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November
December
1 Nov 7.30pm Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d’Astrée/ 4 Anna Stéphany 2 Nov 11.00am Tamsin Waley-Cohen 4 1.15pm Freya Waley-Cohen Talk 4 2.30pm Albion Quartet 4 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet 5 3 Nov 11.30am Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen 5 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi 5 4 Nov 1.00pm The Cardinall’s Musick 5 7.30pm Janine Jansen/Sonoko Miriam Welde/ 5 Johan Dalene/Ludvig Gudim/Amihai Grosz/ Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/Amalie Stalheim/ Jens Peter Maintz 5 Nov 1.00pm Timothy Ridout/Jonathan Ware 6 7.30pm Takács Quartet 6 6 Nov 10.00am Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition – Final 7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 6 7 Nov 7.30pm Takács Quartet 7 8 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 7 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 7 7.30pm Simona Mihai/Anna Stéphany/Filipe Manu/ 7 Dominic Sedgwick/Joseph Middleton/Somi Kim 9 Nov 10.30am Family Day: Journey to the Moon 7 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 8 10 Nov 11.30am Isang Enders/Sunwook Kim 8 3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 8 7.30pm Leslie Howard 8 11 Nov 1.00pm Joanna MacGregor 10 7.30pm Lara Melda 9 12 Nov 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 10 13 Nov 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 10 14 Nov 1.00pm The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards 10 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware 11 15 Nov 7.30pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell 11 16 Nov 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 11 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 11 17 Nov 11.30am Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy 12 7.30pm Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy/ 12 Elena Bashkirova 18 Nov 1.00pm James Newby/Simon Lepper 12 7.30pm Danny Driver 12 19 Nov 7.30pm EFG London Jazz Festival: 13 Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III 20 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 13 11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 13 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio 13 21 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 13 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 13 7.30pm Saki Kato 15 22 Nov 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 15 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 14 23 Nov 11.00am The Wagner Society Singing Competition 15 7.30pm Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide 15 24 Nov 11.30am Rachel Podger 16 3.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Interview 16 7.30pm Brenda Rae/Malcolm Martineau 16 25 Nov 1.00pm The Marian Consort 16 7.30pm The Purcell School Soloists 16 26 Nov 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 17 7.30pm Nelson Goerner 17 27 Nov 7.30pm Dmytro Choni 17 28 Nov 7.30pm The English Concert/Harry Bicket/ 17 Nadja Zwiener 29 Nov 3.00pm Music for the Moment 18 7.30pm Fauré Quartet 18 30 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 18 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 18 3.00pm Family Concert: Beethoven and the 18 Science of Sound 7.30pm Jamie Barton/Kathleen Kelly 19
1 Dec 11.30am Beatrice Rana 19 7.30pm Tenebrae/Nigel Short/Olivia Jageurs 20 2 Dec 1.00pm Colin Currie/Sam Walton/ 19 Pavel Kolesnikov/Samson Tsoy 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 19 3 Dec 1.00pm Tabea Debus/Alex McCartney 21 Jonathan Rees 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Steven Isserlis 21 4 Dec 11.00am Schools Concert: Beethoven and the 22 Science of Sound 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/ 22 Christopher Parkes/Aurora Orchestra/ Brett Dean 5 Dec 7.30pm Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger 22 6 Dec 1.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass 22 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă 23 7 Dec 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 23 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams 23 8 Dec 11.30am Van Kuijk Quartet 23 3.00pm Claire Booth/Susan Bickley/Nicky Spence/ 24 Andrew Matthews-Owen 7.30pm Thomas Oliemans/Malcolm Martineau 24 9 Dec 1.00pm Nicholas Angelich 24 7.30pm Eric Lu 24 10 Dec 1.00pm Mario Häring 24 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 25 11 Dec 1.00pm Xinyuan Wang 25 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Improviso 25 7.30pm Melvyn Tan/Calefax/Signum Quartet 25 12 Dec 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 26 7.30pm Alice Coote/Julius Drake 26 13 Dec 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar/Céline Scheen/ 26 Benedetta Mazzucato/Vincenzo Capezzuto 14 Dec 7.30pm Jakub Józef Orliński/Il Pomo d’Oro 26 15 Dec 11.30am Eggner Trio 27 7.30pm Fretwork/Helen Charlston 27 16 Dec 1.00pm Elisabeth Kulman/Eduard Kutrowatz 27 7.30pm Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen 27 17 Dec 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset 28 18 Dec 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 28 19 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 28 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss 28 20 Dec 11.00am Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 28 with Jonathan Biss 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 30 21 Dec 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 30 22 Dec 11.30am Modigliani Quartet 30 7.30pm Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov 29 23 Dec 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Alois Posch/Lorenzo Coppola/ 30 Javier Zafra/Reinhold Friedrich/ Jörgen van Rijen/Raymond Curfs/ Dominique Horwitz 27 Dec 7.30pm Schumann Quartet 31 28 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 31 29 Dec 11.30am Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends 31 7.30pm Tara Erraught/James Baillieu 31 30 Dec 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas/Peter Whelan/ 32 Katie Bray/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Joe Walters 31 Dec 7.00pm Florilegium/Ashley Solomon/Rowan Pierce/ 32 Bojan Čičić/David Blackadder
4 • NOVEMBER
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Friday 1 November
Saturday 2 November
7.30pm
1.15pm – 2.15pm
Emmanuelle Haïm Residency
Recollections of Beethoven
Emmanuelle Haïm director,
Freya Waley-Cohen Talk
Le Concert d’Astrée
Join us in the Bechstein Room between concerts where Freya Waley-Cohen will discuss her influences and inspiration behind today’s music.
