Spring 2018 Wigmore Series by Wigmore Hall

January â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 2018

2017/18 Season

2• For over 20 years, Wigmore Hall’s Learning programme has been giving people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to take part in creative music making, engaging a broad and diverse range of people through innovative projects and events. We are very pleased to present our first ever Learning Festival. Seven Ages is an exploration of the stories of our lives, and the different journeys we all take, reflecting on life experience in its many and varied forms. Taking our Learning programme as inspiration, we invite you to explore with us the path from birth to older age, and everything in between. A high point of the celebrations will be reflected in the evening concert programme. I have invited Graham Johnson to devise a special song recital based around the Seven Ages of Life, to include a new work by Joseph Phibbs, entitled All the World’s a Stage, taking its lead from Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

Director’s Introduction

We continue our study of JS Bach’s keyboard works with Angela Hewitt on piano and Mahan Esfahani on the harpsichord. Bach is also central to many other concerts this year. On 27 March, Paul Agnew directs singers and players from Les Arts Florissants in six of Bach’s surviving motets, alongside works by his cousin JC Bach and Kuhnau, his successor in Leipzig. The following evening Les Folies françoises makes its Wigmore Hall debut with a stunning programme. The Dunedin Consort, using period instruments and just one voice per part, will propel us into the spiritual contemplation of the St Matthew Passion, bringing the big ideas of Bach’s masterpiece to the small Wigmore Hall stage. Do also join us to hear more of Haydn’s wit and inventive genius as our compelling Haydn String Quartet Series continues with performances from outstanding young ensembles and established interpreters alike. In his final decade, Brahms enjoyed an Indian summer of exquisite creativity. Sir András Schiff turns to Brahms’s late masterworks, set in company with Schumann’s last piano composition and intensely meditative pieces by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Perhaps we will look back on these times as a golden age of singing. If you haven’t already heard them, our spring series is full of younger song interpreters who continue to earn and reinforce their credentials on our stage: Allan Clayton, Louise Alder, Ilker Arcayürek, Golda Schultz, Robin Tritschler, Florian Boesch and Sylvia Schwarz to name a few. The baton is clearly now passing to a new generation of singers and how lucky we are to have them, and all of the magnificent song pianists with whom they collaborate. Watch out too for concerts by established Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus and Sonia Prina as well as the astonishing jazz vocalist Diane Reeves, who performs a selection from her 5 GRAMMY award winning albums when she visits in March. I look forward to welcoming you to the Hall over the coming months.

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Contents At a Glance

Calendar 6 January 8 February 33 March 52 Contemporary Music Series

Booking Information

At a Glance

January – March 2018

See pages 8 – 74 for full details of these concerts and page 80 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for…

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts

Miklós Perényi Haydn String Quartet Series

Mon 8 Jan Isabelle van Keulen/ Ronald Brautigam Mon 15 Jan Fatma Said/James Vaughan Mon 22 Jan Inon Barnatan Mon 29 Jan Apollon Musagète Quartet Mon 5 Feb Golda Schultz/ Jonathan Ware Mon 12 Feb SCO Winds Mon 19 Feb Ashley Riches/ Joseph Middleton Mon 26 Feb Aleksandar Madžar Mon 5 Mar Leon McCawley Mon 12 Mar Calidore String Quartet Mon 19 Mar Stile Antico Mon 26 Mar Danny Driver

8 10, 11, 18, 42, 48, 52, 61, 62 12, 32, 61

Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall 9, 13 Carolyn Sampson, Helsinki Baroque 9 Orchestra & Aapo Häkkinen Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration 14 Sonia Prina: A Celebration 15 Nash Ensemble: 16, 38, 58, 66 The French Connection Midori, Antoine Lederlin 20 & Jonathan Biss Alexander Melnikov 19 Jean-Guihen Queyras & 21 Alexandre Tharaud Schubert: The Complete Songs 22, 32, 33 Simon Trpčeski Series 23 Anna Bonitatibus: Lirica Italiana 27, 30 European Chamber Music 28, 29 Academy Showcase Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey 30 Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams, 33 Julius Drake & Rory Kinnear Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 36 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works 37 Seven Ages 40, 41, 42, 44, 49 Christian Tetzlaff Focus 39 The World of William Byrd: Consorts, 46 Hymns, Divisions and Dances Love and Death in Venice 51 Joshua Bell & Sam Haywood 44 Leon McCawley 56 Michael Collins Masterclass 62 Oriana, Fairest Queen 63 Ensemble intercontemporain 65 Dianne Reeves 68 Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle 67 Dunedin Consort: Big Ideas for a 69 Small Stage Danny Driver 71 Paul O’Dette 70 Les Arts Florissants 72 Roderick Williams: 73 Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles Contemporary Music Series 76, 77

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Chamber Music Season Tue 2 Jan Miklós Perényi 8 Wed 3 Jan Schumann Quartet 11 Thu 4 Jan Jörg Widmann/Tabea 12 Zimmermann/Dénes Várjon Wed 10 Jan Isabelle Faust/ 14 Anne Katharina Schreiber/ Yoshiko Morita/ Emmanuel Balssa/ Lorenzo Coppola Fri 12 Jan Elias String Quartet 17 Sat 13 Jan Nash Ensemble/ 16 Stéphanie d’Oustrac Sun 14 Jan Modigliani Quartet 18 Tue 16 Jan Midori/Antoine Lederlin/ 20 Jonathan Biss Thu 18 Jan Quatuor Diotima 20 Fri 19 Jan Jean-Guihen Queyras/ 21 Alexandre Tharaud Sun 21 Jan Simon Trpčeski & Friends 23 Wed 24 Jan Britten Sinfonia 26 Wed 24 Jan Julia Fischer Quartet 26 Fri 26 Jan ECMA: Amatis Piano Trio 28 Sat 27 Jan ECMA: Masterclass with 28 Professor Johannes Meissl & Professor Hatto Beyerle Sat 27 Jan ECMA: Adorno Quartet/ 29 Simply Quartet Sun 28 Jan ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 29 Mon 29 Jan Escher String Quartet 31 Tue 30 Jan Hagen Quartet/ 32 Jörg Widmann Fri 2 Feb The Endellion String Quartet 34 Sat 3 Feb Ensemble 360 35 Tue 6 Feb Henning Kraggerud/ 36 Natalie Clein/ Christian Ihle Hadland Sat 10 Feb Nash Ensemble 38

Sun 11 Feb Christian Tetzlaff/ 39 Florian Donderer/ Rachel Roberts/Tanja Tetzlaff/ Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/ Martin Helmchen/Julian Prégardien Mon 12 Feb Jerusalem Quartet 42 Wed 14 Feb Artemis Quartet 43 Fri 16 Feb Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ 44 Polina Leschenko Sun 18 Feb Škampa Quartet/ 45 Melvyn Tan Wed 21 Feb Steven Isserlis/ 48 Alexander Melnikov Thu 22 Feb Doric String Quartet 48 Sat 24 Feb Wihan Quartet 50 Sun 25 Feb Pieter Wispelwey/ 51 Alasdair Beatson Wed 28 Feb Doric String Quartet 52 Thu 1 Mar Michelangelo Quartet/ 53 Emma Johnson Sun 4 Mar Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood 55 Wed 7 Mar Vienna Piano Trio 56 Sat 10 Mar Nash Ensemble 58 Sun 11 Mar Arditti Quartet/ 58 Jake Arditti Wed 14 Mar Heath Quartet/ 61 Nils Mönkemeyer Thu 15 Mar Danish String Quartet 61 Fri 16 Mar Kuss Quartet 62 Sun 18 Mar Gautier Capuçon/ 64 Jérôme Ducros Mon 19 Mar Soloists of the Ensemble 65 intercontemporain Tue 20 Mar Nash Ensemble/ 66 Christine Rice Wed 21 Mar The Schubert Ensemble 66 Sat 24 Mar Cuarteto Casals 67

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts Sun 7 Jan Szymanowski Quartet Sun 14 Jan Benjamin Beilman/ Boris Giltburg Sun 21 Jan Navarra String Quartet Sun 28 Jan Lara Melda Sun 4 Feb Ensemble 360 Sun 11 Feb Pavel Haas Quartet Sun 18 Feb Quatuor Zaïde Sun 25 Feb Joseph Moog Sun 4 Mar Ronan O’Hora Sun 11 Mar Bennewitz Quartet Sun 18 Mar Gould Piano Trio Sun 25 Mar Andreas Ottensamer

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Early Music and Baroque Series Sat 6 Jan Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/ 9 Carolyn Sampson Thu 11 Jan Sonia Prina/ 15 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Mon 22 Jan The Sixteen 25 Tue 23 Jan Classical Opera 25 Sun 4 Feb Daniel Behle/Armonia Atenea 35 Thu 8 Feb The English Concert 37 Fri 9 Feb Mahan Esfahani 37 Tue 20 Feb Phantasm 46 Mon 26 Feb Les Talens Lyriques 51 Thu 8 Mar Florilegium 57 Thu 22 Mar London Handel Orchestra 68 Sun 25 Mar Dunedin Consort 69 Mon 26 Mar Paul O’Dette 70 Tue 27 Mar Les Arts Florissants 72 Wed 28 Mar Les Folies françoises 72

London Pianoforte Series Fri 5 Jan Sir András Schiff Sun 7 Jan Sir András Schiff Mon 8 Jan Piers Lane Wed 17 Jan Alexander Melnikov Fri 26 Jan Angela Hewitt Tue 27 Feb Louis Lortie Sat 3 Mar Steven Osborne Mon 5 Mar Denis Kozhukhin Mon 12 Mar Nelson Goerner Sat 17 Mar Imogen Cooper

9 13 14 19 30 52 54 56 59 62

Song Recital Series Tue 9 Jan Allan Clayton/ 14 James Baillieu Sun 14 Jan Alessandro Fisher/ 18 Ashok Gupta Sat 20 Jan Anna Huntley/ 22 Ben Johnson/ Nick Pritchard/Stephan Loges/ Graham Johnson/ Singers from GMSD Sat 20 Jan Louise Alder/James Baillieu 21 Sun 21 Jan Royal Academy of Music 23 Richard Lewis Song Circle Thu 25 Jan Anna Bonitatibus & Friends 27 Sat 27 Jan Anna Bonitatibus/ 30 Adele D’Aronzo Sun 28 Jan Ilker Arcayürek/ 31 Simon Lepper Wed 31 Jan Gemma Summerfield/ 32 Ferdinand Keller/Harrison Hintzsche/Graham Johnson

Wed 31 Jan Angelika Kirchschlager/ 33 Julius Drake Thu 1 Feb Mark Padmore/ 33 Roderick Williams/ Julius Drake/ Rory Kinnear Wed 7 Feb Robin Tritschler/ 37 Christopher Glynn Sun 11 Feb Christian Tetzlaff/Florian 39 Donderer/Rachel Roberts/ Tanja Tetzlaff/Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/Martin Helmchen/ Julian Prégardien Thu 15 Feb Ruby Hughes/ 43 Joseph Middleton Fri 23 Feb Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert: 49 All the World’s a Stage Sun 25 Feb Johannes Kammler/ 50 Roger Vignoles Sun 4 Mar Martin Mitterrutzner/ 54 Gerold Huber Fri 9 Mar Florian Boesch/ 57 Malcolm Martineau Tue 13 Mar John Chest/Marcelo Amaral 59 Sun 18 Mar Soraya Mafi/ 64 Graham Johnson Thu 29 Mar Roderick Williams/ 73 Iain Burnside Sat 31 Mar Sylvia Schwartz/ 74 Malcolm Martineau

Jazz Series Fri 23 Mar Dianne Reeves

Contemporary Music Series Tue 2 Jan Miklós Perényi Thu 4 Jan Jörg Widmann/ Tabea Zimmermann/ Dénes Várjon Mon 15 Jan Fatma Said/James Vaughan Thu 18 Jan Quatuor Diotima Sun 21 Jan Simon Trpčeski & Friends Wed 24 Jan Britten Sinfonia Tue 30 Jan Hagen Quartet/ Jörg Widmann Tue 6 Feb Henning Kraggerud/ Natalie Clein/ Christian Ihle Hadland Thu 15 Feb Ruby Hughes/ Joseph Middleton Fri 16 Feb Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ Polina Leschenko Wed 21 Feb Steven Isserlis/ Alexander Melnikov Fri 23 Feb Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert: All the World’s a Stage

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Tue 27 Feb Louis Lortie Sun 11 Mar Arditti Quartet/Jake Arditti Mon 12 Mar Calidore String Quartet Wed 14 Mar Heath Quartet/ Nils Mönkemeyer Sat 17 Mar Imogen Cooper Mon 19 Mar Soloists of Ensemble intercontemporain Mon 26 Mar Danny Driver

52 58 59 61 62 65 71

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by

Wigmore Hall Learning Thu 4 Jan Artists in Conversation Fri 12 Jan Chamber Tots Wed 17 Jan Artists in Conversation Fri 19 Jan For Crying Out Loud! Fri 2 Feb Chamber Tots Sat 3 Feb CAVATINA Family Concert Wed 7 Feb Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass

12 17 19 20 34 34 36

Seven Ages Mon 12 Feb Music Portraits Band commences Tue 13 Feb Bechstein Sessions: Fabled Wed 14 Feb Family Day: Musical Portraits Thu 15 Feb Discussion Panel Fri 16 Feb Relaxed Concert: Heath Quartet Sat 17 Feb Family Sounds Tue 20 Feb Come and Sing Wed 21 Feb For Crying Out Loud! Wed 21 Feb Wigmore Study Group commences Thu 22 Feb Schools Concert: The Empty Chair Sat 24 Feb Big Sing! Thu 1 Mar Chamber Tots Thu 1 Mar Introduction to Music commences Sat 3 Mar Family Concert: The Empty Chair Fri 9 Mar Chamber Tots Wed 14 Mar Chamber Tots Sat 17 Mar Michael Collins Masterclass Sat 24 Mar Family Day: Chamber Challenge

41 42 43 43 44 44 46 46 48 49 49 52 53 53 57 61 62 71

Calendar January – March 2018 January Tue 2 Jan

7.30pm Miklós Perényi

Wed 3 Jan

7.30pm Schumann Quartet

Thu 4 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 7.30pm Jörg Widmann/ Tabea Zimmermann/Dénes Várjon

7.30pm Sir András Schiff

Fri 5 Jan

Sat 6 Jan 7.30pm Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/ Carolyn Sampson

