Wigmore Hall Diary June 2016

June 2016 Isabelle Faust INSIDE: Arcangelo Eggner Trio Matthias Goerne Benjamin Grosvenor Marc-André Hamelin JACK Quartet Miloš Karadaglic´ Angelika Kirchschlager Sonia Prina The Sixteen Yevgeny Sudbin Daniil Trifonov and many more

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Wigmore Hall • John Gilhooly OBE Director The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No.1024838

Cover: Isabelle Faust © Molina Visuals

Arcangelo* Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Rachel Brown flute Isabelle Faust violin Anna Lucia Richter soprano

Marco Borggreve

WIGMORE HALL 115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT

Jonathan Cohen

Wigmore Hall celebrates its 115th Anniversary in style with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including the Italianate passion of his secular cantata Non sa che sia dolore and his majestic solo violin concertos. This concert also marks the vitality of Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series, embodied here by Jonathan Cohen’s period-instrument ensemble, Arcangelo, and three outstanding soloists.

Rachel Brown

Anna Lucia Richter

Felix Broede

Isabelle Faust Adam Swann

JS Bach Concerto in E for violin BWV1042 JC Bach Mein Freund ist mein, und ich bin sein from Cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön JS Bach Concerto in A minor for violin BWV1041; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067; Non sa che sia dolore in G BWV209; Concerto in G minor for violin BWV1056R (arrangement by Brian Clarke of Harpsichord Concerto in A BWV1055)

Jessy Lee

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Wednesday 1 June 7.30 pm

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015/16 Wigmore Series

Early Music and Baroque Series Arcangelo

RNIB Family Day FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN AGED 6 –12 YEARS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Benjamin Ealovega

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Thursday 2 June 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Join musicians from Tactile, a new ensemble of blind, partially sighted and sighted musicians, led by vibraphone player and workshop leader Jackie Walduck, to create your own brand new piece of music and tactile score, inspired by art at The Wallace Collection.

For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or Tel 020 7391 2063.

Free (application required)

In partnership with RNIB and The Wallace Collection

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm Henrik Olund

JACK Quartet WIGMORE HALL 115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT Machaut Three pieces (arr. Ari Streisfeld) John Zorn The Remedy of Fortune (UK première) Gesualdo Three Madrigals (arr. Ari Streisfeld) Caroline Shaw Ritornello 2.sq.2.j (UK première) Rodericus Angelorum psalat (arr. Christopher Otto) Helmut Lachenmann String Quartet No. 2 ‘Reigen seliger Geister’

Works ancient and modern coalesce to form a typically fascinating JACK Quartet programme, offered as part of Wigmore Hall’s 115th Anniversary celebrations. The rhythmic complexities of music from the fourteenth-century French Ars nova and expressive extremes JACK Quartet of Gesualdo’s madrigals share the bill with the UK première of Caroline Shaw’s Ritornello 2.sq.2.j, an exquisitely beautiful study in musical fragmentation and repetition.

In honour of André and Rosalie Hoffmann and their outstanding contribution to contemporary music at Wigmore Hall over the past decade £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle

Chamber Music Season /Contemporary Music Series

Siphamandla Yakupa

Verdi Bella figlia dell’amore from Rigoletto Puccini Quando m’en vo from La bohème Leoncavallo Si può from Pagliacci Puccini Che gelida manina from La bohème Charpentier Depuis le jour from Louise Massenet Ah, fuyez, douce image from Manon Bizet Au fond du temple saint from Les pêcheurs de perles Gershwin Summertime from Porgy and Bess Peter Louis Van Dijk Ghosts from Mandela Trilogy Mike Campbell Meadowlands and Kofifi from Mandela Trilogy Dan Heymann Weeping African Spiritual Baba Yetu

Pumza Mxinwa

Candida Mosoma

Lukhanyo Moyake

Yamikani Mahaka-Phiri Kaupo Kikkas

Cape Town Opera Concert Siphamandla Yakupa soprano Pumza Mxinwa soprano Candida Mosoma mezzo-soprano Lukhanyo Moyake tenor Yamikani Mahaka-Phiri baritone Mandla Mndebele baritone James Baillieu piano

Lucienne van der Mijle

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Friday 3 June 11.30 am NB starting time

Mandla Mndebele

James Baillieu

Cape Town Opera begins its European summer season with a recital featuring an inspiring compilation of arias from the operatic repertoire, African folk music and gospel songs. It will also include musical numbers from Mandela Trilogy, which makes its debut at Italy’s Ravenna Festival on 9 June 2016 and will tour the UK and Ireland in August – the six CTO singers performing in this concert are all from the production.

This recital marks Cape Town Opera’s première and the debut of South African classical vocalists at Wigmore Hall.

This concert will be approximately one hour in duration, without an interval £13 concs £11 Cape Town Opera

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Florilegium FLORILEGIUM 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Bach The Brandenburg Concertos BWV1046–BWV1051

John Yip Brandies

Friday 3 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

Florilegium celebrates its 25th anniversary season with a complete performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.