harpsichord, organ
David Plantier violin Felix Knecht cello Nicola Dal Maso double bass
Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Violoncello Obbligato
Caldara Sinfonia for solo cello Marcello Salmo XV ‘Conserva me, Domine’ Gabrielli Cello Sonata No. 1 Merula Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna Porpora Giusto amor from Gli Orti Esperidi; Sonata for solo cello Vivaldi Di verde ulivo from Tito Manlio
£5
Saturday 2 November 2.30pm – 3.30pm Recollections of Beethoven
Albion Quartet
Tuesday 14 April 2020 7.30pm
Freya Waley-Cohen New work for string trio* (world première); Coffee Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133 Freya Waley-Cohen Snap Dragon
Saturday 2 November
*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the generous support of The Hargreaves and Ball Trust
11.00am – 12 noon
£16
Recollections of Beethoven
In Memory of Peter Flatter
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series
Freya Waley-Cohen Unveil Sir George Benjamin 3 Miniatures for solo violin Knussen Secret Psalm Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 György Kurtág From Játékok: In Nomine – all’ongherese, ...féerie d’automne... & Homage à J.S.B. Freya Waley-Cohen Likeness £16
Emmanuelle Haïm © Marianne Rosenstiehl
Tamsin Waley-Cohen © Patrick Allen
Freya Waley-Cohen © Patrick Allen
Albion Quartet
NOVEMBER • 5
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Saturday 2 November
Monday 4 November
7.30pm
1.00pm
Pavel Haas Quartet
The Cardinall’s Musick
Ľubica Čekovská The Midsummer Quartet Schulhoff String Quartet No. 1 Smetana String Quartet No. 2 in D minor Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30
Gibbons O clap your hands Greaves England receive the rightful King Tomkins O God, the proud are risen against me Hilton As there be three blue beans Byrd The Eagle’s Force East O metaphysical tobacco Byrd Deus venerunt gentes Allison O Lord bow down Tomkins The hills stand about Jerusalem Weelkes O Lord God Almighty Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Sunday 3 November 11.30am
£16 concs £14
Lucas Jussen piano Arthur Jussen piano
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro brillant Op. 92 Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940 Ravel Ma mère l’oye Fazıl Say Night
Monday 4 November
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
Sunday 3 November 7.30pm Schubert Cycle: Francesco Piemontesi
Francesco Piemontesi piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D899; Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Wednesday 27 May 2020 7.30pm
7.30pm
Janine Jansen violin Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Johan Dalene violin Ludvig Gudim violin Amihai Grosz viola Eivind Ringstad viola Amalie Stalheim cello Jens Peter Maintz cello Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Pavel Haas Quartet © Marco Boggreve
Lucas and Arthur Jussen © Marco Borggreve
Francesco Piemontesi © Marco Borggreve
The Cardinall’s Musick © Benjamin Ealovega
6 • NOVEMBER
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Tuesday 5 November
Wednesday 6 November
1.00pm
10.00am – 3.00pm
Timothy Ridout viola Jonathan Ware piano
Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition – Final
YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Dichterliebe Op. 48 (arr. Timothy Ridout for viola and piano) £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series
Tuesday 5 November 7.30pm Associate Artists
Takács Quartet
The competition takes place annually between the four main London music colleges (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire). Finalists perform a 45-50 minute programme of their own choice. The winner is announced shortly after the last performance. £8 Sponsored by Fazioli, SW Mitchell Capital LLP, Tongdean Eye Clinic and C Bechstein
Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm
Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13
Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano
Concert repeated on 7 November
A Voyage Around Hardy
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Finzi Childhood among the Ferns Schubert Im Haine; Der Wanderer D489; Der Einsame Finzi Amabel Schubert Liebhaber in allen Gestalten; An Rosa II; Die Liebe hat gelogen Finzi Channel Firing Schubert Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall Finzi Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Timothy Ridout © Kaupo Kikkas
Takács Quartet © Amanda Tipton Photography
Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition – Final
Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega
NOVEMBER • 7
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Thursday 7 November
Friday 8 November
7.30pm
7.30pm
Associate Artists
Simona Mihai soprano Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Filipe Manu tenor Dominic Sedgwick baritone Joseph Middleton piano Somi Kim piano
Takács Quartet Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Repeat of concert on 5 November £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Friday 8 November 10.15am and 11.45am
Chamber Tots: Autumn Join us on an autumnal musical adventure in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5
Samling Showcase 2019: Come into the Garden Programme to include works by Schumann, Wolf, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Chausson, Walton, Ireland, Head and Britten. A leading authority in the training of classical voices and piano accompanists nationally and internationally, Samling Institute for Young Artists presents its annual Showcase. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
Saturday 9 November 10.30am – 3.30pm
Family Day: Journey to the Moon Recommended for families with children aged 7-12 Find your space boots and get ready for a musical adventure to the moon! To celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing, families are invited to join professional musicians and artists in this interactive day of workshops. You can expect singing, prop-making, movement and drama, so come prepared for an energetic day! Children £10 Adults £15
Takács Quartet © Amanda Tipton Photography
Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega
A Garden in Italy, oil on canvas © Julian Vilarrubi
Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega
8 • NOVEMBER
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Saturday 9 November
Sunday 10 November
7.30pm
3.00pm
Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations
Alessandro Fisher tenor Ashok Gupta piano
Cédric Tiberghien piano Beethoven 6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Op. 34 Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11 Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 23 February 2020 7.30pm Thursday 2 July 2020 7.30pm
Sunday 10 November 11.30am
Isang Enders cello Sunwook Kim piano
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Rachmaninov I Remember that Day; Twilight has fallen; Lilacs; I beg for mercy; Again I am alone; Night is mournful; The Dream; The pied piper Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit £16
Sunday 10 November 7.30pm
Leslie Howard piano Mozart Sonata in A K331 Beethoven Sonata in B flat Op. 22 Liszt 3 odes funèbres: Les morts S516, La notte S516a & Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse S517; Réminiscences de l’opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer: Cavatine S412a & Valse infernale S413 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 N Boulanger 3 pièces for cello and piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
Cédric Tiberghien © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Isang Enders © Workroom K
Alessandro Fisher © Gerard Collett
Leslie Howard
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NOVEMBER • 9
Monday 11 November 7.30pm
Lara Melda piano Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3 Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat Op. 33 No. 7; Etude-tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8 Prokofiev From 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op. 75: Masks, Montagues and Capulets, Friar Laurence & Mercutio Lyadov Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 44 Rachmaninov Prelude in D Op. 23 No. 4; Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Lara Melda © Emrah Bostan
10 • NOVEMBER
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Monday 11 November
Wednesday 13 November
1.00pm
7.30pm
Joanna MacGregor piano
Wihan Quartet
Birds, Grounds, Chaconnes
Klein String Trio Suk String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. 11 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux Couperin Les fauvétes plaintives Messiaen Le merle noir Rameau La Poule Janáček The barn owl has not flown away! from On an Overgrown Path Sir Harrison Birtwistle Oockooing Bird Hossein Alizâdeh Call of the Birds Purcell Ground in C minor ZD221 Philip Glass Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi Gibbons Whoop, do me no harm, good man Byrd 1st Pavane from My Ladye Nevells Booke Philip Glass Knee Play No. 4 from Einstein on the Beach from Trilogy Sonata Pachelbel Ciacona in F minor £16 concs £14
Tuesday 12 November 7.30pm
Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 Lutosławski Partita for violin and piano György Kurtág 3 pezzi Op. 14e Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Pamela Majaro Unlimited U25s tickets Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Thursday 14 November 1.00pm
The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Judging Panel: Sir John Tomlinson Emma Bell Michael Dussek Saffron van Zwanenberg chair A competition for young singers and accompanists between the ages of 22 and 30, The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards seeks to recognise potential. The young finalists, selected from the preliminary auditions in October, will each present a programme that includes works by Handel, Peter Wishart and two pieces of their own choice. Approximately 3 hours in duration £13 concs £11 Jackdaws Music Education Trust Supported by the Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust, the Oldham Foundation, Cooper Hall Emerging Artists, Geoffrey and Margaret Batten
Joanna MacGregor
Christian Tetzlaff © Giorgia Bertazzi
Wihan Quartet © Lukáš Novotný
Sir John Tomlinson © Robert Workman
NOVEMBER • 11
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Thursday 14 November
Saturday 16 November
7.30pm
5.30pm
Robin Tritschler tenor Jonathan Ware piano
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Fabled Songs Schubert Fahrt zum Hades; Der entsühnte Orest; Der zürnenden Diana; Nachtstück; Memnon; Philoktet; Atys; Orest auf Tauris; Der Alpenjäger; Abendstern; Auflösung G Bush Songs of the Zodiac Caplet Le loup et l’agneau from 3 Fables of Jean de La Fontaine Honegger Petits cours de morale Chabrier Villanelle des petits canards Hageman Praise; At the well; Do not go, my love; Into the Silent Land; Miranda £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Friday 15 November 7.30pm
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Joshua Bell violin Borodin String Sextet in D minor Mozart Divertimento in F K247 Dvořák String Sextet in A Op. 48 Returns Only
Robin Tritschler © Benjamin Ealovega
Joshua Bell © Shervin Lainez
Nash Ensemble Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Richard Hosford clarinet Marie Lloyd basset horn Beethoven Quintet in E flat for piano and winds Op. 16 Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor Op. 114 Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103 Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval £5
Saturday 16 November 7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Nash Ensemble Richard Hosford clarinet Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’ Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34 Schubert String Quintet in C D956 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15
Nash Ensemble Wind Quintet © Keith Saunders/ArenaPAL
Schubertiade © Julius Schmid
12 • NOVEMBER
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Sunday 17 November
Monday 18 November
11.30am
1.00pm
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy
James Newby baritone Simon Lepper piano
Maciej Kułakowski cello Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Marc Bouchkov violin
Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Warlock Yarmouth Fair Ireland The Three Ravens Vaughan Williams Silent Noon from The House of Life Howells King David Britten Oliver Cromwell
Bach Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Helena Winkelman Ciaconna for solo violin Schnittke Fugue for solo violin Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Jack Vousden’s 100th birthday
Sunday 17 November 7.30pm
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy Marc Bouchkov violin Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Sindy Mohamed viola Maciej Kułakowski cello
£16 concs £14
Monday 18 November 7.30pm
Danny Driver piano Deirdre McKay Time, Shining Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Betsy Jolas Pièce Pour Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Elena Bashkirova piano Beethoven Serenade in D for string trio Op. 8 Dohnányi Serenade in C Op. 10 Schnittke Piano Quintet £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Maciej Kułakowski © Wojciech Grzędziński
Elena Bashkirova © Nikolaj Lund
James Newby © Ben Mckee
Danny Driver © Kaupo Kikkas
NOVEMBER • 13
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Tuesday 19 November
Wednesday 20 November
7.30pm
7.30pm
Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III
Brahms Series
Lars Danielsson bass, cello Grégory Privat piano John Parricelli guitar Magnus Öström drums
Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38; Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (early version)
EFG London Jazz Festival 2019
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Swedish bassist, cellist, composer and arranger Lars Danielsson teams up with an all-star lineup for the London première of Liberetto. Together, the band discovers new musical spaces and the freedom of music between chamber jazz, classic and European folk music. £35 £30 £20
Wednesday 20 November 10.15am and 11.45am
Chamber Tots: In the Forest Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together!
Vienna Piano Trio
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Thursday 21 November 11.00am and 12.30pm
For Crying Out Loud! Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and groove to the music or sit back and unwind. Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music
10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5
Lars Danielsson Group © Thomas Schloemann
Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega
Vienna Piano Trio © Nancy Horowitz
For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega
14 • NOVEMBER
Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten Series
Doric String Quartet Britten’s Birthday Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25; String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36; String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Doric String Quartet © George Garnier
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NOVEMBER • 15
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Thursday 21 November
Saturday 23 November
7.30pm
11.00am
Saki Kato guitar
The Wagner Society Singing Competition
Julian Bream Trust Concert 2019 Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 Edward Cowie Streams and Variations (world première) Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata ‘Omaggio a Boccherini’ Op. 77 José Guitar Sonata £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Julian Bream Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1130890)
Friday 22 November 1.00pm – 4.00pm Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday
Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass The celebrated German baritone’s career took off when he won the Shostakovich Prize in 1996 in Moscow and an award at the Edinburgh International Festival. His concert debut was under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has gone on to achieve an acclaimed international career. He will work with students from London music colleges in this afternoon’s masterclass. £10 concs £8 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
The annual singing competition of The Wagner Society is an opportunity for promising young Wagner voices to compete for prizes of tuition and language coaching, as well as for the chance to attend the student bursary programme at the Bayreuth Festival. Six finalists, chosen from first round auditions, will compete, singing works by Wagner and other composers in front of a distinguished panel of judges. The panel will be chaired by Nicholas Payne (director of Opera Europa) and will include Hugh Canning, Graham Clark, Isabel Murphy, and Rachel Nicholls. The prizes will be presented by Dame Anne Evans. Approximately 4 hours in duration, including a lunch interval £30
Saturday 23 November 7.30pm
Andrè Schuen baritone Daniel Heide piano Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Schubert An den Mond D259; Im Frühling; Der Schiffer D536a; Abendstern; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Musensohn; Sei mir gegrüsst; Du bist die Ruh; Dass sie hier gewesen Mahler Rückert Lieder £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Saki Kato © Zuzana Breznanikova
Thomas Quasthoff © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment
Dame Anne Evans
Andrè Schuen © Guido Werner
16 • NOVEMBER
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Sunday 24 November
Monday 25 November
11.30am
1.00pm
Rachel Podger Residency
The Marian Consort
Rachel Podger violin Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
Sunday 24 November 3.00pm
Music for the Queen of Heaven Byrd Salve Regina a4 Roxanna Panufnik St Pancras Magnificat Dodgson Dormi Jesu Tallis Videte miraculum Cecilia McDowall Alma Redemptoris Mater Ludford Ave cuius conceptio Tallis Euge caeli porta Britten A Hymn to the Virgin Parsons Ave Maria Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum £16 concs £14
Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday
Thomas Quasthoff Interview Sara Mohr-Pietsch will interview Thomas Quasthoff in a look back at his international music career. £20
Sunday 24 November 7.30pm
Brenda Rae soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Argento 6 Elizabethan Songs Libby Larsen Try Me, Good King Lowell Liebermann 5 Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer Op. 135* (UK première) *Co-commissioned by Vocal Arts DC and Wigmore Hall
