September - October 2019 Monthly Diary

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How to Book Wigmore Hall Box Office

TICKETS

36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

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

In Person 7 days a week: 10.00am - 8.30pm.

Days without an evening concert: 10.00am - 5.00pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

By Telephone: 020 7935 2141 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: wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration charge.

Standby Tickets Standby tickets for students, senior citizens and the unemployed are available from one hour before the performance (subject to availability) with best available seats sold at the lowest price.

NB standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime and Sunday Morning Concerts.

Group Discounts

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

Latecomers

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

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■ 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

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The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary programmes if necessary.

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September

6 Sep 10.00am Song Competition: Come and Sing 5 7 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5

2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5 5.00pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen 5 8 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 5.00pm Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs 5 9 Sep 3.00pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5

7.30pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5 10 Sep 10.00am John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 1.00pm John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 6.30pm Maximising Performance & Wellbeing 5 11 Sep 6.00pm Song Competition Final and Prize-Giving 5 13 Sep 7.30pm Louise Alder/Christine Rice/Allan Clayton/ 6

James Newby/James Baillieu 14 Sep 11.30am Steven Isserlis/Robert Levin 8

2.00pm Tim Horton/O/Modernt Soloists 8

4.30pm O/Modernt Soloists 8

7.00pm Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout/ 9 Škampa Quartet/Carolin Widmann/ O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

10.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 9 15 Sep 11.30am Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 10 2.00pm Soraya Mafi/O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 10 4.30pm Cédric Tiberghien/Sam West/ 11

O/Modernt Soloists 7.00pm Janne Thomsen/Michael Collins/Nicholas Daniel/ 11 Amy Harman/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Benjamin Baker/ Timothy Ridout/Isang Enders/Jordi Carrasco Hjelm/ Aleksandar Madžar 10.00pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 11 16 Sep 1.00pm Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout 12

7.30pm Iestyn Davies/The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock 12 17 Sep 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 12 7.30pm Stephen Waarts/Gabriele Carcano 12 18 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 13

12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 13

7.00pm St. Lawrence String Quartet 13 19 Sep 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Ian Page 13 7.30pm The Mozartists/Ian Page/Regula Mühlemann 13 20 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14

11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14

7.30pm Mark Padmore/Kristian Bezuidenhout 14 21 Sep 10.00am Open House 14 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin 14 22 Sep 11.30am Kuss Quartet 14

7.00pm Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 15

10.00pm Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 15 23 Sep 1.00pm Marlis Petersen/Camillo Radicke 16 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins 16 7.30pm Michael Collins/Leonard Elschenbroich/ 16

Michael McHale 24 Sep 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/Kristian Bezuidenhout 16 25 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17 7.30pm Ailish Tynan/Raphael Wallfisch/John York 17 26 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17

7.30pm Roberta Mameli/Sonia Prina/ 17 Luigi De Donato/laBarocca/Ruben Jais 27 Sep 7.30pm Sasha Cooke/Malcolm Martineau 18 28 Sep 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 18

with Jonathan Biss

7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque 18 29 Sep 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 19 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 19 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss 19 30 Sep 1.00pm Boris Giltburg 20

7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 20

October

1 Oct 1.00pm Jamal Aliyev/Can Çakmur 20 7.30pm Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/William Hagen/ 20

Clare Finnimore/Zlatomir Fung/Shai Wosner 2 Oct 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: Laurence Osborne 21 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia/Mahan Esfahani 21

7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 21 3 Oct 7.30pm Nia Coleman/Filipe Manu/Joel Williams/ 21

Kyu Choi/Simon Lepper 4 Oct 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 22 5 Oct 1.00pm Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire 22 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Sabine Meyer/Malcolm Martineau 22 6 Oct 11.30am Dudok Quartet 23

12 noon Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 23

7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja/Liza Ferschtman/István Várdai 23 7 Oct 1.00pm Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 23 7.30pm Elizabeth Watts/Julius Drake 24 8 Oct 7.30pm Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Sandrine Piau/ 24 Stuart Jackson/Konstantin Krimmel 9 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 24 10 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24

11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24

7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 25 11 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 25 12 Oct 3.00pm Family Concert: Giddy Goat 25

