WigmoreHallSeptember2013ConcertDiary by Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary SEPTEMBER 2013

Joshua Redman Inside: Arcanto Quartet Ian Bostridge Europa Galante Matthias Goerne Nelson Goerner Thomas Hampson Angelika Kirchschlager SË&#x2DC;kampa Quartet Bryn Terfel & Simon Keenlyside And many more

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Benjamin Ealovega

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. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert. By Telephone 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm. 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

Subscription Discounts of up to 10% are available for a number of Wigmore Series concerts. Please ask the Box Office for details. Standby Tickets for students, senior citizens and the unemployed are available from one hour before the performance (subject to availability) with best available seats sold at the lowest price. NB standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime and Coffee Concerts. Group Discounts of 10% are available for groups of 12 or more, subject to availability.

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Latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable pause in the performance.

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Facilities for Disabled People For full details please call 020 7258 8210

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The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary programmes if necessary. Wigmore Hall

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John Gilhooly Director

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The Wigmore Hall Trust, Reg. Charity N0. 1024838

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Wigmore Hall/ Kohn Foundation

International

Song

Competition

Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997

The 8th biennial Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition will take place in Wigmore Hall from 30 August to 3 September 2013 JURY John Gilhooly Chair, Pieter Alferink, Barbara Bonney, Robert Gambill, Graham Johnson OBE, Sir Ralph Kohn (non-voting), Ann Murray DBE, Christoph Prégardien, Asadour Santourian

Friday 30 August 11.00 am & 2.00 pm

PRELIMINARY STAGE – DAY 1 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme All day £12.50 concessions £10 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers

Saturday 31 August 11.00 am & 2.00 pm

PRELIMINARY STAGE – DAY 2 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme All day £12.50 concessions £10 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers

Sunday 1 September 3.00 pm & 7.30 pm

SEMI-FINAL STAGE 12 semi-finalists will each perform a 20-minute programme All day £15 concessions £12 Please note that there will be an Interval Supper from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm. Please contact the Wigmore Hall Restaurant to make your supper reservation.

Book for the first three stages at the same time for £30 concessions £25 Tuesday 3 September 6.00 pm

FINAL STAGE AND PRIZE-GIVING Four singers will each give a recital of 30 minutes £15 £20 £25 £30 Please note that there will be an Interval Supper from approx. 8.20 pm to 9.30 pm. Please contact the Wigmore Hall Restaurant to make your supper reservation.

Song Recital Series

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SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Russell Duncan

Brian Tarr

Simon Keenlyside baritone Bryn Terfel bass-baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Uwe Arens

Opening Concert of the 2013/ 14 Season

Returns only

Programme includes songs by Schumann and Schubert Anyone in search of definitive qualities for the singing of our time could do no better than to begin with the work of these artists. Simon Keenlyside Bryn Terfel Malcolm Martineau Bryn Terfel’s ability to connect with audiences of all backgrounds and ages rests on his incredible vocal powers and gift for communication. There is a comparable charisma and intense presence about Simon Keenlyside, who brings words and poetic images to pulsating life on stage and in the concert hall. And Malcolm Martineau has also played a vital role in developing the multifaceted colours and individuality of their rich music-making. Booking limited to two tickets only per person Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2013 / 14 Wigmore Series

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

S˘kampa Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in B b Op. 18 No. 6 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Valentin Georgiev

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Mendelssohn was only eighteen when he wrote his first string quartet (later numbered as his second). The young composer, inspired by Beethoven’s string quartets, created a fine balance of Classical purity and Romantic expression in his Op. 13 score. The S˘kampa Quartet opens with Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6, a youthful work crowned by its visionary finale.

