June 2010 Diary by Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary JUNE 2010

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Inside: Soile Isokoski • Steven Isserlis Jerusalem Quartet • Ton Koopman Miklós Perényi • Dorothea Röschmann András Schiff • Anne Schwanewilms And many more

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TUESDAY 1 JUNE 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

David Greilsammer piano Viennese Schools Webern Variations Op. 27; Haydn Variations in F minor HXVII:6; Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331; Schoenberg Six Little Pieces Op. 19 Schubert 6 Moments Musicaux D780

Antoine Le Grande/ Naïve

£15 £20 £25 £30

Jerusalem-born and Juilliard-trained pianist David Greilsammer’s recital has as its focus Mozart’s unique A major Sonata K331, which opens with a haunting set of variations and concludes with the exotic Rondo alla turca. The rest of his programme draws from the rich piano repertoires of the First and Second Viennese Schools respectively.

David Greilsammer

TUESDAY 1 – THURSDAY 3 JUNE 10.00 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Half-Term Course For ages 8 – 13 Record your own album of original music in just three days! Working with rising star Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Ignite, a band of improvising professional musicians, you’ll devise and record music and perform it on stage at Wigmore Hall. For all aspiring song writers, composers, instrumentalists and singers; no experience necessary.

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

On the Record

£30

Ignite

In partnership with

Supported by The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation. Ignite receives ongoing support from Arts Council England, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Robert Mayer Trust for Youth and Music, The Andor Charitable Trust and a bequest from Dr. Patricia L Baker

WEDNESDAY 2 JUNE 7.30 PM Jazz Series / Brad Mehldau at Wigmore Hall Mats Bäcker

Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano; Brad Mehldau piano Sibelius Maj; Jag är ett träd; I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par!; Fauré Les roses d’Ispahan; Clair de lune; Après un rêve; Brahms Juchhe!; Die Mainacht; Unbewegte laue Luft Strauss Blauer Sommer; Schlagende Herzen; Das Rosenband Songs by Brad Mehldau, Lennon/McCartney, Léo Ferré and others

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Brad Mehldau and Anne Sofie von Otter have begun a unique collaboration, at once audacious and perfectly sensible; a programme of both jazz and classical music in the hands of superlative musicians, including the UK première of new works by Mehldau (co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and KölnMusik). Supported by the American Friends of Wigmore Hall

Anne Sofie von Otter

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THURSDAY 3 JUNE 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

£15 £20 £25 £30

Werner Güra tenor; Christoph Berner piano Mozart Die Verschweigung; Das Lied der Trennung; Wie unglücklich bin ich nit; Sei du mein Trost; Fantasia in D minor K397; Lied zur Gesellenreise; Die betrogene Welt; Gigue K574; Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge; Das Veilchen; Das Traumbild; An Chloe; Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Werner Güra is fast emerging as one of the most sought-after tenors of his generation, with a particular reputation for the Viennese classics. His partnership here with young pianist Christoph Berner will spotlight one of the less often visited avenues of Mozart’s output, namely the songs, in a programme which juxtaposes them with some of his most distinctive solo piano miniatures, before moving on to Schumann’s Heine Liederkreis.

Werner Güra

FRIDAY 4 JUNE 2.00 PM Richard Tauber Prize

£10 £12 £16 £18

Public Final Audition of the Richard Tauber Prize for Singers 2010 The public final audition of the 2010 Richard Tauber Prize for singers. First Prize: £5000 plus a public London recital; Second Prize: £2500; Adèle Leigh Memorial Prize: £2500; Ferdinand Rauter Memorial Prize for Accompanists: £1000 Anglo-Austrian Music Society

FRIDAY 4 JUNE 7.30 PM Jazz Series / Brad Mehldau at Wigmore Hall

A regular performer both as a solo artist and with his Trio, Brad Mehldau has toured and recorded extensively with great success. His musical personality forms a dichotomy. First and foremost an improviser, he cherishes the surprise and wonder that can arise from a spontaneous musical idea. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music and it informs everything he plays, the musical thought serving as an expressive device. Continuing his two-season Wigmore residency, he is sure to build on his reputation for riotous, thought-provoking music-making.

Michael Wilson

Brad Mehldau piano

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Brad Mehldau

SATURDAY 5 JUNE 2.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£7 concessions £4

Gershwin and Friends Keyboard Conversations ® Concert with commentary with pianist Jeffrey Siegel American pianistic treasures: Gershwin’s rarely heard solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue, Aaron Copland’s humourous Cat and the Mouse, and poetic and jazzy short pieces by Leonard Bernstein, including the UK première of the unpublished Meditation on a Wedding.

