Wigmore Hall Concert Diary July 2014

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary JULY 2014

Amjad Ali Khan Inside: L’Arpeggiata Django Bates Belovèd The Cardinall’s Musick Lucy Crowe Mahan Esfahani Christiane Karg Garrick Ohlsson Anne Sofie von Otter Mark Padmore Simon Trpc˘eski And many more

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Benjamin Ealovega

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TUESDAY 1 JULY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Benjamin Ealovega

Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata in Bb Op. 36 Bridge Pensiero; Allegro appassionato Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. Antoine Tamestit) Rebecca Clarke Sonata for viola and piano

Eric Larrayadieu

Antoine Tamestit viola Roger Vignoles piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

It was the experience of hearing Bach’s Cello Suites during childhood that led Antoine Tamestit to switch from violin to viola lessons. The French artist’s rich sound and total Antoine Tamestit Roger Vignoles commitment in performance have helped revise attitudes towards his instrument, attracting composers to write new works for him and broadening the audience for viola recitals with his extraordinary repertoire range.

Supported by The Tertis Foundation

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Mozart Suite K399; Praeambulum K deest; Gigue in G K574; Piano Sonata in A K331 Mahler/Tharaud Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Schubert 4 Impromptus D899

Marco Borggreve

Alexandre Tharaud piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Schubert’s ineffable Impromptus of 1827, miniatures that span a near-infinite range of expression, have become part of Alexandre Tharaud’s artistic DNA. The French pianist’s incandescent interpretation of the C minor Impromptu helped establish the intense focus of Michael Haneke’s Oscar-winning Amour. He prefaces the Impromptus with his arrangement of Mahler’s Adagietto, originally written as a wordless love song for the composer’s beautiful wife, Alma.

RNIB Study Day Professional development day for blind and partially sighted musicians This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to develop their skills in choral leadership. The day will include talks, practical sessions and the opportunity to work with an experienced choir on the Wigmore Hall stage.

Free (application required) www.benjaminharte.co.uk

THURSDAY 3 JULY 10.00 AM – 6.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Alexandre Tharaud

For more information and to book please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or mas@rnib.org.uk

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THURSDAY 3 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Marco Borggreve

Lucy Crowe soprano Anna Tilbrook piano Schubert Der Fluss; Am See; Nähe des Geliebten; An den Mond (D193); Nacht und Träume Sibelius Luonnotar Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Head The singer; Nocturne; On the wings of the wind; The ships of Arcady; Beloved Folksongs from the British Isles: The Ash Grove (arr. Britten); The Salley Gardens (arr. Britten); The lark in the clear air (arr. Tate); She moved thro’ the fair (Trad/Irish); She’s like the swallow (arr. Britten) Walton A Song for the Lord Mayor’s table

Patrick Allen

£15 £20 £25 £30

Lucy Crowe

Anna Tilbrook

With the bell-like clarity and great dexterity of her voice, Lucy Crowe has entranced critics and audiences alike in opera and in concert. Her programme moves from the world of Schubert’s songs to a group of pieces rich in individual brilliance. Luonnotar, first performed at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester in 1913, projects a mighty Finnish creation myth, while Walton’s songs for the Lord Mayor celebrate the City of London.

FRIDAY 4 JULY 7.00 PM Song Recital Series

Anna Leese soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Tenor to be announced Jacques Imbrailo baritone Alisdair Hogarth artistic director, piano Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade; Rastlose Liebe; An den Mond; Heidenröslein; Erlkönig; Licht und Liebe; Ganymed; An die Musik; Die Forelle; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Der Wanderer; Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers Johann Michael Vogl; Suleika II; Suleika I; Der Musensohn; Der Zwerg; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Du bist die Ruh; Lachen und Weinen; Gebet; Nacht und Träume; Die junge Nonne; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Fischerweise; Im Frühling

Richard Ecclestone

The Prince Consort

£15 £20 £25 £30

The Prince Consort

Wigmore Hall regulars Alisdair Hogarth and The Prince Consort offer a banquet of Schubert’s best known songs. Their appetising programme also includes the composer’s Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers Johann Michael Vogl for soprano, tenor, baritone and piano, a high spirited, utterly charming celebration of one of the finest first interpreters of Schubert’s Lieder.

