello Biber Passacaglia in G minor from the Mystery Sonatas Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Sunday 2 June 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac

7.30pm

Soraya Mafi soprano Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano William Thomas bass Graham Johnson piano

Till Fellner piano

If Fiordiligi and Dorabella had been Lieder Singers

Saturday 1 June

Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in B flat D960 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Based on the plot of Cosi fan tutte (and containing numerous Mozartian echoes), Graham Johnson has devised a programme of Lieder, English songs and duets. The interactions between the Neapolitan sisters, and the manipulative Don Alfonso, progress along Da Ponte’s lines: Sisters in love – “Bella vita militar” – Constancy – Weakening – Capitulation and Abandon – Reconciliation. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

RNIB Family Day © James Berry

Till Fellner © Gabriela Brandenstein

Daniel Pioro © Hugh Carswell

Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography

JUNE • 5

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Monday 3 June

Tuesday 4 June

1.00pm

10.30am – 1.30pm

Ilya Gringolts violin Peter Laul piano

Singing with Friends: Come and Sing

Stravinsky Suite italienne; 3 movements from The Firebird Suite; Ballade; Divertimento

For families living with dementia

£16 concs £14

Monday 3 June

If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, join us 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!

7.30pm

Free (ticket required)

Doric String Quartet Jonathan Biss piano

Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Martinů String Quartet No. 3 Dvořák Piano Quartet in D Op. 23 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

In partnership with Resonate Arts

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by Aubrey Adams OBE 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 4 June 7.30pm

Camilla Tilling soprano Paul Rivinius piano Jugend Korngold Schneeglöckchen; Ständchen; Liebesbriefchen; Sommer Schoenberg 4 Lieder Op. 2 Mahler From Rückert Lieder: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft, Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, Liebst du um Schönheit & Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Zemlinsky Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6 Berg 7 frühe Lieder £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Ilya Gringolts © Tomasz Trzebiatowski

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

Come and Sing © Hope Fitzgerald

Camilla Tilling © Maria Ostlin

6 • JUNE

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Wednesday 5 June 7.30pm

Maximilian Schmitt tenor Gerold Huber piano Liszt Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ihr Auge; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Der du von dem Himmel bist; Du bist wie eine Blume; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Lorelei Schubert Der Musensohn; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Ganymed; Willkommen und Abschied; Der Zwerg; Herbst; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Wandrers Nachtlied I; Wandrers Nachtlied II Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 6 June 10.15am and 11.45am

Chamber Tots: Train Ride Interactive music-making sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with songs, percussion and the change to meet some exciting instruments up close. Presented by music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever alongside emerging chamber ensembles. 10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School Thursday 6 June Thursday 13 June Thursday 20 June Thursday 27 June All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm The transformation of the language of music from tonality to atonality is one the most fascinating and shocking manifestations of the modernist movement. The common chords (triads) that had formed the basis of Western music since the beginning of the 17th century no longer held sway and a new and strange soundworld emerged. The father figure of this musical maelstrom was Arnold Schoenberg, who, along with his pupils Anton Webern and Alban Berg, represents what is known as the Second Viennese School and a musical style which many music lovers find rather baffling. This course led by Roy Stratford seeks to explain the circumstances of the rise of this new style, to explore the huge differences between the three musicians, and most of all to expose some of the music which is both hugely approachable and emotionally rewarding. Series ticket price £33

Maximilian Schmitt © Christian Kargl

Chamber Tots © James Berry

Arnold Schoenberg © Florence Homolka/Schoenberg Archives at USC

JUNE • 7

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Thursday 6 June

Friday 7 June

7.30pm

Katya Apekisheva piano

Cinquecento

Prokofiev Visions fugitives Op. 22 Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat HXVI:49 Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor Op. 39 No. 6; Etude-tableau in D Op. 39 No. 9 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 7 June 1.00pm – 4.00pm Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day

Nicholas Daniel Masterclass From the moment he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award in 1980, Nicholas Daniel has devoted his career to raising the profile of his chosen instrument in every available context. As the creator of many new works for the oboe, he passes on his in-depth knowledge of its secrets to students from London music colleges, ahead of his Oboe Day on 8 June. Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8

Katya Apekisheva © Sim Canetty-Clarke

Nicholas Daniel © Eric Richmond

Terry Wey countertenor Achim Schulz tenor Tore Tom Denys tenor Tim Scott Whiteley baritone Ulfried Staber bass

Nicholas Todd tenor

Josquin des Prez and his legacy Gregorian chant Circumdederunt me; De profundis; Absolve, Domine; Libera me Richafort Requiem a6 des Prez Nymphes, nappés a6; Faulte d’argent; Stabat mater; Inviolata a5; Nymphes des bois, or Déploration sur la mort d’Ockeghem Appenzeller Musae Iovis a4 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 9 June 11.30am