Jeffrey Siegel

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SATURDAY 5 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Wolf Marloh

£12 £16 £22 £24

Wihan Quartet Martinu˚ String Quartet No. 2 Dvor˘ák String Quartet in D minor Op. 34 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Culminating in arguably the most iconic Bohemian chamber score, Smetana’s autobiographical First Quartet, the Wihan Quartet first explores a rarely heard early work by Martinu˚ from his heady Parisian period during the roaring twenties and then moves back in time to an early and neglected quartet by the greatest Czech composer of all, Antonín Dvor˘ák.

Wihan Quartet

SUNDAY 6 JUNE 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Wihan Quartet Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Mendelssohn’s F minor Quartet was one of his final statements, composed in the immediate aftermath of the death of his beloved sister Fanny: within a few months Mendelssohn himself was dead. Brahms took two decades before he was happy to publish his first two quartets and this, the second of them, is richly imbued with his unique blend of nostalgia and romance.

SUNDAY 6 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Barber Cello Sonata Op. 6 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor (arr. Isserlis) Dohnányi Cello Sonata in B b minor Op. 8

Kevin Davis

Steven Isserlis cello; Dénes Várjon piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

A varied programme of sonatas by four composers for whom important ´´ von Dohnányi anniversaries fall in 2010. Samuel Barber (b. 1910) and Erno (d. 1960) wrote their only cello sonatas at the beginnings of their careers; both works are full of youthful energy, passion and originality. In contrast, Steven Isserlis Dénes Várjon the sonatas of Schumann and Chopin (both b. 1810) were written towards the end of the composers’ respective lives; both men were already far advanced along stylistic roads that had taken them into hitherto unexplored worlds. Curiously, neither of these two late sonatas have achieved the popularity of the composers’ earlier pieces, but both Dénes and I believe passionately in the genius of both works, and are happy to celebrate the bicentenary with these two comparatively little-known masterpieces. Steven Isserlis

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MONDAY 7 JUNE 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£12 concessions £10 Benjamin Ealovega

Steven Osborne piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Op. 79 Beethoven Fantasia in G minor Op. 77; 11 Bagatelles Op. 119 Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42 Recently acclaimed for an album of Rachmaninov’s complete Preludes, Steven Osborne’s account of the Corelli Variations will be eagerly anticipated for the insight it is likely to provide. As a curtain-raiser Osborne plays some of Beethoven’s later piano pieces which capture a rare blend of the cryptic and the humorous.

Steven Osborne

MONDAY 7 JUNE 7.30 PM

£10 £12 £16 £18

Deborah Marchetti violin; Stefan Wirth piano Ravel Sonata Op. posth; Szymanowski Myths Op. 30; Wirth Konjunktionen Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121; Ravel Tzigane Deborah Marchetti was the youngest participant ever to win the international Béla Bartók Award in Vienna in 2002. She has performed at the Musikverein, and has given solo and chamber music concerts in England, Italy, Germany, Japan and the USA. She has also performed on radio and television. Stefan Wirth has worked with artists such as Christoph Homberger and Thomas Hampson and as a composer, arranger and performer. He is a member of the Gershwin Piano Quartet, a group consisting of 4 pianists at 4 pianos. Deborah Marchetti

Stefan Wirth

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TUESDAY 8 JUNE 7.30 PM

£10 £12 £16 £18

Eugenio de Rosa piano Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946 Beethoven Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Beethoven 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958 Italian pianist Eugenio de Rosa specialises in both the classical and modern repertoire, performing worldwide as well as on RAI and the national radio stations in France, Spain and Japan. He was the first Italian artist to be invited as a member of the Jury of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1994. Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited

Eugenio de Rosa

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WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 7.30 PM Song Recital Series / Strauss Song Series Levon Biss

Jim Rakete

Dorothea Röschmann soprano; Christopher Maltman baritone Roger Vignoles piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Strauss Das Rosenband; Rote Rosen; Die erwachte Rose; Begegnung; 5 Lieder; Leises Lied; Lied an meinen Sohn; Am Ufer; Wiegenlied; Es war einmal ein Bock; Einst kam der Bock als Bote; Es liebte einst ein Hase; Unser Feind ist, grosser Gott; O Schöpferschwarm, O Händlerkreis; Gefunden; Der Stern; Einerlei; Des Dichters Abendgang; Schlechtes Wetter For this continuation of his traversal of Strauss’s songs, Roger Vignoles Dorothea Röschmann brings two Wigmore favourites together in Dorothea Röschmann and Christopher Maltman, who will perform coherent groups of songs either by period or subject.

