Wigmore Hall Summer 2015 Brochure by Wigmore Hall

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Keith Saunders

Welcome

John Butt and the Dunedin Consort shed fresh light on Bach’s St John Passion in their revelatory recording, hailed by Gramophone for its ‘naturalness and emotional honesty’. They bring their vision of the work to Wigmore Hall for a special Holy Week performance, projecting the vivid drama of Christ’s betrayal and suffering, and the profound humanity of Bach’s response to it. Andreas Scholl has inspired countless new listeners to fall in love with lesser-known works. His artistry reveals the timeless qualities of great music from the distant past, restoring the rhetorical power and emotional impact of pieces conceived for star performers of eighteenth-century Europe. Scholl’s latest Wigmore Hall programme explores the vitality of Italian cantatas by three masters of the genre and frames their work with the seductive songs of Venetian gondoliers. Formed 70 years ago, soon after the Second World War, the Borodin Quartet has become synonymous with the works of Shostakovich and Beethoven. The ensemble’s latest Wigmore Hall series offers a complete cycle of the two composers’ string quartets, works deeply inscribed in the group’s collective DNA.

Benjamin Ealovega

Our season-long Paul Lewis: A Celebration continues when the much-loved English pianist partners Allan Clayton in a work of timeless musical beauty and artistic truth. Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, which was first performed at Wigmore Hall in 1903, explores a young man’s love, despair, contemplation of death and ultimate recognition of impermanence.

Body and soul are united in Martin Fröst’s intensely focused approach to making music. The Swedish clarinettist’s entrancing season as Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence draws to a close this summer with a beguiling sequence of concerts over the early May Bank Holiday weekend. Two visionary artists, Dorothea Röschmann and Mitsuko Uchida, explore the expressive range and timeless human insights of two of Schumann’s greatest song cycles, landmarks of nineteenth-century music. Röschmann’s artistry has deepened and matured since her sensational international breakthrough at the 1995 Salzburg Festival, securing her place among the best-loved performers of her generation. She is joined by Mitsuko Uchida, renowned worldwide for her penetrating interpretations of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven, and music by composers of the Second Viennese School, Alban Berg among them. Awards and acclaim have followed the pioneering work of the Monteverdi Choir and its founder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner. ‘If there were a Nobel prize for choirs, the Monteverdi Choir should be its laureate’, noted Le Monde. Their interpretations of everything from medieval music and Monteverdi to the great choral works of Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Brahms have set benchmark standards in terms of style and substance, stripping away anachronistic performance traditions and keeping faith with the original intentions of composers for their music. The ensemble makes a long-awaited return to Wigmore Hall with a programme guaranteed to seduce the ear and gladden the heart. Following the commemoration of Jonathan Harvey’s 75th birthday, the Royal Northern College of Music brings the sound of one of the UK’s most extraordinary composers to Wigmore Hall. Harvey possessed the ability to transform the transcendental and beyond into sound. The day culminates in his epic work Bhakti – a mystical exploration of the Sanskrit Hymns of Rig Veda for chamber ensemble and quadrophonic tape. Our wide-ranging Henry Purcell: A Retrospective, generously spread over two seasons, continues this summer with unmissable performances of his music for the London stage, royal court and private chamber. Highlights include the composer’s birthday odes for Queen Mary, a selection of works for instrumental consort, Alison Balsom’s survey of trumpet tunes with Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert, and a thrilling community opera based on the legend of King Arthur. Henry Purcell: A Retrospective is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent became pioneers of the Early Music Movement in the 1970s and remain leaders in the interpretation of works written long before the Industrial Revolution. In this concert they explore the extreme emotions and chromatic twists and turns of the mature madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo, the Italian nobleman who turned to composition soon after he took part in the murder of his wife and her lover. Judith Weir recently made headline news following her appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music, the first woman to hold this ancient royal position. The world première of her work, written for Alice Coote and Aurora Orchestra, is presented in company with two pulsating compositions, each marked by bold ideas, intense energy and joy. Routine is a word beyond the ken of Hervé Niquet and the musicians of Le Concert Spirituel. Their vibrant, full-blooded interpretations of baroque masterworks arise from a deep understanding of the music’s expressive gestures and affects, so much so that they restore a sense of the excitement that must have gripped audiences at the time of their first performances. Celebrating reflections of the musical past in the present, Hugo Ticciati’s ӘRNT festival at Ulriksdal’s Palace Theatre Confidencen pioneering O/MODӘ in Sweden explores the relationships between the work of old composers and the artistic and intellectual creations of modern culture. O/MOD RNT comes to the Hall in July to present Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint.