Originally dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, these six outstanding concertos – rarely performed as a complete set – demonstrate Bach’s skill at combining different solo and ensemble sonorities and textures.

Florilegium

This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes in duration, including an interval £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

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Saturday 4 June 7.30 pm

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky violin Kasparas Uinskas piano Poulenc Violin Sonata Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet (arr. Baich/Fletzberger) Wagner Albumblatt (arr. Wilhelmj) Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82 Two virtuosos and distinguished musicians, violinist Nikita Nikita Boriso-Glebsky Kasparas Uinskas Boriso-Glebsky and pianist Kasparas Uinskas, will appear together for the first time at Wigmore Hall. Boriso-Glebsky is a prizewinner of some of the violin’s major competitions, including the International Jean Sibelius, Fritz Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Queen Elisabeth, and the Monte Carlo Violin Masters competitions. Internationally acclaimed pianist Kasparas Uinskas has performed at major concert halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall and many others.

‘Nikita Boriso-Glebsky distinguishes himself with the depth of musical thinking, impeccable technique and a rare combination of elegance, naturalness and uncompromising severity of performance.’ La Libre Belgique ‘Kasparas Uinskas … a breathtaking sensitivity that was absolutely magical …’ Seen and Heard International £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 New Musical Generation

Maurice Steger recorders Ensemble Marsyas

Molina Visuals

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Sunday 5 June 11.30 am

Josep Domènech Lafont oboe Peter Whelan bassoon Cecilia Bernardini violin Philippe Grisvard harpsichord Vivaldi Concerto in D RV95 ‘La Pastorella’ Telemann Quartet in A minor TWV43:a3 Maurice Steger Fasch Quartet in D minor FaWV N:d2 Vivaldi Sonata in A minor for recorder, bassoon and continuo RV86 Veracini Violin Sonata in G minor Op. 1 No. 5 Vivaldi Concerto in D RV90 ‘Il gardellino’

Ensemble Marsyas

Named after the Greek satyr who challenged Apollo to a musical contest, the Edinburgh-based Ensemble Marsyas was formed to champion virtuoso wind music of the eighteenth century. The group returns to Wigmore Hall in partnership with Maurice Steger, recently hailed by the Independent as ‘the world’s leading recorder player’. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Supported by an anonymous donor

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

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Eggner Trio Haydn Piano Trio in C HXV:27; Piano Trio in E HXV:28 (Bartolozzi trio) Dvorˇák Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26

Nancy Horowitz

Sunday 5 June 7.30 pm

The Eggner Trio’s survey of the piano trios of Haydn and Dvorˇák continues with two works written by Haydn, either in London or soon after his return to Vienna in 1795, for the star pianist Therese-Jansen Bartolozzi.

The three Eggner brothers, universally acclaimed for their instinctive communication and cultivated artistry, close their seductive programme with Dvorˇák’s Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26, a wonderfully forthright work of bristling energy and rhythmic élan. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season Monday 6 June 1.00 pm

Lars Vogt piano Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (selection)

Neda Navaee

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Eggner Trio

Lars Vogt’s latest Wigmore Hall appearance offers an unmissable lunchtime date with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, originally written for Count Von Keyserlingk of Dresden, a victim of insomnia who required a ‘soothing and cheerful’ work to be played by his harpsichordist, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, during the small hours of the night. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Lars Vogt

Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award Winners’ Recital 2016

Iosif Purits accordion Cecilia Bignall cello Amy Yule flute Seungwon Lee piano

Andreea Tufescu

Monday 6 June 7.30 pm

Bach Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 Sibelius Nocturne from Belshazzar’s Feast (arr. Amy Yule) Philippe Hurel Loops Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D Op. 94 Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Bent Lorentzen Tears Musorgsky Children’s Scherzo Sally Beamish Takes Two Efrem Podgaits Ave Maria Falla Suite populaire espagnole Scarlatti Sonata in D minor Kk213 Rodion Shchedrin Toccata from Symphony No. 1 Thanks to the support of the Royal Academy of Music’s Patrons, this award provides a showcase opportunity for Academy students.

The accordionist Iosif Purits and flautist Amy Yule are the proud joint recipients of the Patrons’ Award for 2016, having competed with a whole host of Academy students for this highly-prized Wigmore recital.

All seats £15 (£5 for RAM staff and students) Royal Academy of Music

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Iosif Purits

Cecilia Bignall

Amy Yule

Seungwon Lee

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Living Music Heath Quartet A CONCERT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CARERS

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Tuesday 7 June 11.00 am – 12 noon

If you are, or you know someone who is, living with dementia, please join us for this morning concert. This relaxed performance includes a captivating programme of music by the Heath Quartet, and you are warmly invited to stay for tea and coffee afterwards. £3 Heath Quartet

Celebrating Carers’ Week www.carersweek.org

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Tuesday 7 June 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Internationally renowned conductor Harry Christophers and members from his ensemble The Sixteen discuss their repertoire ahead of the evening concert.4 £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm

The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor PURCELL – ROYAL WELCOME SONGS FOR KING JAMES II Purcell Chacony in G minor; When on my sick bed I languish; True Englishmen drink a good health; Ye tuneful muses, raise your heads; A New Irish Tune in G; God is gone up with a merry noise (Canon a 7); A New Scotch Tune; Save me, O God, for thy name's sake; Sound the trumpet Harry Christophers directs members of The Sixteen in works that reveal Purcell’s ability to connect with the masses and entertain the elite of Restoration London. Their programme addresses matters sacred and secular, touching on the geopolitics of late seventeenth-century Scotland and Ireland and closing with one of the most joyful of all Purcell arias. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Molina Visuals

Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective/ The Sixteen Residency

The Sixteen

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Berg Vier Lieder Op. 2 Schumann Dichterliebe Wolf Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo Shostakovich Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti Brahms Four Serious Songs Op. 121

Dario Acosta/DG

Matthias Goerne baritone Daniil Trifonov piano

Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 8 June 7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov launched their duo partnership last season with a series of high-profile concerts. Their programme deals with matters of love and loss, life and death. Berg’s early Op. 2 songs raise Matthias Goerne the curtain on Schumann’s Dichterliebe, while Wolf’s Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo preface late masterworks by Shostakovich and Brahms.

Daniil Trifonov

£45 £35 £30 £25 £15

Song Recital Series/Daniel Trifonov Residency

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Thursday 9 June 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm

Introduction to Music 1 FINDING THE FOLK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC The big hit of the fifteenth century was a song entitled L’Homme Armé, or The Armed Man. It was appropriated by many great Renaissance composers such as Josquin des Préz, Dufay and Palestrina, all using the melody as a basis for complex polyphony, a wonderful mix of the artless and the artful. This course (on 9, 16, 23 and 30 June), led by Roy Stratford, examines the influence of folk

music on ‘classical’ music through the centuries, and in particular examines the spectacular rise of nationalism in music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with composers from Dvor˘ák and Bartók influenced by folk music in fascinatingly different ways.

Series ticket price £30 Magyars dancing the Czárdás

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Daniil Trifonov piano Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004) Schubert Piano Sonata in G D894 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book I) Op. 35 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28

Dario Acosta/DG

Thursday 9 June 7.30 pm

Daniil Trifonov’s artistic development has been propelled from an early age by insatiable curiosity about the technical and expressive possibilities of his instrument.

The phenomenal young Russian pianist, recently described by the Guardian as ‘a marvel’, closes his Wigmore Hall Residency with a programme that spans a universe of contrasting emotions and moods.

Returns only

London Pianoforte Series/Daniel Trifonov Residency

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Daniil Trifonov

Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the Community Following Ignite’s year of creative projects working with community settings including hospital schools and the Cardinal Hume Centre, and piloting a year of extended projects for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, we invite you to join us for a celebration of this impactful work. Ignite, Associate Artists with Wigmore Hall Learning, invites participants from projects over the year to the stage to present pieces inspired by material developed on these projects.

Benjamin Ealovega

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Friday 10 June 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Free (ticket required) Ignite

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

SONGS FROM THE PLAYS AND NOVELS

Nikolaus Karlinsky

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Friday 10 June 7.30 pm

Schubert Thekla: eine Geisterstimme (D73); Des Mädchens Klage (D191); Amalia; Erlkönig; Der König in Thule; Gretchen im Zwinger (Gretchens Bitte); Bertas Lied in der Nacht; Morgenlied; Der Unglückliche; Heiss mich nicht reden (D726); So lasst mich scheinen (D727); Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Abschied von der Erde; Lied der Anne Lyle; Gesang der Norna; Lied der Delphine; Hippolits Lied; An Silvia

Angelika Kirchschlager

Julius Drake

Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake, whose duo partnership has flourished over many years, perform a delightfully broad and varied programme of Schubert songs. Their recital includes the tragic drama of ‘Erlkönig’, which the composer chose to publish as his Opus 1, and equally moving settings of Goethe’s ‘Der König in Thule’ and ‘Gretchen im Zwinger’ from Faust. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Chamber Challenge FAMILY DAY For ages 5 plus

Benjamin Ealovega

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Saturday 11 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Music leader Julian West and the Wigmore Hall Learning / Open Academy Fellowship Ensemble, the Stella Quartet, explore what it’s like to make music as part of a chamber ensemble. Taking one of their favourite pieces as a starting point, write your own brand new pieces to perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage.

Children £10 Adults £15

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Day

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Emmer Rovid

Barnabás Kelemen violin José Gallardo piano

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Saturday 11 June 7.30 pm

Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85; Sonata for solo violin BB124; Violin Sonata No. 1 BB84 Barnabás Kelemen’s deeply rooted affinity for Bartók is reflected in his Gramophone Award-winning recording of the works in this programme. Bartók’s two violin sonatas received their UK premières in London respectively in 1922 and 1923, within weeks of their first performances in Budapest, while the Sonata for solo violin was written for Yehudi Menuhin and first performed by him in New York in 1943.