Hugo Wolf Quartett Haydn String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3 Komitas From Armenian folk songs: She is slender like a plane tree, Oh Nazan, Echmiadzin dance & Clouds (arr. Sergey Aslamazyan) Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Cinquecento © Theresa Pewal

Hugo Wolf Quartett © Andrej Grilc

8 • JUNE

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Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day Saturday 8 June

Saturday 8 June

11.30am

3.00pm

Nicholas Daniel oboe Lucy Wakeford harp Wigmore Oboe-Fest Ensemble

Nicholas Daniel oboe Julius Drake piano Guildhall School Wind Quintet

John Woolrich Array for 10 oboes Pasculli Omaggio a Bellini for English horn and harp Spohr Sonata No. 1 in C minor WoO. 23 Beethoven Variations in C on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni WoO. 28 Michael Berkeley Second Still Life for oboe and harp James MacMillan Intercession for 3 oboes David Bruce New work for 10 oboes*

Schumann 3 Duos from 6 pieces in canonic form Op. 56 Jolivet Quintette avec Hautbois Principal Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94; Abendlied Op. 85 No. 12 (arr. Joseph Joachim) Haas Suite Op. 17

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall

7.30pm

All seats £16

Saturday 8 June

Nicholas Daniel oboe Tom Owen oboe Kyeong Ham oboe Amy Harman bassoon Jacqueline Shave violin Timothy Ridout viola Guy Johnston cello Lynda Houghton double bass Martin Owen horn Alexei Watkins horn Maggie Cole harpsichord and friends

Albinoni Concerto for 2 oboes Yun 2 movements from Inventionen Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 Zelenka Sonata No. 5 in F for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo ZWV181 Mark Simpson Oboe Quartet* (world première) Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046 *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Leicester International Music Festival and Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival Nicolas Daniel © Eric Richmond

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

JUNE • 9

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Sunday 9 June

Monday 10 June

7.30pm

1.00pm

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin Katherine Yoon violin Bethan Griffiths harp Jamal Aliyev cello Eirian Lewis guitar The Salomé Quartet David Lopez violin Juhee Yang violin Ana Alves viola Sofia Silva Sousa viola Indira Grier cello Findlay Spence cello Philip Nelson double bass

Jean Rondeau harpsichord

Metamorphosis: Changing Perceptions Programme to include Strauss Metamorphosen Join the string talents from the Royal College of Music as they guide the audience in a musical voyage of discovery and revelation, culminating with Richard Strauss’s transformative Metamorphosen.

Bach Prelude from Partita in C minor BWV997; Fantasia in C minor BWV906 Scarlatti Sonatas: in C Kk132, in F Kk6, in F minor Kk185, in D Kk119, in D minor Kk213, in A minor Kk175 & in A Kk208 Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004) £16 concs £14

Monday 10 June 7.30pm

Pavel Haas Quartet Enno Senft double bass Boris Giltburg piano Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10 The Royal College of Music

Ana Alves © Chris Christodoulou

Jamal Aliyev © Chris Christodoulou

Jean Rondeau © Edouard Bressy

Pavel Haas Quartet © Marco Boggreve

10 • JUNE

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Tuesday 11 June

Thursday 13 June

7.30pm

11.00am and 12.30pm

The English Concert

For Crying Out Loud!

Orpheus of Princes

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. Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed.

Handel Overture from Rodrigo HWV5 Legrenzi Sonata for four violins from La cetra Op. 10 Corelli Concerto grosso in D Op. 6 No. 1 Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and cello Op. 3 No. 11 from L’estro armonico RV565 Scarlatti Introduction from Cain, overo il primo omicidio Vinaccesi Sonata IV Marcello Oboe concerto in C minor Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for 4 violins Op. 3 No. 10 from L’estro armonico RV580

Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free)

Thursday 13 June 7.30pm

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Wednesday 12 June

Angela Hewitt piano

7.30pm

Stile Antico Rihab Azar oud Songs of Longing and Exile Programme to include: White Lamentations a5 Dowland In this trembling shadow; Lachrimae Antiquae (Flow my Tears); Lachrimae Antiquae Novae*; Lachrimae Gementes*; Lachrimae Tristes*; Lachrimae Coactae*; Lachrimae Amantis*; Lachrimae Verae*

Bach English Suite No. 1 in A BWV806; English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807; Suite in F minor BWV823; English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV808; Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Interspersed with improvised music for oud *with new texts by Peter Oswald £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 The English Concert © Oliver Rosser @ Feast Creative

Rihab Azar

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

Angela Hewitt © Keith Saunders

JUNE • 11

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Friday 14 June

Saturday 15 June

7.00pm NB time

11.00am – 12 noon

Isabelle Faust violin Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexander Melnikov piano

Relaxed Concert: Bloomsbury Quartet

Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat WoO. 38; Piano Trio in E flat Op. 70 No. 2; Variations in E flat on an Original Theme Op. 44; Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to hear a live performance in an informal environment. Enjoy an hour’s music performed by the Bloomsbury Quartet, the Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble for 2018/19.