6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Katy Hamilton 26

7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac/ 26 Simon Crawford-Philips 13 Oct 11.30am Endymion 26 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Simon Lepper 26 7.30pm Vilde Frang/Michail Lifits 27 14 Oct 1.00pm Borodin Quartet/Barry Douglas 27

7.30pm Elias String Quartet 27 15 Oct 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 27 7.30pm AKMI Duo 27 16 Oct 7.30pm Maxim Kinasov 28 17 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 28 18 Oct 11.00am Schools Concert: Giddy Goat 28 3.00pm Marielou Jacquard/Kunal Lahiry/ 29

Alex Rosen/Michał Biel 7.30pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 30 19 Oct 1.00pm Masterclass with Stéphane Degout 29

& Simon Lepper 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 30 20 Oct 11.30am Castalian String Quartet/Isabel Charisius/ 30

Ursula Smith 3.00pm Marie-Laure Garnier/Célia Oneto Bensaid/ 29

Jean-Christophe Lanièce/Romain Louveau

7.30pm Rainer Crosett/Daniel King Smith 31 21 Oct 1.00pm Lawrence Power/Simon Crawford-Phillips 31 7.30pm Roberto Ruisi/Toby White/Sten Heinoja/ 32

Marina Staneva 22 Oct 7.00pm Imogen Cooper 32 23 Oct 7.30pm Catriona Morison/Malcolm Martineau 32 24 Oct 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio 32 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 33 25 Oct 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 33 26 Oct 11.30am Linus Roth/José Gallardo 34 3.00pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/José Gallardo 34 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch: Daniel Elphick 34 7.30pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/Janusz Wawrowski/ 34

Danjulo Ishizaka/José Gallardo 27 Oct 11.30am Esmé Quartet 33 7.30pm Jiyeong Mun 35 28 Oct 1.00pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexandre Tharaud 35 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 35 29 Oct 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 35 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 36 30 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 2.00pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 7.30pm Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake 36 31 Oct 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities 36 7.30pm Colin Currie/Huw Watkins 37

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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.

© Benjamin Ealovega

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COMPETITION

RELATED EVENTS

Saturday 7 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Friday 6 September 10.00am – 3.30pm

Preliminary Round – Day 1

Come and Sing: English Song

All day £16 concs £14 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required)

Join choral leader Isabelle Adams for a day exploring some of the greatest vocal works by English composers.

Sunday 8 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Preliminary Round – Day 2 All day £16 concs £14 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required) Monday 9 September 3.00pm – 6.00pm & 7.30pm – 9.45pm

Semi-Final Round All day £20 concs £16

£25 concs £20 Saturday 7 September 5.00pm – 5.45pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen (A song sleeps in everything) Judith Weir and Iain Burnside discuss the art of contemporary song writing. £5 Sunday 8 September 5.00pm – 6.00pm Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs

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

Britten has been an integral part of Graham Johnson’s repertoire since playing piano at Peter Pears’ first masterclasses at Snape Maltings in 1972.

Wednesday 11 September 6.00pm

£5

Final and Prize-Giving £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

Book for the first three days at the same time for £39 concs £33

Tuesday 10 September 10.00am – 12 noon & 1.00pm – 3.00pm John Mark Ainsley Masterclass The internationally acclaimed tenor uses his vast experience 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 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. £10 students £5

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Friday 13 September

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

7.30pm

Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten’s Birthday: Doric String Quartet

Britten Series

Louise Alder soprano Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor James Newby 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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Britten’s Deathday: Allan Clayton tenor Sophie Bevan soprano Nicolas Fleury horn Aurora Orchestra Brett Dean conductor Saturday 4 January 2020 7.30pml Allan Clayton tenor Timothy Ridout viola Sean Shibe guitar James Baillieu piano Sunday 23 February 2020 3.00pm Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Roger Vignoles 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

Louise Alder © Gerard Collett

Christine Rice © Patricia Taylor

Allan Clayton © Sim Canetty-Clarke

James Baillieu © Kaupo Kikkas

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SEPTEMBER • 7

Listen to Beethoven, think big.

Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with us from 16 December 2019 to 17 December 2020. bthvn2020.de

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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.

