Wigmore Hall Concert Diary APRIL 2014
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott Inside: Sarah Connolly • Emerson String Quartet Ensemble intercontemporain • Andreas Haefliger Marc-André Hamelin • Christiane Karg Miklós Perényi & András Schiff Le Poème Harmonique • Joshua Redman And many more Box Office 020 7935 2141
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TUESDAY 1 APRIL 1.00 PM YCAT Lunchtime Series 2013/14
Bartosz Woroch violin Robert Thompson piano Poulenc Violin Sonata Strauss Violin Sonata in E b Op. 18
Kaupo Kikkas
Kaupo Kikkas
£8 concessions £6
Bartosz Woroch’s engagements this season include performances of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 in London and with Sinfonia Cymru, and Berg’s Chamber Concerto at the Poznan Spring Festival with the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014 he makes his USA debut at The Phillips Collection in Washington. Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for support from the Paul Woodhouse Fund and the Anthony Nesbitt Fund for this series
Robert Thompson
Bartosz Woroch
Marc-André Hamelin Passacaglia for piano quintet Dvorˇák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81 Ornstein Piano Quintet
£15 £20 £25 £30 Saverio Truglia
Marc-André Hamelin piano Pacifica Quartet
Sim Canetty-Clarke
TUESDAY 1 APRIL 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series/ Chamber Music Season
Composer-pianists, once the norm, occupy a small but remarkable minority today. Marc-André Hamelin’s Passacaglia serves as the ideal companion to Dvorˇák’s Piano Quintet in A Op. 81, recognised among the genre’s masterworks. Marc-André Hamelin Pacifica Quartet The Pacifica Quartet and Hamelin turn to Leo Ornstein’s enchanting Piano Quintet of 1927, a monumental work brimming with scintillating energy, strong echoes of Jewish cantorial chant and vivid emotions. Marc-André Hamelin Artist in Residence WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 7.30 PM Rosenblatt Recitals 2013/14 Philipp Rohner
Antonio Poli tenor Jan Philip Schulze piano Beethoven Wonne der Wehmut; Freudvoll und leidvoll R. Schumann Geisternähe C. Schumann Liebst du um Schönheit Tchaikovsky Don Juan’s Serenade; Amid the din of the ball; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Rachmaninov The Dream; The Migrant Wind; In my Garden at Night Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin Respighi Pioggia; Nebbie; In alto mare Tosti Ideale; Marechiare Massenet Pourquoi me réveiller from Werther Donaudy O del mio amato bene Cilea Lamento di Federico from L’arlesiana Rossini La danza
£12 £16 £22 £26
Antonio Poli
One of opera’s fastest-rising young stars, Italian tenor Antonio Poli received numerous plaudits for his appearances in Glyndebourne’s Falstaff in 2013, with performances in the Royal Opera House’s highly-anticipated Don Giovanni to come. Here in his London recital debut, Poli presents a thoughtfully balanced programme of Lieder, arias and romantic song. Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 10 February (Nino Surguladze), 1 March (Giuseppe Filianoti), 5 May (Dennis O’Neill) and 16 June (Dimitri Platanias). See Wigmore Hall website for more details.
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THURSDAY 3 APRIL 1.00 PM Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases
£12.50 concessions £10
Rachel Kolly d’Alba violin Christian Chamorel piano Franck Violin Sonata in A Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Ravel Tzigane – Rhapsodie de concert
CD Launch (Warner Classics) Swiss violinist Rachel Kolly d’Alba is considered one of the most talented Swiss musicians of her generation with a quality of vibrato that has been compared to great violinists of the past and her matching fire, temperament and musicianship Rachel Kolly d’Alba Christian Chamorel adding colour and life to her playing. That these qualities are being recognised in and beyond Europe is shown by her first concerto recording being voted Best Recording of the Year in 2012 by ICMA and her second concerto recording having already been nominated for the same concerto category for 2013 after its release in October 2012. Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited
THURSDAY 3 APRIL 6.00 PM
£6 or free with evening concert (separate ticket required)
Pre-Concert Event Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which exceptionally gifted young musicians collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers. This concert offers the chance to hear potential future stars at an early stage in their careers. Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)
THURSDAY 3 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Robert Cassen
Razumovsky Ensemble Sergei Krylov violin Oleg Kogan cello Bruno Canino piano
Riccardo Santangelo
