September 2010 Diary

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary SEPTEMBER 2010

Karita Mattila Inside: Artemis Quartet Ian Bostridge Elias String Quartet Matthias Goerne Alina Ibragimova Angelika Kirchschlager CĂŠdric Tiberghien Tokyo String Quartet And many more Box Office 020 7935 2141

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HOW TO BOOK Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP In Person 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm.

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There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration fee for each transaction, which includes the return of your tickets if time permits.

Online www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a £1 administration charge online. You can now select your own seat and make subscription bookings online.

TICKETS Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into four prices ranges: Stalls C – M: Highest price Stalls A – B, N – P: 2nd highest price Balcony A – D: 2nd highest price Stalls BB, CC, Q – S: 3rd price Stalls AA, T – X: Lowest price

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FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Lauri Eriksson

Limited availability

Karita Mattila soprano Martin Katz piano Wigmore Memories Programme to include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Berg, Strauss, Sibelius and Madetoja To open Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversary season, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila traces almost a century of Austro-German song, and includes selections by Sibelius and by Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947), the composer she regards as ‘Finland’s hidden jewel’.

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providing vital support throughout the 2010 – 11 season

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

Karita Mattila

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Limited availability Nikolaus Karlinsky

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano Annus Mirabilis: The Complete Songs of 1840 – Frauenliebe und -leben and other Chamisso settings Schumann Sag an, o lieber Vogel mein; Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb; Was soll ich sagen; Jasminenstrauch; Volksliedchen; Verratene Liebe; Die Löwenbraut; Die rote Hanne; Die Kartenlegerin; Mädchen-Schwermut; Die Nonne; Loreley; Blondels Lied; Frauenliebe und -leben Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake launch this season’s Schumann Bicentenary series, which includes Schumann’s brief evocation of the song of a river siren and ends with Frauenliebe und -leben, an intimate account of a woman’s joy, rapture and pain along her journey through love and loss.

Angelika Kirchschlager

Supported by the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Schumann Bicentenary Series /Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations £12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Elias String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

Benjamin Ealovega

SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

The Classical influence of Schumann’s first quartet complements the most popular of Haydn’s 12 quartets dedicated to the violinist Johann Tost, nicknamed the ‘Lark’, after the first violin’s sweetly soaring opening melody.

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Schumann Bicentenary Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

Elias String Quartet

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SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £16 £22 £26 Christian Ducasse

Tokyo String Quartet Berg String Quartet Op. 3 Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Bartók String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7 Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the Tokyo String Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall, boasting its remarkable complement of all-Stradivari instruments.

‘This was another expressively phrased musical conversation of burnished grace and vigour – one the enthusiastic audience seemed thrilled to have overheard’ New York Times

Tokyo String Quartet

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Eric Manas

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Strauss Violin Sonata in E b Op. 18

Sussie Ahlburg

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

£12 concessions £10

Still in her mid-twenties Alina Ibragimova is one of the leading violinists of her generation. The lush and unjustly neglected Violin Sonata of Richard Strauss – his last major chamber-music work, composed at the age of only 23 – follows Brahms’s richly lyrical Violin Sonata No. 1, written less than a decade earlier.

Alina Ibragimova

Cédric Tiberghien

MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series David Thompson

Wolf Spanisches Liederbuch

Nikolaus Karlinsky

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

As part of our opening Festival, two world-class singers perform a milestone of the Lieder repertoire. For this sequence of religious and secular songs Wolf turned to 16th- and 17th-century Spanish poems, whose exoticism was the vogue in late 19th-century Germany. Wolf’s ability to encapsulate the entire mood of a poem is strongly evident here.

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

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Angelika Kirchschlager

Ian Bostridge

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TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Artemis Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5 Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’

Boris Streubel

£12 £16 £22 £26

The distinguished Berlin-based Artemis Quartet, which recently celebrated its 20th birthday, brings our Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations to a close with the continuation of the complete Beethoven string-quartet cycle, charting Beethoven’s development across 30 years of composing in a form that demonstrates his great innovations in expressive development.