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’

There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights will remain up. Audience members are welcome to move in and out of the auditorium as they need to, and there is a designated quiet area.

Friday 14 June

£5

10.00pm Wigmore Lates

Viktoria Mullova violin Bach Allemande and Double from Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 Dai Fujikura line by line Bach Largo and Allegro from Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005 Sir George Benjamin 3 Miniatures for solo violin Bach Tempo di Borea and Double from Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 Misha Mullov-Abbado Brazil Bach Siciliano and Presto from Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001 Prokofiev Sonata in D for solo violin Op. 115 Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 All seats £16 Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov © Marco Borggreve

Viktoria Mullova © Henry Fair

Bloomsbury Quartet © Christian Maier Smith

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Saturday 15 June 7.30pm

Gerald Finley bass-baritone Julius Drake piano Schubert Meeres Stille; Willkommen und Abschied; An Den Mond; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Rastlose Liebe; Die Sterne; Der Kreuzzug; Der Winterabend; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Du bist die Ruh; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Erlkönig Rachmaninov Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not; Fate; On the Death of a Linnet; Christ is risen; Spring waters Turnage 3 Animal Songs Britten The red cockatoo; She’s like the swallow; Tit for Tat; The Crocodile £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Gerald Finley © Sim Canetty-Clarke

JUNE • 13

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Sunday 16 June

11.30am

7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Fauré/Schumann Project

Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Ravel String Quartet in F £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Sunday 16 June 6.00pm

Pre-Concert Talk Join Steven Isserlis, who will talk about Fauré’s String Quartet Op. 121 ahead of the evening concert. Approximately 45 minutes in duration £5

Steven Isserlis cello Anthony Marwood violin Irène Duval violin Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Dénes Várjon piano Izabella Simon piano Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121 (arr. Alfred Cortot for piano 4 hands) (London première) Schumann Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133; Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor (arr. Steven Isserlis); Langsam from Violin Concerto in D minor WoO. 23 (arr. Steven Isserlis); Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Monday 17 June 1.00pm

Nicolas Altstaedt cello Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007; Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Dutilleux 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher £16 concs £14

Heath Quartet © Kauko Kikkas

Nicolas Altstaedt © Marco Borggreve

Steven Isserlis © Jean Baptiste Millot

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Monday 17 June

Tuesday 18 June

7.30pm

6.15pm – 7.05pm

Cuarteto Casals Alban Gerhardt cello

Bechstein Sessions: BirdWorld

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 Schubert String Quintet in C D956 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Tuesday 18 June 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Leeds Lieder Young Artists Masterclass Leading Dutch soprano Elly Ameling runs a masterclass with alumni from the Leeds Lieder programme, many of whom have gone on to become BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and winners of prestigious awards. Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8

Gregor Riddell cello, electronics Adam Teixeira drums, percussion Join us for an informal performance in the Bechstein Bar from London/Oslo-based duo BirdWorld, who weave between ambient electronic, contemporary classical, world music and jazz improvisation, creating soundscapes both natural and otherworldly. £5

Tuesday 18 June 7.30pm

Sergei Babayan piano Chopin Polonaise in C sharp minor Op. 26 No. 1; Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2; Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Waltz in B minor Op. 69 No. 2; Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat Op. 61; Impromptu No. 1 in A flat Op. 29; Prelude in A flat Op. 28 No. 17; Waltz in A flat Op. 34 No. 1; Mazurkas: in C sharp minor Op. 6 No. 2, in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3, in F minor Op. 63 No. 2, in F minor Op. 7 No. 3, in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4, in B flat Op. 7 No. 1, in G minor Op. 67 No. 2, in C Op. 67 No. 3, in A minor Op. 67 No. 4, in A minor Op. 68 No. 2, in F Op. 68 No. 3, in B flat Op. Posth., in E flat minor Op. 6 No. 4, in A flat Op. 41 No. 4, in C minor Op. 30 No. 1, in B minor Op. 30 No. 2, in B minor Op. 33 No. 4 & in C Op. 56 No. 2; Waltz in F Op. 34 No. 3 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Cuarteto Casals © Igor Cat