Arcangelo, inspired by Jonathan Cohen’s leadership, has injected fresh energy and panache into the performance of Baroque music. The ensemble’s approach is informed by a deep understanding of the emotional language and expressive rhetoric of works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also draws from the jaw-dropping virtuosity of the players and their ability to work in consort as chamber musicians. Arcangelo is joined by the internationally acclaimed French baritone Stéphane Degout, among the most versatile artists of his generation, and Samuel Boden, a seasoned performer of lyric works of the French Baroque, in Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s intense settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. I would like to mention more highlights but space is limited, so please browse the brochure yourself or look at the At a Glance and the new Calendar section (on pages 72–73) for an overview. I look forward to welcoming you to the Hall during the Summer Series. John Gilhooly Director

SERIES AT A GLANCE A P R I L

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See pages 4 – 71 for full details of these concerts and page 75 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for…

Song Recital Series

Bach St John Passion

Tue 7 Apr

7, 9, 15, 17

Sun 12 Apr

Andreas Scholl/Avi Avital Marco Frezzato/Tiziano Bagnati Tamar Halperin Dominik Köninger/Volker Krafft

11, 12, 49, 51

Wed 15 Apr

Karen Cargill/Simon Lepper

Mon 27 Apr

Sun 19 Apr

Daniel Behle/Oliver Schnyder Trio

Mon 4 May

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Andreas Scholl

The Mozart Odyssey Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Page 6

Mon 6 Apr Mon 13 Apr Mon 20 Apr

Interactive Recital: Tana Quartet

Mon 20 Apr

Alice Coote/Julius Drake

Garrick Ohlsson Skryabin Focus

Wed 22 Apr

Martin Fröst Artist in Residence

18, 20

Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 Semi-Final

Fri 24 Apr

Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 Final

Wed 29 Apr

Allan Clayton/Paul Lewis

Fri 1 May

Miah Persson/Martin Fröst Maxim Rysanov/Roland Pöntinen

Sat 2 May

Dorothea Röschmann/Mitsuko Uchida 19

Mon 22 Jun

Mon 4 May

Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Mon 29 Jun

Tue 5 May

Dorothea Röschmann/Mitsuko Uchida

Sun 10 May

Claire Booth/Christopher Glynn

Sun 10 May

Werner Güra/Christoph Berner

Mon 11 May

Christianne Stotijn/Julius Drake

Dorothea Röschmann & Mitsuko Uchida

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra

Wigmore Lates 23, 24–25, 30, 35, 39, 43, 47, 55, 58, 65 Jonathan Harvey Study Day Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

26 23, 29, 41, 62

Roger Vignoles Masterclass Czech Chamber Music

30 28, 32, 33

Mon 11 May Mon 18 May Mon 25 May Mon 1 Jun Mon 8 Jun Mon 15 Jun

Mon 6 Jul Mon 13 Jul

Ian Bostridge: Schubert Lieder

10th Anniversary of the Trasimeno Music Festival

Collegium Vocale Gent

Sat 16 May

Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake

Elly Ameling Masterclasses

Fri 22 May

Bernarda Fink/Anthony Spiri

39, 41

Fri 29 May

Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper

Sun 31 May

Gerald Finley/Angela Hewitt Cremona Quartet/Kerson Leong

Thu 4 Jun

Mauro Peter/James Baillieu

Sat 6 Jun

Alice Coote/Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon

Tue 14 Apr

Sun 7 Jun

Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau

Mon 4 May

Wed 10 Jun

Christiane Iven/Igor Levit

Mon 15 Jun

Christoph Prégardien/Michael Gees

Wed 17 Jun

Mark Padmore/Roger Vignoles

Wed 24 Jun

Matthew Polenzani/Julius Drake

Wed 1 Jul

Carolyn Sampson/Heath Quartet

Thu 2 Jul

Matthias Goerne/Menahem Pressler

Thu 9 Jul

Ekaterina Semenchuk Helmut Deutsch

Sat 11 Jul

Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert

Florian Boesch Residency Judith Weir Master of the Queen’s Music Paul Lewis: A Celebration

