June – July 2018 Diary by Wigmore Hall

JUN/ JUL 2017/18 SEASON

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2 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER

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TICKETS

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Group Discounts

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

Latecomers

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June 1 Jun 7.00pm Birgid Steinberger/Julius Drake 10.00pm Chineke! Orchestra

4 4

2 Jun 1.00pm Yuki Ito/Sofya Gulyak 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/Iestyn Davies/ Joseph Middleton

4 5

3 Jun 11.30am Kuss Quartet 7.30pm Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/ Anna Prohaska

28 Jun 10.15am Chamber Tots 17 11.45am Chamber Tots 17 4.45pm Introduction to the String Quartet commences 17 7.30pm Elizabeth Watts/Roderick Williams/ 17 Roger Vignoles

5 5

29 Jun 7.00pm Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School 10.00pm Lucy Schaufer/Huw Watkins

18 18

30 Jun 11.00am Family Concert: Butterfly Brain 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/Ryan Wigglesworth

18 18

4 Jun 1.00pm Toby Spence/Christopher Glynn 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals

6 6

July

5 Jun 10.30am Come and Sing 7.30pm Stéphane Degout/Simon Lepper

6 6

6 Jun 7.30pm The Prince Consort/Laura Mucha

7 Jun 1.00pm Voiceworks 7.30pm Finghin Collins

7 7

8 Jun 7.00pm Alim Beisembayev 10.00pm Onyx Brass

7 7

9 Jun 11.30am Purcell School Chamber Concert 7.30pm Django Bates Belovèd

8 8

10 Jun 11.30am Christian Ihle Hadland 3.00pm The Children of Willesden Lane 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet/Jörg Widmann

8 8 9

11 Jun 1.00pm Trio Wanderer/Christophe Gaugué 7.30pm Collegium Vocale Gent

9 9

12 Jun 5.30pm Diphonon Duo 7.30pm Belcea Quartet/Antoine Tamestit

9 9

13 Jun 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group commences 7.30pm Jakub Józef Orliński/Michał Biel

11 10

14 Jun 12.30pm Chamber Tots 2.00pm Chamber Tots 7.30pm Hiroshi Amako/Yi-Shing Cheng/ Anna Geniushene

11 11 11

15 Jun 6.00pm Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital 7.30pm Razumovsky Ensemble

16 Jun 11.00am RNIB Family Day 7.30pm Heath Quartet/Mary Bevan

12 12

17 Jun 11.30am Apollon Musagète Quartet 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake

13 13

18 Jun 1.00pm Christine Rice/Julius Drake 7.30pm Peter Donohoe

13 13

19 Jun 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani

20 Jun 7.30pm Edgar Moreau/David Kadouch

21 Jun 7.30pm Dunedin Consort

22 Jun 7.00pm Elias String Quartet 10.00pm Donald Grant

14 14

23 Jun 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Diphonon Duo 7.30pm The Sixteen

14 15

24 Jun 11.30am Amaryllis Quartet 3.00pm Samuel Hasselhorn/Renate Rohlfing 7.30pm Quatuor Ebène

15 15 15

25 Jun 1.00pm Elias String Quartet/ Navarra String Quartet 7.30pm Quatuor Ebène/Martin Fröst

15 15

26 Jun 4.00pm Jenny Q Chai: Lecture-Recital 7.30pm Imogen Cooper

16 16

27 Jun 11.00am Schools Concert: Butterfly Brain 1.00pm Schools Concert: Butterfly Brain 7.30pm Ming Xie

16 16 16

1 Jul 11.30am Veronika Eberle/Alban Gerhardt/ 19 Edicson Ruiz/José Gallardo 3.00pm RCM Junior Department 19 7.30pm RCM String Showcase Concert 19 2 Jul 1.00pm Adam Walker/Cédric Tiberghien 19 7.30pm Véronique Gens/Susan Manoff 20 3 Jul 7.30pm David Hansen/Academia Montis Regalis/ 20 Alessandro De Marchi 4 Jul 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 20 5 Jul 1.00pm Ensemble of the European Union 20 Youth Orchestra/Kian Soltani 7.30pm Tana String Quartet 21 6 Jul 7.00pm Sandrine Piau/Susan Manoff 21 10.00pm David Orlowsky Trio 21 7 Jul 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 21 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 21 7.30pm Steven Osborne 22 8 Jul 11.30am Formosa Quartet/Richard Lester 22 7.30pm ATOS Trio 22 9 Jul 1.00pm Chloë Hanslip/Danny Driver 22 7.30pm Dame Felicity Palmer/Simon Lepper 22 10 Jul 7.30pm Veronika Eberle/Tatjana Masurenko/ 22 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/Martin Helmchen 11 Jul 7.30pm Ensemble Variances/Anssi Karttunen/ 23 Thierry Pécou 12 Jul 7.30pm Carducci String Quartet 23 13 Jul 7.00pm Bennewitz Quartet 23 10.00pm The Prince Consort/Jason Rebello 23 14 Jul 7.30pm Evelyn Glennie/Philip Smith/Huw Edwards 24 15 Jul 11.30am Sitkovetsky Trio 25 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware 25 16 Jul 3.00pm Music for the Moment 25 7.30pm The Monday Platform 25 17 Jul 7.30pm Sergei Babayan 26 18 Jul 10.15am Chamber Tots 26 11.45am Chamber Tots 26 7.30pm Maximilian Schmitt/Gerold Huber 26 19 Jul 7.30pm Gabriela Montero 26 20 Jul 7.00pm Members of Britten Sinfonia 27 10.00pm Heath Quartet/Ruth Gibson/Marie Bitlloch 27 21 Jul 1.00pm Principality Only Boys Aloud 27 Academi 2017 21 Jul 7.30pm Igor Levit 28 22 Jul 11.30am Zorá String Quartet 28 7.30pm Pavol Breslik/Amir Katz 28 23 Jul 7.30pm Alban Gerhardt/Vikingur Olafsson 28 24 Jul 7.30pm Julia Fischer/Aris Alexander Blettenberg 29 25 Jul 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet 29 26 Jul 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 29 30 Jul 11.00am Musical Portraits 29