BirdWorld

Sergei Babayan © Marco Borggreve

JUNE • 15

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Wednesday 19 June

Thursday 20 June

7.00pm NB time

11.00am – 12 noon

Guest of Honour Elly

Schools Concert: Glitter Bird

Ameling Sir Thomas Allen reader, baritone Mary Bevan, Ruby Hughes, Kate Royal, Carolyn Sampson soprano Jennifer Johnston, Katarina Karnéus, Ann Murray DBE, Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, Nicky Spence, Nick Pritchard, David Webb tenor Roderick Williams, Marcus Farnsworth baritone William Thomas bass-baritone Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton piano Leeds Lieder Fundraising Gala A Serenade to Music: sonnets by William Shakespeare read by Sir Thomas Allen, woven around songs by Schubert, Strauss, Brahms, Poulenc, Britten, Bridge, Joseph Horowitz, Dankworth, Tippett and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. A limited number of best seats, priced at £200, which include an invitation to a special dinner with the artists, are available exclusively from the Leeds Lieder office on 0113 234 6956 or by email to info@leedslieder.org.uk £70 £50 £35 £25 £18 All tickets include a glass of wine

Sir Thomas Allen © Sussie Ahlburg

Schools Concert © Benjamin Ealovega

WRANGLE! Tim Keasley oboe Jess Mollie percussion, electronics Rosie Bergonzi percussion Key Stage 1 When the Queen hears the most beautiful birdsong in all the world, she knows she must have it for herself. But when Glitter Bird is trapped away from all he loves, he forgets how to sing. Come and help us find his voice on this magical journey of empathy and understanding. Join musical story telling trio WRANGLE! for this brand new performance written for Key Stage 1 pupils and their teachers, drawing on over 300 years of music! Children £4 Accompanying Adults Free (ticket required)

Thursday 20 June 7.30pm

The Cardinall’s Musick The Company of Heaven III Victoria Descendit Angelus Domini Palestrina Missa Ecce ego Johannes Gregorian Chant Propers for Nativity of St John the Baptist Isaac Angeli, Archangeli Handl Michael, coeli signifer Byrd Propers for the Feast of All Saints Aichinger Assumpta est Maria Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The Cardinall’s Musick © Benjamin Ealovega

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Friday 21 June

Saturday 22 June

7.00pm NB time

11.00am – 12 noon

Alexander Melnikov Residency

CAVATINA Family Concert: Thorne Trio

Alexander Rudin cello Alexander Melnikov piano Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Golovin Elegy Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 21 June

For ages 5 plus Join CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust for this fun and interactive introduction to the sounds of the orchestra’s reed instruments. Try conducting and take a musical trip to Scotland and back as we explore the sights and sounds of the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. Children £10 Adults £12

Wigmore Lates

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

Chineke! Ensemble

Saturday 22 June

10.00pm

Saint-Saëns Septet in E flat Op. 65 Errollyn Wallen Nnenna (London première) Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor Op. 2 All seats £16 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

Franz-Josef Selig bass Gerold Huber piano Loewe Odins Meeresritt; Edward; Herr Oluf; Die nächtliche Heerschau; Erlkönig; Der Pilgrim von St Just; Archibald Douglas Wolf Harfenspieler I-III Stephan Am Abend; Memento vivere Wolf Grenzen der Menschheit; Abendbilder £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Alexander Melnikov © Molina Visuals

Chineke! Ensemble © Eric Richmond

CAVATINA Family Concert © Belinda Lawley

Franz-Josef Selig © Marion Köll

JUNE • 17

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Sunday 23 June

Monday 24 June

11.30am

1.00pm

Andrew Tyson piano

Christopher Maltman baritone Graham Johnson piano

Couperin Les baricades mistérieuses; Le dodo, ou L’amour au berceau; Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins Messiaen Le Baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus Liszt Vallée d’Obermann from Années de pèlerinage: première année, Suisse S160 Respighi Notturno Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Wolf Die Nacht; Nachtzauber Pfitzner Nachts; In Danzig; Das Alter; Der Weckruf All seats £16

Monday 24 June

£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

7.30pm

Sunday 23 June

Mozart Serenade in B flat K361 ‘Gran Partita’ Mozart Serenade in C minor K388 ‘Night Music’

7.30pm

Matthias Goerne baritone Sir Antonio Pappano piano Shostakovich 4 Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin Op. 46; 4 Monologues to Poems by Alexander Pushkin Op. 91 Martin 6 Monologues from Jedermann Mahler From Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Ablösung im Sommer, Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz, Nicht wiedersehen!, Um schlimme Kinder artig zu Machen, Ich ging mit Lust & Scheiden und Meiden; Erinnerung; Hans und Grethe; Frühlingsmorgen; Phantasie aus Don Juan Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Ensemble Marsyas Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes in duration, including an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Tuesday 25 June 7.00pm NB time

