Autumn 2019 Wigmore Series by Wigmore Hall

2 0 1 9/ 2 0 S E A S O N SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2019

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Join us in September for the 2019 Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition. This Competition celebrates the art of the song recital and honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire, complemented by Wigmore Hall Learning study events. Early in his career, Benjamin Britten developed a long-lasting relationship with Wigmore Hall, with the venue hosting several important premières of his works. Opening the season and Wigmore Hall’s Britten focus, Allan Clayton and James Baillieu commemorate the first performance of Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, given by Britten and the tenor Peter Pears in 1942. Allan and James also mark the anniversary of the composer’s death in December, while we celebrate Britten’s birthday with the Doric String Quartet in November. The pre-eminent countertenor Iestyn Davies inaugurates his 2019/20 Residency celebrating his 40th birthday, an occasion heightened with Davies being awarded the prestigious Wigmore Medal; few singers cover his range of activities. The Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Ensemble in Residence, places the music of Schubert at the centre of its annual series, also featuring music by many of his contemporaries, forerunners and successors, ranging from Spohr and Rossini to the Mendelssohns and Schumann. Our 2019/20 Composer in Residence, complementing our Beethoven celebrations this season, is a creative figure of exceptional range and reach, as well as a trained physicist, writer, jazz pianist, composer and Harvard Professor. Vijay Iyer has received numerous awards for work that has seen him shine not only in purely musical genres but also in prestigious collaborations with poets, filmmakers and choreographers. Few composers have left such a rich heritage of music for the recital hall as Johannes Brahms, whose equal mastery in the fields of song, piano music and chamber music has continued to reward innumerable listeners and interpreters. The composer is a staple feature of Stephen Hough’s Residency, a pianist whose diverse creativity and intellectual curiosity is matched by few others. This season sees two strands of focus on Mieczysław Weinberg: Quatuor Danel will begin their two-season cycle of the complete string quartets; and on 26 October, violinist Linus Roth will champion his work in three concerts.

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The whole year commences with an opening festival weekend to kick off the season-long celebrations surrounding the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth in 2020. Leading artists take part in a wide-ranging weekend, offering an intensive experience of Beethoven’s music viewed from varied perspectives.

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The Hall then continues its celebration of Beethoven through the 2019/20 Season, with highlights including surveys of the composer’s complete piano, violin and cello sonatas, the complete string quartets, piano trios and string trios, piano variations and many red-letter Beethoven dates.

At a Glance

September 10 October 34 November 60 December 82 Contemporary Music Series 102 Spring Preview

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Summer Preview

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Booking Information

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At a Glance

September - December 2019

See pages 10-101 for full details of these concerts and page 114 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for… Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition 2019

10, 11

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ 71 Joshua Bell

Chamber Music Season

Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy 72

Beethoven Festival Opening Weekend

12, 13

Danny Driver 74

Sat 14 Sep

Beethoven Festival Opening Weekend 14-17

Thomas Quasthoff 76

11.30am

Steven Isserlis/Robert Levin 14

Iestyn Davies Residency

18, 19

Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide 77 Brenda Rae/Malcolm Martineau 78

Tim Horton/ O/Modernt Soloists

St. Lawrence String Quartet 22

2.00pm

Schubert Song Cycles: Mark Padmore/Kristian Bezuidenhout

Nelson Goerner 79

Britten Series

Fauré Quartet 80

Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality 23

Tenebrae 82

Michael Collins Residency

Bertrand Chamayou 84

Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo 28

Stephen Hough Residency 83

Schumann Song Series 29

Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger

Rachel Podger Residency 32

L’Arpeggiata 90

Beethoven Series

30, 31

Jakub Józef Orliński/Il Pomo d’Oro 92

Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/ 33 Olli Mustonen

Fretwork: Musick’s Monument 94

Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works 35 Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 36 Christiane Karg Focus 37 Elisabeth Leonskaja/Liza Ferschtman/ 38 István Várdai Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 39 Elizabeth Watts/Julius Drake 40 Borodin Quartet 42 Beethoven Violin Sonatas 43 Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

44, 45

Elias String Quartet 47 Beethoven Cello Sonatas 49

Les Talens Lyriques 93 Belcea Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets 95 Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov 97 The Soldier’s Tale: 98 Isabelle Faust and friends Brahms Plus Series 100 Ensemble Marsyas Residency 99 Florilegium 101

Mon 16 Sep Benjamin Appl/ Kristian Bezuidenhout

50, 51

Imogen Cooper 70th Birthday Concert

Mon 30 Sep Boris Giltburg 33

Catriona Morison/Malcolm Martineau

Mon 7 Oct

Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle

Mon 14 Oct Borodin Quartet/ 47 Barry Douglas

Weinberg Focus Day

Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake

Colin Currie/Huw Watkins

Emmanuelle Haïm Residency 61 Recollections of Beethoven 60 with Freya Waley-Cohen Pavel Haas Quartet 61 Schubert Cycle: Francesco Piemontesi 63 Janine Jansen/Sonoko Miriam Welde/ 64 Johan Dalene/Ludvig Gudim/ Amihai Grosz/Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/ Amalie Stalheim/Jens Peter Maintz

O/Modernt Soloists

Benjamin Appl/ 15 Kristian Bezuidenhout/ Carolin Widmann/ Škampa Quartet/ O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

10.00pm

Alina Ibragimova/ Cédric Tiberghien

Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 39

Mon 21 Oct Lawrence Power/ Simon Crawford-Phillips

Mon 28 Oct Jean-Guihen Queyras/ Alexandre Tharaud

11.30am

Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 16

2.00pm

Soraya Mafi/ 16 O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

4.30pm

Cédric Tiberghien/ 17 Sam West/O/Modernt Soloists

7.00pm Janne Thomsen/ 17 Michael Collins/Nicholas Daniel/ Amy Harman/Alec Frank-Gemmill/ Benjamin Baker/Timothy Ridout/ Isang Enders/Chi-chi Nwanoku/ Aleksandar Madžar

Mon 18 Nov James Newby/Simon Lepper 74 Mon 25 Nov Marian Consort 79 Mon 2 Dec Colin Currie/Sam Walton/ 82 Pavel Kolesnikov/ Samson Tsoy

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Tue 17 Sep Stephen Waarts/ 20 Gabriele Carcano Wed 18 Sep St. Lawrence String Quartet 22 Mon 23 Sep Michael Collins/ Leonard Elschenbroich/ Michael McHale

Wed 25 Sep Ailish Tynan/ 29 Raphael Wallfisch/John York Tue 1 Oct

Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/ 34 William Hagen/Clare Finnimore/ William Coleman/Zlatomir Fung/ Shai Wosner

Mon 2 Oct

Britten Sinfonia/ 34 Mahan Esfahani

Sun 6 Oct

Elisabeth Leonskaja/ 38 Liza Ferschtman/István Várdai

Wed 9 Oct

Borodin Quartet 42

Mon 4 Nov The Cardinall’s Musick 64 Mon 11 Nov Joanna MacGregor 68

Sun 15 Sep

10.00pm

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Mon 23 Sep Marlis Petersen/ 27 Camillo Radicke

Brahms Series

4.30pm 7.00pm

Thu 10 Oct James Ehnes/ 43 Andrew Armstrong Fri 11 Oct

Borodin Quartet 42

Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations 66

Mon 9 Dec Nelson Freire 88

Sat 12 Oct

Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 68

Mon 16 Dec Elisabeth Kulman/ 93 Eduard Kutrowatz

Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

Sun 13 Oct Vilde Frang/Michail Lifits 46

Lara Melda 69 Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 69 Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware 70

44, 45

Mon 14 Oct Elias String Quartet 47 Thu 17 Oct Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 49

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Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 52

Thu 24 Oct Quatuor Danel

Sun 29 Sep Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 30

Sat 9 Nov

Cédric Tiberghien 66

Dudok Quartet 38

Sun 10 Nov Leslie Howard 68

Sat 26 Oct Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/ 55 José Gallardo/Janusz Wawrowski/ Danjulo Ishizaka

Sun 13 Oct Endymion 46

Mon 11 Nov Lara Melda 69 Mon 18 Nov Danny Driver 74

Mon 28 Oct Alisa Weilerstein/ Inon Barnatan

Sun 20 Oct Castalian String Quartet/ 50 Isabel Charisius/Ursula Smith Sun 27 Oct Esmé Quartet

Mon 2 Dec Bertrand Chamayou 84

Tue 29 Oct The Endellion String Quartet 57 Thu 31 Oct Colin Currie/Huw Watkins

Sat 2 Nov

Tamsin Waley-Cohen 60

Sat 2 Nov

Albion Quartet 60

Sat 2 Nov

Pavel Haas Quartet 61

Mon 4 Nov Janine Jansen/ 64 Sonoko Miriam Welde/ Johan Dalene/Ludvig Gudim/ Amihai Grosz/ Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/ Amalie Stalheim/Jens Peter Maintz Tue 5 Nov

Takács Quartet 64

Thu 7 Nov

Takács Quartet

Tue 12 Nov Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 69

Sun 6 Oct

Sun 3 Nov

Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen 63

Sun 10 Nov Isang Enders/Sunwook Kim 67 Sun 17 Nov Young Soloists of the 72 Kronberg Academy Sun 24 Nov Rachel Podger 77 Sun 1 Dec

Beatrice Rana 82

Sun 8 Dec Van Kuijk Quartet 87 Sun 15 Dec Eggner Trio 91 Sun 22 Dec Modigliani Quartet 97 Sun 29 Dec Sheku Kanneh-Mason 100 and friends

Mon 16 Sep Iestyn Davies/ 18 The English Concert

Academy of St Martin in the 71 Fields/Joshua Bell

Thu 19 Sep The Mozartists 22

Sat 16 Nov Nash Ensemble: 70 Around Schubert

Thu 26 Sep Roberta Mameli/Sonia Prina/ 28 Luigi De Donato/laBarocca/ Ruben Jais

Sun 17 Nov Young Soloists of the 72 Kronberg Academy

Sat 28 Sep Rachel Podger/ 32 Brecon Baroque

Wed 20 Nov Vienna Piano Trio

Wed 2 Oct

Mahan Esfahani

Fri 22 Nov Doric String Quartet 76

Tue 8 Oct

Arcangelo 40

Fri 29 Nov Fauré Quartet 80

Fri 1 Nov

Emmanuelle Haïm/ 61 Le Concert d’Astrée/ Anna Stéphany

Tue 3 Dec

Stephen Hough/ 83 Steven Isserlis

Wed 4 Dec Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/ 84 Nicolas Fleury/Aurora Orchestra/ Brett Dean Fri 6 Dec

Stephen Hough/ 86 Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă

Sat 7 Dec

Nash Ensemble: 86 Around Schubert

Tue 10 Dec Quatuor Danel 89 Wed 11 Dec Melvyn Tan/Calefax/ 91 Signum Quartet

Tue 10 Dec Mario Häring 88 Wed 11 Dec Xinyuan Wang 89 Thu 19 Dec Jonathan Biss 96 Sat 28 Dec Jonathan Plowright 100

Song Recital Series Sat 7 – Wigmore Hall/Independent 11 Wed 11 Sep Opera International Song Competition 2019 Fri 13 Sep

Louise Alder/Christine Rice/ 12 Allan Clayton/ Christopher Maltman/ James Baillieu

Fri 20 Sep Mark Padmore/ 21 Kristian Bezuidenhout Tue 24 Sep Carolyn Sampson/ 27 Kristian Bezuidenhout Wed 25 Sep French Song 27 Exchange Showcase Thu 26 Sep French Song 27 Exchange Showcase Fri 27 Sep Sasha Cooke/ 29 Malcolm Martineau Mon 30 Sep Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/ 33 Olli Mustonen Thu 3 Oct

Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2019

Fri 4 Oct

Christian Gerhaher/ 36 Gerold Huber

Sat 5 Oct

Christiane Karg/ 37 Sabine Meyer/ Malcolm Martineau

Tue 17 Dec Les Talens Lyriques 93

Mon 7 Oct

Elizabeth Watts/Julius Drake 40

Mon 30 Dec Ensemble Marsyas Residency 99

Sun 13 Oct Soraya Mafi/Simon Lepper 46

Tue 31 Dec Florilegium 101

Wed 23 Oct Catriona Morison/ Malcolm Martineau

London Pianoforte Series

Wed 30 Oct Christoph Prégardien/ Julius Drake

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Thu 28 Nov The English Concert 80 Sun 1 Dec

Tenebrae 82

Fri 13 Dec

L’Arpeggiata 90

Sat 14 Dec Jakub Józef Orliński/ 92 Il Pomo d’Oro Sun 15 Dec Fretwork 94

Mon 16 Dec Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen 93 Wed 18 Dec Belcea Quartet

Mon 9 Dec Eric Lu 88

Early Music and Baroque Series

Wed 13 Nov Wihan Quartet 69 Fri 15 Nov

Tue 26 Nov Nelson Goerner 79

Fri 20 Dec Belcea Quartet 96

Sun 15 Sep Elisabeth Leonskaja 17

Mon 23 Dec Isabelle Faust and friends

Sat 21 Sep Marc-André Hamelin 24

Wed 6 Nov Roderick Williams/ Iain Burnside

Fri 27 Dec Schumann Quartet 98

Sun 29 Sep Jonathan Biss 31

Fri 8 Nov

Fri 18 Oct

Tue 22 Oct Imogen Cooper

Sunday Morning Concerts Sun 15 Sep Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 16 Sun 22 Sep Kuss Quartet

Alexander Gavrylyuk 49

Fri 25 Oct

Angela Hewitt

Sun 3 Nov

Francesco Piemontesi 63

Simona Mihai/ 67 Anna Stéphany/Filipe Manu/ Dominic Sedgwick/ Joseph Middleton/Somi Kim

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September - December 2019

Sun 10 Nov Alessandro Fisher/ 68 Ashok Gupta

Mon 11 Nov Joanna MacGregor 68

Thu 14 Nov Robin Tritschler/ 70 Jonathan Ware

Sun 17 Nov Young Soloists of the 72 Kronberg Academy

Sat 12 Oct

Family Concert: Giddy Goat 43

Mon 18 Nov Danny Driver 74

Tue 15 Oct

Singing with Friends: 48 Come and Sing

Sat 23 Nov Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide 77 Sun 24 Nov Brenda Rae/ 78 Malcolm Martineau Sat 30 Nov Jamie Barton/Kathleen Kelly 81 Wed 4 Dec Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/ 84 Nicolas Fleury/ Aurora Orchestra/Brett Dean Thu 5 Dec

Thomas Hampson/ Wolfram Rieger

Sun 8 Dec Claire Booth/Susan Bickley/ 87 Nicky Spence/ Andrew Matthews-Owen Sun 8 Dec Thomas Oliemans/ 87 Malcolm Martineau Thu 12 Dec Alice Coote/Julius Drake 91 Sat 21 Dec Graham Johnson 96 Songmakers’ Almanac Sun 22 Dec Claron McFadden/ 97 Alexander Melnikov Sun 29 Dec Tara Erraught/James Baillieu 100

Jazz Series Sun 22 Sep Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 23 Sun 22 Sep Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 23 Tue 19 Nov EFG London Jazz Festival: 74 Lars Danielsson Group

Contemporary Music Series Sun 22 Sep Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 23

Tue 12 Nov Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 69

Sun 6 Oct

Silver Sunday at the 38 Wallace Collection

Thu 10 Oct Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 40

Tue 19 Nov EFG London Jazz Festival: Lars Danielsson Group

Sun 24 Nov Brenda Rae/ Malcolm Martineau

Fri 18 Oct

Mon 25 Nov Marian Consort

Thu 24 Oct Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio Sat 26 Oct Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch

Wed 30 Oct Chamber Tots: In the Forest

Thu 31 Oct Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities

Sat 30 Nov Jamie Barton/ 81 Kathleen Kelly Sun 1 Dec

Tenebrae 82

Mon 2 Dec Bertrand Chamayou 84 Tue 3 Dec

Stephen Hough/ 83 Steven Isserlis

Thu 17 Oct Chamber Tots: Into Space 48 Schools Concert: Giddy Goat 48

Fri 8 Nov

Chamber Tots: Autumn

Wed 4 Dec Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/ 84 Nicolas Fleury/Aurora Orchestra/ Brett Dean

Sat 9 Nov

Family Day: 67 Journey to the Moon

Sun 8 Dec Claire Booth/Susan Bickley/ 87 Nicky Spence/ Andrew Matthews-Owen

Wed 20 Nov Chamber Tots: In the Forest

Thu 21 Nov For Crying Out Loud!

Tue 10 Dec Mario Häring 88 Wed 11 Dec Melvyn Tan/Calefax/ 91 Signum Quartet Mon 16 Dec Martin Fröst/ 93 Roland Pöntinen Sun 22 Dec Claron McFadden/ 97 Alexander Melnikov The Contemporary Music Series is supported by

Fri 22 Nov Thomas Quasthoff 76 Masterclass Sun 24 Nov Thomas Quasthoff Interview 76 Fri 29 Nov Music for the Moment 80 Sat 30 Nov Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 81 Sat 30 Nov Family Concert: Beethoven 81 and the Science of Sound Wed 4 Dec Schools Concert: Beethoven 84 and the Science of Sound Fri 6 Dec

Thomas Hampson Masterclass

Wed 11 Dec Bechstein Sessions: 89 Improviso

Wigmore Hall Learning

Sun 22 Sep Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 23

Fri 6 Sep

Mon 30 Sep Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/ 33 Olli Mustonen

Song Competition: 11 Come and Sing

Wed 18 Dec Exploring Beethoven’s Piano 95 Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Thu 19 Dec Post-Concert Talk 96 Jonathan Biss

Sat 7 Sep

Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen 11

Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/ 34 William Hagen/Clare Finnimore/ William Coleman/ Zlatomir Fung/Shai Wosner

Sun 8 Sep

Graham Johnson Talk: 11 Britten’s Songs

Wed 2 Oct

Britten Sinfonia/ 34 Mahan Esfahani

Tue 10 Sep Maximising Performance 11 & Wellbeing

Mon 7 Oct

Tue 1 Oct

Tue 10 Sep John Mark Ainsley 11 Masterclass

Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 39

Wed 18 Sep For Crying Out Loud! 20

Mon 14 Oct Elias String Quartet 47

Fri 20 Sep Chamber Tots: Autumn 24

Mon 21 Oct Lawrence Power/ Simon Crawford-Phillips

Sat 21 Sep Open House 24

Thu 31 Oct Colin Currie/Huw Watkins

Sat 28 Sep Exploring Beethoven’s Piano 32 Sonatas with Jonathan Biss

Sat 2 Nov

Tamsin Waley-Cohen 60

Sat 2 Nov

Albion Quartet 60

Sat 2 Nov

Pavel Haas Quartet 61

Sun 3 Nov

Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen 63

Sun 29 Sep Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss Sat 5 Oct

Inside the Score: 37 Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire

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Fri 6 Sep 10.00am Song Competition: Come and Sing 11 Sat 7 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 11 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 11 4.30pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen 11 Sun 8 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 11 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 11 5.00pm Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs 11 Mon 9 Sep 3.00pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 11 7.30pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 11 Tue 10 Sep 10.00am John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 11 1.00pm John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 11 6.30pm Maximising Performance & Wellbeing 11 Wed 11 Sep 6.00pm Song Competition Final and Prize-Giving 11 Fri 13 Sep 7.30pm Louise Alder/Christine Rice/Allan Clayton/ 12 Christopher Maltman/James Baillieu Sat 14 Sep 11.30am Steven Isserlis/Robert Levin 14 2.00pm Tim Horton/O/Modernt Soloists 14 4.30pm O/Modernt Soloists 14 7.00pm Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout/ 15 Carolin Widmann/Škampa Quartet/ O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 10.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 15 Sun 15 Sep 11.30am Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 16 2.00pm Soraya Mafi/O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 16 4.30pm Cédric Tiberghien/Sam West/ 17 O/Modernt Soloists 7.00pm Janne Thomsen/Michael Collins/ 17 Nicholas Daniel/Amy Harman/Alec Frank-Gemmill/ Benjamin Baker/Timothy Ridout/Isang Enders/ Chi-chi Nwanoku/Aleksandar Madžar 10.00pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 17 Mon 16 Sep 1.00pm Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout 20 7.30pm Iestyn Davies/The English Concert 18 Tue 17 Sep 7.30pm Stephen Waarts/Gabriele Carcano 20 Wed 18 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 20 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 20 7.00pm St. Lawrence String Quartet 22 Thu 19 Sep 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 22 7.30pm The Mozartists/Regula Mühlemann 22 Fri 20 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 24 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 24 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Kristian Bezuidenhout 21 Sat 21 Sep 10.00am Open House 24 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin 24 Sun 22 Sep 11.30am Kuss Quartet 25 7.00pm Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 23 10.00pm Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 23 Mon 23 Sep 1.00pm Marlis Petersen/Camillo Radicke 27 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins 25 7.30pm Michael Collins/Leonard Elschenbroich/ 25 Michael McHale Tue 24 Sep 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/Kristian Bezuidenhout 27 Wed 25 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 27 7.30pm Ailish Tynan/Raphael Wallfisch/John York 29 Thu 26 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 27 7.30pm Roberta Mameli/Sonia Prina/ 28 Luigi De Donato/laBarocca/Ruben Jais Fri 27 Sep 7.30pm Sasha Cooke/Malcolm Martineau 29 Sat 28 Sep 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 32 with Jonathan Biss 7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque 32 Sun 29 Sep 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 30 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 31 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk 31 Mon 30 Sep 1.00pm Boris Giltburg 33 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 33