Christopher Maltman

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THURSDAY 10 JUNE 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series/ Beethoven Series

Limited availability

Till Fellner piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A b Op. 110 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 As the logical climax to his survey of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven, Till Fellner reaches the visionary group of three masterpieces which constitute a perfect distillation of the composer’s famous ‘third period’. Although not his last works for the instrument, the three sonatas nevertheless cover so much emotional and technical ground that any further contribution to the genre may well have seemed superfluous to Beethoven who would increasingly turn to the cryptic utterance suitable for Bagatelles. FRIDAY 11 JUNE 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Till Fellner

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky baritone; Ivari Ilja piano Tchaikovsky Again, as before, alone; The nightingale; The heroic deed; I opened the window; Don Juan’s serenade; Rachmaninov The dream; She is as lovely as the noon; Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not; Tchaikovsky Reconciliation; A tear trembles; None but the lonely heart; The fearful moment; Rachmaninov When yesterday we met; In the silence of the secret night; He took all from me; Fragment from Musset; Christ is risen Dmitri Hvorostovsky brings a veritable harvest of lyrical expression from the two giants of Russian song composition. Tchaikovsky’s often anguished introspection is nevertheless couched in near-Mozartian perfection, which contrasts vividly with the more unselfconscious romantic outpouring of his protégé Rachmaninov.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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SATURDAY 12 JUNE 11.00 AM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Concert: Elias String Quartet For age 5 plus Step into a musical time machine with the young, charismatic Elias String Quartet and presenter Sam Glazer, as they lead you on a journey of discovery from the 17th century to the present day. Join in with fun activities for the whole family!

Benjamin Ealovega

£7 concessions £4

Supported by The Lucille Graham Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Elias String Quartet

SATURDAY 12 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £16 £22 £24

Vertavo String Quartet Bartók String Quartet No. 3 Nielsen String Quartet in G minor Beethoven String Quartet in C # minor Op. 131 The Vertavo String Quartet performs the rarely heard G minor Quartet of their Scandinavian cousin Carl Nielsen as well as Beethoven’s own declared favourite among his string quartets and the third of Bartók’s six, both of which are cast in single-movement structures built from vividly varied components.

Vertavo String Quartet

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£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Elias String Quartet Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Benjamin Ealovega

SUNDAY 13 JUNE 11.30 AM Coffee Concert / Elias Quartet Residency

As its three-concert Schubert residency draws to a close, the talented young Elias String Quartet has kept the best-known until last. Schubert’s string quartet which he based on the song ‘Death and the Maiden’ has an air of desperate energy and deep lyrical introspection. Lovers of Wagner will recognise a very familiar leitmotif in the Scherzo’s hammering rhythms, while Schubert-lovers will revel in the inimitable charm of the single movement of a remarkable quartet which he sadly never carried to conclusion. Elias String Quartet

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

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SUNDAY 13 JUNE 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

£15 £20 £25 £30

The Wallfisch Band; Gustav Leonhardt conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch classical violin CPE Bach String Symphony in G Wq122 No. 1; Rameau Les Grâces instruisent la Statue from Pygmalion; Chaconne from Platée; CPE Bach String Symphony in Bb Wq182 No. 2 Rameau Chaconne from Hippolyte et Aricie; Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A K201 Gustav Leonhardt joins forces with another leading light of period performing, violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch, who will lead her Wallfisch Band in a programme of classics. Selections from three Rameau operas should send all away with smiles on faces. Elizabeth Wallfisch

MONDAY 14 JUNE 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Jim Rakete

Dorothea Röschmann soprano; Malcolm Martineau piano Programme to include songs by Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Schubert

£12 concessions £10

Acclaimed as a Mozart singer of rare distinction at Covent Garden and opera houses throughout the world, German soprano Dorothea Röschmann pays a welcome visit to Wigmore Hall in a programme of Romantic songs from the 19th century, including music by Lieder-masters Schubert and Brahms which should contrast richly with a selection by Tchaikovsky. Dorothea Röschmann

MONDAY 14 JUNE 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Pre-Concert Talk with Roderick Swanston on Strauss’s Four Last Songs MONDAY 14 JUNE 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/ Strauss Song Series Heikki Tuuli

Soile Isokoski soprano; Allison Bell soprano* Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski conductor

