July 2015
Janina Fialkowska INSIDE: Matthias Goerne & Menahem Pressler Marc-André Hamelin | Heath Quartet Angelika Kirchschlager | Igor Levit Gabriela Montero | O/MODӘRNT Quatuor Mosaïques | Carolyn Sampson and many more
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Wednesday 1 July 7.30 pm
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Carolyn Sampson soprano Heath Quartet Bach Chorale Preludes: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV731; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV662; In dulci jubilo BWV608 John Musto Another Place for soprano and string quartet* (world première) Webern Langsamer Satz Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2 in F # minor Op. 10 * Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Wigmore Hall’s Celebrating Carolyn Sampson series concludes in festive fashion with the world première of Brooklyn-born composer John Musto’s latest score for soprano and string quartet. Carolyn Sampson also joins the Heath Quartet in the haunting final movements of Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2, a work marked by a period of emotional turmoil in its composer’s personal life. £30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Sussie Ahlburg
Marco Borggreve
Song Recital Series/Contemporary Music Series/Celebrating Carolyn Sampson
Carolyn Sampson
Thursday 2 July 7.30 pm
Matthias Goerne baritone Menahem Pressler piano Schumann From Sech Gesänge Op. 89: Es stürmet am Abendhimmel; Heimliches Verschwinden; Herbstlied; Abschied vom Walde; Ins Freie; from Sechs Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem Op. 90: Meine Rose; Kommen und Scheiden; Die Sennin; Einsamkeit; Der schwere Abend; Requiem Schumann Variations on an original theme in E b WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Schumann Dichterliebe
Marco Borggreve
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Heath Quartet
In constant demand at the world’s leading concert halls and opera houses, Matthias Goerne made Matthias Goerne and Menahem Pressler headline news in March 2014 when he stepped into the title-role of Berg’s Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera at short notice, and went on to receive rave reviews for his account of Schubert’s Winterreise at last summer’s Aix-en-Provence Festival. The German baritone’s ability to express emotional states and conjure up tone colours that bring poetic texts to life are among the rare gifts in his artistic locker, comparable to those of the greatest Lieder singers of all time. We also look forward to a welcome return from legendary pianist Menahem Pressler, described by The New York Times as ‘a poet, time and again revealing unexpected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed’. Returns only
Song Recital Series
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O/MOD RNT MONTEVERDI IN HISTORICAL COUNTERPOINT Friday 3 July 7.30 pm – MONTEVERDI TO TANGO Friday 3 July 10.00 pm – MONTEVERDI MEETS JAZZ Saturday 4 July 1.00 pm – ORPHEUS GOES POSTMODERN Saturday 4 July 7.30 pm – ON THE LIMITS OF TONALITY: MONTEVERDI MEETS SCHOENBERG Sunday 5 July 3.00 pm – CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI – A THEOLOGIAN, MUSICOLOGIST AND PHILOSOPHER MEET! Sunday 5 July 7.30 pm – VOICES FROM AFAR Celebrating reflections of the musical past in the present, Hugo Ticciati’s pioneering O/MOD RNT festival at Ulriksdal’s Palace Theatre Confidencen in Sweden explores the relationships between the work of old composers and the artistic and intellectual creations of modern culture. O/MOD RNT, Swedish for ‘un/modern’, comes to Wigmore Hall to present Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint. For Leo Schrade, a leading scholar on Claudio Monteverdi, the great Italian composer was nothing less than the ‘creator of modern music’. Monteverdi’s revolutionary expressive style certainly changed the course of music four centuries ago. His radical and provocative spirit is celebrated at Wigmore Hall in five imaginative concerts and a round-table discussion. Monteverdi’s sensuous arabesques merge with the vibrant physicality of Argentinian tango; 400-year-old bass lines inspire extemporized jazz; Orfeo, the original modern Monteverdi image by Simone Kotva opera, is reinterpreted with a postmodern twist; Schoenberg’s tonal-atonal revolution is twinned with the Old Master’s modal-tonal paradigm shift; finally, Monteverdi’s aesthetic credo ‘music is the servant of the words’ resonates in contemplative works by Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Pe¯ teris Vasks.
