Wigmore Hall May 2013 Concert Diary by Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary MAY 2013

Jonathan Biss Inside: Anna Caterina Antonacci • Juliane Banse Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov Angela Hewitt • Milos˘ Karadaglic´ Pacifica Quartet • Joshua Redman Takács Quartet • Christian Tetzlaff And many more

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WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Series ticket price £24

Introduction to Romantic Music 2 The Romantic era is characterised by fascinating and compelling ideas such as the cult of virtuosity; the growing relationship between words and music; and the notion of expansion in terms of length of work, size of orchestral forces and the musical language itself. There also emerged a split between the forces of ‘progress’, such as Liszt and Wagner, and conservatives like Brahms and ultimately, at the end of the 19th century, ‘modernism’ emerged from the embers of late romanticism. Roy Stratford will guide us through the fascinating story of this period with particular reference to the profound changes that occurred in the musical language and introducing some of the amazing musicians who made it all happen. The series begins on 24 April and continues on 8 May (5.00 pm) & 15 May (4.30 pm). WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

‘The Wanderer’ by Caspar David Friedrich

£18 £25 £30 £35

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Roussel Le bachelier de Salamanque; Le jardin mouillé; Invocation; Nuit d’automne Fauré Le jardin clos Chausson Chanson perpétuelle (arr. voice and piano) Honegger Petits cours de morale Poulenc Trois chansons de Federico Garcia Lorca Caplet La croix douloureuse; L’adieu en barque Satie 3 poèmes d’amour Turina Romance; El pescador; Rima Sarah Connolly’s empathy with the psychological states of grand operatic characters or the lowliest of lovers in a tender-hearted song connects instantly with her audience. The mezzo-soprano’s latest Wigmore Hall recital programme covers all human life, from Roussel’s love-sick student from Salamanca to the diverse cast of Honegger’s ‘A little course in morals’. Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

THURSDAY 2 MAY 3.00 PM – 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Sarah Connolly

Series price £53 inc. 3 study sessions and ticket for 2 May

Wigmore Study Group The Chamber Music of Gabriel Fauré The final Wigmore Study Group of the season explores the major chamber works of Gabriel Fauré; music that ‘intoxicated’ Proust, but which is arguably all too rarely performed, despite the popularity of the composer’s smaller miniatures. Tied to Wigmore Hall’s Fauré series which programmes all his major chamber works over three concerts, this Study Group (on 25, 30 April & 2 May) offers participants the opportunity to discover the richness and depth of this extraordinary music, ranging from the remarkable early first Violin Sonata, completed in 1876 to the mysterious yet compelling late works Gabriel Fauré such as the Piano Trio (1922–3) and the String Quartet (1923–4). Hosted by composer Julian Philips, this Study Group offers a mix of presentation, performance and discussion with postgraduate chamber musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and visiting speakers. Linked to the concerts on 30 April, and 2 & 4 May at 7.30 pm. The Fauré Project

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THURSDAY 2 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Michael Tammaro

Renaud Capuçon

Gautier Capuçon J.P. Raibaud

The Capuçon brothers and Michel Dalberto turn to early and late string sonatas, with Renaud exploring Fauré’s evergreen first violin sonata, a work of groundbreaking originality, and Gautier offering his vision of the noble second cello sonata of 1921. The concert closes with the second piano quartet, its transcendent slow movement touched by evocations of bells recalled from the composer’s childhood.

Gérard Caussé Stéphane de Bourgies

Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117; Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13; Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45

Mat Hennek

Renaud Capuçon violin Gérard Caussé viola Gautier Capuçon cello Nicholas Angelich piano Michel Dalberto piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

The Fauré Project Nicholas Angelich

FRIDAY 3 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

£15 £20 £25 £30 Marco Borggreve

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Byrd Clarifica me, Pater (I, II, III); Ut re mi fa sol la; John come kiss me now; The Fifte Pavian and The Galliard to the Fifte Pavian; The March before the Battle; Fancie; The Firste Pavian and The Galliard to the Firste Pavian; Callino casturame; Fantasia in A minor; Have with Yow to Walsingame Bach From The Musical Offering BWV1079: Ricercar a 3; Ricercar a 6; Canon a 2 per Tonos (Ascendenteque Modulatione ascendat Gloria Regis) Ligeti Passacaglia ungherese; Continuum; Hungarian Rock