9 13 13

Mon 8 Jan 1.00pm Isabelle van Keulen/Ronald Brautigam 7.30pm Piers Lane

13 14

7.30pm Allan Clayton/James Baillieu

Wed 10 Jan 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Anne Katharina Schreiber/ 14 Yoshiko Morita/Emmanuel Balssa/ Lorenzo Coppola

7.30pm Hagen Quartet/Jörg Widmann

February Thu 1 Feb 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Roderick Williams/ Julius Drake/Rory Kinnear

Fri 2 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots 11.45am Chamber Tots 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet

34 34 34

Sat 3 Feb 11.00am CAVATINA Family Concert 7.30pm Ensemble 360

34 35 35 35

Sun 4 Feb 11.30am Ensemble 360 7.30pm Daniel Behle/Armonia Atenea

Fri 12 Jan 12.30pm Chamber Tots 2.00pm Chamber Tots 7.30pm Elias String Quartet

17 17 17

Mon 5 Feb

7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac

Sun 14 Jan 11.30am Benjamin Beilman/Boris Giltburg 3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 7.30pm Modigliani Quartet

16 17 18 18

Mon 15 Jan

1.00pm Fatma Said/James Vaughan

Tue 16 Jan

7.30pm Midori/Antoine Lederlin/Jonathan Biss 20

Wed 17 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov Thu 18 Jan

7.30pm Quatuor Diotima

18 19 19 20

Fri 19 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 20 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 20 7.30pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/ 21 Alexandre Tharaud 1.00pm Anna Huntley/Ben Johnson/ 22 Nick Pritchard/Stephan Loges/ Graham Johnson/Singers from GMSD 7.30pm Louise Alder/James Baillieu 21 Sat 20 Jan

Sun 21 Jan 11.30am Navarra String Quartet 3.00pm Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle 7.30pm Simon Trpčeski & Friends

21 23

Mon 22 Jan 1.00pm Inon Barnatan 7.30pm The Sixteen

23 25

Tue 23 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 7.30pm The Mozartists/Classical Opera

25 25

Wed 24 Jan 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 7.30pm Julia Fischer Quartet

26 26 26

Thu 25 Jan

7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus & Friends

Fri 26 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Amatis Piano Trio 7.30pm Angela Hewitt

27 28 30

Sat 27 Jan 11.00am ECMA: Masterclass 28 1.00pm ECMA: Adorno Quartet/Simply Quartet 29 7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus/Adele D’Aronzo 30

Wed 31 Jan 1.00pm Gemma Summerfield/Ferdinand Keller/ 32 Harrison Hintzsche/Graham Johnson 7.30pm Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake 33

Thu 11 Jan 7.30pm Sonia Prina/ Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Sat 13 Jan

30 29 31

Mon 29 Jan 1.00pm Apollon Musagète Quartet 31 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 31 Tue 30 Jan

Sun 7 Jan 11.30am Szymanowski Quartet 7.30pm Sir András Schiff

Tue 9 Jan

Sun 28 Jan 11.30am Lara Melda 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper

1.00pm Golda Schultz/Jonathan Ware

Tue 6 Feb 7.30pm Henning Kraggerud/Natalie Clein/ 36 Christian Ihle Hadland Wed 7 Feb 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Christopher Glynn

36 37

Thu 8 Feb

7.30pm The English Concert

Fri 9 Feb

7.30pm Mahan Esfahani

Sat 10 Feb 6.00pm Nash Ensemble 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Sophie Bevan/ Leslie Caron

38 38

Sun 11 Feb 11.30am Pavel Haas Quartet 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Florian Donderer/ Rachel Roberts/Tanja Tetzlaff/ Marie-Elisabeth Hecker Martin Helmchen/Julian Prégardien

38 39

Mon 12 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits Band commences 41 1.00pm SCO Winds 42 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 42 Tue 13 Feb

5.45pm Bechstein Sessions: Fabled

Wed 14 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Musical Portraits 7.30pm Artemis Quartet

43 43

Thu 15 Feb 6.00pm Discussion Panel 7.30pm Ruby Hughes/Joseph Middleton

43 43

Fri 16 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Heath Quartet 44 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ 44 Polina Leschenko Sat 17 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 1.00pm Family Sounds

44 44

Sun 18 Feb 11.30am Quatuor Zaïde 7.30pm Škampa Quartet/Melvyn Tan

45 45

Mon 19 Feb

1.00pm Ashley Riches/Joseph Middleton

Tue 20 Feb 10.30am Come and Sing 7.30pm Phantasm

46 46

Wed 21 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group commences 7.30pm Steven Isserlis/Alexander Melnikov

46 46 48 48

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Thu 22 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: The Empty Chair 7.30pm Doric String Quartet

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49 48

Sat 24 Mar 10.30am Family Day: Chamber Challenge 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals

71 67

Sun 25 Mar 11.30am Andreas Ottensamer 5.00pm Dunedin Consort

71 69

Sat 24 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 7.30pm Wihan Quartet

49 50

Mon 26 Mar 1.00pm Danny Driver 7.30pm Paul O’Dette

71 70

Sun 25 Feb 11.30am Joseph Moog 3.00pm Johannes Kammler/Roger Vignoles 7.30pm Pieter Wispelwey/Alasdair Beatson

50 50 51

Tue 27 Mar

7.30pm Les Arts Florissants

Wed 28 Mar

7.30pm Les Folies françoises

Mon 26 Feb 1.00pm Aleksandar Madžar 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques

51 51

Thu 29 Mar

7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside

Sat 31 Mar

7.30pm Sylvia Schwartz/Malcolm Martineau

Fri 23 Feb

7.30pm Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert: All the World’s a Stage

Tue 27 Feb

7.30pm Louis Lortie

Wed 28 Feb

7.30pm Doric String Quartet

March Thu 1 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 11.45am Chamber Tots 4.45pm Introduction to Music commences 7.30pm Michelangelo Quartet/Emma Johnson

52 52 53 53

Sat 3 Mar 11.00am Family Concert: The Empty Chair 7.30pm Steven Osborne

53 54

Sun 4 Mar 11.30am Ronan O’Hora 3.00pm Martin Mitterrutzner/Gerold Huber 7.30pm Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood

54 54 55

Mon 5 Mar 1.00pm Leon McCawley 7.30pm Denis Kozhukhin

56 56

Wed 7 Mar

7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio

Thu 8 Mar

7.30pm Florilegium

Fri 9 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 11.45am Chamber Tots 7.30pm Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau Sat 10 Mar

7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Eleanor Bron

Sun 11 Mar 11.30am Bennewitz Quartet 7.30pm Arditti Quartet/Jake Arditti

57 57 57 58 58 58

Mon 12 Mar 1.00pm Calidore String Quartet 59 7.30pm Nelson Goerner 59 Tue 13 Mar

7.30pm John Chest/Marcelo Amaral

Wed 14 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 11.45am Chamber Tots 7.30pm Heath Quartet/Nils Mönkemeyer

59 61 61 61

Thu 15 Mar

7.30pm Danish String Quartet

Fri 16 Mar

7.30pm Kuss Quartet

Sat 17 Mar 2.00pm Michael Collins Masterclass 7.30pm Imogen Cooper

62 62

Sun 18 Mar 11.30am Gould Piano Trio 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Graham Johnson 7.30pm Gautier Capuçon/Jérôme Ducros

64 64 64

Mon 19 Mar 1.00pm Stile Antico 63 7.30pm Soloists of the 65 Ensemble intercontemporain Tue 20 Mar 5.30pm Nash Ensemble/Royal Academy of Music 66 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Christine Rice 66 Wed 21 Mar

7.30pm The Schubert Ensemble

Thu 22 Mar

7.30pm London Handel Orchestra

Fri 23 Mar

7.30pm Dianne Reeves

Wigmore Hall Restaurant & Bar Join us for dinner before your evening recital. Enjoy a modern menu balanced with a nod to classic favourites, all in the comfort of Wigmore Hall, and be ready in time for the start of the concert.

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Tuesday 2 January 7.30pm

Miklós Perényi cello

Reger Suite No. 1 in G from 3 Suites for solo cello Op. 131c Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 Ligeti Sonata for solo cello György Kurtág A selection from Signs, Games and Messages Britten Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80 From the unrestrained passion of his music-making to the subtle beauty of his sound, Miklós Perényi holds the power to move listeners to the heart of every work he plays. He leads a voyage into the exquisite soundworlds of fellow Hungarians Ligeti and György Kurtág, unlocks the expressive wealth of Reger and Bach, and finishes with Britten’s awe-inspiring Second Cello Suite. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Miklós Perényi © Szilvia Csibi

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Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall Few artists have enjoyed a deeper relationship with Wigmore Hall than Sir András Schiff. His recitals and chamber concerts this season promise music-making of the highest spiritual insight and eloquence. Friday 5 January 7.30pm

Sir András Schiff piano Schumann Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV869 from The Welltempered Clavier Book I Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ In his final decade, Brahms enjoyed an Indian summer of exquisite creativity. Sir András Schiff turns his profound compassion to Brahms’s late masterworks, set in company with Schumann’s last piano composition and intensely meditative pieces by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Sunday 7 January 7.30pm Saturday 12 May 7.30pm with Jörg Widmann clarinet

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Saturday 6 January 7.30pm

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Aapo Häkkinen director, harpsichord

Carolyn Sampson soprano Telemann Ouverture burlesque in B flat TWV55:B8; Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels (Canary Cantata) Bach Concerto in D for harpsichord BWV1054 (from Violin Concerto in E BWV1042); Cantata: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51 Joys and sorrows, tragedy and comedy pulse through Helsinki Baroque Orchestra’s programme. The orchestra opens with Telemann’s Overture burlesque, with its miniature portraits of stock pantomime characters, and is joined by Gramophone Awardwinning soprano Carolyn Sampson in Telemann’s mock-serious funeral music for a dead canary and Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, among the most joyful of his cantatas. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Sir András Schiff © Nadia F. Romanini / ECM Records

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra © Heikki Tuuli

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Haydn String Quartet Series Hear more of Haydn’s wit and inventive genius as Wigmore Hall’s compelling Haydn String Quartet Series continues with performances from outstanding young ensembles and inspirational interpreters. This series is made possible with additional support from the Haydn String Quartet Circle and the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

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Wednesday 3 January 7.30pm

Schumann Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5; String Quartet in D minor Op. 42; String Quartet in E flat Op. 17 No. 3; String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2 Brothers Mark, Erik and Ken Schumann, raised in the Rhineland, have been making music together since childhood. They were joined in 2012 by violist Liisa Randalu to form the Schumann Quartet, acclaimed not least for impassioned, audacious Haydn performances. Schumann Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Sunday 14 January 7.30pm

Thursday 15 March 7.30pm

Wednesday 30 May 7.30pm

Modigliani Quartet

Danish String Quartet

Quatuor Mosaïques

Monday 12 February 7.30pm

Friday 16 March 7.30pm

Thursday 31 May 7.30pm

Jerusalem Quartet

Kuss Quartet

Quatuor Mosaïques

Thursday 22 February 7.30pm

Tuesday 17 April 7.30pm

Saturday 16 June 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet

Castalian String Quartet

Heath Quartet

Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 April 7.30pm

Friday 13 July 7.00pm

Doric String Quartet

Vertavo String Quartet

Bennewitz Quartet

Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm

Saturday 26 May 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 July 7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Doric String Quartet

Castalian String Quartet

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Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Prepare to be inspired! Jörg Widmann, among today’s leading composers and an outstanding communicator, returns to Wigmore Hall to perform his own works and explore their creative dialogue with Romanticism. Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Thursday 4 January 6.00pm

Artists in Conversation Jörg Widmann gives an insight into his life as a composer and performer, and discusses his new work to be performed in the evening concert. £5 Thursday 4 January 7.30pm

Jörg Widmann clarinet Tabea Zimmermann viola Dénes Várjon piano Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Jörg Widmann Es war einmal (Fünf Stücke im Märchenton)* (UK première); Fantasie for solo clarinet Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat K498 ‘Kegelstatt’ *Co-commissioned by Tonhalle Zürich; Bozar Music; Musée du Louvre; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation Fairy-tale visions and dream pictures colour Schumann’s Märchenbilder and transcendent Märchenerzählungen, works packed with surging emotional contrasts. Be sure to catch the fantasy worlds of Jörg Widmann’s ‘Fantasie’ and ‘Es war einmal’, sparkling highlights of his Wigmore Hall Residency. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Tuesday 30 January 7.30pm

Sunday 10 June 7.30pm

Hagen Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm

Saturday 16 June 7.30pm

Heath Quartet

Heath Quartet Mary Bevan soprano

Monday 16 April 7.30pm Yefim Bronfman piano Saturday 12 May 7.30pm

Friday 20 July 10.00pm Heath Quartet

Jörg Widmann clarinet Sir András Schiff piano

Jörg Widmann © Marco Borggreve

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JANUARY • 13 Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

Sunday 7 January 11.30am

Sunday 7 January 7.30pm

Monday 8 January 1.00pm

Szymanowski Quartet

Sir András Schiff piano

Schubert String Quartet D18 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Schubert String Quartet in G minor D173

Repeat of concert on 5 January

Isabelle van Keulen violin Ronald Brautigam piano

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Since its foundation in Warsaw over a decade ago, the Szymanowski Quartet has attracted a strong international following. Join the ensemble for this charming programme, which offers penetrating visions of Mozart and Schubert.

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Szymanowski The Fountain of Arethusa from Myths Op. 30 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Isabelle van Keulen and Ronald Brautigam, duo partners for more than two decades, open their lunchtime celebration of melody with Beethoven’s freeflowing Violin Sonata in G before presenting two of the most beautiful works in the violin and piano repertoire.

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

All seats £15

Szymanowski Quartet © Florian Graser

Sir András Schiff © Nadia F. Romanini / ECM Records

Isabelle van Keulen © Marco Borggreve

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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration

Monday 8 January 7.30pm

Tuesday 9 January 7.30pm

Wednesday 10 January 7.30pm

Piers Lane piano

Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Isabelle Faust violin Anne Katharina Schreiber violin Yoshiko Morita viola Emmanuel Balssa cello Lorenzo Coppola clarinet

Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87; Sonata in G K14 Bach From The Well-tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp BWV848 & Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor BWV867 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22 Piers Lane’s programme creates an evening of changing emotions, vibrant colours and expressive contrasts. His recital moves from the meditative stillness of Scarlatti’s B minor Sonata to the white heat of Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ and dazzling brilliance of Rachmaninov’s ‘Chopin Variations’.