Limited availability

Strauss Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85; Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire*; Kammersymphonie No. 1 Op. 9 Strauss Four Last Songs (arr. for voice and ensemble by J. Ledger) Lovers of big orchestral concerts will relish this opportunity to hear a reduced LPO in two early Schoenberg classics, interwoven with some of Strauss’s radiant Indian summer masterpieces. And no need to persuade anyone of the special treat in store when Soile Isokoski steps forth to sing the intimate Four Last Songs. Supported by an anonymous donor and Aubrey Adams

Soile Isokoski

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TUESDAY 15 JUNE 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series / Ton Koopman Residency

£15 £20 £25 £30

Ton Koopman harpsichord, organ Tini Mathot harpsichord, organ Bach Prelude and Fugue in C BWV547 Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor BuxWV163 Couperin Sonata L’impériale in D minor; Chaconne in D CPE Bach Fantasia in F# minor Wq 67 Mozart Fugue in C minor K426; Andante in F for mechanical organ K616 Soler Concierto in G Handel Suite in C minor (reconstr. Ton Koopman) Handel/Marsh For unto us a child is born Cabanilles Tiento in G minor Bruna Tiento sobre la Letanía de la Virgen Tomkins A Fancy in A minor (for organ 4 hands) WF Bach Concerto in F for two harpsichords

Tini Mathot and Ton Koopman

Ton Koopman is well-known as founder of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, which he brought to Wigmore Hall for the first two concerts of his residency. In a career spanning over 45 years, he has also explored a broad repertoire as harpsichordist and organist and continues to strike a vital balance between his work as a scholar and a performer. Along with his wife and duo partner Tini Mathot, he concludes the residency with a recital of harpsichord and organ music which will demonstrate his authoritative virtuosity in works ranging from Bach and Buxtehude, Handel and Couperin, to Mozart and Bach’s eldest son CPE. Another son, WF, also gets a look-in, as do less well-known figures such as Soler, Cabanilles and Bruna. Great Britain is represented by a characteristic Fancy from Welsh-born Thomas Tomkins.

WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/ Strauss Song Series Johanna Peine

Anne Schwanewilms soprano Roger Vignoles piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Strauss Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden; All’ mein Gedanken; Nachtgang; Geduld; Drei Lieder der Ophelia; Winterweihe; Wiegenliedchen; Wer lieben will, muss leiden; Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen; Blindenklage; Traum durch die Dämmerung; Schlagende Herzen; O wärst du mein; Waldseligkeit; Schoenberg 4 Lieder Op. 2 The German lyric soprano Anne Schwanewilms will already be well-known to devoted followers of the Hyperion recordings of these songs and her richly varied programme in this concert will need no special pleading. From the neglected Ophelia songs from Shakespeare’s Hamlet the recital looks back to some of Strauss’s earliest triumphs. We are very grateful to the Anniversary Patrons for their support of the Strauss Song Series

Anne Schwanewilms

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THURSDAY 17 JUNE 7.30 PM

£12 £16 £22 £24

Vesselin Stanev piano Bach/Liszt Fantasia and Fugue in G minor Liszt Études d’exécution transcendante (revised version, 1851) Internationally renowned pianist Vesselin Stanev returns to Wigmore Hall to give a programme devoted to Franz Liszt’s 1851 revised version of his Transcendental Studies (devoted to Carl Czerny), opening with Liszt’s arrangement of JS Bach’s Organ Fantasy and Fugue in G minor. Stanev’s Sony recording of this programme will be launched at his recital in Rome on 21 April this year, his homage to the bicentenary of the composer’s birth next year. J. Audrey Ellison International Artists’ Management

Vesselin Stanev

FRIDAY 18 JUNE 6.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Free (ticket required)

Pre-Concert Talk with Richard Egarr FRIDAY 18 JUNE 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Jim Four

Academy of Ancient Music James Gilchrist tenor Richard Egarr director, harpsichord

£18 £24 £28 £32

Handel Sonata a 5 Purcell Lord what is man?; In the black, dismal dungeon of despair; An evening hymn C Gibbons Fantasy a 4 Handel Four arias for John Beard; Where’er you walk from Semele; Total eclipse from Samson; Waft her angel from Jephtha; Call forth the pow’rs from Judas Maccabaeus Finzi Romance in E b Op. 11 Britten Serenade Op. 31 for tenor, horn and strings

The English School – Four Centuries of English Music

James Gilchrist

The AAM’s showcase of English music contrasts Baroque giants Purcell and Handel with 20th-century masters Finzi and Britten. Britten often declared his debt to Purcell – indeed, he co-authored a ‘Homage’ on the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. Finzi, some 12 years Britten’s senior, saw himself as heir to a more lyrical English tradition. In 1945 he summed up his view of his younger contemporary with characteristic bluntness: ‘I’m allergic to Britten’s music ... what he brings off isn’t worth a rat’s dropping.’ This concert is an opportunity to compare and contrast!