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Monday 25 November 7.30pm
Sofiia Matviienko flute Olwen Miles violin Lina Juknevičiūtė violin Emily Henderson cello Bethany Caswell harp Milda Daunoraite piano Yumeka Nakagawa piano Bradley Ng piano The Purcell School Soloists Programme to include: Bernard Andrès Narthex Chausson Poème Op. 25 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Mozart Rondo in F K494 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 £15 concs £10 The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)
Rachel Podger © Theresa Pewal
Brenda Rae © Kristin Hoebermann
The Marian Consort
The Purcell School
NOVEMBER • 17
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Tuesday 26 November
Wednesday 27 November
1.00pm
7.30pm
My Music with Orchestra of St John’s
Dmytro Choni piano
Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor Sir Roy Strong art historian and curator Paul Blezard interviewer Hannah Davey soprano
1st Prizewinner 2018 Santander International Piano Competition Brahms Rhapsody in B minor Op. 79 No. 1; Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2 Schumann Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133 Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161 Rachmaninov Daisies Op. 38 No. 3; Lilacs Op. 21 No. 5; Moment Musical in E minor Op. 16 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36
Elgar From Variations on an original Theme ‘Enigma’ Op. 36: Theme, Variation VIII ‘WN’ & Variation X ‘Dorabella’ Novello We’ll gather lilacs Byrd Pavane and 1st Galliard in A minor ‘The Earl of Salisbury’ Walton 2 pieces for strings from Henry V Puccini Sì, mi chiamino Mimì from La bohème
Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd
£16 concs £14
Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition
Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)
Thursday 28 November
Tuesday 26 November
7.30pm
7.30pm
The English Concert Harry Bicket director, harpsichord Nadja Zwiener violin
Nelson Goerner piano Fauré Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7; Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année S163; Rhapsodie espagnole S254 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£30 £25 £20 £16 £10
Fontana Sonata XIV for 2 violins Marini Sinfonia Terzo Tuono Op. 22; Balletto quarto Op. 22 Castello Sonata No. 10 from Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo Steffani Suite from Niobe, Regina di Tebe Locatelli Concerto for 4 violins in F Op. 4 No. 12 Vivaldi The Four Seasons £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Sir Roy Strong
Nelson Goerner © Marco Borggreve
Dmytro Choni © Jamila Di
Nadja Zwiener © Antje Kroeger
18 • NOVEMBER
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Friday 29 November
Saturday 30 November
3.00pm
10.15am and 11.45am
Music for the Moment
Chamber Tots: Under the Sea
If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, please join us for this informal afternoon concert with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly invited to join us for tea and coffee from 2.30pm in the Bechstein Room.
Join us on a musical adventure under the sea in these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together!
Free (ticket required) In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy of Music
10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5
Friday 29 November 7.30pm
Saturday 30 November 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Fauré Quartet Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op. 39: No. 6 in A minor & No. 2 in A minor (transcr. Dirk Mommertz) Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 26 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Family Concert: Beethoven and the Science of Sound Recommended for families with children aged 7-11 Join presenter Sam Glazer and the worldrenowned Heath Quartet for this interactive concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite families to learn more about this revolutionary composer while investigating the science of sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed some of his most loved and famous pieces even after losing his hearing. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm. Children £10 Adults £12
Music for the Moment © James Berry
Fauré Quartet © Tim Klöcker
Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega
Family Concert © Belinda Lawley
DECEMBER • 19
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Saturday 30 November
Sunday 1 December
7.30pm
11.30am
Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Kathleen Kelly piano
Beatrice Rana piano
Remick Warren Heather L Boulanger Attente Beach Ah, love, but a day! from 3 Browning songs N Boulanger S’il arrive jamais from Les heures claires Haydn Arianna a Naxos Libby Larsen Love After 1950 Ravel Chanson à boire from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Duparc Phidylé Strauss Cäcilie
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Ravel Miroirs Chopin 12 Etudes Op. 25
Monday 2 December 1.00pm
Colin Currie percussion Sam Walton percussion Pavel Kolesnikov piano Samson Tsoy piano Programme to include: Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion BB115 £16 concs £14
Monday 2 December 7.30pm
Bertrand Chamayou piano Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 70 Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66; Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63 Chabrier From 10 pièces pittoresques: Mélancolie & Idylle Franck Prélude, choral et fugue Liszt Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel Almira von Handel S181 Wolfgang Rihm Klavierstück No. 5 ‘Tombeau’ Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Jamie Barton © Rebecca Fay
Beatrice Rana © Nicolas Bets
Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve
Bertrand Chamayou © Marco Borggreve
20 • DECEMBER
Sunday 1 December 7.30pm
Tenebrae Nigel Short