Julia Zenko voice Hugo Ticciati violin Tango for 3 tango quartet
Fotografia Russarabian
Friday 3 July 7.30 pm
Sverre Indris Joner piano Per Arne Glorvigen bandoneon Odd Hannisdal violin Steinar Haugerud double bass Julia Zenko
MONTEVERDI TO TANGO
Hugo Ticciati Marco Borggreve
Amstel Quartet saxophone quartet
Monteverdi Movements from masses (in a tango style) Sverre Indris Joner Toque de Tango Monteverdi (arr. Sverre Indris Joner) Lasciatemi morire Grever Alma mia Piazzolla Renacere Blázquez Sin piel Monteverdi (arr. Sverre Indris Joner) Tango for 3 Hor che’l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace; Sí dolce è’l tormento; Lamento della ninfa; Pur ti miro from L’incoronazione di Poppea
Amstel Quartet
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval £30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. The Wigmore Hall Restaurant will serve dinner after the concert. Please contact the Box Office to make your table reservations.
Chamber Music Season /O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint
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Friday 3 July 10.00 pm
Svante Henryson Quartet Svante Henryson cello, composer Anders Jormin double bass Audun Kleive drums Jon Balke piano MONTEVERDI MEETS JAZZ A reinvention of Monteverdi in the spirit of Jazz All seats £15
Chamber Music Season/Wigmore Lates/ O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint
Jack Liebeck
Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Hugo Ticciati violin Meghan Cassidy viola Guy Johnston cello Henrik Måwe piano Amstel Quartet saxophone quartet Ederson Rodrigues Xavier dancer
Chris Gloag
Saturday 4 July 1.00 pm
Renata Pokupic´
Guy Johnston
Henrik Måwe
ORPHEUS GOES POSTMODERN Wijnand van Klaveren Orpheus Revisited Short opera/ballet based on the myth of Orpheus with music from Monteverdi, Philip Glass, Gluck and Wijnand van Klaveren All seats £15
Meghan Cassidy
Ederson Rodrigues Xavier
Chamber Music Season/ O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint Saturday 4 July 7.30 pm
Monteverdi Madrigals arranged for string quintet Schoenberg Phantasy Op. 47; Ode to Napoleon Op. 41; Verklärte Nacht Op. 4
Jennifer Stumm
Giorgia Bertazzi
Bartholomew LaFollette
Alasdair Beatson
George Garnier
ON THE LIMITS OF TONALITY: MONTEVERDI MEETS SCHOENBERG
Richard Lewisohn
Hugo Ticciati violin Jennifer Stumm viola Bartholomew LaFollette cello Doric String Quartet Alasdair Beatson piano Alexander Oliver reciter Graham’s Photographsy
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Svante Henryson
£30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, Alexander Oliver Doric String Quartet supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Chamber Music Season/O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint
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Sunday 5 July 11.30 am
John O’Conor piano Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33 Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960 John O’Conor, Artistic Director of the Dublin International Piano Competition, has been hailed for the boundless sensitivity, flawless touch and musical insights of his pianism. Studies with Wilhelm Kempff and first prize at the 1973 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna prepared the way for the Irish musician’s distinguished international career. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice John O’Conor
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Sunday 5 July 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Study Afternoon CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: A THEOLOGIAN, MUSICOLOGIST AND PHILOSOPHER MEET! At the turn of the sixteenth century, the cusp of what historians have since called ‘the modern era’, Monteverdi posed the perennial question of every artist: how do my creations relate to those of past masters? How does innovation relate to imitation? Such questions will spark the imagination of our highly distinguished panel of speakers, including Professor John Milbank, Professor Alexander Goehr, Dr Simone Kotva and Hugo Ticciati. £12 concs £8
Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint
Portrait of Monteverdi by B. Strozzi, c.1630
Felix Broede
Hugo Ticciati violin Leonard Elschenbroich cello Voces8 and Friends
Marco Borggreve
Sunday 5 July 7.30 pm
VOICES FROM AFAR Monteverdi Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata Arvo Pärt Magnificat Pe¯teris Vasks Plainscapes Improvisations for solo violin Arvo Pärt Dopo la Vittoria Tavener Svyati
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Leonard Elschenbroich
Paul Stuart /Decca Classics
£30 £25 £20 £15
Hugo Ticciati
Chamber Music Season/ O/MODӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint
Voces8
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Britten Cello Suite No. 1 Op. 72 Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012
Marco Borggreve
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello First performed fifty years ago by Mstislav Rostropovich at the Aldeburgh Festival, the nine continuous sections of Britten’s First Cello Suite make massive technical and emotional demands on the soloist. Jean-Guihen Queyras journeys through the work before turning to the last of Bach’s Cello Suites, which Rostropovich aptly described as ‘a symphony for cello’. £13 concs £11
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Jean-Guihen Queyras
The Brook Street Band Rachel Harris baroque violin Farran Scott baroque violin Nichola Blakey baroque viola Tatty Theo baroque cello Carina Cosgrave baroque bass Alexandra Bellamy baroque oboe Carolyn Gibley harpsichord, chamber organ
Kate Mount
Monday 6 July 7.30 pm
Matthew Brook bass-baritone HEAVEN AND EARTH Handel Concerto for oboe and strings in G minor HWV287 Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 Handel Cantata: Dalla guerra amorosa HWV102a Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 Handel Trio Sonata in G minor HWV393 Bach Cantata BWV82 ‘Ich habe genug’ The Brook Street Band
Bach’s sacred cantata ‘Ich habe genug’ is central to this programme encompassing love and destiny, both earthbound and celestial. Bach and Handel’s sublime music explores this theme, through both composers’ understanding of the pains and delights of the human condition, expressed through the power and beauty of their music.