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

S a tu rda y 1 4 September

Steven Isserlis © Kevin Davis

Tim Horton © Benjamin Ealovega

Hugo Ticciati © Marco Borggreve

11.30am

2.00pm

4.30pm

Steven Isserlis cello Robert Levin fortepiano

Tim Horton piano O/Modernt Soloists

O/Modernt Soloists

Beethoven 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 Returns Only

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 £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 £15

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Benjamin Appl © Sony Classical & Uwe Arens

Carolin Widmann © Lennard Rühle

Alina Ibragimova © Eva Vermandel

7.00pm

10.00pm

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

Alina Ibragimova

Hugo Ticciati violin

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Janáček Violin Sonata

Immortal Beloved

£15

Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Berg Violin Concerto Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

violin

Cédric Tiberghien piano

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BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL OPENING WEEKEND S u n d ay 1 5 Se p tember

Škampa Quartet © Vojtech Havlik

Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography

11.30am

2.00pm

Škampa Quartet Jakub Fišer viola

Soraya Mafi soprano O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; String Quintet in C Op. 29

Mozart’s Spirit from Haydn’s Hands

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

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

Hugo Ticciati violin

Mozart Et incarnatus est from Mass in C minor K427 Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor ‘Farewell’ £15

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Cédric Tiberghien © Jean-Baptiste Millot

Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve

4.30pm

7.00pm

10.00pm

Cédric Tiberghien piano Sam West narrator

Janne Thomsen flute Michael Collins clarinet Nicholas Daniel oboe Amy Harman bassoon Alec Frank-Gemmill

Elisabeth Leonskaja

(subject to availability)

O/Modernt Soloists 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 £15

horn

Benjamin Baker violin Timothy Ridout viola Isang Enders cello Jordi Carrasco Hjelm double bass Aleksandar Madžar piano

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 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

piano

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 £15

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Monday 16 September

Tuesday 17 September

1.00pm

1.00pm

Benjamin Appl baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

My Music with Orchestra of St John’s

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 £16 concs £14

Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock founder/conductor Kevin Whately actor Paul Blezard interviewer Kitty Whately soprano Programme to include: Smetana Die Moldau from Má Vlast Howells King David Trad Northumbrian folk songs

Monday 16 September

£16 concs £14

7.30pm

Tuesday 17 September

Iestyn Davies Residency

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 Returns Only Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

7.30pm

Stephen Waarts violin Gabriele Carcano piano Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2; Rhapsody No. 2 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Sunday 22 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 13 June 2020 7.30pm Saturday 25 July 2020 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies © Benjamin Ealovega

Kevin Whately © Wikipedia/TwentiethApril1986

Kitty Whately © Natalie Watts

Stephen Waarts © Benjamin Ealovega

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Wednesday 18 September

Thursday 19 September

11.00am and 12.30pm

6.00pm

For Crying Out Loud!

Pre-Concert Talk

FIGO

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

Simone Pirri violin Alice Poppleton violin, viola Jacob Garside cello, viola da gamba Sergio Bucheli lute, theorbo

£5

Thursday 19 September

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-to-be are also warmly welcomed.

7.30pm

Approximately 45 minutes in duration

Wednesday 18 September

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

7.00pm NB time

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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

The Mozartists Ian Page director Regula Mühlemann soprano

St. Lawrence String Quartet Haydn String Quartets Op. 20 Approximately 3 hours 15 minutes in duration, including two intervals £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

St. Lawrence String Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Ian Page © Sheila Rock

Regula Mühlemann © Shirley Suarez-Padilla

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Friday 20 September10.15am and 11.45am

Saturday 21 September

10.15am and 11.45am

10.00am – 3.00pm

Chamber Tots: Autumn

Open House

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 are special workshops for families with music leaders Lucy Drever and Georgia Duncan. Please sign up for workshops on the day.

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

Free (no ticket required)

Children £7 Adults £5

Saturday 21 September

Friday 20 September 7.30pm Schubert Song Cycles

Mark Padmore tenor Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

7.30pm

Marc-André Hamelin piano Skryabin Fantasie Op. 28 Prokofiev Sarcasms Feinberg Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 3 Debussy Préludes Book II

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval

Sunday 22 September

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Kuss Quartet

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Thursday 16 April 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 7 July 2020 7.30pm

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Mark Padmore © Marco Borggreve

11.30am

Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Open House © James Berry

Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality The American jazz pianist, trained physicist, writer and Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer is Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence for 2019/20.

