Wigmore Hall Learning Summer 2017 Brochure by Wigmore Hall

April â&#x20AC;&#x201C; July 2017

Early Years Families Schools Young People Community Behind the Music

WELCOME

A very warm welcome to our Summer 2017 Series. We have lots of exciting events to round off the season, and hope you find something that you, your friends and your family can all enjoy! For some of our youngest audiences, Chamber Tots explores the world of dinosaurs, minibeasts and bear hunts, and we invite families to dive down into the deep blue sea to join Jessie Maryon Davies and the Lawson Piano Trio for Search for the Starlight Squid. In our Community Programme, we are thrilled to welcome baritone Marcus Farnsworth and pianist James Baillieu for a Relaxed Concert, and our new choir for families living with dementia continues on Tuesday mornings. This year’s Young Producers present a very special concert featuring Zoë Martlew and Cato Langnes, and our Schools Concerts offer children from primary and SEN settings a chance to hear vocal ensemble Juice, as well as Trish Clowes and her jazz organ quartet! We hope you enjoy the series, and look forward to welcoming you to Wigmore Hall. Daisy Swift Head of Learning

We would like to thank the following for their support of the Wigmore Hall Learning programme. Their involvement is greatly appreciated and essential in continuing our work.

The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered Charity Number: 1024838 Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Kent KG

Donors and Sponsors The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust The Andor Charitable Trust

George Meyer

Arts Council England

Milton Damerel Trust

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust The Emmanuel Kaye Foundation

Michael Watson Charitable Trust Valerie O’Connor The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

Stuart and Bianca Roden

The Howard de Walden Estate

SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3

Hyde Park Place Estate Charity John Lyon’s Charity The Leverhulme Trust London Stock Exchange Group Foundation

The Sampimon Trust Spencer Hart Charitable Trust The Tertis Foundation in memory of Lillian Tertis The Three Monkies Trust And several anonymous donors

Partners Central London Clinical Commissioning Group Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group Haringey Music Service Havering Music School Jewish Care Tower Hamlets Arts Music and Education Service Tri-borough Music Hub Westminster Adult Services West London Clinical Commissioning Group

CALENDAR OF E VENT S Fri 7 Apr

Music for the Moment page 16

Thu 20 Apr

RNIB Study Day

Tue 25 Apr SEN Schools Concert: Juice

Thu 27 Apr Young Producers Present: Zoë Martlew and Cato Langnes

Come and Sing: World Folk Music

Wed 3 May Masterclass: Sir András Schiff

Sat 29 Apr

April – July 2017

Fri 2 Jun

Artist in Conversation: 20 Janine Jansen

Sat 3 Jun

Alfred Brendel Lecture: 20 Beethoven’s Last Sonata

Wed 7 Jun

Chamber Tots: Minibeasts

Thu 8 Jun

Introduction to 20 Music commences

Mon 12 Jun Wigmore Study 21 Group commences Wed 14 Jun Carers Week: 16 Relaxed Concert

Sun 7 May

Artist in Conversation: 19 Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Thu 15 Jun For Crying Out Loud!

Tue 9 May

For Crying Out Loud!

Wed 28 Jun Chamber Tots: Minibeasts

Fri 12 May

Chamber Tots: Bear Hunt

Sat 1 Jul

Family Day: Museum of Music 7

Wed 17 May Dementia Awareness Week: 16 Come and Sing

Tue 4 Jul

Chamber Tots: Dinosaurs

Fri 7 Jul

Music for the Moment 17

Sat 8 Jul

Alfred Brendel Lecture: 21 On Playing Mozart

Fri 19 May

Side by Side 11

Sat 20 May Family Concert: 6 Search for the Starlight Squid Tue 23 May Voiceworks 11 Tue 30 May Family Day: 6 Chamber Challenge Thu 1 Jun

RNIB Family Day 7

Wed 12 Jul Key Stage 2 Schools Concert: 8 My Iris Mon 17 Jul Chamber Tots: Bear Hunt Mon 24 Jul Musical Portraits commences

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Early Years For Crying Out Loud! Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and their babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Tuesday 9 May 11.00am – 11.45am 12.30pm – 1.15pm Thursday 15 June 11.00am – 11.45am 12.30pm – 1.15pm Adults £7.50 (babies come free!) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Chamber Tots Interactive music-making sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, presented by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging chamber ensembles. First Time Booker Offer: Not booked for Chamber Tots before? Buy your tickets for half price, either by phone or in person.