40 17, 42

Bracing Change: New British String Commissions

Alban Gerhardt Focus

The Cardinall’s Musick Fayrfax Celebration

Le Concert Spirituel

Celebrating Carolyn Sampson

Matthias Goerne & Menahem Pressler

O/MODӘ ӘRNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint

54–55

Julian Anderson Composer in Residence

Anthony Marwood and Friends

Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert

Arcangelo

Introducing Igor Levit

42, 63

Trio Mediæval

Contemporary Music Series

Early Music and Baroque Series Thu 2 Apr Sat 4 Apr

Tue 7 Apr

Wed 6 May Tue 12 May Wed 13 May Tue 2 Jun Tue 9 Jun

Fri 17 Jul

Camilla Tilling/Paul Rivinius

Wed 22 Jul

Matthew Rose/Helen Collyer

Fri 24 Jul

Angelika Kirchschlager Helmut Deutsch

Sat 25 Jul

Ailish Tynan/Iain Burnside

Meta4 Page 6 Kristian Bezuidenhout 9 Miah Persson/Malcolm Martineau 12 Birgit Kolar Antoine Tamestit 15 Elias String Quartet 20 Simon Crawford-Phillips Sara Mingardo/Giorgio Dal Monte 28 Ivano Zanenghi Christoph Prégardien/Daniel Heide 32 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 34 Tasmin Little/Martin Roscoe 36 Škampa Quartet/Krzysztof Chorzelski 41 Gould Piano Trio 45 Ailish Tynan/James Baillieu 48 Ilya Gringolts/Ashley Wass 51 Jean-Guihen Queyras 56 Stephen Kovacevich 60

Sat 20 Jun Thu 25 Jun Mon 6 Jul Tue 14 Jul Tue 21 Jul

The English Concert/Harry Bicket Terry Wey Dunedin Consort/John Butt Anna Dennis/Clare Wilkinson Nicholas Mulroy/Matthew Brook Andreas Scholl/Avi Avital Marco Frezzato/Tiziano Bagnati Tamar Halperin London Handel Players Sophie Bevan/Daniel Taylor Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner Classical Opera/Ian Page/Allan Clayton Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe Phantasm The Cardinall’s Musick Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet The Brook Street Band/Matthew Brook Arcangelo/Samuel Boden Thomas Walker/Stéphane Degout Roberta Invernizzi/La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni

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9 21 22 29 29 37 41 47 50 56 61 63

Chamber Music Season Fri 10 Apr Sat 11 Apr Sat 18 Apr Sun 19 Apr Tue 21 Apr Sat 25 Apr Sun 26 Apr Tue 28 Apr Thu 30 Apr Fri 1 May Sun 3 May Fri 8 May Sat 9 May Sun 17 May Wed 20 May Sat 23 May

Mon 25 May Tue 26 May Thu 28 May Sun 31 May Sat 6 Jun Fri 12 Jun Sun 14 Jun Thu 18 Jun Fri 19 Jun