conductor Olivia Jageurs harp Tenebrae © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Gregorian chant O come, O come Emmanuel Adrian Peacock Veni, Veni Emmanuel Gregorian chant O Radix Jesse Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Advent ‘O’ Carol Joanna Marsh New work for male voices (world première) Britten A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 James Burton O Thoma! Maxwell Davies 4 Carols from O Magnum Mysterium Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Warlock Benedicamus Domino Bax I sing of a maiden that is makeless Sally Beamish In the stillness Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen Gruber/Rathbone Silent night Trad Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. Ian Humphris) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
DECEMBER • 21
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Tuesday 3 December
Tuesday 3 December
1.00pm
7.30pm
Tabea Debus recorder Alex McCartney theorbo Jonathan Rees cello
Stephen Hough Residency Brahms Series
YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Anon (14th century) Lamento di Tristano Gareth Moorcraft New work F Caccini Ciaccona Anon (16th century) La Monica or Une jeune fillette Caroubel Spagnolette from Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum Falconieri La suave melodia Anon (17th century) Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor from A Musicall Banquet Freya Waley-Cohen Caffeine for solo recorder Anon (17th century) When Daphne did from Phoebus fly (with diminutions by Jacob van Eyck) Purcell Fairest Isle from King Arthur Handel Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo; Jig from Siroe, re di Persia Castrucci Allegro (first movement) from Concerto in D minor Op. 1 No. 10 Marcello/Bach Adagio from Concerto in D minor SZ799 (with ornaments from Concerto in D minor BWV974) Corelli The Favourite Gigg in Corelli’s 5th Solo with Divisions by Sig. Cateni & Valentini in A minor after Op. 5 No. 5
Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello Suk Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1; Serenade in A Op. 3 No. 2 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Stephen Hough Sonata for cello and piano left hand (Les adieux) Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Returns Only Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Friday 6 December 7.30pm with Michael Collins clarinet Andrei Ioniţă cello Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm with Michael Collins clarinet Castalian String Quartet Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm with Castalian String Quartet Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm with Renaud Capuçon violin
£14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series
Tabea Debus © Kaupo Kikkas
Alex McCartney © Jen Martin
Stephen Hough © Jiyang Chen
Steven Isserlis © Kevin Davis
22 • DECEMBER
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Wednesday 4 December
Thursday 5 December
11.00am – 12 noon
7.30pm
Schools Concert: Beethoven and the Science of Sound
Thomas Hampson baritone Wolfram Rieger piano
Key Stage 2
Barber With Rue my Heart is Laden; Night Wanderers; Nocturne; From Despite and Still: In the Wilderness & Solitary Hotel; 3 Songs Op. 45; 3 Songs Op. 10 Wolf Der Genesene an die Hoffnung; In der Frühe; Fussreise; Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling; Begegnung; Der Tambour; Der Feuerreiter
Join presenter Sam Glazer and the worldrenowned Heath Quartet for this interactive concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite Key Stage 2 school groups to learn more about this revolutionary composer while investigating the science of sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed some of his most loved and famous pieces even after losing his hearing.
Friday 6 December
Returns Only
1.00pm – 4.00pm
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Thomas Hampson Masterclass Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Britten Series
Sophie Bevan soprano Allan Clayton tenor Christopher Parkes horn Aurora Orchestra Brett Dean conductor
Hailing from America, one of the world’s foremost baritones works with students from London music colleges. Hampson’s award-winning career spans opera, song, research and education. £10 concs £8 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18 Josephine Stephenson Une Saison en Enfer* (world première) Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall Schools Concert © Benjamin Ealovega
Allan Clayton © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg
Thomas Hampson © Jiyang Chen
DECEMBER • 23
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Friday 6 December
Saturday 7 December
7.30pm
7.30pm
Stephen Hough Residency Brahms Series
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Stephen Hough piano Michael Collins clarinet Andrei Ioniţă cello Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor (transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1 (transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Saturday 7 December
Nash Ensemble Roderick Williams baritone Beethoven British folksongs for voice and piano trio Rossini Wind Quartet No. 1 in F Schubert 6 songs from Schwanengesang (arr. by David Matthews for voice and ensemble) Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm
5.30pm
Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am
Nash Ensemble
Sunday 8 December
Philippa Davies flute Richard Hosford clarinet Adrian Brendel cello Lucy Wakeford harp Hugh Webb harp Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 (arr. for flute and piano) Chopin Variations on a theme of Rossini (arr. for flute and harp) Schubert The Fountain; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Ständchen D957; Ellens Gesang III (arr. by John Thomas for 2 harps) Ries Clarinet Trio Op. 28 Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval £5
Andrei Ioniţă © Nikolaj Lund
Schubertiade © Julius Schmid
11.30am
Van Kuijk Quartet Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Supported by John and Amy Ford A legacy from the estate of Peter Flatter is helping us subsidise tickets for audiences under the age of 35, as well as supporting our chamber music concerts in general. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall long into the future with a gift in your Will, please contact legacy@wigmore-hall.org.uk. All gifts, large or small, matter. Thank you.
Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega
Van Kuijk Quartet © Nikolaj Lund
24 • DECEMBER
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Sunday 8 December
Monday 9 December
3.00pm
1.00pm
Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Nicky Spence tenor Andrew Matthews-Owen piano
Nicholas Angelich piano
Jonathan Dove Birthday Concert Jonathan Dove Letters from Claude; Out of Winter; Selections from Ariel; Selections from All You Who Sleep Tonight
Bach/Busoni Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ £16 concs £14
Monday 9 December
£16
7.30pm
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Eric Lu piano
Sunday 8 December 7.30pm
Schumann Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28
Schumann Song Series
Thomas Oliemans baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Gade 5 Gedichte aus ‘Bilder des Orients’ Op. 24 Brahms From Die schöne Magelone Op. 33: Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, Liebe kam aus fernen Landen, Wir müssen uns trennen, Ruhe, Süssliebchen & Wie schnell verschwindet £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm
Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Malcolm Martineau piano
Claire Booth © Sven Arnstein
Nicky Spence © David Bebber
Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust
Tuesday 10 December 1.00pm
Mario Häring piano Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital Debussy Estampes; Rêverie Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a Theme of Schubert Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784 £16
Thomas Oliemans © Marco Borggreve
Nicholas Angelich © Jean Francois Leclerc
DECEMBER • 25
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Tuesday 10 December
Wednesday 11 December
7.30pm
6.15pm – 7.05pm
Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle
Bechstein Sessions: Improviso
Quatuor Danel Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Weinberg String Quartet No. 3 Op. 14 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022
Join us for an informal performance in the Bechstein Bar, featuring dynamic young ensemble Improviso, performing chamber music from the 17th and 18th centuries alongside improvisations around styles from the same period. £5
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
Melvyn Tan piano Calefax reed quintet Signum Quartet Kevin Volans’ 70th Birthday Kevin Volans Leaping Dance:This is How it Is; piano:string quartet:chopin*1; L’Africaine; x:y:k for reed quintet and string quartet*2 (world première) *1Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and the Arts Council of Ireland
Wednesday 11 December
*2Co-commissioned by Calefax Reed Ensemble, Signum Quartet, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam and the Eduard von Beinem Foundation
1.00pm
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Xinyuan Wang piano Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital Schubert Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ Bartók 2 Romanian Dances Op. 8a; 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík; Allegro Barbaro BB63; Piano Sonata BB88 £16
Eric Lu
Quatuor Danel © Marco Borggreve
Improviso
Kevin Volans © José Pedro Salinas
26 • DECEMBER
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Thursday 12 December
Friday 13 December
1.00pm
7.30pm
My Music with Orchestra of St John’s
L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar director, theorbo Céline Scheen soprano Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano Vincenzo Capezzuto alto
Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor Alan Titchmarsh gardener, broadcaster Paul Blezard interviewer Hannah Davey soprano Jan Peter Schmolck violin Singers to be announced Mozart Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen from Die Zauberflöte Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’ (excerpt) Mozart Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte Tchaikovsky Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty £16 concs £14 Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano Take these songs I have sung to you, my love Programme to include: Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Schoenberg A selection from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Songs by Berg and Weill £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Far la ninnananna Anon Ninna nanna al Bambin Giesù Theile Der Sionitin Wiegenlied: Nun ich singe, Gott, ich knie Trad/Italian Ninna nanna sopra la Romanesca; Ninna nanna ri la rosa; Ninna nanna delle donne dei marinai di Trapani; Stu’ criatu Kapsberger Figlio dormi Merula Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna Rossi Dormite, begl’occhi from Orfeo Bennet Venus’ birds Allegri Canario Cazzati Ciaccona Monteverdi Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Saturday 14 December 7.30pm
Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor Il Pomo d’Oro Facce d’amore The young Polish countertenor has risen speedily to stardom: earlier this year he made his Glyndebourne debut and recently released his debut album with Il Pomo d’Oro. This programme focusses on different aspects of love, ranging from joy to madness, anger and even craziness. Returns Only
Alan Titchmarsh
Alice Coote © Jiyang Chen
Céline Scheen © Dina Köttgen
Jakub Józef Orliński © Jiyang Chen
DECEMBER • 27
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Sunday 15 December
Monday 16 December
11.30am
1.00pm
Eggner Trio
Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Eduard Kutrowatz piano
Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
Sunday 15 December 7.30pm Fretwork: Musick’s Monument
Fretwork Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano An Elizabethan Christmas Byrd In Nomine a5 No. 3; Out of the orient crystal skies; In Nomine a5 No. 4; From virgin’s womb; In Nomine a5 No. 5; An earthly tree Holborne The Cradle; Lullabie Byrd Lullaby Holborne As it Fell on a Holie Eve Peerson Upon my lap my soveraigne sits Gibbons In Nomine a5 No. 1 Anon Sweet was the song Peerson Attendite Weelkes To shorten winters sadnesse Gibbons Fantasy a4 for ‘great dooble basse’ Holborne The New-Yeeres Gift Byrd O God that guides the cheerful sun £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Schubert Der Flug der Zeit; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Du bist die Ruh Liszt Go not, happy day!; Die drei Zigeuner; Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher Britten 2 strophes from ‘Tell me the truth about love’; Johnny; Funeral Blues Porter Miss Otis regrets Weill Pirate Jenny from The Threepenny Opera £16 concs £14
Monday 16 December 7.30pm
Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano French Beauties and Swedish Beasts Debussy Première rapsodie Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Anders Hillborg Tampere Raw Ravel From Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan & Alborada del gracioso Roland Pöntinen Mercury Dream Chausson Andante and Allegro £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Forthcoming Concert in the Series Friday 17 July 2020 7.00pm
Eggner Trio © Keith Saunders
Fretwork © Nick White
Elisabeth Kulman © Stephan Polzer
Martin Fröst © Sony Music Entertainment
28 • DECEMBER