Richard Shymansky
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Monday 6 July 1.00 pm
£30 £25 £20 £15
Early Music and Baroque Series
Matthew Brook
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Tuesday 7 July 6.00 pm
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Artists in Conversation Wigmore Hall Composer in Residence Julian Anderson in conversation with Augusta Read Thomas before the performance by Aurora Orchestra and Claire Booth, which includes music by both composers. £4
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Sven Arnstein
Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Julian Anderson Poetry Nearing Silence Augusta Read Thomas New work for voice and ensemble* (world première) Sir Harrison Birtwistle Tragoedia
Claire Booth
* Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
Augusta Read Thomas John Batten
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon conductor Claire Booth soprano
Michael Lutch
Tuesday 7 July 7.30 pm
Julian Anderson has programmed a concert of compelling reflections on the music of poetry and the poetry of music. Aurora Orchestra opens with the rhythmic intensity of Stravinsky’s Concertino for string quartet and includes Anderson’s own Poetry Nearing Silence, an eight-movement suite inspired by the drawings and poems of Tom Phillips. Claire Booth is soloist in the world première of Augusta Read Thomas’s new work. £30 £25 £20 £15
Simon Weir
Chamber Music Season/Julian Anderson Composer in Residence/ Contemporary Music Series
Nicholas Collon and Aurora Orchestra
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Julian Anderson
Sing a Story
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Wednesday 8 July 11.00 am – 12 noon Repeated 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
RECEPTION – YEAR 2 SCHOOLS CONCERT All aboard the Sing a Story train for a journey through songs and stories with presenter John Webb, actor Charlotte Mafham and a cast of marvellous musicians who will bring both well-known and new stories to life. Learn the songs with our interactive resource pack and you’ll be ready to join in on the day! £3.50 Book through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240
Wigmore Hall’s Schools programme is supported by The Monument Trust, John Lyon’s Charity and The Loveday Charitable Trust
Wigmore Hall Learning Event Wednesday 8 July 7.30 pm
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 works for string instruments and piano. £15 £13 £10 £8 The Yehudi Menuhin School
Pictured right: The Yehudi Menuhin School Leavers
Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo-soprano Helmut Deutsch piano Tchaikovsky We sat together; To forget so soon; The fires in the room were already out; Do not ask; If only I had known; It was in the early spring; Night; Does the day reign? Musorgsky What are words of love to you?; Forgotten; Night; Gopak; The magpie; Hebrew song; Eremushka’s lullaby; A society tale: The goat Rachmaninov In the silence of the secret night; She is as lovely as the noon; On the death of a linnet; Christ is risen; Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Here it’s so fine; Spring waters
Sheila Rock
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Thursday 9 July 7.30 pm
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Helmut Deutsch
Russian composers created a remarkable legacy of romances, art songs influenced by the spirit of nostalgia and passion of the Slavic soul. Ekaterina Semenchuk, one of today’s leading mezzo-sopranos, presents an inspired selection of works from her homeland, complete with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Night’, a series of Musorgsky’s spirited songs, and Rachmaninov’s heart-breaking ‘Christ is risen’. £35 £30 £25 £18
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series
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Gabriela Montero piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 Gabriela Montero Improvisations
Rob Stothard
Friday 10 July 7.00 pm NB Starting time
Gabriela Montero’s heartfelt performances arise, above all, from a powerful desire to communicate directly with her audience. She is heir to the great tradition of keyboard improvisation, an art once common but now exceptionally rare among classical performers. Her programme’s second half will be created in the moment in the styles of various composers, with shades of Schubert and Schumann no doubt appearing in her improvisations. £35 £30 £25 £18
London Pianoforte Series
Gabriela Montero
Friday 10 July 10.00 pm