Fri 26 Jun Sat 27 Jun Sun 28 Jun Tue 30 Jun Fri 3 Jul Fri 3 Jul Sat 4 Jul

Sat 4 Jul

Sun 5 Jul Tue 7 Jul Sun 12 Jul Wed 15 Jul Sat 18 Jul Sun 19 Jul

Heath Quartet/Nils Mönkemeyer Page 7 Kari Kriikku/Tim Horton Kuss Quartet 8 Borodin Quartet 11 Borodin Quartet 12 Wihan Quartet 13 Arcanto Quartet 14 Heath Quartet/Michael Collins 15 Vienna Piano Trio 17 Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 17 Martin Fröst/Miah Persson 18 Maxim Rysanov/Roland Pöntinen Heath Quartet 20 The Chamber Music Society of 23 Lincoln Center Belcea Quartet/Nicolas Bone 23 Antonio Meneses Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva 31 Joshua Bell/Lawrence Power 32 Steven Isserlis/Jeremy Denk Joshua Bell/Pamela Frank 33 Lawrence Power/Steven Isserlis Jeremy Denk Quatuor Ebène 34 James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 34 Philippe Cassard/David Grimal 35 Anne Gastinel Angela Hewitt/Cremona Quartet 36 Kerson Leong/Gerald Finley Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon 40 Alice Coote Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 42 Carducci String Quartet/Guy Johnston 44 The Endellion String Quartet 46 Baiba Skride/Gergana Gergova 46 Brett Dean/Nils Mönkemeyer Alban Gerhardt Borodin Quartet 49 Leipzig String Quartet 49 Borodin Quartet 51 Razumovsky Ensemble 52 Hugo Ticciati/Julia Zenko 55 Tango for 3/Amstel Quartet Svante Henryson Quartet 55 Hugo Ticciati/Meghan Cassidy 55 Guy Johnston/Henrik Måwe Amstel Quartet/Renata Pokupic´ Ederson Rodrigues Xavier Hugo Ticciati/Jennifer Stumm 55 Bartholomew LaFollette Doric String Quartet/Alasdair Beatson Alexander Oliver Hugo Ticciati/Christian Poltéra 55 Voces8 and friends Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon 57 Claire Booth Alexander Chaushian & Friends 59 The Schubert Ensemble 60 Quatuor Mosaïques 62 Quatuor Mosaïques 63

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts Sun 5 Apr Sun 12 Apr Sun 19 Apr Sun 26 Apr Sun 3 May Sun 10 May Sun 17 May Sun 24 May Sun 31 May Sun 7 Jun Sun 14 Jun Sun 21 Jun Sun 28 Jun Sun 5 Jul Sun 12 Jul Sun 19 Jul Sun 26 Jul

London Bridge Ensemble Lukas Geniušas London Conchord Ensemble Vienna Piano Trio Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen Schumann Quartett London Winds/Michael Collins Michael McHale Aviv String Quartet Jean-Marc Luisada ATOS Trio Lana Trotovsek/Simon Lane Szymanowski Quartet Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva John O’Conor Modigliani Quartet Sitkovetsky Trio Quatuor Voce

Contemporary Music Series

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Fri 8 May Sat 9 May Sun 24 May Thu 28 May Sun 31 May Sat 6 Jun Sun 14 Jun Fri 19 Jun

Sat 27 Jun Wed 1 Jul Sat 4 Jul

Sun 5 Jul

London Pianoforte Series Wed 1 Apr Thu 9 Apr Wed 22 Apr Thu 23 Apr Mon 27 Apr Thu 7 May Thu 14 May Sun 24 May Sat 30 May Wed 3 Jun Thu 11 Jun Sat 13 Jun Tue 16 Jun Fri 10 Jul Mon 13 Jul Mon 20 Jul Thu 23 Jul Sun 26 Jul

Khatia Buniatishvili Andreas Haefliger Kun Woo Paik Alice Sara Ott Garrick Ohlsson Olli Mustonen Kirill Gerstein Inon Barnatan Llyˆr Williams Richard Goode Paul Lewis François-Frédéric Guy Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Till Fellner Gabriela Montero Janina Fialkowska Igor Levit Marc-André Hamelin Matan Porat

4 6 13 14 16 22 30 34 36 38 42 43 45 58 60 63 64 66

Wigmore Lates Fri 8 May

Fri 15 May Fri 29 May Fri 5 Jun Fri 12 Jun Fri 19 Jun Fri 3 Jul Fri 10 Jul Fri 24 Jul

Alison Balsom/Trevor Pinnock The English Concert/Lucy Crowe Tim Mead Trish Clowes/Gwilym Simcock Heath Quartet Simón Bolívar String Quartet Florian Boesch/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Arcangelo/Christiane Karg Fantasticus Svante Henryson Quartet Anthony Marwood/James Crabb Graham Mitchell Trio Mediæval