S˘kampa Quartet

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Unisa International Piano Competition Prizewinner’s Concert Susan Wilson

Lukás˘ Vondrác˘ek piano Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO. 80 Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42 Martinu˚ 3 Czech Dances

£10 £14 £17 £20

Lukás˘ Vondrác˘ek made his first public appearance at the age of four and is currently studying at Boston’s New England Conservatory with Hung-Kuan Chen. He has worked with many of today’s top international conductors and orchestras. In 2009 Lukás˘ Vondrác˘ek received the Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award at the International Van Cliburn Piano Competition, and in 2012 he was the First Prize winner at the 12th Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa. Promoted and sponsored by Unisa Music Foundation, University of South Africa Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited

Lukás˘ Vondrác˘ek

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MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£12.50 concessions £10 Javier del Real

Anne Schwanewilms soprano Roger Vignoles piano Debussy Proses lyriques Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Ranked by the journalist and musicologist Michael Kennedy among ‘the leading lyric Strauss singers of the day’, Anne Schwanewilms reaches out to audiences with her rare blend of vocal warmth, dramatic artistry, wit and charm. ‘I love to sing,’observes the German soprano. ‘It is a must for me, and a dream.’

Anne Schwanewilms

MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Marco Borggreve

Menahem Pressler & Friends Menahem Pressler piano Alexander Kerr violin Lawrence Power viola Paul Watkins cello

£15 £20 £25 £30

Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478 Turina Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 67 Dvorˇák Piano Quartet in E b Op. 87

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Menahem Pressler

Alexander Kerr Paul Marc Mitchell

Jack Liebeck

Menahem Pressler, born in December 1923, has lived a remarkable life by any measure. His artistry bears witness to his experience as a refugee from Nazi Germany, a firebrand young soloist, an inspirational teacher and one of the world’s greatest chamber musicians. The New York Times described him as ‘a poet, time and again revealing unexpected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed.’ The insightfulness of Pressler’s interpretations continues to astonish and beguile, while the spirit of his work with younger colleagues remains as generous and collegial as ever. He joins forces with three close friends and musical partners for Wigmore Hall’s tribute to his life and work.

Lawrence Power

Paul Watkins

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’.

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TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

£15 £20 £25 £30

Roman Trekel baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann Dichterliebe Schoenberg Warnung; Erwartung; Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm; Erhebung Zemlinsky Entbietung; Meeraugen Strauss Four Last Songs Roman Trekel has devised a programme hallmarked by insight into the nature of Romantic love and attachment. The German baritone journeys through the turbulent emotional world of Schumann’s Dichterliebe, explores the eroticism of Schoenberg’s ‘Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm’, a sensual appeal by Jesus to Mary Magdalene, and arrives finally at Strauss’s valedictory Four Last Songs. Roman Trekel

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Nelson Goerner piano Mozart Piano Sonata in E b K282 Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16 Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960 In the second of four concerts in his ‘Portrait’ series, Nelson Goerner explores three works drawn from the heart of his repertoire, brought together to create a musical and spiritual journey. He begins with Mozart’s Piano Sonata in E flat K282, an experimental work from a young composer, and continues with explorations of Schumann’s ‘fantasies for piano’, Kreisleriana, and Schubert’s sublime final Piano Sonata in B flat D960.

Jean-Baptiste Millot

£15 £20 £25 £30

Supported by the Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Nelson Goerner Portrait Series

Nelson Goerner

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series Michele Crosera

Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi director, violin Vivaldi Sinfonia in G RV149; From La stravaganza: Violin Concerto in A minor RV357; Violin Concerto in E minor RV279; Violin Concerto in Bb RV383a Vivaldi Sinfonia from Ercole su’l Termodonte RV710 Vivaldi From La stravaganza: Violin Concerto in F RV284; Violin Concerto in D RV204; Violin Concerto in F RV291

£18 £25 £30 £35

Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series gets underway in style with a visit from Europa Galante and its visionary leader Fabio Biondi. Europa Galante came into being in 1990 as the Fabio Biondi realisation of violinist Biondi’s wish to create an Italian period instrument ensemble of the highest quality with a groundbreaking approach to historically informed performance. Its work since has set a compelling balance between scholarship and spontaneity, fashioning interpretations that direct listeners to the edge of their seats and critics to produce superlatives of praise and admiration. Over the years, Europa Galante has revived countless neglected masterworks and appeared at the world’s leading concert halls and festivals, from La Scala to the Sydney Opera House.