Anthony Marwood violin James Crabb accordion Graham Mitchell double bass Traditional (Scottish) Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow/Struan Robertson’s Rant (arr. James Crabb) Piazzolla S.V.P. (S’il vous plait); Tzigane Tango; Preparense Ravel Deux mélodies hébraïques Gardel/Williams Por una Cabeza Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E BWV1016 Piazzolla Libertango; Oblivion; Escualo (arr. James Crabb) For this late-night concert, Anthony Marwood is joined by accordionist James Crabb and double bass player Graham Mitchell for an evening of tango music. One of the world’s leading exponents of Astor Piazzolla’s music, James Crabb has helped revitalise the accordion repertoire by commissioning new works and creating jaw-dropping arrangements of existing compositions. The three musicians highlight Piazzolla’s debt to Bach and embrace the mysterious beauty of Ravel’s Deux mélodies hébraïques. All seats £15
Felix van Dijk
Christoffer Askman
Wigmore Lates/Anthony Marwood and Friends
Anthony Marwood
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James Crabb
Graham Mitchell
Miah Persson
Michael Chance
John Mark Ainsley
Lukas Beck
Marco Borggreve
Renata Pokupic´
At John Gilhooly’s request, Roger Vignoles, an aristocrat among piano accompanists, marks the eve of his 70th birthday with a kaleidoscopic programme built around the theme of music and musicians, and woven together with songs for a summer night. He is joined by a stellar cast of singers, close colleagues and friends with whom he has collaborated over many years. Their recital includes works by, among others, Schubert, Purcell, Loewe, Brahms, Wolf, Joaquín Nin, Rangstrøm, Tomášek, Rossini, Britten and John Dankworth.
Angelika Kirchschlager
Benjamin Ealovega
AN MEIN KLAVIER
Bernarda Fink Hanya Chlala
Elizabeth Watts
Joan Rodgers Nikolaus Karlinsky
Stefan Reichmann
Roger Vignoles
Rose Daniel
Mina Artistbilder
Benjamin Ealovega
Roger Vignoles piano Miah Persson soprano Joan Rodgers soprano Elizabeth Watts soprano Bernarda Fink mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Michael Chance countertenor John Mark Ainsley tenor Mark Padmore tenor Florian Boesch baritone Roderick Williams baritone
Marco Borggreve
Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert
Chris Gloag
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Saturday 11 July 7.00 pm NB Starting time
Mark Padmore
Florian Boesch
Roderick Williams
This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals Returns only
Song Recital Series
Modigliani Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Dvorˇák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’
Sylvie Lancrenon
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Sunday 12 July 11.30 am
Praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung for the ‘balance, transparency, symphonic comprehension [and] confident style’ of its music-making, the Modigliani Quartet is in demand at the world’s leading concert venues. Award-winning recordings of everything from Haydn and Arriaga to Brahms and Debussy bear witness to the French ensemble’s exceptional unity and collective brilliance. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Modigliani Quartet
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Sunday 12 July 7.30 pm
Kim Kashkashian Christian Steiner
Sergey Khachatryan Satoshi Aoyagi
Levon Chilingirian
Steve Riskind
Terry Linke
Levon Chilingirian violin Sergey Khachatryan violin Kim Kashkashian viola Alexander Chaushian cello Steven Isserlis cello Sergei Babayan piano Lusine Khachatryan piano Vahan Mardirossian piano Yevgeny Sudbin piano IN MEMORIAM 1915
Steven Isserlis
To mark the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the deliberate campaign of mass murder perpetrated by Ottoman forces during the First World War, a group of world-renowned artists offers a programme of works chiefly by Armenian composers. Devised by Alexander Chaushian, Lusine Khachatryan Vahan Mardirossian this concert celebrates the fact that, despite the genocide of 1915, Armenians and their musical culture survived and continue to flourish today. £35 £30 £25 £18
Supported by the Armenian Institute of London Nigel Grant Rogers Musical Artists’ Management
Chamber Music Season
Monday 13 July 1.00 pm
Stephen Kovacevich piano Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959 The prospect of lessons with Dame Myra Hess attracted Stephen Kovacevich to London from his native Los Angeles in the late 1950s. He made his European debut in 1961 with a sensational recital at Wigmore Hall, complete with Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata Op. 1. The acclaimed pianist’s BBC Lunchtime programme includes another work close to his heart, the lyrical late Piano Sonata in A D959 by Schubert.