Barnabás Kelemen

José Gallardo

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Bartók Chamber Music

Zemlinsky Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 Suk String Quartet No. 1 in Bb Op. 11

Tomásˇ Bican

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Sunday 12 June 11.30 am

The Zemlinsky Quartet opens this recital with Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 1, influenced by the composer’s close study of quartets by Haydn and Mozart. While Josef Suk, a founder member of the famous Bohemian Quartet, sounds echoes of Dvorˇák and Brahms in his First String Quartet of 1896, this early work catches the ear with its striking individuality and adventurous spirit. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Zemlinsky Quartet

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Debussy Cello Sonata György Kurtág From Signs, Games and Messages: Hommage à John Cage; Az Hit; Shadows (for Miklós Perényi) Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 Kodály Sonatina Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119

Anders Bergersen

Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano

Sussie Ahlburg

Sunday 12 June 7.30 pm

Natalie Clein’s musicianship flows from her innate sensitivity and ability to express deeply felt emotions through her playing. She is joined by the thrilling young Norwegian Natalie Clein Christian Ihle Hadland pianist Christian Ihle Hadland in a programme of music laced with beauty and passion. Their recital is crowned by Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata in C, a work created against the dark background of his denunciation by the Soviet authorities, and hailed by Miaskovsky as ‘a miraculous piece of music’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

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Gli Incogniti Vivaldi Sinfonia from L’Olimpiade RV725; Violin Concerto in F RV282; Violin Concerto in G minor RV322; Concerto in G for violin ‘in tromba marina’, strings and continuo RV313; Ballo Primo from Arsilda, regina di Ponto RV700 & Giga RV316; Violin Concerto in D RV228

Clara Honorato

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Monday 13 June 1.00 pm

Founded in 2006 by the violinist Amandine Beyer and named after the illustrious seventeenth-century Venetian Accademia degli Incogniti, Gli Incogniti makes its Wigmore Hall debut with a gripping concert of works by Antonio Vivaldi. The Gli Incogniti period-instrument ensemble’s dedication to experiment and determination to demolish the boundaries of convention invariably bring pulsating life and energy to its interpretations. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Monday 13 June 7.30 pm

The Monday Platform

Susanna Fairbairn soprano Matthew Schellhorn piano Dominic Degavino solo piano Debussy Ariettes oubliées Fauré Après un rêve Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Op. 2 No. 3 Susanna Fairbairn Matthew Schellhorn Dominic Degavino Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Joseph Horovitz Lady Macbeth – a Scena; Zum 11. März (For 11th March); The Garden of Love; Foie-gras The PLG Young Artists New Year Series presents more brilliant young musicians in this 90th Birthday Celebration for Joseph Horovitz, who will be present. Classical Source described Susanna Fairbairn as ‘a dramatic soprano to be reckoned with … Fairbairn lived up to the Horovitz cabaret song’s high spirits with impressive abandon.’

Of Dominic Degavino, The Times: ‘... the possessor of hands of steel … Degavino's a pianist worth watching.’ £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 The Park Lane Group (Reg. Charity No. 252205)

Rosenblatt Recitals 2015/16

Mariella Devia soprano Giulio Zappa piano

Corrado Maria Falsini

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Tuesday 14 June 7.30 pm

Ravel Cinq chansons populaires grecques Liszt Oh, quand je dors; Tre sonetti del Petrarca Massenet Adieu notre petite table from Manon Gounod Je veux vivre from Roméo et Juliette Verdi Perduta ho la pace; Deh pietoso, oh Addolorata Verdi Ah, ben s’addice ... Sempre all’alba from Giovanna d’Arco Bellini Il fervido desiderio; Almen se non poss’io; Ma rendi pur content; Per pietà bell’idol mio Bellini Casta diva from Norma Mariella Devia

Giulio Zappa

To conclude the 2015/16 season, Rosenblatt Recitals welcomes the great Italian soprano Mariella Devia. Renowned as the queen of bel canto, Devia has had an illustrious career spanning over 40 years. Having undergone a transformation from ‘respected to revered’ (The New York Times) she brings her ‘powerful, appealing voice’ (BachTrack) to the Wigmore Hall stage.

‘She was greeted as a conquering heroine on Thursday, with an ovation before she had sung a note, a louder one after her first aria and a tumultuous reception at the end, spurred by her final note, a clear high D.’ The New York Times £30 £26 £22 £18 £16

Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recital on 14 April ( Javier Camarena)

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Chris Gloag

Ailish Tynan soprano Ben Johnson tenor Benjamin Appl* baritone Graham Johnson piano

Benjamin Ealovega

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Wednesday 15 June 6.00 pm

Schubert Die Sterne (D176); Vergebliche Liebe; Die erste Liebe

The works at the heart of this concert were set to verse originally published in one of the many annual Musenalmanache that supplied an eager market with new poetry and prose works during Schubert’s lifetime. The Viennese periodical Selam, provided the verse for six songs set by Schubert in 1815, an enchanting ‘cycle’ remarkable for its sustained invention, variety of expression and emotional insight.