Tue 1 Oct 7.30pm Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/William Hagen/ 34 Clare Finnimore/Zlatomir Fung/Shai Wosner Wed 2 Oct 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 34 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia/Mahan Esfahani 34 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 35 Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm Nia Coleman/Filipe Manu/Joel Williams/ 35 Kyu Choi/Simon Lepper Fri 4 Oct 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 36 Sat 5 Oct 1.00pm Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire 37 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Sabine Meyer/ 37 Malcolm Martineau Sun 6 Oct 11.30am Dudok Quartet 38 12 noon Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 38 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja/Liza Ferschtman 38 István Várdai/ Mon 7 Oct 1.00pm Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 39 7.30pm Elizabeth Watts/Julius Drake 40 Tue 8 Oct 7.30pm Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Sandrine Piau/ 40 Stuart Jackson/Konstantin Krimmel Wed 9 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 42 Thu 10 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 40 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 40 7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 43 Fri 11 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 42 Sat 12 Oct 3.00pm Family Concert: Giddy Goat 43 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Katy Hamilton 44 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac/ 44 Simon Crawford-Philips Sun 13 Oct 11.30am Endymion 46 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Simon Lepper 46 7.30pm Vilde Frang/Michail Lifits 46 Mon 14 Oct 1.00pm Borodin Quartet/Barry Douglas 47 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 47 Tue 15 Oct 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 48 Thu 17 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 48 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 48 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 49 Fri 18 Oct 11.00am Schools Concert: Giddy Goat 48 7.30pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 49 Sat 19 Oct 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 52 Sun 20 Oct 11.30am Castalian String Quartet/Isabel Charisius/ 50 Ursula Smith Mon 21 Oct 1.00pm Lawrence Power/Simon Crawford-Phillips 52 Tue 22 Oct 7.00pm Imogen Cooper 53 Wed 23 Oct 7.30pm Catriona Morison/Malcolm Martineau 52 Thu 24 Oct 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio 56 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 54 Fri 25 Oct 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 56 Sat 26 Oct 11.30am Linus Roth/José Gallardo 55 3.00pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/José Gallardo 55 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch 55 7.30pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/Janusz Wawrowski/ 55 Danjulo Ishizaka/José Gallardo Sun 27 Oct 11.30am Esmé Quartet 56 Mon 28 Oct 1.00pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexandre Tharaud 57 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 57 Tue 29 Oct 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 57 Wed 30 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 59 2.00pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 59 7.30pm Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake 58 Thu 31 Oct 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities 59 7.30pm Colin Currie/Huw Watkins 59

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December

Fri 1 Nov 7.30pm Anna Stéphany/Le Concert d’Astrée/ 61 Emmanuelle Haïm/ Sat 2 Nov 11.00am Tamsin Waley-Cohen 60 1.15pm Talk: Freya Waley-Cohen 60 2.30pm Albion String Quartet 60 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet 61 Sun 3 Nov 11.30am Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen 63 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi 63 Mon 4 Nov 1.00pm The Cardinall’s Musick 64 7.30pm Janine Jansen/Sonoko Miriam Welde/ 64 Johan Dalene/Ludvig Gudim/Amihai Grosz/ Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/Amalie Stalheim/ Jens Peter Maintz Tue 5 Nov 7.30pm Takács Quartet 64 Wed 6 Nov 7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 65 Thu 7 Nov 7.30pm Takács Quartet 65 Fri 8 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 65 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 65 7.30pm Simona Mihai/Anna Stéphany/Filipe Manu/ 67 Dominic Sedgwick/Joseph Middleton/ Somi Kim Sat 9 Nov 10.30am Family Day: Journey to the Moon 67 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 66 Sun 10 Nov 11.30am Isang Enders/Sunwook Kim 67 3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 68 7.30pm Leslie Howard 68 Mon 11 Nov 1.00pm Joanna MacGregor 68 7.30pm Lara Melda 69 Tue 12 Nov 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 69 Wed 13 Nov 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 69 Thu 14 Nov 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware 70 Fri 15 Nov 7.30pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell 71 Sat 16 Nov 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 70 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 70 Sun 17 Nov 11.30am Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy 72 7.30pm Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy/ 72 Elena Bashkirova Mon 18 Nov 1.00pm James Newby/Simon Lepper 74 7.30pm Danny Driver 74 Tue 19 Nov 7.30pm EFG London Jazz Festival: 74 Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III Wed 20 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 75 11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 75 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio 75 Thu 21 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 75 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 75 Fri 22 Nov 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 76 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 76 Sat 23 Nov 11.00am Wagner Society Singing Competition 77 7.30pm Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide 77 Sun 24 Nov 11.30am Rachel Podger 77 3.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Talk/Interview 76 7.30pm Brenda Rae/Malcolm Martineau 78 Mon 25 Nov 1.00pm Marian Consort 79 Tue 26 Nov 7.30pm Nelson Goerner 79 Thu 28 Nov 7.30pm The English Concert/Harry Bicket/ 80 Nadja Zwiener Fri 29 Nov 3.00pm Music for the Moment 80 7.30pm Fauré Quartet 80 Sat 30 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 81 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 81 3.00pm Family Concert: 81 Beethoven and the Science of Sound 7.30pm Jamie Barton/Kathleen Kelly 81

Sun 1 Dec 11.30am Beatrice Rana 82 7.30pm Tenebrae 82 Mon 2 Dec 1.00pm Colin Currie/Sam Walton/Pavel Kolesnikov/ 82 Samson Tsoy 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 84 Tue 3 Dec 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Steven Isserlis 83 Wed 4 Dec 11.00am Schools Concert: 84 Beethoven and the Science of Sound 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/Nicolas Fleury/ 84 Aurora Orchestra/Brett Dean Thu 5 Dec 7.30pm Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger 85 Fri 6 Dec 1.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass 85 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă 86 Sat 7 Dec 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 86 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams 86 Sun 8 Dec 11.30am Van Kuijk Quartet 87 3.00pm Claire Booth/Susan Bickley/Nicky Spence/ 87 Andrew Matthews-Owen 7.30pm Thomas Oliemans/Malcolm Martineau 87 Mon 9 Dec 1.00pm Nelson Freire 88 7.30pm Eric Lu 88 Tue 10 Dec 1.00pm Mario Häring 88 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 89 Wed 11 Dec 1.00pm Xinyuan Wang 89 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Improviso 89 7.30pm Melvyn Tan/Calefax/Signum Quartet 91 Thu 12 Dec 7.30pm Alice Coote/Julius Drake 91 Fri 13 Dec 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar/Céline Scheen/ 90 Benedetta Mazzucato/Vincenzo Capezzuto Sat 14 Dec 7.30pm Jakub Józef Orliński/Il Pomo d’Oro 92 Sun 15 Dec 11.30am Eggner Trio 91 7.30pm Fretwork/Elin Manahan Thomas 94 Mon 16 Dec 1.00pm Elisabeth Kulman/Eduard Kutrowatz 93 7.30pm Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen 93 Tue 17 Dec 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset 93 Wed 18 Dec 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 94 with Jonathan Biss 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 95 Thu 19 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 96 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk 96 Fri 20 Dec 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 96 Sat 21 Dec 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 96 Sun 22 Dec 11.30am Modigliani Quartet 97 7.30pm Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov 97 Mon 23 Dec 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Alois Posch/Lorenzo Coppola/ 98 Javier Zafra/Reinhold Friedrich/ Jörgen van Rijen/Raymond Curfs/ Dominique Horwitz Fri 27 Dec 7.30pm Schumann Quartet 98 Sat 28 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 100 Sun 29 Dec 11.30am Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends 100 7.30pm Tara Erraught/James Baillieu 100 Mon 30 Dec 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas/Katie Bray/ 99 Alec Frank-Gemmill/Joe Walters Tue 31 Dec 7.00pm Florilegium/Ashley Solomon/Rowan Pierce/ 101 Bojan Čičić/David Blackadder

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This Competition celebrates the art of the song recital and requires contestants to sing in at least three languages. At the same time it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre.

September • 11

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COMPETITION

RELATED EVENTS

Saturday 7 September 11.00am and 2.30pm

Friday 6 September 10.00am – 3.30pm

Preliminary Round – Day 1

Contestants will each perform a 15-minute programme. All day £16 concs £14 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required) Sunday 8 September 11.00am and 2.30pm

Preliminary Round – Day 2

Contestants will each perform a 15-minute programme. All day £16 concs £14

Come and Sing: English Song

Join choral leader Isabelle Adams for a day exploring some of the greatest vocal works by English composers. The day will finish with an informal performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £25 concs £20 Saturday 7 September 4.30pm – 5.15pm

Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen (A song sleeps in everything)

Taking inspiration from this line from Eichendorff’s poem Wünschelrute (Magic Wand), Judith Weir and Iain Burnside discuss the art of contemporary song writing.

Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required)

£5

Monday 9 September 3.00pm and 7.30pm

Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs

Semi-Final Round

Contestants will each perform a 20-minute programme. All day £20 concs £16 Please note that there will be a supper interval from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Please contact the Wigmore Restaurant on 020 7258 8292 to make your supper reservation; advance reservations only.

Wednesday 11 September 6.00pm

Final and Prize-Giving

Four singers will each give a 30-minute recital. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Please note that there will be a supper interval from 8.20pm to 9.30pm. Please contact the Wigmore Restaurant on 020 7258 8292 to make your supper reservation; advance reservations only.

Sunday 8 September 5.00pm – 6.00pm Graham Johnson was the official pianist at Peter Pears’ first masterclasses at Snape Maltings in 1972, which brought him into contact with Benjamin Britten. The songs of Britten have been an integral part of Johnson’s repertoire ever since. £5 Tuesday 10 September 10.00am – 12 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm

John Mark Ainsley Masterclass

John Mark Ainsley passes on some of the wisdom he has acquired throughout his career, and uses his vast experience as an internationally acclaimed tenor to provide encouragement and inspiration to eight Semi-Finalists. £10 concs £8 for both masterclass sessions Tuesday 10 September 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Maximising Performance & Wellbeing

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– Mental & Physical Strategies for singers & musicians Independent Opera, the Royal College of Music and Wigmore Hall join forces to host a special event that explores the vital topic of singers’ wellbeing, with experts who will offer guidance and support on performance psychology, taking care of your voice, and managing an unconventional career. £10 students £5

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Britten As both a performer and a composer who made vital contributions to the genres of chamber music and song, Benjamin Britten and Wigmore Hall developed a long-lasting relationship early in the composer’s career, with Wigmore Hall being the venue of several important premières of his works. Opening the season and inaugurating Wigmore Hall’s series focussing on Britten and his connections with the venue, Allan Clayton and James Baillieu commemorate the first performance of Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, given by Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, on 23 September 1942, alongside a lineup of additional dazzling singers in further Britten works. Later in the season, we commemorate both Britten’s birthday and the anniversary of his death. Friday 13 September 7.30pm

Louise Alder soprano Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Christopher Maltman baritone James Baillieu piano Britten Gala Britten On this Island Op. 11; A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22; Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74 Four leading singers explore Britten’s extraordinary range as a song composer in cycles dating between 1937 and 1965, and taking in such poets as Robert Burns and WH Auden, as well as the great Italian visual artist Michelangelo. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

From top: Louise Alder © Gerard Collett Christine Rice © Patricia Taylor Christopher Maltman © Pia Clodi James Baillieu © Kaupo Kikkas

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Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten’s Birthday: Doric String Quartet Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Britten’s Deathday: Sophie Bevan soprano Allan Clayton tenor Nicolas Fleury horn Aurora Orchestra & Brett Dean conductor Saturday 4 January 2020 7.30pm Allan Clayton tenor Timothy Ridout viola Sean Shibe guitar & James Baillieu piano Wednesday 22 April 2020 7.30pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano Thursday 14 May 2020 7.30pm Vox Luminis Thursday 21 May 2020 7.00pm NB time Iestyn Davies countertenor Allan Clayton tenor James Newby baritone Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Olivia Jageurs harp & James Baillieu piano Thursday 21 May 2020 10.00pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano Monday 13 July 2020 1.00pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Allan Clayton © Sim Canetty-Clarke

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BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL OPENING WEEKEND Leading artists take part in a wide-ranging opening weekend to kick off the season-long Beethoven celebration. These artists offer an intensive experience of Beethoven’s music viewed from varied perspectives – delving into areas from his own health to composers who influenced him and those whom he in turn influenced – with several appearances by an innovative ensemble that regularly underlines connections between the old and the new.

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Steven Isserlis © Kevin Davis

Tim Horton © Benjamin Ealovega

Hugo Ticciati © Marco Borggreve

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Steven Isserlis cello Robert Levin fortepiano

Tim Horton piano O/Modernt Soloists

O/Modernt Soloists

Beethoven Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 Joining with fortepianist Robert Levin, Steven Isserlis opens the weekend with a programme focussed on major cello sonatas dating from 1796 and 1807-8 respectively. £15

Hugo Ticciati violin Priya Mitchell violin Gareth Lubbe viola Julian Arp cello

Giant Marching Along Behind Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1; Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 ‘You can have no idea,’ wrote Brahms in 1872, ‘what it’s like to hear such a giant always marching along behind you!’; but as the collaborative ensemble directed by Hugo Ticciati will demonstrate, Beethoven’s daunting inheritance could also be positive – certainly the case with Brahms’ mighty Op. 1 and his bracing Piano Quintet. £15

Hugo Ticciati violin Priya Mitchell violin Fredrik Paulsson viola Julian Arp cello

The Convalescent Soul: Heiliger Dankgesang Bach From Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. for string trio): Aria, Variation I, Variation III, Variation XXV, Aria Beethoven 3rd movement from String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 Cage 4’33’’Schoenberg String Trio Op. 45 The power of music to heal is represented in a programme including works celebrating recovery from illness alongside music supposedly conceived to cure insomnia. £15

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SEPTEMBER • 15

Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Benjamin Appl © Sony Classical & Uwe Arens

Carolin Widmann © Lennard Rühle

Alina Ibragimova © Eva Vermandel

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Benjamin Appl baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout piano Carolin Widmann violin Škampa Quartet O/Modernt Soloists

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Hugo Ticciati, Priya Mitchell, Johannes Marmén violin Fredrik Paulsson, Gareth Lubbe viola Julian Arp, Claude Frochaux cello Jordi Carrasco Hjelm double bass Janne Thomsen flute Nicholas Daniel oboe Christoffer Sundqvist, Sacha Rattle, Oliver Pashley clarinet Emily Hultmark bassoon Alec Frank-Gemill, Ellen Rydelius horn Torbjörn Hultmark trumpet Mikael Oskarsson trombone Magnus Vangsnes Bjørgo bass tuba Olivia Jageurs harp Sam Wilson percussion Immortal Beloved Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Berg Violin Concerto (arr. Faradsch Karaew) Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 A line-up of exceptional musicians explores the concept of the mysterious ‘immortal’ or ‘distant beloved’ that permeates music in the Romantic period and beyond, from Beethoven’s 1816 song cycle through to Mahler, Janáček and Berg.

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Janáček Violin Sonata This outstanding duo, which first came together as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme in 2005, has gone on to worldwide acclaim and regular appearances at Wigmore Hall – most notably with their cycles of the Beethoven sonatas in 2009-10 and of Mozart’s in 2015-16. £15

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BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL OPENING WEEKEND S u n d ay 15 September

Škampa Quartet © Havlik. Vojtech

Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography

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Škampa Quartet Jakub Fišer viola

Soraya Mafi soprano O/Modernt Soloists

Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; String Quintet in C Op. 29 Long a presence on the international scene and specifically at Wigmore Hall, the four gifted players of the Škampa Quartet are joined by their compatriot and experienced chamber musician violist Jakub Fišer for a programme of Beethoven’s masterpieces for strings. £16 concs £14 inc. coffee/sherry/ juice

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Hugo Ticciati, Priya Mitchell, Johannes Marmén violin Fredrik Paulsson, Gareth Lubbe viola Julian Arp, Claude Frochaux cello Chi-chi Nwanoku double bass Olivia Jageurs harp Janne Thomsen flute Nicholas Daniel, Malin Klingborg oboe Emily Hultmark bassoon Alec Frank-Gemmill, Ellen Rydelius horn Mozart’s Spirit from Haydn’s Hands Mozart Et incarnatus est from Mass in C minor K427 Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor ‘Farewell’ It was Beethoven’s patron Count Waldstein who predicted in 1792 that his young protégé would ‘receive Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands’. Their benign influences as the young Beethoven’s great predecessors are celebrated in a programme in which the increasingly acclaimed Lancashire-born soprano joins Ticciati and his ensemble. £15

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SEPTEMBER • 17

Cédric Tiberghien © Jean-Baptiste-Millot

Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve

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Cédric Tiberghien piano Sam West narrator O/Modernt Soloists

Janne Thomsen flute Michael Collins clarinet Nicholas Daniel oboe Amy Harman bassoon Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Benjamin Baker violin Timothy Ridout viola Isang Enders cello Chi-chi Nwanoku double bass Aleksandar Madžar piano

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Hugo Ticciati violin Johannes Marmén violin Fredrik Paulsson viola Julian Arp cello Fallen Heroes

Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Op. 41 Napoleon was a figure of immense significance to Beethoven personally – as he was to the whole of Europe – though the composer’s attitude to his erstwhile hero altered radically. Schoenberg’s setting of Byron’s withering ode complements Chopin’s sonata containing his famous Funeral March, heard at the re-interment of Bonaparte’s remains in 1840.

Beethoven Serenade in D Op. 25; Quintet in E flat for piano and winds Op. 16; Horn Sonata in F Op. 17; Septet in E flat Op. 20

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110; Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 An interpreter who has, in the words of French composer André Boucourechliev, ‘scaled the heights achieved only by the greatest, not just of today, but of an entire epoch’, presents works in which Beethoven expanded both the form itself and the expressive range of the instrument. £15

A group of much admired musicians presents a varied programme of works written during the years 1799-1801 and conceived for unusual combinations of instruments. £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

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Iestyn Davies Residency The pre-eminent countertenor spends his 40th birthday inaugurating his Residency, an occasion heightened with Davies being awarded the prestigious Wigmore Medal. Few singers cover his range of activities, which include regular appearances in Baroque and contemporary opera, a wealth of repertory performed in concert and recital, and his lead role in Claire van Kampen’s play Farinelli and the King in the West End and on Broadway. Monday 16 September 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies countertenor The English Concert Trevor Pinnock director, harpsichord Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert Handel Concerti Grossi: in G Op. 6 No. 1, in G minor Op. 6 No. 6, in F Op. 6 No. 9 & in D Op. 6 No. 5; Arias from Agrippina; Arias from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato With his long-term colleagues The English Concert, Iestyn celebrates his birthday surveying concertos by Handel. Davies includes arias from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, commonly interspersed with the concerti, and from Handel’s sole Venetian opera. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Iestyn Davies © Benjamin Ealovega

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Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 22 March 2020 7.30pm with Thomas Dunford lute Saturday 13 June 2020 7.30pm with Joseph Middleton piano Saturday 25 July 2020 7.30pm with Dunedin Consort

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Monday 16 September 1.00pm

Tuesday 17 September 7.30pm

Wednesday 18 September 11.00am and 12.30pm

Benjamin Appl baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout

Stephen Waarts violin Gabriele Carcano piano

For Crying Out Loud!

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Schumann Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass; An die Türen will ich schleichen Mendelssohn An die Entfernte; Schilflied; Frühlingslied Zelter Harfenspieler I-III Loewe Herr Oluf; Hinkende Jamben; Tom der Reimer Schumann 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90 The Lieder specialist devotes his programme to the early Romantic school, with an important predecessor – Mendelssohn’s teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter – represented by settings of Zelter’s friend, Goethe.

Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85; Rhapsody No. 2 BB96a Stephen Waarts performs one of Szymanowski’s three great cycles from 1915, Myths, which he described in a post-war letter as ‘very original timbrally and technically’, encapsulating the enchanting and expressive nature of a mythical story. The cycle is interposed between three popular violin works. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and groove to the music or sit back and unwind. Parents-tobe are also warmly welcomed. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

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£16 concs £14

Benjamin Appl © Lars Borges

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For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

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SEPTEMBER • 21

Schubert Song Cycles Composed in 1823 and 1827 respectively, Schubert’s narrative cycles offer two of the greatest experiences in the entire Lieder repertoire, their sequences of songs charting stories of the pain of rejection and its impact on a sensitive spirit, with the looser, posthumously compiled collection Schwanengesang providing a moving envoi. All three will be performed in the 2019/20 Season by Mark Padmore, accompanied by Kristian Bezuidenhout on fortepiano. Friday 20 September 7.30pm

Mark Padmore tenor Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795 Their joint approach widely praised for its detailed insight and concentrated intensity, two of today’s most celebrated performers once again come together to explore the story of a young journeyman whose love for the beautiful miller’s daughter is unreturned; ‘Padmore and Bezuidenhout turned it into the starkest of tragedies’, said Opera News of their New York performance. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Thursday 16 April 2020 7.30pm Schubert Winterreise D911 Tuesday 7 July 2020 7.30pm Schubert Schwanengesang D957

Mark Padmore © Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 18 September 7.00pm NB time

Thursday 19 September 6.00pm

Thursday 19 September 7.30pm

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Pre-Concert Talk

The Mozartists Ian Page conductor Regula Mühlemann

Haydn String Quartets Op. 20 ‘They’ve broken out beyond Canada’s borders like no other artist since Glenn Gould’, the CBC has said of one of their country’s greatest musical ambassadors. Its latest project is devoted to the complete String Quartets Op. 20 by Haydn, of which Donald Tovey wrote that ‘every page is of historic and aesthetic importance.’