Michel Dalberto

Ralph Kirkpatrick, Sviatoslav Richter and René Jacobs stand high on Mahan Esfahani’s list of influences. The Iranian-American keyboard player and scholar attracted worldwide attention in 2010 when he gave the first ever harpsichord recital at the BBC Proms; he returned to the 2012 festival with the Academy of Mahan Esfahani Ancient Music to direct the world première performance of his arrangement of Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Esfahani turns his mind to William Byrd’s pulsating keyboard miniatures, exploring the great English composer’s ingenuity and vibrant imagination in company with contrapuntal masterworks by Bach and Ligeti’s irresistible harpsichord compositions. Early Music and Baroque Series

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SATURDAY 4 MAY 2.00 PM – 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£10 concessions £6 Peter Schütte

Lecture-Recital with Paul Roberts piano Debussy and Ravel Ravel Jeux d’eau Debussy Estampes Ravel Oiseaux tristes Debussy Images II; L’isle joyeuse Renowned French music specialist Paul Roberts presents this lecture-recital in the year of the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, demonstrating the creative relationship between the two masters of French Impressionism. Paul Roberts is the author of the seminal Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy, and a biography, Debussy. He has just published Reflections: The Piano Music of Maurice Ravel to wide critical acclaim, and is shortly to release a CD of music by Ravel and Liszt. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and gives recitals, lecture-recitals and masterclasses all over the world.

Paul Roberts

SATURDAY 4 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121; Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89; Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115

Julien Mignot

Stéphane de Bourgies

J.P. Raibaud

Quatuor Ebène Michel Dalberto piano Nicholas Angelich piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Quatuor Ebène’s visionary Fauré performances have Michel Dalberto Nicholas Angelich Quatuor Ebène persuaded many to listen to the composer’s chamber music with fresh ears. His swansong, the String Quartet in E minor, a phenomenal creation of old age, is followed by the two piano quintets, which include some of the most beautiful music in all of Fauré’s output. The Fauré Project £12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

London Bridge Ensemble Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 Dvor˘ák Piano Quartet in E b Op. 87 Critical superlatives followed the London Bridge Ensemble’s recordings of works by Frank Bridge. Their Coffee Concert programme brings together compositions by two close friends from an earlier generation. Brahms reportedly said that any composer would be proud to own the ideas that Dvor˘ák discarded. His own yearning Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 makes an ideal companion for Dvor˘ák’s spirited, folk-inflected Op. 87.

Benjamin Harte

SUNDAY 5 MAY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

London Bridge Ensemble

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SUNDAY 5 MAY 2.30 PM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Concert For age 8 plus

When Yesterday We Met From fairy tales and Greek myths to tales of the extraordinary, songs have always been a great way to tell stories. Pianist and presenter Dominic Harlan is joined by tenor Philip Smith and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sharp for a stunningly original concert that combines songs by Schubert, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Ives with elements of theatre and interactive workshop. The result is a thrilling, hands-on show which guides novices into the magical world of song. For a preview of the concert, filmed live at Wigmore Hall, visit www.dominicharlan.com

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£7 Adults £5 Children

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

SUNDAY 5 MAY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series Caroline Doutre/Naïve

£15 £20 £25 £30

Nikolaï Lugansky piano Janác˘ek In the Mists Schubert 4 Impromptus D935 Medtner Forgotten Melodies Op. 38 Nos 5 & 6; Primavera Op. 39 No. 3 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 36 Highlights of Nikolaï Lugansky’s 2012/13 season include a 15-concert European recital tour, crowned by this Wigmore Hall programme. The Russian pianist, universally acknowledged as a master of Rachmaninov’s keyboard works, ventures into the imaginary landscapes of Janác˘ek’s ‘In the Mists’ (V mlhách), the nostalgia of Medtner’s Forgotten Melodies and the lyrical spontaneity of Schubert’s Impromptus. MONDAY 6 MAY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 was originally conceived, and first performed in 1826, as a six-movement work. The finale, a mighty fugue, shocked early reviewers, who felt that it overshadowed what had gone before, so the composer crafted an alternative ending. The Michelangelo Quartet here offers the work as it was originally intended to be performed, with the Grosse Fuge as the final movement.