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FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Marco Borggreve

Schubert Der Strom; Auf der Donau; Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren; Nachtstück; Viola; Abendstern; Gondelfahrer; Auflösung; Widerschein; Alinde; Rastlose Liebe; Geheimes; Versunken; Der Winterabend; Die Sterne; Strophe aus ‘die Götter Griechenlands’

Benjamin Ealovega

Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

‘After silence,’ observed Aldous Huxley, ‘that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.’ The seemingly infinite expressive range and invention of Ian Bostridge Julius Drake Schubert’s songs, explored in depth by Ian Bostridge in his Wigmore Hall Schubert Series, inform everything from the wild energy of ‘Der Strom’ to the rapt contemplation of his sublime setting of ‘Die Sterne’. Ian Bostridge: Schubert Lieder SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 10.30 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Day For age 5 plus Musician Neil Valentine and artist Caroline Dorset from The Wallace Collection guide you through a day of time travel. Find inspiration from The Collection’s incredible galleries and exhibits, then take your ideas back to Wigmore Hall to create your own musical work of art.

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Travels Through Time

£12 Adults £8 Children

In partnership with The Wallace Collection Wigmore Hall’s Family Programme is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Scheiden und Meiden; Trost im Unglück; Aus! Aus!; Nicht wiedersehen!; From Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Die zwei blauen Augen; From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm; Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz; Revelge Zemlinsky Entbietung Webern Aufblick; Tief von Fern Strauss Befreit Alma Mahler Die stille Stadt Schoenberg Erwartung Mahler From Five Rückert Lieder: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft; Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder; Um Mitternacht; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Dario Acosta

Thomas Hampson baritone Wolfram Rieger piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

Thomas Hampson

Wigmore Hall’s glorious Season opening week concludes with a visit from the American baritone Thomas Hampson, who made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1984 and has held audiences spellbound at the Hall many times since. In addition to his distinguished operatic interpretations and award-winning recordings, Hampson’s affinity for the songs of Gustav Mahler and the great landmarks of the song repertoire have further underlined his status as one of the most musical and sophisticated singers of modern times.

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

Dohnányi Ruralia hungarica ‘Andante rubato’ Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’ Ravel Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré Ravel Violin Sonata

Vincent Garnier

Philippe Graffin violin Claire Désert piano

Marco Borggreve

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Paris and the influence of La Belle Époque help connect the works in this Philippe Graffin Claire Désert Coffee Concert programme. The dazzling violin and piano team of Philippe Graffin and Claire Désert include George Enescu’s third violin sonata of 1926, which combines invaluable lessons learned by the composer from his French contemporaries with intimate recollections of melodies from his childhood in Romania. SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Pekka Kuusisto violin Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Lilli Maijala viola Pieter Wispelwey cello

Chris Dodd

quartet-lab

£15 £20 £25 £30

Mozart Divertimento in D K136 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 The musicians of quartet-lab will perform additional works, to be announced from the stage. Four renowned instrumentalists combine to form quartet-lab, a collective devoted to the exploration and expansion of the string quartet repertoire. The ensemble’s members, acclaimed for their work as soloists, also connect powerfully with the art of improvisation quartet-lab through traditional music from their native countries. This programme travels from Mozart’s flamboyant early Divertimento K136 and Beethoven’s experimental ‘Serioso’ Quartet to Britten’s second string quartet, which received its world première at Wigmore Hall in 1945. MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784 Schumann Fantasy in C Op. 17 Following his revelatory cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas, Christian Blackshaw returns to Wigmore Hall for a lunchtime recital built upon two cornerstones of 19th-century music. Schubert’s darkly introspective Piano Sonata in A minor, completed in 1823 following its composer’s recovery from illness, was posthumously published in 1839, the same year in which Schumann’s impassioned Fantasy in C first appeared in print.