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations/Beethoven Cycle

Artemis Quartet

WEDNESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM

£12 £18 £22 £25

Katya Apekisheva piano Shostakovich 24 Preludes Op. 34 Ravel Sonatine Dubugnon Sonate-Phonomorphique No. 1 Op. 33 (UK première); Debussy Estampes Tchaikovsky Thème original et variations in F Op. 19 No. 6 An engaging concert of Russian and French piano works, from Shostakovich to Debussy, performed by one of Europe’s foremost pianists, and a Leeds Piano Competition prize winner. The recording of Katya’s Grieg Piano Works achieved Gramophone Editor’s and Critics’ Choice. Katya Apekisheva has been described by Gramophone magazine as ‘a profoundly gifted artist who has already achieved artistic greatness’.

Charles Padley Artists

Katya Apekisheva

THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM 2009 Parkhouse Award Winners Felix Bröde

Nils Mönkemeyer viola Nicholas Rimmer piano Pärt Fratres for viola and piano Hindemith Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1; Viola Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2

£10 £12 £16 £18

Following their brilliant performance in March at Wigmore Hall, Nils Mönkemeyer and Nicholas Rimmer will perform the last of their three concerts as winners of the 2009 Parkhouse Award. Nils Mönkemeyer is described in Classic FM magazine as ‘one of the most sensationally gifted violists to have emerged in recent years’.

His duo with Nicholas Rimmer is equally exciting, and in this concert they will explore 19th- and 20th-century music for the ensemble from Brahms to Arvo Pärt.

GBZ Management Sponsored by The Gordon Foundation and The Tertis Foundation

Nils Mönkemeyer

Nicholas Rimmer

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FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM Razumovsky Students and Young Artists £6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

Razumovsky Students and Young Artists The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment where exceptionally gifted young musicians encounter the world’s finest artists and teachers.

‘This is just the beginning of what seems certain to be an illustrious future’ The Independent Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848) Pictured right: Sarah Chang and Oleg Kogan with young musicians after the Razumovsky Academy Sarah Chang Masterclass

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 6.00 PM Chamber Music Season

£6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

Pre-Concert Event Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital The Razumovsky Academy is delighted to present some of the most gifted prize-winning young musicians of today.

The programme will include works by Grieg and Rachmaninov Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848) Pictured right: Guro Kleven Hagen (violin) who will take part in this concert

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E b D929 Wigmore regulars the Razumovsky Ensemble comprise a constantly revolving and evolving selection of international artists hand-picked for each project, making for performances notable for their vitality and freshness.

‘Each Razumovsky member may be king of their chosen instrument, but they scale the heavens as a team’ The Times Pictured right: Oleg Kogan, director of the Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy

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Robert Cassen

Razumovsky Ensemble

£15 £20 £25 £30

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SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER London Open House

Open House Day Visit Wigmore Hall between 11.30 am and 3.00 pm; join in with music workshops at 12 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm led by Kate Newell, and hear performances by Ignite at 12.30 pm, 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm.

Nick Guttridge

Admission Free

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning

£3

Pre-Concert Talk Richard Stokes explores the Schubert songs featured in the evening concert in the last of a series of four talks linked with the Matthias Goerne Schubert Songs series.

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Schubert Wandrers Nachtlied II; Schäfers Klagelied; Heidenröslein; Rastlose Liebe; An den Mond; Trost in Tränen; Erster Verlust; Der Musensohn; Geheimes; Versunken; An Schwager Kronos; Geisternähe; Das war ich; Das Rosenband; Furcht der Geliebten; An Sie; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Lachen und Weinen; Daß sie hier gewesen; Der Einsame; Die Sterne

Marco Borggreve

Matthias Goerne baritone Eric Schneider piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

One of today’s leading recitalists, Matthias Goerne reaches the final year of his large-scale Schubert project, performing 200 songs over 11 recitals across three seasons.

‘Few male singers, even Fischer-Dieskau, command such a rich palette of colours as Goerne does’ Sunday Times

Matthias Goerne

Eric Schneider

Schubert Songs

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Anthony Marwood violin Aleksandar Madzar piano Schubert Duo Sonata in A D574 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78

Richard Lewisohn

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Anthony Marwood is familiar to Wigmore Hall audiences as violinist of the Florestan Trio. This is the first of three Coffee Concerts he gives this season, each of which features one of the three effusively lyrical sonatas by Brahms.