Bear Hunt

Friday 12 May 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years) Monday 17 July 12.30pm (1 – 2 years) & 2.00pm (3 – 5 years)

Minibeasts

Wednesday 7 June 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years) Wednesday 28 June 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years)

Dinosaurs

Tuesday 4 July 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years) All workshops are 1 hour in duration Maximum 3 child, 2 adult tickets per booking Children £5 Adults £3

Photograph © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Families Saturday 20 May 11.00am – 12 noon

Photograph © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Thursday 1 June 11.00am – 4.00pm

Saturday 1 July 10.30am – 3.30pm

Family Concert: Search for the Starlight Squid

RNIB Family Day

Family Day: Museum of Music For ages 5 plus

For ages 5 plus

For blind and partially sighted children aged 6 – 12 years and their families

Be inspired by art and music at The Wallace Collection and Wigmore Hall, and create your own masterpieces inspired by gold in this interactive multi-sensory workshop for blind and partially sighted children and their families. For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2273.

Children £10 Adults £15

Dive down into the deep blue sea and join the Lawson Piano Trio and presenter Jessie Maryon Davies for an aquatic adventure to find the starlight squid! This underwater journey features music from works by Sibelius to sea shanties, and even a stormy piece created by you, the audience. Children £8 Adults £10

Tuesday 30 May 10.30am – 3.30pm

Family Day: Chamber Challenge For ages 5 plus

Free (application required)

Discover the hidden gems at the Royal Academy of Music Museum with Academy students and workshop leader Hannah Opstad. Blow away the dust, get up close to the museum’s treasures, and write your very own music to perform at Wigmore Hall at the end of the day. In partnership with Royal Academy of Music

In partnership with RNIB and The Wallace Collection

Join music leader Julian West and the Wigmore Hall Learning / Open Academy Fellowship Ensemble, Cavendish Winds, on a marvellous music-making adventure. Take your seat within your very own chamber ensemble, create your own brand new pieces of music and perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage. Children £10 Adults £15 6

In the Community…

Schools Wednesday 12 July 11.00am – 12 noon

Key Stage 2 Schools Concert : My Iris

Photograph @ Morag Galloway

Tuesday 25 April 11.00am – 12 noon

SEN Schools Concert: Juice

Explore the voice alongside vocal ensemble Juice and presenter Sam Glazer in this dynamic and engaging concert. Expect a wide range of classical, contemporary and folk music, with lots of audience participation including singing and body percussion. This concert is ideal for SEN students of all ages and bookers will receive a teachers’ resource pack in advance of the concert.

£3.50 Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240 8

This is Trish Clowes’s jazz organ quartet with a twist! Come and experience music that conjures vivid colour and imagery, with links to literature and history, in this concert presented by Pete Letanka. Trish’s pieces juxtapose startling melodies and ethereal whispers with intricate textures and earthy grooves. This concert is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the school year.

£3.50 Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240

Chamber Zone

Free concert tickets and pre-concert workshops for school groups – for more information about workshops contact the Learning department on learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk or 020 7258 8240. See pages 12–15 for forthcoming concerts.

As our second year of the Partner Schools Programme draws to a close, we look back on a year of innovative, inspiring projects created in partnership with children, teachers, schools and Music Education Hubs… … Year 1 children at Lansbury Lawrence Primary School in Tower Hamlets visited Mudchute Farm with music technology specialist Gawain Hewitt, and made a farmyard piece and graphic 3D score with recorded sounds from the farm. … Year 1 and 2 children at Flora Gardens Primary School in Hammersmith and Fulham created their own music and art in response to The Hive at Kew Gardens, a structure that encapsulates the story of the honey bee through an immersive sound and visual experience. … This term Year 4 and 5 children at Risley Avenue Primary School in Haringey will be working with a writer and musician to write a new piece inspired by Wigmore Hall, which will then be reimagined into dance and artworks by their fellow students. ... Years 2 – 6 at Harold Court Primary School in Havering have been working with internationally renowned music educationalist Paul Griffiths on a creative composition project linked to their curriculum topic.