Herbie Knott

Christian Blackshaw piano

£12.50 concessions £10

Christian Blackshaw

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MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Rosenblatt Recitals

Celso Albelo tenor Juan Francisco Parra piano Turina Poema en forma de canciones Guastavino Pampamapa; Ya me voy a retirar; El sampedrino Ginastera Canción al árbol del olvido Brandt Besos en mis sueños Penella Detén tu lado paso (Don Gil de Alcalá ) Vives Por el humo se sabe donde está el fuego (Doña Francisquita) Lecuona La Comparsa Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore); Tombe degli avi miei … Fra poco … (Lucia di Lammermoor); Spirto gentil (La favorita) Verdi La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

Joan Tomàs, Fidelio Artist

£12 £16 £22 £26

Celso Albelo

Juan Francisco Parra

Spanish tenor Celso Albelo is well-established on the international opera scene, performing at important venues around the world including London’s Royal Opera House. Making his London recital debut, he opens the 2013/14 Rosenblatt Recitals season with a programme from great composers of the Iberian Peninsula and South America. Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 21 October (Angel Blue), 7 November (Giorgio Berrugi) and 9 January (Rosa Feola). See Wigmore Hall website for more details.

TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Jack Liebeck

Benjamin Ealovega

Anthony Marwood

Lawrence Power Marco Borggreve

Sussie Ahlburg

Adam Walker Tina Foster

Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor Fauré Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

Satoshi Aoyag

Adam Walker flute Anthony Marwood violin Lawrence Power viola Steven Isserlis cello Lucy Wakeford harp Alexander Melnikov piano

£18 £25 £30 £35

Steven Isserlis is the central figure in a four-concert programme certain to evoke the febrile nature and creative ferment that touched composers in Europe and beyond as great events unfolded around them. Music in the Shadow of War, including works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Poulenc and Martinu° , catches the vivid energy of chamber scores conceived as Lucy Wakeford Steven Isserlis Alexander Melnikov the world lurched from one crisis to the next. Wartime anxieties variously conditioned the works in this programme. Bridge began his two-movement cello sonata in 1913 and worked on it as World War I unfolded. Debussy took refuge from depressing news of bloody battles on the Western Front in his sonata of 1915, while Shostakovich turned in 1943 – 44 to Russian and Jewish folk themes to create a powerful memorial work to his closest friend. Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Music in the Shadow of War CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Inon Barnatan piano Debussy Suite bergamasque Ronald Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Britten Ravel La valse Matthias Pintscher New commission (world première)* Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

Marco Borggreve

£15 £20 £25 £30

*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Aspen Music Festival, with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Le Figaro has written of his ‘impeccable musicality and phrasing’, while Gramophone described him as a ‘born Schubertian’. Inon Barnatan’s artistic journey continues this season with a typically thought-provoking and engaging programme, complete with the first performance of a specially commissioned work by Matthias Pintscher and Ronald Stevenson’s thrilling Peter Grimes Fantasy. WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Contemporary Music Series

Inon Barnatan

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases

£12.50 concessions £10

The London International Players Daniel Röhn violin Ruth Gibson viola Ashok Klouda cello Irina Botan piano Ana de la Vega flute Martino Panizza harp Mozart Flute Quartet No. 1 in D K285 Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor Bax Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49

Daniel Röhn

Ruth Gibson

Ashok Klouda

Irina Botan

Ana de la Vega

Martino Panizza

The London International Players comprises soloists and chamber musicians of individual distinction from many corners of the world who have come together through a mutual love of chamber music and common musical ideals. Founded by the dynamic Ana de la Vega, these musicians will open the Thursday Lunchtime Showcase series with great flair. Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals on 26 Sept (Nazrin Rashidova and Roderick Chadwick), 28 Nov (Ivana Gavric´), 5 Dec ( Yu Kosuge), 13 Feb (Mei Yi Foo) & 3 April (Rachel Kolly d’Alba and Christian Chamorel)