4 • JUNE

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Friday 1 June

10.00pm

7.00pm NB time

Chineke! Orchestra

Birgid Steinberger soprano Julius Drake piano Schubert Suleika I; Das Mädchen (D652); Lied der Anne Lyle; Liane; Thekla: eine Geisterstimme (D595); Die junge Nonne; Mignon (Kennst du das Land); Nur wer die Liebe kennt (fragment); Heiss mich nicht reden (D726); So lasst mich scheinen (D727) Brahms Feinsliebchen; Dort in den Weiden; All mein Gedanken; Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr; Da unten im Tale; Schwesterlein, Schwesterlein; In stiller Nacht Wolf From Spanisches Liederbuch: Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero; In dem Schatten meiner Locken; Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein; Bedeckt mich mit Blumen; Mögen alle bösen Zungen; Sagt ihm, dass er zu mir komme; Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20 Florence Price String Quartet in G (European première) Strauss Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders (arr. Hasenöhrl) All seats £15

Saturday 2 June 1.00pm Avex Classics International Wigmore Series

Yuki Ito cello Sofya Gulyak piano Rachmaninov Two Pieces Op. 2: Prélude & Danse orientale; from Morceaux de fantaisie Op. 3: Elégie, Mélodie & Sérénade; Prelude in G flat Op. 23 No. 10; Lied; Morning; In the silent night; Lilacs; How fair this spot; Spring waters; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 All seats £20 Promoted by Avex Classics International Sponsored by Tarisio

Birgid Steinberger

Chineke! Orchestra © Eric Richmond

Yuki Ito

JUNE • 5

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7.30pm

7.30pm

Carolyn Sampson soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Joseph Middleton piano

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Georg Kallweit director Anna Prohaska soprano

Purcell Sound the trumpet; Lost is my quiet; Music for a while; If music be the food of love; No, resistance is but in vain (arr. Britten) Mendelssohn Ich wollt’ meine Lieb’ ergösse sich; Gruss; Volkslied; Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein; Scheidend; Neue Liebe; Sonntagsmorgen; Das Ährenfeld; Lied aus Ruy Blas Schumann Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär; Herbstlied; Schön Blümelein; Nachtlied; Stille Liebe; Der Einsiedler; Aufträge; So wahr die Sonne scheinet Quilter It was a lover and his lass; Weep you no more; Music, when soft voices die; Drink to me only with thine eyes; Love’s philosophy; Love calls through the summer night

Shakespeare and Music

Returns Only Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle 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’

Sunday 3 June 11.30am

Shakespeare Wenn die Musik der Liebe Nahrung ist from Twelfth Night (recitation) Purcell Fantasia upon one note in F Z745; Mark, how readily each pliant string from Raise the voice Z334 Locke Suite from The Tempest Purcell Largo from Sonata in Three Parts No. 6 in C Z795; Sing, sing ye Druids from Bonduca or the British Heroine Z574; Suite from King Arthur Shakespeare Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again, from Romeo and Juliet Purcell The Plaint from The Fairy Queen Z629 Shakespeare Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (recitation with improvisation) Dowland Come again, sweet love doth now invite Purcell Suite from The Gordion Knot Unty’d Z597; Oh, the sweet delights of love from Dioclesian Z627; Music for a while; Let each gallant heart Blow Suite from Venus and Adonis Purcell If music be the food of love Z379c £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Kuss Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Carolyn Sampson © Marco Borggreve

Kuss Quartet © Molina Visuals

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin © Uwe Arens

6 • JUNE

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Monday 4 June

7.30pm

1.00pm

Stéphane Degout baritone Simon Lepper piano

Toby Spence tenor Christopher Glynn piano Schubert The Beautiful Maid of the Mill (Die schöne Müllerin) All seats £15

Fauré Aurore; Poème d’un jour; Automne Brahms O kühler Wald; Die Mainacht; Auf dem Kirchhofe; Feldeinsamkeit; Alte Liebe; Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen; Willst du, dass ich geh? Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