David Thompson/EMI Classics
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephen Kovacevich
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Sergei Babayan Mark Harrison
Raffi Mardirossian
Alexander Chaushian Vera Friederich
Komitas Miniatures for string quartet Arutiunian Pieces for solo piano Babadjanian Piano Trio; Poem Komitas 7 Songs (arranged for solo piano) Babadjanian 6 Pictures Schumann Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47
Yevgeny Sudbin
Janina Fialkowska piano Grieg Six Lyric Pieces Liszt Gretchen – 2nd movement from A Faust Symphony S513 Ravel Jeux d’eau Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Julien Faugère ATMA
Monday 13 July 7.30 pm
Janina Fialkowska made her professional debut more than half a century ago. The Canadian pianist’s mature artistry still draws from the spontaneity and virtuosity of her youth, combined now with the insight and wisdom of experience. Her latest Wigmore Hall programme includes ‘Gretchen’, Liszt’s moving reflections on the tragic figure from Goethe’s Faust, and the vibrant virtuosity of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Schumann’s entrancing evocation of the Vienna Carnival. £35 £30 £25 £18
London Pianoforte Series
Janina Fialkowska
Tuesday 14 July 7.30 pm
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Adam Swann
Arcangelo* Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord, organ Samuel Boden tenor Thomas Walker tenor Stéphane Degout baritone Couperin L’Apothéose de Lully Blow An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Charpentier Leçons de ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint
Arcangelo, inspired by Jonathan Cohen’s visionary artistic leadership, has injected fresh energy and panache into the performance of Baroque music. The ensemble’s Arcangelo approach is informed by a deep understanding of the emotional language and expressive rhetoric of works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focused here on Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s intense settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The programme draws on the jaw-dropping virtuosity of the players and their ability to work in consort as chamber musicians. Arcangelo is joined by the internationally acclaimed French baritone Stéphane Degout, among the most versatile artists of his generation, Samuel Boden, a seasoned performer of lyric works of the French Baroque, and fine British tenor Thomas Walker. £50 £40 £30 £20
* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
Jonathan Cohen
Samuel Boden
Julien Benhamou
Robert Workman
Marco Borggreve
Robert Bridgens
Early Music and Baroque Series
Thomas Walker
Stéphane Degout
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The Schubert Ensemble Schumann Canonic Study in A b (arr. for piano quintet by Orlando Jopling) Fauré Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89 Schumann Piano Quintet in E b Op. 44
Jack Liebeck
Wednesday 15 July 7.30 pm
Bach’s influence is ever present in Schumann’s Canonic Study in A flat, originally created in 1846 for the pedal piano and performed in Orlando Jopling’s sumptuous arrangement for piano quartet. The Schubert Ensemble also explores the enigmatic world of Fauré’s rarely performed Piano Quintet No. 1 before turning to Schumann’s pioneering Piano Quintet in E flat, among the first works to pair string quartet with piano. £35 £30 £25 £18
Chamber Music Season
The Schubert Ensemble
Thursday 16 July
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2.00 pm – 3.00 pm: Schools & Community Groups Matinée 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm: Evening Performance
Reimagining King Arthur A COMMUNITY CHAMBER OPERA Composer Alasdair Nicolson, Early Opera Company and Ignite – Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble – explore the myths and legends of King Arthur alongside a community cast of all ages from across Westminster to perform this unique reworking of Purcell’s opera. 2.00 pm – Free performance for schools & community groups (please book through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concs £3
Supported by The Monument Trust, City Bridge Trust, John Lyon’s Charity, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ Henry Purcell: A Retrospective
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Camilla Tilling soprano Paul Rivinius piano Linde Äppelträd och päronträd; Den ängen där du kysste mig Stenhammar Vandraren; Nattyxne; Jungfru Blond och jungfru Brunett; Det far ett skepp Sibelius Den första kyssen; Lasse liten; Soluppgång; Var det en dröm?; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte; En slända Mahler Ich ging mit Lust; Frühlingsmorgen; Hans und Grethe; Ablösung im Sommer; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Strauss Traum durch die Dämmerung; Schlagende Herzen; Nachtgang; Ruhe, meine Seele; Cäcilie; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen
Josep Molina
Mats Widén
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Friday 17 July 7.30 pm
Camilla Tilling
Paul Rivinius
Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling received critical acclaim for her recent performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker. She makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to perform a programme inspired by imaginary landscapes, natural beauty, young love and romantic adventures, including works by her countryman Wilhelm Stenhammar and the expansive emotions of Strauss’s Op. 27 songs. £35 £30 £25 £18
Song Recital Series
Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring a range of English music and song. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage.