Ben Johnson Malcolm Crowthers

Schubert Das gestörte Glück; Licht und Liebe; Der Zwerg; Wehmut

Ailish Tynan David Jerusalem

THE SELAM CYCLE Schubert Labetrank der Liebe; An die Geliebte; Wiegenlied (D304); Mein Gruss an den Mai; Skolie; Die Sternenwelten

Benjamin Appl

Graham Johnson

All seats £5

* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Garreth Wong

Robin Tritschler tenor Graham Johnson piano

Clive Barda

Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm

Schubert Der Sänger; Am Flusse (D160); Heidenröslein; Schäfers Klagelied; Das Rosenband; Furcht der Geliebten; An Sie; Die Sommernacht; Die frühen Gräber; Cronnan; Minnelied; Die frühe Liebe; Blumenlied; Erntelied PARENTS AND CHILDREN Robin Tritschler Schubert Freude der Kinderjahre; Der Knabe in der Wiege; Der Alpenjäger (D588); Namenstagslied; Der Vater mit dem Kind; Vor meiner Wiege

Graham Johnson

Robin Tritschler and Graham Johnson fathom deep emotions and feelings in this recital, not least those evoked in verse about childhood, parents and the innocence of youth. Schubert lost his mother at the age of 15 and, within a year of his own death, reflected on life’s short span and the nature of maternal love in ‘Vor meiner Wiege’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

For Crying Out Loud!

Stella Quartet FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and their babies to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment.

Adults £7.50 (babies come free)

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Thursday 16 June 11.00 am – 11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

Thursday 16 June 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm

Introduction to Music 2 FINDING THE FOLK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC See 9 June for full details.

Series ticket price £30

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Magyars dancing the Czárdás

Yevgeny Sudbin piano Scarlatti 3 Sonatas: in D minor Kk213; in C Kk159 & in D minor Kk9 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Mozart Lacrimosa (arr. Yevgeny Sudbin) Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

Peter Rigaud

Thursday 16 June 7.30 pm

In demand worldwide for his perceptive interpretations and eloquent pianism, Yevgeny Sudbin prefaces his reading of Beethoven’s final piano sonata, with its complex rhythmic transformations and overarching sense of proportion, with a selection of Scarlatti’s characterful sonatas.

We then journey through an enchanting arrangement of Mozart’s Lacrimosa, before closing with Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, famous for its technically challenging difficulty and profound musical structure. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Alexis Gregory Foundation and the Vendome Prize Yevgeny Sudbin

London Pianoforte Series Friday 17 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

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Jerusalem Quartet Sharon Kam clarinet Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6 Bartók String Quartet No. 3 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 For the first concert in its 20th Anniversary series at Wigmore Hall, the Jerusalem Quartet is joined by Sharon Kam in Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet, a work famed for its autumnal warmth and tonal beauty. The concert’s first half comprises Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 6, a potent blend of classicism and romanticism, and Bartók’s third string quartet, judged by early critics as a model of classical perfection in chamber music. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Steven Haberland

Felix Broede

Chamber Music Season /Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

Jerusalem Quartet

Sharon Kam

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Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

Lewis Brockway

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

Mozart Serenade in Eb K375; Excerpts from Don Giovanni (arr. for wind ensemble by Triebensee); Serenade in C minor K388 Mozart’s Don Giovanni includes music for the latest trend in aristocratic entertainment. The so-called Harmonie, a wind band comprising horns, bassoons and one or more pairs of treble instruments, became hugely popular and prompted Josef Triebensee to arrange hits from Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Don Giovanni. Principal players of Aurora Orchestra also present two of Mozart’s wind serenades, including his ‘Night Music’ in C minor K388.

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates/The Mozart Odyssey

Sayaka Shoji violin Jonathan Gilad piano

Russell Duncan

Avex Recital Series

Lukas Beck

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Saturday 18 June 1.00 pm

Toshio Hosokawa New work for solo violin (European première) Mozart Violin Sonata in G K301 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Sayaka Shoji

Jonathan Gilad

The final lunchtime concert in the Avex Recital Series sees violinist Sayaka Shoji give the European première of Toshio Hosokawa’s new work for solo violin. Pianist Jonathan Gilad joins Shoji in a programme featuring works by Mozart, Schumann and Brahms.

‘A formidable musician, able to draw on huge reserves of stamina and the unflinching equal of anything thrown at her.’