£12 concessions £10 Marco Borggreve

Michelangelo Quartet

Nikolaï Lugansky

Michelangelo Quartet

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MONDAY 6 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Henrik Olund

James Clarke 2012S for 2 string quartets (UK première)* Alex Mincek String Quartet No. 3 ‘lift – tilt – filter – split’ (UK première) Michael Pelzel ... vers le vent ... (UK première) Mauro Lanza Der Kampf zwischen Karneval und Fasten for 8 strings (UK première)*

Philippe Gontier

Arditti Quartet; JACK Quartet†

£10

* Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support from Kunststiftung NRW and Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall is grateful for the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation, for these commissions.

Arditti Quartet

JACK Quartet

The Arditti Quartet’s worldwide reputation rests secure on almost 40 years of excellence in the performance and development of contemporary music. The JACK Quartet can likewise cite a glorious record of achievement in bringing new work to life. This showcase concert offers audiences the thrilling prospect of hearing the birth of two string octets by Mauro Lanza (b. 1975) and James Clarke (b.1957). † WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

TUESDAY 7 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Haydn Divertimento in D HIV:11 Mozart Symphony No. 21 in A K134 Pugnani Sinfonia in Bb Haydn Violin Concerto No. 4 in G HVIIa:4

Michele Crosera

The English Concert; Fabio Biondi director, violin

£15 £20 £25 £30

Renowned violinist Fabio Biondi directs The English Concert in a programme featuring Mozart’s thrilling Salzburg Symphony No. 21, Haydn’s delightfully fluent Violin Concerto in G and Divertimento in D, and a rarity by Gaetano Pugnani, the 18th-century violin virtuoso who studied with Tartini, taught Viotti and supplied Fritz Kreisler with a convincing pen-name for his pastiche compositions. Fabio Biondi

WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Series ticket price £24

Introduction to Romantic Music 3 Introduction to Romantic Music See page 3 for full details

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WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Returns only J.Henry Fair

Takács Quartet Associate Artists Ralph Kirshbaum cello Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 Schubert String Quintet in C D956

Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet, explore two towering masterworks of chamber music in their latest programme. They join forces with Ralph Kirshbaum for Schubert’s C major String Quintet, completed a few Takács Quartet Ralph Kirshbaum months before the composer’s death in 1828. Beethoven’s String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131, written two years before Schubert’s String Quintet, pushes at the limits of human imagination. Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Takács Quartet: Associate Artists CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust supports free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

THURSDAY 9 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season Sussie Ahlburg

Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano Donald Sulzen piano Heath Quartet

£18 £25 £30 £35

Wolf Italian Serenade in G for string quartet Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Debussy Mandoline; C’est l’extase; Il pleure dans mon cœur; Green; Le promenoir des deux amants Puccini Crisantemi Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet

FRIDAY 10 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Takács Quartet Associate Artists Ralph Kirshbaum cello Repeat of concert on 8 May Supported by Peter and Sonia Field

Benjamin Ealovega

Heath Quartet

Anna Caterina Antonacci and Donald Sulzen return this season for a recital rooted in poetic imagery and dramatic contrasts. ‘Her legato line is a liquid wonder,’ observed Richard Morrison in The Times, ‘but when the poem requires a conversation to be animated, she characterises each voice in a marvellously deft parlando.’ She shares the stage with the Heath Quartet in Respighi’s Il tramonto (1914), a meditative response to Shelley’s poem about a young man who dies in his lover’s arms.

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Donald Sulzen

£15 £20 £25 £30

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SATURDAY 11 MAY – SIMON BAINBRIDGE DAY Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Simon Bainbridge Study Day Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor

10.00 am Simon Bainbridge Music for Mel and Nora Simon Bainbridge Folksong Simon Bainbridge Piano Trio

Andrew Palmer

Wigmore Hall and the Royal Northern College of Music are delighted to focus on the beguiling, beautiful and haunting music of Simon Bainbridge, one of the towering figures of British music. Simon is a composer who has never stood still. The sheer variety in the sound worlds he creates provides ample testament to a truly extraordinary sonic and structural imagination.