30 35 39 43 47 55 58 65

Tue 7 Jul Mon 20 Jul Thu 23 Jul

The Chamber Music Society of Page Lincoln Center Jonathan Harvey Study Day Inon Barnatan Philippe Cassard/David Grimal Anne Gastinel Angela Hewitt/Cremona Quartet Kerson Leong/Gerald Finley Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon Alice Coote Carducci String Quartet/Guy Johnston Baiba Skride/Gergana Gergova Brett Dean/Nils Mönkemeyer Alban Gerhardt Leipzig String Quartet Carolyn Sampson/Heath Quartet Hugo Ticciati/Meghan Cassidy Guy Johnston/Henrik Måwe Amstel Quartet/Renata Pokupic´ Ederson Rodrigues Xavier Hugo Ticciati/Christian Poltéra Voces8 and friends Aurora Orchestra/Claire Booth Igor Levit Marc-André Hamelin

23 26 34 35 36 40 44 46

49 52 55

55 57 63 64

Wigmore Hall Jazz Series Fri 5 Jun

Christian McBride Trio

Wigmore Hall Learning Family Day: Stories Sung Introduction to Music commences Interactive Recital: Tana Quartet Artists in Conversation Family Concert: Martin Fröst Artists in Conversation RNCM Study Day: Jonathan Harvey Wigmore Study Group commences Roger Vignoles Masterclass Voiceworks Family Day: Musical Fairy Tales Pre-Concert Talk Elly Ameling Masterclass Elly Ameling Masterclass Artists in Conversation Post-Concert Talk Ignite – Celebrating a Year in the Community Wed 24 Jun RNIB Study Day Sat 27 Jun RNIB Family Day: A Night at the Museum Sun 5 Jul Study Afternoon: O/MODӘ ӘRNT Tue 7 Jul Artists in Conversation Wed 8 Jul Schools Concert: Sing a Story Thu 16 Jul Reimagining King Arthur Sat 18 Jul Come and Sing: English Music Mon 27 – Thu 30 Jul Musical Portraits Sat 11 Apr Thu 16 Apr Sat 25 Apr Mon 27 Apr Sun 3 May Wed 6 May Sat 9 May Tue 12 May Thu 14 May Tue 26 May Wed 27 May Sat 30 May Wed 3 Jun Thu 4 Jun Fri 5 Jun Sun 7 Jun Tue 9 Jun

68 10 14 16 20, 68 22 26 28 30 68 69 36 38 38 39 41 69 48, 69 69 55 57 70 62, 70 62, 70 71

WIGMORE SERIES SUMMER SEASON

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Booking opens (except where stated) to Friends on 13 January, to Mailing List Subscribers on 23 January, and to the General Public/Online on 3 February

April Wednesday 1 April 7.30 pm

Thursday 2 April 7.30 pm

Saturday 4 April 7.30 pm

Khatia Buniatishvili piano

The English Concert Harry Bicket director, harpsichord Terry Wey countertenor

Dunedin Consort John Butt director

Schütz Die mit Tränen säen SWV378 JC Bach Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte (Lamento) Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri BuxWV75

See page opposite for full details

The English Concert, Harry Bicket and a small consort of singers recreate Dietrich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri, the seven sections of which address different parts of Christ’s crucified body. This masterwork of Lutheran oratorio, the title of which translates as ‘the limbs of our Jesus’, is prefaced by Johann Christoph Bach’s lachrymose ‘Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte’, an inestimably moving solo cantata that evokes the compassion of Easter through its lament, ‘Oh, that I had enough tears in my head to bewail my sins’.

London Bridge Ensemble

Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418; La leggierezza S144 No. 2; Feux follets S139 No. 5; Étude in G # minor ‘La campanella’ S141 No. 3; Grand galop chromatique S219 Liszt/Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# minor Energy and electricity seem to flow from Khatia Buniatishvili’s being whenever she performs. The Georgian pianist, born in 1987, gave her first concerts as a child and has astonished audiences with the visionary power of her performances ever since. She has matured to become one of her generation’s most charismatic artists, acclaimed worldwide for creating interpretations of great spontaneity and psychological depth. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Early Music and Baroque Series

Bach St John Passion BWV245

Sunday 5 April 11.30 am

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb D898 An early work by Beethoven and a late work by Schubert mark the historic boundaries of the London Bridge Ensemble’s programme. In terms of their contents, however, the two compositions span a vast cosmos of invention. Haydn, present at the première of Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3, was surprised and delighted that its well-heeled Viennese audience had ‘so rapidly and easily grasped’ such a quixotic and often tempestuous composition. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Khatia Buniatishvili