Sunday 22 September7.0

Sunday 22 September 10.00pm

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

7.00pm NB time

The Evolution Tapes

Vijay Iyer piano Craig Taborn piano

Boston-born, Paris-based Mike Ladd has collaborated with Vijay Iyer on such albums as In What Language? (2003); Still Life with Commentator (2007); and Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (2013).

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. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

£16 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

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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Monday 23 September

Monday 23 September

1.00pm

7.30pm

Marlis Petersen soprano Camillo Radicke piano

Michael Collins Residency

The Otherworld (Anderswelt) 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 Sindig Majnat Stenhammar Fylgia Kaldalóns Hamraborgin £16 concs £14

Monday 23 September 6.00pm

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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 17 February 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 21 July 2020 7.30pm

Michael Collins Residency

Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins Michael Collins discusses tonight’s programme ahead of the opening concert in his residency. £5

Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm

Carolyn Sampson soprano Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Herbing Montan und Lalage Mozart Das Lied der Trennung Wolff An das Clavier CPE Bach Sonata in E minor Wq. 59 No. 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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Marlis Petersen © Y.Mavropoulos

Camillo Radicke © Bettina Stoess

Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega

Carolyn Sampson © Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 25 September and Thursday 26 September Both dates 1.00pm

French Song Exchange Showcase Wednesday 25 September Louise Fuller, Jeanne Zaepffel soprano Theo Platt, Olivier Bergeron baritone Sebastian Wybrew piano Thursday 26 September Regina Freire soprano Natalie Perez mezzo-soprano Joël Terrin baritone Guy Elliott tenor Sebastian Wybrew piano Join young singers from Wigmore Hall’s French Song Exchange for two showcase recitals, as they explore the wonderful traditions of the mélodie. 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. £16 concs £14 for each concert The French Song Exchange is presented in partnership with the École Normale de Musique de Paris Supported by Tony and Marion Allen

Wednesday 25 September 7.30pm

Ailish Tynan soprano Raphael Wallfisch cello John York piano Rebecca Clarke Focus 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) £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

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 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Gabriel Fauré © Derived from Pierre Petit 1905 – Gallica 2010

Ailish Tynan © Benjamin Ealovega

John York and Raphael Wallfisch © Benjamin Ealovega

Roberta Mameli © Richard Dumas

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Friday 27 September

Saturday 28 September

7.30pm

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Schumann Song Series

Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss

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 £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

Sasha Cooke © Vero Kherian

Malcolm Martineau © Russell Duncan

Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room, where the pianist discusses his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. coursera.org/learn/beethoven-piano-sonatas Returns Only

Saturday 28 September 7.30pm Rachel Podger Residency

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; Concerto in G minor for violin BWV1056R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor; Concerto in D minor for violin BWV1052R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal

SEPTEMBER • 19

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Sunday 29 September

Sunday 24 November 11.30am Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 1

7.30pm

Sunday 12 January 2020 11.30am Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2

Jonathan Biss piano

Saturday 18 April 2020 4.00pm & 7.30pm Violin Sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout Sunday 10 May 2020 11.30am Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 3

Beethoven Sonata Cycle

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’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Monday 6 July 2020 7.30pm Double and Triple Concertos

Sunday 29 September

Sunday 29 September

Post-Concert Talk

11.30am

with Jonathan Biss

Beethoven Piano Trios

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Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op. 1 No. 1; Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’

Thursday 19 December 7.30pm Sunday 26 January 2020 7.30pm

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

Friday 28 February 2020 7.30pm

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

Saturday 9 May 2020 7.30pm

Sunday 26 January 2020 11.30am Sunday 3 May 2020 11.30am Saturday 20 June 2020 7.30pm

Rachel Podger © Theresa Pewal

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch © Michael Pavia

9.30pm

Monday 20 April 2020 7.30pm Thursday 25 June 2020 7.30pm All followed by a post-concert talk at 9.30pm

Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega

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Monday 30 September

Tuesday 1 October

1.00pm

1.00pm

Boris Giltburg piano

Jamal Aliyev cello Can Çakmur 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 £16 concs £14

YCAT Lunchtimes Series 2019/20 Martinů Variations on a Theme of Rossini Schumann 3 Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Rachmaninov Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 Paganini Introduction and Variations on ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’ from Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)

Monday 30 September 7.30pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Steven Isserlis cello Olli Mustonen piano Schubert Auf dem Strom Schumann Belsazar; Die Löwenbraut; Ballade vom Haideknaben György Kurtág Az hit...; In memoriam Ferenc Wilheim Marta 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

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Boris Giltburg © Sasha Gusov

Olli Mustonen © Outi Montosen

YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series

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 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 £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 Sponsored by Ruffer LLP Jamal Aliyev © Kaupo Kikkas

Irène Duval © B Cruveiller

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Wednesday 2 October

Thursday 3 October

12.15pm

7.30pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Nia Coleman soprano Filipe Manu tenor Joel Williams tenor Kyu Choi baritone Simon Lepper piano

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

Free (ticket required)

Wednesday 2 October 1.00pm

Britten Sinfonia Mahan Esfahani 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 £16 concs £14

Wednesday 2 October 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works

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

Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2019 Handel From Jephtha: All that is in Hamor mine, Waft her, angels, through the skies & Farewell, ye limpid springs Schumann Er und sie; Der Soldat; Der Spielmann Schubert Nacht und Träume; Punschlied; Klage Mozart From Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Im Mohrenland gefangen war & Marsch! Marsch!

Marsch! trollt euch fort Elena Langer New work (world première) Bizet The Toreador Song from Carmen; Chanson d’avril Donizetti Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! from La Fille du Régiment Bernstein La Bonne Cuisine; From Candide: Glitter and Be Gay & The Best of All Possible Worlds £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 £5 tickets for under 35s Promoted by Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells (Reg. Charity No. 1162432)

£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 18 March 2020 7.30pm Thursday 11 June 2020 7.30pm

Laurence Osborn

Britten Sinfonia © Benjamin Ealovega

Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil

Independent Opera Scholars 2019 © Benjamin Ealovega

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Friday 4 October

Saturday 5 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano

Christiane Karg Focus

Purcell/Britten If music be the food of love; A Morning Hymn; Job’s Curse Weldon/Britten Alleluia Brahms Sehnsucht Op. 14 No. 8; Vor dem Fenster; 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; Verzagen; Über die Heide; An eine Äolsharfe; Die Kränze; Todessehnen Returns Only

Saturday 5 October 1.00pm – 2.30pm

Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire 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 lecture-recital examines in depth the unique fusion of cabaret, song cycle and chamber music in the composer’s 1912 masterpiece and looks beyond the work’s nightmarish atmosphere to reveal its motifs and methods.

Christiane Karg soprano Sabine Meyer clarinet Malcolm Martineau piano Schubert 4 Canzonen D688 Lachner Seit ich ihn gesehen from Frauenliebe und –leben 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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 29 January 2020 7.30pm Friday 10 July 2020 7.30pm

£15 concs £10 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Christian Gerhaher © Gregor Hohenberg

Arnold Schoenberg © Florence Homolka/Schoenberg Archives at USC

Christiane Karg © Gisela Schenker

Sabine Meyer © Steven Haberland

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Sunday 6 October

Sunday 6 October

11.30am

7.30pm

Dudok Quartet

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 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice In Memory of Peter Flatter

Sunday 6 October 12 noon – 4.30pm

Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 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

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Monday 7 October 1.00pm

Jess Gillam saxophone Zeynep Özsuca piano Pedro Iturralde Pequeña Czarda Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor Anna Clyne (Snake and Ladder) for saxophone and electronics Poulenc Sonata for oboe and piano Wiedoeft Valse Vanité John Harle RANT! Milhaud Scaramouche Op. 165b (arr. for saxophone and piano) £16 concs £14 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Dudok Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Silver Sunday © James Berry

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve

Jess Gillam © Phil Rigby Bay Living

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Monday 7 October

Wednesday 9 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Elizabeth Watts soprano Julius Drake piano

Borodin Quartet

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! £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Tuesday 8 October 7.30pm

Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Sandrine Piau soprano Stuart Jackson tenor Konstantin Krimmel baritone

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 (arr.