Programme to include: Purcell/Britten A Morning Hymn; In the black dismal dungeon of despair; Evening Hymn Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Songs by Gurney Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Allan Clayton scored a massive critical hit as Hamlet in Brett Dean’s new opera for Glyndebourne last summer. The tenor’s impassioned artistry and total commitment in performance can be heard here in songs packed with powerful images and romantic rapture. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 Isabelle Faust and her fellow artists, specially chosen for this programme, promise surprises and insights during their exploration of two masterworks for clarinet and strings. ‘This very special project’, explains Isabelle, ‘was born through my affection and admiration for Lorenzo Coppola, one of the best historical clarinet players and musicians of our times’. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle Forthcoming Concert in this Series Monday 9 April 7.30pm with Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord Piers Lane © Eric Richmond

Allan Clayton © Laura Harling

Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede

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Sonia Prina: A Celebration Thursday 11 January 7.30pm

Sonia Prina contralto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Handel Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 2 Ferrandini Cantata: Il pianto di Maria Bach Cantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV54 Locatelli Concerto Grosso in E flat ‘Il Pianto d’Arianna’ Op. 7 No. 6 Vivaldi Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 Individuality and spontaneity belong to the irresistible qualities shared by Sonia Prina and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. They are directed here to music deeply etched with bold emotions and striking contrasts, including Vivaldi’s turbulent Longe mala, umbrae, terrores. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle Forthcoming Concert in this Series Tuesday 1 May 2018 7.30pm Sonia Prina contralto Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen director

Sonia Prina © Ribalta Luce Studio

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection Saturday 13 January 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble Lawrence Power viola Ian Brown piano Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Benno Sachs) Vierne Deux pièces Op. 5 Debussy Beau soir (arr. viola and piano) Honnoré Morceau de concert Op. 23 Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé Debussy Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (arr. for voice and ensemble by Colin Matthews) Ravel Chansons madécasses; String Quartet in F Debussy’s epoch-making Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune prefaces a group of French viola pieces by Vierne, Debussy and the little-known Honnoré. French mezzosoprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac sings two exquisite songs by Duparc alongside an arrangement of Debussy’s elusive Mallarmé cycle, before the concert ends with magnificent works by Ravel. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Saturday 10 February 6.00pm Saturday 10 February 7.30pm with Sophie Bevan soprano and Leslie Caron reciter Saturday 10 March 7.30pm with Eleanor Bron narrator Tuesday 20 March 5.30pm Tuesday 20 March 7.30pm with Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Under the Patronage of H.E. Madame Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom

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Friday 12 January 12.30pm and 2.00pm

Friday 12 January 7.30pm

Sunday 14 January 11.30am

Chamber Tots

Elias String Quartet

On the Farm

After Beethoven: Melodists

Benjamin Beilman*violin Boris Giltburg piano

We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go to the farm. This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 12.30pm (1–2 year olds) & 2.00pm (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ The Elias String Quartet celebrates the genius of two composers blessed with the ability to create great melodies at will. Their programme includes the work Dvořák began before returning to Prague from the United States, and Schubert’s haunting ‘Death and the Maiden’. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Elias String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 There’s tremendous freedom and flow about the way Benjamin Beilman and Boris Giltburg make music. The pair contrast the summer radiance of Brahms’s First Violin Sonata with the dark introspection of Prokofiev’s Sonata in F minor, composed during troubled times. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice * WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Benjamin Beilman © Giorgia Bertazzi

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Sunday 14 January 3.00pm

Sunday 14 January 7.30pm

Monday 15 January 1.00pm

Alessandro Fisher tenor Ashok Gupta piano

Modigliani Quartet

Fatma Said soprano James Vaughan piano

Head On the wings of the wind; Over the rim of the moon; Money, O! Mendelssohn Der Tag; Reiterlied; Abschied; Der Bettler Schubert Der Schiffer Chausson Sérénade italienne Brahms Meerfahrt Op. 96 No. 4 Meyerbeer Mina (Chanson d’un gondolier venétien) Hahn Venezia - Chansons en dialecte vénitien Young tenor Alessandro Fisher, a natural story-teller with a flair for languages, seized joint first prize at the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards with gripping performances. He makes his Wigmore Series debut with Ashok Gupta, performing songs that evoke vivid images.

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1; String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 ‘Rider’ Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 The Modigliani Quartet’s Haydn interpretations, in concert and on record, revel in the composer’s wit, ingenuity and invention. This charming programme includes the ‘Rider’ Quartet, which plays with the colours of minor and major keys, and Brahms’s remarkable Op. 51 No. 1. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Schumann Sechs Gesänge Op. 89; Singet nicht in Trauertönen Op. 98a No. 7; Liebeslied Op. 51 No. 5; Requiem Op. 90 No. 7 Mendelssohn Die Liebende schreibt; Ach, um deine feuchten Schwinge; Hexenlied Poulenc Les chemins de l’amour; Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon Sherif Mohie El Din Three Poems: Rain; Could The River Flow For Ever?; Against Whom? Fatma Said’s lunchtime programme projects an eternal desire to connect different peoples through love. The Egyptian soprano, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, moves from Mendelssohn’s seductive ‘Die Liebende schreibt’ to Schumann’s sublime ‘Requiem’ and songs by Sherif Mohie El Din. £15 concs £13 Fatma Said is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme

Alessandro Fisher © Gerard Collett

Modigliani Quartet © Marie Staggat

Fatma Said

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Alexander Melnikov Many Pianos

Wednesday 17 January 6.00pm

Pre-Concert Talk Alexander Melnikov discusses his evening programme and the choice of three different pianos – a Steinway, a Graf and an Erard – each carefully matched to the repertoire. £5 Wednesday 17 January 7.30pm

Alexander Melnikov piano Many Pianos Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Chopin 12 Etudes Op. 10 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 Stravinsky 3 Scenes from Petrushka Experience the sounds that the composers had in mind in Alexander Melnikov’s riveting recital. The Russian pianist will perform Schubert on a Viennese instrument by Conrad Graf, Chopin and Liszt on a Parisian Erard and Stravinsky’s dazzling Petrushka scenes on a Steinway. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Alexander Melnikov © Molina Visuals

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Tuesday 16 January 7.30pm

Thursday 18 January 7.30pm

Friday 19 January 11.00am and 12.30pm

Midori violin Antoine Lederlin cello Jonathan Biss piano

Quatuor Diotima

For Crying Out Loud!

Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Schumann Phantasiestücke Op. 88 Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 Midori’s artistry has held Wigmore Hall audiences spellbound since the 1980s. Antoine Lederlin and Jonathan Biss, two like-minded, peerless musicians, join the Japanese-American violinist in a delicious selection of piano trios. Schumann’s folk-inspired Phantasiestücke and Beethoven’s Op. 1 No. 2, with its profoundly moving slow movement preface Dvořák’s tempestuous Piano Trio in F minor. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 Rebecca Saunders New commission* (world première) Schubert String Quartet in G D887 *Co-commissioned by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund in the Library of Congress; ECLAT Festival Stuttgart; Festival Musica Strasbourg; Philharmonie Luxembourg; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grantmaking foundation

Berlin-based British composer Rebecca Saunders’s multi-hued commission for the exhilarating young players of Quatuor Diotima sparkles with originality. Its rich textures and tonal contrasts stand in company with Szymanowski’s exquisite Second String Quartet and Schubert’s mighty String Quartet in G.

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Midori © Timothy Greenfield Sanders

Quatuor Diotima © Jeremie Mazenq

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Friday 19 January 7.30pm

Saturday 20 January 7.30pm

Sunday 21 January 11.30am

Jean-Guihen Queyras

Louise Alder soprano James Baillieu piano

Navarra String Quartet

cello

Alexandre Tharaud piano Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D BWV1028 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Berg 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 (arr. for cello and piano) Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 ‘Playing safe’ holds no interest for Jean-Guihen Queryas and Alexandre Tharaud, musicians who practice what they preach about taking risks in performance. They are certain to push the boundaries of expression in this diverse programme, which includes two of the greatest cello sonatas in the book, together with a rare outing for the cello and piano version of Berg’s 4 Pieces. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Chants d’amour Mozart An Chloe; Abendempfindung; Der Zauberer Bizet Chant d’amour; Ouvre ton Cœur; Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Strauss Ruhe, meine Seele; Cäcilie; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen Mendelssohn Gruß Op. 19a No. 5; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Neue Liebe Fauré Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ Op. 58 Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca S270/1: Pace non trovo; Benedetto sia’l giorno; I’ vidi in terra angelici costume English lyric soprano Louise Alder returns to Wigmore Hall – following her captivating performances at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition – to explore a vast continent of emotions, from the simple charm of Mozart to the supercharged ecstasy of Richard Strauss.

Artsybushev Serenade in A from Les vendredis Lyadov Mazurka in D from Les vendredis Blumenfeld Sarabande in G minor from Les vendredis Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Friday evenings at the mansion of a St Petersburg millionaire were flooded with beautiful miniatures for string quartet. The Navarra String Quartet offers a selection of Friday pieces, Les vendredis, before unleashing the intense energy of Schubert’s final string quartet. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Jean-Guihen Queyras © Marco Borggreve

Louise Alder © Gerard Collet

Navarra String Quartet © Sussie Ahlburg

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Schubert:

The Complete Songs Saturday 20 January 1.00pm

Nick Pritchard tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano with

Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ben Johnson tenor Singers from Guildhall School of Music Schubert Trinklied vor der Schlacht; Schwertlied; Punschlied; Das Grab (D330); Trinklied (D356); Das Grab (D377); Beitrag zur fünfzig jährigen Jubelfeier des Herrn von Salieri; Schlachtlied; Das Grab (D569); Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (D656); Gesang der Geister; Bootgesang; Widerspruch; Nachthelle; Ständchen (D920); Zur guten Nacht Songs of drinking and battle form an appetising slice of the menu for this lunchtime date with Schubert. Six male voices from Guildhall School of Music join Nick Pritchard, Stephan Loges, Anna Huntley and Ben Johnson for a programme that includes rousing part songs and choruses. Approximately two hours in duration (with interval) £15 concs £13 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wednesday 31 January 1.00pm Gemma Summerfield soprano Ferdinand Keller tenor Harrison Hintzsche baritone Graham Johnson piano Wednesday 31 January 7.30pm Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Graham Johnson © Clive Barda

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JANUARY • 23 Simon Trpčeski Series

Sunday 21 January 3.00pm

Sunday 21 January 7.30pm

Monday 22 January 1.00pm

Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle

Simon Trpčeski piano Aleksandar Krapovski violin Alexander Somov cello Hidan Mamudov clarinet,

Inon Barnatan piano

Meinir Wyn Roberts soprano Patrick Terry countertenor Hiroshi Amako tenor Richard Walshe bass-baritone Zuzanna Basinska piano Keval Shah piano Programme to include: Schubert Gondelfahrer Schumann Zwei Venetianische Lieder Mendelssohn Venetianisches Gondellied Head Three songs of Venice Massenet Souvenir de Venise Gounod Venise Glinka Venetian night Taneyev Venice at Night Rossini La regata veneziana Tosti Venetian Song A celebration of Venice in songs, duets and quartets, singers and pianists from the Royal Academy of Music present a programme of melodic beauty, vivid emotions and expressive contrasts. All seats £15

saxophone, kaval

Vlatko Nushev percussion

Makedonissimo Pande Shahov Transcriptions of Macedonian traditional music (UK première) Simon Trpčeski traces his Macedonian musical roots in Makedonissimo, a programme of folk melodies specially arranged for piano and a band comprising violin, cello, woodwind and percussion. A close collaboration with Pande Shahov, this concert will be the project’s UK première. Listen out for the strong jazz flavours of the traditional Pajdushka dance.

Bach Toccata in E minor BWV914 Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Barber Piano Sonata in E flat minor Op. 26 Deep musical insight, flawless technique and potent imagination lie behind Inon Barnatan’s exhilarating interpretations. The Israeli pianist takes a fresh look at the spellbinding art of fugue and the endless range of keyboard virtuosity. £15 concs £13

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Wednesday 2 May 7.30pm

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Royal Academy of Music Singers

Simon Trpčeski © Simon Fowler

Inon Barnatan © Marco Borggreve

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TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION… Supporting and developing the next generation of musicians is a key part of our work, and we provide training opportunities across all of the Wigmore Hall Learning programme. At the heart of this work sit our Apprentice Composer, Open Academy/Wigmore Hall Learning Fellowship Ensemble and Trainee Music Leader schemes.

Our Trainee Music Leader 2016/17, Georgia Duncan, said of the scheme:

‘Being the Trainee Music Leader … has been an experience rich in opportunity and surprisingly rare in its flexibility, bespoke nature and financial support. Encouraged and supported by an inspiring team at Wigmore Hall, I have been able to assist on a variety of projects in schools, care homes and community centres, learning from highly skilled music leaders and ultimately being able to carve out my own path of development throughout the year.’

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Monday 22 January 7.30pm

Tuesday 23 January 6.00pm

Tuesday 23 January 7.30pm

The Sixteen

Pre-Concert Talk

The Mozartists/ Classical Opera Ian Page conductor Katy Bircher flute Chiara Skerath soprano

PURCELL – Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Purcell Rejoice in the Lord always; Chaconne (Two in One Across the Ground) from Dioclesian; Close thine eyes and sleep secure (Upon a Quiet Conscience) Z184; Blow, Boreas, blow; O all ye people, clap your hands; Come, my hearts, play your parts; What shall be done in behalf of the man?; Overture in D minor Z771; Thy genius, lo! from The Massacre of Paris; O praise the Lord, all ye heathen; Retir’d from any mortal’s sight; From those serene and rapturous joys

Leading Mozart scholar Richard Wigmore provides an overview of the year 1768 and introduces some of the music being performed in the concert. £5

Londoner Henry Purcell, bright star of the Chapel Royal, boosted the monarchy with pieces written for Charles II and his family. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers are world leaders in performing Purcell’s welcome songs and other pieces for the king.