Ian Page, who conducts tonight’s concert, introduces the music that will be performed. £5

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Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D ‘Le Matin’ Mozart Voi avete un cor fedele; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio; Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro; Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle Haydn Symphony No. 80 in D minor Rising star Regula Mühlemann, described by The Guardian as ‘a soprano with a crystal-clear tone you could pour over ice and drink’, makes her eagerly awaited Wigmore Hall debut with a ravishing selection of Mozart arias. These are framed by two of the finest and most exhilarating symphonies that Haydn wrote for the Esterházy court, performed by one of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras.

Approximately 3 hours 15 minutes in duration, including two intervals £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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St. Lawrence String Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Ian Page © Sheila Rock

Regula Mühlemann © Shirley Suarez Padilla

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Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality A creative figure of exceptional range and reach, as well as a trained physicist, writer and Harvard Professor, the American jazz pianist is Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence for 2019/20. Vijay Iyer has received numerous awards – including a MacArthur Fellowship – for work that has seen him shine not only in a variety of purely musical genres but also in prestigious collaborations with poets, filmmakers and choreographers.

Sunday 22 September 7.00pm NB time

Vijay Iyer piano Craig Taborn piano The Transitory Poems Two renowned jazz pianists who are close contemporaries and equal masters of the keyboard come together for one of their choice duo sessions, an earlier example of which has been described as ‘a challenging dialogue between two innovative spirits who are open to jazz history as well as new developments in the fields of hip-hop, electronica and the classical spectrum’. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 22 September 10.00pm

Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics

Mike Ladd lyrics, electronics The Evolution Tapes Described by The Guardian as ‘the king of the hip-hop concept’, the Boston-born, Paris-based artist has collaborated with Vijay Iyer on such albums as In What Language? (2003), a song cycle concerned with airports, fear and surveillance both before and after 9/11; the satirical oratorio Still Life with Commentator (2007); and Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (2013). £16

Forthcoming Events in the Series Friday 10 January 2020 7.30pm Vijay Iyer presents the Ritual Ensemble Saturday 11 January 2020 1.00pm Vijay Iyer keynote talk with Professor Georgina Born Wednesday 10 June 2020 7.30pm Vijay Iyer with Aurora Orchestra

Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd © Vaughn Browne

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Friday 20 September 10.15am and 11.45am

Saturday 21 September 10.00am – 3.00pm

Saturday 21 September 7.30pm

Chamber Tots: Autumn

Open House

Marc-André Hamelin

Join us on an autumnal musical adventure in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together!

An opportunity to look behind the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free performances and workshops taking place throughout the day. Everyone is welcome and there will be special workshops for families with music leaders Lucy Drever and Georgia Duncan. Please sign up for workshops on the day.

Skryabin Fantasie Op. 28 Prokofiev Sarcasms Op. 17 Feinberg Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 3 Debussy Préludes Book II

10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)

Free (no ticket required)

Children £7 Adults £5

The Canadian virtuoso has developed a well-founded reputation for originality of programming allied to complete technical command. Here he champions the third sonata (1917) by the neglected Russian composer Samuil Feinberg, enclosing it with Skryabin’s Fantasie (1900) and Prokofiev’s miniatures (1912-14). £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

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Open House © James Berry

Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Michael Collins Residency Sunday 22 September 11.30am

Kuss Quartet Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 Since its foundation in Berlin in 1991, the ensemble has gained a reputation for originality, helping to widen audiences for chamber music as well as expanding the existing quartet repertoire. It offers two major works, one of Mozart’s set dedicated to Haydn (1785) and Brahms’ first published work for the medium (1873). £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

The first ever BBC Young Musician of the Year and recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award enjoys an international reputation as one of the leading exponents of his instrument. Monday 23 September 6.00pm

Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins Michael Collins discusses the opening concert in his Residency. £5 Monday 23 September 7.30pm

Michael Collins clarinet Leonard Elschenbroich cello Michael McHale piano Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat Op. 11 Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Beethoven Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Collaborating with the German cellist and the Irish pianist, Michael Collins offers Beethoven’s early trio and a rarity by Carl Frühling (c.1900). £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter Forthcoming Events in the Series Monday 17 February 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 19 May 2020 1.00pm Masterclass Tuesday 21 July 2020 7.30pm

Kuss Quartet © Rüdiger Schestag

Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega

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WORK EXPERIENCE Supporting the next generation of people working in the arts Wigmore Hall’s Pathways programme provides on and off-stage support and development opportunities to the emerging workforce. As part of this programme we are delighted to offer week-long work experience placements, opening the doors to our busy and vibrant concert hall to share how we operate behind the scenes. Through a combination of event shadowing and administrative tasks, we support and encourage participants to immerse themselves in the day-to-day running of the Hall. Participants have the chance to join a variety of departments such as Learning, Marketing and Development to gain an overview of key responsibilities, and to see how departments collaborate to promote and lead events of the highest quality. This experience enables participants to explore different career options within the arts sector, and has often sparked passions for a particular field and shaped future career choices. If you are interested in work experience, please contact Wallis Leahy at learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk or visit wigmore-hall.org.uk

‘Thank you so much for the opportunity! All in all the week went really well for me, and I definitely learned a lot from it. It was a perfect opportunity to get a better understanding of administrative work and the running of an organisation such as Wigmore Hall, while still a full-time student.’ Sophie Dolamore, Concerts and Administration Assistant at Wigmore Hall, who completed a work experience placement in March 2017

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Monday 23 September 1.00pm

Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 September 1.00pm Thursday 26 September 1.00pm

Marlis Petersen soprano Camillo Radicke piano

Carolyn Sampson soprano Kristian Bezuidenhout

French Song Exchange Showcase

Herbing Montan und Lalage Mozart Das Lied der Trennung Wolff An das Clavier CPE Bach Sonata in E minor Wq. 59/1 Fleischer Das Clavier Mozart An Chloe; Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte; Abendempfindung Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor HXVI:44; Die Verlassene; Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens; Das Leben ist ein Traum Schubert Viola

Join young singers from Wigmore Hall’s French Song Exchange for two showcase recitals, as they explore the wonderful traditions of the mélodie and delve into the music of Fauré. Having been mentored by two of the great exponents of the genre, François Le Roux and Dame Felicity Lott, the French Song Exchange singers offer a glimpse of the next generation of French art song recitalists.

The Otherworld Pfitzner Lockung Reger Maiennacht Walter Elfe Weismann Elfe Brahms Sommerabend Sommer Lore im Nachen Grieg Med en Vandlilje Loewe Der Nöck Sinding Ich fürcht’ nit Gespenster Genzmer Stimmen im Strom Wolf Elfenlied Gulda Elfe Loewe Die Sylphide Schreker Spuk Zumpe Liederseelen Nielsen Ariels Sang Sinding Majnat Stenhammar Fylgia Kaldalóns Hamraborgin Her career now increasingly focussed on the song repertoire, the admired German soprano selects her programme from the works of German and Scandinavian composers. £16 concs £14

fortepiano

An intriguing programme in which one of the finest English sopranos and a premier exponent of the fortepiano collaborate in rare repertoire alongside more familiar items by Mozart and Schubert.

£16 concs £14 for each concert The French Song Exchange is presented in partnership with the École Normale de Musique de Paris

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Marlis Petersen © Y.Mavropoulos

Carolyn Sampson © Marco Borggreve

Gabriel Fauré © Derived from Pierre Petit 1905 – Gallica 2010

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Thursday 26 September 7.30pm

Roberta Mameli soprano (as Aci) Sonia Prina contralto (as Galatea) Luigi De Donato bass (as Polifemo) laBarocca Ruben Jais conductor Handel Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV72 Founded in Milan in 2008, the Italian Baroque specialist ensemble made its successful Wigmore debut in 2016. Handel’s earliest setting of the story of Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus was composed for Naples in June 1708, during his vitally important Italian period, when the style to which his music would largely adhere for the remainder of his career was essentially formed. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Ruben Jais

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Schumann Song Series Wednesday 25 September 7.30pm

Ailish Tynan soprano Raphael Wallfisch cello John York piano Clarke Rhapsody for cello and piano Clarke A Dream; Greeting; Infant Joy; Shy One Clarke From Irish Country Songs: I know where I’m goin’ & As I was goin’ to Ballynure Herbert 7 Children’s Songs; The Lake Isle of Innisfree; I think on thee in the night; Jour des Morts Boulanger Attente; Reflets Bloch Suite for cello and piano (transcribed by Gabor Rejto and Adolph Baller from the Suite for viola and piano) Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), the English-American violist and composer, is the focus of this programme in which three leading artists champion her output alongside those of her younger contemporaries Lili Boulanger and Muriel Herbert. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Close to the heart of the Lieder tradition is the output of Robert Schumann, much of it produced within a single miraculous year of intense concentration in 1840. In this ongoing series co-devised by pianist Malcolm Martineau and Lieder expert Susan Youens, Schumann’s songs are explored in the context of his predecessors, contemporaries and followers. Friday 27 September 7.30pm

Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann Herbstlied; Die Blume der Ergebung; Röselein, Röselein!; Ins Freie Brahms Juchhe!; Anklänge; Die Mainacht; Nachtigallen schwingen lustig Schumann Das Käuzlein; Der Sandmann; Des Sennen Abschied; Er ist’s; Herzeleid; Der Gärtner; Die Spinnerin Brahms Spanisches Lied; Treue Liebe; Die Trauernde; Liebestreu Schumann Erstes Grün; Stille Tränen; Alte Laute An artist of exceptional range, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke brings together the works of two composers whose personal and artistic connections were deep. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Sunday 8 December 7.30pm Thomas Oliemans baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

John York and Raphael Wallfisch © Benjamin Ealovega

Sasha Cooke © Vero Kherian

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Beethoven Wigmore Hall continues its celebration of Beethoven through the 2019/20 Season, with highlights including surveys of the composer’s complete piano sonatas (page 31), violin sonatas (page 43) and cello sonatas (page 49), the complete string quartets (page 95), piano trios (page 30) and string trios, piano variations (page 66) and many red-letter Beethoven dates. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Beethoven Piano Trios Three leading musicians – violinist Hagai Shaham, cellist Raphael Wallfisch and pianist Arnon Erez – came together in 2009 to form a subsequently highly successful trio. Their contribution to Wigmore’s Beethoven season is the entirety of his piano trios, works that continue to provide the bedrock of the modern repertoire. Sunday 29 September 11.30am

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op. 1 No. 1; Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ This initial instalment comprises the first trio from Beethoven’s official Op. 1, published in 1795, and first performed in front of his teacher Haydn at the home of his patron Prince Lichnowsky that same year. The first of his two trios Op. 70 (1809), whose eerie slow movement led the composer’s pupil Carl Czerny to compare it to the ghost scene in Hamlet, closes the morning programme. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 26 January 2020 11.30am Sunday 3 May 2020 11.30am Saturday 20 June 2020 7.30pm

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch © Michael Pavia

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Beethoven Sonata Cycle Beethoven is a specialism of the American pianist Jonathan Biss, whose recording of the complete series of the composer’s piano sonatas is an ongoing project. In addition, he has collaborated with Coursera to create the free video course Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, which will eventually cover all 32 examples, and in 2011 released the eBook Beethoven’s Shadow, a meditation on performing the works themselves. Each of Jonathan’s evening concerts will be followed by post-concert talks about the repertoire. He will also be providing more informal talks in the Bechstein Room on his Coursera lectures in collaboration with the Curtis Institute. Sunday 29 September 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss piano Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 1 in F minor Op. 2 No. 1, No. 9 in E Op. 14 No. 1, No. 13 in E flat Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’, No. 12 in A flat Op. 26 ‘Funeral March’ & No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ The authoritative Beethoven interpreter traverses the first decade of his career as a composer of piano sonatas, from his earliest canonical work in the form (composed in 1793-5 and published the following year) to the expansive sonata written in 1803-4 and dedicated to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sunday 29 September 9.30pm

Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss Free (with evening concert ticket) Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Thursday 19 December 7.30pm Sunday 26 January 2020 7.30pm Friday 28 February 2020 7.30pm Monday 20 April 2020 7.30pm Saturday 9 May 2020 7.30pm Thursday 25 June 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

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Rachel Podger Residency Saturday 28 September 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room, where the pianist will discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. coursera.org/learn/beethovenpiano-sonatas Free (ticket required)

Widely acclaimed as a Baroque violinist and orchestral director, Rachel Podger has made superlative recordings of Bach’s music – her set of the solo sonatas and partitas was the recommended choice in BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library series, while her discs of concertos and accompanied sonatas have been equally highly praised. Saturday 28 September 7.30pm

Rachel Podger violin Brecon Baroque Bach Concertos Bach Concerto in A minor for violin, strings and continuo BWV1041; Concerto in E for violin, strings and continuo BWV1042; Violin Concerto in G minor BWV1056R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor; Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor For practical as well as artistic purposes, Bach was a great arranger and transcriber of his own music: the last two of this programme’s concertos, for instance, have come down to us as a work for harpsichord, and are heard here in a reconstruction of a lost original for violin. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 24 November 11.30am Sunday 12 January 2020 11.30am Saturday 18 April 2020 4.00pm & 7.30pm with Kristian Bezuidenhout Sunday 10 May 2020 11.30am Monday 6 July 2020 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal

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Monday 30 September 1.00pm

Monday 30 September 7.30pm

Boris Giltburg piano

Ian Bostridge tenor Steven Isserlis cello Olli Mustonen piano

Rachmaninov Preludes: in B flat Op. 23 No. 2, in D Op. 23 No. 4, in C minor Op. 23 No. 7, in A flat Op. 23 No. 8, in E flat minor Op. 23 No. 9, in G flat Op. 23 No. 10, in C Op. 32 No. 1, in B flat minor Op. 32 No. 2, in E minor Op. 32 No. 4, in G Op. 32 No. 5, in F minor Op. 32 No. 6, in B minor Op. 32 No. 10, in G sharp minor Op. 32 No. 12 & in D flat Op. 32 No. 13 For the Russian-born Israeli pianist, Rachmaninov gives you ‘strong food for your imagination while also touching your heart with his harmonies and the endless generosity of his melodic invention’. In his programme, he offers an expansive selection from the composer’s two major sets of preludes (1901-3, 1910). £16 concs £14

Schubert Auf dem Strom Schumann Belsazar; Die Löwenbraut; Ballade vom Haideknaben György Kurtág Az hit...; In memoriam Ferenc Wilheim Márta Kurtág and György Kurtág For Steven Isserlis 60 György Kurtág Souvenir de Balatonboglár; György Kroó in Memoriam Bennett Tom O’Bedlam’s Song Sibelius Malinconia Op. 20 Olli Mustonen Taivaanvalot (a symphony for tenor, cello and piano)* (UK première) *Co-commissioned by Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Brugge, Premiere Performances of Hong Kong with the support of Camilla & John Lindfors, and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation Three artists of striking individuality and excellence collaborate in a programme celebrating the unusual combination of their conjoined forces, notably in a major new work by the Finnish pianist, composer and conductor Olli Mustonen based on the national epic The Kalevala. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Boris Giltburg © Sasha Gusov

Olli Mustonen © Outi Montosen

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Tuesday 1 October 7.30pm

Wednesday 2 October 12.15pm

Wednesday 2 October 1.00pm

Sacha Rattle clarinet Irène Duval violin William Hagen violin Clare Finnimore viola William Coleman viola Zlatomir Fung cello Shai Wosner piano

Pre-Concert Talk

Britten Sinfonia Mahan Esfahani

Laurence Osborn discusses his new work with Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of its London première in the lunchtime concert. Free (ticket required)

IMS Prussia Cove Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Fauré Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115 György Kurtág Hommage à Robert Schumann Op. 15d Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581

harpsichord

CPE Bach Quartet in A minor Wq. 93 Falla Harpsichord Concerto Laurence Osborn New work for harpsichord and chamber group (London première) Strauss Suite from Capriccio

IMS Prussia Cove is dedicated to music making at the highest level, fostering new generations of talented musicians from across the world. Founded 47 years ago by the great Hungarian violinist Sándor Végh, IMS continues to nurture outstanding chamber music performers under the artistic directorship of cellist Steven Isserlis.

Celebrated harpsichordist and regular collaborator with Britten Sinfonia, Mahan Esfahani joins principal players in the first concert of Britten Sinfonia’s annual At Lunch series. The centrepiece of the concert is Manuel de Falla’s seminal but rarely heard Concerto for Harpsichord accompanied by flute, oboe, violin, cello and clarinet; and the performance also features a scoring of Richard Strauss’s suite from Capriccio for violin, cello and harpsichord. A new work by Laurence Osborn for the same instrumentation as the Falla will also receive its London première.

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Sponsored by Ruffer LLP Irène Duval © B Cruveiller

Laurence Osborn

Britten Sinfonia © Harry Rankin

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Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Since he gave the first ever solo harpsichord recital at the Proms in 2011, the Iranian-American has brought his chosen instrument to a new level of international prominence, his exuberant personality enabling him to engage with audiences throughout a repertoire he is determined to expand but which retains the works of JS Bach as its focal point. Wednesday 2 October 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Bach 15 Inventions BWV772-786; 15 Sinfonias BWV787-801; French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV812; Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894 A varied programme comprising the two-part inventions and threepart sinfonias (c.1720), staples of the repertoire of most budding keyboard players, followed by one of the delightful French suites (c.1722-5), and an earlier but still ambitious prelude and fugue. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 18 March 2020 7.30pm Thursday 11 June 2020 7.30pm

Thursday 3 October 7.30pm

Nia Coleman soprano Filipe Manu tenor Joel Williams tenor Kyu Choi baritone Simon Lepper piano Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2019 Handel Arias from Jephtha Schumann Er und Sie; Der Soldat; Der Spielmann Schubert Nacht und Träume; Punschlied; Klage Mozart Arias from Die Entführung aus dem Serail Elena Langer New work Bizet The Toreador Song; Chanson d’avril Donizetti Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! Bernstein La Bonne Cuisine; Glitter and Be Gay; The Best of All Possible Worlds Independent Opera’s annual showcase celebrates the young stars of today. Joined by acclaimed pianist Simon Lepper, together they present an evocative programme of opera and song. £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 £5 tickets for under 35s Promoted by Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells (Reg. Charity No. 1162432)

Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil

Independent Opera Scholars Recital Group 2019 © Benjamin Ealovega

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Brahms Series Friday 4 October 7.30pm

Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Purcell/Britten If music be the food of love; A Morning Hymn; Job’s Curse Weldon/Britten Alleluia Brahms Sehnsucht Op. 14 No. 8; Soll sich der Mond nicht heller scheinen; Vom verwundeten Knaben; Der Gang zum Liebchen; Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil Musorgsky Songs and Dances of Death Brahms Regenlied; Dein blaues Auge hält so still; Mein wundes Herz verlangt; Nachklang Musorgsky Sunless Brahms Meerfahrt; Anklänge; Über die Heide; Verzagen; Die Kränze; Todessehnen One of the leading Lieder partnerships of our time explores song traditions from the UK, Russia and Germany. £60 £50 £45 £40 £25

Christian Gerhaher © Gregor Hohenberg

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OCTOBER • 37 Christiane Karg Focus

Saturday 5 October 1.00pm – 2.30pm

Saturday 5 October 7.30pm

Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire

Christiane Karg soprano Sabine Meyer clarinet Malcolm Martineau piano

The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien and soprano Magdalena Anna Hofmann join writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. This visually and musically illustrated lecturerecital looks in depth at the unique fusion of cabaret, song cycle and chamber music in the composer’s 1912 masterpiece. As well as breadth, Schoenberg achieved marked concision in these 21 settings of Albert Giraud’s poems about a sad, sadistic clown. With the help of projections and musical examples from the stage, this event looks beyond the work’s nightmarish atmosphere to reveal its motifs and methods. £15 concs £10 U25s free (subject to availability, see page 73)

Arnold Schoenberg © Florence Homolka

Schubert 4 Canzonen D688 Lachner From Frauenliebe und –leben: Seit ich ihn gesehen Schumann From Frauenliebe und –leben: Seit ich ihn gesehen & Er der Herrlichste von allen Kücken Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint Mozart Non temer, amato bene Schumann Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint Kreutzer Das Mühlrad Spaeth Alpenlied Spohr Sei still mein Herz; Zwiegesang; Sehnsucht; Wach auf Meyerbeer Hirtenlied von Lindpaintner Der Hirt und das Meerweib Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen The first programme of a three-concert focus on the admired soprano celebrates the clarinet as an obbligato instrument, with examples from neglected or forgotten figures as well as more mainstream works. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 29 January 2020 7.30pm Friday 10 July 2020 7.00pm NB time

Christiane Karg © Gisela Schenker

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Sunday 6 October 11.30am

Sunday 6 October 12 noon – 4.30pm

Sunday 6 October 7.30pm

Dudok Quartet

Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Liza Ferschtman violin István Várdai cello

Haydn String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 Named after a music-loving Dutch architect, the Dudok Quartet offers two masterpieces in the sombre key of F minor: in the words of Donald Tovey, the Haydn work from his set of 1772 is ‘the most nearly tragic work he ever wrote’, while Mendelssohn’s last major utterance reveals his state of mind following the death of his beloved composer sister Fanny Hensel. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice In Memory of Peter Flatter

Dudok Quartet © Marco Borggreve

For families living with dementia As part of Silver Sunday, we invite people living with dementia and their families, friends and carers to join us for an afternoon exploring art and music together alongside musicians from our Music for Life programme and students from the Royal Academy of Music. Free (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk In partnership with The Wallace Collection, Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy of Music

Silver Sunday © James Berry

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 In conjunction with admired chamber music specialists Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman and Hungarian cellist István Várdai, one of the great pianists of our time performs two large-scale works dating from the penultimate and final years respectively of Schubert’s life, in which his ambitions for the form achieved new grandeur and expressive depth. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 7 October 1.00pm

Jess Gillam saxophone Zeynep Özsuca piano Anna Clyne New work for saxophone and electronics Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor Wiedoeft Valse Vanité Britten Temporal Variations Weill Je ne t’aime pas John Harle RANT! Winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year three years ago, in 2018 the star saxophonist received a Classic BRIT Award and appeared at the BBC Last Night of the Proms, as well as making her international debut. £16 concs £14

Jess Gillam © Phil Rigby Bay Living

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Monday 7 October 7.30pm

Tuesday 8 October 7.30pm

Thursday 10 October 10.15am and 11.45am

Elizabeth Watts soprano Julius Drake piano

Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen

Chamber Tots: Under the Sea

Sandrine Piau soprano Stuart Jackson tenor Konstantin Krimmel

Join us on a musical adventure under the sea in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together!