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY 19 –20 JUNE

NASH ENSEMBLE WEEKEND: THERESIENSTADT 1941– 45 A weekend of Films, Talks and Concerts The name Theresienstadt – or Terezín to give it its Czech name – has become synonymous with the greatest propaganda lie in the Nazi’s reign of terror. Virtually the whole of the Jewish cultural elite was forced to live in the concentration camp located 60km from Prague. The Nazis used the camp as a showcase, allowing inmates to stage a whole range of entertainments, including plays, concerts, operas, cabaret and café concerts, for the entertainment of visitors who even included the International Red Cross. In reality the prisoners were being starved, which, Terezín Ramparts – watercolour by Otto Ungar combined with hard labour, meant a daily struggle for survival. There could be no greater contrast between this and the extraordinarily varied and creative work produced by the camp inmates. The Nash weekend seeks to offer a reminder of these struggles through the presentation of films and talks (which include conversations with camp survivors), a children’s art exhibition, and the performance of works by composers whose exceptional talent was so cruelly cut short. Ultimately the ensemble celebrates the triumph of the human spirit over adversity and intolerance.

Theresienstadt Exhibition During the weekend there will be an exhibition of the Terezín children’s drawings and a short film, used for propaganda by the Germans, but also showing the real losses of those sent on the transports to their death. SATURDAY 19 JUNE 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3 or free with evening concert ticket (separate ticket required)

Film and Talk A film focussing on the music played and composed in Terezín 1941–1945, followed by a talk to include Zdenka Fantlova actress and Terezín survivor, Helga Weissova-Hos¨ková artist and Terezín survivor, and Simon Broughton film director and writer. SATURDAY 19 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Marianne Thorsen violin; Thomas Gould violin; Lawrence Power viola; Paul Watkins cello Domaz˘licky´ Song without words for string quartet; Ilse Weber Dobry den (Guten Tag); Denn alles wird gut; Wiegela; Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt; Adolf Strauss Heimweh Taube Ein Judisches Kind; Klein String Trio; Ullmann Drei Lieder Op. 37; Schul Die NischtGewesnen (What never was); Krása Passacaglia and Fugue for string trio; Tanze for string trio; ˘ venk Vsecjno jde Terezinsky mars; Adolf Strauss Ich weiss bestimmt, ich wer Dich S Skutecky Drunt im Prater ist ein Platzerl; Anonymous Terezín-Lied

Benjamin Ealovega

Wolfgang Holzmair baritone; Russell Ryan piano Nash Ensemble

£12 £16 £22 £26

Wolfgang Holzmair

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SUNDAY 20 JUNE 3.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Marianne Thorsen violin; David Adams violin Lawrence Power viola; Paul Watkins cello Chris Brannick percussion*

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Nash Ensemble

£12 concessions £10

Janác˘ek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Haas String Quartet No. 2 Op. 7* ‘From the Monkey Mountains’ This concert is part of Chamber Zone, a free ticket scheme for young people aged 8 –25 years old. Please call the box office and quote ‘Chamber Zone’ to book. Nash Ensemble

SUNDAY 20 JUNE 4.45 PM repeated 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £3/free with evening concert ticket (sep. ticket required)

Film and Talk Hans Krása’s Children’s Opera ‘Brundibár’ A talk with survivors Greta Hofmeister-Klingsberg (who sung the part of Aninka in the 1943 performance in Terezín), and Helga Weissova-Hos¨ková artist. The film includes a short excerpt from the original performance which was presented for the International Red Cross. The première in Terezín took place on 23 September 1943. SUNDAY 20 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £16 £22 £26

Nash Ensemble; Wolfgang Holzmair baritone Ian Brown piano; Lionel Friend conductor Smetana Overture to The Bartered Bride (arr. D Matthews) Krása Brundibár Suite (arr. P Pokorny) Ullmann Piano Sonata No. 6 Op. 49 Krása 3 Songs for baritone, clarinet, viola and cello Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a Schulhoff Duo for violin and cello Haas 4 Songs on Chinese Poetry (arr. for voice and ensemble by J van Wlijmen) Weekend ticket £50 (including a top price ticket to each of the evening concerts) Weekend devised by Amelia Freedman CBE Media sponsor: The Jewish Chronicle Terezín Ramparts watercolour and ‘Brundibár’ poster courtesy of Terezín Memorial