Julia Wesely

Terry Wey

Petra Benovsky

London Bridge Ensemble

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Bach St John

Passion Saturday 4 April 7.30 pm

Dunedin Consort John Butt director Anna Dennis soprano Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist, tenor Matthew Brook Jesus, bass Bach St John Passion BWV245 John Butt and the Dunedin Consort shed fresh light on Bach’s St John Passion in their revelatory recording, hailed by Gramophone for its ‘naturalness and emotional honesty’. They bring their vision of the work to Wigmore Hall for a special Holy Week performance, projecting the vivid drama of Christ’s betrayal and suffering, and the profound humanity of Bach’s response to it. £50 £40 £30 £20 Early Music and Baroque Series

April Monday 6 April 1.00 pm

Thursday 9 April 7.30 pm

ANDREAS SCHOLL

Meta4 Not long after its foundation the Finnish quartet Meta4 made its mark by winning the 2004 International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow. Formerly in the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, the ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall with the fascinating combination of Haydn’s String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2, a richly textured early masterwork, and Schumann’s intensely Romantic String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1. £13 concs £11

Andreas Scholl

James McMillan/Decca

Tuesday 7 April 7.30 pm

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Andreas Haefliger piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54 Bartók Szabadban (Out of Doors Suite) Sz. 81 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

Andreas Scholl countertenor Avi Avital mandolin Marco Frezzato cello Tiziano Bagnati lute Tamar Halperin harpsichord

Andreas Haefliger’s Perspectives project, in which he explores the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven alongside works by other composers ranging from Mozart to Ligeti, has formed the focus of his solo recital appearances and recordings in recent years. He comes to Wigmore Hall to present one instalment of his series. Beethoven’s miniature masterwork, the exquisitely subtle F major Piano Sonata Op. 54, and his expressive and lyrical E minor Piano Sonata Op. 90, are presented in company with the pulsating energy of Bartók’s five Szabadban pieces, and Brahms’s monumental F minor Piano Sonata Op. 5. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

Lanzetti Sonata in G for cello and basso continuo Op. 1 No. 7 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in C RV82 A Scarlatti Cantata: M’ha diviso il cor dal core Venetian Gondolier songs (Anonymous) L’occasion delle mei pene; La biondino; La farfalle Caldara Cantata: Da tuoi lumi Vivaldi Trio Sonata in G minor RV85 Handel Cantata: Sento là che ristretto Caldara Cantata: Vaghe luci Andreas Scholl has inspired countless new listeners to fall in love with lesser-known works. His artistry reveals the timeless qualities of great music from the distant past, restoring the rhetorical power and emotional impact of pieces conceived for star performers of eighteenth-century Europe. Scholl’s latest Wigmore Hall programme explores the vitality of Italian cantatas by three masters of the genre and frames their work with the seductive songs of Venetian gondoliers. £50 £40 £30 £20 Song Recital Series / Early Music and Baroque Series

Meta4

Noora Isoeskeli

Andreas Haefliger

Marco Borggreve

The Mozart Odyssey Four contrasting programmes celebrate the creative brilliance of Mozart’s chamber music, some of it conceived for gifted amateurs, some for the finest professional musicians of the late 1700s. Our performers are true Mozarteans, armed with the technical, emotional and spiritual qualities required to carry listeners to the heart of the composer’s sublime art. The Mozart Odyssey continues at Wigmore Hall for another year in the 2015/16 Season. The Mozart Odyssey is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

Friday 10 April 7.30 pm

Kari Kriikku clarinet Nils Mönkemeyer viola Tim Horton piano Heath Quartet Mozart Duo for violin and viola in B b K424; Clarinet Trio in E b K498 ‘Kegelstatt’; String Quintet in G minor K516 Wigmore Hall’s ambitious Mozart Odyssey continues to unfold with an irresistible collection of the composer’s chamber works performed by an ideal gathering of Mozarteans. Their programme opens with one of the two Duos Mozart wrote to help his esteemed Salzburg colleague Michael Haydn honour a commission deadline, and includes the tragic and tender-hearted G minor String Quintet, a cornerstone work of the chamber music repertoire.