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FRIDAY 4 JULY 10.00 PM Late Night Series

Arto Tumila

Satoshi Aoyagi

Alfvén Skogen sover Stenhammar En positivvisa Alfvén Saa tag mit hjerte Monique Gabus Déploration pour une amie défunte (for solo cello) Fauré Clair de lune; Dans les ruines d’une abbaye Fauré Après un rêve (for cello and piano) Wagner/Liszt Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde S447 (for solo piano) Wagner From Wesendonck Lieder: Im Treibhaus; Schmerzen; Träume Songs by The Beatles

Ewa-Marie Rundquist

Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano Steven Isserlis cello Bengt Forsberg piano

£12.50 concessions £10

Anne Sofie von Otter

Steven Isserlis

Bengt Forsberg

Prepare for a late night treat in company with three artists fearless in their readiness to explore testing emotions and inhabit the soul of every work under their care. Anne Sofie von Otter’s empathy for the mental states of characters in opera and song brings vivid life to her interpretations, ideally suited to Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder.

Wigmore Lates FRIDAY 4 JULY 11.15 PM Late Night Series in the Wigmore Hall Bar

Free (no ticket required )

Philip Clouts Quartet Composer/pianist Philip Clouts ‘swings with rhythmic deliberation and a crystal sense of phrasing ’ ( Jazzwise). Join him and his Quartet for an evening of original compositions from their critically acclaimed new album ‘The Hour of Pearl’.

Wigmore Lates Philip Clouts Quartet

SATURDAY 5 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Nikolai Demidenko is recognised not only as a master of the Russian repertoire but also for his authoritative performances of composers as diverse as Chopin, Scarlatti and Weber.

The exceptional virtuosity of his playing and his huge dynamic range are allied to the rare poetry and spirituality of his interpretations.

Kirill Bachkirov

Nikolai Demidenko piano Chopin A Selection of Waltzes and Mazurkas Rachmaninov Corelli Variations Op. 42 Medtner Tema con variazioni; Dithyramb in E b Op. 10 No. 2

£15 £20 £25 £30

Nikolai Demidenko

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SUNDAY 6 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Trio di Parma Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Founded in 1990, Trio di Parma has performed everywhere from Berlin and Buenos Aires to St Petersburg and Santa Fe. The ensemble’s artistry draws formidable energy from the personalities of its individual members and their collective ability to develop deeply integrated interpretations, directed in this programme to two masterworks of the piano trio repertoire.

Trio di Parma

SUNDAY 6 JULY 7.30 PM Allegri String Quartet 60th Birthday Concert

The Allegri String Quartet returns to celebrate its 60th birthday, with a programme that includes a world première concert performance of a recently discovered ‘Quartett-Satz’ by Ludwig Thuille, a friend and contemporary of Richard Strauss.

Beginning the concert with Beethoven’s youthful Quartet Op. 18 No. 5, the Allegri is joined by guest violist Norbert Blume in Brahms’s G major Quintet.

Allegri String Quartet

MONDAY 7 JULY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Schubert Der Wanderer an den Mond; Im Freien; Irdisches Glück; Das Zügenglöcklein; Viola; Am Fenster; Sehnsucht; Wiegenlied; Bei dir allein!

There’s something about the tonal breadth of Mark Padmore’s voice and his instinctive understanding of the music of silence that enables him to travel far beneath the surface beauty of the works in his vast repertoire. He is joined by Julius Drake to perform a compelling combination of Schubert’s songs, including two of the composer’s late Refrainlieder: ‘Irdisches Glück’ and the fiery ‘Bei dir allein!’ of 1828.