Rostislav Dubinsky) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 10 October 10.15am and 11.45am

Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 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!

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

Handel Brockes Passion HWV48 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Elizabeth Watts © Marco Borggreve

Arcangelo © Adam Swann

Borodin Quartet © Simon Van Boxtel

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

OCTOBER • 25

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Thursday 10 October

Saturday 12 October

7.30pm

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Beethoven Violin Sonatas

Family Concert: Giddy Goat

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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Recommended for families with children aged 3-7 Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 present a lively concert following 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. *Published by Orchard Books.

Thursday 13 February 2020 7.30pm

Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room, run on a first come, first served basis. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm

Thursday 4 June 2020 7.30pm

Children £10 Adults £12

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series

Friday 11 October 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor Op. 144 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega

Andrew Armstrong © Benjamin Ealovega

Borodin Quartet © Andy Staples

Giddy Goat

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Saturday 12 October

Sunday 13 October

6.00pm

11.30am

Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

Endymion

Pre-Concert Talk An introduction to the Around Schubert series by writer, lecturer and broadcaster Katy Hamilton.

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K407 Dohnányi Sextet in C Op. 37

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

Saturday 12 October

Sunday 13 October

7.30pm

3.00pm

Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert

Soraya Mafi soprano Simon Lepper piano

Nash Ensemble Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

From Dawn Til Dusk

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’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 16 November 5.30pm and 7.30pm

Britten Bonny at Morn Finzi As I lay in the early sun Maconchy The Hill Adrian Williams Red Kite Flying Head A Piper Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Britten To lie flat on the back Warlock Youth Eden What’s in the air today? Quilter Dream Valley Clarke June Twilight Coates Bird songs at Eventide Trad (Irish) I have a bonnet trimmed with blue; My lagan love (arr. Hamilton Harty) Hugh Wood Horizon Maconchy Clothed with Stars Gurney Sleep Britten Nocturne £16

Saturday 7 December 5.30pm and 7.30pm 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

Schubertiade © Julius Schmidmaho

Endymion

Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography

Vilde Frang © Marco Borggreve

OCTOBER • 27

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Sunday 13 October

Tuesday 15 October

7.30pm

10.30am – 1.30pm

Vilde Frang violin Michail Lifits piano

Singing with Friends: Come and Sing

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

For families living with dementia

£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Monday 14 October

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) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk In partnership with Resonate Arts

1.00pm

Borodin Quartet Barry Douglas piano 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

Tuesday 15 October 7.30pm

AKMI Duo

Valentine Michaud saxophone Akvile Sileikaite piano

£16 concs £14

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2019

Monday 14 October

Bernstein Sonata for clarinet and piano Albright Sonata for saxophone and piano Hindemith Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Kevin Juillerat L’Etang du Patriarche, in memoriam Mikhail Bulgakov Borne Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen

7.30pm

Elias String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Matthew Hindson String Quartet No. 2 Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Barry Douglas © Benjamin Ealovega

Elias String Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval All seats £12 Supported by Swiss Cultural Fund UK, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Migros Culture Percentage talent promotion and Presence Switzerland Singing with Friends: Come and Sing © James Berry

AKMI Duo © AKMI Duo

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Wednesday 16 October

Thursday 17 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Maxim Kinasov piano

Beethoven Cello Sonatas

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 Skryabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor Op. 19 Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op. 33: in C No. 2, in C minor No. 3 & in C sharp minor No. 9 Sergei Slonimsky Intermezzo in memory of Brahms Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini Op. 35 Book I Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83

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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Forthcoming Concert in the Series Saturday 19 October 7.30pm

£20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Kirckman Concert Society

Thursday 17 October 10.15am and 11.45am

Friday 18 October

Chamber Tots: Into Space

11.00am – 12 noon

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

Schools Concert: Giddy Goat EYFS and Key Stage 1 Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 present a lively concert following 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)

Maxim Kinasov © Emil Matveev

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Miklós Perényi © Kata Schiller

Giddy Goat

OCTOBER • 29

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Académie Orsay-Royaumont The Musée d’Orsay and the Fondation Royaumont have collaborated to create an academy devoted to art song. Together with Wigmore Hall, this collaboration is celebrated in two afternoon concerts and a masterclass.