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THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£15 £20 £25 £30

The Sitkovetsky Trio Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Leonard Elschenbroich cello Wu Qian piano Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E b D929 Within a year of its foundation by three students at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Sitkovetsky Trio took first prize in the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award 2008 and made its Wigmore Hall debut. The young ensemble’s perceptive musicianship was recently compared by the Independent to that of ‘the Beaux Arts Trio in its heyday’. WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

The Sitkovetsky Trio

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Jazz Series Erik Burås/ Studio B13

IMN

Jazz at Wigmore Hall continues this season under the direction of American saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman as his series featuring a world-class roster of artists unfolds. A rare occasion indeed – a concert bringing together Redman and Håkon Kornstad, the acclaimed Norwegian saxophonist and operatic tenor. Each musician has been nominated for several Grammys in their respective homelands, and each has the deserved reputation for always bringing something new and fresh to the jazz idiom. The concert will feature solo as well as duo performances. This concert will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval

Joshua Redman

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 11.00 AM – 3.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Open House Day For all: Gain access to the auditorium with music from the stage as well as the chance to take a look behind the scenes and explore backstage throughout the day. For children and families: Be a musical detective and follow the trail to discover musicians playing around the building. Collect your musical clues and then join in with a workshop in the Bechstein Room to put them all together and solve the musical mystery. Make sure you have time to tour the building first, then join one of the half-hour workshops starting at 12.15 pm, 1.15 pm or 2.15 pm.

Håkon Kornstad

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Joshua Redman saxophone Håkon Kornstad saxophone, tenor

£15 £20 £25 £30

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SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series Wigmore Hall Debut

Denis Kozhukhin piano Haydn Piano Sonata in F HXVI:23 Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Hindemith Piano Sonata No. 3 Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116

Paul Marc Mitchell

£15 £20 £25 £30

International interest followed Denis Kozhukhin’s victory in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels. Born to a musical family in Nizhny Novgorod in Russia’s heartlands, he studied at the Balakirev School of Music and at the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid. The 27-year old makes his Wigmore Hall debut in a programme of rich diversity, correspondences and contrasts. Denis Kozhukhin

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

Arcanto Quartet Mozart String Quartet in A K464 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135 The combined experience and musical vision of Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras underpin the arresting eloquence of Arcanto Quartet interpretations. They perform Mozart’s String Quartet in A K464, inspired by the music of Haydn, and Beethoven’s final essay in the string quartet genre, a masterwork of fathomless depths and expressive nuances.

Marco Borggreve

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Arcanto Quartet

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM

£8 £9 £11 £13

Young Musicians from The Purcell School Bernice Chitiul voice Rytis Juskaitis piano Jo Eun Shim viola Davinya Cooper flute Martin Bartlett piano Mozart From Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete; Non so più; Porgi amor; From Così fan tutte: Smanie Implacabile Debussy 2 Préludes from Book I: Voiles; La danse de Puck Rachmaninov Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20 Clarke Viola Sonata Harty In Ireland Bozza Aria Dutilleux Sonatine Liszt Vallée d’Obermann from Années de pèlerinage S160 No. 6 Ginastera Danzas argentinas Young musicians from The Purcell School perform works for voice, piano, viola and Musicians from The Purcell School flute. 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 The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855) www.purcell-school.org

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MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Robin Tritschler tenor Iain Burnside piano Britten Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente Schubert O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild; Im Frühling; Im Freien; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Ständchen; An Silvia Britten Oft in the stilly night; The minstrel boy; Rich and Rare; At the mid hour of night; The last rose of summer

Sussie Ahlburg

£12.50 concessions £10

Since winning the Song Prize at the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Award, the Irish tenor Robin Tritschler has made great strides as concert artist and opera soloist. The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, hailed for his ‘exquisite clarity’ and ‘radiantly lyrical’ voice, returns to Wigmore Hall to connect with the expressive worlds of Schubert and Britten. Robin Tritschler is a member of Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme

Robin Tritschler

MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Marco Borggreve

£15 £20 £25 £30

Arcanto Quartet Bach The Art of Fugue (extracts) Hindemith String Quartet No. 5 Op. 32 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my Life’ Art and craft coalesced in Bach’s peerless compositions. The Art of Fugue, a collection of fugues and canons created in the 1740s, transcends the boundaries of strict counterpoint to touch the sublime. The Arcanto Quartet sets extracts from Bach’s score in company with Hindemith’s fifth string quartet, written in the early 1920s under the influence of the ‘New Sobriety’ movement in art.

Arcanto Quartet

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Christina Haldane

Graham Mallanby

Sussie Ahlburg

Classical Opera; Ian Page conductor Ailish Tynan soprano (as Weltgeist) Sarah Fox soprano (as Barmherzigkeit) Mary Bevan soprano (as Gerechtigkeit) Andrew Kennedy tenor (as Christgeist) Allan Clayton tenor (as Christ)

£18 £25 £30 £35

Mozart Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots K35

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 25 minutes in duration, without an interval

Sarah Fox

Mary Bevan

Allan Clayton

Ian Page

Jack Liebeck

Benjamin Ealovega

Ailish Tynan

To mark the release of its new recording of the work, Classical Opera performs Mozart’s remarkable sacred singspiel, ‘The Obligation of the First Commandment’, created when he was just eleven. The music’s tender beauty, dynamism and descriptive flair bear witness to the young composer’s innate empathy for humanity’s desire to understand and experience matters spiritual.

Andrew Kennedy

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WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Schubert Abendstern; Blondel zu Marien; Das Heimweh; Das Lied im Grünen; Der Kreuzzug; Der Winterabend; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Die Gebüsche; Die Sternennächte; Wandrers Nachtlied; Im Frühling

Marco Borggreve

Matthias Goerne baritone Sarah Christ harp

£18 £25 £30 £35

For the first concert in Matthias Goerne’s three-concert series, he is joined by Sarah Christ to explore the unique sound-world of Schubert Lieder accompanied by harp. Matthias Goerne Sarah Christ Praised by Daniel Barenboim for the high standards of her orchestral and chamber music performances, Sarah is set to offer double-insight into these glorious songs through this exciting musical partnership. Matthias Goerne: ‘A Celebration’ THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases

£12.50 concessions £10

Nazrin Rashidova violin Roderick Chadwick piano Mozart Violin Sonata in Bb K378 Godowsky From 12 Impressions: No. 1 Larghetto lamentoso, No. 2 Profile (Chopin), No. 9 Valse Macabre Szymanowski Fountain of Arethuse, from Myths Op. 30 Moszkowski Nos. 3 & 5 from Spanish Dances Op. 12 (arr. Emile Sauret) Szymanowski Dryads and Pan from Myths Op. 30 Godowsky From 12 Impressions: No. 4 Tyrolean (Schuhplattler), No. 12 Viennese (Wienerisch)

Launch of Godowsky CD (Naxos label) Leopold Godowsky composed his Twelve Impressions for violin and piano in 1916 and dedicated them to Fritz Kreisler and his wife. Nazrin Rashidova and Roderick Chadwick recorded these pieces in 2012 on the Naxos label making this a recording première of a collection of Godowsky’s works for violin and piano.

Nazrin Rashidova

Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals on 19 Sept ( The London International Players), 28 Nov (Ivana Gavric´), 5 Dec ( Yu Kosuge), 13 Feb (Mei Yi Foo) & 3 April (Rachel Kolly d’Alba and Christian Chamorel)

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Haydn Ein kleines Haus; Lob der Faulheit; Das Leben ist ein Traum; Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter; Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte Beethoven Mailied; Neue Liebe, neues Leben; Wonne der Wehmut; Mit einem gemalten Band; Aus Goethes Faust: Es war einmal ein König; Die Trommel gerühret; Freudvoll und leidvoll Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Angelika Kirchschlager’s programme spans a formative period in the development of German song, exploring a selection of Haydn’s output for the genre and casting light on ‘Die Trommel gerühret’ and ‘Freudvoll und leidvoll’ from Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s play Egmont. The second half of this recital presents Schumann’s dozen settings of verse by Eichendorff, the Liederkreis Op. 39 of 1840.