‘Marwood’s violin tone is like spun gold’ The Scotsman

Anthony Marwood

Aleksandar Madzar

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series Clive Barda

£8 £9 £11 £13

Emmanuel Despax piano Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude in F minor ‘Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’ Bach/Hess ‘Jesu bleibet meine Freude’ from Cantata BWV147 Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Chopin Barcarolle in F # Op. 60; 12 Études Op. 10 One of the most sought-after rising stars of his generation and winner of the 2009 Dudley International Piano Competition, French pianist Emmanuel Despax celebrates Chopin’s bicentenary year in a programme including Chopin’s Barcarolle and 12 Études Op. 10.

‘His musicianship is described as prodigious, his career meteoric and, even at a young age, his reputation formidable’ The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand

Emmanuel Despax

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

MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

It was as a student at the Leipzig Conservatory that Grieg first came into contact with the music of Schumann, inspiring a life-long enthusiasm.

The brilliant young Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts pairs Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 1, which the composer characterised as ‘naive, rich in ideas’, with Schumann’s more turbulent D minor Sonata.

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Jack Liebeck

Tomasz Trzebiatowski

Ilya Gringolts violin Ashley Wass piano Grieg Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121

£12 concessions £10

Ilya Gringolts

Ashley Wass

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MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

‘Matthias Goerne seems to own a different shade of baritonal colour for every syllable Schubert wrote. The voice is sweet and serene, even at fff, and the shifts that Goerne applies to the changing of seasons and the fickleness of love are done with enviable delicacy’ Evening Standard

Marco Borggreve

Schubert Im Abendrot; Der Wanderer; Nachtviolen; Im Walde; Normans Gesang; Der Abend; Der Geistertanz; Schatzgräbers Begehr; An den Mond (D296); Erlkönig; Am See; Alinde; Widerschein; Die Forelle; Der Fluss; Abendröte; Klage; Der Strom; Fischerweise; Auf der Brücke

Marco Borggreve

Matthias Goerne baritone Andreas Haefliger piano

Limited availability

Andreas Haefliger

Matthias Goerne

Schubert Songs TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Levon Biss

Jim Four

James Gilchrist tenor Christopher Maltman baritone Julius Drake piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

Annus Mirabilis: The Complete Songs of 1840 – Eichendorff, Kerner and Anderson Schumann Der frohe Wandersmann; Der Schatzgräber; Frühlingsfahrt; Sängers Trost; Trost im Gesang; Liederkreis Op. 39; Märzveilchen; Muttertraum; Der Soldat; Der Spielmann; Kernerlieder Marco Borggreve

Christopher Maltman, James Gilchrist and Julius Drake continue our Schumann Bicentenary Series with a selection of Lieder from 1840, Schumann’s remarkable ‘year of song’, including the second set of Liederkreis – ‘my most Romantic music ever’, said the composer – which features the supernatural forest scene of Waldesgespräch (‘A forest dialogue’) and the rapturous moonlit half-lights of Mondnacht (‘Moonlit night’).

Christopher Maltman

James Gilchrist

Schumann Bicentenary Series Julius Drake

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WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita No. 2 BWV1004 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Brahms 3 Intermezzos Op. 117 Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24

John Fero Simms

^r Williams piano Lly

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Busoni’s towering piano realisation of Bach’s famous D minor Chaconne for solo violin and Beethoven’s rhythmically driven Waldstein Sonata contrast with Brahms’s more rhapsodic Intermezzos. In his Handel Variations, Brahms paid tribute not only to the composer whose theme he borrowed, but also to Beethoven, one of the greatest exponents of the piano variation.

Lly^ r Williams

THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series

Literes Confiado jilguerillo De la Torre/Dørumsgaard Pampano verde Marqués de Santillana/Rodrigo Serranilla Esteve/Dørumsgaard Alma, sintamos!