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Come and Sing: English Music
£24 concs £16
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 18 July 7.30 pm
Quatuor Mosaïques Mozart String Quartet in C K157 Haydn String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
Wolfgang Krautzer
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Saturday 18 July 10.00 am – 3.30 pm
Mozart’s early String Quartet in C, written while the teenaged composer was working on his opera Lucio Silla for Milan, and mature Haydn form the first half of this recital. The period instruments, wealth of experience and revelatory musicianship of the Quatuor Mosaïques are sure to offer fresh perspectives on both works and reconnect with the radical nature of Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor, a composition of striking contrasts and remarkable coherence. £35 £30 £25 £18
Chamber Music Season Quatuor Mosaïques
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Sunday 19 July 11.30 am
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Sitkovetsky Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in E b Op. 70 No. 2 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 Since making its debut appearance at Wigmore Hall in 2008, the Sitkovetsky Trio has forged ahead with performances driven by a powerful blend of virtuosity, sophisticated musicianship and total commitment. The recital features Beethoven’s Op. 70 No. 2, a work of profound humanity, capable of carrying the listener into new realms of the imagination. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
We are grateful for a gift made towards this concert in memory of Margaret Martin
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Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Sitkovetsky Trio
Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 127 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’
Wolfgang Krautzer
Sunday 19 July 7.30 pm
Three Viennese classics occupy Quatuor Mosaïques in this programme. The period-instrument ensemble launches its programme with Haydn’s Op. 64 No. 2, an enticing blend of ‘Storm and Stress’ outbursts and genial good humour, before exploring Beethoven’s Op. 127, completed in 1825, and Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, which offers yet another penetrating examination of the human condition. £35 £30 £25 £18 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
Quatuor Mosaïques
Free tickets for 8 – 25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Chamber Music Season
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Igor Levit piano Cardew Thälmann Variations Frederic Rzewski Dreams II* (UK première); The People United will never be Defeated
Felix Broede
Monday 20 July 7.30 pm
* Co-commissioned by Heidelberger Frühling and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
American composer and piano virtuoso Frederic Rzewski absorbed fertile ideas from teachers such as Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt and Luigi Dallapiccola. Taking this inspiration he found his true voice with a series of works inspired by social and political concerns, famously so in his set of 36 variations on the Chilean song The People United will never be Defeated. Igor Levit prefaces the UK première of Rzewski’s Dreams II with Thälmann Variations by another politically motivated composer, Cornelius Cardew. £30 £25 £20 £15
Igor Levit
Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2014 –15 Wigmore Series
WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series/Introducing Igor Levit
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Roberta Invernizzi soprano La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni director, harpsichord
Ribaltaluce Studio
Tuesday 21 July 7.30 pm
Vivaldi From Griselda: Agitata da due venti; Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori Vivaldi Sinfonia from Dorilla in Tempe Vivaldi Se mai senti spirarti sul volto from Catone in Utica; Rete, lacci e strali adopra from Dorilla in Tempe Handel From Giulio Cesare: Da tempeste; Se pietà di me non senti Handel Overture from Rodrigo Handel Scherza in mar la navicella from Lotario Roberta Invernizzi
Most of Vivaldi’s 50 or so operas proved a success during the composer’s lifetime. They soon faded from view following his death in 1741. Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza, in company with Roberta Invernizzi, have played an important role in the recent revival of interest in Vivaldi’s stage works. They have also been acclaimed worldwide for their enchanting performances and recordings of Handel’s music. £50 £40 £30 £20
Laura Crippa
Early Music and Baroque Series
Fabio Bonizzoni (second from right) and La Risonanza
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Matthew Rose bass Helen Collyer piano
Lena Kern
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Wednesday 22 July 7.30 pm
Purcell/Britten Job’s Curse Loewe Edward; Tom der Reimer; Heinrich der Vogler Brahms Mit vierzig Jahren ist der Berg erstiegen; Steig auf, geliebter Schatten; Mein Herz ist schwer; Sapphische Ode; Kein Haus, keine Heimat Brahms Four Serious Songs Loewe Archibald Douglas Purcell/Britten Let the dreadful engines Britten’s vivid versions of bold, dramatic songs by Purcell Matthew Rose Helen Collyer frame Matthew Rose’s survey of German Romantic ballads and narrative pieces. The power and warmth of his majestic bass voice contain the colours required to bring each song to life, and to trawl deep beneath their often simple melodies to catch the archetypal messages. £35 £30 £25 £18