7.30pm

With grateful thanks to the Voices at Wigmore Circle

Cuarteto Casals

Wednesday 6 June

Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5 Lucio Franco Amanti String Quartet ‘ReSolUtIO’ (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’; String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Tuesday 5 June

The Prince Consort Alisdair Hogarth director, piano Verity Wingate soprano Andrew Staples tenor Laura Mucha poet Interspersed with poetry and recitations Songs to include:

10.30am – 1.30pm

Come and Sing For families living with dementia Join Isabelle Adams for a session of group singing exploring a mixture of music from across the ages, followed by tea and coffee. We welcome people living with dementia and their families, friends and carers. No previous experience needed, just an enthusiasm to sing! Free (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246. In partnership with Resonate Arts

Toby Spence © Mitch Jenkins

7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals © Molina Visuals

Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Britten As it is, plenty Michael Anderson Now sleeps the crimson petal Bart Where is Love from Oliver! Dunhill The Cloths of Heaven Vaughan Williams Is my team ploughing Finzi The Sigh Britten O Waly, Waly Cheryl Frances-Hoad Love (of the sort that I’m after) Graham Ross New commission (world première) £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 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’

Stéphane Degout © Julien Benhamou

Alisdair Hogarth

JUNE • 7

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Thursday 7 June

Friday 8 June

1.00pm – 2.00pm

7.00pm NB time

Voiceworks

Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Competition Winner’s Concert

Join us for this lunchtime concert featuring brand new works for the voice, the result of a unique collaboration between poets, composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Free (ticket required)

7.30pm

Finghin Collins piano Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Rachmaninov Preludes Nos. 1 – 7 Op. 23 Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat D960 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Alim Beisembayev piano Scarlatti 2 Sonatas: in G Kk13 & in B minor Kk87 Beethoven Piano Sonata in D Op. 10 No. 3 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book I) Op. 35 Chopin 3 Mazurkas: in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4; in G sharp minor Op. 33 No. 1 & in B Op. 56 No. 1 Schumann Études symphoniques Op. 13 All seats £15 Jaques Samuel Pianos Sponsored by Fazioli and S. W. Mitchell Capital LLP

10.00pm

Onyx Brass Kenny Wheeler 1 for 5 Jason Rebello Inevitable Outcome Trish Clowes The Mighty Pencil Mark Nightingale For Rosie Laurence Cottle Holy Chalcedony Guy Barker Onyx Noir Mike Walker Let her go Gwilym Simcock Stomper All seats £15

Voiceworks © Benjamin Ealovega

Finghin Collins © Frances Marshall

Alim Beisembayev

Onyx Brass

8 • JUNE

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Saturday 9 June

Sunday 10 June

11.30am

Purcell School Chamber Concert

Christian Ihle Hadland piano

Young musicians from The Purcell School perform an eclectic hour-long programme of chamber works. The school holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture.

Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

‘…it gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of’ Sir Simon Rattle CBE

The Children of Willesden Lane

£13 concs £11

In 1938, a 14-year-old prodigy pianist named Lisa Jura boarded a train in Vienna to travel to London. On the station platform, her mother bade her farewell, telling her, ‘Hold on to your music. It will be your best friend.’ Minutes later, Lisa was on the Kindertransport – the scheme that saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis between 1938 and 1940 – with no idea whether she would ever see her family again. Her daughter, Mona Golabek, will perform a one-woman show, telling the story of Lisa’s survival and the strength her music brought her throughout her traumatic youth.

The Purcell School

7.30pm

Django Bates Belovèd Django Bates piano Petter Eldh double bass Peter Bruun drums

Claire Huguenin voice Marius Neset saxophone Praised by the Financial Times for its ‘strong emotions and in-depth improvisation’, the group unites here with Claire Huguenin, celebrated for her expressive and daring vocals, and saxophonist Marius Neset, known for his unlimited imagination and soulful spontaneity. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice 3.00pm

Mona Golabek piano

£60 £50 £40 £30 £15 This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration without an interval The Holocaust Educational Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1092892) The net proceeds from this concert will benefit the Holocaust Educational Trust

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration without an interval 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’ Purcell School

Django Bates © Nick White

Christian Ihle Hadland © Kim Laland

Mona Golabek

JUNE • 9

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7.30pm

Tuesday 12 June

Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

5.30pm – 6.15pm

Sibelius String Quartet in D minor Op. 56 ‘Voces Intimae’ Jörg Widmann Three Shadow Dances for solo clarinet Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34

Michael Iskas viola Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion

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

Diphonon Duo The Wigmore Hall/Royal Academy of Music Fellowship Ensemble, Diphonon Duo, performs a range of repertoire including the world première of a new work by Edmund Hunt, the 2017/18 RPS/Wigmore Hall Apprentice Composer. Free (ticket required)

Monday 11 June 1.00pm

7.30pm

Trio Wanderer Christophe Gaugué viola

Belcea Quartet Antoine Tamestit viola

Haydn Piano Trio in A flat HXV:14 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 £15 concs £13

Mozart String Quintet in C K515 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