£15 £20 £25 £30
Beethoven Piano Trio in E b Op. 1 No. 1 Schumann Phantasiestücke Op. 88 Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B b D898 Sergei Krylov
Oleg Kogan
Bruno Canino
Beethoven launched his Op. 1 piano trios with a ‘Mannheim Rocket’, the irresistible ascending arpeggio figure perfected by the court orchestra in Mannheim. The Razumovsky Ensemble balances the vigour of Beethoven’s early composition with the gentle elegance of Schumann’s four-movement piano trio, the Phantasiestücke of 1842. The concert closes with a great chamber music landmark, Schubert’s hauntingly lyrical First Piano Trio. Promoted by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)
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FRIDAY 4 APRIL 2.00 PM – 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Colin Currie Masterclass Colin Currie’s musicianship spans the gamut from his cultivated sense of sound colours and uncanny technical abilities to his charismatic stage presence. The Scottish artist, born in 1976, offers the fruits of his long experience as solo artist and ensemble leader to students from the London colleges in this masterclass session. ‘What really matters is that percussionists encourage the finest composers of all ages to create excellent repertoire’, he observes. Currie’s mission to develop the stock of first-class percussion pieces is sure to be reflected in the choice of works explored in this masterclass. Focus on Colin Currie
Marco Borggreve
£7 concessions £4
Colin Currie
FRIDAY 4 APRIL 7.30 PM
£12 £18 £22 £25
Kasparas Uinskas piano Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 Chopin 12 Études Op. 25 Debussy Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (Images Series 2); Ondine (Préludes Book II); Reflets dan l’eau (Images Series I); Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 36 For his fourth appearance at Wigmore Hall, the acclaimed Lithuanian pianist Kasparas Uinskas presents a monumental programme: Brahms’s contemplative Ballades Op. 10 are followed by Chopin’s Op. 25 Études and a selection of Debussy miniatures is contrasted with Rachmaninov’s epic Sonata No. 2. ‘Breathtaking sensitivity that was absolutely magical’ Seen and Heard International New Musical Generation
Kasparas Uinskas
SATURDAY 5 APRIL 11.00 AM – 12.00 NOON Wigmore Hall Learning Event
For age 5 plus A percussion spectacular presented by charismatic young performer Colin Currie. Explore an incredible sound world from African rhythms to an explosive work for nine drums by Per Nørgård – make sure you come ready to join in as Colin might be looking for a bit of help with the performance!
Marco Borggreve
Colin Currie Family Concert
£7 Adults £5 Children
Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and The Andor Charitable Trust
Focus on Colin Currie
Colin Currie
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SATURDAY 5 APRIL 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
£3
Pre-Concert Talk Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson introduces the evening concert. Music in the Shadow of War SATURDAY 5 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
Nikolaj Lund
Observatoriet Simax Classics
Henning Kraggerud
Rachel Roberts Pilvax Studio
Joshua Bell
Nostalgia for lost worlds and the troubling sounds of modernity resound in the penultimate programme of the ‘Music in the Shadow of War’ series. Janác˘ek created his Violin Sonata in the summer of 1914, projecting images of impending military catastrophe and personal anxieties into his score. Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis explore the unrestrained emotional landscape of Kodály’s Duo before joining forces with their esteemed colleagues in Elgar’s Piano Quintet, written in the wake of the First World War.
Satoshi Aoyagi
Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a Janácˇek Violin Sonata Kodály Duo for violin and cello Op. 7 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Joshua Bell violin Henning Kraggerud violin Rachel Roberts viola Steven Isserlis cello Dénes Várjon piano
£18 £25 £30 £35
Steven Isserlis
Dénes Várjon
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Trust
Music in the Shadow of War £12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice
Tai Murray violin Ángel Sanzo piano Lalo Fantaisie originale Op. 1 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Strauss Violin Sonata in E b Op. 18 Tai Murray’s perceptive music-making places technical excellence at the service of emotional expression and subtle communication. The Chicago-born violinist’s artistry, described as ‘superb’ by the New York Times, arises from her desire to connect with and share the experience of our common humanity. She’s joined here by Spanish pianist Ángel Sanzo for a programme strong in musical and tonal contrasts.