Workshops and Training Bring Wigmore Hall Learning to your classroom with interactive workshops linked to concerts. Workshops are available for all key stages and we work closely with your school to tailor the session in order to meet the needs of your pupils and your scheme of work.

We offer workshops linked to:

• Chamber Zone concerts (free) See pages 12–15 for forthcoming concerts • Schools concerts (there is a charge for these workshops, but they are free to SEN settings and subsidised for state schools)

Early Years Training Sessions in Your setting Wigmore Hall Learning can design bespoke early years music training sessions to meet the needs of your nursery, centre or school. For more information, email learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk or call 020 7528 8240.

Young People

Tuesday 23 May 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Thursday 27 April 5.30pm – 6.15pm

A concert for new works for voice

Young Producers Present : Zoë Martlew and Cato Langnes What happens when a group of young people programme their own concert at Wigmore Hall? What theme will inspire them? What music will they choose?

We’ll find out in this concert featuring Zoë Martlew and Cato Langnes, which explores cello and electronic contemporary music, featuring a range of composers from across Europe and the USA.

Voiceworks

Photograph © Richard Eccleston

Friday 19 May 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Side by Side

The Prince Consort and Students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/young-producers to find out more about this unique project.

Programme to include:

Wigmore Hall Learning is a proud supporter of Arts Award, and as part of this project our Young Producers work towards achieving their Silver Arts Award.

The Prince Consort is renowned for its imaginative programming, world-class performances and its original approach to commissioning new works. The ensemble is passionate about supporting the development of the next generation of singers and pianists.

Free (ticket required)

Supported by London Stock Exchange Group Foundation

Schumann Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138 Cheryl Frances-Hoad Invoke Now the Angels

For this project, members of the ensemble have worked with students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and ensemble perform side by side.

Now in its eleventh year, Voiceworks is a unique collaboration between writers, composers, singers and instrumentalists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, brought together by Wigmore Hall Learning. Free (ticket required)

Monday 24 – Thursday 27 July 11.00am – 3.30pm

Musical Portraits

Summer course for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders 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 Ceri Black at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or ceri@turtlekeyarts.org.uk. Free (application required)

In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

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Chamber Zone

Free concert tickets for 8 – 25 year-olds and school groups. School groups can also take part in free pre-concert workshops – see page 12–15 for details.

Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone for full details. Supported by the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust

Forthcoming concerts… Sunday 2 April 7.30pm Nikolaj Znaider & Piotr Anderszewski Janáček, Schumann, Beethoven Friday 7 April 7.30pm Jean-Guihen Queyras, Sokratis Sinopoulos, Keyvan Chemirani & Bijan Chemirani Programme to include György Kurtág, Lutosławski, Marco Stroppa Saturday 8 April 7.30pm Toby Spence & Julian Milford Britten, Poulenc, Tippett, Finzi

Monday 10 April 7.30pm Ensemble Plus Ultra Victoria, Lobo, Tejeda Friday 21 April 1.00pm Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Wolf Wednesday 26 April 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Sol Gabetta Programme to include Xenakis, Jörg Widmann, Ravel Thursday 27 April 7.30pm Milan Siljanov & Nino Chokhonelidze Schubert, Mahler, Schumann, Schoenberg Sunday 30 April 7.30pm Hagen Quartet Schubert, Beethoven Thursday 11 May 7.30pm Elias Quartet & Benjamin Frith Dvořák, Paul Newland, Schumann Friday 26 May 7.00pm Escher Quartet Haydn, Bartók, Grieg

Photograph © Benjamin Ealovega

Photograph: www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Wednesday 31 May 7.30pm

Saturday 1 July 7.30pm

Christopher Maltman & Malcolm Martineau Programme to include Ravel, Poulenc, Schubert