In co-production with Fondation Royaumont and Institut français du Royaume-Uni

Friday 18 October

Sunday 20 October

3.00pm

3.00pm

Marielou Jacquard mezzo-soprano Kunal Lahiry piano Alex Rosen bass Michał Biel piano

Marie-Laure Garnier soprano Célia Oneto Bensaid piano Jean-Christophe Lanièce baritone Romain Louveau piano

Schubert Auf dem See D543b; Romanze; Der Zwerg; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten Ravel Histoires naturelles Fauré La fleur qui va sur l’eau; Dans la forêt de septembre; Accompagnement Poulenc Le bestiaire Schubert Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Der Schiffer D536b; Der Strom; Fischerweise; Erlkönig Two duos present mélodies and Lieder they have been working on during the year, under the guidance of masters such as Stéphane Degout, Simon Lepper, Bernarda Fink and Roger Vignoles. £16 concs £14

Saturday 19 October 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Debussy Le promenoir des deux amants Massenet Poème du souvenir Schumann Stirb, Lieb und Freud!; Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend; Mondnacht Duparc Le manoir de Rosemonde; La vie antérieure; Extase; Lamento Wolf From Spanisches Liederbuch: Die ihr schwebet, Mühvoll komm ich und beladen & Herr, was trägt der Boden hier Poulenc La dame de Monte Carlo Two more Académie duos perform songs they have been working on under the guidance of mentors such as Véronique Gens, Susan Manoff, Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch. £16 concs £14

Masterclass with Stéphane Degout & Simon Lepper Marie-Laure Garnier & Célia Oneto Bensaid Marielou Jacquard & Kunal Lahiry Jean-Christophe Lanièce & Romain Louveau Alex Rosen & Michał Biel Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper will work with four duo laureates on a selection of French mélodies. £10 concs £8

Vocal and piano duos from Académie Orsay-Royaumont © Sophie Crépy

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Friday 18 October

Sunday 20 October

7.30pm

11.30am

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

Brahms Series

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 Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Saturday 19 October 7.30pm Beethoven Cello Sonatas

Miklós Perényi cello Dénes Várjon piano 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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Castalian String Quartet Isabel Charisius viola Ursula Smith cello Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111; String Sextet in B flat Op. 18 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Other Concerts in the Series Friday 4 October 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello Saturday 28 December 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Schumann Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet Michael Collins clarinet Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Renaud Capuçon violin

Alexander Gavrylyuk © Marco Borggreve

Miklós Perényi © Szilvia Csibi

Dénes Várjon © Pilvax Studio

Castalian String Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

OCTOBER • 31

wigmore-hall.org.uk Sunday 12 January 2020 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Radovan Vlatković horn Wednesday 26 February 2020 7.30pm 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

Sunday 20 October 7.30pm

Rainer Crosett cello Daniel King Smith piano Pierre Fournier Award Winner’s Recital Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Webern 3 kleine Stücke Op. 11 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso Op. 62 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Pierre Fournier Award (Reg. Charity No. 1062846)

Monday 21 October 1.00pm

Lawrence Power viola, violin Simon Crawford-Phillips piano 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

£16 concs £14

Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Liszt

Rainer Crosett

Daniel King Smith © Ian Dingle

Lawrence Power © Jack Liebeck

Simon Crawford-Phillips

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Monday 21 October

Wednesday 23 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Roberto Ruisi violin Toby White cello Sten Heinoja piano Marina Staneva piano

Schumann Song Series Brahms Series

Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

£30 £25 £20 £16 £10

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!