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Julia Wesely
SUNDAY 6 APRIL 11.30 AM Coffee Concert
Tai Murray
Ángel Sanzo
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SUNDAY 6 APRIL 4.00 PM Song Recital Series Steven Haberland
Christiane Karg soprano Malcolm Martineau piano
Duncan Russell
£12.50 concessions £10
Erwartung Schoeck Nachruf Wolf From Spanisches Liederbuch: Die ihr schwebet; Führ mich, Kind nach Bethlehem; Ach, des Knaben Augen; Mühvoll komm ich und beladen Debussy Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire Schoenberg Erwartung; Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm; Erhebung; Waldsonne Strauss Leises Lied; Allerseelen; Befreit
Christiane Karg
Malcolm Martineau
Within a short span since making her debut, the beguiling young German soprano Christiane Karg has become a firm favourite with Wigmore Hall audiences. Her recital of songs in July 2012 with Malcolm Martineau, released on the Wigmore Hall Live label, received glowing reviews for its artistic vision and refinement. SUNDAY 6 APRIL 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series
Momo Kodama piano Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971 Toshio Hosokawa Etudes I – VI for piano (Nos. III – VI UK première)* Debussy Études Books I & II
Vincent Garnier
£15 £20 £25 £30
*Co-commissioned by Lucerne Festival, Tokyo Opera City and Wigmore Hall, with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Born in Osaka and raised in Germany, Momo Kodama studied with Germaine Mounier at the Paris Conservatoire before establishing her career in the 1990s. Her wide concert repertoire encompasses the great keyboard works of Bach and Beethoven and embraces exquisite new scores by Misato Mochizuki Momo Kodama and Toshio Hosokawa. This recital turns to the fertile ground of the keyboard ‘study’, opening with Bach’s three-movement concerto ‘after the Italian taste’, before charting the multi-layered soundworlds of Hosokawa’s entrancing Etudes. Contemporary Music Series MONDAY 7 APRIL 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 14 in F# Op. 142 Britten String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 Any serious survey of chamber music and its enrichment over the past four decades would be incomplete without ample discussion of the Emerson String Quartet. The New York-based ensemble, founded in 1976, was named after Ralph Waldo Emerson and upholds the great American philosopher’s commitment to individuality and freedom of expression. Those qualities are essential to the quartet’s profound interpretations of Shostakovich and belong equally to its approach to Britten.
Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Emerson String Quartet
£12.50 concessions £10
Emerson String Quartet
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MONDAY 7 APRIL 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
£3
Artists in Conversation Colin Currie in conversation with James Jolly, Editor in Chief of Gramophone magazine. Focus on Colin Currie MONDAY 7 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Marco Borggreve
Colin Currie percussion Carter Figment V for solo marimba Per Nørgård Fire Over Water from I Ching Toshio Hosokawa Reminiscence Bruno Mantovani Moi, jeu ... Dave Maric Sense and Innocence (world première of new version) Joseph Pereira New work for multi-percussion (world première) Rolf Wallin New work for solo marimba* (world première)
£15 £20 £25 £30
*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Colin Currie’s affinity with Elliott Carter was reinforced when the two Colin Currie men met and discovered a shared sense of humour. The bell-like sonorities of the composer’s brief Figment V, written in 2009 as a present for his teenage grandson, and Toshio Hosokawa’s hypnotic Reminiscence, contrast with the virtuosity of Per Nørgård’s I Ching-inspired Fire Over Water, the impassioned outbursts of Dave Maric’s flamboyant Sense and Innocence and the complexities of Rolf Wallin’s new score. Contemporary Music Series /Focus on Colin Currie TUESDAY 8 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
Beethoven ‘Razumovsky’ String Quartets Op. 59: No. 1 in F; No. 2 in E minor; No. 3 in C
Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Emerson String Quartet
£15 £20 £25 £30
‘Oh, they are not for you, but for a later age’, exclaimed Beethoven to a nonplussed early interpreter of his ‘Razumovsky’ quartets. The Emerson String Quartet, acclaimed for its passion, conviction and intensity in Beethoven, turns to these works almost two centuries after their publication to reveal their enduring creative freshness and astonishing range of invention. This concert will be approximately 2 hours 15 minutes in duration, with an interval
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Emerson String Quartet
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WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series
£15 £20 £25 £30 Marco Borggreve
Andreas Haefliger piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 14 No. 2 Berio Erdenklavier; Wasserklavier Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 Berio Luftklavier; Feuerklavier Schumann Fantasy in C Op. 17 Imaginative programming is central to Andreas Haefliger’s art. The Swiss pianist, one of a distinguished musical family, presents yet another compelling combination of works. His recital traces resemblances and points of departure that lead from Beethoven’s exquisite Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 2, via the composer’s intimate Piano Sonata Op. 109, to Schumann’s Beethoven-inspired Fantasy. Berio’s miniature encore pieces provide fresh perspectives on the programme’s main works.