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Marco Borggreve

Mark Padmore tenor Julius Drake piano

£12.50 concessions £10 Marco Borggreve

Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122 Thuille Quartett-Satz in A (world première) Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111

Benjamin Ealovega

Allegri String Quartet Norbert Blume viola

£15 £20 £25 £30

Mark Padmore

Julius Drake

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MONDAY 7 JULY 7.30 PM The Monday Platform

£10 £12 £16 £18

The Jubilee String Quartet John Savournin baritone James Young piano Janác˘ek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Poulenc Chansons gaillardes Wolf Verschwiegene Liebe; Das Ständchen; Der Tambour; Bei einer Trauung; Der Jäger; Nachtzauber; Seemanns Abschied Edwin Roxburgh A cycle of 2 songs (world première) Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 The Jubilee String Quartet

John Savournin

James Young

‘The Jubilee Quartet’s riveting rendition of Janác˘ek’s String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ … displayed gutsy vitality, impressively drawing out every ounce of drama and passion’.

‘A singer with a rich sound and ability to bring depth of meaning to what he sings’. John Savournin performs the world première of a song cycle by Edwin Roxburgh.

Presented by Musicians’ Company Concerts and Concordia Foundation Artists Trust

TUESDAY 8 JULY 7.30 PM Jazz Series

Django Bates piano Peter Bruun drums Petter Eldh double bass

Nick White

Django Bates Belovèd

£15 £20 £25 £30

Music by Charlie Parker and Django Bates ‘Bird Lives’ was the prophetic graffito seen on a NY wall soon after Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker’s death, and it continues to testify to the remarkable time-capsule from the future that was bebop. In this concert, Belovèd presents the compositions of Charlie Parker and Django Bates from its new album Confirmation. Bates’s originals stand in their own right, but also serve to recontextualise Parker’s lines, using the same rhythmic and harmonic signature that is brought to bear in his astonishing re-workings of such numbers as ‘Donna Lee’ and ‘Confirmation’.

Joshua Redman Jazz Series WEDNESDAY 9 JULY 7.30 PM

Django Bates

£8 £10 £13 £15

Students of The Yehudi Menuhin School This year’s graduating students and other pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School perform a varied programme of solos and chamber music for string instruments and piano.

The Yehudi Menuhin School Pictured right: Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School

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THURSDAY 10 JULY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Pre-Concert Talk L’Arpeggiata’s director Christina Pluhar introduces the ensemble’s Purcell programme and offers an insight into its unique approach which combines Baroque music with elements of folk and jazz improvisation.

THURSDAY 10 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Music for a while – improvisation on Henry Purcell Purcell ’Twas within a furlong of Edinborough Town from The Mock Marriage; Music for a while; Strike the viol from Come, ye sons of art away; An Evening Hymn; One charming night; A Prince of glorious race descended; O solitude, my sweetest choice; Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas; Here the deities approve; Wondrous machine! from Hail, bright Cecilia; Ah! Belinda from Dido and Aeneas; Hark! How the songsters of the grove from Timon of Athens; In vain the am’rous flute; Sound the trumpet; Man is for the woman made; The Plaint

Simon Fowler/ Virgin Classics

L’Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar theorbo, director Philippe Jaroussky countertenor

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For the final concert in L’Arpeggiata’s Baroque Residency this Season, countertenor Philippe Philippe Jaroussky Jaroussky joins Christina Pluhar and her mercurial period instrument ensemble, famed for their clever mix of Baroque tonalities fused with folk elements and jazz improvisations. Through this programme, which delves deep into the soundworld of Henry Purcell, the musicians promise fresh French perspectives on the work of ‘the English Orpheus’.

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2013/ 14 Wigmore Series

FRIDAY 11 JULY 7.00 PM London Pianoforte Series

Prodigious progress marked Lise de la Salle’s childhood years and propelled her towards a career that began in earnest in her early teens. The young French pianist, Artist in Residence at the Zurich Opera House this season, returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme of works central to her repertoire, including Ravel’s Miroirs with its vivid portraits of the composer’s fellow young artistic innovators.

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Marco Borggreve/ Naïve

Lise de la Salle piano Brahms Theme and Variations in D minor Schumann Fantasy in C Op. 17 Ravel Miroirs Debussy Préludes: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir; Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses; La fille aux cheveux de lin; La danse de Puck; Danseuses de Delphes; Ce qu’a vu le vent de l’ouest

£15 £20 £25 £30

Lise de la Salle

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FRIDAY 11 JULY 9.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Pre-Concert Talk An introduction to the late night performance of Olivier Messiaen’s iconic Quartet for the End of Time with musicologist and writer Nigel Simeone.