Strauss Einerlei; Meinem Kinde; Rote Rosen; Liebeshymnus; Winterweihe; Die Nacht; Cäcilie Berg 7 frühe Lieder Chaminade Ronde d’amour; L’anneau d’argent; Ma première lettre; Attente (Au pays de Provence); La lune paresseuse; Ecrin; Villanelle Rachmaninov Lilacs; Fragment from Musset; Dreams; How fair this spot; I wait for thee; They answered; The Isle; What happiness!

director, harpsichord

baritone

Handel Brockes Passion HWV48

In her late-Romantic programme the leading English soprano highlights songs by the longpopular French composer Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944).

Founded in 2010 and thereafter maintaining a focus on music from the Baroque and Classical periods, the ensemble has enjoyed international success at the highest level, including a Residency at Wigmore Hall during the 2016/17 Season. First performed in Hamburg in 1719, Handel’s Passion setting influenced those by his contemporary JS Bach.

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Elizabeth Watts © Marco Borggreve

Arcangelo © Adam Swann

10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

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Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

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COME AND CREATE Come and Create is a monthly music club at Wigmore Hall for young people aged 15–19 with Autism Spectrum Conditions. The group explores and creates new music together alongside professional musicians. Each session finishes with an informal sharing for parents and carers, and the chance to spend time together as a group. Everyone is welcome, from experienced instrumentalists to those who have no musical experience and want to try something new. Forthcoming Workshops Saturday 28 September, 10.30am – 1.00pm Saturday 19 October, 10.30am – 1.00pm Saturday 16 November, 10.30am – 1.00pm Saturday 14 December, 10.30am – 1.00pm Booking is essential as places are limited. For more information contact Lydia Nickalls on 020 7258 8249 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk. Come and Create is primarily designed for young people with low support needs, but anyone is welcome to get in touch to find out more.

‘I go to a lot of music groups, but what we do here is exploring music. Aside from music, we have really interesting discussions. That doesn’t happen in other places.’ Come and Create participant

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Borodin Quartet Few ensembles can claim the longevity or the distinction of the Borodin, founded in 1945 as the Moscow Philharmonic Quartet. Its distinguished membership over the decades has helped it achieve unique authority, in particular in the works of Shostakovich, Beethoven, and its namesake amidst a constantly expanding repertoire. Wednesday 9 October 7.30pm

Friday 11 October 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 Tchaikovsky Album pour enfants Op. 39

Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor Op. 144

The Quartet’s first programme focusses on two Russian composers who hail from the same time period, finishing on a string quartet arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Songs.

Schubert’s String Quartet D804 gained its name from its second movement, the music having been based on a theme from the incidental music for Rosamunde. The ensemble pairs this with the longest of Shostakovich’s string quartets.

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Forthcoming Concert in the Series Thursday 30 January 2020 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet © Simon Van Boxtel

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Beethoven Violin Sonatas This season the great Canadian violinist and his fellow countryman and pianist partner are exploring the entire corpus of Beethoven’s sonatas written for their duo, which reveal the composer’s development between the late 1790s and 1812 in works that reflect the two instruments in perfect collaboration as a partnership of true equals.

Saturday 12 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Ensemble 360

Thursday 10 October 7.30pm

This musical story follows the trials and tribulations of Giddy, a young mountain goat who is scared of heights. Based on the book by Jamie Rix and Lynne Chapman*, with specially composed music by Paul Rissmann, this tale of facing fears and making friends is an ideal way to introduce children to classical music, with plenty of audience participation and projections of images from the story.

James Ehnes violin Andrew Armstrong piano Beethoven Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1, No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2, No. 3 in E flat Op. 12 No. 3 & No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 In this opening instalment they perform the first four examples (1797-1800), the Op. 12 set dedicated to Beethoven’s teacher Antonio Salieri, the single sonata Op. 23 to his patron Count Moritz von Fries, dedicatee of several important works including the Seventh Symphony.

Family Concert: Giddy Goat Recommended for families with children aged 3-7

*Published by Orchard Books.

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Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

Children £10 Adults £12

Thursday 13 February 2020 7.30pm Thursday 4 June 2020 7.30pm

James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega

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Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert The Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Ensemble in Residence, places the music of Franz Schubert at the centre of its annual series. The programmes feature some of the greatest chamber works ever written: the ‘Trout’ Quintet for piano and strings; the String Quintet from the last months of Schubert’s life; the abundantly tuneful Octet for wind and strings; and the two masterly piano trios. There is also music by his contemporaries, including Weber, Spohr, Rossini, Beethoven and Beethoven’s pupil and friend Ferdinand Ries, and by his forerunners and successors, ranging from Haydn to the Mendelssohns, brother and sister, and Schumann. The programmes are enhanced by a strand of songs by Schubert and other significant figures of his time, featuring renowned guest artists Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Roderick Williams, James Gilchrist and Elizabeth Watts. Saturday 12 October 6.00pm

Pre-Concert Talk An introduction to the Around Schubert series by writer, lecturer and broadcaster Katy Hamilton. Free (ticket required) Saturday 12 October 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Weber Folksongs for voice, flute, violin, cello and piano Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Spohr Rose softly blooming from Zemire und Azor Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade; Du bist die Ruh; An die Musik; Nacht und Träume Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ The Nash Ensemble’s series Around Schubert opens with a programme including two of Schubert’s chamber music masterpieces, the single string quartet movement in C minor and the buoyant ‘Trout’ Quintet with double bass. The outstanding French mezzo Stéphanie d’Oustrac sings some of Weber’s arrangements of Scottish folksongs, a Spohr ‘romance’ which was a favourite in the Victorian era, and a group of Schubert songs which are favourites for all time. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Schubertiade ÂŠ Julius Schmidmaho

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 16 November 5.30pm and 7.30pm

Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm

Saturday 7 December 5.30pm

Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm

Saturday 7 December 7.30pm

Saturday 8 February 2020 7.30pm

with Roderick Williams baritone

with James Gilchrist tenor

Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm with Elizabeth Watts soprano Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am

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Sunday 13 October 11.30am

Sunday 13 October 3.00pm

Sunday 13 October 7.30pm

Endymion

Soraya Mafi soprano Simon Lepper piano

Vilde Frang violin Michail Lifits piano

From Dawn Til Dusk

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Schubert Fantasy in C D934 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 in C sharp minor BB84

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K407 Dohnányi Sextet in C Op. 37 Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the distinctive chamber ensemble offers Mozart’s quintet completed on the final day of 1782 – one of a number of works composed for the leading horn player and part-time cheesemonger Joseph Leutgeb – plus the 1935 Sextet by the Hungarian late-Romantic Ernő Dohnányi, which has become a signature piece for the group. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Inspired by the different hours in a day, the programme will include songs by Schumann, Strauss, Fauré and Gurney. A soprano with a steadily rising profile, Lancashire-born Soraya Mafi won the Susan Chilcott Award in 2016 and is currently a Harewood Artist of English National Opera, who continues to garner critical praise and the attention of discerning audiences in her varied activities on the operatic stage and the concert platform.

A multi-award winner, the widely acclaimed Norwegian violinist brings her special artistry to bear on a programme of three major works. The demanding first Bartók sonata was written for the Hungarian virtuoso Jelly d’Arányi, with whom the composer performed it in London in 1922. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

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Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography

Vilde Frang © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 14 October 1.00pm

Monday 14 October 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet Barry Douglas piano

Elias String Quartet

Tchaikovsky A selection from The Seasons Op. 37b; Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 One of the world’s legendary ensembles makes a welcome return with an all-Russian programme, offering a favourite Tchaikovsky slow movement before pianist Barry Douglas joins the quartet for Shostakovich’s powerful quintet – a work the Borodins frequently performed with the composer himself.

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Matthew Hindson String Quartet No. 2 Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Admired for its performances of the classical repertoire – its recordings of the Beethoven quartets on the Wigmore Live label have been enthusiastically received – the Elias adds a recent work by the prominent Australian composer Matthew Hindson, which it premièred in 2013. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Barry Douglas © Benjamin Ealovega

Elias String Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

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Tuesday 15 October 10.30am – 1.30pm

Thursday 17 October 10.15am and 11.45am

Friday 18 October 11.00am – 12 noon

Singing with Friends: Come and Sing

Chamber Tots: Into Space

Schools Concert: Giddy Goat

For families living with dementia 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! Free (ticket required) In partnership with Resonate Arts

Join us on a musical adventure in space in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Wigmore Hall is committed to playing its part in building a dementia-friendly society, and is proud to have 2 Dementia Friends Champions and 44 Dementia Friends on its staff team. To find out more visit dementiafriends.org.uk

Singing with Friends © James Berry

Ensemble 360 EYFS and Key Stage 1 This musical story follows the trials and tribulations of Giddy, a young mountain goat who is scared of heights. Based on the book by Jamie Rix and Lynne Chapman*, with specially composed music by Paul Rissmann, this is a tale of facing fears and making friends for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children and their teachers. *Published by Orchard Books.

Children £4 Accompanying adults free (ticket required) First Time Booker Offer New to Family events at Wigmore Hall? Buy your tickets for half price, either by phone or in person.

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Giddy Goat

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Beethoven Cello Sonatas Though they represent a smaller overall corpus than his solo works for piano or those for piano and violin, Beethoven’s compositions for cello and piano occupy a position of equivalent importance within the repertoire for that particular duo and cover the majority of his career, from the first sonatas of 1796 through the last of 1815. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle Thursday 17 October 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi cello Dénes Várjon piano Beethoven Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1; 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 The great cellist and his Hungarian pianist partner traverse the Beethovenian repertoire for their instruments, including a set of variations and a sonata from the composer’s early period, one from his middle period, and one from the beginning of his late period. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Saturday 19 October 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi © Kata Schiller

Friday 18 October 7.30pm

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in C K545 Brahms Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2; Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 No. 2; Intermezzo in C sharp minor Op. 117 No. 3 Liszt Grande étude de Paganini No. 6 in A minor S141 Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz Danse Macabre Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte; A la manière de … Chabrier; A la manière de … Borodine Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition Widely admired for his virtuoso technique, the Ukrainian pianist has demonstrated an affinity with a sizable range of repertoire, notably music from the entire Romantic era and a wide range of Russian composers. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Alexander Gavrylyuk © Marco Borggreve

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Brahms Few composers have left such a rich heritage of music for the recital hall as Johannes Brahms, whose equal mastery in the fields of song, piano music and chamber music has continued to reward innumerable listeners and interpreters ever since his earliest works in these media appeared in the early 1850s.

Sunday 20 October 11.30am

Castalian String Quartet Isabel Charisius viola Ursula Smith cello Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111; String Sextet in B flat Op. 18 Formed in 2011, the ensemble has risen steadily to a position of prominence on the international scene, its awards including the 2016 RPS Albert and Eugenie Frost Prize and its Wigmore debut taking place on Easter Sunday of the following year; this programme sees it add two additional players to its regular complement. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Other Concerts in the Series Friday 4 October 7.30pm

Saturday 28 December 7.30pm

Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm

Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano

Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Schumann

Stephen Hough piano Renaud Capuçon violin

Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm

Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm

Sunday 12 January 2020 7.30pm

Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet Michael Collins clarinet

Vienna Piano Trio Radovan Vlatković horn

Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello

Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm

Wednesday 26 February 2020 7.30pm

Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet

Castalian String Quartet Cédric Tiberghien piano Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Chopin Friday 3 April 2020 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet Nils Mönkemeyer viola Ursula Smith cello Monday 11 May 2020 7.30pm Takács Quartet Roger Tapping viola Monday 18 May 2020 7.30pm Garrick Ohlsson piano Tuesday 19 May 2020 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Wednesday 20 May 2020 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Michael Collins clarinet Tuesday 30 June 2020 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Liszt

Castalian String Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

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Beethoven Cello Sonatas Saturday 19 October 7.30pm

Monday 21 October 1.00pm

Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi cello Dénes Várjon piano

Lawrence Power viola, violin Simon CrawfordPhillips piano

Catriona Morison mezzo-

Beethoven 12 Variations on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO. 45; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2; 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO. 46; Horn Sonata in F Op. 17; Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 The Hungarian piano and cello duo presents the remainder of Beethoven’s output for their combination, including his variations on a popular theme from one of Handel’s oratorios, plus his horn sonata in an authentic transcription. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

A Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel Thomas Adès 3 Berceuses* (UK première) Short works by Couperin, Ravel & Stravinsky *Co-commissioned by the Verbier Festival, Moritzburg Festival, BBC, UKARIA and supported by the Viola Commissioning Circle In this recital by one of the world’s leading viola players, Lawrence Power introduces to the UK a recent work by one of the UK’s outstanding contemporary composers, supported by the Viola Commissioning Circle and launched at the Verbier Festival in July. £16 concs £14

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Malcolm Martineau piano Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Berg 4 Lieder Op. 2 Viardot 3 Lieder auf Texte von Eduard Mörike Brahms Da unten im Tale; Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr; Maria ging aus wandern; Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus; Feinsliebchen, du sollst mir nicht barfuss gehn; Wie komm ich denn zur Tür herein; Es steht ein Lind; Och Moder, ich well en Ding han! It was at the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition that the Scottish soprano carried off the main prize as well as being selected as joint winner of the Song Prize. Her programme includes settings by the great 19th-century mezzo Pauline Viardot, whom Liszt thought a composer of genius. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Miklós Perényi © Szilvia Csibi

Lawrence Power © Jack Liebeck

Catriona Morison © John Cooper

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Tuesday 22 October 7.00pm NB time

Imogen Cooper piano

Imogen Cooper 70th Birthday Concert Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958; Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in B flat D960 Though her repertoire has been expanding in some unpredictable directions over recent seasons, the renowned pianist has selected for this celebratory event Schubert’s last three sonatas – music that has been central to her highly considered art over many years, and her performances of which have been universally admired. Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes in duration, including two intervals £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Imogen Cooper © Sussie Ahlburg

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Focus on Weinberg Wigmore Hall marks the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg with one of the largest ever retrospectives of the Polish-Jewish-Russian composer’s chamber music. The focus follows two strands, as Quatuor Danel lead the way with an eleven-concert, two-season survey of his string quartets, while violinist Linus Roth leads Wigmore’s Weinberg Focus Day.

Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-2022 Organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music Programme and POLSKA 100, the international cultural programme celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining independence

Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle The frequently tragic life of the PolishJewish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) did not prevent him from composing prolifically in many forms; important to both his personal life and career was his friendship with Shostakovich, which began during the Second World War and continued until the latter’s death. Thursday 24 October 7.30pm

Quatuor Danel Weinberg String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Weinberg String Quartet No. 2 Specialists in Russian repertoire, the French quartet has brought particular dedication to its performances of the string quartets of tonight’s composers, all of which it has recorded; here it performs three early scores by the pair, Weinberg’s dating from 1937 (revised 1985) and 1940 respectively. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Tuesday 10 December 7.30pm Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm

Quatuor Danel © Marco Borggreve

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Weinberg Focus Day A composer whose reputation has steadily grown over the last few years, Mieczysław Weinberg faced considerable adversity yet managed to make significant contributions to many genres, notably the fields of instrumental music and song: throughout the day, the German violinist Linus Roth, who has become one of the composer’s leading advocates, champions his work. Daniel Elphick, who also launches his book before the evening concert, will introduce each event. Saturday 26 October 11.30am

Linus Roth violin José Gallardo piano Weinberg Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano Op. 12 Shostakovich Violin Sonata Op. 134 Weinberg Sonata No. 1 for violin solo Op. 82; Largo for violin and piano Music for violin and piano or violin alone: Weinberg’s 1943 First Sonata for both instruments, his 1964 sonata for solo violin and his Largo, as well as Shostakovich’s sonata, in whose unofficial première in January 1969 Weinberg accompanied David Oistrakh. £16

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Saturday 26 October 3.00pm

Linus Roth violin Ilona Domnich soprano José Gallardo piano Weinberg Sonata No. 2 for solo violin Op. 95; Jewish Songs Op. 17; Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano Op. 39 Described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘a peaches and cream soprano with a secure coloratura technique’, the versatile Ilona Domnich sings Weinberg’s Jewish Songs (1944), settings of the Soviet Yiddish poet Shmuel Halkin, in between the Second Sonata for solo violin (1967) and the Fourth Sonata for violin and piano (1947). £16

Saturday 26 October 5.30pm

Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch Daniel Elphick is a musicologist and researcher writing on east-European music and music analysis. Join us before the evening concert as he talks about his book which examines how Weinberg’s works written in Soviet-Russia compare with those of his Polish colleagues. £5 Saturday 26 October 7.30pm

Linus Roth violin Ilona Domnich soprano Janusz Wawrowski violin Danjulo Ishizaka cello José Gallardo piano Weinberg Sonata for two violins Op. 69 Shostakovich 7 Romances on poems by Alexander Blok Op. 127 Weinberg Piano Trio Op. 24 Dating from 1943, Weinberg’s Piano Trio is a relatively early work but already shows a kinship with Shostakovich, who was to prove a source of friendship and support for the rest of his life: Weinberg played the piano in the 1967 première of the Alexander Blok Romances. £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

Linus Roth © Dan Carabas

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Thursday 24 October 11.00am – 12 noon

Friday 25 October 7.30pm

Sunday 27 October 11.30am

Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio

Angela Hewitt piano

Esmé Quartet

Bach English Suite No. 4 in F BWV809; English Suite No. 5 in E minor BWV810; Sonata in D BWV963; English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811

Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Winner’s Concert

Laura Jurd trumpet Ruth Goller bass Corrie Dick drums

Join Laura Jurd and her band as they present music by composers from John Dowland to Bill Withers in this exciting jazz trio line-up. This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides an opportunity to hear live music in an informal environment. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights remain up. Audience members can move in and out of the auditorium as they wish, and there is a designated quiet area.