Souvenir poster for the children’s opera ‘Brundibár’

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£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Quatuor Ebène Mozart Divertimento in D K136 Bartók String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17

Julien Mignot

SUNDAY 20 JUNE 11.30 AM Coffee Concert/ Mozart Plus

Lovers of chamber music will need to queue early to acquire tickets for this coffee concert appearance by award-winning string quartet Quatuor Ebène. Their recent rise to international acclaim, crowned by triumph at the Gramophone Awards 2009, has been based equally on a mastery of the modern French repertoire and the classic Viennese tradition of Haydn and Mozart. Quatuor Ebène

SUNDAY 20 JUNE 3.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 6.00 PM, 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Nash Ensemble Weekend: Theresienstadt 1941– 45 See pages 12 and 13 for full details

MONDAY 21 JUNE 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert / Beethoven Series

Beethoven Die Trommel gerühret; Freudvoll und leidvoll; Klage Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade; Am Grabe Anselmos; Nacht und Träume; Die junge Nonne Dvor˘ák Zigeunermelodien Op. 55 (sung in Czech) Strauss Die Nacht; Ich wollt’ ein Sträusslein binden; Schlechtes Wetter; Meinem Kinde; Cäcilie

Johannes Ifkovitz

Genia Kühmeier soprano Helmut Deutsch piano

£12 concessions £10

Salzburg-born soprano Genia Kühmeier has developed a dazzling reputation in the works of her Austrian compatriots Haydn and Mozart. In partnership with the doyen of German keyboard accompanists, Helmut Deutsch, her BBC Lunchtime programme moves on to a selection of powerful songs which Beethoven wrote for the drama Egmont and some of Schubert’s most touching Lieder. With Dvor˘ák’s Gypsy Melodies as a centrepiece, her recital then ends with five Strauss classics.

Genia Kühmeier

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MONDAY 21 JUNE 7.30 PM The Monday Platform

£8 £10 £13 £15

Brodowski Quartet; Eliza McCarthy piano Schulhoff Five Pieces for string quartet; Ives Three Page Sonata Copland Piano Sonata; Bartók Piano Sonata Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 The Park Lane Group’s fourth concert in this Monday Platform series features artists from recent PLG Series in the Purcell Room: The Times praised the Brodowski Quartet’s ‘greath warmth and affection … the whole Brodowski bundle bodes extremely well for the future’ and Eliza McCarthy’s ‘sparky dexterity and sheer physical strength’. Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts

Eliza McCarthy

Brodowski Quartet

Jue Wang piano Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Britten Liszt 2 Transcendental Studies: No. 9 in A b ‘Ricordanza’; No. 10 in F minor ‘Allegro agitato molto’ Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude; Tchaikovsky/Liszt Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Stravinsky/Raphling The Rite of Spring (complete ballet score for solo piano)

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TUESDAY 22 JUNE 7.30 PM Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’Shea Prizewinner’s Concert £10 £12 £16 £18

Winner of many major international piano competitions, including First Prize and Gold Medal at the 2008 XVI Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’Shea, this will be Jue Wang’s Wigmore Hall debut. This season he gives a recital in Shanghai, several performances with orchestra in Spain, and debuts in New York, Vienna, Paris, Graz, Zurich, Warsaw and Cairo, and an extensive concert tour in Latin America with recitals in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Jue Wang

Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited Sponsored by the Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’Shea

WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE 7.30 PM YCAT 25th Anniversary Gala Concert II

Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet; Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 Mendelssohn Octet in E b Op. 20 This Midsummer Gala Concert brings together members of the outstanding Heath and Navarra Quartets for a performance of Schoenberg’s sumptuous Transfigured Night, preceded by Respighi’s seldom-heard Il tramonto (‘The sunset’). To conclude the celebrations the Navarra Quartet is joined by the renowned Belcea Quartet for a performance of Mendelssohn’s dazzlingly exuberant Octet.