7.30pm

Collegium Vocale Gent

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series

Philippe Herreweghe director Hathor Consort O Tempo, O Ciel! Lassus Madrigali novamente composti a 5 voci; Madrigali a 4-5-6 voci, novamente composti £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Tetzlaff Quartet © Georgia Bertazzi

Trio Wanderer © Marco Borggreve

Diphonon Duo

Belcea Quartet © Marco Borggreve

10 • JUNE

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Celebrating 100 Years of Poland Regaining Independence Wednesday 13 June 7.30pm

Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor Michał Biel piano Handel Inumano fratel... Stille amare from Tolomeo Purcell Music for a while; If music be the food of love Z379c; What power art thou (Cold Genius aria); Strike the viol Schubert Auf der Donau; Die Stadt from Schwanengesang; Nachtstück Hahn A Chloris; Mai; Paysage; Fêtes galantes; L’heure exquise Szymanowski From Kurpie Songs: Lecioły zórazie; Wysła burzycka; Uwoz mamo; U jeziorecka Baird Four Love Sonnets Paweł Łukaszewski Jesien Handel Agitato da fiere tempeste from Riccardo Primo, Re d’Inghilterra £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London

Jakub Józef Orliński © Anita Wasik

JUNE • 11

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Wigmore Study Group: Wednesday 13 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm Tuesday 19 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm Thursday 21 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm Big Ideas for a Small Stage Within two years of Bach establishing himself in the illustrious post of Kantor at the Thomasschule and civic director of music in Leipzig he had composed two complete annual cycles of cantatas, and presented the Magnificat and the St John Passion. In his sacred dramas, Bach showed an innate sense of the theatrical, combining with extraordinary skill the dramatic narrative, religious commentary and emotional response, whilst giving the congregation, through his chorale settings, an active role in the performance. Join us for this series hosted by Guildhall School of Music & Drama Head of Composition Julian Philips and Professor of Piano Laura Roberts, alongside invited guest speakers and musicians from the School. Series ticket price £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 21 June

J. S. Bach © Elias Gottlob Hausmann

Thursday 14 June 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Chamber Tots Under the Sea We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we dive deep under the sea! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 12.30pm – 1.30pm (1–2 year-olds) & 2.00pm – 3.00pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £6 Adults £4 7.30pm Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award Winner’s Recital 2018

Hiroshi Amako tenor Yi-Shing Cheng piano Anna Geniushene solo piano Peter Dickinson Look, stranger, on this island now Dring The Enchantment Strauss Sechs Lieder Op. 17 Quilter Go, lovely rose Head When Sweet Ann Sings Shinichi Takada Carriage Atsutada Otaka On the stone path Chausson Quatre Mélodies Op. 13 Hirao A Song to the Sea Nakada Song of Spring Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minor Op. 87 Mozart Allegro in B flat K400 Schumann Humoreske in B flat Op. 20 All seats £15, £5 for staff and students of the Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music Hiroshi Amako

Yi-Shing Cheng

12 • JUNE

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Friday 15 June

Saturday 16 June

6.00pm

11.00am – 4.00pm

Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital

RNIB Family Day

The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which exceptionally gifted young musicians collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers. This concert offers the chance to hear potential future stars at an early stage of their careers. £5 Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

7.30pm

Razumovsky Ensemble Daishin Kashimoto violin Oleg Kogan cello Eric Le Sage piano Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Promoted by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

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 multi-sensory 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

7.30pm

Heath Quartet Mary Bevan soprano Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 5 ‘Versuch über die Fuge’ Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Razumovsky Young Artists

Oleg Kogan © Robert Cassen

Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega

Mary Bevan © Victoria Cadisch

JUNE • 13

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Sunday 17 June

Monday 18 June

11.30am

1.00pm

Apollon Musagète Quartet

Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Bach Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue BWV1080 Schubert String Quartet in G D887 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice 7.30pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano Wolf Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen; Spätherbstnebel; Du bist wie eine Blume; Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen; Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen; Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’; Mit schwarzen Segeln; Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert; Frech und Froh I & II; Der Rattenfänger; Gutmann und Gutweib; Ganymed; Grenzen der Menschheit; Der Genesene an die Hoffnung; Der Knabe und das Immlein; Jägerlied; Der Tambour; Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe; Verborgenheit; Auf ein altes Bild; In der Frühe; Gebet; Peregrina I & II; Der Feuerreiter; Abschied £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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

7.30pm

Peter Donohoe piano 65th Birthday Concert Skryabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor Op. 19 Ravel Miroirs Mozart Piano Sonata in C K279 Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Tuesday 19 June 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Bach Toccata in E minor BWV914; 3 Minuets BWV841–843; Toccata in D minor BWV913; Capriccio in B flat BWV992 (Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother); 5 Preludes BWV939–943; English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Apollon Musagète Quartet

Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke

Christine Rice © Patricia Taylor

Peter Donohoe © Mark Allan

14 • JUNE

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Wednesday 20 June

10.00pm

7.30pm

Donald Grant violin

Edgar Moreau cello David Kadouch piano Franck Sonata in A for cello and piano Poulenc Cello Sonata Strohl Sonate dramatique ‘Titus et Bérénice’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Thursday 21 June 7.30pm