11.00 am Christopher Austin in conversation with Simon Bainbridge

12.15 pm Simon Bainbridge Clarinet Quintet Simon Bainbridge Dances for Moon Animals Simon Bainbridge For Miles

2.00 pm Gary Carpenter in conversation with Simon Bainbridge

3.15 pm Simon Bainbridge Concertante in Moto Perpetuo Simon Bainbridge Four Primo Levi Settings Simon Bainbridge

All tickets £3 concessions £2 (each event) or Day Ticket £10 concessions £5

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

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SATURDAY 11 MAY 7.30 PM Joshua Redman Jazz Series

Returns only

Joshua Redman saxophone Christian McBride double bass Joshua Redman is joined by jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride for what promises to be an exceptional duo recital. Christian McBride is one of the most recorded musicians of his generation and has collaborated with jazz greats such as Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, to name but a few. Joshua Redman

£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Eggner Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in E b Op. 70 No. 2 Dvor˘ák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’

N. Horowitz

SUNDAY 12 MAY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Christian McBride

For their final Coffee Concert this season, the Eggner brothers survey two potent essays of the piano trio repertoire. The introspective Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 was memorably described by Donald Tovey as the work in which Beethoven transcended the legacy of Mozart and Haydn to create a composition of compelling individuality. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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

SUNDAY 12 MAY 7.30 PM

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 Ian Wilson The little Spanish prison (world première) Schnittke Suite in Old Style (arr. for cello and piano by David Cohen)

Daniel Herendi

David Cohen cello Sasha Grynyuk piano

£10 £12 £14 £16

Established as one of the most successful and charismatic young instrumentalists of today, Belgian cellist David Cohen’s programme includes a new piece which he has commissioned especially for this concert from Belfast-born composer, Ian Wilson. ‘David Cohen performs with striking style and wonderful expression’ The Strad

David Cohen

Sasha Grynyuk

‘Cohen played with a finely judged, romantic edge and conjured a ravishing sound from his beautiful and truly exceptional Montagnana instrument’ Classical Source Owen White Management Sponsored by Patricia Morton

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MONDAY 13 MAY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Giorgia Bertazzi

Sussie Ahlburg

Natalie Clein cello Alasdair Beatson piano

£12 concessions £10

Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 Britten Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 Beethoven Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1 Beethoven’s emerging late style penetrated deep into the fabric of his two Op. 102 Cello Sonatas, both written in the high summer of 1815. Fantasy, seductive lyricism, contrapuntal interplay between cello and piano and vivid expressive contrasts belong to their creative DNA. Natalie Clein also explores the passionate ebb and flow of Britten’s unaccompanied third cello suite, complete with strong Russian folk themes and echoes of Orthodox chant.

Natalie Clein

Alasdair Beatson

MONDAY 13 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Shifting personal experience and fresh discoveries are vital components of Isabelle Faust’s artistic outlook. The German violinist revels in open dialogue with other musicians, not least her regular duo partner, Alexander Melnikov. Their latest Wigmore Hall programme moves from Beethoven’s joyful third violin sonata to the gritty expressionism of Bartók’s first violin sonata by way of Brahms’s intensely lyrical Op. 100. CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Marco Borggreve

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E b Op. 12 No. 3 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz75

Marco Borggreve

Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Isabelle Faust

Alexander Melnikov

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TUESDAY 14 MAY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Artists in Conversation Geoffrey Norris and Jonathan Biss introduce the evening concert and discuss Purcell, Schumann and the UK première of a work by Timothy Andres. Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence TUESDAY 14 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Benjamin Ealovega

Purcell Fantasias Nos. 1, 3 & 5 Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 Timothy Andres New work* (UK première) Schumann Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47

Benjamin Ealovega

Elias String Quartet; Jonathan Biss piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

As the 2012/13 season unfolds, Jonathan Biss is set to present over 30 concerts worldwide devoted to the music of Schumann and its multi-faceted nature. Schumann: Under the Influence continues at Wigmore Hall carrying the American pianist’s desire Jonathan Biss Elias String Quartet to present the composer’s music ‘exactly as it is – deeply poetic, fragile, obsessive, evocative, whimsical, internal’. Pre-and post-echoes of the Schumannesque will also sound in each programme, creating concerts rich in fantasy, emotional contrasts and fleeting moods. *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, San Francisco Performances, Carnegie Hall and Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund

Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 4.30 PM – 5.45 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Series ticket price £24

Introduction to Romantic Music 4 Introduction to Romantic Music See page 3 for full details WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Artists in Conversation Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas in conversation with Geoffrey Norris. Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

£3

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WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Leclair Sonata in D for 2 violins Op. 3 No. 6 Bartók Duos for 2 violins (selection) Bériot Duo concertant Op. 57 No. 1 for 2 violins Bartók Duos for 2 violins (selection) Ysaÿe Sonata in A minor for 2 solo violins Op. posth.