Gramophone. ‘Her performance here revealed impeccable intonation and an ability to sculpt phrases with considerable eloquence.’ Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun, February 2014. ‘Blessed with a big, rich tone and possessing a virtuoso technique to match, Shoji transmitted the spirit of the work, whether intimate or grand, to perfection: dignity without a hint of excess in the first movement, confiding and delicate in the ‘Canzonetta’, and in the finale, where her talent blazed. Sayaka Shoji is definitely a violinist to watch out for.’ Richard Landau, Classical Source, June 2013 All seats £20

This concert will be approximately 90 minutes in duration, without an interval Presented by Avex Classics International Avex Recital Series is kindly sponsored by Tarisio – Fine Instruments and Bows

Jerusalem Quartet Janácˇek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Bartók String Quartet No. 4 Ravel String Quartet in F

Felix Broede

Saturday 18 June 7.30 pm

The works in the first half of the Jerusalem Quartet’s programme were written during the 1920s. Janácˇek’s String Quartet No. 1 was inspired by Tolstoy’s tale of an extramarital affair, while Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4 explores what an early critic called ‘the infinite realm of nature’. The programme closes with the sensuous delights of Ravel’s String Quartet in F. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

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Jerusalem Quartet

Marco Borggreve

Giorgia Bertazzi

Alina Ibragimova violin James Boyd viola Jonathan Cohen cello

Eva Vermandel

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Sunday 19 June 11.30 am

Beethoven Serenade for String Trio in D Op. 8; String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3 Three of today’s most perceptive and poetic string players join forces on the Wigmore Hall stage to form an irresistible trio. Their programme is crowned by a musical treasure from old Vienna bursting with energy and élan, Beethoven’s visionary C minor String Trio composed in 1797– 8.

Alina Ibragimova

James Boyd

Jonathan Cohen

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Marc-André Hamelin piano Liszt Apparition No. 1 S155 No. 1; Waldesrauschen S145 No. 1; Un sospiro S144 No. 3; Ernani: [Deuxième] Paraphrase de Concert S432; Réminiscences de Norma S394 Feinberg Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2; Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 1 Liapunov 12 études d’exécution transcendante Op. 11 (selection)

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Sunday 19 June 7.30 pm

Marc-André Hamelin’s technical prowess allows him to mine the deepest layers of musical meaning. The French-Canadian artist opens his latest Wigmore Hall recital with works that run the gamut of Liszt’s creative thinking, from the sheer originality of Apparition No. 1 to the compelling showmanship of his Réminiscences de Norma. He also offers a selection of Liapunov’s fiendishly difficult Études d’exécution transcendante.

Marc-André Hamelin

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Wigmore Hall Debut

Les Ambassadeurs Alexis Kossenko director, flute Blavet Concerto in A minor for flute, two violins and continuo Pisendel Violin Sonata in D Leo Concerto in G for flute, two violins and continuo Leclair Ouverture in A Op. 13 No. 5 Vivaldi Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins and continuo RV108

Sanja Harris

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Monday 20 June 1.00 pm

Les Ambassadeurs

Alexis Kossenko and Les Ambassadeurs are committed to creating historically informed performances that come to life in the present. The ensemble’s Wigmore Hall debut concert includes a violin sonata by Johann Pisendel, who studied with Vivaldi and for whom Bach probably wrote his violin Partitas and Sonatas, and Michel Blavet’s dashing Concerto in A minor. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Alexis Kossenko

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Monday 20 June 7.30 pm Birgitta Kowsky

Jerusalem Quartet Sir András Schiff piano Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Weinberg Piano Quintet Op. 18 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Mieczysław Weinberg found refuge in Soviet Russia following the Nazi invasion of Poland. His Piano Quintet dates from the end of 1944, its substantial scale and scope representative of its young composer’s artistic maturity. Sir András Schiff also joins the Jerusalem Quartet in another work of grand proportions, Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Chamber Music Season/Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary Felix Broede

Sir András Schiff

Jerusalem Quartet

Tuesday 21 June 7.30 pm

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Pekka Kuusisto violin Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Tamara Stefanovich piano Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124 Brahms Horn Trio in Eb Op. 40; Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Ligeti Trio for violin, horn and piano Pekka Kuusisto joins forces with virtuoso horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill and critically acclaimed pianist Tamara Stefanovich in Brahms’s Trio Op. 40, which includes a heart-breaking central elegy for the composer’s mother, and Ligeti’s homage to Brahms. The Finnish violinist, acclaimed for his distinctively individual tone and persuasive musicianship, opens with the exotic, folk-influenced sounds of Bartók’s Sonata for solo violin. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Pekka Kuusisto

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Marco Borggreve

Bill Wyatt

Kaapo Kamu

Chamber Music Season

Alec Frank-Gemmill

Tamara Stefanovich

RNIB Study Day PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND SIGHTED MUSICIANS

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Wednesday 22 June 10.00 am – 4.30 pm

Join musicians from Tactile, a new ensemble of blind, partially sighted and sighted musicians led by vibraphone player Jackie Walduck, to explore the art of improvisation and how musicians communicate without visual cues.

For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2063.

Free (application required)

In partnership with RNIB

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Schlafloser Augen Leuchte; Keiner von der Erde Schönen; Nachtlied; Neue Liebe Liszt Im Rhein, im schönen Strome; Du bist wie eine Blume; Die Loreley; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Es war ein König in Thule Sally Beamish New work* (world première) *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

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James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano

Patrick Allen

Wednesday 22 June 7.30 pm

James Gilchrist

Anna Tilbrook

James Gilchrist’s duo partnership with Anna Tilbrook, established in 1997, has matured over the years to become one of the most vital and imaginative collaborations in the song recital world. This concert embraces everything from Schumann’s majestic Eichendorff settings and the compelling romanticism of Liszt’s songs to a new work commissioned by Wigmore Hall from Sally Beamish. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Song Recital Series /Contemporary Music Series

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Thursday 23 June 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm

Introduction to Music 3 FINDING THE FOLK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC See 9 June for full details.