Andreas Haefliger
THURSDAY 10 APRIL 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series
Rachel Brown flute Adrian Butterfield violin Oliver Webber violin Peter Collyer viola Katherine Sharman cello Cecelia Bruggemeyer double bass Laurence Cummings harpsichord `
Chris Christodoulou
London Handel Players
£15 £20 £25 £30
When Handel met Leclair Handel Overture & arias from Siroe andTolomeo Leclair Deuxième recréation de musique Op. 8; Violin Sonata in A Op. 2 No. 4 Handel Trio Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 5 HWV400 Leclair Flute Concerto in C Op. 7 No. 3 Jean-Marie Leclair, who died 250 years ago, was the first great French violinist and a fine composer. Adrian Butterfield and Laurence Cummings received critical praise for their world Members of London Handel Players première recordings of two of Leclair’s four books of sonatas. This concert recalls the musician’s only visit to London in 1728, opening with music from Handel’s operas from the same year, Siroe and Tolomeo. FRIDAY 11 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Marco Borggreve
St. Lawrence String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in E b Op. 20 No. 1 Verdi String Quartet in E minor Osvaldo Golijov Qohelet Haydn String Quartet in D Op.71 No. 2
£15 £20 £25 £30
This intriguing programme celebrates Haydn’s seminal contribution to the string quartet genre. The Canadian ensemble also mines the lyrical depths of Verdi’s only chamber music work and offers its latest thoughts on Osvaldo Golijov’s Qohelet of 2012, inspired by eternal wisdom from the Book of Ecclesiastes. CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Trust
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SATURDAY 12 APRIL 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series
Vincent Dumestre director, theorbo Claire Lefilliâtre soprano Jean-François Lombard tenor Serge Goubioud tenor Geoffroy Buffière bass Lucas Peres bass viol Marouan Mankar-Bennis harpsichord, chamber organ
Guy Vivien
Le Poème Harmonique
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Anon Psaume In te Domine Speravi en faux bourdon Lalande Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres Charpentier Septième méditation Charpentier Neuvième méditation Lalande Miserere mei Deus Despite earning the Sun King’s approval during his lifetime, Michel-Richard de Lalande fell into obscurity Le Poème Harmonique following his death in 1726. Vincent Dumestre and his outstanding ensemble Le Poème Harmonique have helped revive Lalande’s music and rank it in company with works by his near-contemporary Marc-Antoine Charpentier. This concert marks the eve of Holy Week with a programme of sacred meditations and reflections on Christ’s Passion. This concert will be approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration, without an interval
SUNDAY 13 APRIL 11.30 AM Coffee Concert
Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op.18 No. 4 Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 11 in C Op. 61
Marco Borggreve
St. Lawrence String Quartet
£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice
Two favourite works for audiences and performers alike form this programme. Beethoven’s C minor quartet, published in 1801, bristles with youthful energy, while Dvorˇák’s work of 1881 draws inspiration from late works by Beethoven and Schubert.
St. Lawrence String Quartet
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SUNDAY 13 APRIL 4.00 PM Song Recital Series
£12.50 concessions £10 Christian Kaufmann
Wigmore Hall Debut
Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano Henning Ruhe piano Brahms Gypsy Songs: He, Zigeuner, greife; Hochgetürmte Rimaflut; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen; Lieber Gott, du weisst; Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze; Röslein dreie in der Reihe; Kommt dir manchmal; Rote Abendwolken ziehn Wolf Er ist’s; Das verlassene Mägdlein; Begegnung; Lied eines Verliebten; Verborgenheit; Nixe Binsefuss Britten Folk Songs: The Salley Gardens; Little Sir William; O Waly, Waly; The Minstrel Boy; The last rose of summer; Oliver Cromwell Haydn Scena di Berenice
Tara Erraught
Tara Erraught scored a spectacular international success at the Bavarian Staatsoper in 2011 when she stepped into the role of Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi at short notice. Her status among the most exciting of emerging artists has been underlined since with acclaimed appearances at the Vienna Staatsoper and the BBC Proms. The 27-year-old Irish mezzo-soprano makes her Wigmore Hall debut with a programme designed to complement her artistry’s tonal warmth and poetic refinement. SUNDAY 13 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
Felix Broede
Sussie Ahlburg
Vilde Frang violin Michail Lifits piano
£15 £20 £25 £30
Brahms Scherzo from F. A.E. Sonata (Sonatensatz) Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 Albéniz El puerto and Sevilla (arr. for violin and piano by Heifetz) Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano Expressive nuance and flexibility belong to Vilde Frang’s transcendent style of performance. The young Norwegian violinist, who made her concerto debut with Vilde Frang the Oslo Philharmonic and Mariss Jansons at the age of twelve, returns to Wigmore Hall to perform works guaranteed to display her all-encompassing emotional range and virtuosity. MONDAY 14 APRIL 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor S178 In a world confronted by the bewildering pace of change and distracting new technologies, Valentina Lisitsa has shown how modern media can connect vast audiences with art at its most profound. The Ukrainian-born musician has attracted over 55 million viewers to her YouTube channel, encouraging repeat visits with performances rooted in the great traditions of Russian pianism.