Haydn Symphony No. 26 in D minor ‘Lamentatione’ Jommelli Ombre che tacite qui sede from Fetonte JC Bach Flute Concerto in D WC79 Haydn From Lo speziale: Amore nel mio petto & Salamelica, Semprugna cara Mozart From La finta semplice: Overture & Amoretti, che ascosi qui siete Hasse Perderò l’amato bene from Piramo e Tisbe Vanhal Symphony in D minor Ian Page returns with The Mozartists for a diverse and illuminating overview of the musical year 1768. Dramatically charged symphonies frame a charming flute concerto by ‘the London Bach’ and fascinating arias sung by the exciting young soprano Chiara Skerath.

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£40 £35 £30 £25 £15 The Sixteen © Molina Visuals

Ian Page © Sheila Rock

Chiara Skerath © Capucine de Chocqueuse

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Wednesday 24 January 12.15pm

Wednesday 24 January 1.00pm

Wednesday 24 January 7.30pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Britten Sinfonia

Julia Fischer Quartet

Leo Chadburn discusses his new work with Dr Kate Kennedy.

Jacqueline Shave violin Caroline Dearnley cello Huw Watkins piano

Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Biber Mystery Sonata No. 1 ‘The Annunciation’ Philip Glass Orbit Leo Chadburn New work* (London première) Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K502

Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’

*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grantmaking foundation

Leo Chadburn’s new work for piano trio and electronics is set amongst chamber repertoire new and old. The programme showcases each instrument, from the softly-evolving cello melody in Philip Glass’s Orbit to the interaction of violin and piano in Arvo Pärt’s poignant Spiegel im Spiegel.

Following her sensational performance of Ysaÿe’s virtuoso solo sonatas last season, German violinist Julia Fischer returns to Wigmore Hall with her Quartet for a programme of three scintillating chamber music masterworks, each of which sculpts big, bold ideas in sound. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Leo Chadburn

Britten Sinfonia © Harry Rankin

Julia Fischer Quartet © Irene Zandel

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Anna Bonitatibus: Lirica Italiana Thursday 25 January 7.30pm

Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano Serena Farnocchia soprano Jeremy Ovenden tenor Riccardo Novaro baritone Vincenzo Scalera piano Crescentini Il primo amore Perucchini Vieni, t’appressa all’urna; Col labbro, o Nice; Se i sospiri degli amanti; Odi d’un uom che muore Gordigiani Il Trovatore; La notte; La lacrima; Elisa Mazzucato Il lago; Il bacio; Il pensiero della sera; Il canto d’amore Verdi Guarda che bianca luna Mercadante Virginia: Cantata for soprano and piano Verdi Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo Gabussi La luna Donizetti Il giuramento Rossini L’ultimo ricordo Costa Ecco quel fiero istante Malibran Nel cor più non mi sento Rossini I Gondolieri Anna Bonitatibus presents a special series, Lirica Italiana, exploring the arc of Italian vocal chamber music, as we delve into repertoire from the 19th and 20th centuries over the course of two evenings. The music of Italy’s fathers of bel canto, or ‘beautiful song’, was in worldwide demand in the 1800s. Anna is joined by close friends for a recital of musical surprises and delights, complete with Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi rarities. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Saturday 27 January 7.30pm

Anna Bonitatibus © Frank Bonitatibus

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European Chamber Amatis Piano Trio © Marco Borggreve

Simply Quartet © Gerard Spee

Friday 26 January 1.00pm

Saturday 27 January 11.00am

Amatis Piano Trio

Masterclass with Professor Johannes Meissl & Professor Hatto Beyerle Simply Quartet

Schumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Op. 110 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Wigmore Hall’s annual European Chamber Music Academy Showcase spotlights the next generation of top-flight chamber musicians. Its young performers have been chosen by ECMA’s founder Hatto Beyerle in collaboration with Europe’s leading universities, conservatoires and festivals. All seats £5

Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Professors Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl, joint artistic directors of the European Chamber Music Academy, draw from their vast experience as quartet players and teachers in a masterclass session with the Chinese and Norwegian musicians of the Viennabased Simply Quartet. Free admission (ticket required)

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Music Academy Showcase Adorno Quartet © Studio Fotografico GC

Trio Vitruvi © Tom McKenzie

Saturday 27 January 1.00pm

Sunday 28 January 3.00pm

Adorno Quartet Simply Quartet

Trio Vitruvi

Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 Two of today’s finest young string quartets are set to display their refined musicianship and compelling artistry in works that call for absolute ensemble precision, perfect balance and blend, as well as unconditional feeling for musical dialogue, conversation and exchange.

Schubert Notturno in E flat D897; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 Words such as energy, generosity and brilliance surface in reviews of Trio Vitruvi, members of ECMA since 2015. The Danish ensemble’s programme includes one of Schubert’s most moving compositions, the Notturno in E flat, and his complex Second Piano Trio. All seats £5

All seats £5

The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton

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Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Anna Bonitatibus: Lirica Italiana

Friday 26 January 7.30pm

Saturday 27 January 7.30pm

Sunday 28 January 11.30am

Angela Hewitt piano

Anna Bonitatibus mezzo

Lara Melda piano

Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book I BWV846–869

soprano

Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage S161

Angela Hewitt’s legendary Bach interpretations highlight the composer’s limitless melodic imagination and the physicality of his dance rhythms. She continues her Wigmore Hall Bach Odyssey with the first book of 24 Preludes and Fugues, an event not to be missed. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Thursday 26 July 7.30pm

Adele D’Aronzo piano Rossini Or che di fiori adorno; Farò come colui che piange e dice; Ave Maria su due sole note; A ma belle mère; Arietta all’antica; Une caresse à ma femme Sgambati Visione; Care luci; Tu sei proprio come un fiore & Prière Martucci Scherzo in E Op. 53 No. 2 from Tre Scherzi; Pagine sparse Op. 68 Bossi La serenata; Sul prato; Aprile & Che spera Mancinelli Le Ondine Respighi Tempestoso; Quanta invidia mi fai bel gelsomino; Cantata Pilati 2 Madrigali del Guarini Mix Due Preludi; Omaggio a Stravinsky Berio 4 Canzoni populari Carpi Il Filo Strappato; Portami un fiore

Lara Melda’s prodigious artistry propelled her to victory in the 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year final, and has inspired rave reviews since. She returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme of fantasy pieces and Liszt’s epic ‘Dante Sonata’. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Anna Bonitatibus has charmed and dazzled audiences worldwide with her artistry. She unlocks Italy’s lyrical treasury in this recital of popular tunes, sultry songs and heart-melting melodies, as she concludes her exploration of Italian vocal chamber music. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Angela Hewitt © Keith Saunders

Anna Bonitatibus © Frank Bonitatibus

Lara Melda © Benjamin Harte

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Sunday 28 January 7.30pm

Monday 29 January 1.00pm

Monday 29 January 7.30pm

Ilker Arcayürek tenor Simon Lepper piano

Apollon Musagète Quartet

Escher String Quartet

Schubert Frühlingsglaube; Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren; Rastlose Liebe; Abendstern; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Am Flusse; Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Der Schiffer (D536); Der Doppelgänger; An den Mond (D193); Über Wildemann; Nachtstück; Der Einsame; An die Laute; Der Musensohn; Sehnsucht (D879); Schäfers Klagelied; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Schwanengesang (D744) Schubert Gesänge des Harfners: Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß & An die Türen will ich schleichen

Sibelius Andante Festivo Puccini Crisantemi Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 The composers in this recital may be best known for works in other genres, but Apollon Musagète Quartet’s programme choice offers the chance to experience three compelling creations for string quartet, Puccini’s elegy for a dead duke among them! £15 concs £13

Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Melodies from Borodin’s Second String Quartet found a second home in the Broadway musical Kismet, tribute to their timelessness. The Escher String Quartet places the work alongside Shostakovich’s Ninth String Quartet, itself influenced by the famous gallop from Rossini’s William Tell Overture. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Schubert’s fascination with Goethe’s poetry powers through Ilker Arcayürek’s spellbinding recital, present in the composer’s three settings of the Harper’s Song, and in such exquisite songs as ‘Der Musensohn’ and ‘Rastlose Liebe’. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor Ilker Acrayürek

Apollon Musagète Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Escher String Quartet © Sophie Zhai

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Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer

Schubert: The Complete Songs

Tuesday 30 January 7.30pm

Wednesday 31 January 1.00pm

Hagen Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

Gemma Summerfield soprano Ferdinand Keller tenor Harrison Hintzsche baritone Graham Johnson piano

Webern String Quartet (1905) Jörg Widmann Quintet for clarinet and string quartet – lento assai* (UK première) Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581

Schubert Entra l’uomo allor che nasce; Serbate, o dei custodi; Misero pargoletto; Szene aus Goethes ‘Faust’; Die Mondnacht; An die Sonne (D272); Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (D325); Lodas Gespenst; Klage an den Mond; Die Gestirne; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (Gesänge des Harfners) D478/2 (first & second settings); Klage um Ali Bey (D496a); Klage um Ali Bey (D140); Zufriedenheit II (D501); Herbstlied; Sehnsucht (D516); Memnon; Abend (fragment) (D645); An mein Herz; Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid); Mignon und der Harfner from ‘Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister’; Wolke und Quelle (sketch) D896b; Sie in jedem Liede (sketch) D896a; Lebensmut (fragment) (D937); Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe (D955); Die Taubenpost D965a

*Co-commissioned by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Madrid; Muziekgebouw Amsterdam; Strijikkwartet Biennale Amsterdam; Lugano Musica; Carnegie Hall New York; Cité de la Musique Paris; Mozartwoche Salzburg; Philharmonie Essen; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Musical connections and influences occupy Jörg Widmann’s programme with the Hagen Quartet, who together gave the world première of his Clarinet Quintet in Madrid last April. Hear the repertoire’s latest addition alongside the rich, warm tones of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.

Three outstanding young singers join Graham Johnson, among the all-time greats of Schubert interpretation, for a recital packed with flowing melodies and intense emotions. £15 concs £13 Approximately two hours in duration (with interval)

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series

Hagen Quartet © Harald Hoffmann

Gemma Summerfield © Arno Photography

Graham Johnson © Clive Barda

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Schubert: The Complete Songs Wednesday 31 January 7.30pm

Thursday 1 February 7.30pm

Angelika Kirchschlager

Mark Padmore tenor Roderick Williams baritone Julius Drake piano Rory Kinnear actor (subject to availability)

mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake piano Final concert in Schubert: The Complete Songs series Schubert Namenstagslied; Frühlingsglaube; Das Echo; Augenlied; Bei dir allein!; Lambertine; Geheimes; Wiegenlied (D498); An den Mond (D193); In der Mitternacht; Erlkönig; Suleika I & II; Der Unglückliche; Heimliches Lieben; Rückweg; Gesang der Norna; Rosamunde; Der liebliche Stern; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Lied des Florio; Abschied von der Erde For the conclusion of Wigmore Hall’s mammoth survey of Schubert’s complete songs, Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake mark the composer’s birthday with a programme filled with fine poetry, high musical drama and vocal melodies that have never been bettered.

Songs of the Sea Ireland Sea Fever Haydn Sailor’s song Stanford Drake’s Drum Finzi Channel Firing Fauré Au cimetière Duparc La vie antérieure Fauré Les berceaux Clarke The Seal Man Tippett Full fathom five Elgar Sea Slumber Song from Sea Pictures Mendelssohn Wasserfahrt Schubert Der Schiffer (D536); Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Meeres Stille (D216) Brahms Meerfahrt; Die Meere Wolf Seemanns Abschied Elgar Where corals lie from Sea Pictures Britten Tom Bowling; Sail on, sail on Hely Hutchinson The Owl and the Pussycat Songs about sea battles, journeys by ship and the lure of the ocean, set to music of mighty emotional power, form this celebration of maritime adventure and life before the mast. Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams and Julius Drake share the stage for a programme interspersed with readings of poetry exploring the theme of the seas. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Angelika Kirchschlager © Nikolaus Karlinsky

Mark Padmore © Marco Borggreve

Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega

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Friday 2 February 10.15am & 11.45am

Friday 2 February 7.30pm

Saturday 3 February 11.00am – 12 noon

Chamber Tots

The Endellion String Quartet

CAVATINA Family Concert: Barbican Piano Trio

Bear Hunt We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go on a Bear Hunt! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 Beethoven’s charming early quartet is followed by Mozart’s intensely introspective K421. Webern’s astonishingly expressive Bagatelles take all of three and a half minutes, but Schoenberg describes Webern as being able to ‘express a novel in a single gesture’. In contrast is the luxurious expansiveness of Tchaikovsky’s third quartet.

For ages 5 plus Join the award-winning Barbican Piano Trio, regarded as one of the UK’s leading ensembles, for an interactive family concert which explores the wonderful world of chamber music. Children £10 Adults £12 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

The Endellion String Quartet © Eric Richmond

Barbican Piano Trio © Sam Pearce

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Saturday 3 February 7.30pm

Sunday 4 February 11.30am

Sunday 4 February 7.30pm

Ensemble 360

Janáček Concertino Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20

Martinů Nonet for wind quintet, string trio and double bass Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

Daniel Behle tenor Armonia Atenea Markellos Chryssicos

Ensemble 360 has drawn an army of young followers to hear great chamber music at its Sheffield home. The group travels from the Crucible to Wigmore Hall for an evening of vibrant works for wind instruments, crowned by Beethoven’s majestic Septet.

Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor began life as a string quintet before morphing into one of the composer’s finest chamber works. Ensemble 360 prefaces the mighty four-movement score with Martinů’s sparkling Nonet, among the Czech composer’s most charming creations.

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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

director, harpsichord Opera Arias Gluck Qual ira... Oggi per me non sudi from La contesa de’ numi; Son lungi e non mi brami from Le cinesi; Trio Sonata in G minor Wq. 53 No. 2; Bel piacer saria d’un core from La Semiramide riconosciuta; Non hai cor per un’impresa from Ipermestra; Io veggo in lontananza from Semiramide riconosciuta; Quercia annosa sull’erte pendici from Antigono; Trio Sonata in F Wq. 53 No. 6; Cruelle, non, jamais from Iphigénie en Aulide; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice from Orphée et Eurydice Many people know Gluck for his opera Orfeo ed Euridice, a revolutionary work of the early 1760s. Discover more of the composer’s inventive genius in Daniel Behle’s recital of arias with the thrilling period-instrument ensemble Armonia Atenea. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Ensemble 360 © David Shapiro

Daniel Behle © Nancy Horowitz

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Monday 5 February 1.00pm

Tuesday 6 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 7 February 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Golda Schultz soprano Jonathan Ware piano

Henning Kraggerud violin Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland

Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass

Mozart An Chloe; Das Lied der Trennung Schubert Heimliches Lieben; Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Suleika I & II Beach Three Browning Songs Op. 44 Carter Cantata Music, according to one ancient proverb, is an incitement to love. Golda Schultz tests the claim in her Wigmore Hall debut with songs of romance, passion and longing. The South African soprano closes with John Carter’s heart-melting cycle of spirituals. £15 concs £13

piano Clarke Dumka (Duo Concertante) Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87 Henning Kraggerud Victimae Paschali for piano trio Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ White-hot passion and lifeenhancing energy are set to be unleashed throughout this programme, which includes the Piano Trio by Rebecca Clarke, among the first female musicians to join Henry Wood’s Queen’s Hall Orchestra, and an exciting new work by Henning Kraggerud.