Giorgia Bertazzi

Christian Tetzlaff violin Antje Weithaas violin

Giorgia Bertazzi

£15 £20 £25 £30

Musical dialogue gained immeasurably as composers began exploring the enormous creative potential of the violin duo. Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas share their personal insights into works as diverse as Ysaÿe’s mighty Sonata in A minor, Christian Tetzlaff published long after his death, and the first of Charles-Auguste de Bériot’s three Duos concertants Op. 57. Their programme is enriched by selections from Bartók’s folk-inspired Duos for two violins.

Antje Weithaas

Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence THURSDAY 16 MAY 7.30 PM Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award; Winner’s Recital

£8 £10 £13 £15

Gareth John baritone Matthew Fletcher piano Schubert Der Schiffer; Auf der Donau; Der Strom; Das Fischermädchen; Wie Ulfru fischt; Nachtstück Brahms Fünf Gesänge Op. 71; Sonntag; Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund; Da unten im Tale; In stiller Nacht Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel The Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award presents the finest talent at the Academy, Gareth John Matthew Fletcher and the winner of the 2013 award is no exception. Selected first by nomination and then competition at Wigmore Hall, Gareth John is a young baritone whose charming performances delight audiences. Royal Academy of Music

FRIDAY 17 MAY 3.00 PM & 7.00 PM NB starting times

£10 concessions £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions)

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2013 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT): Identifying, nurturing, promoting and supporting exceptional young artists YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In this third and final round, YCAT Public Final outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected from over 100 applicants in the preliminary Auditions 2013 and semi-final rounds, audition before a distinguished panel of judges. At a critical time in their development YCAT offers guidance and advice alongside a full artist management service to selected artists for 3–5 years. Current and previous artists include Ian Bostridge (tenor), sopranos Susan Gritton & Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom (trumpet), the Belcea, Heath and Doric Quartets and pianists Joanna MacGregor and Llyˆr Williams. Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)

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SATURDAY 18 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £18 £24 £28 Thomas Mueller

Borodin Quartet Brahms String Quartet in Bb Op. 67 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E b minor Op. 30 It would be impossible to overstate the strength of the connection that binds the Borodin Quartet to the works in this programme, the final concert in their Tchaikovsky and Brahms Series at Wigmore Hall. Their dedication to the interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s string quartets is nothing short of legendary; likewise, the Borodins bring decades of collective experience and insight to their profound readings of Brahms. Borodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms

£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Mozart Piano Quartet Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E b K493 Schumann Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47

Josep Molina

SUNDAY 19 MAY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Borodin Quartet

Founded in 1997, the Mozart Piano Quartet is renowned for its acute sense of tonal variety, refined blend and natural phrasing. The Strad has written of the ‘freshness and spontaneity that sparkle in everything they play’, a verdict echoed in reviews all the way from San Jose to Sydney. Mozart Piano Quartet

SUNDAY 19 MAY 3.00 PM – 5.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£10 concessions £6

Birkbeck Study Afternoon Bach Cello Suites: Interpretation and Innovation Thomas Demenga decided to ‘Build on Bach’ twenty years ago, by performing Bach alongside new compositions so that audiences would become more open to both. Many successful concerts and recordings followed. The Bach Suites for solo cello, a challenge both technically and emotionally, have long been close to Demenga’s heart; and as well as playing much contemporary music he also composes, producing, through innovative techniques, unexpected and beautiful sounds. We delve into the intense world of Bach, and a contrasting variety of new compositions, to immerse ourselves in the immensely rich world of the cello. Presented by David Sutton-Anderson. Linked to the evening concert (concert ticket to be purchased separately) In association with Birkbeck, University of London

Johann Sebastian Bach Portrait by Elias Gottlob Haußmann

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SUNDAY 19 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£15 £20 £25 £30 Philippe Pache