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Belcea Quartet; Heath Quartet; Navarra Quartet Helen Sherman mezzo-soprano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Helen Sherman

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THURSDAY 24 JUNE 1.00 PM Razumovsky Young Artists

£6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

Razumovsky Academy Students and Young Artists The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment where exceptionally gifted young musicians encounter the world’s finest artists and teachers. ‘This is just the beginning of what seems certain to be an illustrious future’ The Independent Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848) Pictured right: Sarah Chang and Oleg Kogan with young musicians after the Razumovsky Academy Sarah Chang Masterclass

THURSDAY 24 JUNE 6.00 PM Razumovsky Young Artists

£6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

Razumovsky Young Artists Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ The Razumovsky Academy is delighted to present some of the most gifted prize-winning young musicians of today performing Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848) Pictured right: Ha-Young Jung (cello) who will take part in this concert

THURSDAY 24 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Mozart String Quintet in B b K174 Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3 Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516 The Razumovsky Ensemble has established itself as an outstanding, highly acclaimed group. It will perform chamber music masterpieces by Mozart – string quintets from either end of his short but fertile compositional career – and Beethoven’s C minor String Trio, the passion and authority of which belie its early position in his œuvre. Razumovsky Ensemble Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity 1111848) Pictured right: Oleg Kogan, director of the Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy

£15 £20 £25 £30 Robert Cassen

Razumovsky Ensemble

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FRIDAY 25 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Luke Bedford Of the Air * (world première) * Commissioned by Helen Bishop -Stephens and Patrick Bailey Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2; Schubert Octet in F D803

Eric Richmond

Belcea Quartet; London Winds

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A dream partnership between members of London Winds and the Belcea Quartet promises to give a performance of a lifetime in Schubert’s genial and spaciously proportioned Octet. Schubert was a prominent inspiration when Brahms came to tackle several chamber music forms, and his lyricism haunts this Second String Quartet. Listen out especially for further fruit of the Wigmore’s alliance with its inaugural Composer in Residence, Luke Bedford. Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle London Winds

FRIDAY 25 JUNE 10.00 PM – 10.45 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3 per ticket

Ignite – an ensemble created by Wigmore Hall, presents Time at the Bar A late night concert of contemporary music in the informal setting of the Bechstein Bar. See inside back cover for more details. SATURDAY 26 JUNE 10.30 AM Wigmore Hall Learning Event For age 5 plus

Make music for a summer holiday. Collect summery sounds, work with professional musicians and take part in composing your very own summer string quartet in just one day! Led by Robert Adediran. No experience necessary.

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Family Day: Summer String Along

£10 adults £8 children

Supported by The Lucille Graham Trust and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

SATURDAY 26 JUNE 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series

Loewe Erlkönig; Schubert An den Mond; Meeres Stille; Suleika I; Erster Verlust; Ganymed Wolf 4 Mignon Lieder; Debussy Proses lyriques Tchaikovsky At the ball; My genius, my angel, my friend; As over burning embers; Why? Weill Speak Low; Je ne t’aime pas; I’m a stranger here myself

Dan Welldon

Catherine Hopper mezzo-soprano; Joseph Middleton piano

£8 £9 £11 £13

Outstanding young recitalists Catherine Hopper and Joseph Middleton return to Wigmore Catherine Hopper Hall with a programme exploring various settings of Goethe by Loewe, Schubert and Wolf. Their programme also includes songs by Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and three deliciously sensual songs by Kurt Weill.

Joseph Middleton

‘Watch out for … Catherine Hopper’ The Times. ‘ [Joseph Middleton] The cream of the new generation’ The Times Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Supported by LankellyChase

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£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Florestan Trio Dvor˘ák Piano Trio in B b Op. 21; Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 The Florestan Trio takes its name from one of Schumann’s imaginary creative characters, representing the fiery, passionate side of his nature. When he heard Mendelssohn’s First Piano Trio in 1838 he declared it to be the masterpiece of its time. To complement the lyrical ardour and compositional dexterity of one of Europe’s most celebrated masters, the programme opens with a relative rarity, Dvor˘ák’s First Trio, which the Florestans have done much to rehabilitate through its complete cycle on the Hyperion label.

Richard Lewisohn

SUNDAY 27 JUNE 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Florestan Trio

SUNDAY 27 JUNE 7.30 PM

£8 £9 £11 £13

Jana Vonás˘ková-Nováková violin; Lada Vales˘ová piano Karel Dohnal clarinet; Václav Vonás˘ek bassoon Petr Novák piano; Evgeny Samoyloff piano Czech Music performed by Czech Artists

Since 1990, the Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust has been promoting talented students from British, Czech and Slovak music colleges in London and Prague. For this concert, they are proud to introduce Czech professional soloists who are eager to share their passion for Czech music.