Music in the Shadow of War FRIDAY 11 JULY 10.00 PM Late Night Series

Satoshi Aoyagi

Bernd Noelle

Veronika Eberle violin Steven Isserlis cello Michael Collins clarinet Alexander Melnikov piano

£12.50 concessions £10

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps) Veronika Eberle

Steven Isserlis Marco Borggreve

Benjamin Ealovega

Before the first performance of his Quartet for the End of Time, given in Stalag VIII A in Silesia in January 1941, Messiaen gave a lecture to his fellow prisoners of war in which he explained the biblical inspiration for his remarkable new work. Four outstanding chamber musicians join forces to explore the universal significance and timeless appeal of the composer’s wartime work.

Music in the Shadow of War/Wigmore Lates

Michael Collins CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Alexander Melnikov

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 Charitable Trust

FRIDAY 11 JULY 11.15 PM Late Night Series in the Wigmore Hall Bar

Free (no ticket required)

Dorian Ford Trio A regular collaborator with artists such as Sebastian Rochford, Courtney Pine and Julian Joseph, Dorian Ford is a UK jazz favourite who brings an understated elegance and melodic flair to his performances.

Wigmore Lates

Dorian Ford Trio

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SATURDAY 12 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Christiane Karg soprano Wolfram Rieger piano Wolf Kennst du das Land; From Italienisches Liederbuch: Mir ward gesagt; Mein Liebster singt am Haus; Mein Liebster ist so klein; Ich ließ mir sagen; Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten; From Spanisches Liederbuch: Sagt, seid ihr es, feiner Herr!; In dem Schatten meiner Locken; Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero Falla 7 canciones populares españolas Duparc L’invitation au voyage Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Hahn From Études latines: Lydé; Vile potabis; Tyndaris Koechlin Chanson d’Engaddi; La chanson d’Ishak de Mossoul Poulenc Voyage à Paris; Montparnasse; Hyde Park; Hôtel Duparc Romance de Mignon

Gisela Schenker

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Wolf’s songs often penetrate emotional worlds within worlds, drilling down into the metaphors Christiane Karg and meanings conveyed by his choice of poetic texts to reveal what they tell us about human nature. Christiane Karg applies her experience as a dramatic interpreter of German Lieder to a dozen of the composer’s finest works before journeying in different directions with a series of songs inspired by travel, public landmarks and private retreats.

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 Charitable Trust

£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Alasdair Beatson piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 Bartók 3 Rondos on folktunes Sz. 84 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 Alasdair Beatson’s ever-inventive artistry is on display in this programme charged with echoes of folk music and reflections on instrumental music’s storytelling qualities. He opens with the Piano Sonata in A Op. 101, a milestone work in Beethoven’s late output, evocatively described by its composer as ‘a series of impressions and reveries’.

SUNDAY 13 JULY 4.00 PM Song Recital Series

Alasdair Beatson

baritone

Rachmaninov Oh stay, my love; I have grown fond of sorrow; Brooding; I came to her; Night is mournful; Oh, do not grieve; She is as lovely as the noon; Fate; There are many sounds; On the death of a linnet; Before the icon; The ring; The raising of Lazarus; Christ is risen; To the children; All things pass by; It cannot be; Music; Were you hiccoughing, Natasha?

Askonas Holt

£12.50 concessions £10 Lukasz Rajchert

Justina Gringyte mezzo-soprano Andrey Zhilikhovsky Iain Burnside piano

Giorgia Bertazzi

SUNDAY 13 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Justina Gringyte

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Iain Burnside’s Rachmaninov Song Series ties in with the release of his complete recordings, made in company with outstanding young Russian-speaking artists, of the composer’s deeply moving works for voice and piano.