As one of the greatest bassbaritones of the past half century, Thomas Quasthoff has a unique fund of artistic insights and practical experience to pass on to the next generation of singers. Since he retired from the concert hall in 2012, he has deepened his huge knowledge of the voice with dates as an actor, cabaret artist and masterclass leader. £10 concessions £8

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Golda Schultz © Gregor Rohrig

Henning Kraggerud © Robert Romik

Thomas Quasthoff © Bernd Brundert

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Wednesday 7 February 7.30pm

Thursday 8 February 7.30pm

Friday 9 February 7.30pm

Robin Tritschler tenor Christopher Glynn piano

The English Concert Harry Bicket director, organ Nadja Zwiener violin Jonathan Manson viola

Mahan Esfahani

A Heine Songbook Meyerbeer Komm du schönes Fischermädchen Brahms Sommerabend C Schumann Sie liebten sich beide Loewe Der Asra Mendelssohn Reiterlied Brahms Meerfahrt Jensen Lehn deine Wang an meine Wang Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Liszt Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen Brahms Mondenschein; Es schauen die Blumen Bruckner Frühlingslied Mendelssohn Neue Liebe Saint-Saëns Clair de lune Rimsky-Korsakov The pine and the palm Grieg Eingehüllt in graue Wolken Rachmaninov Child! you are as fair as a flower Bridge All things that we clasp Tchaikovsky Otchevo? Schumann Dichterliebe ‘Where words leave off, music begins’, wrote Heinrich Heine. These sublime settings of Heine’s poetry tap the expressive power of rarely heard songs before Schumann’s impassioned Dichterliebe. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Robin Tritschler © Sussie Ahlburg

da gamba

Dorothee Mields soprano Buxtehude: Bach’s Hero Buxtehude Sonata in C BuxWV266; Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet BuxWV5; Trio Sonata in D minor BuxWV257; Herr, auf Dich traue ich BuxWV35; Gen Himmel zu dem Vater Sein BuxWV32; Trio Sonata in G minor BuxWV261; Trio Sonata in D BuxWV267; O fröhliche Stunden BuxWV84 While Bach made his famous 500-mile journey to hear his hero play the organ, Buxtehude was similarly revered by Handel and Pachelbel. In one of its more intimate configurations, The English Concert pays tribute to the great master alongside soprano Dorothee Mields.

harpsichord Bach Sonata in A minor after Reinken BWV965; English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV808; English Suite No. 4 in F BWV809; Toccata in D BWV912 Mahan Esfahani knows the secret art of performance alchemy, that rare ability to be fully present in every note. The latest concert in his Wigmore Hall Bach series includes two English Suites, pieces that unfold with terrific swagger and melodic beauty. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wednesday 9 May 7.30pm Tuesday 19 June 7.30pm

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15 The English Concert © Richard Haughton

Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil, Deutsche Grammophon

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection

Saturday 10 February 6.00pm

Saturday 10 February 7.30pm

Sunday 11 February 11.30am

Nash Ensemble

Pavel Haas Quartet

Stephanie Gonley violin Lawrence Power viola Adrian Brendel cello Philippa Davies flute Ian Brown piano

Sophie Bevan soprano Leslie Caron reciter

Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’

Duruflé Prélude, Récitatif et Variations for flute, viola and piano Op. 3 Debussy Sonata for cello and piano Ravel Sonata for violin and cello The only known chamber work by the organist-composer Maurice Duruflé, his Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, is followed by Debussy’s moonlit Cello Sonata and Ravel’s experimental and engaging duo Sonata for violin and cello. All seats £3

Ravel Sonatine (arr. for flute, viola and harp by Salzedo/Kanga) Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics; Two Poems by Konstantin Balmont Debussy Chansons de Bilitis (arr. Boulez) Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 Sensuous works by Stravinsky and Ravel conjure up seductive soundworlds in this enchanting programme. Oscar-nominated actress Leslie Caron joins the Nash Ensemble to read the erotic poems of Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis, a dozen miniatures touched by the heat and passion of ancient Greece.

A summer spent in Iowa’s backwoods helped ease Dvořák’s homesickness and inspire his ‘American’ Quartet, written during the Czech composer’s time in the United States. The Pavel Haas Quartet pairs the work with another profoundly personal score, Smetana’s autobiographical ‘From my life’. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

£37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Adrian Brendel © Jack Liebeck

Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg

Pavel Haas Quartet © Marco Borggreve

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Christian Tetzlaff Focus

Wigmore Hall celebrates the work of Christian Tetzlaff, bold and independent in his interpretations of music of all periods and pioneer of innovative chamber music projects. Sunday 11 February 7.30pm

Christian Tetzlaff violin Florian Donderer violin Rachel Roberts viola Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Tanja Tetzlaff cello Martin Helmchen piano Julian Prégardien tenor Schubert Schwanengesang Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Schubert often touched the outer limits of human emotion, especially in these astonishing works from his final months. Julien Prégardien opens with the boundless songs of Schwanengesang before Christian Tetzlaff leads a performance of the composer’s revelatory String Quintet. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Forthcoming Concert in this Series Sunday 10 June 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet

Christian Tetzlaff © Giorgia Bertazzi

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Wigmore Hall Learning is thrilled to launch its first ever Festival. Seven Ages is an exploration of the stories and stages of our lives, and the different journeys we all take, reflecting on life and experience in its many and varied forms. Taking our Learning programme strands as inspiration, we invite you to explore with us the path from birth to older age, and everything in between.

Seven Ages Journeys through Life Tuesday 13 February 5.45pm Bechstein Sessions

Tuesday 20 February 10.30am – 1.30pm Come and Sing

Wednesday 14 February 10.30am – 3.30pm Musical Portraits: Family Day

Wednesday 21 February 11.00am – 11.45am and 12.30pm – 1.15pm For Crying Out Loud!

Thursday 15 February 6.00pm Panel Discussion: Parenthood 7.30pm Helen Grime world première

Thursday 22 February 11.00am – 12 noon Schools Concert: The Empty Chair

Friday 16 February 11.00am – 12 noon Relaxed Concert

Friday 23 February 7.30pm All the World’s a Stage concert

Saturday 17 February 10.00am – 12 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm Family Sounds

Saturday 24 February 10.00am – 3.30pm Big Sing

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Musical Portraits Band

Musical Pathways

Monday 12 February 11.00am – 3.30pm Tuesday 13 February 11.00am – 3.30pm

Drop in to the Bechstein Room to explore your own musical journey with Wired4Music, a community of young creatives.

For young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions

We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions to be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, and to create their own works of art and music with inspiring visual artists alongside Wigmore Hall Learning Associate Artists Ignite. For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email charlotte@turtlekeyarts.org.uk. Free (application required) In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

Monday 12 February Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Wednesday 14 February Between 4.00pm and 5.30pm Friday 16 February Between 10.00am and 1.00pm Monday 19 February Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Free (no ticket required) In partnership with Wired4Music, led by Sound Connections

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Monday 12 February 1.00pm

Monday 12 February 7.30pm

Tuesday 13 February 5.45pm – 6.45pm

SCO Winds

Jerusalem Quartet

Beethoven Wind Sextet in E flat Op. 71 Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’; String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’; String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1

Bechstein Sessions: Fabled

Young Beethoven’s soundworld included military bands and wind ensembles. His heroic Wind Sextet dates from 1796, a time of revolutionary wars in Europe, while the earlier Octet projects tremendous optimism. SCO Winds also performs Poulenc’s sparkling Sonata, a product of the Jazz Age. £15 concs £13

The Jerusalem Quartet has been close to Haydn’s music for more than two decades. The programme explores works from the composer’s middle years, each containing echoes of birdsong, before closing with one of his greatest achievements, the String Quartet in G from 1799. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

We’re delighted to launch Bechstein Sessions, a new series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar. Sam Rapley saxophone & clarinet Alex Munk guitar Matt Robinson piano Conor Chaplin double bass Will Glaser drums Fabled formed in 2014 when Sam Rapley brought together some of Britain’s most exciting young musicians to play his original music. The group explores a wealth of textures, harmonies and grooves, taking inspiration from Debussy, Tom Jobim, Sarah Vaughan and Bon Iver. Also influenced by film music and the relationship between music and storytelling, Fabled is always searching for new ways to tell classic, age-old stories. £5

SCO Winds © Marco Borggreve

Jerusalem Quartet © Felix Broede

Fabled

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Wednesday 14 February 10.30am – 3.30pm

Wednesday 14 February 7.30pm

Thursday 15 February 7.30pm

Family Day: Musical Portraits

Artemis Quartet

Ruby Hughes soprano Joseph Middleton piano

The families of Musical Portraits participants come together with Ignite at Wigmore Hall to take part in their own music making and explore the creative process of the Musical Portraits Band. Children £12 Adults £16 In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery

Mozart String Quartet in F K590 ‘Prussian’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Op. 44 No. 1 Are there no limits to what can be created with four instruments? The Artemis Quartet explores the point with the third of Mozart’s Haydn-inspired ‘Prussian’ Quartets before entering Bartók’s meditative Second Quartet and closing with Mendelssohn’s exuberant String Quartet in D. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Thursday 15 February 6.00pm

Discussion Panel Helen Grime and Fiona Benson discuss the topic of parenthood. £5

Musical Portraits © Benjamin Ealovega

Artemis Quartet © Nikolaj Lund

Songs for New Life and Love Schumann Prelude from Jugendlieder 1827; Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Mahler Kindertotenlieder Ives Serenity; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather Sad; Songs my mother taught me Helen Grime New work* (world première) Britten Ca the Yowes; At the mid hour of night; Come you not from Newcastle?; O Waly, Waly *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grantmaking foundation

Explore love, lullabies and the bond between parents and children in a programme crowned by the world première of a song cycle by Helen Grime, setting poems from Fiona Benson’s Bright Travellers. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Helen Grime, Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, is supported by The Marchus Trust Ruby Hughes © Barry Hale

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Friday 16 February 11.00am – 12 noon

Friday 16 February 7.30pm

Saturday 17 February 10.00am – 12 noon

Relaxed Concert

Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Family Sounds

Heath Quartet

violin

This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to explore music in an informal environment. Join the dynamic Heath Quartet for a concert exploring the Seven Ages theme, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights will remain up. Audience members are able to move in and out of the auditorium as they need to, and there is a designated quiet area. £5

Polina Leschenko piano Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Poulenc Violin Sonata Mozart Violin Sonata in E flat K380 György Kurtág Tre pezzi Op. 14e Enescu Impressions d’enfance Op. 28 Patricia Kopatchinskaja was recently described by the Guardian as ‘a violinist who makes music seem a direct, almost unmediated communication of a state of mind’. She harnesses her spontaneous, combustible artistry to a programme packed with contrasts, emotions and vivid impressions.

Join us for this music-making workshop for children aged 0-5 and their parents or carers, which offers the opportunity to co-create a new piece inspired by the music of our Composer in Residence, Helen Grime. Workshop leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever lead us in exploration of singing, play and poetry, and our new piece will be shared online! Repeated 1.00pm – 3.00pm £6 Children £8 Adults

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Heath Quartet © Simon Way

Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marco Borggreve

Family Sounds © Benjamin Ealovega

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Sunday 18 February 11.30am

Sunday 18 February 7.30pm

Monday 19 February 1.00pm

Quatuor Zaïde

Škampa Quartet Melvyn Tan piano

Ashley Riches bass-baritone Joseph Middleton piano

Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Korngold Piano Quintet in E Op. 15

A Musical Zoo

Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Young, free-spirited and extremely gifted, Quatour Zaïde has harvested rave reviews since its formation in 2009. This Wigmore Hall programme celebrates youth’s audacity by pairing an early Beethoven String Quartet with Debussy’s only adventure into the genre. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Regulars at Wigmore Hall for over two decades, the Prague-based Škampa Quartet taps into music’s power to rouse deep emotions. The ensemble travels through the harmonic meanderings of Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, before joining forces with Melvyn Tan for Korngold’s romantic, expansive Piano Quintet. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Schubert Die Forelle; Die Vögel; Der Alpenjäger Fauré Le papillon et la fleur Saint-Saëns La coccinelle Massenet La mort de la cigale Ravel Histoires naturelles Vernon Duke Ogden Nash’s Musical Zoo Animal life in all its glory takes centre stage in Ashley Riches’s lunchtime programme. The British bass-baritone highlights the humour of the natural world with Ogden Nash’s Musical Zoo by Vernon Duke, composer of scores for Broadway and the Ballets Russes. £15 concs £13 Ashley Riches is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme

Quatuor Zaïde © Neda Navaee

Škampa Quartet

Ashley Riches © Debbie Scanlan

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Tuesday 20 February 10.30am – 1.30pm

Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 21 February 11.00am and 12.30pm

Come and Sing

Phantasm

For Crying Out Loud!

For families living with dementia

Laurence Dreyfus director, treble viol Emilia Benjamin treble viol, tenor viol Jonathan Manson tenor viol Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol Emily Ashton tenor viol Jonathan Rees bass viol

If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, join Isabelle Adams 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 (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or learning@ wigmore-hall.org.uk. In partnership with Westminster Arts

The world of Byrd: consorts, hymns, divisions & dances Byrd Five Fantasias a3 and a4; Fantasia a5 (‘Two parts in one’); Two Fantasias a6 (‘to the vyolls’); Kyrie, Sanctus & Agnus Dei from Missa a4; Miserere; Sermone Blando; Christe redemptor omnium; Browning (‘The Leaves be green’); Queen’s Goodnight (Prelude and Ground); La Virginella; Though Amaryllis dance in green; In fields abroad; Susanna fair; My Mistress had a little dog; In Nomines: a4 and a5; Galliard a5, Pavan and Galliard a6

Hit tunes, and popular dances and songs supplied rich pickings for Tudor musicians in search of material for new works. Journey into this thrilling consort music for viols. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Come and Sing © James Berry

Phantasm © Marco Borggreve

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SINGING WITH FRIENDS We believe that dementia should not stop people from doing the things they love, or from trying new things. We are committed to helping to build a dementia friendly society in which people can access high quality, life enriching musical experiences.