Thomas Demenga cello Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Thomas Larcher Sonata for Cello Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009 Thomas Demenga Aus den Fugen Johann Sebastian Bach’s abiding legacy continues to bear fruit thanks to its influence on the music of today. Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga’s Building on Bach series, structured around his complete cycle of the German composer’s peerless Cello Suites, concludes with a fascinating juxtaposition of pieces. Thomas Larcher deliberately set out to expand the solo instrument’s expressive and technical potential in his Sonata for Cello (2006); Demenga’s Aus den Fugen (1988), meanwhile, complements the contrapuntal layering and contemplative beauty of Bach’s fifth cello suite. Thomas Demenga: ‘Building on Bach’

Thomas Demenga

MONDAY 20 MAY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

André Previn Piano Trio No. 2 (UK première) Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version)

Christian Steiner

Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio

£12 concessions £10

The Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio has invested its artistic authority in everything from core repertoire to a succession of new works specially written for its outstanding players. The lunchtime audience can hear the ensemble’s latest commission, André Previn’s second piano trio. Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio

MONDAY 20 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Studio 52

£16 £22 £26 £30

Classical Opera; Ian Page conductor Anna Devin soprano Christopher Ainslie countertenor Benjamin Hulett tenor Tales from Ovid

The fifteen books of Ovid’s Metamorphoses have inspired composers from Cavalli and Monteverdi to Britten and beyond. Classical Opera’s fascinating programme prefaces enchanting transformation scenes from operas by the three greatest composers of the Classical era, Gluck’s devastating account of Orpheus’ loss of Euridice among them, with one of Dittersdorf’s descriptive Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

Ian Page

Anna Devin Clive Barda

Dittersdorf Symphony in F ‘The Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus’ Gluck Scene from Orfeo ed Euridice Haydn Scene from Philemon und Baucis Mozart Scene from Apollo et Hyacinthus K38

Christopher Ainslie

Benjamin Hulett

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TUESDAY 21 MAY 5.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

A concert of new works for voice from the Wigmore Hall Learning project Voiceworks. Now in its seventh year, Voiceworks is a unique collaboration between poets from the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck, and composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Details at www.voiceworks.org.uk

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Voiceworks

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TUESDAY 21 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Marco Borggreve

Wolf Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe; Lied vom Winde; Nixe Binsefuss; Im Frühling; Er ist’s Schubert Geheimnis; An Mignon; From Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister: Heiss mich nicht reden, So lasst mich scheinen, Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Sehnsucht; Der Einsame; Der König in Thule; Auf dem See; Bei dir allein! Wolf Heiss mich nicht reden; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; So lasst mich scheinen; Kennst du das Land

Susie Knoll

Juliane Banse soprano Martin Helmchen piano

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Martin Helmchen

Juliane Banse

Early studies as a violinist and ballerina, the latter at Zurich’s Opernhaus, have contributed to Juliane Banse’s mature development as one of the most perceptive and adventurous performers. The Swiss soprano and Martin Helmchen, a rising star of the keyboard world, explore peerless songs of love and longing to texts by, among others, Mörike and Goethe. WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12 Interspersed with excerpts from Janác˘ek On an overgrown path Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6

Benjamin Ealovega

Jonathan Biss piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

Where does the music of Robert Schumann belong in the great scheme of artistic creation? Jonathan Biss set out to explore the question and place a beloved composer in context. The pianist’s arresting Schumann: Under the Influence series continues with a creative dialogue between the eight Fantasiestücke Op. 12 and fleeting movements from Janác˘ek’s On an overgrown path. The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund

Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence

Jonathan Biss

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THURSDAY 23 MAY 7.30 PM Rosenblatt Recitals 2012/13

£12 £16 £22 £26

Ivan Magrì tenor Simon Lepper piano Bellini Malinconia, ninfa gentile; Ma rendi pur contento; A te, o cara from I puritani Donizetti Angelo casto e bel from Il duca d’Alba Verdi De miei bollenti spiriti from La traviata; La mia letizia infondere from I Lombardi; Parmi veder le lagrime from Rigoletto Flotow M’appari from Martha Massenet Pourquoi me réveiller from Werther Tosti A vucchella; Segreto; L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra de Curtis Non ti scordar di me Gastaldon Musica proibita Puccini Che gelida manina from La bohème Known for his fresh, light tenor, Ivan Magrì studied under Luciano Pavarotti and has won a number of European singing competitions. He has been making a name for himself performing in opera houses and festivals in Italy, France and Japan and Rosenblatt Recitals welcomes him for his London recital debut. Tickets now on sale for the final concert in the Rosenblatt Recitals Series 2012/ 13 on 6 June by soprano Pretty Yende