Dunedin Consort John Butt director Bach Mass in B minor BWV232 Returns Only

Friday 22 June 7.00pm NB time

Elias String Quartet After Beethoven: National voices Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108 Ravel String Quartet in F Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’

Traditional and Contemporary Scottish Folk Music Born and bred in the Highlands of Scotland, Donald Grant was raised on Gaelic music. He has toured worldwide as a member of the Elias String Quartet and worked on diverse musical projects. His late-night set mixes tunes from childhood with his own music. All seats £15

Saturday 23 June 11.00am – 12 noon

Relaxed Concert: Diphonon Duo Michael Iskas viola Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion Lucy Drever presenter This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to explore music in an informal environment. Join the dynamic Diphonon Duo, alongside presenter Lucy Drever, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights will remain up. Audience members are able to move in and out of the auditorium as they need to, and there is a designated quiet area. All seats £5

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Edgar Moreau © Julien Mignot

Dunedin Consort © David Barbour

Elias String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega

Donald Grant

JUNE • 15

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7.30pm

7.30pm

The Sixteen

Quatuor Ebène

Handel Acis and Galatea

Please note change of programme

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’

Sunday 24 June 11.30am

Amaryllis Quartet

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67

Monday 25 June 1.00pm

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

Elias String Quartet Navarra String Quartet

3.00pm

Sally Beamish String Quartet No. 3 ‘Reed Stanzas’ Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20

Samuel Hasselhorn baritone Renate Rohlfing piano Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Wolf Der Feuerreiter Schubert Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen Poulenc Le disparu; Priez pour paix; Le retour du sergent Schubert Erlkönig; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Nachtstück; Der blinde Knabe Brahms O Tod, o Tod, wie bitter bist du All seats £15

The Sixteen © Molina Visuals

£15 concs £13

7.30pm

Quatuor Ebène Martin Fröst clarinet Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Amaryllis Quartet

Samuel Hasselhorn © Christian Steiner

Quatuor Ebène © Julien Mignot

16 • JUNE

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Tuesday 26 June

Wednesday 27 June

4.00pm – 5.15pm

11.00am & 1.00pm

Lecture-Recital: Sonorous Brushes

World Première: Butterfly Brain

Professional pianist and amateur painter Jenny Q Chai has discovered a personal form of synaesthesia – a melding of senses – with regards to how she experiences music. In this French-inspired programme, featuring repertoire which lives at the intersection of colour and sound, Jenny seeks to translate her mental imagery into the real world, both through her musical performance and on canvas.

Key Stage 2 Schools Concert

All seats £15 7.30pm

Imogen Cooper piano Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Beethoven 11 Bagatelles Op. 119 Schoenberg 6 Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a waltz by Diabelli Op. 120 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

‘STOP LEANING BACK ON YOUR CHAIR!’ are the same six words, in the same particular order, that Gus is told every day from his teacher, his Dad and granny, but NEVER EVER hears. Until one day, something rather extraordinary happens... In an exhilarating flight of fantasy and magic written by Laura Dockrill with music composed by Kerry Andrew, this cautionary tale explores all the curiously obscure, brilliant and bizarre dreams, thoughts, ideas and fears inside a brain and how one little boy takes those wonderful things for granted. Butterfly Brain is a wild explosion of colour, sound and the imagination. Children £4 Accompanying Adults Free (ticket required) 7.30pm

Ming Xie piano Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize Granados From Goyescas: El Amor y la muerte & El fandango del candil Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 £15 concs £13

Jenny Q Chai

Imogen Cooper © Sim Canetty-Clarke

Kerry Andrew © Urszula Sołtys

Ming Xie

JUNE • 17

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Thursday 28 June

Introduction to the String Quartet

10.15am & 11.45am

Chamber Tots

Thursday 28 June 4.45pm – 6.00pm

In Space We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us on a rocket into space! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am - 11.15am (1-2 year-olds) & 11.45am - 12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £6 Adults £4

Thursday 28 June 7.30pm

Elizabeth Watts soprano Roderick Williams baritone Roger Vignoles piano Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Thursday 5 July 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 12 July 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 19 July 4.45pm – 6.00pm The string quartet, a combination of two upper voices, one middle and one lower, gives the composer the minimum requirement for four-part harmony. This idea of a bare minimum has entranced composers from Haydn – who started it all – right through to the present day, and the attention that so many great composers have given the genre has created an almost unrivalled succession of masterful works; Beethoven’s seventeen quartets acting almost as benchmarks, with Schubert, Brahms, Bartók and Shostakovich pitching in too. Join Roy Stratford to explore how the string quartet has adapted to changing musical styles and become arguably the most significant and fertile chamber music combination. Series ticket price £33

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Elizabeth Watts © Marco Borggreve

18 • JUNE

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Friday 29 June

Saturday 30 June

7.00pm NB time

11.00am – 12 noon

Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School

Family Concert Butterfly Brain

Programme to include: Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 S244

For ages 7 plus

Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School give their annual concert, providing a platform for their leavers. The programme includes the arrangement for septet of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen. £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 The Yehudi Menuhin School