Promoted by The Tillett Trust

£35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Tuesday 22 October

Thursday 24 October

TILLETT DEBUT Debussy Preludes (arr. Craig White for violin and piano) Enescu Impromptu Concertant in G flat Ireland Cello Sonata in G minor Debussy Nocturne et scherzo for cello and piano Delius Romance for cello and piano Moeran Prelude for cello and piano Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18

7.00pm NB time

11.00am – 12 noon

Imogen Cooper piano

Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio

Imogen Cooper 70th Birthday Concert

Laura Jurd trumpet Ruth Goller bass Corrie Dick drums

Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958; Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in B flat D960 Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes in duration, including two intervals

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides an opportunity to hear live music in an informal environment. 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. Expect folk-infused grooves and glistening melodies. 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. £5

Roberto Ruisi

Imogen Cooper © Sussie Ahlburg

Catriona Morison © John Cooper

Malcolm Martineau © KK Dundas

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Thursday 24 October

Friday 25 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle

Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Quatuor Danel

Angela Hewitt piano

Weinberg String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Weinberg String Quartet No. 2

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

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

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 Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022

Sunday 27 October 11.30am

Esmé Quartet Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Winner’s Concert Mozart String Quartet in G K387 ‘Spring’ Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music and POLSKA 100, the international cultural programme celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining independence

Laura Jurd © Dave Stapleton

Quator Danel © Marco Borggreve

Angela Hewitt © Bernd Eberle

Esmé Quartet © Sihoo Kim

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Weinberg Focus Day

Throughout the day, the German violinist Linus Roth, who has become one of Weinberg’s leading advocates, champions his work, with introductions and a book launch by Daniel Elphick.

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Saturday 26 October

Saturday 26 October

11.30am

7.30pm

Linus Roth violin José Gallardo piano

Linus Roth violin Ilona Domnich soprano Janusz Wawrowski violin Danjulo Ishizaka cello 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 £16

Saturday 26 October 3.00pm

Linus Roth violin Ilona Domnich soprano José Gallardo piano

Weinberg Sonata for 2 violins Op. 69 Shostakovich 7 Romances on poems by Alexander Blok Op. 127 Weinberg Piano Trio Op. 24 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

Weinberg Sonata No. 2 for violin solo Op. 95; Jewish Songs Op. 17; Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano Op. 39 £16 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

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

Linus Roth © Dan Carabas

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Sunday 27 October

Monday 28 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

Jiyeong Mun piano

Alisa Weilerstein cello Inon Barnatan piano

The Keyboard Charitable Trust Prizewinners’ Concert Series Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110 Schumann Humoreske Op. 20 Ravel Miroirs Albéniz From Iberia Book 2: Almería & Triana £30 £26 £22 £18 £15 Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd.

Brahms Cello Sonata Op. 78 (transcription of 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)

Keyboard Charitable Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1017036)

£35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Monday 28 October

Tuesday 29 October

1.00pm

1.00pm

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexandre Tharaud piano

My Music with Orchestra of St John’s

Bach Sonata in D for cello and piano BWV1028 Marais Suite in D minor Poulenc Suite française Debussy Cello Sonata £16 concs £14

Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock founder/conductor Nicholas Parsons CBE actor, presenter Paul Blezard interviewer Beethoven Second movement from Symphony No. 6 in F Op. 68 Porter Just One of Those Things as performed

by Ella Fitzgerald Vivaldi The Four Seasons Tchaikovsky Three movements from The Nutcracker Grover Washington Jr Just the Two of Us £16 concs £14

Jiyeong Mun © Jino Park

Jean-Guihen Queyras © François Sechet

Alisa Weilerstein © Marco Borggreve

Nicholas Parsons CBE © Radio Times

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Tuesday 29 October

Wednesday 30 October

7.30pm

7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet

Christoph Prégardien tenor Julius Drake 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 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Wednesday 30 October 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Chamber Tots: In the Forest 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

Beethoven Adelaide; An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Schubert Selections from Schwanengesang Interspersed with Schubert Im Walde D708; Dass sie hier gewesen £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 31 October 6.15pm – 7.05pm

Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities Luke Newby clarinet Naomi Sullivan saxophone 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

The Endellion String Quartet © Eric Richmond

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Christoph Prégardien © Marco Borggreve

Bechstein Sessions © James Berry

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Thursday 31 October 7.30pm

Colin Currie percussion Huw Watkins piano Dave Maric Predicaments Britten Holiday Diary Op. 5 Joe Duddell Parallel Lines Tansy Davies Dark Ground Helen Grime Harp of the North Huw Watkins New work for piano and percussion* (England première) *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 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve

Huw Watkins © Benjamin Ealovega

Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk/beethoven250 for full details of our Beethoven Celebrations this season

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