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Tuesday 17 December
Thursday 19 December
7.30pm
7.30pm
Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset director
Beethoven Sonata Cycle
Charpentier Litanies de la Vierge H84; Pour la Vierge (‘Felix namque es’) H360; Antiennes O de l’Avent H36-43; From Noëls sur les instruments: Joseph est bien marié, Or nous dites Marie & Où s’en vont ces gais bergers; Antiphona in honorem beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum (‘Beata es Maria’) H25; In circumcisione Domini: Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (‘Xenia, xenia pastores’) H406; Noëls pour les instruments H531; Magnificat H73
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 4 in E flat Op. 7, No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’, No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1 & No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss
Wednesday 18 December
with Antoine Lederlin and Krzysztof Chorzelski of the Belcea Quartet
7.30pm Belcea Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets
Belcea Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in F Op. 135; String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Returns Only Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Friday 20 December 7.30pm Monday 2 March 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 3 March 2020 7.30pm
Jonathan Biss piano
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Thursday 19 December 9.30pm
Free (with evening concert ticket)
Friday 20 December 11.00am – 12 noon
Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Lecture-meeting with Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room to discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas coursera.org/learn/beethoven-piano-sonatas Returns Only
Friday 5 June 2020 7.30pm Sunday 7 June 2020 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques © cargocollective.com-vermeesch
Christophe Rousset © Ignacio Barrios Martinez
Belcea Quartet © Marco Borggreve
Jonathan Biss © Benjamin Ealovega
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Sunday 22 December 7.30pm
Claron McFadden soprano Alexander Melnikov piano Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35 Cage Aria Berio Sequenza III Berberian Stripsody Knussen Whitman Settings Op. 25 Schnittke Improvisation and Fugue for solo piano Schulhoff Sonata Erotica George Crumb Apparition: Elegiac Songs and Vocalises £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Claron McFadden © Erik de Jong
DECEMBER • 29
30 • DECEMBER
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Friday 20 December
Sunday 22 December
7.30pm
11.30am
Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle
Modigliani Quartet
Belcea Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6; String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Saturday 21 December 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac
Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Theodore Platt baritone Graham Johnson piano A Winter Birthday Graham Johnson continues his Songmakers’ Almanac series by celebrating the most famous birthday of all. With a selection of songs by composers from Wolf and Strauss to Vaughan Williams and Britten, the line-up of talented singers explores the Christmas story from numerous characters’ perspectives through the ages.
Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice
Monday 23 December 7.30pm
Isabelle Faust violin Alois Posch double bass Lorenzo Coppola clarinet Javier Zafra bassoon Reinhold Friedrich trumpet Jörgen van Rijen trombone Raymond Curfs drums Dominique Horwitz narrator The Soldier’s Tale Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124 Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Ailish Tynan © Benjamin Ealovega
Graham Johnson © Clive Barda
Modigliani Quartet © Luc Braquet
Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede
DECEMBER • 31
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Friday 27 December
Sunday 29 December
7.30pm
11.30am
Schumann Quartet
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello and friends
Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 1 No. 1 ‘La chasse’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Saturday 28 December 7.30pm Brahms Plus Series
Jonathan Plowright piano Brahms plus Schumann Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F sharp minor Op. 9; 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm Brahms plus Chopin Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm
Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op. 81 Returns Only
Sunday 29 December 7.30pm
Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano James Baillieu piano Loewe Meine Ruh ist hin; Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Der du von dem Himmel bist; Irrlichter, die Knaben; Hinkende Jamben; Herr Pfarrer hat zwei Fraeulchen; Süsses Begräbnis; O süsse Mutter; Frauenliebe Mahler Bald gras ich am Neckar; Hast gesagt, du willst mich nehmen; Hans und Grethe; Rückert Lieder Trad/Irish Róisín Dubh; The lark in the clear air Harty Lane o’ the thrushes; Sea Wrack £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Brahms plus Liszt
Schumann Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas
Jonathan Plowright © Diane Shaw
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends © Daniel Stroud
Tara Erraught © Kristin Hoebermann
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Monday 30 December
Tuesday 31 December
7.30pm
7.00pm NB time
Ensemble Marsyas Residency
Florilegium Ashley Solomon director, flute Rowan Pierce soprano Bojan Čičić violin David Blackadder trumpet
Ensemble Marsyas Peter Whelan director Katie Bray mezzo-soprano Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Joe Walters horn Baroque Hogmanay – Music from the Edinburgh Musical Society Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie Overture in C Op. 1 No. 2 Arne 2 arias from Artaxerxes Handel Trio Sonata in G HWV399 Barsanti Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 3; Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel Qual leon from Arianna in Creta; Concerto in F for 2 horns HWV331; Pena tiranna from Amadigi di Gaula; Son contenta di morire from Radamisto Barsanti Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel From Alcina: Verdi prati & Sta nell’Ircana Barsanti Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 5
JS Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq. 22 Giornovichi Concerto No. 13 in A for violin and orchestra JS Bach Non sa che sia dolore BWV209 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 30 March 2020 7.30pm Tuesday 26 May 2020 7.30pm with Sophie Gent violin Wednesday 1 July 2020 7.30pm with Louise Alder soprano
Peter Whelan © Roni Sidhu
Katie Bray © Tim Dunk
Rowan Pierce © Gerard Collett
Florilegium © Amit Lennon
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Lara Melda © Mark Woods-Nunn
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Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.
Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.
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A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately a five-minute walk from Wigmore Hall.
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