In memory of Robert Easton Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series
Marc-André Hamelin piano Field Andante inédit Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Liszt Soirées de Vienne No. 6 from ‘Valses caprices d’après Schubert’ S427 Yehudi Wyner Toward the center Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’
Sim Canetty-Clarke
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Thursday 23 July 7.30 pm
Few recitalists can match Marc-André Hamelin when it comes to imaginative programme building. The Canadian virtuoso’s latest Wigmore Hall recital combines the reflective soundworlds of Field’s Andante inédit and Yehudi Wyner’s Toward the center with two masterful approaches to sonata form and Liszt’s impassioned Soirées de Vienne No. 6. £35 £30 £25 £18
London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series
Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Brahms Von waldbekränzter Höhe; Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst; Es träumte mir, ich sei dir teuer; Ach, wende diesen Blick; Unbewegte laue Luft Wolf Alte Wiesen: Sechs Gedichte von Keller Schumann Freisinn; Erstes Grün; Der Einsiedler; Volksliedchen; Die Soldatenbraut; Er ist’s Hahn Le souvenir d’avoir chanté; Seule; A Chloris; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; L’heure exquise; La chère blessure
Russell Duncan
Friday 24 July 7.00 pm NB Starting time Nikolaus Karlinsky
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Marc-André Hamelin
Angelika Kirchschlager
Malcolm Martineau
Acclaimed worldwide for her profound interpretations of Lieder, and renowned for her inspired engagement with words and music, Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager has been a firm favourite with Wigmore Hall audiences over many seasons. She is joined by Malcolm Martineau for a rich programme of some of the most captivating Romantic art song. £35 £30 £25 £18
Song Recital Series
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Trio Mediæval AQUILONIS A musical journey from Iceland to the Mediterranean via the coasts of Scandinavia and England
Ingvil Skeie Ljones
Friday 24 July 10.00 pm
14th century Icelandic From Thorlakstidir : Dum Johannes; Adest festum; Aquilonis; Fans ex Basan Dominus; Docent digna; Sursum in altissima; O Pastor Islandia Anders Jormin Ama 15th century English carols Ave Rex Angelorum; Ecce quod natura; Alleluia a newe werk Andrew Smith Ave Maris Stella; Iosef fili David; Ave Regina Caelorum 12th century Italian Fammi cantar; Benedicti e llaudati (arr. A M Friman/L A Fuglseth) Trio Mediæval Traditional (Norway) Gud unde oss (arr. Berit Opheim); Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro (arr. A M Friman/L A Fuglseth); Fryd dig, du Kristi brud (arr. L A Fuglseth) William Brooks Vace, dulcis amice Trio Mediæval, founded in Oslo in 1997, has attracted a cult following to sacred and secular works from the distant past. The female vocal trio’s discography for ECM Records includes everything from polyphony and thirteenth-century Worcester and Scandinavian folksongs to contemporary compositions by William Brooks and Andrew Smith. This late-night programme casts shadows of forgotten ancestors and evokes the mystical traditions of medieval worship. All seats £15
Wigmore Lates The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music by the Dorian Ford – Without Words Trio from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. Dorian Ford, a multi-talented jazz pianist and composer with a natural flair for melody, returns to Wigmore Lates with guitarist Dominic Ashworth and the bassist Lydian B Dhami. Wigmore Lates Saturday 25 July 7.30 pm
Fauré Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ Op. 58 Dominic Muldowney In Paris with you Poulenc Fiançailles pour rire Ned Rorem Early in the morning Dave Frishberg Another song about Paris Parry Good night!; Crabbed age and youth; Bright star; Where shall the lover rest Judith Bingham The shadow side of Joy Finzi: A mad song Stanford La Belle Dame sans merci Jake Heggie From Eve-Song : My name; Snake; The farm
TallWall Media
Ailish Tynan soprano Iain Burnside piano
Benjamin Ealovega
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Dorian Ford
Ailish Tynan
Iain Burnside
Ailish Tynan and Iain Burnside continue their fruitful artistic partnership with a programme filled with bold musical ideas and poetic reflections on life. Judith Bingham’s The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi: A Mad Song offers pathways into the nature of the unconscious mind, blending loud echoes of grief with fragments from Lorna Doone. £35 £30 £25 £18
Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series
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Sunday 26 July 11.30 am
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Wigmore Series Debut