Schubert Didone abbandonata; Mio ben ricordati; Son fra l’onde Rossini Giovanna d’Arco Granados La maja dolorosa I, II and III Berlioz Les nuits d’été

José Manuel Bielsa

Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton piano

£8 £9 £11 £13

Clara Mouriz

Joseph Middleton

Clara Mouriz, who was recently awarded a Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Fellowship, returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme that explores the beauty of early Spanish Song and Schubert’s settings of Metastasio, the vocal and passionate virtuosity in Giovanna d’Arco and Granados’s Dolorosas, as well as the romanticism in Berlioz’s Nuits d’été. Joseph Middleton won the pianist’s prize in the 2007 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition.

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

FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 6.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Free (ticket required)

Pre-Concert Talk Richard Egarr introduces the first performance in The Bach Dynasty, his year-long showcase of the music of history’s most important musical family.

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FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Academy of Ancient Music Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr director, harpsichord The Bach Dynasty: Bach’s Forebears

Marco Borggreve

£18 £24 £28 £32

Heinrich Bach Ich danke dir, Gott Johann Michael Bach Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen Anon Es ist g’nug Heinrich Bach Sonata a 5 Johann Christoph Bach Die Furcht des Herren; Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte (Lamento) Heinrich Bach Sonata a 5 Johann Christoph Bach Mein Freundin, du bist schön Academy of Ancient Music

The Academy of Ancient Music begins its year-long homage to history’s greatest musical dynasty with music by J S Bach’s forebears. The concert begins with music by Heinrich Bach (1615–1692) – great-uncle of Johann Sebastian – before exploring the music of Heinrich’s sons Johann Christoph (1642–1703) and Johann Michael 1648–1694).

SATURDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Pierre Fournier Award Winner

£10 £14 £17 £20

Gabriel Schwabe cello Nicolai Girassimez piano Beethoven Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 Britten Suite No. 1 for solo cello Op. 72 Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119 Gabriel Schwabe, winner of the 2009 Pierre Fournier Award, was lauded by The Strad for ‘allowing the full force of contemporary instruments to hold sway in a dazzling performance, with virtuoso passages turned to perfection’. His programme balances an early sonata by Beethoven with late works by Britten and Prokofiev.

Sponsored by the Pierre Fournier Award (Reg. Charity)

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

Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op. 26 Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D Op. 94 Rachmaninov Prélude Op. 2 for cello and piano; Danse orientale Op. 2 for cello and piano Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

Richard Lewisohn

Marianne Thorsen violin Richard Lester cello Philippa Davies flute Ian Brown piano

Marianne Thorsen

An all-Russian matinee: Tchaikovsky’s violin-and-piano transcription of his appealing Sérénade mélancolique for violin and orchestra, Prokofiev’s substantial and tuneful Flute Sonata, some attractive early Rachmaninov cello pieces, and Shostakovich’s powerful wartime piano trio – written in memory of his friend, the Russian musicologist and theatre critic Ivan Sollertinsky.

Beethoven and the Russians

Richard Lester Clive Barda

Nash Ensemble

Bea Levine-Humm

SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Gabriel Schwabe

Philippa Davies

Ian Brown

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Reinis Zariņs˘ piano Schubert Drei Klavierstücke D946 Peteris Vasks Autumn music Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B b Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

£8 £10 £13 £15

Vilena Makarica

SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM 2009 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Competition Winner

Laureate of 11 international competitions, Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņs˘ has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout Europe and the USA. Currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he gives his Wigmore Hall debut recital as the winner’s prize in the 2009 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition.

Sponsored by Fazioli Reinis Zariņs˘

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£12 concessions £10

ATOS Trio Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posth Beethoven Piano Trio in B b Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ Having won four prizes at the 2007 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the ATOS Trio is among the current roster of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme.

While Rachmaninov’s first Trio élégiaque carries a doleful air, Beethoven’s noble ‘Archduke’ Trio erupts into a light-hearted, rustic finale.