£12.50 concessions £10 Gilbert François
Valentina Lisitsa piano
Michail Lifits
Valentina Lisitsa
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MONDAY 14 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
*Co-commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, funded by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson in honour of Wu Han and David Finckel; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Christian Steiner
Benjamin Beilman
Paul Neubauer
David Finckel
David Shifrin
Christian Steiner
Beethoven Piano Quartet in E b Op. 16 Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Zhou Long New work for piano, clarinet, violin and viola (UK première)* Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15
Marco Borggreve
Benjamin Beilman violin Paul Neubauer viola David Finckel cello David Shifrin clarinet Inon Barnatan piano Wu Han piano
Benjamin Ealovega
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
£15 £20 £25 £30
Inon Barnatan
Wu Han
David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, were named as Musical America’s Musicians of the Year in 2012 for their tireless contributions to cultural life at home and overseas. They return to Wigmore Hall in company with fellow CMS musicians for an evening of gilt-edged chamber music-making, complete with the UK première of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou Long and Fauré’s uplifting First Piano Quartet. Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Trust
Contemporary Music Series TUESDAY 15 APRIL 7.30 PM Song Recital Series
Johan Persson
£15 £20 £25 £30
Markus Werba baritone Gary Matthewman piano Schubert Winterreise Markus Werba returns to Wigmore Hall for an evening recital. The Austrian lyric baritone achieved international recognition with a succession of acclaimed interpretations for the Salzburg Festival, La Scala, the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera. His role debut as Beckmesser in Stefan Herheim’s acclaimed new Salzburg staging of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was described as ‘compelling’ by the New York Times. Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Supported by The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Trust This concert will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval
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Markus Werba
Gary Matthewman
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WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
£3
Christophe Rousset in conversation with music critic Michael White. WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Ignacio Barrios Martinez
Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord, organ Amel Brahim-Djelloul soprano Judith van Wanroij soprano François Joubert-Caillet viola da gamba
£18 £25 £30 £35
Leçons de Ténèbres Charpentier Seconde leçon du jeudi; Septième répons après la première leçon du troisième nocturne; Cinquième répons après la seconde leçon du second nocturne; Second répons après la seconde leçon du premier nocturne Couperin Trois Leçons de Ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint Among symbolic acts associated with the Holy Week liturgy, one of the most Christophe Rousset dramatic concerns the snuffing out of fifteen candles during the Office of Tenebrae, the nocturnal service observed on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques evoke the ritual’s unique power and beauty through the Leçons de Ténèbres of Charpentier and Couperin – profound musical responses to words from the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Les Talens Lyriques Series THURSDAY 17 APRIL 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Ribalta Luce Studio
Ribalta Luce Studio
The English Concert Bernard Labadie conductor Roberta Invernizzi soprano Sonia Prina contralto
£18 £25 £30 £35
Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169 Vivaldi Stabat Mater RV621 Pergolesi Stabat Mater Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, an intense musical representation of the Virgin Mary’s Roberta Invernizzi Sonia Prina suffering at the foot of the Cross, is among the most exquisite of all 18th-century sacred works. Canadian maestro Bernard Labadie directs The English Concert and two leading Italian ladies in this performance, presented alongside Vivaldi’s expressive Stabat Mater setting and his equally striking Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro. The English Concert 40th Anniversary Celebration
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FRIDAY 18 APRIL No performances Box Office closed SATURDAY 19 APRIL 7.30 PM
Katya Apekisheva piano Scarlatti 3 Sonatas: in F minor Kk466; in E Kk380; in B minor K377 Janác˘ek In the Mists Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5
Jack Liebeck
£15 £20 £25 £30
Katya Apekisheva is one of Europe’s foremost pianists, in demand internationally as both a soloist and chamber musician. A finalist and a prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition, Katya has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras. ‘Astute colours and brilliant technique’ The Times Musica Universalis Artists
£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice
Danish String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op.131 Three Danes and one Norwegian collectively form the Danish String Quartet, BBC New Generation Artists for 2013 –15. The ensemble began life at a summer camp for young people, was nurtured at Denmark’s Royal Academy of Music and made its debut at the Copenhagen Festival in 2002. The New York Times selected its performance of Beethoven’s Op. 132 as a highlight of 2012, a fitting tribute to the quartet’s deep immersion in the classical repertoire.