10.00pm

Lucy Schaufer mezzo-soprano Huw Watkins piano The Class of 1938 A celebration of works by composers born in that year William Bolcom Minicabs Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 12; Ghost Rag No. 1: Graceful Ghost Rag Joan Tower Up High (UK première); Or like a... an Engine John Harbison Late Air Charles Wuorinen Twang West Five Hundred Miles (world première) John Corigliano The Passionate Shepherd to His Love* (world première) Frederic Rzewski War Songs No. 1 Gordon Lightfoot Black Day in July (world première) Peter Yarrow Sweet Survivor (world première) John Corigliano Metamusic *Co-commissioned by Wild Plum Arts and Wigmore Hall

All seats £15

Sophie Bevan soprano Ryan Wigglesworth piano Musorgsky The Nursery Ryan Wigglesworth New work* (world première) Stravinsky Three Little Songs (Recollections of my Childhood) Messiaen Poèmes pour Mi *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School

Lucy Schaufer

Laura Dockrill © Sonny Malhotra

Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg

JULY • 19

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Sunday 1 July

11.30am

7.30pm

Veronika Eberle violin Alban Gerhardt cello Edicson Ruiz double bass José Gallardo piano

RCM String Showcase Concert

Romantic Grand Duos of the 19th Century Bottesini Gran duo concertante for violin, double bass and piano Servais Grand Duo de Concert sur deux airs nationaux anglais for violin and cello Ernst Elegy (arr. for double bass) Bottesini Duo concertante for double bass and cello on themes of I Puritani by Bellini £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice 3.00pm

Royal College of Music Junior Department 2018 The RCM Junior Department offers advanced training to young musicians aged 8 – 18, providing individually-tailored programmes of instrument/voice/composition lessons, supported by chamber music, orchestra, choir and musicianship classes. This concert will feature performances from some of the RCMJD’s leading soloists together with the winners of the RCMJD 2018 Chamber Music Prize. £20 £18 £14 £12 £10

Anna Lee, Yume Fujise, Katherine Yoon violin Ana Teresa de Braga e Alves, Nazlı Erdoğan, Joanna Patrick, Marsailidh Groat Hardy, Duncan Commin viola Kristiana Ignatjeva, Anna Litvinenko cello Jennifer Hughes, Martin James Bartlett piano Jack Hancher guitar Artha Quartet Paganini Variations on ‘God Save the King’ Op. 9 Albéniz Cataluña in G minor Op. 47 No. 2; Capricho Catalan in E flat Op. 165 No. 5 Bowen Fantasia in E minor for four violas Op. 41 No. 1 Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘ Emperor’ Martinů Variations on a Slovak Folksong Dvořák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Royal College of Music

Monday 2 July 1.00pm

Adam Walker flute Cédric Tiberghien piano Enescu Cantabile et presto Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35bis; Flute Sonata in D Op. 94 £15 concs £13

Royal College of Music Junior Department

Veronika Eberle © Felix Broede

RCM Juniors

RCM Strings Artha Quartet

Adam Walker © Kaupo Kikkas

20 • JULY

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Monday 2 July

Wednesday 4 July

7.30pm

Véronique Gens soprano Susan Manoff piano

Cuarteto Casals

Gounod Où voulez-vous aller?; Départ; O ma belle rebelle; Sérénade; Mignon; Viens, les gazons sont verts Polignac Lamento Massenet Nuit d’Espagne; Chant provençal; Elégie Duparc Chanson triste; La vie antérieure; Extase; Lamento Hahn Mai; Les cygnes; Infidélité; Rêverie Offenbach La laitière et le pot au lait; Le rat de ville et le rat des champs; Le corbeau et le renard (from 6 fables de Lafontaine) £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Tuesday 3 July

Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Benet Casablancas String Quartet No. 4 ‘Widmung’* (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 *Commissioned by Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Madrid

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Thursday 5 July 1.00pm

7.30pm

Concert to Celebrate the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

David Hansen countertenor Academia Montis Regalis Alessandro De Marchi conductor,

Ensemble of the European Union Youth Orchestra Kian Soltani cello

harpsichord

Handel From Giulio Cesare: Overture & Se in fiorito ameno prato Hasse Overture to Cleofide Handel From Alcina: Overture, Bramo di trionfar, Verdi prati, Di te mi rido, La bocca vaga & Mi lusinga il dolce affetto; Crude furie from Serse

Mozart Divertimento in D K136 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HVIIb:1 Gabriele Proy Ma (UK première)* £15 concs £13 *commissioned by the Wiener Concert-Verein and the chamber orchestra of the Wiener Symphoniker.