Nikolaus Karlinsky

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Helmut Deutsch piano

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Angelika Kirchschlager

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FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Marco Borggreve

Marco Borggreve

Matthias Goerne baritone Andreas Haefliger piano

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Wolf Neue Liebe; Peregrina I & II Liszt Blume und Duft Wolf An die Geliebte; Liebesbotschaft; Nachtgruss; Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: Wohl denk ich oft; Alles endet, was entstehet; Fühlt meine Seele Liszt Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Lasst mich ruhen; Ich möchte hingehn; Des Tages laute Stimmen schweigen; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh Matthias Goerne Wolf Harfenspieler I– III Liszt Der du von dem Himmel bist Wolf Keine gleicht von allen Schönen; Sonne der Schlummerlosen; Morgenstimmung

Andreas Haefliger

Matthias Goerne and Andreas Haefliger, artists universally celebrated for the insightful qualities and expressive depths of their interpretations, train their attention in this recital on songs by two strikingly different men. Both Wolf and Liszt, for all their personal contrasts, probed the human psyche and harnessed the powers of music and poetry to set minds free. Matthias Goerne: ‘A Celebration’ SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Pre-Concert Talk Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout introduces his all-Mozart evening programme. SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

Mozart Piano Sonata in C K545; Piano Sonata in A minor K310; Suite (Sarabande completed by Robert Levin) K399; Piano Sonata in A K331

Marco Borggreve

Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

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Kristian Bezuidenhout opens his all-Mozart programme with one of the composer’s most delightful keyboard works, conceived with consummate elegance and style ‘for beginners’. The South African-born fortepianist includes Robert Levin’s completion of Mozart’s suite in early 18th-century fashion and the Piano Sonata in A K331, crowned by its famous ‘Turkish’ Rondo and shot through with uplifting melodies. Kristian Bezuidenhout

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SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

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

Wigmore Hall Debut

Jan Lisiecki piano Bach Partita No.1 in Bb BWV825 Chopin 12 Études Op.10 Born in Canada to Polish parents in 1995, Jan Lisiecki unleashed a flood of critical superlatives three years ago following the release of his live recording of Chopin’s piano concertos with Sinfonia Varsovia. The eighteen-year old, praised for his poetic pianism and highly developed sense of the singing line, marks his Wigmore Hall debut with this Coffee Concert recital.

Jan Lisiecki

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier artistic director

Ola Renska

Wigmore Hall Debut

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The Bach dynasty – 150 years of motets Johannes Bach Sei nun wieder zufrieden meine Seele; Unser Leben ist ein Schatten Johann Michael Bach Herr wenn ich nur dich habe; Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebet; Halt, was du hast Johann Christoph Bach Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf; Fürchte dich nicht; Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt Johann Ludwig Bach Das Blut Jesu Christi; Das ist meine Freude Johann Sebastian Bach Ich lasse dich nicht BWV159a; Jesu, meine Freude BWV227

Vox Luminis

Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier received the 2012 Gramophone Record of the Year Award for their thrilling recording of Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien. The Belgian early music ensemble, which Meunier created in 2004, makes its Wigmore Hall debut with a captivating programme of works from the Bach dynasty. It opens with the two surviving motets by Johannes Bach, appointed as town musician and organist in Erfurt in the 1630s. Meunier and Vox Luminis will also reveal the deep family foundations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical training, clearly present in the sacred cantatas of his second cousin, Johann Ludwig, and the exquisite motets of Johann Michael Bach.