Series ticket price £30

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Magyars dancing the Czárdás

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Handel La Resurrezione HWV47 Written at the culmination of the young Handel’s years of study in Italy, the oratorio La resurrezione is one of the composer’s most vibrant and moving works. With virtuoso arias, heart-breaking laments, duets and choruses, Handel portrays the resurrection through the sorrow and subsequent jubilation of Christ’s closest followers, while depicting the fierce battle between Heaven and Hell.

Sven Arnstein

Katie Glastonbury

Christian Curnyn

Mhairi Lawson

Claire Booth

Hilary Summers

Benjamin Hulett

Callum Thorpe

Claire Newman-Williams

Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn director Mhairi Lawson soprano (Angelo) Claire Booth soprano (Maddalena) Hilary Summers contralto (Cleofe) Benjamin Hulett tenor (San Giovanni) Callum Thorpe bass-baritone (Lucifero)

Benjamin Ealovega

Thursday 23 June 7.30 pm

This concert will be approximately 2 hours 15 minutes in duration, including an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series Friday 24 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

Benjamin Grosvenor piano

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Orchestra of the Early Opera Company

Mendelssohn From Preludes and Fugues Op. 35: No. 1 in E minor; No. 5 in F minor Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Liszt Venezia e Napoli S162 Benjamin Grosvenor’s quicksilver fingers, insightful musicianship and the surging emotional power of his interpretations offer an entrancing artistic equation. He opens this recital with two scintillating Preludes and Fugues by Mendelssohn and goes on to survey the technical demands and expressive depths of masterworks by Chopin, Ravel and Liszt. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Benjamin Grosvenor

Kaupo Kikkas

Adam Walker flute Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Bernhard Musil/DG

Friday 24 June 10.00 pm

Couperin ‘Le Grand’ Concert Royal IV Quantz 2 Capricci Benda Flute Sonata in E minor Duphly From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray & Chaconne Philidor Suite No. 5 in E minor Adam Walker and Mahan Esfahani present a thrilling survey of early sonatas for flute and harpsichord, opening with one of François Couperin’s Concerts Royaux and including the majestic Suite No. 5 in E minor by Pierre Danican Philidor, Couperin’s colleague and a member of Louis XIV’s Chambre du Roy. Their programme also includes virtuoso solo works for each instrument.

Adam Walker

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

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Mahan Esfahani

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Saturday 25 June 11.30 am NB starting time

Pupils from The Purcell School Debussy Cello Sonata Mozart Allegro from Piano Duet Sonata in C K521 Smetana Finale: Presto from Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15 Morley Aprill is in my mistris face; Sing wee and chaunt it John Rutter It was a lover and his Lass Ravel Allegro moderato – très doux from String Quartet in F Shostakovich Allegro non troppo from String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 Schumann Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck from Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 Pupils from The Purcell School

This chamber music concert is given by talented young musicians from The Purcell School, one of the UK’s leading specialist music schools. The School holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture. ‘… it gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of’ Sir Simon Rattle CBE This concert will be approximately one hour in duration, without an interval £13 concs £11 The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

Miloš Karadaglic´ guitar with

Andreas Ottensamer clarinet Ksenija Sidorova accordion

Lars Borges/Mercury Classics

Saturday 25 June 7.30 pm

Programme to include works by Bach, Schubert, Soller, Piazzolla, and The Beatles Miloš Karadaglic´ Lars Borges/Mercury Classics

According to The Sunday Times, Miloš Karadaglic´ is ‘probably the biggest classical-guitar phenomenon since John Williams in the 1960s and Julian Bream a decade before’. The Montenegrin musician speaks to connoisseurs of classical guitar and also reaches out to vast arena audiences, helped by his inspirational artistry, charismatic personality and soulful connection to the works in his large repertoire. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Ksenija Sidorova

Sunday 26 June 11.30 am

Danish String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Janácˇek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’

Caroline Bittencourt

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Andreas Ottensamer

In 1917 Janácˇek, unhappy in his second marriage, fell in love with Kamilla Stösslová, the young wife of an antiques dealer. His emotionally intense String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ was inspired by real or imagined events in their relationship. The Danish String Quartet pairs Janácˇek’s work with the second of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, a work of high drama and arresting contrasts. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Danish String Quartet

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Yaniv d’Or countertenor Amit Tiefenbrunn viola da gamba Members of