FRIDAY 24 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£18 £25 £30 £35 MAIWOLF

Basel Chamber Orchestra Julia Schröder leader Angela Hewitt piano

Ivan Magrì

Kraus Pantomime in G Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414 Mozart/Langlotz ‘Masken’ Suite from K299c Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E b K271 Since its foundation in 1984, the Basel Chamber Orchestra has beguiled and delighted audiences with the fresh invention of its interpretations and its sheer delight in making music together. Angela Hewitt Julia Schröder The Orchestra returns to Wigmore Hall to explore early works by Mozart and a sprightly dance score by his exact contemporary, Joseph Martin Kraus. The latter, born by the banks of the River Main in 1756, made his name as a musician in service to Gustavus III of Sweden. Angela Hewitt’s feeling for the dance and the importance of physical gesture in 18th-century music makes her an ideal interpreter of Mozart’s vivacious Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 12.

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SATURDAY 25 MAY 10.30 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Day For age 5 plus

Strings, Bows and Beethoven Come and explore the amazing world of Beethoven the master composer at this family day led by Neil Valentine. Inspired by Beethoven’s string quartets, this is your opportunity to create your own musical masterpiece to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

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£12 Adults £8 Children

Please bring your instrument along if you play one; all instruments welcome! Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

SATURDAY 25 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £18 £24 £28 Saverio Truglia

Pacifica Quartet Haydn String Quartet in B b Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’ Bartók String Quartet No. 6 Ravel String Quartet in F Ovations and five-star reviews followed the Pacifica Quartet’s unforgettable complete Shostakovich cycle in 2011/12. The group’s sights are set on three contrasting approaches to string quartet composition, each of the highest creative order. Bartók’s sixth string quartet, written in Budapest between August and November 1939, is haunted by the shadow of war and a culture on the brink of destruction. CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Pacifica Quartet

SUNDAY 26 MAY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

£12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Pacifica Quartet Boccherini String Quartet in E b Op. 58 No. 2 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ The pairing of Boccherini and Smetana calls to mind the terrific invention and eloquence shown by both composers in their chamber music. The first string quartet ‘From my life’, completed in the winter of 1876, contains autobiographical reflections on Smetana’s deafness, enshrined in the music’s close sense of dialogue between instruments, bold viola outbursts and a shrill first violin harmonic (analogous to the ringing in the composer’s ears!).

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SUNDAY 26 MAY 4.00 PM Song Recital Series

£12 concessions £10 Damir Yusupov

Georg Nigl baritone Gérard Wyss piano Wolf Mörike Lieder (a selection) Georg Nigl’s ability to interpret conflicted psychological conditions and project vivid emotions propelled audiences and critics to the edge of their seats during his recent performances as Berg’s Wozzeck and in Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysos. The Austrian baritone, a former treble soloist with the Vienna Boy’s Choir, here weds his sense of drama and expressive adventure to a selection of Hugo Wolf’s deeply affecting Mörike Lieder.

Georg Nigl

SUNDAY 26 MAY 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series 2012/ 13

£8 £9 £11 £13

Ji Liu piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C # minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ Ligeti Etude No. 6 ‘Automne à Varsovie’; 5 pieces from Musica Ricercata Liszt Liebesträume No. 3 S541 Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz Danse Macabre Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 48 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B b Op. 83 This exciting rising star made his debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13. Since then, Ji Liu has given recitals at leading venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Concertgebouw and Auditorium du Louvre. He returns to Wigmore Hall with a ravishing programme which presents a fanatical dialogue beyond time and space. Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Supported by LankellyChase Foundation

Ji Liu

MONDAY 27 MAY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Dvor˘ák Selection from Cypresses Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 In structure and overall harmonic design, Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 bears striking similarities to the composer’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and Piano Sonata Op. 101. But in its expressive range and transcendent power, the A minor Quartet stands as a unique masterwork. The Pacifica Quartet prefaces its performance with a selection of Dvor˘ák’s ‘Echo of Songs’, arranged for string quartet from his Cypresses of 1865.