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Véronique Gens © Franck Juery

David Hansen © Tonje Thilesen

Cuarteto Casals © Molina Visuals

Kian Soltani © Juventino Mateo

JULY • 21

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10.00pm

Tana String Quartet

David Orlowsky Trio

Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ Bartók String Quartet No. 4 BB95 Yann Robin String Quartet No. 3 ‘Shadows’ (UK première)*

David Orlowsky clarinet Jens-Uwe Popp guitar Florian Dohrmann double bass

*Co-commissioned by Philharmonie de Paris, Muziekgebouw Brugge, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Friday 6 July

David Orlowsky Lyra; Sababa; Bucovina Jens-Uwe Popp Satin Abe Schwartz Lebedig un Freylach/Odessa Bulgar Jens-Uwe Popp Night Train to Odessa; Jodaeiye Velvl Zbarzher Kum aher Du Filozof Florian Dohrmann Ultimate Bulgar; Taxi Bucuresti All seats £15

Saturday 7 July 11.00am and 12.30pm

For Crying Out Loud! Duo Pavoni Belli-Grasso violin and piano

7.00pm NB time

Sandrine Piau soprano Susan Manoff piano Chimère Loewe Ach neige, du Schmerzensreiche Schumann Kennst du das Land?; Dein Angesicht; Die Lotosblume Debussy Apparition; Fêtes galantes Book I Wolf Verschwiegene Liebe; Nixe Binsefuss; Das verlassene Mägdlein; Lied vom Winde Berg From Sieben frühe Lieder: Nacht; Schilflied; Die Nachtigall Gurney Sleep Robert Baksa Heart! we will forget him! Poulenc Banalités; C’est ainsi que tu es Barber Solitary Hotel André Previn As imperceptibly as grief; Will there really be a morning?; Good morning midnight

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

Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Tana String Quartet © Nicolas Draps

Sandrine Piau © Sandrine Expilly Naïve

David Orlowsky Trio © Christian Debus

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

22 • JULY

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Saturday 7 July

Monday 9 July

7.30pm

1.00pm

Steven Osborne piano

Chloë Hanslip violin Danny Driver piano

Debussy La cathédrale engloutie Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 Debussy Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 £15 concs £13

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

7.30pm

Sunday 8 July

Dame Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano Simon Lepper piano

11.30am

Formosa Quartet Richard Lester cello Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703; String Quintet in C D956 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice 7.30pm

Britten Mad Bess Schumann 5 Lieder der Maria Stuart Tchaikovsky None but the lonely heart; Night; Why? Joseph Horovitz Lady Macbeth – a Scena Poulenc Violon; Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant; La Souris; Berceuse Dring Song of a nightclub proprietress Janis Ian At seventeen Stephen Sondheim From Follies: Losing my Mind & Could I leave you?

ATOS Trio

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Korngold Piano Trio in D Op. 1 Richard Baker New work (world première)* Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49

Tuesday 10 July

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall

7.30pm

Veronika Eberle violin Tatjana Masurenko viola Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Martin Helmchen piano Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 26 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

JULY • 23

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Wednesday 11 July

Friday 13 July

7.30pm

7.00pm NB time

Ensemble Variances

Bennewitz Quartet

Anssi Karttunen cello Thierry Pécou composer

Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 1 No. 2; String Quartet in G Op. 17 No. 5; String Quartet in F Op. 50 No. 5 ‘The Dream’; String Quartet in C Op. 54 No. 2

Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Michael Webster) François-Bernard Mâche Sopiana Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Takemitsu Toward the Sea III Thierry Pécou Méditation sur la fin de l’espèce* (UK première) *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 10.00pm

The Prince Consort Alisdair Hogarth director, piano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Nicholas Mulroy tenor

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Jason Rebello piano

Thursday 12 July

Brahms Von ewiger Liebe Schubert Erlkönig Fauré Clair de lune Schubert An den Mond Beethoven Adelaide Debussy Beau soir Strauss Morgen Schubert Du bist die Ruh Britten O Waly, Waly

7.30pm

Carducci String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in E Op. 17 No. 1; String Quartet in C Op. 50 No. 2 Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75

All seats £15

Jason Rebello

24 • JULY

Saturday 14 July 7.30pm

Dame Evelyn Glennie percussion Philip Smith piano Huw Edwards presenter Artists in Conversation and Concert Percussion pioneer Dame Evelyn Glennie, one of the world’s most prominent percussion soloists, is a champion of communication. She is joined by celebrated pianist Philip Smith for an extraordinary event, in which conversations with Huw Edwards will be illustrated by performances of a range of works – either in full or in part – each introduced from the stage. Evelyn invites all to listen in new ways and to experience music as an embodied element of human life. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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JULY • 25

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Sunday 15 July

Monday 16 July

11.30am

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Sitkovetsky Trio

Music for the Moment

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63

A concert for people living with dementia and their friends, family and carers

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

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.