‘It widens the horizons of my life. It gives me a lot of happiness and it keeps me going.’

Music for Life is a pioneering programme for people living with dementia and their family, friends and carers, encompassing a wide range of projects and events in care settings, community settings and at Wigmore Hall itself.

Choir member

As part of the continued development of this work, we are delighted to have launched Singing with Friends, our community choir for families living with dementia. The choir meets on a weekly basis, sharing the joy of singing and exploring a range of repertoire. The choir gave its first performance on the Wigmore Hall stage last year and looks forward to celebrating many more musical moments together. In partnership with Westminster Arts Singing with Friends © James Berry

‘The audience’s standing ovation made me so happy to hear they enjoyed it!’ Choir member

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Wigmore Study Group: Haydn String Quartets Wednesday 21 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm Monday 26 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm Wednesday 28 February 3.00pm – 6.00pm To explore the string quartets of Joseph Haydn is to witness the birth of the genre as we know it and to trace its development to the height of invention. Haydn’s quartets from his time at the Esterházy estate are associated with the freedom he enjoyed in Vienna and the friendships he formed there, most famously with Mozart. Delve into these works, which have never been surpassed in their intimacy of interaction between four equal yet independent instruments, with composer Julian Philips alongside pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers, and performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Haydn String Quartet Series Wednesday 21 February 7.30pm

Thursday 22 February 7.30pm

Steven Isserlis cello Alexander Melnikov piano

Doric String Quartet

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Mikhail Pletnev Sonata for cello and piano Evgeny Kissin Sonata-Ballade for cello and piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Works by Mikhail Pletnev and Evgeny Kissin, two of today’s finest pianists, stand shoulder to shoulder with scores by two great composer-pianists from the past. Steven Isserlis and Alexander Melnikov explore their enchanting combination of virtuosity, nostalgia, pathos and poetry.

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 64 No. 1; String Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2; String Quartet in B flat Op. 64 No. 3 After decades spent serving an aristocratic master, Haydn became a free agent in the early 1790s. He moved to Vienna and wrote a set of six string quartets, the first three of which form the Doric String Quartet’s captivating programme. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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

Series ticket price £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 28 February Joseph Haydn © Thomas Hardy

Steven Isserlis © Joanna Bergin

Doric String Quartet © George Garnier

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Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert Friday 23 February 7.30pm

Thursday 22 February 11.00am – 12 noon

Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ilker Arcayürek tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano

Schools Concert

All the World’s a Stage Joseph Phibbs New Commission* Haydn Der Greis Schubert Der Knabe; Die Knabenzeit; An die Laute; Greisengesang; Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk Schumann Schlusslied des Narren; Die wandelnde Glocke; Er und Sie Brahms O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück; Ich sah als Knabe Blumen blühn Wolf Sie blasen zum Abmarsch; Ihr jungen Leute, die ihr zieht ins Feld; Der Soldat I Mahler Lob des hohen Verstandes from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Gilbert & Sullivan When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar from Trial by Jury Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre Poulenc Le sommeil; Le retour du sergent from Chansons villageoises Britten A Charm from A Charm of Lullabies; Black Day from Who are these Children? Coward Bronxville Darby and Joan *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison

Shakespeare’s renowned ‘All the world’s a stage’ speech opens this special concert featuring songs which explore different stages of life, crowned with the world première of a new work by the outstanding British composer Joseph Phibbs. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Anna Huntley © Kaupo Kikkas

TROUPE: The Empty Chair Key Stage 2 When the Two Persons find themselves visited by an empty chair, they are at a loss as to what to do. Luckily, the whirling ThisThat – and one very noisy BLACKHOLE – are on hand to help. Featuring music by Debussy, Couperin, Berio, Moondog and TROUPE, get involved with games and music making. Children £4 Adults Free (ticket required) Saturday 24 February 10.00am – 3.00pm

Big Sing! Join Isabelle Adams for a Big Sing! celebration of our Seven Ages festival, with this special opportunity to develop your singing skills and explore new music with Wigmore Hall Learning. £25 Concessions £19 Big Sing! © Benjamin Ealovega

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Saturday 24 February 7.30pm

Sunday 25 February 11.30am

Sunday 25 February 3.00pm

Wihan Quartet

Joseph Moog piano

Johannes Kammler

Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105

Haydn Fantasia in C HXVII:4 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Debussy L’isle joyeuse Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor

baritone

The Wihan Quartet, founded in Prague over thirty years ago, offers insights into Dvořák’s music, and opens perspectives available to few others. The ensemble explores the many layers of the Czech composer’s last quartet, together with masterworks by Mozart and Beethoven.

Joseph Moog, born in 1987, has been described as ‘a treasure hunter with supernatural technical abilities’. Dazzling virtuosity and multi-hued colours are woven into the works in the German pianist’s uplifting recital, delivering the ideal antidote to late winter gloom.

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Roger Vignoles piano Schubert An Schwager Kronos; Wonne der Wehmut; Schäfers Klagelied; Wandrers Nachtlied I; An die Entfernte; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus Wolf Peregrina I & II Schoeck Peregrina: Aufgeschmückt ist der Freudensaal; Ein Irrsaal kam in die Mondscheingärten; Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahl gebunden Mendelssohn Der Mond; Venetianisches Gondellied; Pagenlied; Nachtlied Wolf Der Gärtner; In der Frühe; Der Tambour; Verborgenheit; Selbstgeständnis Johannes Kammler makes his Wigmore Hall debut when he is joined by Roger Vignoles to introduce a remarkable sequence of songs by Hugo Wolf and Othmar Schoeck to the Hall. The Peregrina cycle offers a poignant evocation of poet Eduard Mörike’s searing love affair with Maria Mayer in 1823. All seats £15

Wihan Quartet © Lukas Novotny

Joseph Moog © Thommy Mardo

Johannes Kammler © Michael Haggenmüller

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Sunday 25 February 7.30pm

Monday 26 February 1.00pm

Monday 26 February 7.30pm

Pieter Wispelwey cello Alasdair Beatson piano

Aleksandar Madžar piano

Les Talens Lyriques

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Christophe Rousset director Gilone Gaubert-Jacques violin Gabriel Grosbard violin Emmanuel Jacques cello Jodie Devos soprano Judith Van Wanroij soprano

Reger Suite No. 2 in D minor Op. 131c Brahms Sonata Op. 78 (cello transcription of Violin Sonata) Brahms arr. Wispelwey Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 (arr. for cello and piano); Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2 (arr. for cello and piano) Max Reger followed Brahms to become one of Germany’s greatest champions of absolute music as a composer of works that explore the colours and contrasts of sound. Pieter Wispelwey unites Brahms and Reger in this fascinating programme.

Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madžar, part of the UK music scene since his prize-winning performance at the 1996 Leeds International Piano Competition, returns to Wigmore Hall to perform one of the most dramatic works in the keyboard repertoire, Beethoven’s cosmic ‘Hammerklavier’. All seats £15

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Love and death in Venice Monteverdi Chiome d’oro; O come sei gentile; Ahi sciocco mondo e cieco Castello Seconda Sonata from Sonata Concertante in Stil Moderno, Libro Primo Monteverdi From L’incoronazione di Poppea: Prologue & Sinfonia; Signor, deh non partire; Signor oggi rinasco & Pur ti miro, pur ti godo; Sento un certo non so che Rossi A che tanto spavento; Che può far Citherea; Vi renda Amor mercè; Lasciate, Averno Rosenmüller Sonata Sesta a3 Cavalli Lamento di Cassandra & Lamento di Didone Musicians of Les Talens Lyriques recall the impetuous virtuosity and expressive power that propelled Italy’s music to the height of fashion in the 1600s, through opera duets, madrigals and instrumental works. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Pieter Wispelwey © Caroline Sikkink

Aleksandar Madžar © Keith Saunders

Christophe Rousset © Ignacio Barrios Martinez

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Tuesday 27 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm

Thursday 1 March 10.15am & 11.45am

Louis Lortie piano

Doric String Quartet

Chamber Tots

Schubert Fantasy Sonata in G D894 Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 1 Chopin Mazurka in F minor Op. 7 No. 3; Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 2 Chopin Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3; Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. 44

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 64 No. 4; String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’; String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6

Minibeasts

Louis Lortie’s Chopin interpretations have gained legendary status over the years, promoted by the French-Canadian pianist’s jaw-dropping technical perfection and rare generosity of spirit. His programme presents the composer’s early and late works in company with two of Thomas Adès’s glittering Mazurkas.

The Doric String Quartet turns to the second half of Haydn’s evergreen Op. 64 collection, opening with the radical invention of the String Quartet in G before releasing the birdsong-inspired high spirits of the set’s most popular work, ‘The Lark’. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we explore Minibeasts! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

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Louis Lortie © Elias

Doric String Quartet © George Garnier

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

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Wigmore Study Group: Introduction to French Music Thursday 1 March 4.45pm – 6.00pm

Thursday 1 March 7.30pm

Saturday 3 March 11.00am – 12 noon

Michelangelo Quartet Emma Johnson clarinet

Family Concert TROUPE: The Empty Chair

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Enescu String Quartet No. 2 in G Op. 22 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

Thursday 8 March 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 15 March 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 22 March 4.45pm – 6.00pm ‘Pleasure in sound’ could perhaps be the motto of French musicians; the extraordinary cuisine, viniculture and romantic inclinations of that unique country would lead to no other approach. Join Roy Stratford to explore the distinctive nature of French music, from the Baroque with its emphasis on dance, through to Berlioz and his incredibly forwardlooking orchestral writing, on to Debussy, the ultimate musical colourist, and on to Boulez, the master of the avant-garde.

Reflections on life and time’s passing lie at the heart of the clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms. Emma Johnson, described by The Times as ‘Britain’s favourite clarinettist’, joins the Michelangelo Quartet to explore the emotional depths of both works. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

For ages 6 plus When the Two Persons find themselves visited by a mysterious empty chair, they are at a loss as to what to do. Luckily, the whirling ThisThat – and one very noisy BLACKHOLE – are on hand to help them face their fears. Explore loss, change and friendship with music by Debussy, Couperin, Berio, Moondog and TROUPE, plus plenty of opportunities to get involved with games and music making. Children £10 Adults £12

Series ticket price £33

The Water-Lily Pond © Claude Monet, 1899

Michelangelo Quartet © Marco Borggreve

Troupe © Camilla Whitehall

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Saturday 3 March 7.30pm

Sunday 4 March 11.30am

Sunday 4 March 3.00pm

Steven Osborne piano

Ronan O’Hora piano

Martin Mitterrutzner

Prokofiev Sarcasms Ravel Miroirs Debussy Images, Series 2 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat Op. 84

Brahms Intermezzo in A Op. 118 No. 2 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor Op. 118 No. 6 Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’

Prokofiev’s experimental Sarcasms, the product of impetuous youth, makes an ideal companion to Ravel’s Miroirs, dedicated to fellow members of a group of avant-garde musicians, artists and writers. Steven Osborne closes with Prokofiev’s haunting final ‘War Sonata’, written in late 1944. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Ronan O’Hora’s programme conjures up fleeting emotional states and vast panoramas of the imagination. He contrasts the dream-like moods of two of Brahms’s late Intermezzos with the fiendish, fiery virtuosity of Beethoven’s ‘Waldstein’ Sonata and Schubert’s achingly beautiful ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

tenor

Gerold Huber piano Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Wolf Liederstrauß Liszt Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen; Die Loreley (S273); Du bist wie eine Blume; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (S272/1); Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder Martin Mitterrutzner made his name with Frankfurt Opera. The Austrian tenor makes his Wigmore Hall debut with a programme based around the romantic imagery of Heinrich Heine’s sensuous poetry and propelled by the intense charge of music by Schumann, Wolf and Liszt. All seats £15

Ronan O’Hora

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Sunday 4 March 7.30pm

Joshua Bell violin

Sam Haywood piano Programme to include: Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18 Schubert Fantasy in C D934 Works to be announced from the stage By turns graceful and elegant, elemental and impassioned, Joshua Bell’s majestic artistry rivals that of the greatest players of all time. He is joined by regular duo partner Sam Haywood for an evening of works by Schubert and Richard Strauss. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Monday 5 March 1.00pm

Monday 5 March 7.30pm

Wednesday 7 March 7.30pm

Leon McCawley piano

Denis Kozhukhin piano

Vienna Piano Trio

Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor HXVI:20 Gál Three Preludes Op. 65 Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 37 Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO. 80

Handel Suite in D minor HWV437 Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor HXVI:34 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Debussy Préludes Book I Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Haydn Piano Trio in B flat HXV:20 Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50

Leon McCawley’s world première recording of Hans Gál’s piano works championed the music of a composer who fled the Nazis to find refuge in Britain. Gál’s Three Preludes complement Haydn’s dramatic C minor Sonata and the elegance of Chopin’s Nocturnes.

Denis Kozhukhin took concertgoers by storm last July when he made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. The Russian pianist’s feeling for lyrical melodies, rich tone and heart-on-sleeve playing are ideally matched to the music in his latest Wigmore Hall programme.

All seats £15

There appears to be something in the Austrian air that gives extra life to the Vienna Piano Trio’s music-making. They turn to one of the greatest chamber compositions in the book with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, a work of symphonic power and proportions. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Thursday 8 March 7.30pm

Friday 9 March 10.15am & 11.45am

Friday 9 March 7.30pm

Florilegium Ashley Solomon director Robin Blaze countertenor

Chamber Tots

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Handel Concerto Grosso in G Op. 3 No. 3 Pergolesi Salve Regina in F minor Corrette Concerto comique in G Op. 25 ‘Les Sauvages et la Furstemberg’ Telemann Trio Sonata in C minor TWV42:c2 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 ‘La Follia’ Bach Cantata: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV170 Robin Blaze and Florilegium present chamber music settings of two sensational countertenor masterworks. Bach’s Vergnügte Ruh explores the connection between inner peace and spiritual fulfilment, while Pergolesi’s exquisite Salve Regina conveys the bittersweet emotions of an ancient prayer to the Virgin Mary.