Doric Quartet & Alasdair Beatson Thomas Adès, Britten, Elgar

Friday 2 June 7.30pm

Thursday 6 July 7.30pm

Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Torleif Thedéen & Lucas Debargue Messiaen, Schubert

Andreas Ottensamer & José Gallardo Programme to include Weber, Mahler, Brahms

Saturday 3 June 7.30pm

Friday 7 July 7.30pm

Borodin Quartet Beethoven, Shostakovich

Louise Alder, Katie Bray, Anna Huntley, Clara Mouriz & Sholto Kynoch Schubert

Thursday 15 June 7.30pm Nicolas Alstaedt & Alexander Lonquich Beethoven Saturday 17 June 7.30pm Florian Boesch & Malcolm Martineau Schubert Sunday 18 June 7.30pm Quatuor Ebène Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel Tuesday 20 June 7.30pm Ensemble intercontemporain Programme to include Debussy, Berio, Franceschini Wednesday 28 June 7.30pm

Photograph © Benjamin Ealovega

Edgar Moreau & Pierre-Yves Hodique Programme to include Beethoven, Shostakovich, Paganini

Thursday 13 July 7.30pm Christopher Glynn, Allan Clayton & Sophie Bevan Programme to include Haydn, Britten, Vaughan Williams Thursday 20 July 7.30pm The Vijay Iyer Trio Jazz Series

Under 35s Scheme

No longer under 25? We now offer £5 tickets to under 35 year-olds. To view concerts in the scheme and for more information, visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/u35

Community Friday 7 April 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Music for the Moment

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

Wednesday 17 May 10.30am – 1.30pm

Isabelle Adams leads a day to celebrate the launch of our new community choir for families living with dementia. If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, please join us for a session exploring and creating music together followed by tea and coffee. Free (ticket required) In partnership with Westminster Arts

Wednesday 14 June 11.00am – 12 noon

Carers Week: Relaxed Concert Marcus Farnsworth baritone James Baillieu piano

We invite carers, and anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, to join award-winning musicians Marcus Farnsworth and James Baillieu for a diverse range of song, and to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee after the concert.

In the Community…

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to make music, no matter their background or situation. Our Music in Hospitals work aims to use music as a tool to improve wellbeing and community cohesion with young people in hospital settings across West London.

Dementia Awareness Week: Come and Sing

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

Friday 7 July 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Music for the Moment

Wigmore Hall Learning and its Associate Artists, Ignite, have been engaging children and young people at Chelsea Community Hospital School (CCHS) in creative music-making activities since 2008. CCHS delivers education for children and young people aged four to eighteen while they are in hospital, also providing places for some students who cannot access mainstream school due to their medical conditions or learning difficulties. In partnership with teaching staff, we lead creative music-making activity to enable young people across all four hospital sites to take part in inspiring music projects alongside professional musicians in order to build social inclusion and community, improve their experience of being in hospital as well as their well-being.

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Behind the Music Study Programme Thursday 20 April 10.00am – 4.30pm

Saturday 29 April 10.00am – 3.30pm

RNIB Study Day

Come and Sing: World Folk Music

Professional development day for blind and partially sighted musicians This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to explore pathways into the classical music industry and career development, including managing expectations in instrumental teaching. The day will include discussion, talks and the opportunity to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2273. Free (ticket required) In partnership with RNIB

Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring folk music, popular music, and other forms from around the world. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £25 Concessions £19

Photograph @ Nadia F. Romanini

Wednesday 3 May 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Sir András Schiff Masterclass

Sir András Schiff leads a masterclass working with outstanding students chosen by Sir András himself on repertoire closely related to the previous evening’s concert. Participants and their audience can expect to discover profound interpretive insights from one of the world’s great musicians, recently hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his ‘impeccable technique’, ‘intense concentration’ and ‘acute sense of being’. £20 Supported by an anonymous donor

Photograph @ Marco Borggreve

Sunday 7 May 6.00pm – 6.45pm

Artists in Conversation

Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, discusses her residency and life as a performer ahead of the evening concert, alongside journalist and presenter Tom Service. £4