7.30pm

Robin Tritschler tenor Jonathan Ware piano Family Ties Haydn She never told her love; Sailor’s song Michael Haydn Abendlied; Die Vergänglichkeit aller Dinge Clara Schumann Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Lorelei Robert Schumann Der arme Peter Felix Mendelssohn Erntelied; Maienlied; Abendlied; Im Grünen Fanny Mendelssohn Italien; Das Heimweh Lili Boulanger Les lilas qui avaient fleuri; Deux ancolies Nadia Boulanger Roses de Juin Michael Berkeley Nettles Lennox Berkeley Five Housman Songs Britten Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

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

Monday 16 July 7.30pm The Monday Platform

Solem Quartet Matilda Lloyd trumpet Cameron Richard-Eames piano Bach Concerto for trumpet and piano in D BWV972 (arr. Alan Chen) Castérède Sonatine for trumpet and piano Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119 Enescu Légende for trumpet and piano Deborah Pritchard Seven Halts on the Somme Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Park Lane Group (Reg. Charity No. 52209)

Sitkovetsky Trio

Solem Quartet

26 • JULY

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Tuesday 17 July

7.30pm

Maximilian Schmitt tenor Gerold Huber piano

Sergei Babayan piano Vladimir Ryabov Fantasia in C minor Op. 21, in memory of Maria Yudina Rameau From Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: Suite in E minor; Suite in G minor; Suite in A minor (excerpts) Mozart Andante in F for mechanical organ K616; Piano Sonata in F K332; Piano Sonata in A minor K310

Wednesday 18 July

Schumann From Myrthen: Freisinn; Venetianisches Lied I & II; Du bist wie eine Blume; Aus den östlichen Rosen; Was will die einsame Träne?; Zum Schluss Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Fauré Les berceaux; Mandoline; Adieu; Les roses d’Ispahan; Clair de lune; Fleur jetée Strauss Morgen; Die Nacht; Wer hat’s getan?; Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden; Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es Frommen; Breit über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten; Ich trage meine Minne

10.15am and 11.45am

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Chamber Tots

With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Thursday 19 July 7.30pm

Gabriela Montero piano Mozart Piano Sonata in C K330 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Children £6 Adults £4

JULY • 27

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Friday 20 July

Saturday 21 July

7.00pm NB time

1.00pm

Members of Britten Sinfonia Nicholas Daniel oboe

Principality Only Boys Aloud Academi 2017 Tim Rhys-Evans conductor Jonathan Butterell director

Michael Berkeley 70th Birthday Concert Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133 Michael Berkeley New work for solo oboe Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Michael Berkeley Into the Ravine Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 10.00pm

Heath Quartet Ruth Gibson viola Marie Bitlloch cello

Des Prez Absalon, Fili Mi Saint-Saëns Saltarelle Sibelius Hymn Op. 21 No. 2 Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Pseudo-Yoik Rosephanye Powell The Word Was God Bob Chilcott Five Ways To Kill a Man Trad Indian Ramkali (arr. E Sperry) Trad Loch Lomond (arr. J Quick) All seats £10 Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval

Bach Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein BWV641; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV614; O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 2 ‘Choralquartett’ Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 All seats £15 Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation

Only Boys Aloud

28 • JULY

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Saturday 21 July

7.30pm

Pavol Breslik tenor Amir Katz piano

Igor Levit piano Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004) Busoni Fantasia after JS Bach BV253 Schumann Geistervariationen (Ghost Variations) WoO 24 Wagner Parsifal ‘Solemn March to the Holy Grail’ (arr. Liszt) Liszt Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’ (arr. Busoni) S259 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor

Sunday 22 July 11.30am

Zorá String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Monday 23 July 7.30pm

Alban Gerhardt cello Vikingur Olafsson piano Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor BWV1029 Anders Hillborg Duo for cello and piano (UK première) Debussy Cello Sonata Beethoven Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 Stravinsky Suite italienne for cello and piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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

JULY • 29

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Tuesday 24 July

Monday 30 July – Thursday 2 August

7.30pm

11.00am – 3.30pm

Julia Fischer violin Aris Alexander Blettenberg piano

Musical Portraits

Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Schubert Rondo in B minor D895 Dvořák Romance in F minor Op. 11 Szymanowski Sonata in D minor for violin and piano Op. 9

Musical Portraits is a collaborative project led by Wigmore Hall, the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts for young people aged 10 – 14 with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Participants create their own works of art and music inspired by paintings at the National Portrait Gallery, culminating in a performance at St Martin-in-the-Fields alongside musicians from Ignite, Wigmore Hall Learning’s Associate Artists.

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Wednesday 25 July 7.30pm

Castalian String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’; String Quartet in D Op. 76 No. 5; String Quartet in E flat Op. 76 No. 6 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Thursday 26 July

At St Martin-in-the-Fields

Musical Portraits encourages young people to develop their existing artistic and musical interests by providing meaningful opportunities to engage with art and music making, and to make social connections with other young people. Free (application required) For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email charlotte@turtlekeyarts.org.uk In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

7.30pm Final Concert of the 2017/18 Season

Angela Hewitt piano 60th Birthday Concert Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 Returns Only Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval Julia Fischer © Felix Broede

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Wednesday 27 June, 7.30pm Wigmore Hall

Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize Ming Xie piano

Granados El Amor y la muerte El fandango de candil from Goyescas Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Described by Martha Argerich as ‘phenomenal’, young Chinese pianist Ming Xie is fast establishing himself as a rising star in classical music. As this year’s recipient, he presents a thrilling programme of piano music taking in pieces from Granados’ masterful Goya-inspired piano suite, charming Chopin preludes and Ravel’s virtuosic Gaspard de la nuit, considered one of the most technically-challenging solo piano pieces of all time. Tickets: £15 (£13 concessions), available from Wigmore Hall Box Office: 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk

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