Caroline Bittencourt
SUNDAY 20 APRIL 11.30 AM Coffee Concert
Katya Apekisheva
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Danish String Quartet
MONDAY 21 APRIL 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Schubert Notturno in E b D897 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 Schubert’s Notturno, dark and brooding in nature, makes a fine companion for Tchaikovsky’s mighty Piano Trio, written as a memorial work following the death of the composer’s close friend and champion, Nikolay Rubinstein. Trio Wanderer’s latest Wigmore Hall recital offers the chance to hear the empathic, almost telepathic understanding that exists between the celebrated French ensemble’s musicians.
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Marco Borggreve
Trio Wanderer
£12.50 concessions £10
Trio Wanderer
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MONDAY 21 APRIL 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series Benjamin Ealovega
Jonathan McGovern
James Cheung Kaupo Kikkas
Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Ablösung im Sommer; Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz Schoenberg Wie Georg von Frundsberg von sich selber sang Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Mendelssohn Altdeutsches Frühlingslied Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Urlicht; Scheiden und Meiden Strauss Cello Sonata in F Op. 6 Tchaikovsky Nocturne in C# minor Op. 19 No. 4; Valse sentimentale Op. 51 No. 6; Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Rachmaninov No prophet, I; When yesterday we met; She is as Lovely as the Noon; Oh stay, my love; Beloved, Let us Fly; The Isle; In the silence of the secret night
George Garnier
Jonathan McGovern baritone James Cheung piano Tim Lowe cello James Baillieu piano
£8 £9 £11 £13
Tim Lowe James Baillieu The programme includes Mendelssohn’s ‘Altdeutsches Frühlingslied’ and settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Mahler and Schoenberg, followed by Richard Strauss’s wonderfully buoyant and vigorous cello sonata, composed when he was just 19. We move to Russia for the second half and hear three Tchaikovsky pieces arranged for cello and piano, and a varied selection of Rachmaninov songs.
Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Supported by LankellyChase Foundation (Reg. Charity)
TUESDAY 22 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
Miklós Perényi and András Schiff turn to the musical heritage of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, connecting with its complex emotional legacy through the heartfelt melodies of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata and Kodály’s beguiling Sonatina. Brahms’s Cello Sonatas, both written in Vienna, bookend a remarkable period in the composer’s creative development and contain music of the utmost vitality and power.
Birgitta Kowsky
Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Kodály Sonatina Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99
Benjamin Ealovega
Miklós Perényi cello András Schiff piano
£18 £25 £30 £35
Miklós Perényi
András Schiff
Supported by the Chamber Music Circle All seats £18 students £10
Semi-Final of the Competition for the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2014 The annual auditions for the famous singing competition attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing, since no one can resist the challenge of spotting the stars of the future. Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund
Patrick Allen, Opera Omnia
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2.00 PM – 6.00 PM Kathleen Ferrier Award 2013
Pictured right: Natalya Romaniw, winner of the 2012 Kathleen Ferrier Award
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WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Marco Borggreve
Peter Warren
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Henk Neven baritone Malcolm Martineau piano
£18 £25 £30 £35
Songlives: Duparc Duparc Chanson triste; Soupir; Romance de Mignon; Sérénade; Le galop; Au pays où se fait la guerre; L’invitation au voyage; La vague et la cloche; La fuite; Élégie; Extase; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Sérénade florentine; Phidylé; Lamento; Testament; La vie antérieure Sarah Connolly
Henk Neven
Duparc’s finest songs sound as if they could have been written for Sarah Connolly. The British mezzo-soprano, recognised among the world’s finest, owns the tonal and timbral range, technical surety and the expressive insight required to do full justice to the composer’s refined mélodies. She is joined here by Henk Neven, another artist noted for the excellence and imagination of his song interpretations. Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Supported by The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Trust
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 7.30 PM Joshua Redman Jazz Series Jay Blakesberg
Joshua Redman saxophone Satoshi Takeishi percussion Scott Colley double bass Escher String Quartet
£15 £20 £25 £30
Patrick Zimmerli Aspects of Darkness and Light (world première)* *Commissioned by the Seattle Commissioning Club
The saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman returns for what promises to be a red-letter date in the 2013 –14 Season calendar. Patrick Zimmerli’s Aspects of Darkness and Light, a rich mix of jazz, classical and world music styles, blurs genre-defining boundaries to create a thrilling new listening experience. Joshua Redman
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 6.00 PM – 10.00 PM Kathleen Ferrier Award 2014
The annual auditions for the famous singing competition attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing, since no one can resist the challenge of spotting the stars of the future.