Quatuor Voce Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Praised by The Strad for its ‘refinement, beautiful tone, excellent ensemble, precise chording, fine rhythm and loads of character’, Quatuor Voce underlined its growing reputation when it was selected for the ECHO Rising Stars scheme for the 2013/14 Season. The quartet makes its Wigmore Series debut with two works of great substance, Beethoven’s intensely focused ‘Serioso’ Quartet and Schubert’s equally inventive String Quartet in G D887. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Sophie Pawlak
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Quatuor Voce
Final Concert of the 2014 /15 Season
Matan Porat piano
Neda Navaee
Sunday 26 July 7.30 pm
Ligeti Musica Ricercata: 11 pieces for piano Rameau Suite in A minor: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Fanfarinette, Gavotte et doubles from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959 Pianist and composer Matan Porat’s artistic evolution has been led by the breadth of his musical interests and his mind’s intense curiosity, qualities vividly mirrored in this programme. His recital opens with a modern masterwork, Ligeti’s carefully constructed Musica Ricercata, presented in tandem with movements from Rameau’s Suite in A minor. Porat also offers his thoughts on Piano Sonata in A D959, among Schubert’s last and finest compositions. £30 £25 £20 £15
London Pianoforte Series
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Matan Porat
Musical Portraits FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, make your own works of art, create some brand new music with Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite, and finish by performing your own pieces onstage in the National Portrait Gallery theatre at the end of this four-day course.
www.benjaminharte.co.uk
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Monday 27 – Thursday 30 July 11.00 am – 4.00 pm
For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk Free (application required)
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
SEPTEMBER
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Sunday 6 – Thursday 10 September
Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition See overleaf for full details
The English Concert Iestyn Davies countertenor Harry Bicket director, harpsichord
Handel From Partenope: Overture; Sento amor; Ch’io parta; Furibondo spira il vento Veracini Overture No. 6 in Bb Handel From Rinaldo: Cara sposa; Venti turbini Handel Pompe vane ... Dove sei from Rodelinda Porpora Sinfonia di camera in G Op. 2 No. 1 Handel From Orlando: Ah Stigie larve; Già latra Cerbero; Ma la furia; Vaghe pupille Handel Passacaglia from Radamisto Handel From Orlando: Fammi combattere; Già per la mand’Orlando ... Già l’ebro mio ciglio
Harry Bicket and The English Concert Marco Borggreve
Opening Concert of the 2015 /16 Season
Richard Haughton
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Saturday 12 September 7.30 pm
£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Booking opens to the General Public/Online on 29 May
Early Music and Baroque Series Iestyn Davies
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Wigmore Hall/ 2015 Kohn Foundation
International
Song
Competition
Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997
JURY John Gilhooly OBE Chair Iain Burnside | Wolfgang Holzmair | Graham Johnson OBE Angelika Kirchschlager | Sir Ralph Kohn FRS non-voting Christoph Prégardien | Thomas Quasthoff | Maxine Robertson Asadour Santourian | David Stern | Ailish Tynan
This Competition recognises the song tradition as a whole and requires contestants to perform in at least three languages. At the same time it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre.
Sunday 6 September 11.00 am and 2.30 pm
Preliminary Stage – Day 1 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme All day £13 concs £11 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers
Monday 7 September 11.00 am and 2.30 pm
Preliminary Stage – Day 2 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme All day £13 concs £11 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers
Tuesday 8 September 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm
Semi-Final 12 semi-finalists will each perform a 20-minute programme All day £15 concs £12
Please note there will be an interval from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office. BOOK FOR THE FIRST THREE STAGES AT THE SAME TIME
£30 concs £25
Thursday 10 September 6.00 pm
Final and Prize-Giving Four singers will each give a recital of 30 minutes £30 £25 £20 £15 £10
Please note there will be an interval from 8.20 pm to 9.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office.
Booking opens to the General Public/Online on 29 May
Song Recital Series
Photo by Benjamin Ealovega
How to get to Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 John Gilhooly OBE Director The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity No. 1024838 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 A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall. Car Parking 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 par ticipates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website. Restaurant and Bars Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.
OXFORD CIRCUS
Benjamin Ealovega
BOND STREET