On the Farm We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go to the farm! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Schubert From Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft; Kriegers Ahnung; Frühlingssehnsucht; Ständchen; Aufenthalt; In der Ferne & Abschied Schubert Der Fischer; Meeres Stille; Der Zwerg Schubert From Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer & Der Doppelgänger Florian Boesch’s dramatic expression of words and music allows him to communicate an infinite range of emotional colours and moods, connecting listeners to the heart of the songs in this programme. The German baritone and regular duo partner Malcolm Martineau explore the composer’s aweinspiring Schwanengesang. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection

Saturday 10 March 7.30pm

Sunday 11 March 11:30am

Sunday 11 March 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble Martyn Brabbins

Bennewitz Quartet

Arditti Quartet Jake Arditti countertenor

conductor

Ian Brown and Simon Crawford-Phillips piano duet

Eleanor Bron narrator* Malcolm Sinclair Soldier and Devil†

Fairy Tales Ravel Mother Goose Suite Milhaud Caramel Mou Poulenc The story of Babar the little Elephant for the narrator and piano* Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale*†

Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Now in its twentieth year, the Bennewitz Quartet continues to refresh the great Czech string quartet tradition with performances of exquisite balance and tonal warmth. The ensemble’s latest Wigmore Hall programme turns to matters of life, love and death. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, inspired by classic French fairy tales, raises the curtain on an evening of compelling story-telling. The programme is crowned by Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, about a soldier who seeks revenge after being tricked by the Devil.

Salvatore Sciarrino 6 quartetti brevi Mark Andre iv 13 miniatures for string quartet (2017) (UK première) Philippe Hurel Entre les lignes (UK première) Salvatore Sciarrino Cosa resta (UK première) Contemporary chamber compositions offer some of the most thrilling experiences in the world of music. Rising-star countertenor Jake Arditti joins the Arditti Quartet in Sciarrino’s Cosa resta, to cap a programme filled with incendiary brilliance, endless invention and creative sparks. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Jake Arditti

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Monday 12 March 1.00pm

Monday 12 March 7.30pm

Tuesday 13 March 7.30pm

Calidore String Quartet

Nelson Goerner piano

Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Caroline Shaw First Essay: Nimrod Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117

Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Books I & II) Op. 35 Debussy Préludes Book II

John Chest baritone Marcelo Amaral piano

Described by Gramophone as representing ‘the epitome of confidence and finesse’, the Calidore String Quartet offers a fascinating programme, moving from Mozart’s delightful early Divertimento to Shostakovich’s Ninth Quartet by way of Caroline Shaw’s First Essay, a celebration of chaos and creativity.

Technical hurdles and extreme virtuosity characterise Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Nelson Goerner owns the technique and musical personality necessary to bring these rarely performed masterworks to life. His recital ends with the second book of Debussy’s impressionistic Préludes.

£15 concs £13

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The Calidore String Quartet is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme

A Winter Journey Finzi O mistress mine Schubert An mein Herz Wolf Verschwiegene Liebe Duparc Extase Brahms Verzagen Roussel Le jardin mouillé Schubert Der Winterabend Finzi Childhood among the Ferns Duparc Chanson triste Schumann Wehmut Wolf Verborgenheit Britten Winter Words Op. 52 Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Strauss Winternacht Wolf Im Frühling Gurney Sleep John Chest, winner of the prestigious 2010 Stella Maris International Vocal Competition, joins forces with Marcelo Amaral to delve into a wealth of emotions and states of mind across this captivating programme. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Calidore String Quartet

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CARDINAL HUME CENTRE We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to make music, no matter their background or situation. Cardinal Hume Centre, based in Westminster, enables people to gain the skills they need to overcome poverty and homelessness. They work with homeless young people, badly housed families and others in need. Wigmore Hall Learning has been working in partnership with the Centre since 2008, using music as a tool to help improve communication, explore creativity and reduce social isolation amongst its clients. We see first-hand the positive effect that music can have on people, not only individually, but as a group. Participants often come from all over the world, and it is a special thing to see everyone working together, praising each other’s musical ideas and talents, and exploring more about people’s musical heritage. Staff at the Centre comment that music helps to create a safe and positive environment, which encourages people to interact and socialise with each other.

‘He is usually very shy, so it was really good to see him smiling and playing along – that was a big moment for him.’ Cardinal Hume Centre staff member

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MARCH • 61 Haydn String Quartet Series/ Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer

Wednesday 14 March 10.15am & 11.45am

Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm

Thursday 15 March 7.30pm

Chamber Tots

Heath Quartet Nils Mönkemeyer viola

Danish String Quartet

Minibeasts We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we explore Minibeasts! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 4 Bruckner String Quintet in F Charismatic and dynamic, the Heath Quartet communicates with an impassioned energy that holds audiences spellbound. The award-winning British ensemble contrasts Joseph Haydn with Jörg Widmann, setting Op. 74 No. 1 alongside the radical sounds of Widmann’s Fourth Quartet and Bruckner’s transcendent String Quintet.

Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 33 No. 4 Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67 No. 3 Mozart, fully formed as a composer by the time he wrote his ‘Hunt’ Quartet, drew inspiration from Haydn’s pioneering Op. 33 quartets. The Danish String Quartet closes its programme of Viennese classics with Brahms’s tender-hearted String Quartet in B flat. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall This concert will be followed by the annual Patron Friends dinner – to book for the dinner please contact the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230 (additional costs apply) Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

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Haydn String Quartet Series

Friday 16 March 7.30pm

Saturday 17 March 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Saturday 17 March 7.30pm

Kuss Quartet

Michael Collins Masterclass

Imogen Cooper piano

Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 33 No. 2 ‘The Joke’; String Quartet in B flat Op. 50 No. 1; String Quartet in F sharp minor Op. 50 No. 4; String Quartet in D Op. 50 No. 6 ‘The Frog’ Haydn’s genius for melodic invention, his master architect’s feeling for musical form, humour and wit run through the four works in the Kuss Quartet’s programme. The wonderful Berlin-based group offers an ideal entry point for anyone wanting to discover the composer at his best.

Clarinettist and conductor Michael Collins, among the world’s leading soloists and chamber music players, has made giant strides in developing his instrument’s repertoire and public profile. Hailed by BBC Music Magazine for his ‘gorgeous-toned musicianship’, and for his ‘irresistible exuberance’ by Gramophone, he returns to Wigmore Hall to share insights and artistic ideas with a group of outstanding young clarinettists.

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

£10 concessions £8

Beethoven 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat HXVI:52; Variations in F minor HXVII:6 Julian Anderson She Hears (mvt from Sensation) Liszt Bagatelle sans tonalité S216a Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 Strands of great nobility and compassion interweave in Imogen Cooper’s playing. The critically acclaimed British pianist connects with the spirit of improvisation in works by Beethoven and Haydn, and with Julian Anderson’s richly textured ‘She Hears’, an invitation to deep listening. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Monday 19 March 1.00pm

Stile Antico Oriana, Fairest Queen: Music celebrating the life and times of Elizabeth I Byrd O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen; Attollite portas Tallis Absterge Domine Lassus Madonna, mia pietà Willaert Vecchie letrose Sandrin Doulce memoire Ferrabosco Exaudi Domine orationem meam; Ad Dominum cum tribularer Dowland Now, O now I needs must part; Can she excuse my wrongs Wilbye The Lady Oriana Weelkes As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending Elizabeth I encouraged an unprecedented flowering of music while supporting the work of Byrd and Tallis. Stile Antico recalls the soundtrack to the Virgin Queen’s long reign, embracing everything from the Latin Church music of her childhood to the height of madrigal fashion. All seats £15

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Sunday 18 March 11.30am

Sunday 18 March 3.00pm

Sunday 18 March 7.30pm

Gould Piano Trio

Soraya Mafi soprano Graham Johnson piano

Gautier Capuçon cello Jérôme Ducros piano

The Lure of the East

Debussy Cello Sonata Massenet Méditation from Thaïs Fauré Elégie Op. 24 Saint-Saëns Le Cygne from The Carnival of the animals Piazzolla Le grand tango Ducros Encore Dvořák Klid (Silent Woods) Op. 68 No. 5 Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ The Gould Piano Trio continues its Beethoven series by travelling from the foothills to the summit of the composer’s piano trios, moving from the third of the Op. 1 pieces to the inventive brilliance of his final piano trio, dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Schumann Aus den hebräischen Gesängen Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Wolf Epiphanias Schubert Suleika I & II Schumann Lied der Suleika Wolf Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte; Hochbeglückt in deiner Liebe Bizet Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Fauré Les roses d’Ispahan Saint-Saëns Tournoiement Roussel Réponse d’une épouse sage Gilbert & Sullivan The Sun Whose Rays Coward Mad dogs and Englishmen Soraya Mafi stole the show at the London Coliseum as Mabel in ENO’s production of The Pirates of Penzance. The Lancashireborn soprano, praised by The Telegraph for her ‘charm and exuberance’, joins forces with Graham Johnson for this programme including Schumann, Strauss and Fauré.

Gautier Capuçon’s warm tone and heart-on-sleeve artistry make the perfect match for a programme rich in lyrical melodies and enchanting cello tunes. He is partnered by longtime collaborator Jérôme Ducros in a recital of intensely beautiful miniatures and sparkling showpieces. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Monday 19 March 7.30pm

Ensemble intercontemporain Sophie Cherrier flute Jérôme Comte clarinet Jens McManama horn Didier Pateau oboe Paul Riveaux bassoon

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Five Distances for five Instruments Carter Retracing for bassoon; Retracing II for solo horn Heinz Holliger Sonata for oboe Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux for flute and clarinet Cage Music for Wind Instruments Blaise Ubaldini New commission (world première) French composer Blaise Ubaldini’s credits include performing jazz and rock and working closely with Ensemble intercontemporain. His fascination with ‘instrumental vocality’ is sure to register in his latest composition for the famed Paris-based contemporary music group, a score crafted for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, set here in company with compelling modern masterworks for solo and ensemble wind instruments. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Nash Ensemble: The French Connection

Tuesday 20 March 5.30pm

Tuesday 20 March 7.30pm

Wednesday 21 March 7.30pm

Introduction to the concerts by Gillian Moore MBE

Nash Ensemble Ian Brown piano Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

The Schubert Ensemble

Nash Ensemble Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music Stravinsky Three Pieces for string quartet Debussy Première rapsodie Poulenc Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone Milhaud La cheminée du roi René (suite for wind quintet) Op. 205 Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano Nash Ensemble members and RAM musicians combine Side by Side in a colourful programme of music by Stravinsky and three of his friends among French composers. All seats £3

Saint-Saëns Caprice sur des airs danois et russes Op. 79 Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; Chants populaires (selection) Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Delage Quatre poèmes hindous Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 Christine Rice directs her powerfully expressive voice to a group of Ravel folksong settings and the Four Hindu Poems of Maurice Delage, one of Stravinsky’s closest French composer friends. Saint-Saëns’s Caprice on Danish and Russian tunes makes a joyous opening to a programme filled with colour and vitality.

Farewell Concert Chausson Piano Quartet in A Op. 30 Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ Judith Weir Piano Quintet (2018)* (world première) *Commissioned by The Schubert Ensemble Trust

Celebrating 35 years at the forefront of British chamber music, the Schubert Ensemble gives its final public concert in London. Alongside Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet, the ensemble’s signature work, are Chausson’s brilliant and colourful Piano Quartet and a short quintet specially written for this occasion by long-time collaborator and Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle Cuarteto Casals, famed for its jaw-dropping virtuosity and beautiful sound, continues its Wigmore Hall Beethoven series with a daring mix of masterworks and new compositions. Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Saturday 24 March 7.30pm

Cuarteto Casals

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Monday 4 June 7.30pm Wednesday 4 July 7.30pm

Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; String Quartet in F, Hess 34 (arr. of Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 1) Aureliano Cattaneo String Quartet ‘Neben’ (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Hear Beethoven afresh this season at Wigmore Hall as Cuarteto Casals offers the composer’s string quartets alongside new works. The Spanish ensemble’s latest programme places early and middle period Beethoven together with ‘Neben’ by 2016 Premio Abbiati winner Aureliano Cattaneo. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Thursday 22 March 7.30pm

Friday 23 March 7.30pm

London Handel Orchestra Adrian Butterfield director Erica Eloff Esther Josep-Ramon Olivé Haman William Wallace Ahasverus

Dianne Reeves singer

Handel Esther HWV50 Handel launched his career as an oratorio composer in England with this story of extraordinary courage in the face of persecution. Esther tells of the young Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and saves her people from extermination. The London Handel Orchestra, performing on period instruments, and a stellar line-up of soloists bring the glories of Handel’s rousing score to life.