Maximilian Fuhrig.
Final of the Competition for the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2014
£18 £24 £28 £32
Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund Pictured right: Gareth Brynmor John, winner of the 2013 Kathleen Ferrier Award
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Gareth Brynmor John
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SATURDAY 26 APRIL – EDWIN ROXBURGH STUDY DAY Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor Wigmore Hall and the Royal Northern College of Music are delighted to focus on the distinguished composer Edwin Roxburgh in this unique study day. With a compositional career spanning half a century, Roxburgh has been at the forefront of British contemporary music as composer, conductor, scholar and as an exceptionally dedicated teacher. This study day offers the chance to hear Edwin’s beautifully crafted chamber music as well as to meet him in conversation.
10.00 am – 11.00 am Edwin Roxburgh Dreamtime for solo flute and string orchestra Edwin Roxburgh Cantilena for oboe and piano Edwin Roxburgh Soliloquy 4 for solo cello Edwin Roxburgh Homage to Debussy for piano duet
11.30 am – 12.30 pm Edwin Roxburgh in conversation with Anthony Payne. 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Edwin Roxburgh Clarinet Quintet Edwin Roxburgh Refractions for ensemble Edwin Roxburgh Elegy for oboe, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion Edwin Roxburgh A Garland for Jane for soprano and ensemble All tickets £5 concessions £3 (each event) or Day ticket £10 concessions £7 In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music
Edwin Roxburgh
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SATURDAY 26 APRIL 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series/ Chamber Music Season
Wigmore Hall’s ‘Tippett: A Retrospective’ draws to a close in fine style. Steven Osborne explores the composer’s one-movement Second Piano Sonata, partly influenced by the fantasy pieces of William Byrd and his contemporaries, and the flamboyant Third Piano Sonata of 1973, complete with loud echoes of Beethoven at his most driven. The Heath Quartet reminds listeners of the extraordinary late flowering of Tippett’s creativity with his String Quartet No. 5, completed not long after his 86th birthday. The piece reflects Tippett’s lifelong love for the music of Beethoven, not least in its formal similarities to the Hymn of Thanksgiving movement from Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor Op. 132.
Benjamin Ealovega
Tippett Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Tippett String Quartet No. 5
Steven Osborne Sussie Ahlburg
Steven Osborne piano Heath Quartet
£15 £20 £25 £30
The Spotlight on Steven Osborne Series is supported by Dunard Fund Spotlight on Steven Osborne /Tippett: A Retrospective Heath Quartet
SUNDAY 27 APRIL 11.30 AM Coffee Concert
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Janácˇek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Autumn de Wilde
Calder Quartet
£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice
The Calder Quartet ranks high among North America’s most innovative and adventurous ensembles. Those qualities are also present in Beethoven’s ‘Quartetto serioso’, written in the wake of a failed romance, and the ‘Intimate Letters’ quartet of Janácˇek, an ageing composer’s impassioned expression of love for his much younger muse.
Calder Quartet
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SUNDAY 27 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Franck Ferville
Odile Auboin
*Co-commissioned by Auditorium du Louvre, Ensemble intercontemporain and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Excellence, virtuosity and artistic fearlessness have hallmarked Ensemble intercontemporain ever since its foundation in 1976. Performed by a select team of EIC members, this programme explores the thematic correspondences and coincidences that connect Schumann’s late ‘fairy tale’ pieces to the introspective, aphoristic compositions of György Kurtág. Yann Robin’s Fterá, a tribute to his extraordinarily prolific fellow post-Boulezian, Bruno Mantovani, comes to Wigmore Hall fresh from its world première performance at the Auditorium du Louvre.
Alain Billard Aymeric Warmé-Janville
Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 György Kurtág Doloroso Yann Robin Fterá (UK première)* György Kurtág Message-consolation à Christian Sutter from Signs, Games and Messages Berg 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 György Kurtág Korál from Játékok; Hommage à R. Sch. Op. 15d
Aymeric Warmé-Janville
Ensemble intercontemporain Odile Auboin viola Alain Billard clarinet, bass clarinet Dimitri Vassilakis piano
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This concert will be approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration, without an interval Dimitri Vassilakis
Supported by Diaphonique
Contemporary Music Series
MONDAY 28 APRIL 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Patrick Allen
Mitch Jenkins
Toby Spence tenor Julian Milford piano
£12.50 concessions £10
Schubert Schwanengesang Schubert’s inexhaustible late masterwork inspired successive generations of Romantic composers to contemplate suffering and cultivate self-awareness in their music. Two outstanding English artists, long-term musical partners Toby Spence and Julian Milford, explore Schwanengesang’s compassionate contrasts of the everyday and the transcendent, its echoes of the past and intimations of the future.