Saverio Truglia

Pacifica Quartet

£12 concessions £10

Pacifica Quartet

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MONDAY 27 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Schubert Introduction and Variations on ‘Trock’ne Blumen’ from Die schöne Müllerin Copland Duo for flute and piano Enescu Cantabile et presto Martinu˚ Flute Sonata Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano; Vocalises by Copland, Szymanowski, Martinu˚ and Poulenc

Benjamin Harte

Adam Walker flute James Baillieu piano

Sussie Ahlburg

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Adam Walker’s appointment as the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute made headline news in 2009. Aged just 21, he was also named as Outstanding Adam Walker James Baillieu Young Artist at that year’s MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, and went on to receive a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. He takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall in company with James Baillieu, another remarkable artist of the younger generation. TUESDAY 28 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2; String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4; String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

Harald Hoffmann

Hagen Quartet

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‘I have now learned how to write string quartets,’ observed Beethoven in the late 1790s. The young composer had recently made his mark on what was still a new genre with his Op. 18 collection. Decades later he invested a lifetime’s practical knowledge, personal experience, spiritual intuition and sheer genius into his String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131. Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle

Hagen Quartet

WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

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Hagen Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5; String Quartet in E b Op. 127 Beethoven rose to the challenge set by the string quartets of Haydn and Mozart, considered classics of the form by the time he created his set of six Op. 18 quartets. The Hagen Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle allows audiences the chance to trace the contrasts and continuities between the composer’s early quartets and, in this programme, the first of his late quartets. Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle

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THURSDAY 30 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Byrd Mass in Four Parts; In nomine settings for viols; Four-part settings of the Corpus Christi Propers; Five Eucharistic motets: Ave verum corpus; Ego sum panis vivus; O salutaris hostia (with viols); O sacrum convivium; O quam suavis est (with viols)

Chris Dawes

O Sacred Banquet – William Byrd and the Feast of Corpus Christi

Marco Borggreve

Stile Antico; Fretwork

£15 £20 £25 £30

Stile Antico

Fretwork

William Byrd’s formative experiences were shaped against an unfolding background of religious and political events that profoundly affected matters of individual faith and forged lasting cultural divisions between Protestants and Catholics. While he served two Protestant monarchs and supplied music for the Anglican Church, Byrd remained a Catholic and wrote works for clandestine services, none better than his Mass in Four Parts. Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

William Byrd Sacred Music Series FRIDAY 31 MAY 7.00 PM NB starting time Early Music and Baroque Series Eric Larrayadieu

Christophe Rousset harpsichord Duphly From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray; Chaconne; Médée Balbastre From Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: La de Caze; La d’Héricourt; La Lugeac Rameau From Pièces de clavecin: Les tendres plaints; Les tourbillons; L’entretien des Muses; Les cyclopes Royer From Premier livre des pièces de clavecin: L’incertaine; Les tendres sentiments; Le vertigo

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Since winning the International Harpsichord Prize in Bruges in 1983, Christophe Rousset has boldly championed the cause of music of the French Baroque. He continues to shine light on unjustly neglected repertoire in this recital, unleashing an irrepressible programme of dashing ‘character pieces’ by Rameau and such younger contemporaries as Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer and Jacques Duphly.

Christophe Rousset

FRIDAY 31 MAY 10.00 PM NB starting time Late Night Series

Programme to include works by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo and Ginastera

DG/ Olaf Heine

Milos˘ Karadaglic´ guitar

£12 concessions £10

Wigmore Hall’s Late Night Series gets underway this season with a recital by one of the finest young ambassadors for classical music, a guitarist with a following that extends far beyond the size and reach usually associated with his instrument. The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with live jazz from the Julian Bliss Septet from 11.15 pm. Free; no ticket required. For more information see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates Wigmore Lates @ 36

Milos˘ Karadaglic´

When Yesterday we Met ... Sunday 5 May 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

FAMILY CONCERT ‘Harlan is irrepressibly enthusiastic. A terrifically engaging pianist, actor and communicator … terrific fun. Go and have your eyes and ears opened to these songs ’ The Singer

‘ I would never, ever have believed that hardcore song repertoire could be conveyed so immediately, so powerfully and enjoyably to an audience of children. An unmitigated triumph of the imagination’ Ian Bostridge

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