Friday 2 June 9.45pm – 10.15pm

Artists in Conversation

Following her recital, Janine Jansen discusses the evening programme and her life as a performer alongside broadcaster and presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Free to concert ticket holders (no separate ticket required)

Saturday 3 June 2.30pm – 3.45pm

Alfred Brendel Lecture: Beethoven’s Last Sonatas

Beethoven’s late piano sonatas are the magnificent conclusion of a series of works that covered most of the composer’s lifetime. What happens when a composer creates three major works side by side? How can one define Beethoven’s late style? How do these works relate to Beethoven the man? How were these sonatas received, and what do they mean to us today?

Thursday 8 June 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 15 June 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 22 June 4.45pm – 6.00pm Thursday 29 June 4.45pm – 6.00pm

Monday 12 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm Wednesday 14 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm Tuesday 20 June 3.00pm – 6.00pm

Saturday 8 July 2.30pm – 3.45pm

Introduction to Music: Jazz

Wigmore Study Group: French Chamber Music

Alfred Brendel Lecture: On Playing Mozart

Led by Roy Stratford alongside saxophonist Katie Brown, this series explores the language of the music of jazz, its history, ethics and influence on twentieth-century symphonic music. Tackling questions such as ‘is jazz instinctive or learned?’, ‘what is improvisation and how do jazz musicians think about it?’, and ‘is all music really jazz?’, this series of talks unravels and explores this fascinating genre of music. Louis Armstrong said ‘if you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know… ’ let’s put that remark aside and do some digging! Series ticket price £30

Come and immerse yourself in the immensely rich world of French chamber music. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, French composers produced a vast array of masterpieces within this genre, ranging in style from the Wagnerism of César Franck’s Piano Quintet, the Viennese inspiration of piano trios by Saint-Saëns, the modal harmonies of Fauré’s chamber music, the neo-classical elegance of works by Debussy and Ravel, and the wit and pathos of late woodwind sonatas by Poulenc, to the unique musical language of Olivier Messiaen in his Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

In his final lecture of the season, Alfred Brendel explores the life and works of Mozart. How was the composer perceived by his contemporaries? How literally does one need to take his notation? How do his few works in minor keys compare to the many in major, and his concertos to his sonatas? £20

These afternoons are hosted by composer Julian Philips with pianist Laura Roberts, alongside invited guest speakers and students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by Ensemble intercontemporain on 20 June.

Join master pianist Alfred Brendel to explore these fascinating questions. £20 20

Booking Information

Public booking opens on Tuesday 7 February

(booking for schools concerts already open) We recommend early booking for Chamber Tots and Behind the Music events.

Wigmore Hall Box Office 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Tel: 020 7935 2141

Car Parking Online Bookings Online booking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and you can select your own seat.

Booking Fee Schools concerts and events with a ticket price of more than £4 incur a £1 booking fee.

Tickets for Children and Concessions

Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Where a concession ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed. A child is anyone under the age of 16.

Box Office Hours

Restaurant

7 days a week: 10.00am – 8.30pm Days without an evening concert: 10.00am – 5.00pm No advance booking during the 30 minutes prior to performance.

Telephone Bookings 7 days a week: 10.00am – 7.00pm Days without an evening concert: 10.00am – 5.00pm

Postal Bookings Please make cheques payable to Wigmore Hall with the amount left open but stating an upper limit. Tickets will then be sent by post.

Full information about restaurant opening hours can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292.

There is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore event participants and ticket-buyers a 50% discount on their parking when using the Cavendish Square (Q Park Oxford Street) car park. Please contact Box Office or visit our website for further details.

Disabled Access and Facilities

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

Facilities for Families

For full details on access and facilities contact us on access@wigmore-hall.org.uk or 020 7935 2141.

There is space to leave buggies and scooters as well as baby-changing.

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

Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

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

This brochure is available in alternative formats. Please contact the Box Office if this would be of assistance to you. Telephone: 020 7935 2141 Email: access@wigmore-hall.org.uk Information in this brochure was correct at the time of printing. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

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