Toby Spence
Julian Milford
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MONDAY 28 APRIL 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Eric Larrayadieu
Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset harpsichord, director Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano
£18 £25 £30 £35
Arias for Farinelli Broschi Son qual nave ch’agitata from Artaserse; Ombra fedele anch’io from Idaspe J C Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 Giacomelli Già presso al termine from Adriano in Siria Porpora Se pietoso il tuo labbro from Semiramide riconosciuta; Porpora Alto Giove from Polifemo Giacomelli Passagier che incerto from Adriano in Siria Hasse Overture to Cleofide Leo From Catone in Utica: Che legge spietata; Cervo in bosco
Nancy Glor
Les Talens Lyriques
Vocal display and dazzling melodic invention mattered to the composers enlisted for Christophe Rousset’s latest adventure with Les Talens Lyriques at Wigmore Hall. The Paris-based musicians, steeped in the historically informed performance of Baroque music, are in tune with the affective gestures at work in the music of unfairly neglected giants of 18th-century opera, the Neapolitans Nicola Porpora and Leonardo Leo not least among them. Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle
Les Talens Lyriques Series Ann Hallenberg
For Crying Out Loud! For parents and babies up to 1 year old A highly popular programme for new parents and their babies, with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Each lasting 45 minutes, parents can enjoy chamber music in an accommodating environment. Although the music will be appropriate for babies, these concerts are introduced for parents and are not interactive.
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TUESDAY 29 APRIL 11.00 AM repeated 12.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
£6 per adult – babies come for free
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Yo-Yo Ma
cello Kathryn
Stott
£35 £45 £55 £65 (Limit of two tickets per person) Todd Rosenberg
TUESDAY 29 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season piano
Stravinsky Suite italienne from Pulcinella Villa-Lobos Alma Brasileira (arr. Jorge Calandrelli) Piazzolla Oblivion (arr. Kyoko Yamamoto) Guarnieri Dansa Negra (arr. Jorge Calandrelli) Falla 7 canciones populares españolas Messiaen Louange à l’éternité de Jésus from Quartet for the End of Time Brahms Sonata in D minor Op. 108
Yo -Yo Ma’s visionary artistry speaks to new and existing audiences in fresh ways. Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott The American cellist returns to Wigmore Hall for the first time in over twenty years with a strikingly adventurous programme, presented in company with his regular duo partner Kathryn Stott. The recital’s first half comprises works influenced by the past, exploring how composers as diverse as Villa-Lobos and Guarnieri, Stravinsky and Piazzolla carried traditional forms into the modern world. Messiaen’s sublime ‘Louange à l'éternité de Jésus’ from his Quartet for the End of Time serves as a bridge into Brahms’s songful Sonata Op.108. Supported by Rothschild
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event
£3
Pre-Concert Talk Writer and broadcaster David Nice introduces the evening concert. WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F # minor Op. 108; String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110; String Quartet No. 9 in E b Op. 117
Felix Broede
Jerusalem Quartet
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Shostakovich’s string quartets stand as potent metaphors for the futility of utopian dreams and as memorials to those who suffered the extremes of Stalin’s state imposed terror, wartime horrors or the hopelessness that came with decades of Panglossian political delusion and harsh social realities. The Jerusalem Quartet continues its cycle of the composer’s deeply personal yet universal works. The final concerts in the cycle are on 1 & 3 May. The Jerusalem Quartet’s Shostakovich Cycle is sponsored by the Shostakovich Syndicate: Gwen and Stanley Burnton, Michael and Licia Crystal, David and Louise Kaye and Joe and Lucy Smouha
Jerusalem Quartet
Jerusalem Quartet Shostakovich Cycle
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Chamber Zone FREE CONCERT TICKETS AND WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust
Now including song concerts Chamber Zone offers 8 – 25 year-olds free tickets to 60 selected Wigmore Hall series concerts each season. This offer is available to individuals and schools. School groups can also book a supporting workshop which introduces and explores the concert repertoire. For details & concert listings see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone
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