Rachmaninov Song Series

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SUNDAY 13 JULY 7.30 PM

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Amir Katz piano Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15; Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14; Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Amir Katz is a prolific prizewinner in international piano competitions, gaining First Prize in the Maria Canals (Barcelona), Robert Casadesus (Cleveland), Viotti Valsesia (Italy), and International Schubert (Dortmund). He has played all over the world, including at Alice Tully Hall (New York), at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), Tonhalle (Zurich), and in concert in Japan and China. Among the orchestras he has worked with are the Munich Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd Sponsored by Beaux Arts Productions

Amir Katz

MONDAY 14 JULY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor Op.114 Bruch Eight pieces Op. 83 (Nos. 2, 6 & 7) (arr. for 2 clarinets and piano) Schumann 6 pieces in canonic form Op. 56 (Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 5); Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Mendelssohn Konzertstück in F minor Op. 113

Kaupo Kikkas

Sabine Meyer clarinet Reiner Wehle clarinet Wolfgang Meyer clarinet

Kalle Randalu piano

Marion Koell/ Avi-music

Trio di Clarone clarinet trio

£12.50 concessions £10

Kalle Randalu

Trio di Clarone

Technological advances in instrument making opened the way for the clarinet to play a prominent part in the development of 19th-century music. Mendelssohn helped set the way with his works for clarinet, basset horn and piano, created in 1832 with the talents of his good friend Heinrich Baermann in mind. The Trio di Clarone’s lunchtime programme also includes Schumann’s ‘Fantasy Pieces’, crowned by a thrilling test of virtuosity for the clarinettist.

MONDAY 14 JULY 7.30 PM The Monday Platform

Schumann/Debussy 6 studies in canonic form Op. 56 Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Bach/Kurtág Chorales György Kurtág Játékok (selection) Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel

Kaupo Kikkas

Kaupo Kikkas

Morgan Pearse baritone James Baillieu piano Françoise-Green Piano Duo: Antoine Françoise and Robin Green

£10 £12 £16 £18

Morgan Pearse

James Baillieu

Australian baritone Morgan Pearse, 2013 ROSL Annual Music Competition Gold Medallist, joins an illustrious alumni of past ROSL prize-winning singers including Keith Lewis, Jean Rigby, Susan Bullock, Elizabeth Watts, Cheryl Barker, Gillian Keith and Lucy Crowe. The concert also features the 2013 ROSL Ensemble prizewiners, the Françoise-Green Piano Duo. Presented by the Royal Over-Seas League

Françoise-Green Piano Duo

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TUESDAY 15 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Couperin 26e ordre from Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin: La convalescente; Gavote; La Sophie; L’epineuse; La pantomime Bach From The Well-tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude and Fugue in D BWV850; Prelude and Fugue in C # BWV848; Prelude and Fugue in B BWV868; Toccata in F# minor BWV910 CPE Bach Sonata in B b Wq. 48 No. 2 Benda Sonata No. 4 in F Takemitsu Rain Dreaming CPE Bach Sonata in F# minor Wq. 52 No. 4

Marco Borggreve

£15 £20 £25 £30

Harpsichord recitals have acquired a magnetic audience appeal in recent years thanks to Mahan Esfahani’s pulsating performances and searching interpretations of everything from Byrd and Bach Mahan Esfahani to Ligeti and Takemitsu. The Iranian-born musician’s dazzling choice of programme provides the perfect platform for him to explore every nuance of his instrument and display the eloquence of his acclaimed artistry.

Westminster 100 A Community Chamber Performance 2.00 pm – Free (please book for this performance through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – Evening Performance £5 concessions £3

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WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 2.00 PM & 6.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Following the resounding success of Woodwose last season, this year’s Community Chamber Performance will again bring together over 140 people from across Westminster to perform together, alongside baritone Marcus Farnsworth and Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble, Ignite. As we commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War, this year’s piece will look back to Westminster 100 years ago, uncovering personal histories and stories, sensitively exploring themes of conflict and remembrance.