Emanuel Ax piano Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Dover Quartet Emanuel Ax 70th birthday concert Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47; Fantasiestücke Op. 12; Dichterliebe Op. 48; Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 Approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Andrew Tyson © Sophie Zha

Matthias Goerne © Caroline de Bon

Christopher Maltman © Pia Clodi

Emanuel Ax © Lisa Marie Mazzucco

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Wednesday 26 June

1.00pm

7.30pm

Massimo Martone marimba Lewis Isaacs marimba Chindanai Nukulvutthiopas piano Sofiia Matviienko flute Carmen Sánchez Labrador piano Ilai Avni violin Francesca Biescas Rue flute Ellen Wilkinson oboe Elissa Street clarinet Verity Burcombe bassoon Ioan-Octavian Pirlea violin Rhys Herbert cello Radu Stoica piano Ivan Varchenko saxophone Lucia Breslin saxophone Lydia Cochrane saxophone Fiore O’Sullivan saxophone Joseph Longstaff horn

Matthias Goerne baritone Alexander Schmalcz piano

The Purcell School: Chamber Ensembles Matthias Schmitt Flow Poulenc 1st movement ‘Allegro malinconico’ from Sonata for flute and piano Grieg 1st movement ‘Allegro molto ed appassionato’ from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Alex Papp New work for wind quintet (world première) Mendelssohn 1st movement ‘Allegro energico e con fuoco’ from Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Singelée Premier Quatuor Op. 53 Stefano Ottomano Nihal

Schubert Der Wanderer; Wehmut; Der Jüngling und der Tod; Fahrt zum Hades; Schatzgräbers Begehr; Grenzen der Menschheit; Das Heimweh; Gesänge des Harfners I-III; Pilgerweise; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Winterabend; Abendstern; Die Sommernacht; Der liebliche Stern Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 27 June 7.30pm

La Nuova Musica Christine Rice mezzo-soprano David Bates conductor Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat K16 Traetta Si diversi sembiante... Giusto amor from Il Siroe; Adagio espressivo from Overture to Ifigenia in Tauride; Per pietà maggior tormento; Pur una volta... Chi crederia... Mori, so mori from Armida Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D ‘Le Matin’ HI:6 Traetta From Ifigenia in Tauride: Deh, con qual core amica... So che Pietà & Ah qual scopre... Che mai risolvere £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

£10 (Reg. Charity No. 312855) The Purcell School Saxophone Quartet © Jane Hunt

Matthias Goerne © Caroline de Bon

Christine Rice © Patricia Taylor

David Bates © Nick Rutter

JUNE • 19

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Friday 28 June

Saturday 29 June

7.00pm NB time

7.30pm

Alice Sara Ott piano

Evgeny Kissin piano

Nightfall

Fundraising Concert for Save a Child’s Heart (SACH)

Debussy Suite bergamasque Chopin Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1; Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Debussy Rêverie Satie Gnossienne No. 1; Gymnopédie No. 1; Gnossienne No. 3 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’; 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35; Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’; Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’

10.00pm

A limited number of seats priced at £250, which include an invitation to join a reception with Evgeny Kissin, are available exclusively from Save a Child’s Heart. Purchase available at 0203 866 5740 or kissin@saveachildsheart.org

Wigmore Lates

Returns Only

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 28 June

Sean Shibe guitar softLOUD Anon Music from the Straloch and Rowallan manuscripts c.1700 Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness James MacMillan From Galloway (arr. Sean Shibe); Motet No. 1 from Since it was the Day of Preparation (arr. Sean Shibe) Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar and tape Julia Wolfe LAD (originally for bagpipes, arr. Sean Shibe) David Lang Killer (originally for electric violin, arr. Sean Shibe)

Sunday 30 June 11.30am

Vision String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

All seats £16 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’ Alice Sara Ott © Jonas Becker

Sean Shibe © Kaupo Kikkas

Evgeny Kissin © F Broede

Vision String Quartet © Tim Klöcker

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Sunday 30 June

Monday 1 July

7.30pm

1.00pm

Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School

Colin Currie Quartet

Programme to include works by Brahms, Prokofiev and Szymanowski Pupils from The Yehudi Menuhin School including all graduands perform a variety of works for strings and piano. £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 The Yehudi Menuhin School

Joseph Pereira Mallet Quartet Kevin Volans 4 Marimbas Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa (for solo vibraphone) Steve Reich Drumming Part 1 All seats £16 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’

Monday 1 July 7.30pm

Rachel Podger violin, director Brecon Baroque Marcin Świątkiewicz harpsichord Daniele Caminiti lute Vivaldi Sonata a4 al Santo Sepolcro RV130; Concerto in G minor for strings RV157; Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169; Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93 Bach Concerto for harpsichord, strings and continuo BWV972 (after Vivaldi RV230) Vivaldi The Four Seasons Op. 8 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School