Thought to date from 1715, during his period as court organist at Weimar, Bach’s English Suites have nothing particularly English about them; the single-movement sonata is earlier, dating from around 1704, when the composer was organist at the New Church in Arnstadt. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Its name deriving from the old French word for ‘being loved’, the four female musicians who make up the Esmé Quartet hail from Korea and are currently based in Germany. Their international renown dates from their multiprize winning triumph at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, which included first prize. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Laura Jurd © Dave Stapleton

Mozart String Quartet in G K387 ‘Spring’ Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

Angela Hewitt © Bernd Eberle

Esmé Quartet © Sihoo Kim

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Monday 28 October 1.00pm

Monday 28 October 7.30pm

Tuesday 29 October 7.30pm

Jean-Guihen Queyras

Alisa Weilerstein cello Inon Barnatan piano

The Endellion String Quartet

Brahms Cello Sonata Op. 78 (transcribed from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78) Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Songs by Brahms (arr. Weilerstein/Barnatan for cello and piano) Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano Op. 147 (arr. Daniil Shafran for cello and piano)

Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my Life’ Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

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Alexandre Tharaud piano Programme to include: Debussy Cello Sonata Brahms 4 Hungarian Dances Jean-Guihen Queyras is a cellist of versatility, here presenting a programme of works including a duo written during the Great War and a selection from Brahms’ 21 lively Hungarian Dances, completed in 1869. £16 concs £14

Two musicians devoted to the chamber repertoire come together for a programme focussing on two contrasting composers, including works originally for voice, violin or viola heard here in transcriptions for cello – the songs arranged by the performers themselves. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

The much-loved Endellion Quartet is in its fortieth anniversary year and has played over a hundred times at Wigmore Hall. Its programme ends with Beethoven’s phenomenal Op. 130 in its original version culminating in the mighty Grosse Fuge, an explosion of energy and creativity in reaction to the heart-breaking sorrow of the Cavatina before it. Smetana’s ‘From my Life’ is overtly autobiographical and one of the greatest and most expressive Romantic quartets. Haydn’s masterly, warm and playful Op. 64 No. 6 opens the concert. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Jean-Guihen Queyras © Francois Sechet

Alisa Weilerstein © Marco Borggreve

The Endellion String Quartet © Eric Richmond

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Wednesday 30 October 7.30pm

Christoph Prégardien tenor Julius Drake piano Beethoven Adelaide; An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Schubert Selections from Schwanengesang Interspersed with Schubert Im Walde; Dass sie hier gewesen The great German artist has long been considered one of the outstanding Lieder performers of our day. In his return to Wigmore Hall he and his equally distinguished pianist alternate between two composers central to the German tradition. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Christoph Prégardien © Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 30 October 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Thursday 31 October 6.15pm – 7.05pm

Thursday 31 October 7.30pm

Chamber Tots: In the Forest

Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities

Colin Currie percussion Huw Watkins piano

Luke Newby clarinet Naomi Sullivan saxophone

Dave Maric Predicaments Britten Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano Joe Duddell Parallel Lines Tansy Davies Dark Ground Helen Grime Harp of the North for solo piano Huw Watkins New work for piano and percussion* (English première)

Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 12.30pm–1.30pm (1-2 year-olds) 2.00pm–3.00pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Join us for the latest of the Bechstein Sessions, a series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar. We welcome Sounding Cities, a clarinet and saxophone duo which aims to explore urban spaces through music and art. The duo has collaborated with exciting artists and musicians in Johannesburg and Birmingham, commissioning new works that explore the lived experience of urban spaces. £5

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*Co-commissioned by East Neuk Festival, Wigmore Hall and Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, with the support of the PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders programme, and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival ‘The world’s finest and most daring percussionist’ (The Spectator) is joined by pianist and composer Huw Watkins in the première of the latter’s new work, as well as other recent pieces Currie has premièred, by Dave Maric and Joe Duddell. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Bechstein Sessions © James Berry

Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve

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Recollections of Beethoven The winner of a Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2017 and Wigmore Hall’s Associate Composer this season, Freya Waley-Cohen has developed a reputation for initiative and originality – as in her musical-work-cum-installation Permutations, co-created with violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina; and the conjoined concert series, commissioning body and record label Listenpony, run by her with Josephine Stephenson and William Marsey. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle Saturday 2 November 11.00am – 12 noon

Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Freya Waley-Cohen Unveil Sir George Benjamin 3 Miniatures for solo violin Knussen Secret Psalm Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 György Kurtág In Nomine – all’ongherese; ...féerie d’automne...; Hommage à J.S.B. Freya Waley-Cohen Likeness Two concerts including recollections or reflections of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge begin with a solo violin recital including two pieces by the performer’s sister that derive from the palindromic nature of Beethoven’s fugue subject itself. £16

Saturday 2 November 1.15pm – 2.15pm

Talk: Freya Waley-Cohen Join us in the Bechstein Room between concerts where Freya Waley-Cohen will discuss her influences and inspiration behind today’s music. £5 Freya Waley-Cohen © Patrick Allen

Saturday 2 November 2.30pm – 3.30pm

Albion Quartet Freya Waley-Cohen New work for string trio* (world première); Coffee Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133 Freya Waley-Cohen Snap Dragon *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the generous support of The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Members of an acclaimed quartet led by Tamsin Waley-Cohen deliver three of the composer’s works, including a new string trio commissioned by Wigmore Hall, and Beethoven’s mighty Grosse Fuge itself – one of his most rigorous and challenging statements. £16

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Emmanuelle Haïm Residency Initially known as a harpsichordist, but now more frequently encountered as a conductor, the French Baroque specialist founded her own period ensemble in 2000. She has subsequently toured with it widely and with significant success, as well as appearing with leading international opera companies and orchestras. Friday 1 November 7.30pm

Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Le Concert d’Astrée David Plantier violin Felix Knecht cello Nicola Dal Maso double bass Lute to be announced

Emmanuelle Haïm harpsichord, organ, director Violoncello Obbligato Caldara Sinfonia for solo cello Marcello Psalm 15 ‘Conserva me, Domine’ Gabrielli Cello Sonata No. 1 Merula Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna Porpora Giusto amor from Gli orti esperidi; Sonata for solo cello Vivaldi Di verde ulivo from Tito Manlio

Saturday 2 November 7.30pm

Pavel Haas Quartet Ľubica Čekovská A Midsummer Quartet Schulhoff String Quartet No. 1 Smetana String Quartet No. 2 in D minor Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 The ensemble took the name of a Czech composer, and continues its commitment to music from his country in this programme, with a work by Erwin Schulhoff alongside a quartet by Smetana. The contemporary Slovak composer Ľubica Čekovská is also represented. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter

The place of the cello in Baroque repertoire – often used as an obbligato instrument as well as a soloist – provides the theme of a programme that blends the sacred and the profane, with the celebrated mezzo taking the vocal line. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Tuesday 14 April 2020 7.30pm

Emmanuelle Haïm © Marianne Rosenstiehl

Pavel Haas Quartet © Marco Boggreve

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OUR PARTNER HOSPITAL SCHOOL Wigmore Hall has been working with Chelsea Community Hospital School (CCHS) since 2008. During this time, musicians from chamber ensemble Ignite have devised and led many inspiring projects across the school’s four sites. Over the last four years, we have developed a thriving Partner Schools Programme, for which we work in partnership with schools and Music Education Hubs to co-create a programme of opportunities that meets their needs, placing music at the heart of their ethos, and empowering them to become culturally engaged, proactive schools. As we continue to develop work with Partner Schools, we are excited to launch a new Partner School Programme with CCHS, co-creating a programme of work that benefits pupils and teachers across the school sites. This will include working with teachers and pupils to design work for a new unit for young people with mental health difficulties aged 13–18. © James Berry

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Schubert Cycle: Francesco Piemontesi Sunday 3 November 11.30am

Lucas Jussen piano Arthur Jussen piano Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro brillant Op. 92 Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940 Ravel Ma mère l’oye Fazıl Say Night Comprised of two brothers still in their 20s, the Dutch piano duo has won several international prizes and attracted a wide following. The brothers’ programme offers three substantial repertoire pieces plus a recent work written for them by Fazıl Say. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Lucas and Arthur Jussen © Marco Borggreve

In August, the Swiss pianist commenced a cycle at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg and Hohenems in which he will explore all the piano works of the beloved composer, a substantial and rewarding musical legacy, over several seasons – an ongoing project in which Wigmore audiences are able to share. Sunday 3 November 7.30pm

Francesco Piemontesi piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D899; Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ Striking character pieces demonstrating some of the infinite variety of his musical imagination, Schubert’s impromptus were written in 1827, his ‘Gasteiner’ Sonata – which is conceived on a substantial scale – two years earlier in August 1825 while the composer was staying in the spa town of Bad Gastein. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Wednesday 27 May 2020 7.30pm

Francesco Piemontesi © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 4 November 1.00pm

Monday 4 November 7.30pm

Tuesday 5 November 7.30pm

The Cardinall’s Musick

Janine Jansen violin Sonoko Miriam Welde

Takács Quartet

Greaves England receive the rightful King Tomkins O God, the proud are risen against me Hilton As there be three blue beans Byrd The Eagle’s Force East O metaphysical tobacco Byrd Deus venerunt gentes Allison O Lord bow down Tomkins The hills stand about Jerusalem Weelkes O Lord God Almighty Tomkins Te Deum from The Third Service

Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20

Founded by Andrew Carwood in 1989, the ensemble has gone on to perform and record muchpraised collections of English music from the Renaissance, including a complete edition of William Byrd, who features in this mixed programme alongside his contemporaries and successors.

A distinguished group of string players come together for one of the great masterpieces of chamber music: Mendelssohn’s expansive Octet, composed in 1825 when he was just 16. A substantial piece dating from 1788, Mozart’s single complete work for string trio provides the first half.

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Johan Dalene violin Ludvig Gudim violin Amihai Grosz viola Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Amalie Stalheim cello Jens Peter Maintz cello

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Resident at the University of Colorado, regular visitor to Wigmore Hall as Associate Artists, and in 2014 the first quartet to be awarded the Hall’s medal, the Takács performs highlights from the standard repertoire in its keenly anticipated return. Concert repeated on 7 November £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

In Memory of Peter Flatter

The Cardinall’s Musick © Benjamin Ealovega

Janine Jansen © Hoffmann Decca

Takács Quartet © Amanda Tipton Photography

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NOVEMBER • 65 Associate Artists

Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm

Thursday 7 November 7.30pm

Friday 8 November 10.15am and 11.45am

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano

Takács Quartet

Chamber Tots: Autumn

A Voyage Around Hardy Finzi Childhood among the Ferns Schubert Im Haine; Der Wanderer D649; Der Einsame Finzi Amabel Schubert Liebhaber in allen Gestalten; An Rosa II; Die Liebe hat gelogen Finzi Channel Firing Schubert Rückweg; Totengräbers Heimweh; Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall; Im Frühling; Herbst Finzi Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Repeat of concert on 5 November £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Two masterly exponents of song complement Schubert with Gerald Finzi, whose settings of Thomas Hardy are highlights of his output. First Time Booker Offer New to Family events at Wigmore Hall? Buy your tickets for half price, either by phone or in person.

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Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega

Takács Quartet © Amanda Tipton Photography

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

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Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations Over the next two seasons the versatile French pianist creates a focus on Beethoven’s extensive contributions to the variation form – something that occupied him intermittently from an early set varying a march by Dressler dating from his 13th year to the significant achievements of his maturity – which include one of the greatest sets of variations ever composed. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle Saturday 9 November 7.30pm

Cédric Tiberghien piano Beethoven 6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Op. 34 Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11 Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 Major works by two of Beethoven’s musical descendants are framed by two of the latter’s sets, both dating from 1802 and the second based on the ‘Eroica’ theme that meant so much to him. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 23 February 2020 7.30pm Thursday 2 July 2020 7.30pm

Cédric Tiberghien © Jean-Baptiste Millot

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Friday 8 November 7.30pm

Saturday 9 November 10.30am – 3.30pm

Sunday 10 November 11.30am

Simona Mihai soprano Anna Stéphany

Family Day: Journey to the Moon

Isang Enders cello Sunwook Kim piano

Recommended for families with children aged 7-12

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 N Boulanger 3 pièces for cello and piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19

mezzo-soprano

Filipe Manu tenor Dominic Sedgwick baritone Joseph Middleton piano Somi Kim piano Actor to be announced Come into the Garden Samling Showcase Programme to include works by Schumann, Wolf, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Chausson, Walton, Ireland, Head and Britten. A leading authority in the training of classical voices and piano accompanists nationally and internationally, Samling Institute for Young Artists presents its annual Showcase. Inspired by gardens through the seasons and the language of flowers, six Samling Artists present an evening of song and poetry.

Find your space boots and get ready for a musical adventure to the moon! To celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing, families are invited to join professional musicians and artists in this interactive day of workshops. You can expect singing, prop-making, movement and drama, so come prepared for an energetic day! Children £10 Adults £15

Following his solo Bach suite (he has recorded all six to great acclaim), the German-Korean cellist is joined by the Korean pianist for a major duo sonata, written at the beginning of the 20th century, alongside a Bach Suite and three duo works by 20th-century French composer Nadia Boulanger. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin A Garden in Italy, oil on canvas © Julian Vilarrubi

Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega

Isang Enders © Workroom K

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Sunday 10 November 3.00pm

Sunday 10 November 7.30pm

Monday 11 November 1.00pm

Alessandro Fisher tenor Ashok Gupta piano

Leslie Howard piano

Joanna MacGregor piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat Op. 22 Liszt 3 Odes funèbres: Les morts S516, La notte S516a & Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse S517; Réminiscences de l’opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer: Cavatine S412a & Valse infernale S413

Birds, Grounds, Chaconnes

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Rachmaninov I Remember that Day; Twilight has fallen; Lilacs; I beg for mercy; Again I am alone; Night is mournful; The Dream; The pied piper Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit Joint winner of the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Award and now a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Alessandro Fisher is a young tenor very definitely making waves; his programme surrounds a Rachmaninov selection with two major cycles. £16

Leslie Howard returns to Wigmore Hall, opening with two favourite sonatas composed only about 20 years apart, yet totally different in style. This Remembrance Sunday, he also includes Liszt’s 3 Odes funèbres, lamenting the deaths of his son Daniel and his daughter Blandine, followed by Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse which celebrates the memories that survive our death. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux Couperin Les fauvétes plaintives Messiaen Le merle noir Rameau La Poule Janáček The barn owl has not flown away! from On an Overgrown Path Sir Harrison Birtwistle Oockooing Bird Hossein Alizâdeh Call of the Birds Purcell Ground in C minor ZD221 Philip Glass Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi Gibbons Whoop, do me no harm, good man Byrd 1st Pavane from My Ladye Nevells Booke Philip Glass Knee Play No. 4 from Einstein on the Beach from Trilogy Sonata Pachelbel Ciacona in F minor The multifarious musician has created a characteristically inventive programme ranging from Byrd to Glass and the contemporary Iranian Hossein Alizâdeh. £16 concs £14

Alessandro Fisher © Gerard Collett

Leslie Howard

Joanna MacGregor

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Monday 11 November 7.30pm

Tuesday 12 November 7.30pm

Wednesday 13 November 7.30pm

Lara Melda piano

Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano

Wihan Quartet

Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3 Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat Op. 33 No. 7; Etude-tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8 Prokofiev From 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op. 75: Masks, Montagues and Capulets, Friar Laurence & Mercutio Lyadov Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 44 Rachmaninov Prelude in D Op. 23 No. 4; Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 Lutosławski Partita for violin and piano György Kurtág 3 pezzi Op. 14e Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano Two authoritative musicians and regular duo partners – the violinist also a former Wigmore Artist in Residence – play music from the 19th and 20th centuries, including György Kurtág’s tense 3 pieces (1979) and Lutosławski’s flamboyant Partita (1984).

Klein String Trio Suk String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. 11 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Currently in residence at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London, the Czech ensemble took its name from that of a compatriot cellist who himself founded the historic Czech String Quartet. Here it champions works from its country, including one by Gideon Klein, who died in a Nazi labour camp. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Pamela Majaro

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Winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2010 and still in her mid-20s, the British-Turkish pianist has won exceptional praise for her Chopin interpretations, and here also explores Russian repertoire. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Lara Melda © Mark Woods-Nunn

Christian Tetzlaff © Giorgia Bertazzi

Wihan Quartet © Lukáš Novotný

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Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

Thursday 14 November 7.30pm

Saturday 16 November 5.30pm

Saturday 16 November 7.30pm

Robin Tritschler tenor Jonathan Ware piano

Nash Ensemble Richard Hosford clarinet Marie Lloyd basset horn Simon CrawfordPhillips piano

Nash Ensemble Richard Hosford clarinet

Fabled Songs Schubert Fahrt zum Hades; Der entsühnte Orest; Der zürnenden Diana; Nachtstück; Memnon; Philoktet; Atys; Orest auf Tauris; Der Alpenjäger; Abendstern; Auflösung G Bush Songs of the Zodiac Caplet Le loup et l’agneau from 3 Fables of Jean de La Fontaine Honegger Petit cours de morale Chabrier Villanelle des petits canards Hageman Praise; At the well; Do not go, my love; Into the Silent Land; Miranda In his varied programme the Irish tenor includes music by the British Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) as well as the Dutch-born American composer and conductor Richard Hageman (1881-1966).

Beethoven Quintet in E flat for piano and winds Op. 16 Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor Op. 114 Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103 The wind players of the Nash Ensemble are featured in an early-evening concert containing Beethoven’s extravert Quintet with piano, a Mendelssohn showpiece for the clarinet family and Beethoven’s Octet, a true symphony for wind. Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’ Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34 Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Haydn’s famous Quartet with its variations on the composer’s own Austrian Imperial anthem and Weber’s bubbling Quintet for clarinet and strings pave the way for what is often deemed the greatest work in the entire chamber music repertoire, the Quintet written by Schubert shortly before his death. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

All seats £5

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Robin Tritschler © Benjamin Ealovega

Nash Ensemble Wind Quintet © Keith Saunders/ArenaPAL

Schubertiade © Julius Schmid

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Friday 15 November 7.30pm

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Joshua Bell violin Borodin String Sextet in D minor Mozart Divertimento in F K247 Dvořák String Sextet in A Op. 48 A welcome return for one of the world’s most established and versatile chamber ensembles, together with its music director since 2011 – a long-familiar face at Wigmore Hall as a leading violinist. Dvořák in his delightful Slavonic style complements Mozart in lighter mode. £60 £50 £45 £40 £25

Joshua Bell © Shervin Lainez

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Sunday 17 November 11.30am

Sunday 17 November 7.30pm

Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy

Maciej Kułakowski cello Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Marc Bouchkov violin

Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Helena Winkelman Ciaccona for solo violin Schnittke Fugue for solo violin Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 A leading institution involved in developing string players, the Academy also regularly visits Wigmore Hall, its opening programme on this occasion consisting of solo violin and cello works, including the 2002 Ciaccona by Swiss composer Helena Winkelman and Alfred Schnittke’s 1953 Fugue.

Marc Bouchkov violin Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Sindy Mohamed viola Maciej Kułakowski cello

Elena Bashkirova piano Beethoven Serenade in D for string trio Op. 8 Dohnányi Serenade in C Op. 10 Schnittke Piano Quintet Joined by the renowned pianist Elena Bashkirova, Academy members perform Schnittke’s 1976 Quintet dedicated to the memory of his mother and, in his words, ‘based upon situations of genuine grief’; Dohnányi’s attractive 1902 piece; and its model, Beethoven’s early trio. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

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Maciej Kułakowski © Wojciech Grzędziński

Elena Bashkirova © Nikolaj Lund

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CAVATINA U25s SCHEME

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Monday 18 November 1.00pm

Monday 18 November 7.30pm

Tuesday 19 November 7.30pm

James Newby baritone Simon Lepper piano

Danny Driver piano

Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III

Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Warlock Yarmouth Fair Ireland The Three Ravens Vaughan Williams Silent Noon from The House of Life Howells King David Britten Oliver Cromwell Joint winner of the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Award and the recipient of the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship that same year, rising baritone James Newby became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2018: there is a strong British component to his programme.

Deirdre McKay Time, Shining Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Betsy Jolas Pièce Pour Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ One of the most greatly respected pianists of his generation, Danny Driver has won plaudits for performances and recordings covering a wide range of repertoire. Here he tackles one of the summits of the piano literature preceded by shorter works by Irish composer Deirdre McKay and Franco-American Betsy Jolas, both dating from 1997. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

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Lars Danielsson bass, cello Grégory Privat piano John Parricelli guitar Magnus Öström drums EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 Swedish bassist, cellist, composer and arranger Lars Danielsson teams up with an all-star lineup for the London première of Liberetto; with the talented French pianist Gregory Privat bringing his powerful storytelling and rhythmic sensitivity thanks to his Caribbean and Creole influences, the former e.s.t. drummer Magnus Öström carrying his broad style and with British guitarist John Parricelli’s wonderfully subtle sound. Together, the band discovers new musical spaces and the freedom of music between chamber jazz, classic and European folk music. £35 £30 £20

James Newby © Ben Mckee

Danny Driver © Kaupo Kikkas

Lars Danielsson Group © Thomas Schloemann

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NOVEMBER • 75 Brahms Series

Wednesday 20 November 10.15am and 11.45am

Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm

Thursday 21 November 11.00am and 12.30pm

Chamber Tots: In the Forest

Vienna Piano Trio

For Crying Out Loud!

Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38; Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (early version) Appearing here in their new line-up – pianist Stefan Mendl, violinist David McCarroll and cellist Clemens Hagen – the trio concentrates on works by Brahms: his dramatic first cello sonata; his lyrical first violin sonata; and the richly textured first piano trio in its rarely heard initial version (1854).

Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

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Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Vienna Piano Trio © Nancy Horowitz

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

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Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday

Britten Series

Despite experiencing active discouragement in his early years, the exceptionally gifted baritone would go on to enjoy a top-flight career in the concert and recital hall, together with occasional and equally acclaimed appearances on the operatic stage and jazz performances that have been as admired as his prodigious work in Lieder. He celebrates his 60th birthday with two events at the Hall this November.