Dianne Reeves, who recently received an Honorary Doctorate from the Juilliard School for her ‘breath-taking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B style’, performs a selection from her five GRAMMY Award-winning albums, together with new songs. An expert scat singer and skilled interpreter of lyrics, Reeves, who is frequently compared by critics to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae, received the Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings, including her most recent release, Beautiful Life, a GRAMMY first in any vocal category. Her Wigmore Hall debut is sure to be a red-letter event for jazz enthusiasts and singers alike. Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval £40 £30 £25 £20 £15

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Dianne Reeves

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Big Ideas for a Small Stage Experience the drama, passion and shattering human emotions of Bach’s great choral works this season with the Dunedin Consort’s revelatory series at Wigmore Hall. Sunday 25 March 5.00pm NB starting time

Dunedin Consort John Butt director Bach St Matthew Passion BWV244 Dunedin Consort, using period instruments and just one voice per part, promises to propel listeners into the intimate emotions, human drama and spiritual contemplation of the St Matthew Passion, bringing the big ideas of Bach’s masterpiece to Wigmore Hall’s small stage. This concert will be approximately three hours, including an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Thursday 21 June 7.30pm

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Monday 26 March 7.30pm

Paul O’Dette lute The 3 Orfeos dall’Aquila Ricercar No. 18; Saltarello ‘La Traditora’ No. 2; Ricercar No. 26; Nous bergiers (Janequin); La Battaglia (Janequin); Ricercar No. 6; Il est bel e bon (Passereau); Ricercar No. 19; Cara Cossa No. 10 Ripa da Mantova Fantasie II; O Passi Sparsi (Festa); Fantasie IX ‘Faulte d’argente’; Or vien ça vien mamie Perrette (Janequin); Fantasia XXII; L’eccho (Gentian); Fantasia VIII da Milano Fantasias: No. 28; No. 8; No. 3; No. 38; No. 64; No. 33; No. 34; Fantasia (App. 31) da Milano Vignon vignetta (Sermisy); O bone Jesu (Antonio de Ribera); Tu discois que je mourroye (Sermisy) Paul O’Dette’s virtuoso programme travels back in time to the early 1500s, when three Italian lutenist composers created works popular on both sides of the Alps. Discover pieces by Marco dall’Aquila, Alberto Ripa da Mantova and Francesco Canova da Milano –three god-like Orfeos, blessed with the power to enchant– including da Milano’s complex Fantasias and Ripa da Mantova’s madrigal intabulations. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Saturday 24 March 10.30am – 3.30pm

Sunday 25 March 11.30am

Monday 26 March 1.00pm

Family Day: Chamber Challenge

Andreas Ottensamer

Danny Driver piano

clarinet

Messiaen Prelude No. 5 ‘Les sons impalpables du rêve’ Kaija Saariaho Ballade Ligeti Etude No. 6 ‘Automne à Varsovie’ Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16

Join music leader Hannah Opstad and the Wigmore Hall Learning/Open Academy Fellowship Ensemble, Diphonon Duo (viola and accordion), on a marvelous music-making adventure. Take your seat in your very own chamber ensemble, create your own brand new pieces of music and perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage. Children £12 Adults £16

Programme to include works by Weber, Gershwin and Debussy Austrian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer’s sumptuous tone and thrilling artistry have won admirers worldwide. He became the first clarinettist to sign an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2013, and makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall for an eclectic and charming programme. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sound colours and evocative imagery belong to Danny Driver’s imaginative choice of repertoire. He returns to Wigmore Hall to explore the soundworlds of Messiaen and Kaija Saariaho before delving into the kaleidoscopic expressive contrasts of Schumann’s Kreisleriana. £15 concs £13

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Tuesday 27 March 7.30pm

Wednesday 28 March 7.30pm

Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew director, tenor

Les Folies françoises Patrick Cohën-Akenine

JS Bach Komm Jesu Komm BWV229; Ich lasse dich nicht BWV159a JC Bach Fürchte dich nicht JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude BWV227; Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden BWV230 Kuhnau Tristis est anima mea JL Bach Das ist meine Freude JS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225

director, violin

As so often during his career, Bach took an established musical genre – the motet – and raised it to perfection. Paul Agnew directs singers and continuo players from Les Arts Florissants in six of Bach’s surviving motets, setting them alongside Fürchte dich nicht by his cousin Johann Christoph Bach and the deeply touching Tristis est anima mea by his successor in Leipzig. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Bach the European Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067; Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052; The Musical Offering BWV1079 (excerpts); Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050 Les Folies françoises makes its Wigmore Hall debut with a stunning programme, recalling the virtuosity of Bach’s Leipzig Collegium Musicum with his Orchestral Suite No. 2, complete with scintillating solo flute part, and breathtaking Harpsichord Concerto in D minor. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Les Folies françoises

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Roderick Williams:

Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles Thursday 29 March 7.30pm

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano Schubert Winterreise Roderick Williams continues his season-long survey of Schubert’s song cycles with Winterreise. The British baritone’s personal journey of artistic discovery, prepared in creative dialogue with students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, is not to be missed. This concert will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes without an interval £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concert in this Series Wednesday 16 May 7.30pm

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Saturday 31 March 7.30pm

Sylvia Schwartz soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Wolf From Italienisches Liederbuch: O wär dein Haus durchsichtig; Gesegnet sei das Grün; Heut’ Nacht erhob ich mich; Mein Liebster singt am Haus; Mein Liebster ist so klein; Nein, junger Herr; Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen; Wie lange schon; Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen; Wer rief dich denn?; Schweig einmal still; Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten Guridi Seis Canciones Castellanas Turina Tres Poemas Op. 81 Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras

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Spanish soprano Sylvia Schwartz won rave reviews for her debut album with Malcolm Martineau, not least for their performance of Guridi’s turbulent Seis Canciones Castellanas. She opens this recital with Berg’s Seven Early Songs and a dozen late romantic masterworks from Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Sylvia Schwartz

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CHAMBER ZONE Free concert tickets for young people and school groups Wigmore Hall and CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust have been offering free tickets to young people since 1999. This year we are delighted to offer over 2,000 free tickets to young people aged 8 – 25 and school groups, as well as free pre-concert workshops for schools. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone or check our Learning brochure for forthcoming concert dates. Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust

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Contemporary Music Series

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Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, and as a commissioner of new works and a champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières.

‘Our commissioning scheme is already the most extensive in Europe for chamber music’, comments Wigmore Hall Director, John Gilhooly, ‘and in recent years Wigmore

Tuesday 2 January 7.30pm Miklós Perényi cello György Kurtág Thursday 4 January 7.30pm Jörg Widmann clarinet Tabea Zimmermann viola Dénes Várjon piano Jörg Widmann* Monday 15 January 1.00pm Fatma Said soprano James Vaughan piano Sherif Mohie El Din Thursday 18 January 7.30pm Quatuor Diotima Rebecca Saunders*

Hall has become one of the world’s foremost centres for

Sunday 21 January 7.30pm

contemporary chamber music.’

Simon Trpčeski piano Aleksandar Krapovski violin Alexander Somov cello Hidan Mamudov clarinet, saxophone, kaval Vlatko Nushev percussion Pande Shahov

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Wednesday 24 January 1.00pm

Wednesday 21 February 7.30pm

Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm

Britten Sinfonia Philip Glass, Leo Chadburn* & Arvo Pärt

Steven Isserlis cello Alexander Melnikov piano Mikhail Pletnev & Evgeny Kissin

Heath Quartet Nils Mönkemeyer viola Jörg Widmann

Tuesday 30 January 7.30pm

Friday 23 February 7.30pm

Saturday 17 March 7.30pm

Hagen Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet Jörg Widmann*

Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ilker Arcayürek tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone Graham Johnson piano Joseph Phibbs

Imogen Cooper piano Julian Anderson

Tuesday 6 February 7.30pm Henning Kraggerud violin Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano Henning Kraggerud Thursday 15 February 7.30pm Ruby Hughes soprano Joseph Middleton piano Helen Grime* Friday 16 February 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Polina Leschenko piano György Kurtág

Tuesday 27 February 7.30pm Louis Lortie piano Thomas Adès Sunday 11 March 7.30pm Arditti Quartet Jake Arditti countertenor Salvatore Sciarrino, Mark Andre & Philippe Hurel Monday 12 March 1.00pm Calidore String Quartet Caroline Shaw

Monday 19 March 7.30pm Soloists of Ensemble intercontemporain Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Carter, Heinz Holliger, Cage & Blaise Ubaldini Wednesday 21 March 7.30pm The Schubert Ensemble Judith Weir Monday 26 March 1.00pm Danny Driver piano Kaija Saariaho *Commissioned or co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by Helen Grime, Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, is supported by The Marchus Trust Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Wigmore Hall has provided a platform to outstanding young musicians since its early years. Today the process of identifying and nurturing talent is central to the Hall’s long-term artistic strategy, with Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent allowing us to create essential performance opportunities for some of these artists as they gain experience and broaden their knowledge of the repertoire. Young artists supported by the Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent scheme in 2017/18 are:

Trio Isimsiz Sunday 26 November 2017 Formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, under the guidance of Louise Hopkins, Carole Presland and Alasdair Tait, the trio was selected for representation by YCAT in 2013 and won First Prize and the Audience Prize in the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in 2015. The Trio has undertaken residencies at the Banff Centre, Canada and Mozarteum, Salzburg, with concert highlights over the last year including recitals at Barbican, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead and the Peasmarsh and MecklenburgVorpommern festivals.

Benjamin Beilman Violin Sunday 14 January 2018 The outstanding young American violinist is recognised as one of the fastest rising stars of his generation, winning praise for his passionate performances and deep rich tone. In the 2016/17 Season, he appeared as a soloist on the Chicago Symphony’s new music series, and performed with the Symphony orchestras of Detroit, San Diego, Atlanta and Grand Rapids, as well as making recital debuts in San Francisco and Vancouver.

Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle Sunday 21 January 2018 Every year, a small group of the Royal Academy of Music’s most accomplished performers of song repertoire are selected to form the Academy Song Circle. Since its inception in 2004, the Song Circle has given more than 50 concerts, and its annual Schubertiade, on or around the anniversary of the composer’s birth, has become a much-anticipated feature of the Academy’s calendar.

Joseph Moog Piano Sunday 25 February 2018 A champion of rare and forgotten repertoire, as well as composing his own works, Joseph was awarded the accolade of Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2015 and was also GRAMMY nominated for his most recent concerto recording. He has earned a reputation as a formidable recitalist, with 2017 including recitals at De Doelen in Rotterdam, Societa Filarmonica Trento, and Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles among others.

Support for this scheme over the past three years has been extraordinary, enabling Wigmore Hall to forge unique relationships with the young artists, and as such, offer them the guidance and performance opportunities they need to build a career. Other artists supported through this scheme since the beginning of the 2015/16 Season include: Quatuor van Kuijk Jan Lisiecki piano Arcangelo Tim Horton piano Behzod Abduraimov piano Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Escher String Quartet Benjamin Appl baritone Paul Appleby tenor Viviane Hagner violin

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Tuesday 2 January – Saturday 31 March 2018 Priority Booking opens on Tuesday 19 September 2017 Season Patrons, Season Benefactors and Rubinstein Circle: Requests to be submitted by Monday 9 October 2017 Patron, Benefactor, Supporter and Member Friends: Request to be submitted by Thursday 12 October 2017 Mailing List: Requests to be submitted by Thursday 19 October 2017 General Public: By telephone/online from Tuesday 7 November 2017 We strongly recommend early booking for Pre-Concert Talks, Artists in Conversation and Study Events.

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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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Charles Green Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Edith Randall Voices at Wigmore Geoffrey Barnett Katie Bradford Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair Michael Brind Nicola Coldstream Pauline Del Mar J L Drewitt Margery Gray In memory of Ray Hall Benjamin Hargreaves Dame Felicity Lott Julia MacRae* John and Ann Tusa Susan Ward David and Frances Waters* David Evan Williams And an anonymous donor Corporate Supporters Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Complete Coffee Ltd Dawood & Tanner Specialist Dental Practice The Howard de Walden Estate Martin Randall Travel Ltd Rothschild & Co Steinway & Sons Donors and Sponsors The 29th May 1961 Charitable TrustL Mr Eric Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Elaine Adair Ralph and Elizabeth Aldwinckle Alexis Gregory Foundation and the Vendome Prize Ian Allan The Andor Charitable TrustL Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation David and Jacqueline Ansell* Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne‡ Arts Council England Mrs Arlene Beare Alan Bell-Berry Mr Nicholas J Bez Mrs Arline Blass David and Mary Bowerman* John and Julia Boyd* Alan Bradley* Donald Campbell A bequest from the late Peter Canter Cavatina Chamber Music TrustL Lord Chadlington* Charities Advisory TrustL Mary and Robert Childs Colin Clark Sheila Clarke* Cockayne - Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation

John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Michael and Felicia Crystal* Anthony Davis* In memory of Margaret Dewhirst James Dooley The Dorset Foundation – in memory of Harry M Weinrebe Nina Drucker In memory of Robert Easton Douglas and Janette Eden The Eldering/Goecke Family Annette Ellis* The Elton Family The Emmanuel Kaye Foundation Caroline Erskine The Fidelio Charitable Trust Patricia and Jeffrey Fine John and Amy Ford The Foyle Foundation Neil and Deborah Franks* Michael Freegard Friends of Wigmore Hall Jonathan Gaisman* The Garfield Weston Foundation Alan and Joanna Gemes* John Gilhooly* John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Peter Goodwin Elaine and Peter Hallgarten Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Harbour FoundationL The Hargreaves and Ball Trust The Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationL Malcolm Herring* Simon Hillary Nicholas Hodgson Andre and Rosalie Hoffmann‡ Gay Huey Evans* Graham and Amanda Hutton* Hyde Park Place Estate CharityL Simone Hyman* J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust Peter and Nikki Jeffcote John Lyon’s CharityL Marc Jourdren* In memory of Donald Kahn Su and Neil Kaplan* Jerome Karet* David and Louise Kaye* Kohn Foundation Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Maryly La Follette* Gabor Lacko Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss The Leverhulme TrustL The Linbury TrustL Tim Llewellyn The Loveday Charitable Trust Marianne and Andy Lusher* David Lyons* Anne and Brian Mace Julia MacRae*L The Estate of Pamela Majaro MBE Simon Majaro MBE The Marchus Trust‡

Selina and David Marks* Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Michael and Lynne McGowan* George MeyerL Michael Watson Charitable Trust Milton Damerel TrustL David Moldon in memory of his brother Peter L Moldon The Monument Trust Amyas and Louise Morse* A C and F A Myer Sara Naudi Valerie O’ConnorL Paxos Festival Trust The du Plessis Family Foundation Isabel and Jonathan Popper Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Radcliffe Trust Stuart and Bianca RodenL Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, HonRCM* The Rubinstein Circle S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3L The Sampimon TrustL Julia Schottlander*L Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Rhona Shaw Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Serena Simmons and Michael Thomas* Jo and Barry Slavin 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, HonFTCL* Anne and Paul Swain* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* The Three Monkies TrustL Robin Vousden* Andrew and Hilary Walker* David and Margaret Walker* Professor Janet Walker CD and Professor Doug Jones AO* Dame Fanny Waterman* Michael and Rosemary Warburg The Welton Foundation David and Martha Winfield* William and Alex de Winton*L The Wolfson Foundation Youth MusicL and several anonymous donors * Rubinstein Circle members ‡ Contemporary Music Series supporters L Learning Programme supporters Details correct as of July 2017 The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered Charity No. 1024838

2018 Wigmore Hall International

String Quartet Competition

The 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition is the fourteenth edition of this prestigious Competition, and a great opportunity for us all to discover some exceptional young talents – tomorrow’s stars. This is a landmark destination for emerging young ensembles from around the globe, and audiences are invited to watch the groups compete throughout the week. A wide range of lunchtime performances and captivating Learning events also take place as we immerse ourselves in the art of the string quartet. Tuesday 10 April – Sunday 15 April 2018

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