Colin Currie Quartet

Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal

JULY • 21

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Tuesday 2 July

Wednesday 3 July

7.30pm

Schubert Cycles

Brett Polegato baritone Iain Burnside piano

Ian Bostridge tenor Lars Vogt piano Schubert Schwanengesang D957 Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2018/19 Wigmore Series

Concert Repeated Thursday 4 July 7.30pm

Wednesday 3 July 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles Interactive music-making sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close. Presented by music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever alongside emerging chamber ensembles. 12.30pm–1.30pm (1–2 year-olds) 2.00pm–3.00pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

A Transatlantic Voyage: English Songs from Here to There Britten Lemady; I was lonely and forlorn; O Waly, Waly Gurney The scribe Gibbs Silver Robin Holloway Fare Well Finzi The Birthnight Britten Tit for Tat Ireland Sea Fever Clarke The Seal Man Vaughan Williams The Infinite Shining Heavens Willan Drake’s Drum Vaughan Williams Joy, Shipmate, Joy! Somers Look Down, Fair Moon Ned Rorem From War Scenes: Inauguration Ball & Specimen Case Craig Urquhart Among The Multitude Blitzstein Emily (Ballad of the Bombardier) Barber Sure on this Shining Night Duke I ride the great black horses Ives Charlie Rutlage Copland At the river; Zion’s walls; Ching-a-ring chaw £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Brett Polegato © Peter Phoa

Iain Burnside © Tall Wall Media

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Thursday 4 July

Friday 5 July

7.30pm

7.00pm NB time

Schubert Cycles

Lucas Debargue piano

Ian Bostridge tenor Lars Vogt piano Schubert Schwanengesang D957 Repeat of concert on 2 July Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Scarlatti Sonatas Bach Toccata in C minor BWV911 Medtner Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 5 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Saturday 6 July 1.00pm

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

HONJOH Hidejiro shamisen

Friday 5 July

Avex Recital Series 2019

1.00pm

Dai Fujikura neo Ryuichi Sakamoto New work (world première) Vijay Iyer Jiva (UK première) Kenjiro Urata Hekitan II Yuji Takahashi Hamlet to be or not

Elizabeth Kenny lute Theorbo Fantasy: old and new music for the long-necked lute Kapsberger Toccata; Passacaglia; Capona; Canario; Colascione Piccinini Toccata cromatica; Ciaconna James MacMillan Motet No. 1 from Since it was the Day of Preparation Benjamin Oliver Extending from the Inside de Visée Suite No. 6 in C minor Nico Muhly Berceuse with 7 variations

£18 concs £12

£16 concs £14

Lars Vogt © Giorgia Bertazzi

Elizabeth Kenny © Benjamin Ealovega

Lucas Debargue © Xiomara Bender

HONJOH Hidejiro

JULY • 23

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Saturday 6 July

Sunday 7 July

7.30pm

3.00pm

Xavier Phillips cello François-Frédéric Guy piano

Julia Boyd: Travellers in the Third Reich Talk

Beethoven Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2; 12 Variations on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO. 45; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69; 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO. 46; Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1; Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2

Julia Boyd talks about her recent book Travellers in the Third Reich in which she explores the experiences of a wide range of visitors to Nazi Germany through their first hand accounts. The many and diverse tales she uncovers give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction.

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Free (ticket required)

Sunday 7 July

11.30am

7.30pm

Smetana Trio

Wihan Quartet

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat Op. 11 Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65

Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a Dvořák String Quartet in E Op. 80 Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131

£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Pamela Majaro

Xavier Phillips © Caroline Doutre

Smetana Trio © Martin Kubica

Travellers in the Third Reich book

Wihan Quartet © Lukáš Novotný

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Monday 8 July

Tuesday 9 July

1.00pm

7.30pm

Imogen Cooper piano

Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works

Brahms Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1; Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 No. 2 Liszt Gretchen – 2nd movement from A Faust Symphony S513 Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116

Bach Sonata in D BWV963; Aria variata BWV989; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV944; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830

£16 concs £14

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Wednesday 10 July 7.30pm

Monday 8 July 6.00pm

Pre-Concert Talk Ian Page sets the scene for the evening concert. £5

Monday 8 July 7.30pm

The Mozartists Ian Page conductor Louise Alder soprano Katy Bircher flute Oliver Wass harp Gavin Edwards horn

Benjamin Beilman violin Louis Schwizgebel piano Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Poulenc Violin Sonata Mozart Violin Sonata in D K306 Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 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’

Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat K16; O temerario Arbace... Per quel paterno amplesso K79; Concerto in C for flute and harp K299; Se iI padre perdei from Idomeneo; Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat K495; Bella mia fiamma... Resta, o cara K528; Symphony No. 10 in G K74 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Imogen Cooper © Sim Canetty-Clarke

Louise Alder © Gerard Collett

Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil

Benjamin Beilman © Giorgia Bertazzi

JULY • 25

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Thursday 11 July

Friday 12 July

6.00pm

7.00pm NB time

Pre-Concert Talk

Silesian String Quartet

The Chief Executive of the Royal Philharmonic Society, James Murphy, will interview conductor and musicologist Jane Glover about her recent book Handel in London: The Making of a Genius.

Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 Bacewicz String Quartet No. 4 Stravinsky 3 Pieces for string quartet Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3

Approximately 45 minutes in duration

£5

Thursday 11 July

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 12 July

7.30pm

10.00pm

Max Emanuel Cenčić countertenor Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu Franck-Emmanuel Comte director, harpsichord Orlando Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV156; Sol da te mio dolce amore from Orlando furioso Handel Fammi combattere from Orlando Porpora Sinfonia da camera in E minor Op. 2 No. 5; Ombre amene from Angelica e Medoro Handel Venti turbini from Rinaldo; Giá l’ebro mio ciglio from Orlando Vivaldi Sorge l’irato nembo from Orlando furioso; Concerto in D for flute and strings Op. 10 No. 3 ‘Il gardellino’ Handel Cielo! se tu il consenti from Orlando Vivaldi Nel profondo, cieco mondo from Orlando furioso

Wigmore Lates

Adam Walker flute Sean Shibe guitar Piazzolla Histoire du Tango Debussy Syrinx Takemitsu Toward the Sea Poulenc Sarabande Shankar L’Aube Enchantée sur Le Raga ‘Todi’ All seats £16

26 • JULY

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Saturday 13 July

Sunday 14 July

7.30pm

Vox Luminis Residency

Django Bates Belovèd

Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier artistic director Bach Motets: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV226; Ich lasse dich nicht BWV159a; Jesu, meine Freude BWV227; Fürchte dich nicht BWV228; Komm, Jesu, Komm! BWV229; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 Interspersed with organ interludes, played by Bart Jacobs £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 14 July

Django Bates piano Petter Eldh double bass Peter Bruun drums

Evan Parker saxophone Following its much-praised 2018 visit to Wigmore Hall, Belovèd returns to present Django’s highly detailed arrangements of Charlie Parker compositions with interludes from master improviser Evan Parker, who celebrates his 75th birthday this year. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Monday 15 July

11.30am

Maxim Bernard piano Chopin in all his states Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58; Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp Op. 36; Mazurka in C Op. 67 No. 3; Mazurka in D Op. 33 No. 2; Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 41 No. 1; Polonaise in B flat Op. 71 No. 2; Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23; Ballade No. 3 in A flat Op. 47

1.00pm

István Várdai cello Sunwook Kim piano Falla 7 canciones populares españolas (for cello and piano) Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Kodály Hungarian Rondo £16 concs £14

£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

JULY • 27

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Monday 15 July

Wednesday 17 July

7.30pm

5.30pm – 6.15pm

Dominic Sedgwick baritone Ceri Owen piano Marmen Quartet

Bloomsbury Quartet

The Musicians’ Company Concerts 2019 and Concordia Artists Fund Ireland Great things Bridge Come to me in my dreams Butterworth Bredon Hill and Other Songs Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ Debussy La mer est plus belle; Le son du cor; L’échelonnement des haies Schubert Wanderers Nachtlied II Wolf Ihr seid die Allerschönste; Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben; Abschied Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 50 No. 1 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 The Musicians’ Company & Concordia Foundation Artists Fund

The Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble, Bloomsbury Quartet, performs a range of repertoire including the world première of a new work by the 2018/19 RPS/Wigmore Hall Apprentice Composer, Daniel Fardon. Free (ticket required)

Wednesday 17 July 7.30pm

Alexi Kenney violin Orion Weiss piano Ives Violin Sonata No. 4 ‘Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting’ Stravinsky Airs du rossignol & Marche chinoise Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96 Paul Wiancko X Suite for Solo Violin (world première) Strozzi L’Eraclito amoroso (arr. A Kenney) Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Tuesday 16 July 7.30pm Mozart and the Second Viennese School

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Mozart Piano Sonata in F K280 Herschkowitz Klavierstück in 4 Sätzen Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310; Piano Sonata in E flat K282 Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Mozart Piano Sonata in D K284 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

JULY • 29

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Thursday 18 July

Friday 19 July

3.00pm

7.00pm NB time

Music for the Moment

Kian Soltani cello Aaron Pilsan piano

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 in the Bechstein Room. Free (ticket required) In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy of Music