Friday 22 November 7.30pm

Friday 22 November 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass The celebrated German baritone’s career took off when he won the Shostakovich Prize in 1996 in Moscow and an award at the Edinburgh International Festival. His concert debut was under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has gone on to achieve an acclaimed international career. He will work with students from London music colleges in this afternoon’s masterclass.

Doric String Quartet Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25; String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36; String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 Renowned for their interpretations of 20th-century music, the Doric performs the three numbered quartets by Britten on the composer’s birthday, works dating respectively from 1941, 1945 (a work premièred at Wigmore Hall in a programme celebrating Purcell) and 1975. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8 U25s free (subject to availability, see page 73) Sunday 24 November 3.00pm

Thomas Quasthoff Interview Join us in an interview with Thomas Quasthoff as we take a look back at his international music career. £20

Thomas Quasthoff © Gregor Hohenberg Sony Music Entertainment

Doric String Quartet © George Garnier

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NOVEMBER • 77 Rachel Podger Residency

Saturday 23 November 11.00am

Saturday 23 November 7.30pm

Sunday 24 November 11.30am

The Wagner Society Singing Competition

Andrè Schuen baritone Daniel Heide piano

Rachel Podger violin

The annual singing competition of The Wagner Society is an opportunity for promising young Wagner voices to compete for prizes of tuition and language coaching, as well as for the chance to attend the student bursary programme at the Bayreuth Festival. Six finalists, chosen from first round auditions, will compete, singing works by Wagner and other composers in front of a distinguished panel of judges. The panel will be chaired by Nicholas Payne (director of Opera Europa) and will include Hugh Canning, Graham Clark, Isabel Murphy, and Rachel Nicholls. The prizes will be presented by Dame Anne Evans.

Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Schubert An den Mond D259; Im Frühling; Der Schiffer D536a; Abendstern; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Musensohn; Sei mir gegrüsst; Du bist die Ruh; Dass sie hier gewesen Mahler Rückert Lieder Hailing from the southern Tyrol, the Lieder-specialist baritone grew up speaking Ladin, Italian and German – something that laid the foundations for his ability to connect creatively with a multitude of vocal texts. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 These two works date from the period of Bach’s life spent in Cöthen, in the employ of the court of Prince Leopold. The sonata ranges from the stately solemnity of the opening Adagio through a vigorous Fugue and a graceful Siciliana to a moto-perpetuolike finale. In the freer form of the Partita, each of the main movements – Allemanda, Correnta, Sarabande, and Tempo di Borea (or Bourrée) – is followed by a Double (or variation). £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Approximately 4 hours in duration, including a lunch interval £30

Dame Anne Evans

Andrè Schuen © Guido Werner

Rachel Podger © Theresa Pewal

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Sunday 24 November 7.30pm

Brenda Rae soprano

Malcolm Martineau

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Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Dominick Argento 6 Elizabethan Songs Libby Larsen Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII Songs by Lowell Liebermann Hailing from Wisconsin, USA, the soprano – here partnered by one of the finest accompanists of the present day – has built up a busy international career in the opera house, concert hall and recital platform, specialising in the coloratura repertoire in which she excels. She presents an all-American programme this evening. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Brenda Rae © Kristin Hoebermann

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Monday 25 November 1.00pm

Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm

Marian Consort

Nelson Goerner piano

Music for the Queen of Heaven

Fauré Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7; Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année S163; Rhapsodie espagnole S254

Byrd Salve Regina a4 Roxanna Panufnik St Pancras Magnificat Dodgson Dormi Jesu Tallis Videte miraculum Cecilia McDowall Alma Redemptoris Mater Ludford Ave cuius conceptio Tallis Euge caeli porta Britten A Hymn to the Virgin Parsons Ave Maria Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum

The former subject of an Artist Portrait series at Wigmore Hall, the Argentine pianist is one of the foremost keyboard performers before the public today. His programme covers a wide range of mood as he explores works from the Romantic period, including a rarely heard set of variations by Fauré (1895). £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The internationally renowned early music consort present a programme focussed on their namesake, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The programme includes Marian anthems from the Renaissance right through to those by contemporary composers. £16 concs £14

Marian Consort

Nelson Goerner © Marco Borggreve

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Thursday 28 November 7.30pm

Friday 29 November 3.00pm

Friday 29 November 7.30pm

The English Concert Harry Bicket director,

Music for the Moment

Fauré Quartet

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Nadja Zwiener violin Fontana Sonata XIV for 2 violins Marini Sinfonia Terzo Tuono Op. 22; Balletto quarto Op. 22 Castello Sonata No. 10 from Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo Steffani Suite from Niobe, Regina di Tebe Locatelli Concerto for 4 violins in F Op. 4 No. 12 Vivaldi The Four Seasons Through experimental playing techniques, compositional innovation, imitations of nature, and exceedingly virtuosic writing, these composers pushed the boundaries of Italian music to their limit. Disseminated across the great culture capitals through the Amsterdam printing houses, these Italian trailblazers set the bar for the rest of Europe.

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

Rachmaninov From Etudestableaux Op. 39: No. 6 in A minor & No. 2 in A minor (transcr. Dirk Mommertz) Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 26 Founded in 1995 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Fauré’s birth, the quartet’s members have gone on to open up new territory for chamber groups. Alongside classics of their medium, here they perform transcriptions by the ensemble’s pianist of piano pieces by Rachmaninov. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter

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Nadja Zwiener © Antje Kroeger

Music for the Moment © James Berry

Fauré Quartet © Tim Klöcker

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Saturday 30 November 10.15am and 11.45am

Saturday 30 November 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Saturday 30 November 7.30pm

Chamber Tots: Under the Sea

Family Concert: Beethoven and the Science of Sound

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Recommended for families with children aged 7-11 Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world-renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite families to learn more about this revolutionary composer while investigating the science of sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed some of his most loved and famous pieces even after losing his hearing. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm

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Children £10 Adults £12

Jamie Barton mezzoKathleen Kelly piano

Remick Warren Heather L Boulanger Attente Beach Ah, love, but a day! from 3 Browning songs N Boulanger S’il arrive jamais from Les heures claires Haydn Arianna a Naxos Libby Larsen Love After 1950 Ravel Chanson à boire from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Duparc Phidylé Strauss Cäcilie For The Guardian, ‘a great artist, no question’, whose ‘nobility of utterance invites comparison not so much with her contemporaries as with mid-20th century greats such as Kirsten Flagstad’, here the American mezzo offers a programme rich in the works of women composers. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

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Family Concert © Belinda Lawley

Jamie Barton © Rebecca Fay

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Sunday 1 December 11.30am

Sunday 1 December 7.30pm

Monday 2 December 1.00pm

Beatrice Rana piano

Tenebrae Nigel Short conductor Olivia Jageurs harp

Colin Currie percussion Sam Walton percussion Pavel Kolesnikov piano Samson Tsoy piano

Ravel Miroirs Chopin 12 Etudes Op. 25 The young Italian pianist came to widespread attention through a series of triumphs at major competitions and in 2017 received the Critics’ Circle Award for emerging instrumental talent. In her programme she brings together Ravel’s colourful and demanding suite with Chopin’s second set of studies extending the technique of the instrument. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Gregorian chant O come, O come Emmanuel Adrian Peacock Veni, Veni Emmanuel Gregorian chant O Radix Jesse Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Advent ‘O’ Carol Joanna Marsh New work for male voices Britten A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 James Burton O Thoma! Maxwell Davies 4 Carols from O Magnum Mysterium Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Warlock Benedicamus Domino Bax I sing of a maiden Sally Beamish In the stillness Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen Gruber/ Rathbone Silent night Trad 12 Days of Christmas (arr. Ian Humphris)

Programme to include: Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion BB115 Four leading performers on piano and percussion assemble for Bartók’s masterpiece for this unusual medium, a work of uniquely haunting sonorities written in 1937 and in which the two percussionists share between them seven instruments. £16 concs £14

In the approach to the festive season, one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles performs a programme of Christmas music both traditional and contemporary. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Beatrice Rana © Nicolas Bets

Tenebrae © Chris O’Donovan

Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve

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Stephen Hough Residency Brahms – in some instances arranged by Hough himself – is a staple feature of the pianist’s Residency. Few musicians possess Hough’s diverse creativity and intellectual curiosity, his 2001 award of a MacArthur Fellowship demonstrating the international reputation he has continued to enjoy, and which has expanded further through his compositions and burgeoning literary career. Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm

Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello Suk Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1; Serenade in A Op. 3 No. 2 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Stephen Hough Sonata for cello and piano left hand (Les adieux) Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Together with long-term friend and collaborator Steven Isserlis, the pianist/composer includes a work which the pair introduced at the Kronberg Festival in October 2013, its ‘non-programmatic title’, he explains, ‘conjuring up ghosts of Beethoven and Dussek’. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Events in the Series Friday 6 December 7.30pm with Michael Collins clarinet & Andrei Ioniţă cello Monday 6 January 2020 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Stephen Hough Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm with Michael Collins clarinet & Castalian String Quartet Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm with Castalian String Quartet Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm with Renaud Capuçon violin Stephen Hough © Jiyang Chen

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Monday 2 December 7.30pm

Wednesday 4 December 11.00am – 12 noon

Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm

Bertrand Chamayou piano

Schools Concert: Beethoven and the Science of Sound

Sophie Bevan soprano Allan Clayton tenor Nicolas Fleury horn Aurora Orchestra Brett Dean conductor

Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 70 Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66; Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63 Chabrier From 10 pièces pittoresques: Mélancolie & Idylle Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Liszt Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel Almira von Handel S181 Wolfgang Rihm Klavierstück Nr. 5 (Tombeau) Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 French music, contemporary music and the music of Liszt are amongst the specialisms of the French pianist, who includes the dramatic and technically demanding Réminiscences de Don Juan S418, alongside a work by Wolfgang Rihm, written in 1975.

Key Stage 2 Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world-renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite Key Stage 2 school groups to learn more about this revolutionary composer while investigating the science of sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed some of his most loved and famous pieces even after losing his hearing. Children £4 Accompanying adults free (ticket required)

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall Britten’s connection to Wigmore Hall is celebrated with a performance of the Serenade, premièred here in 1943, while the Rimbaud settings of Les Illuminations are complemented by a new work by Josephine Stephenson written for Allan Clayton. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

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Bertrand Chamayou © Marco Borggreve

Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18 Josephine Stephenson Une Saison en Enfer* Arvo Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31

Schools Concert © Benjamin Ealovega

Allan Clayton © Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Thursday 5 December 7.30pm

Thomas Hampson baritone

Wolfram Rieger piano

Barber With Rue my Heart is Laden; Night Wanderers; Nocturne; From Despite and Still: In the Wilderness & Solitary Hotel; Now have I fed and eaten up the rose; A Green Lowland of Pianos; O boundless, boundless evening; Rain has fallen; Sleep now; I hear an army Wolf Der Genesene an die Hoffnung; In der Frühe; Fussreise; Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling; Begegnung; Der Tambour; Der Feuerreiter An acknowledged master of Lieder, the American baritone is also renowned as an exponent of American song, including those by Barber, whose complete works for voice he has recorded alongside Cheryl Studer. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Friday 6 December 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Thomas Hampson Masterclass Hailing from America, one of the world’s foremost baritones works with students from London music colleges. Hampson’s award-winning career spans opera, song, research and education. Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8 U25s free (subject to availability, see page 73)

Thomas Hampson © Jiyang Chen

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Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

Friday 6 December 7.30pm

Saturday 7 December 5.30pm

Saturday 7 December 7.30pm

Stephen Hough piano Michael Collins clarinet Andrei Ioniţă cello

Nash Ensemble

Nash Ensemble Roderick Williams baritone

Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor (transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1 (transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio) Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Winner of several competitions – including the cello division of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015 – the young Romanian cellist joins with Hough and clarinettist Collins for a programme placing Brahms beside his mentor Schumann and in between them a work by the neglected Carl Frühling (1868-1937). £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Philippa Davies flute Richard Hosford clarinet Adrian Brendel cello Lucy Wakeford harp Hugh Webb harp Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 (arr. for flute and piano) Chopin Variations on a theme of Rossini (arr. for flute and harp) Schubert The Fountain; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Ständchen; Ellens Gesang III (tr. John Thomas arr. Ann Griffiths for 2 harps) Ries Clarinet Trio Op. 28 A colourful prelude to the evening includes an early Chopin rarity, arrangements of well-known Schubert songs transcribed for harp by John Thomas, harpist to Queen Victoria, and a trio by Ferdinand Ries, pupil and friend of Beethoven. Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval All seats £5

Beethoven British folksongs for voice and piano trio Rossini Wind Quartet No. 3 in C Schubert 6 songs from Schwanengesang (arr. by David Matthews for voice and ensemble) Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 The Nash’s wind players perform one of Rossini’s youthful quartets, and strings and piano combine for Schumann’s vivacious Quintet. Roderick Williams sings a selection from Beethoven’s folksong settings and an arrangement by David Matthews of six songs from Schubert’s Swansong. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am

Andrei Ioniţă © Nikolaj Lund

Schubertiade © Julius Schmid

Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega

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Sunday 8 December 11.30am

Sunday 8 December 3.00pm

Sunday 8 December 7.30pm

Van Kuijk Quartet

Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Nicky Spence tenor Andrew MatthewsOwen piano

Thomas Oliemans baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 In 2015, the quartet won three prizes (including first prize) at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition; it is now a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, and has already recorded music by Mozart and Schubert to considerable acclaim. ‘These four young Frenchmen’, wrote The Guardian after a recent appearance, ‘made the music smile’. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice In Memory of Peter Flatter

Jonathan Dove Birthday Concert Jonathan Dove Letters from Claude; Out of Winter; A selection from Ariel; A selection from All You Who Sleep Tonight Earlier this year, the UK’s most prolific and successful opera composer turned 60. As well as a vast output of works for the stage – the most recent being Marx in London, premièred in Bonn in December 2018 – Dove’s songs merit equal celebration. £16

Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Gade 5 Gedichte aus ‘Bilder des Orients’ Op. 24 Brahms From Die schöne Magelone Op. 33: Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, Liebe kam aus fernen Landen, Wir müssen uns trennen, Ruhe, Süssliebchen & Wie schnell verschwindet Working here with a pianist with whom he has experienced exceptional artistic success, the Dutch baritone contrasts Schumann’s classic cycle with extracts from Brahms’ narrative work and a set by Schumann’s friend, the Danish Niels Gade. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Van Kuijk Quartet © Nikolaj Lund

Claire Booth © Sven Arnstein

Thomas Oliemans © Marco Borggreve

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Monday 9 December 1.00pm

Monday 9 December 7.30pm

Tuesday 10 December 1.00pm

Nelson Freire piano

Eric Lu piano

Mario Häring piano

Scarlatti 3 Sonatas Rameau/Godowsky Elégie from Réminiscences Handel Air and Variations ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’ from Suite No. 5 in E HWV430 Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60 Liszt Isoldes Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde S447

Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital

Schumann Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28

Debussy Estampes; Rêverie Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a Theme of Schubert Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784

Following the Chinese-American pianist’s win at the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition, his first UK recital in Bristol was said by The Guardian to reveal ‘one of the most exciting keyboard prospects in a long time’. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The programme of the German pianist who took second prize at the 2018 Leeds Competition includes the set of variations on Schubert’s German Dance D643 (1819) that comprises the experimentalist Helmut Lachenmann’s first published piece (1956).

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

£16

His progression to the top ranks of the world’s instrumentalists slow but steady, the outstanding Brazilian pianist recently turned 75, while 2019 also marks the 60th anniversary of his international career. £16 concs £14

Nelson Freire © Fabrice Boissiere

Eric Lu

Mario Häring © Kaupo Kikkas

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Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle Tuesday 10 December 7.30pm

Wednesday 11 December 1.00pm

Wednesday 11 December 6.15pm – 7.05pm

Quatuor Danel

Xinyuan Wang piano

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Weinberg String Quartet No. 3 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73

Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital

Bechstein Sessions: Improviso

In this second instalment of their series, the Danel players surround Weinberg’s tense Third Quartet of 1944 with Shostakovich’s widelyranging Second Quartet of the same year, and his heartfelt and dramatic third work in the medium (1946). £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm

Schubert Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ Bartók 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík; Allegro Barbaro BB63; Piano Sonata BB88 Still in his early twenties, the Chinese pianist has received prizes at several leading competitions and was a finalist in Leeds in 2018. His programme brings together two composers, Schubert in expansive mode in his 1825 sonata and Bartók at his most percussive in his example from 1926.

Join us for an informal performance in the Bechstein Bar, featuring dynamic young ensemble Improviso, performing chamber music from the 17th and 18th centuries alongside improvisations around styles from the same period. £5

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Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022

Quatuor Danel © Marco Borggreve

Xinyuan Wang

Improviso

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Friday 13 December 7.30pm

L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar director, theorbo Céline Scheen soprano Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano Vincenzo Capezzuto alto Far la ninnananna Anon Ninna nanna al Bambin Giesù Theile Der Sionitin Wiegenlied: Nun ich singe, Gott, ich knie Trad/Italian Ninna nanna sopra la Romanesca; Ninna nanna ri la rosa; Ninna nanna delle donne dei marinai di Trapani; Stu’ criatu Kapsberger Figlio dormi Merula Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna Rossi Dormite, begl’occhi from Orfeo Bennet Venus’ birds Allegri Canario Cazzati Ciaccona Monteverdi Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius Original and distinctive, the versatile Austrian musician Christina Pluhar returns with the Baroque (and more!) ensemble she founded in 2000, and which she has subsequently led to exceptional international success; the focus of their programme is lullabies and cradle songs from 17th-century Italy. Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Céline Scheen © Dina Köttgen

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Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm

Thursday 12 December 7.30pm

Sunday 15 December 11.30am

Melvyn Tan piano Calefax reed quintet Signum Quartet

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Eggner Trio

Kevin Volans’ 70th Birthday Kevin Volans Leaping Dance:This is How it Is; piano:string quartet:chopin*1; L’Africaine; x:y:k for reed quintet and string quartet*2 (world première) *1Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and the Arts Council of Ireland *2Co-commissioned by Calefax Reed Ensemble, Signum Quartet, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam and the Eduard von Beinem Foundation The South African-born composer marks his 70th birthday this year, with pianist Melvyn Tan and two eminent ensembles coming together to celebrate in a programme containing several major works from Volans’ output and a new one created especially for this occasion, x:y:k.

Take these songs I have sung to you, my love Programme to include: Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Schoenberg A selection from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Songs by Berg and Weill Universally admired as an operatic artist, the former Wigmore Artist in Residence has won equivalent praise for her searching interpretations covering a wide and demanding repertoire of song. Here she reunites with her longterm pianist partner.

Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Their trio founded in 1997, the three brothers Eggner hail from Vienna and on this return visit perform two regular works from their repertoire. The companionable second of Schumann’s three works for the medium dates from 1847, while Ravel’s example of 1914 incorporates influences from what was then Malaya and the Basque country. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Kevin Volans © José Pedro Salinas

Alice Coote © Jiyang Chen

Eggner Trio © Keith Saunders

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Saturday 14 December 7.30pm

Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor Il Pomo d’Oro Facce d’amore The young Polish countertenor has risen speedily to stardom: earlier this year he made his Glyndebourne debut as Eustazio in Handel’s Rinaldo and recently released his debut album Anima Sacra with the periodinstrument ensemble that accompanies him in this programme. ‘Facce d’amore’ is the musical picture of a male lover in the 18th century. The programme focusses on different aspects of love, ranging from joy to madness, anger and even craziness. Starting from works by Cavalli, Boretti, going through Bononcini, Conti, Handel, Predieri and finishing on a virtuosic love aria, sung by Orfeo and composed for the famous castrato Farinelli by Hasse, the repertoire represents a journey through the Baroque era. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Jakub Józef Orliński © Jiyang Chen

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Monday 16 December 1.00pm

Monday 16 December 7.30pm

Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm

Elisabeth Kulman

Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano

Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset

mezzo-soprano

Eduard Kutrowatz piano Schubert Vor meiner Wiege; Der Flug der Zeit; Du bist die Ruh; Todesmusik Liszt Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land); Go not, happy day!; Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher Britten From Cabaret Songs: Tell me the truth about love & Johnny Porter Miss Otis regrets Weill Pirate Jenny from The Threepenny Opera Britten Funeral blues from Cabaret Songs The versatile Austrian artist specialises in concert and recital work, here reprising songs by Liszt she has previously recorded with her pianist partner before moving onto cabaret repertoire. £16 concs £14

Elisabeth Kulman © Stephan Polzer

French Beauties and Swedish Beasts Debussy Première rapsodie Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Anders Hillborg Tampere Raw Ravel From Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan & Alborada del gracioso Roland Pöntinen Mercury Dream Chausson Andante and Allegro Pianist Roland Pöntinen’s own music features in this programme shared with one of the world’s leading clarinettists in the shape of a jazzy piece the two first performed in 1994, while Anders Hillborg’s work for the same performers was written three years earlier. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Martin Fröst © Sony Music Entertainment

director

Charpentier Litanies de la Vierge H84; Pour la Vierge (‘Felix namque es’) H360; Antiennes O de l’Avent H36-43; From Noëls sur les instruments: Joseph est bien marié, Or nous dites Marie & Où s’en vont ces gais bergers; Antiphona in honorem beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum (‘Beata es Maria’); In circumcisione Domini: Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (‘Xenia, xenia pastores’) H406; Noëls pour les instruments H531; Magnificat H73 One of today’s leading periodinstrument ensembles returns to one of the composers it has championed longest in this programme for Christmas. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Les Talens Lyriques © cargocollective.com-vermeesch

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Fretwork: Musick’s Monument Since its foundation in 1985 the viol consort has helped disseminate and renew a tradition of music formerly little known beyond a small band of specialists, its extraordinary standard of playing wedded to an approach to repertory that has seen it seek out forgotten music as well as commissioning new works from contemporary composers. In Musick’s Monument, the ensemble surveys English consort music from Cornysh to Purcell across three seasons.