Bernhard Musil

Sunday 26 June 7.30 pm

Ensemble NAYA and Barrocade Shlomit Sivan violin Eyal Lever baroque and classical guitar Jacob Reuven mandolin Nadav Ovadia psalterium Thomas Boysen theorbo, vihuela Gilad Dobrecki percussion Adi Zilbererberg recorders Sonia Navot viola da gamba Shai Kribus baroque oboe LATINO LADINO Traditional Shalom Aleichem Escalada Canten dos Jilguerillos Traditional (Ladino) A la una yo Nací; Avre Tu Puerta Cerrada; Axerico de Quinze Años Moulinié Río de Sevilla Sanz Canarios Yaniv d’Or Yaniv d’Or La Soledad de la Nochada Traditional (Ladino) Morikos; Hija Mia Marini Passacaglia in G minor Traditional (Ladino) El Rey de Francia Albéniz Asturias from Suite española Sanz Marizápalos Traditional (Ladino) Los Guisados De La Berenjena Parra Gracias a la Vida Calestani Damigella Tutta Bella Yaniv d’Or and Ensemble NAYA released their first album to great critical acclaim, and Gramophone magazine selected it as one of its top 10 recordings of the year. They return to Wigmore Hall, now joining forces with the ravishing ensemble, Barrocade, with a collection of music from the South in a project entitled Latino Ladino.

Mesmerising voices and instruments explore the distinct musical worlds of the Spanish, Jewish and South American traditions in an entirely original combination of these distantly related musical legacies. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Early Music and Baroque Series

Julia Stix

Daniel Ottensamer clarinet Christoph Traxler piano

Julia Stix

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Monday 27 June 1.00 pm

Bassi Concert Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s Rigoletto Zemlinsky Fantasies on Poems of Richard Dehmel Op. 9 (arr. James Breed) Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Joseph Horovitz Sonatina Joseph Horovitz, born in Vienna in May 1926, found refuge in Britain with his family after Hitler’s seizure of power in Austria. His Sonatina reflects the wonderful invention and imagination of his compositions.

Daniel Ottensamer’s recital also includes Zemlinsky’s Fantasies on Poems of Richard Dehmel, conceived for solo piano in 1898 and arranged for clarinet and piano by James Breed. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Daniel Ottensamer

Christoph Traxler

Monday 27 June 7.30 pm

Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Songs by Beethoven

Marco Borggreve

Marco Borggreve

Matthias Goerne baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Each of the six songs of An die ferne Geliebte, the first song-cycle by a truly great composer, explores love and expresses the pain of separation through identification with the natural world. Matthias Goerne and Kristian Bezuidenhout present the work together with a selection of other fine Beethoven songs. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15

Matthias Goerne

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Song Recital Series

Tuesday 28 June 7.30 pm

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Ribalta Luce Studio

Sonia Prina contralto laBarocca Ruben Jais conductor Arias and instrumental works from operas by Gluck including Le cinesi, La Sofonisba and La Semiramide riconosciuta Recognised today as one of the leading contraltos of her generation, Sonia Prina’s career began two decades ago when she joined the Teatro alla Scala’s Academy and began performing Baroque opera. She makes a much-anticipated return to Wigmore Hall, this time alongside laBarocca, formed in Milan in 2008, with a programme of arias by Christoph Willibald Gluck, a composer of radical works that changed the course of operatic history.

Sonia Prina

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015/16 Wigmore Series

Giovanni Hänninen

Early Music and Baroque Series

Ruben Jais and laBarroca

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Wednesday 29 June 6.00 pm

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 of their careers.

Free (ticket required)

Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

Ida Haendel with students from the Razumovsky Academy

Brahms 2 Songs with viola Op. 91 (arr. for voice, cello and piano) Mahler Piano Quartet Movement in A minor Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117; La bonne chanson Op. 61 (arr. for voice, string quintet and piano)

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Razumovsky Ensemble Ruby Hughes soprano

Robert Cassen

Wednesday 29 June 7.30 pm

Chosen from a pool of exceptional soloists and orchestral section leaders, each member of the Razumovsky Ensemble shares a profound passion for chamber music. Ruby Hughes, known for her tender, rich-toned singing, joins the group in a programme crowned

by Fauré’s sublime La bonne chanson, presented in the composer’s rarely performed arrangement for voice, piano and string quintet.

Ruby Hughes

Oleg Kogan*

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Promoted by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

*Artistic Director of Razumovsky Ensemble

Chamber Music Season

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Thursday 30 June 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm

Introduction to Music 4 FINDING THE FOLK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC See 9 June for full details.

Series ticket price £30

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Magyars dancing the Czárdás

Handel Nel dolce tempo HWV135a Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude from Cantata BWV147 Songs by Dowland

Melanie Paul

Andreas Scholl countertenor Edin Karamazov lute

James McMillan/Decca

Thursday 30 June 7.30 pm

FOLK SONGS Lord Rendall; I am a poor wayfaring stranger; Down by the Salley Gardens; O Waly Waly; I will give my love an apple Andreas Scholl Edin Karamazov Andreas Scholl’s award-winning discography includes spectacular recordings of Handel arias, moving accounts of Dowland lute songs and an uplifting album of English folk songs. The great German countertenor’s recital, given in partnership with regular collaborator Edin Karamazov, serves up a banquet of works harvested from each of these rich repertoire fields.

Returns only

Early Music and Baroque Series /Song Recital Series

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How to get to Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM 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

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