Supported by City Bridge Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust, The Andor Charitable Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

THURSDAY 17 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

£15 £20 £25 £30

James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano Schubert Rellstab Lieder from Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft; Kriegers Ahnung; Frühlingssehnsucht; Ständchen; Aufenthalt; In der Ferne; Abschied Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Schubert Heine Lieder from Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger James Gilchrist’s recital partnership with Anna Tilbrook has evolved over many years to produce entrancing interpretations of everything from Schubert and Schumann to scores written Anna Tilbrook and James Gilchrist specially for them. The tenor’s innate feeling for poetry and mature ability to distil the essence of poetic phrases into vocal expression promise to reveal fresh perspectives on aspects of love in two great song collections.

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FRIDAY 18 JULY 7.00 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series

Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Thomas Adès Arcadiana Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Chris Christodoulou

Cavaleri Quartet

£8 £9 £11 £13

Winner of the First Prize at the 2012 Hamburg Competition, the Cavaleri Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall having recently made its debut at Vienna’s Musikverein and completed a major tour of New Zealand and Australia. This is the quartet’s first appearance at Wigmore Hall since appointing Martyn Jackson as first violin, and the Cavaleris look forward to presenting this exciting and contrasting programme of Mozart, Adès and Schubert.

Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Supported by LankellyChase Foundation (Reg. Charity)

Cavaleri Quartet

FRIDAY 18 JULY 10.00 PM Late Night Series

Julian Bliss and his sextet recreate the irresistible energy and revolutionary invention of music by Benny Goodman, who reigned as undisputed King of Swing in the 1930s and 1940s. Bliss formed his ace band in partnership with pianist Neal Thornton three years ago. ‘We spent months listening to every version of each tune we could find, and putting together our own versions while still being mindful of the light and fun feel Goodman captured all those years ago,’ he recalls.

Thomas Rabsch

Julian Bliss & The King of Swing

£12.50 concessions £10

Wigmore Lates Julian Bliss

FRIDAY 18 JULY 11.15 PM Late Night Series in the Wigmore Hall Bar

American trumpet player Andre Canniere is one of the most exciting new jazz artists around. His 2012 debut album ‘Forward Space’ was given five stars in the Guardian and was described by Jazzwise as ‘One of the best debut recordings in a long time … a real gem’.

Sarah Palmer

Andre Canniere Group

Free (no ticket required)

Wigmore Lates Andre Canniere

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SATURDAY 19 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Simon Trpc˘eski piano Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Poulenc 2 Novelettes; Novelette sur un thème de Manuel de Falla in E minor; Improvisations Nos. 1, 3, 6, 13 & 15; Toccata from Trois pièces Poulenc’s Improvisations, written between 1932 and 1959, were inspired by everything from the music of Prokofiev to the haunting songs of Edith Piaf. Simon Trpc˘eski frames his choice of the composer’s playful pieces with the vibrant dances of Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales and Poulenc’s own Toccata, which echoes the yearning melody from his Improvisation No. 13.

SUNDAY 20 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Simon Fowler

£15 £20 £25 £30

Simon Trpc˘eski

£12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice Ruth Crafer

Wigmore Hall Debut

Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Oxana Shevchenko piano Beethoven 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Wo0. 46 Tchaikovsky Nocturne in C# minor Op. 19 No. 4; Pezzo capriccioso in B minor Op. 62 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Ligeti Sonata for solo cello Rachmaninov Vocalise Rostropovich Humoresque

Narek Hakhnazaryan seized hearts and minds in 2011 with his first prize-winning performance at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The young Narek Hakhnazaryan Oxana Shevchenko Armenian cellist, whose playing has been hailed by the Daily Telegraph as ‘a marvel of musicality and technique combined’, makes his Wigmore Hall debut with a programme comprising the turbulent emotions of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor and Mstislav Rostropovich’s Humoresque, a breathtaking study in perpetual motion.