Jana Vonás˘ková-Nováková

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Smetana From my Homeland; Suk The Breeze; Longing, from Spring Op. 22a Mate˘ju˚ Smorfia for clarinet and piano; Janovicky´ Sonata for bassoon and piano Janác˘ek In the Mists; Is˘tván Sonata for clarinet and piano Janovicky´ Duo for violin and bassoon

Karel Dohnal

Václav Vonás˘ek

The Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust (Reg. Charity) Sponsored by The Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust, Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MONDAY 28 JUNE 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert / Beethoven Series

Schubert 4 Impromptus D899; Schumann Fantasy in C Op. 17 Lars Vogt has established an enviable international reputation as one of the leading pianists performing today. He is equally at home in concerto and recital repertoire, and for his BBC Lunchtime Concert he combines the evergreen set of Impromptus which for many contain the essence of Schubert’s pianistic genius, with the effulgent flowering of Schumann’s uniquely structured Fantasy in C.

Anthony Parmelee

Lars Vogt piano

£12 concessions £10

Lars Vogt

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MONDAY 28 JUNE 7.30 PM

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Michael McHale piano Mozart Piano Sonata in B b K333; Wilson For Eileen, After Rain; Sonnenwende (UK première) Liszt Ballade No. 2; Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10; Rachmaninov 3 Études-tableaux from Op. 39 Michael McHale is one of Ireland’s leading pianists. Winner of the 2009 Judd/Halle award, and the 2004 Camerata Irish Musician of the Year, he studied at Cambridge University where he received a double first. He has given concerts at the Tanglewood Festival, Berlin Konzerthaus and in Washington DC. He has broadcast on BBC TV and for Radio 3, as well as RTE and WNYC radio. Irish Heritage With Financial Assistance from the Irish Government Michael McHale

TUESDAY 29 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season/ Beethoven Series

Limited availability Birgitta Kowsky, Leipzig

Miklós Perényi cello; András Schiff piano Beethoven Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2; 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 As a grand finale to our celebration of Beethoven’s Chamber and Instrumental Works, András Schiff shares the platform with his cellist compatriot Miklós Perényi. Their recordings are testimony to their deep intuitive understanding of the cello-and-piano repertoire and are sure to reward subscribers to this series with a survey of Beethoven’s complete works for these instruments. The second concert takes place on 1 July. WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £18 £22 £25 Sussie Ahlburg

Jack Liebeck

Lawrence Power viola; Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Bliss Viola Sonata; Russian Works A selection; Goehr Viola Sonata (world première) Prokofiev/Borisovsky 5 Pieces from the ballet Romeo and Juliet

András Schiff

Miklós Perényi

Two graduates from the BBC’s New Generation Artists scheme present a programme of British and Russian music for viola and piano, including the world première of a work written for them by Alexander Goehr and the sonata Arthur Bliss composed for Lionel Tertis, the great violist of the 20th century. The Russian strand climaxes with a series of pieces from Prokofiev’s most famous ballet. Supported by the Tertis Foundation

Lawrence Power

Simon Crawford-Phillips

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THE STARS OF TOMORROW? HEAR THEM TODAY TUESDAY 6 JULY, 7.30pm

RCM STRING SHOWCASE THOMAS CARROLL featuring

Rossini String Sonata no 3 in C major • Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Schumann Cello Concerto (arr. Richard Klemm) • Saint-Saëns Fantaisie The Royal College of Music presents a chance to hear some of the world’s most talented young string players. This attractive programme includes two stunning arrangements of large-scale works, cut down to Wigmore Hall size.

Tickets: £20, £17, £14, £10 available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office on 020 7935 2141 or at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Friday 25 June 10.00 pm – 10.45 pm

A late night concert with Ignite £3 per ticket

Ignite, an ensemble created by Wigmore Hall, presents this 45-minute concert of contemporary music. Expect cutting edge compositions with fiery improvisations and pieces by some of London’s leading composers, all in the informal setting of the Bechstein Bar at Wigmore Hall. Following the Belcea Quartet and London Winds evening concert.

Late Night Concert

Time at the Bar

HOW TO GET HERE Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 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 OX F O R D CIRCUS

A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall. Car Parking

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BOND STREET

There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (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. Restaurant and Bars Wigmore Hall has its own restaurant and bars serving pre-concert and interval refreshments. The menu ranges from light snacks to a full three course à la carte meal. Our bars offer a range of hot, cold and alcoholic beverages alongside a selection of snacks. Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or call 020 7258 8292 for further information.

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