Debussy Cello Sonata Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Chopin Introduction and polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 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’

Friday 19 July

Thursday 18 July

10.00pm

7.30pm

Werner Güra tenor Christoph Berner piano Schubert Der blinde Knabe; Im Walde D834; Auf der Bruck (Auf der Brücke); Das Heimweh D851; Fülle der Liebe; Wiedersehn; Abendlied für die Entfernte; Alinde; An mein Herz; Sehnsucht D879; Im Freien; Im Frühling; Lebensmut; Um Mitternacht £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Wigmore Lates

Susan Bullock soprano Richard Sisson piano

Songs my father taught me Arlen I’ve Got the World on a String Rodgers & Hammerstein Hello Young Lovers Rodgers & Hart My Funny Valentine David Shire What about today? Kern Bill; All the Things You Are Arlen One for my baby T Wolf The Ballad of the Sad Young Men Gershwin ‘S Wonderful; Someone To Watch Over Me Burt Bacharach A House is not a Home M Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim The Boy From… Stephen Sondheim Losing my Mind All seats £16

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Saturday 20 July

Sunday 21 July

10.00am – 3.30pm

11.30am

Come and Sing: Sounds of America

Calidore String Quartet

Join choral leader Charles MacDougall for a day exploring some of the greatest vocal works by American composers including George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. £25 concs £20

Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Sunday 21 July

Saturday 20 July

7.30pm

Brahms Plus Series

Ronald Brautigam fortepiano

Jonathan Plowright piano

Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33; Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat Op. 31 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’; Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’

Brahms Plus Schubert

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Brahms Waltzes Op. 39; 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119; Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1

JULY • 31

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Monday 22 July

Wednesday 24 July

7.30pm

Lana Trotovsek violin Maria Canyigueral piano

Mark Padmore tenor Paul Lewis piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 Škerjanc Intermezzo romantique Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Sommerabend; Es schauen die Blumen; Meerfahrt; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht Mahler Rückert Lieder Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by an anonymous donor

Tuesday 23 July

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 25 July 7.30pm

Kit Armstrong piano

7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly Residency

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90 Mahler Kindertotenlieder Bridge Day after Day; Speak to me my love Britten Winter Words Op. 52 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Mozart Suite in C K399 Bach Chorale Preludes: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV654, Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV605, Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV721, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV715 & Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV666 Mozart Fantasia in F minor for mechanical organ K608 Byrd Sellenger’s Round; Prelude, Pavan and Galliard (Sir William Petre); The Bells Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by an anonymous donor

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Friday 26 July

Sunday 28 July

7.30pm

11.30am

Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Howard McGill woodwind Gordon Campbell trombone Richard Pryce double bass Matthew Regan piano Mike Smith drums

Chiaroscuro Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Blue Skies: Songlines to American Music Berlin Isn’t this a lovely day? Kálmán Lichtreklamen (first verse only) Weill Johnny Johnson’s Song Kálmán Cowboy Song Weill Song of the bigshot Ory Muskrat Ramble Weill Lonely House Rodgers & Hammerstein Soliloquy Ellington Mood Indigo Berlin Call me up some rainy afternoon Kern Let’s begin Strayhorn Lush Life Lerner & Loewe On the street where you live Carmichael Stardust Gershwin Our love is here to stay Porter What is this thing called love? Martin & Blane The Girl next door Porter So in love Ellington Do Nothin’ till You Hear from Me Kern She didn’t say yes £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Saturday 27 July 7.30pm

Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet director Mozart in Salzburg Mozart Missa brevis in F K192; Missa brevis in D K194; Church Sonata in C K328; Church Sonata in A K225; Ave verum corpus K618 Joseph Haydn Offertorium ‘Non nobis, Domine’; Alleluia from O coelitum beati; Adagio from Keyboard Concerto No. 8 in C HXVIII:8; Te Deum in C HXXIIIc:1 Michael Haydn Sub tuum praesidium in C; Ave verum in F The founder-director of one of Europe’s most durable and expert period-instrument ensembles leads a programme that simulates the musical experience of the Mass in the time of Mozart and Haydn. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

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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.

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Restaurant and Bars Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at 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

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 and Harley Street, both 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.

Wigmore Hall has been awarded the Bronze Charter Mark from Attitude is Everything

This brochure is available in alternative formats. If this would be of assistance to you, please email access@wigmore-hall.org.uk or call 020 7935 2141. Front cover photos: Kit Armstrong © Neda Navaee Camilla Tilling © Maria Ostlin | Kian Soltani © Holger Hage & Deutsche Grammophon Back cover photo: Wigmore Hall (detail) © Benjamin Ealovega

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