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Sunday 15 December 7.30pm

Fretwork Elin Manahan Thomas soprano An Elizabethan Christmas Byrd In Nomine No. 3; Out of the orient crystal skies; In Nomine No. 4; From virgin’s womb; In Nomine No. 5; An earthly tree Holborne The Cradle; Lullabie Byrd Lullaby Holborne As it Fell on a Holie Eve Peerson Upon my lap my soveraigne sits Gibbons In Nomine No. 1 Anon Sweet was the song Peerson Attendite Weelkes To shorten winters sadnesse Gibbons Fantasy a4 for ‘great dooble basse’ Holborne The New-Yeeres Gift Byrd O God that guides the cheerful sun In this programme, the English consort repertoire is sampled in a varied selection of items that looks forward to Christmas and the New Year. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Forthcoming Concert in the Series Friday 17 July 2020 7.00pm

Fretwork © Nick White

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Belcea Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets Wednesday 18 December 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room, where the pianist will discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas coursera.org/learn/beethovenpiano-sonatas Free (ticket required)

Though he contributed with distinction to every medium open to him, few would dispute the notion that Beethoven’s string quartets form an essential genre within his oeuvre, one that reflected his ongoing development both as an artist and an individual and which called forth some of his most profound creations. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle Wednesday 18 December 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in F Op. 135; String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Continuing its long and fruitful relationship with Wigmore Hall, where it was Quartet in Residence from 2001 to 2006, one of the world’s most revered ensembles brings together works from all three of Beethoven’s traditional creative periods. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Friday 20 December 7.30pm Monday 2 March 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 3 March 2020 7.30pm Friday 5 June 2020 7.30pm Sunday 7 June 2020 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

Belcea Quartet © Marco Borggreve

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Beethoven Sonata Cycle

Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac

Thursday 19 December 7.30pm

Friday 20 December 7.30pm

Saturday 21 December 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss piano

Belcea Quartet

Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 4 in E flat Op. 7, No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’, No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1 & No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6; String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Theodore Platt baritone Graham Johnson piano

In his further selection from the piano sonatas – works dubbed by Hans von Bülow the ‘New Testament’ of pianists, as opposed to the ‘Old Testament’ consisting of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues – Jonathan Biss chooses some characteristically dramatic examples. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Thursday 19 December 9.30pm

The Belcea takes a work from Beethoven’s earliest set of quartets and one of his late group. Op. 18 No. 6 (1798-1800) ends with a movement entitled ‘La Malinconia’ (Melancholy), which Beethoven requested should be played ‘with the greatest possible delicacy’, while Op. 132 (1825) includes the famous ‘Holy Song of Thanksgiving of a Convalescent to the Deity’.

A Winter Birthday

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Graham Johnson continues his Songmakers’ Almanac series by celebrating the most famous birthday of all. With a selection of songs by composers from Wolf and Strauss to Vaughan Williams and Britten, the line-up of talented singers explore the Christmas story from numerous characters’ perspectives through the ages.

Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss with Antoine Lederlin and Krzysztof Chorzelski of the Belcea Quartet

Free (with evening concert ticket)

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

Belcea Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Graham Johnson © Clive Barda

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Sunday 22 December 11.30am

Sunday 22 December 7.30pm

Modigliani Quartet

Claron McFadden soprano Alexander Melnikov piano

Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 The Modigliani Quartet formed in Paris in 2003 from players who had met at the Conservatoire. Tonight’s programme focusses on the last of Tchaikovsky’s three quartets (1876), whose slow movement, marked Andante funebre e doloroso, was a memorial to the Czech Ferdinand Laub, whom the composer considered the finest violinist of his time. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35 Cage Aria Berio Sequenza III Berberian Stripsody Knussen Whitman Settings Op. 25 Schnittke Improvisation and Fugue for solo piano Schulhoff Sonata Erotica George Crumb Apparition: Elegiac Songs and Vocalises In partnership with the Russian pianist, the high-flying soprano’s creative programme features numerous works designed to push the boundaries of the human voice as an instrument. These include compositions associated with the extraordinary Cathy Berberian, whose visual score for Stripsody (1966) consists of comic-book-style sound effects, as well as George Crumb’s take on the poetry of Walt Whitman for voice and amplified piano. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Modigliani Quartet © Luc Braquet

Claron McFadden © Erik de Jong

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Monday 23 December 7.30pm

Friday 27 December 7.30pm

Isabelle Faust violin Alois Posch double bass Lorenzo Coppola clarinet Javier Zafra bassoon Reinhold Friedrich trumpet Jörgen van Rijen trombone Raymond Curfs drums Dominique Horwitz narrator

Schumann Quartet

The Soldier’s Tale Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124 Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale A starry group of performers come together to enact Stravinsky’s theatrical parable based on a folk tale about a soldier who sells his fiddle to the devil and first staged in 1918; Isabelle Faust precedes this with the virtuosic Bartók sonata, commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin and premièred by him in New York in 1944.

Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 1 No. 1 ‘La chasse’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my Life’ Three German brothers named Schumann were joined in 2012 by their Estonian violist colleague to form a quartet that this month completes a three-year residency at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Haydn’s first official string quartet – The Hunt – opens its programme. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

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Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede

Schumann Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

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Ensemble Marsyas Residency Under the direction of founder Peter Whelan – ‘as exciting a live wire as Ireland has produced in the world of period performance’ (The Irish Times) – the flexible Edinburgh-based ensemble has steadily built a reputation for vital performances and imaginatively researched repertoire, much of it brought to modern attention for the first time. Monday 30 December 7.30pm

Ensemble Marsyas Peter Whelan director Katie Bray mezzo-soprano Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Joe Walters horn Baroque Hogmanay – Music from the Edinburgh Musical Society Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie Overture in C Op. 1 No. 2 Arne 2 arias from Artaxerxes Handel Trio Sonata in G HWV399 Barsanti Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 3; Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel Qual leon from Arianna in Creta; Concerto in F for 2 horns HWV331; Pena tiranna from Amadigi di Gaula; Son contenta di morire from Radamisto Barsanti Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel From Alcina: Verdi prati & Sta nell’Ircana Barsanti Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 5 A Baroque Hogmanay programme focusing on the Lucca-born, sometime Edinburgh resident Francesco Barsanti (1690-1775). £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Peter Whelan © Roni Sidhu

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 30 March 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 26 May 2020 7.30pm with Sophie Gent violin Wednesday 1 July 2020 7.30pm with Louise Alder soprano

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Brahms Plus Series The British pianist especially admired for his authoritative Brahms playing has devised a format in which works by the German late-Romantic master are heard alongside those of one of his major contemporaries or predecessors, thereby shedding light on both.

Sunday 29 December 7.30pm

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano James Baillieu piano

cello

and friends Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op. 81

Saturday 28 December 7.30pm

Jonathan Plowright piano Brahms plus Schumann Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F sharp minor Op. 9; 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 The influence of Schumann on Brahms was central to the launching of his career. The two first met in 1853, resulting in a famous article in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in which Schumann hailed Brahms’ talent in glowing terms.

Sunday 29 December 11.30am

The cellist has won a wide following since his win in the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year, his participation in the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and the 2018 Royal Variety Performance; here he joins with friends for two major lateRomantic works. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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Loewe Meine Ruh ist hin; Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Der du von dem Himmel bist; Irrlichter, die Knaben; Hinkende Jamben; Herr Pfarrer hat zwei Fraeulchen; Süsses Begräbnis; O süsse Mutter; Frauenliebe Mahler Rheinlegendchen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Starke Einbildungskraft; Hans und Grethe; Rückert Lieder Trad/Irish Róisín Dubh; The Lark in the Clear Air Harty Lane o’ the thrushes; Sea Wrack An artist particularly celebrated in Munich now enjoying a fully international career, the Irish mezzo brings a programme combining German Lieder with Irish song. £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright © Diane Shaw

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends © Daniel Stroud

Tara Erraught © Kristin Hoebermann

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Florilegium Ashley Solomon director, flute Rowan Pierce soprano Bojan Čičić violin David Blackadder trumpet JS Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq. 22 Giornovichi Concerto No. 13 in A for violin and orchestra JS Bach Non sa che sia dolore BWV209 This New Year’s Eve, Florilegium tops and tails its programme with two cantatas by Bach. Jauchzet Gott overflows with jubilation and energy, whilst Non sa che sia dolore is radiantly elegant. CPE Bach’s flute concerto is a tour de force for both flute and orchestra, whilst the penultimate work introduces the modern day première of a violin concerto by Giornovichi. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

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Sunday 22 September 7.00pm

commissions new works and

Vijay Iyer piano Craig Taborn piano

champions living composers, bringing fresh repertoire to the stage as part of our artistic

Sunday 22 September 10.00pm

London, UK and world premières.

Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics Mike Ladd lyrics, electronics

We are very pleased to welcome

Monday 30 September 7.30pm

Vijay Iyer as our Composer in

Ian Bostridge tenor Steven Isserlis cello Olli Mustonen piano

programming and hosting numerous

Residence for the 2019/20 Season, as well as Freya Waley-Cohen as Associate Composer.’ John Gilhooly, Director

György Kurtág, Márta Kurtág, Bennett, Olli Mustonen2 Tuesday 1 October 7.30pm Sacha Rattle clarinet Irène Duval violin William Hagen violin Clare Finnimore viola William Coleman viola Zlatomir Fung cello Shai Wosner piano György Kurtág Wednesday 2 October 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Laurence Osborn Thursday 3 October 7.30pm Nia Coleman soprano Filipe Manu tenor Joel Williams tenor Kyu Choi baritone Simon Lepper piano Elena Langer Monday 7 October 1.00pm Jess Gillam saxophone Zeynep Özsuca piano Anna Clyne, John Harle

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Monday 14 October 7.30pm

Sunday 17 November 11.30am

Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm

Elias String Quartet

Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy

Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello

Helena Winkelman

Stephen Hough

Matthew Hindson Monday 21 October 1.00pm Lawrence Power viola Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

Monday 18 November 7.30pm

Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm

Danny Driver piano

Thomas Adès

Deirdre McKay, Betsy Jolas

Sophie Bevan soprano Allan Clayton tenor Nicolas Fleury horn Aurora Orchestra Brett Dean conductor

Thursday 31 October 7.30pm

Tuesday 19 November 7.30pm

Colin Currie percussion Huw Watkins piano

EFG London Jazz Festival: Lars Danielsson Group

Dave Maric, Joe Duddell, Tansy Davies, Helen Grime, Huw Watkins2

Sunday 24 November 7.30pm

Saturday 2 November 11.30am

Brenda Rae soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Freya Waley-Cohen, Sir George Benjamin, Knussen, György Kurtág Saturday 2 November 2.00pm Albion Quartet Freya Waley-Cohen3

Josephine Stephenson1, Arvo Pärt Sunday 8 December 3.00pm Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Nicky Spence tenor Andrew Matthews-Owen piano

Dominick Argento, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann

Jonathan Dove

Monday 25 November 1.00pm

Tuesday 10 December 1.00pm

Marian Consort

Mario Häring piano

Roxanna Panufnik, Dodgson, Cecilia McDowall, Judith Weir

Helmut Lachenmann Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm

Saturday 30 November 7.30pm

Saturday 2 November 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet

Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Kathleen Kelly piano

Ľubica Čekovská

Libby Larsen

Sunday 3 November 11.30am

Sunday 1 December 7.30pm

Lucas Jussen piano Arthur Jussen piano Fazıl Say Monday 11 November 1.00pm Joanna MacGregor piano Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hossein Alizâdeh, Philip Glass Tuesday 12 November 7.30pm

Melvyn Tan piano Calefax reed quintet Signum Quartet string quartet Kevin Volans2 Monday 16 December 7.30pm

Tenebrae

Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano

Adrian Peacock, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Joanna Marsh, James Burton, Maxwell Davies, Sally Beamish, Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Rathbone

Anders Hillborg, Roland Pöntinen Sunday 22 December 7.30pm Claron McFadden soprano Alexander Melnikov piano

Monday 2 December 7.30pm

Knussen, George Crumb, Berio

Bertrand Chamayou piano Wolfgang Rihm

Commissioned by Wigmore Hall

Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano

Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall

Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the generous support of the Hargreaves and Ball Trust

György Kurtág

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Concerts from January to March 2020 open for Priority Booking on 17 September. Requests must be submitted for Major Donors by 8 October, for Friends by 10 October and for Mailing List Subscribers by 17 October. Booking opens to General Public on 5 November. Full details of concerts and Learning events will be published in the Spring 2020 brochure.

January 2020

Sir Simon Keenlyside

Christian Gerhaher

Jeremy Denk

Louise Alder

Vijay Iyer

Thu 2 Jan 7.30pm

Sir Simon Keenlyside / Malcolm Martineau

Tue 14 Jan 7.30pm

Fri 3 Jan 7.30pm

Pavel Kolesnikov

Wed 15 Jan Christian Gerhaher / 7.30pm Gerold Huber

Sat 4 Jan 7.30pm

Allan Clayton / Timothy Ridout / James Baillieu / Sean Shibe

Thu 16 Jan Philippe Jaroussky / 7.30pm pianist to be announced

Sun 5 Jan 11.30am

Phoenix Piano Trio

Fri 17 Jan 3.00pm

European Chamber Music Academy 2020

Sun 5 Jan 3.00pm

Julien Van Mellaerts / Gamal Khamis

Fri 17 Jan 7.30pm

Christian Gerhaher / Gerold Huber

Sun 5 Jan 7.30pm

Jeremy Denk

Sat 18 Jan 3.00pm

European Chamber Music Academy 2020

Mon 6 Jan 1.00pm

Louise Alder / Joseph Middleton

Sat 18 Jan 5.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Mon 6 Jan 7.30pm

Stephen Hough / Castalian String Quartet / Michael Collins

Sat 18 Jan 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Tue 7 Jan 7.30pm

Stephen Hough / Castalian String Quartet

Wed 8 Jan 7.30pm

Marianne Crebassa / pianist to be announced

Thu 9 Jan 7.30pm

The Mozartists

Fri 10 Jan 7.30pm

Vijay Iyer presents the Ritual Ensemble

Sat 11 Jan 7.30pm

Stephen Hough / Renaud Capuçon

Sun 12 Jan Rachel Podger 11.30am Stephen Hough

Sun 12 Jan Vienna Piano Trio / 7.30pm Radovan Vlatković Mon 13 Jan Alexander Melnikov 1.00pm

Rachel Podger

Mon 13 Jan Benjamin Appl / 7.30pm pianist to be announced

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Sun 19 Jan Edgar Meyer 11.30am Sun 19 Jan European Chamber Music 3.00pm Academy 2020 Sun 19 Jan Dover Quartet / Edgar Meyer 7.30pm Mon 20 Jan Jerusalem Quartet 1.00pm Mon 20 Jan Dover Quartet 7.30pm Tue 21 Jan 7.30pm

Jerusalem Quartet

Wed 22 Jan Britten Sinfonia 1.00pm Wed 22 Jan Graham Johnson Songmakers’ 7.30pm Almanac Thu 23 Jan La Nuova Musica 7.30pm Fri 24 Jan 7.30pm

Andreas Scholl / Tamar Halperin

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January 2020 Sat 25 Jan Miloš Karadaglić 7.30pm

Mon 27 Jan Christian Blackshaw 7.30pm

Sun 26 Jan Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 11.30am

Wed 29 Jan Christiane Karg / Louis Lortie 7.30pm

Sun 26 Jan Royal Academy of Music Song 3.00pm Circle

Thu 30 Jan Borodin Quartet 7.30pm

Sun 26 Jan Jonathan Biss 7.30pm

Fri 31 Jan 7.30pm

Jennifer Pike

Mauro Peter / pianist to be announced

Mon 27 Jan Jennifer Pike / Martin Roscoe 1.00pm

Christian Blackshaw

February 2020 Sun 2 Feb 11.30am

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Wed 12 Feb The Endellion String Quartet 7.30pm

Sun 2 Feb 3.00pm

Elsa Dreisig / Jonathan Ware

Thu 13 Feb James Ehnes / 7.30pm Andrew Armstrong

Mon 3 Feb 1.00pm

Katharina Konradi / Eric Schneider

Fri 14 Feb 7.30pm

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Tue 4 Feb 7.30pm

Kuss Quartet

Sat 15 Feb 7.30pm

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Wed 5 Feb 7.30pm

Max Raabe / Christoph Israel

Sun 16 Feb Andreas Brantelid 11.30am

Thu 6 Feb 7.30pm

Concentus Musicus Wien

Mon 17 Feb Daniel Müller-Schott / 1.00pm Annika Treutler

Fri 7 Feb 7.30pm

Beatrice Rana

Mon 17 Feb Michael Collins 7.30pm

Sat 8 Feb 5.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Tue 18 Feb 7.30pm

Sat 8 Feb 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Wed 19 Feb Pavel Haas Quartet / 7.30pm Boris Giltburg

Sun 9 Feb 11.30am

Heath Quartet

Sun 9 Feb 7.30pm

Richard Goode

Thu 20 Feb Leif Ove Andsnes / 7.30pm Musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Mon 10 Feb Lucie Horsch / Thomas Dunford 1.00pm Tue 11 Feb 7.30pm

Paul Lewis / Steven Osborne

Anna Caterina Antonacci / pianist to be announced

Fri 21 Feb 7.30pm

The Sixteen

Sat 22 Feb 7.30pm

Artemis Quartet

Elsa Dreisig

James Ehnes

Michael Collins

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Leif Ove Andsnes

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February 2020

Julia Sitkovetsky

Jonathan Biss

Sun 23 Feb Meccore Quartet 11.30am

Wed 26 Feb Britten Sinfonia 1.00pm

Sun 23 Feb Julia Sitkovetsky / 3.00pm Roger Vignoles

Wed 26 Feb Castalian String Quartet / 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien

Sun 23 Feb Cédric Tiberghien 7.30pm

Fri 28 Feb 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss

Mon 24 Feb Meta4 1.00pm

Sat 29 Feb 7.30pm

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Isabelle Faust / Xenia Löffler

Tue 25 Feb The English Concert 7.30pm

March 2020

Anna Huntley

Inon Barnatan

Tabea Zimmermann

Martin Mitterrutzner

Alessandro Fisher

Sun 1 Mar 11.30am

Caroline Goulding

Sun 8 Mar 7.30pm

Stéphane Degout / pianist to be announced

Sun 1 Mar 3.00pm

Anna Huntley / Graham Johnson

Mon 9 Mar 1.00pm

Ruby Hughes / Natalie Clein / Julius Drake

Sun 1 Mar 7.30pm

Julien Brocal

Tue 10 Mar London Handel Orchestra 7.30pm

Mon 2 Mar 1.00pm

Lise Berthaud / David Saudubray

Mon 2 Mar 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

Wed 11 Mar Daniel Sepec / 7.00pm Tabea Zimmermann / Jean-Guihen Queyras

Tue 3 Mar 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

Wed 4 Mar 7.30pm

Florilegium

Thu 5 Mar 7.30pm

Inon Barnatan

Fri 6 Mar 1.00pm

Nelly Miricioiu / pianist to be announced

Sat 7 Mar 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble

Sun 8 Mar 11.30am

Nash Ensemble

Sun 8 Mar 3.00pm

Bethan Langford / pianist to be announced

Fri 13 Mar 7.30pm

Martin Mitterrutzner / Gerold Huber

Sat 14 Mar 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet

Sun 15 Mar Armida Quartet 11.30am Sun 15 Mar Piers Lane 7.30pm Mon 16 Mar Alessandro Fisher / 1.00pm Ashok Gupta Mon 16 Mar Škampa Quartet 7.30pm Tue 17 Mar 7.30pm

Jonathan Plowright

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March 2020 Wed 18 Mar Mahan Esfahani 7.30pm

Wed 25 Mar Quatuor Danel 7.30pm

Thu 19 Mar Dame Sarah Connolly / 7.30pm pianist to be announced

Thu 26 Mar Dianne Reeves 7.30pm

Fri 20 Mar 7.30pm

Joseph Moog

Fri 27 Mar 7.30pm

Sat 21 Mar 7.30pm

Brentano String Quartet

Sat 28 Mar Angela Hewitt 7.30pm

L’Arpeggiata

Sun 22 Mar Cuarteto Casals 11.30am

Sun 29 Mar Trio Dali 11.30am

Sun 22 Mar Iestyn Davies / 7.30pm Thomas Dunford

Sun 29 Mar Johannes Kammler / 7.30pm Roger Vignoles

Mon 23 Mar Brentano String Quartet 1.00pm

Mon 30 Mar Anastasia Kobekina / 1.00pm Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula

Mon 23 Mar Cuarteto Casals 7.30pm

Mon 30 Mar Ensemble Marsyas 7.30pm

Tue 24 Mar Nash Ensemble 5.00pm

Tue 31 Mar Wye Valley Chamber Music 7.30pm Festival 20th Anniversary

Tue 24 Mar Nash Ensemble 7.30pm

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April 2020

Nils Mönkemeyer

Tim Mead

Emily Beynon

Gerald Finley

Allan Clayton

Wed 1 Apr 7.30pm

Leif Ove Andsnes

Sat 18 Apr 4.00pm

Rachel Podger / Kristian Bezuidenhout

Thu 2 Apr 7.30pm

Leif Ove Andsnes

Sat 18 Apr 7.30pm

Rachel Podger / Kristian Bezuidenhout

Fri 3 Apr 7.30pm

Castalian String Quartet / Nils Mönkemeyer / Ursula Smith

Sun 19 Apr Sacconi String Quartet 11.30am

Sat 4 Apr 7.30pm

Tim Mead / Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Sun 19 Apr Sir András Schiff 7.30pm

Sun 5 Apr 11.30am

Navarra String Quartet

Mon 20 Apr ATOS Trio 1.00pm

Sun 5 Apr 3.00pm

Kitty Whately / Joseph Middleton

Mon 20 Apr Jonathan Biss 7.30pm

Mon 6 Apr 1.00pm

Emily Beynon / Andrew West

Tue 21 Apr 7.30pm

Mon 6 Apr 7.30pm

Leon McCawley

Tue 7 Apr 7.30pm

Gerald Finley / pianist to be announced

Wed 8 Apr 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet / Cédric Tiberghien / Alina Ibragimova

Sat 11 Apr 7.30pm

Fretwork / Clare Wilkinson / Peter Harvey / more singers to be announced / Silas Wollston

Sun 12 Apr Zemlinsky Quartet 11.30am Mon 13 Apr Escher String Quartet 1.00pm

Janine Jansen

Mon 13 Apr Janine Jansen / Denis Kozhukin 7.30pm Tue 14 Apr 7.30pm

Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d’Astrée

Wed 15 Apr The Chamber Music Society 7.30pm of Lincoln Center Mark Padmore

Thu 16 Apr Mark Padmore / 7.30pm Kristian Bezuidenhout

Roberta Invernizzi / Rosella Croce / Claudia Combs / Adrian Brendel / Alberto Guerrero / Rodney Prada / Franco Pavan / Craig Marchitelli / Flora Papadopoulos / Aleksandar Madžar

Wed 22 Apr Allan Clayton / James Baillieu 7.30pm Thu 23 Apr Joshua Bell / 7.30pm pianist to be announced Sat 25 Apr Tetzlaff Quartet 7.30pm Sun 26 Apr Elias String Quartet 11.30am Sun 26 Apr Kathryn Rudge / 3.00pm pianist to be announced Sun 26 Apr Aleksandar Madžar 7.30pm Mon 27 Apr Concertgebouw Winds 1.00pm Tue 28 Apr Franco Fagioli / Il Pomo d’Oro 7.30pm

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April 2020 Wed 29 Apr The Endellion String Quartet 7.30pm

Thu 30 Apr Sir Bryn Terfel / 7.30pm Natalia Katyukova

Sir Bryn Terfel

May 2020 Fri 1 May 7.30pm

Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists / Rachel Podger

Sat 2 May 7.30pm

Artemis Quartet

Mon 11 May Takács Quartet / Roger Tapping 7.30pm

Sun 3 May 11.30am

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch

Tue 12 May La Serenissima 7.30pm

Sun 3 May 3.00pm

Ronan Collett / Nicholas Rimmer

Sun 3 May 7.30pm

Milan Siljanov / Nino Chokhonelidze

Mon 4 May Christian Lindberg / 1.00pm Roland Pöntinen Mon 4 May Leonidas Kavakos / Enrico Pace 7.30pm Tue 5 May 7.30pm

Pavel Haas Quartet / Pavel Nikl / Danjulo Ishizaka

Wed 6 May Barry Douglas 7.30pm Thu 7 May 7.30pm

Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac

Fri 8 May 7.00pm

Les Talens Lyriques / Julian Prégardien

Sat 9 May

Royal Northern College of Music Composer in Focus 2020

Sat 9 May 7.30pm

Jonathan Biss

Sun 10 May Rachel Podger 11.30am Sun 10 May Matthias Goerne / Jan Lisiecki 7.30pm

Mon 11 May Stuart Skelton / 1.00pm Richard Peirson

Roger Tapping

Wed 13 May Takács Quartet 7.30pm Thu 14 May Vox Luminis 7.30pm Fri 15 May 7.30pm

Milan Siljanov

Collegium Vocale Gent

Sat 16 May Quatuor Danel 7.30pm Sun 17 May Samson Tsoy / Pavel Kolesnikov 11.30am

Leonidas Kavakos

Sun 17 May Solomon’s Knot 7.30pm Mon 18 May Aris Quartet 1.00pm

Samson Tsoy

Mon 18 May Garrick Ohlsson 7.30pm Tue 19 May Vienna Piano Trio 7.30pm Wed 20 May Vienna Piano Trio / 7.30pm Michael Collins Thu 21 May Iestyn Davies / Allan Clayton / 7.00pm James Newby / Alec Frank-Gemmill / Olivia Jageurs / James Baillieu / actor to be announced

Julian Prégardien

Vienna Piano Trio

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May 2020

Francesco Piemontesi

Kirill Gerstein

Thu 21 May Allan Clayton / James Baillieu 10.00pm

Mon 25 May Paolo Pandolfo 1.00pm

Fri 22 May 7.30pm

Tue 26 May Ensemble Marsyas 7.30pm

Kirill Gerstein

Sat 23 May Doric String Quartet 7.30pm

Wed 27 May Francesco Piemontesi 7.30pm

Sun 24 May Jupiter String Quartet 11.30am

Thu 28 May L’Arpeggiata 7.30pm

Sun 24 May JACK Quartet 7.30pm

Sun 31 May Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day

June 2020

Angela Hewitt

Marc-André Hamelin

Iestyn Davies

Elisabeth Brauss

Veronika Eberle

Mon 1 Jun 1.00pm

Daniel Hope / Simon Crawford-Philips

Wed 10 Jun Vijay Iyer / Aurora Orchestra 7.30pm

Mon 1 Jun 7.30pm

Ray Chen / pianist to be announced

Thu 11 Jun 7.30pm

Mahan Esfahani

Tue 2 Jun 7.30pm

Angela Hewitt

Fri 12 Jun 7.00pm

Marc-André Hamelin

Wed 3 Jun 7.30pm

The English Concert

Sat 13 Jun 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies / Joseph Middleton

Thu 4 Jun 7.30pm

James Ehnes / Andrew Armstrong

Sun 14 Jun Andrew Brownell / 11.30am Benjamin Frith

Fri 5 Jun 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

Sun 14 Jun Cyrille Dubois / Tristan Raës 3.00pm

Sat 6 Jun 7.30pm

Leonore Piano Trio

Sun 14 Jun Benjamin Grosvenor 7.30pm

Sun 7 Jun 11.30am

Kopelman Quartet

Mon 15 Jun Elisabeth Brauss 1.00pm

Sun 7 Jun 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

Tue 16 Jun 7.30pm

Mon 8 Jun 1.00pm

Veronika Eberle / Dénes Várjon

Wed 17 Jun Philippe Cassard / 7.30pm Cédric Pescia

Mon 8 Jun 7.30pm

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Thu 18 Jun Django Bates / 7.30pm other artists to be announced

Tue 9 Jun 7.30pm

The Sixteen

Fri 19 Jun 7.30pm

Novus String Quartet

Sir András Schiff

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June 2020 Sat 20 Jun Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 7.30pm

Thu 25 Jun Jonathan Biss 7.30pm

Sun 21 Jun Danish String Quartet 11.30am

Fri 26 Jun 7.00pm

Sun 21 Jun Sir András Schiff 7.30pm

Sun 28 Jun Jack Liebeck 11.30am

Mon 22 Jun Giuliano Carmignola / 1.00pm Riccardo Doni

Mon 29 Jun Vision String Quartet 1.00pm

Tue 23 Jun Jordi Savall / 7.30pm other artists to be announced

Mon 29 Jun Roderick Williams / 7.30pm Christopher Glynn

Wed 24 Jun Britten Sinfonia / 1.00pm Iestyn Davies

Tue 30 Jun Castalian String Quartet 7.30pm

Tamsin Waley-Cohen / Huw Watkins

Wed 24 Jun Birmingham Contemporary 7.30pm Music Group

Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Sir András Schiff

Roderick Williams

July 2020 Wed 1 Jul 7.30pm

Ensemble Marsyas

Wed 8 Jul 7.30pm

La Nuova Musica

Thu 2 Jul 7.30pm

Cédric Tiberghien

Thu 9 Jul 7.30pm

Quatuor Danel

Fri 3 Jul 7.30pm

Wihan Quartet

Fri 10 Jul 7.00pm

Christiane Karg / pianist to be announced

Sat 4 Jul 7.30pm

Jonathan Plowright

Sat 11 Jul 7.30pm

Arcangelo / Jean-Guihen Queyras

Sun 5 Jul 11.30am

Wihan Quartet

Sun 12 Jul 11.30am

Vadim Gluzman / pianist to be announced

Sun 5 Jul 7.30pm

Nicola Benedetti / pianist to be announced

Sun 12 Jul 7.30pm

Mon 6 Jul 1.00pm

Václava Krejčí Housková / Nicky Spence / Julius Drake / singers from Guildhall School of Music & Drama to be announced

Carolin Widmann / Amihai Grosz / Sheku Kanneh-Mason / Isata Kanneh-Mason

Mon 13 Jul 1.00pm

Allan Clayton / James Baillieu

Tue 14 Jul 7.30pm

The Mozartists

Mon 6 Jul 7.30pm

Rachel Podger

Tue 7 Jul 7.30pm

Mark Padmore / Kristian Bezuidenhout

Nicola Benedetti

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Wed 15 Jul Ilker Arcayürek / 7.30pm pianist to be announced Thu 16 Jul 7.30pm

Cédric Tiberghien

Steven Osborne

Christiane Karg

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July 2020

Carolin Widmann

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Ilker Arcayürek

Steven Osborne

Fri 17 Jul 7.00pm

Fretwork

Fri 17 Jul 10.00pm

Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Aurora Orchestra

Sat 18 Jul 11.00am

Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Anna Stéphany / Sholto Kynoch

Sat 18 Jul 1.00pm

Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: artists to be announced

Sat 18 Jul 4.00pm

Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Julius Drake / other artists to be announced

Sat 18 Jul 7.30pm

Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Birgid Steinberger / Stephan Loges / Sholto Kynoch

Sun 19 Jul 11.30am

Aquinas Piano Trio

Sun 19 Jul 7.30pm

Zlata Chochieva

Mon 20 Jul Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside 7.30pm Tue 21 Jul 7.30pm

Anna Stéphany

Zlata Chochieva

Ailish Tynan

Jean Rondeau

Michael Collins

Wed 22 Jul Charles Richard-Hamelin 7.30pm Thu 23 Jul 7.30pm

Elias String Quartet / Alice Neary

Sat 25 Jul 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies / Dunedin Consort

Sun 26 Jul 11.30am

Jean Rondeau

Sun 26 Jul 7.30pm

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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020 7258 8230 wigmore-hall.org.uk/friends Supporting Wigmore Hall We would like to thank all Friends of Wigmore Hall, individual donors, corporate supporters and trusts and foundations whose annual gifts are essential in helping us realise our ambitions for the Hall and Wigmore Hall Learning. It is only with your help and generosity that we are able to bring the highest quality concerts to Wigmore Hall and can continue to lead our pioneering, year-round learning and participation activity for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities across London and further afield. Registered Charity No. 1024838

Supporting Wigmore Hall With nearly £2 million to raise each season every gift, no matter the size, is important to us. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall by becoming a Friend or making a donation towards our Artistic Series or Learning programme, please call 020 7258 8230 or email friends@wigmore-hall.org.uk for more information. The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have made an investment in our concert and Learning programmes: Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Honorary Patrons Aubrey Adams OBE André and Rosalie Hoffmann Kohn Foundation Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan Director’s Circle Aubrey Adams OBE* Tony and Marion Allen* Karl Otto Bonnier* Alan Bradley* The Harbour FoundationL André and Rosalie Hoffmann‡ David and Louise Kaye* Simon Majaro MBE Hamish Parker Victoria and Simon RobeyL Jackie Rosenfeld OBEL William and Alex de Winton TrustL and several anonymous donors Season Patrons 2018/19 Aubrey Adams OBE* Tony and Marion Allen* American Friends of Wigmore Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* Henry and Suzanne Davis The Harbour Foundation The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Pauline and Ian Howat* Valerie O’Connor Hamish Parker Victoria and Simon Robey David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma*† Jackie Rosenfeld OBE Julia Schottlander* Jonathan Stone William and Alex de Winton Trust and several anonymous donors Season Benefactors 2018/19 Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Mark Echlin and Victoria Gath Lord and Lady Lloyd Edith Randall The Tertis Foundation Kathleen Verelst* Philip and Emeline Winston* Beethoven Circle 2018/19 Aubrey Adams OBE* Tony and Marion Allen* John and Julia Boyd* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair Clive Butler Nicola Coldstream Pauline del Mar J L Drewitt Alan and Joanna Gemes* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Margery Gray Gillian and Lennie Hoffmann Pauline and Ian Howat* Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Geoffrey and Joy Lawrence Susan Lund Virginia Lynch* Don Moore Ian and Megan Richardson Jackie Rosenfeld OBE Jo and Barry Slavin In memory of Robert Streit

Helen Thornton John and Ann Tusa Marina Vaizey* Gerry Wakelin* and an anonymous donor Early Music and Baroque Circle Geoffrey Barnett Sandra Carlisle Dr C Endersby and Prof. D Cowan OBE Dr M T A Evans Felicity Fairbairn* Deborah Finkler and Allan Murray-Jones Mervion Kirwood Alan Sainer Professor Christopher Thompson Marina Vaizey* Anne and David Weizmann and several anonymous donors String Quartet Circle Geoffrey Barnett Gwen and Stanley Burnton Dr Jennifer Jones C Lillywhite and B Jasper Alison and Antony Milford Marina Vaizey* Piano Circle Aubrey Adams OBE* Mrs Arline Blass Philip and Susan Feakin Charles Green Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Voices at Wigmore Tony and Marion Allen* Geoffrey Barnett Katie Bradford Michael Brind Richard Dorment CBE Alan and Joanna Gemes* Benjamin Hargreaves Dame Felicity Lott Anne and Brian Mace Roy and Celia Palmer Gift to honour Rick Rogers Gerry Wakelin* Susan Ward David Evan Williams and an anonymous donor Corporate Supporters Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Complete Coffee Ltd The Howard de Walden Estate Martin Randall Travel Ltd Steinway & Sons Donors and Sponsors Mr Eric Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Adam Mickiewicz Institute Ralph and Elizabeth Aldwinckle Lady Alexander of Weedon Ian Allan Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation American Friends of Wigmore Hall The Andor Charitable TrustL David and Jacqueline Ansell* Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne‡ L Mrs Arlene Beare Arts Council England Alan Bell-Berry

Mr Nicholas J Bez The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust David and Mary Bowerman* Alan Bradley* Donald Campbell A bequest from the late Peter Canter Cavatina Chamber Music TrustL Lord and Lady Chadlington* Charities Advisory TrustL Mary and Robert Childs Colin Clark Sheila Clarke* The John S Cohen Foundation Sonia and Harvey Cole John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Michael and Felicia Crystal* Celia and Andrew Curran Anthony Davis* In Memory of Margaret Dewhirst James Dooley The Dorset Foundation – in memory of Harry M Weinrebe The du Plessis Family Foundation Mrs. David Dugdale Dunard Fund† In memory of Robert Easton Douglas and Janette Eden The Eldering/Goecke Family Annette Ellis* Vernon and Hazel Ellis* The Elton Family The Emmanuel Kaye FoundationL The Fidelio Charitable Trust Patricia and Jeffrey Fine In Memory of Peter Flatter John and Amy FordL The Foyle Foundation Neil and Deborah Franks* Friends of Wigmore Hall Michael Freegard Jonathan Gaisman* The Garfield Weston Foundation John Gilhooly John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Peter Goodwin Spencer and Lucy de Grey Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust‡L The Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationL Malcolm Herring* Nicholas Hodgson Graham and Amanda Hutton* Simone Hyman* Independent Opera at Sadlers Wells In memory of Cherry Johnson Marc Jourdren* In Memory of Donald Kahn Su and Neil Kaplan* Kohn Foundation Mr Julian Korn Maryly La Follette* Gabor Lacko Mark Le FanuL Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss* The Linbury TrustL Tim Llewellyn The Loveday Charitable TrustL Simon and Sophie Ludlam* Marianne and Andy Lusher* David Lyons* Julia MacRae*

The Estate of Pamela Majaro MBE Simon Majaro MBE The Marchus Trust‡ Selina and David Marks*L Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Michael and Lynne McGowan* Colin Menzies George MeyerL Michael Watson Charitable TrustL Daryl and Diane Miller Milton Damerel TrustL The Monument Trust Amyas and Louise Morse* Valerie O’ConnorL Paxos Festival Trust Peter Outen Gifts in Memory of Jean Beresford Rogers Isabel and Jonathan Popper Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Radcliffe Trust Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, HonRCM* The Rubinstein Circle S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3L The Sampimon TrustL Louise Scheuer Julia Schottlander*L Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Serena Simmons and Michael Thomas* Rhona Shaw Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Jo and Barry Slavin The Estate of N S L Smart Sir Martin and Lady Smith* Michael Smith and Nicholas Bartlett* Spencer Hart Charitable TrustL Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* In memory of Colin Steele Gill and Keith Stella* John Stephens OBE, Hon FTCL* Lord and Lady Stirrup* Anne and Paul Swain* Coen Teulings The Tertis FoundationL The Three Monkies TrustL Tony & Sheelagh Williams Charitable FoundationL Robin Vousden* Andrew and Hilary Walker* David and Margaret Walker* Professor Janet Walker CD and Professor Doug Jones AO* Michael and Rosemary Warburg Dame Fanny Waterman* Frances and David Waters* David and Martha Winfield* The Wolfson Foundation and several anonymous donors * Rubinstein Circle members ‡ Contemporary Music Series supporters † Early Music and Baroque Series supporters L Learning Programme supporters Details correct as of February 2019 The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered Charity No. 1024838

Booking information Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk

Booking Dates

Wigmore Hall Box Office

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Saturday 7 September – Tuesday 31 December 2019 Priority Booking opens on Tuesday 9 April 2019 Season Patrons, Season Benefactors and Rubinstein Circle: Requests to be submitted by Tuesday 30 April 2019

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Patron, Benefactor, Supporter and Member Friends: Requests to be submitted by Thursday 2 May 2019 Mailing List: Requests to be submitted by Thursday 9 May 2019 General Public: By phone/online from Thursday 30 May 2019 Please note that the Song Competition and Beethoven Festival Opening Weekend are already on general sale and can be booked now through the Box Office or online. We strongly recommend early booking for Pre-Concert Talks, Artists in Conversation and Study Events AA AA AA BB CC A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X

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

Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into five price ranges: ■ Stalls C – M: Highest price ■ Stalls A – B, N – P: 2nd highest price ■ Balcony A – D: 2nd highest price ■ Stalls BB, CC, Q – S: 3rd highest price ■ Stalls AA, T – V: 4th highest price ■ Stalls W – X: Lowest price

Telephone Bookings 7 days a week: 10.00am–7.00pm. Days without an evening concert: 10.00am–5.00pm. There is a non-refundable £4.00 administration charge for each transaction.

Online Bookings Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk to book seats. There is a non-refundable administration charge of £3.00.

Tickets for Concessions Where a concession (concs) ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed. Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk/concessions for full details.

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

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

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Transport Tubes: Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines), Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines). Buses: A number of bus routes pass along Oxford Street.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 when using the Cavendish Square (Q Park Oxford Street) car park. Please contact the Box Office for further details.

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

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

Make a night of it Our restaurant is the perfect place to start your evening. Join us for a quick bite to eat or even a three course dinner.

The Wigmore Hall Restaurant and Bar is open for lunch through to dinner every day of the week. Whether you are organising a gathering for friends and family before enjoying a performance, or simply stopping for lunch away from the hustle and bustle of nearby Oxford Street, our Restaurant offers the perfect setting. For private entertaining such as personal celebrations, business lunches and events, the Wigmore Hall Restaurant and Bechstein Room are available for hire, with a full range of catering options. For opening times and more information,

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. Information in this brochure was correct at the time of printing. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

visit wigmore-hall.org.uk or for table reservations and event enquiries, email wigmore@baxterstorey.com

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

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