SUNDAY 20 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Rachel Harris baroque violin Farran Scott baroque violin John Crockatt baroque viola Tatty Theo baroque cello Carolyn Gibley harpsichord Simon Desbruslais trumpet Nicki Kennedy soprano

Hayley Madden

The Brook Street Band

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Triumph over Tragedy Telemann Concerto in D for trumpet, strings and harpsichord TWV51:D7 Bach Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 Handel Cantata: O numi eterni (La Lucrezia) HWV145 Bach Cantata BWV51 ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’ Handel Trio Sonata in G minor Op. 2 No. 6 HWV391 Handel Let the bright Seraphim from Samson HWV57

The Brook Street Band

The Brook Street Band is counted among the most notable specialists in the music of Handel. ‘Triumph over Tragedy’, a programme of thrilling and virtuosic compositions from three titans of baroque music, explores every depth of emotion from despair and adversity to pure celebratory joy.

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MONDAY 21 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Opus 1

Sussie Ahlburg

Peter Donohoe piano

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Tchaikovsky Scherzo à la russe Op. 1 No. 1; Impromptu in E b minor Op. 1 No. 2 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 1 Bartók Rhapsody Op. 1 Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Schumann Theme and variations on the name ‘Abegg’ Op. 1 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1 Peter Donohoe

Almost forty years ago, the young Peter Donohoe broadened his cultural horizons with lessons at Budapest’s Bartók Seminar. He returned to the Hungarian capital in 1976 to win the special prize for Bartók performance in the city’s Bartók-Liszt Competition. This programme reflects the rich legacy of the pianist’s distinguished career, recalling his long association with Berg’s Sonata, Bartók and Russian music and his deep immersion in the soundworld of German Romanticism.

TUESDAY 22 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Chen Reiss soprano Charles Spencer piano The Nightingale and the Rose

Baldvinsson & Betz

Wigmore Hall Debut

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Purcell Sweeter than Roses Hahn Le rossignol des lilas Strauss Rote Rosen Krenek Die Nachtigall Berg Die Nachtigall from Seven Early Songs Schumann Meine Rose Brahms An die Nachtigall Bellini Vanne, o rosa fortunata Guastavino La rosa y el sauce Franck Roses et papillons; Le mariage des Chen Reiss roses Strauss Das Rosenband Schumann Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne Mahler Ablösung im Sommer from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Schubert Heidenröslein Rimsky-Korsakov Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Zeira Shnei Shoshanim (Two Roses) Fauré Les roses d’Ispahan Saint-Saëns Le rossignol et la rose from Parysatis Critics and audiences have responded warmly to the exquisitely beautiful voice and onstage charm of Chen Reiss. The Israeli soprano’s strong feeling for expressive communication, central to her artistic armoury, grew naturally from early studies in ballet. She makes her Wigmore Hall debut in company with pianist Charles Spencer, with whom she has forged a close duo partnership in concert and in the recording studio.

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Griffes The Lake at Evening Op. 5 No. 1; The Fountain of the Acqua Paola Op. 7 No. 3; The White Peacock Op. 7 No. 1; Scherzo Op. 6 No. 3 Smetana From Czech Dances, Book 2: No. 7: Hulán (Lancer); No. 2: Slepicˇka (Little Hen); No. 8: Obkrocˇák (Stepping Dance); No. 10: Skocˇná (Hop Dance) Garrick Ohlsson makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to perform a fascinating programme that includes Schubert’s ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy, a thrilling celebration of technical mastery, and the intimate impressions conjured up by Charles T Griffes’s piano ‘sketches’.

Paul Body

Garrick Ohlsson piano

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Garrick Ohlsson

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THURSDAY 24 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Denis Jouglet

Christopher Ainslie countertenor Matthew Wadsworth theorbo Kate Haynes cello

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Dowland I saw my lady weep; Lady if you so spite me; Weep you no more, sad fountains; It was a time when silly bees could speak Kapsberger Toccata arpeggiata; Passacaglia Monteverdi Ohimé ch’io cado, ohimé; Se i languidi miei sguardi Christopher Ainslie Matthew Wadsworth Purcell Music for a while; Fly swift, ye hours; By beauteous softness Visée Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande and Chaconne (from the Saizenay Manuscript, 1699) Purcell O solitude, my sweetest choice; In the black, dismal dungeon of despair; I see she flies me

Kate Haynes

Matthew Wadsworth’s imagination is alive to the humour and wit of early music as well as its drama and melancholy. The lutenist, always open to the spontaneity of making music in the moment, is joined by the young South African countertenor Christopher Ainslie, past winner of the Richard Tauber Competition and a present rising star.