The ATOS Trio is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme

ATOS Trio

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM The Monday Platform

£8 £10 £13 £15

Maria Marchant piano Belinda Williams mezzo-soprano Christopher Glynn piano Olga Stezhko piano Byrd Fantasia in D minor Ronald Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy Bridge Dramatic Fantasia Quilter Love’s philosophy; Now sleeps the crimson petal; Come away, death; Dream valley; Daybreak; Over the mountains Tchaikovsky It was in the early spring; At the Ball; Terrible moment; Again as before; Lied der Mignon Bach/Busoni Organ Prelude and Fugue in D BWV532 Skryabin Sonata No. 7 Op. 64 ‘White Mass’

Maria Marchant

Belinda Williams

The three young performers, Maria Marchant, Belinda Williams and Olga Stezhko, selected at audition by The Tillett Trust earlier this year, are presented in this showcase by the Friends of Young Artists’ Platform.

The programme is specially designed to display their differing talents, with a first half of English music followed by a second of Russian and Italian.

Presented by the Friends of Young Artists’ Platform Supported by the Tillett Trust & the Milton Grundy Foundation

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Olga Stezhko

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TUESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B b Op. 133 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Chausson Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37 Fêted mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager returns to join the Belcea Quartet for Respighi’s by turns dramatic and serene setting of Shelley’s The Sunset. She is partnered by pianist Simon Lepper in Chausson’s dreamlike Chanson perpétuelle. The Belcea Quartet will also perform Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge and Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet.

PGB Portraits

Nikolaus Karlinsky

Angelika Kirchschlager

Simon Lepper

Sheila Rock/ EMI Classics

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Belcea Quartet Simon Lepper piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providing vital support throughout the 2010 – 11 Season Belcea Quartet

WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM

Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Schubert Piano Sonata in B b D960 Ireland Rhapsody (world première) Wagner/Liszt Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Liszt Rigoletto paraphrase de concert (after Verdi)

Rama Knight

Mark Bebbington piano

£10 £14 £18 £22

Mark Bebbington contrasts two late Classical masterpieces with virtuoso opera paraphrases by Liszt.

Mark’s critically acclaimed SOMM label recordings of 20th-century British piano music are reflected in the inclusion of a significant Ireland première – an extended early rhapsody bearing the hallmarks of Ireland’s mature style.

J. Audrey Ellison International Artists’ Management Sponsored by the John Ireland Trust

THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Mark Bebbington

£12 £16 £22 £24

IMS Prussia Cove Mark Padmore tenor Laura Luzke violin Lily Francis violin, viola Atar Arad viola Philip Higham cello Matthew McDonald double bass Matthew Hunt clarinet Ieva Jokubaviciute piano Rossini Duetto in D for cello and double bass Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Atar Arad New work Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Fauré La bonne chanson Op. 61 Mark Padmore

This concert follows the IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music Seminar, in which established performers take part in chamber-music ensembles with young musicians to study and perform works from the chamber-music repertoire. The musicians have been invited to perform by IMS Prussia Cove’s Artistic Director Steven Isserlis.

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Wigmore Hall Learning offers a huge range of opportunities for the whole family to discover chamber music and song.

This Autumn, there are plenty of ways to get involved through playing, singing, listening, or making up new music, including:

Open House Day On Saturday 18 September, pop in to hear some improvised music on the Wigmore Hall stage with Ignite and take part in an open creative music workshopfor all ages with Kate Newell.

No booking required!

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For Crying Out Loud!

We are delighted to continue with this series of concerts for new parents and their babies, where they can listen to beautiful music in a calm and accommodating environment.

Tuesday 12 October and Wednesday 17 November, 11 am – 11.45 am

Family Concerts These are a fun way for children to experience their first concert, with lots of interactive activities to take part in. Join Dominic Harlan for a Journey Through Song on 16 October and be inspired by the Carducci Quartet on 4 December. For age 5 plus.

If you would like to join our FREE learning mailing list, or you are a school or community group who wants to get involved, please contact us on 020 7258 8240 or email learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk.

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HOW TO GET HERE Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.

Buses OX F O R D CIRCUS

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BOND STREET

There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five minute walk from the hall.

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Our bars offer a range of hot, cold and alcoholic beverages alongside a selection of snacks.

Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or call 020 7258 8292 for further information.

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