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MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ György Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András (12 Microludes) Op. 13 Bartók String Quartet No. 4

Molina Visuals

Cuarteto Casals

£12.50 concessions £10

Currents of Hungarian culture run deep in this BBC Lunchtime Concert. Cuarteto Casals performs György Kurtág’s aphoristic Microludes, written in 1978 in homage to the influential composer and cellist András Mihály. The quartet opens with Haydn’s delightful ‘Bird’ quartet, one of six works written in 1781 and dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia.

Cuarteto Casals

MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Dario Acosta

Wigmore Hall Debut

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Brahms Sapphische Ode; Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen; Die Mainacht; Unbewegte laue Luft Wolf Gebet; In der Frühe; Der Tambour; Um Mitternacht; Fussreise Britten A Charm of Lullabies George Crumb 3 Early Songs Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Poulenc 5 Poems of Max Jacob American mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, who makes her Wigmore Hall debut, took the Metropolitan Opera by storm in 2008 with her performance as Kitty Oppenheimer in John Adams’s Doctor Atomic. She repeated the role at English National Opera, further underlining the allure of her stage presence, tonal richness and exceptional gift for communication. Sasha Cooke

Contemporary Music Series SEP – DEC 13 Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, as commissioner of new works and champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières. Wednesday 18 September 7.30 pm

Monday 28 October 7.30 pm

Sunday 3 November 7.30 pm

Inon Barnatan

Christian Gerhaher Gerold Huber piano

Xuefei Yang guitar

piano

Matthias Pintscher* & Ronald Stevenson

baritone

Chen Yi*

Jörg Widmann*

Wednesday 6 November 7.30 pm

Sunday 13 October 7.30 pm

Saturday 2 November 1.00 pm & 7.30 pm

EXAUDI

Quatuor Ebène Antoine Tamestit viola

Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon conductor Claire Booth soprano Adam Walker flute Mark Simpson clarinet András Keller violin Paul Silverthorne viola Cédric Tiberghien piano

Michael Finnissy*, Christopher Fox* & Stefano Gervasoni*

Julian Anderson, Gérard Grisey, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, Hans Abrahamsen & Salvatore Sciarrino

Sally Beamish*

Bruno Mantovani* Wednesday 16 October 7.30 pm

Arditti Quartet Brian Ferneyhough, Hilda Paredes, John Cage & more Saturday 19 October 4.00 pm

Quatuor Diotima Brian Ferneyhough, Jean Barraqué & Toshio Hosokawa*

Friday 22 November 7.30 pm

The Prince Consort Cheryl Frances-Hoad* & Gwilym Simcock* Wednesday 11 December 1.00 pm

Britten Sinfonia

Thursday 24 October 7.30 pm

Matthew Barley cello Dai Fujikura, James MacMillan, John Tavener & Jan Bang / Barley

* Commissioned or co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts The perfect way to start your Sunday morning – a cup of coffee or a glass of sherry preceded by an hour of world-class classical music. All concerts start at 11.30 am Sun 8 Sep Škampa Quartet Sun 15 Sep Philippe Graffin/Claire Désert Sun 22 Sep Arcanto Quartet Sun 29 Sep Jan Lisiecki Sun 6 Oct Prazˇák Quartet Sun 13 Oct Andreas Brantelid/Peter Friis Johansson Sun 20 Oct Vanbrugh Quartet Sun 27 Oct Musicians from the Scottish Ensemble Alasdair Beatson Sun 3 Nov Arcadia Quartet Sun 10 Nov Julian Bliss/Robert Bottriell Sun 17 Nov Natalie Clein /Tamara Stefanovich Sun 24 Nov Nash Ensemble Marianne Thorsen/Ian Brown Sun 1 Dec Spencer Myer Sun 8 Dec Raphael Wallfisch/John York Sun 15 Dec Mandelring Quartet Sun 22 Dec Gould Piano Trio Sun 29 Dec Quartetto di Cremona

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