Amjad Ali Khan sarod A homage to my father: Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan

£12.50 concessions £10 Dilip Bhatia

FRIDAY 25 JULY 7.00 PM Chamber Music Season

Indian classical music performed on sarod with tabla accompaniment.

Amjad Ali Khan has been revered worldwide as a master of the sarod since making his international debut in the United States over fifty years ago. His lute-like instrument, named literally for its ‘beautiful sound’, gives the distinctive tonal flavour to north Indian classical music. According to tradition, the Amjad Ali Khan sarod was invented by one of Amjad Ali Khan’s distant ancestors and perfected in the late 1700s by another member of the great musical dynasty. The Khan family has passed on its accumulated wealth of performance traditions from one generation to the next, with Amjad Ali Khan teaching his two sons Amaan and Ayaan from their childhood days.

FRIDAY 25 JULY 10.00 PM Late Night Series

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Amjad Ali Khan sarod Amaan Ali Khan sarod Ayaan Ali Khan sarod Sarod Legacy: the 7th Generation Sarod solos, duos and trios with tabla accompaniment.

Wigmore Lates

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Amaan Ali Khan, Amjad Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan

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FRIDAY 25 JULY 11.15 PM Late Night Series in the Wigmore Hall Bar

Free (no ticket required)

Dave O’Higgins Quartet Dave O’Higgins is a ‘dazzling post-bop tenorist with a magnificent range and a dramatic turn of phrase’ Guardian. His thirteen albums as leader have seen him perform throughout the world with style and panache, and he remains ‘a stunning player in the neo-bop vein’ Jazz Guide.

Wigmore Lates Dave O’Higgins

SATURDAY 26 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

The Cardinall’s Musick Andrew Carwood director

Dmitri Gutjahr

Final Evening Concert of the 2013/ 14 Season

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The Cardinall’s Musick 25th Anniversary Concert Byrd Laudibus in sanctis Parsons Ave Maria Tallis Sancte Deus Paul Crabtree The Valley of Delight Weelkes O Lord, arise Tomkins Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom Gibbons O clap your hands Victoria Alma Redemptoris mater Handl Mirabile mysterium Guerrero Regina caeli New commission to be announced (world première) Allegri Missa ‘Christus resurgens’ Guerrero Virgo prudentissima Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni

The Cardinall’s Musick

Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall’s Musick make a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to explore the glories of English and continental polyphony, opening with the madrigalian virtuosity of Byrd’s Laudibus in sanctis before moving to the chromatic twists and turns of Jacob Handl’s Mirabile mysterium and the austere beauty of Allegri’s eight-part Mass for Easter ‘Christus resurgens’. The Valley of Delight, completed following the tragic death of its composer’s brother in 2012, contemplates the dying of the light in music of devotional stillness and arresting simplicity.

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Catherine Leonard violin Hugh Tinney piano

Colm Hogan

SUNDAY 27 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Brahms Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata (Sonatensatz) Ravel Violin Sonata in A minor (Sonate Posthume) Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Telepathic empathy appears to flow between Catherine Leonard and her regular duo partner Hugh Tinney. Their choice of works spans a life-enhancing range of moods and musical expression, launched with the meteoric force of Brahms’s contribution to the collaborative F. A.E. Sonata and crowned by one of the noblest of all works for violin and piano, Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata.

Hugh Tinney and Catherine Leonard

MONDAY 28 – THURSDAY 31 JULY 11.00 AM – 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

For young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, experience the famous acoustic of Wigmore Hall and create some brand new music with professional musicians from Ignite, Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble. Finish by performing your very own pieces on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this four-day course.

For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and BBC Children in Need In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM

Opening Concert of the 2014/ 15 Season

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Sir Antonio Pappano piano Booking opens on 30 May

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Musical Portraits

Free (application required )

HOW TO GET HERE Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 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.

Buses

OX F O R D CIRCUS

A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking

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BOND STREET

There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (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 concert-goers 50% discount on their parking.

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