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Monday 13 April 1.00 pm

Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Sunday 26 April 7.30 pm

Michael Collins clarinet Heath Quartet Thursday 30 April 7.30 pm

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano Further concerts to be announced for the 2015 /16 Season

£30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season / The Mozart Odyssey

Portrait of Mozart by Barbara Kraft (1764 –1825)

April Saturday 11 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 12 April 11.30 am

Sunday 12 April 3.00 pm

Kuss Quartet

Wigmore Hall Debut

Lukas Geniušas piano

Dominik Köninger* baritone Volker Krafft piano

Chopin 12 Études Op. 10 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1

*Winner of the 2011 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition

Lukas Geniušas, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2010 Chopin International Piano Competition, studied with his grandmother, Vera Gornostaeva, a distinguished professor at the Moscow Conservatory. The young pianist’s Wigmore Hall debut programme, complete with Chopin’s dazzling Op. 10 Études, promises to display his virtuosity as well as the characteristic seriousness, intense focus and searching eloquence of his music-making.

SONGS OF THE ELEMENTS

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 50 No. 6 ‘The Frog’ Lutosławski String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 The Kuss Quartet’s interpretations of the chamber repertoire are informed by a shared desire to recreate the energy and excitement generated by great works when they were new. The approach is sure to deliver a compelling account of Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, performed here complete with its original finale, the Grosse Fuge, described by Igor Stravinsky as ‘the most perfect miracle in music … contemporary for ever’.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice £30 £25 £20 £15

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Chamber Music Season

WATER Schubert Der Schiffer; Auf dem Wasser zu singen Mahler Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Brahms Verzagen Wolf Seemanns Abschied AIR Brahms Unbewegte laue Luft Mahler Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft from Five Rückert Lieder Liszt Es rauschen die Winde Brahms Wehe, so willst du mich wieder FIRE Mendelssohn And’res Maienlied Mahler Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen from Kindertotenlieder Wolf Der Feuerreiter EARTH Schubert Die Mutter Erde Brahms Juchhe! Schumann Mondnacht Wolf Nachtgruss Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Five Rückert Lieder

Kuss Quartet

Neda Navaee

Recipient of the Wigmore Hall/INDEPENDENT OPERA Voice Fellowship, German baritone Dominik Köninger presents a meditation on the four elements and their qualities. His programme engages with the myriad ways in which Romantic composers connected with the essential materials for life and with their immense potential to affect human feelings, sensations and emotions. £15 concs £12.50

Song Recital Series

Lukas Geniušas

Evgenij Evtiukhin

Dominik Köninger

April Monday 13 April 1.00 pm

Tuesday 14 April 7.30 pm

Wednesday 15 April 7.30 pm

Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

London Handel Players Sophie Bevan soprano Daniel Taylor countertenor Adrian Butterfield director, violin

Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Simon Lepper piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in F K332; Adagio in F K.Anh. 206a; Piano Sonata in D K284 Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his survey of Mozart’s works for solo keyboard, opening with a sonata dating from the composer’s early years in Vienna. The critic Arthur Hutchings wisely described the F major Piano Sonata’s Adagio as ‘the summit of expression Mozart reached without departing from the formality and reticence of his epoch’.

ANNA MARIA STRADA AND GIOVANNI CARESTINI Handel Arias, duets and instrumental music from Alcina and Il pastor fido Sophie Bevan and Daniel Taylor join the London Handel Players to sing a selection of the glorious arias and duets that Handel created in Alcina and Il pastor fido for two sensational Italian opera stars of the 1730s. Canadian countertenor Daniel Taylor’s present status as a world-class Handelian rests on foundations set two decades ago with postgraduate studies in London, while young British soprano Sophie Bevan’s great passion for Handel’s music began during childhood.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert / The Mozart Odyssey

Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 Gustav Mahler Rückert Lieder Alma Mahler Die stille Stadt; In meines Vaters Garten; Laue Sommernacht; Bei dir ist es traut; Ich wandle unter Blumen Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Karen Cargill’s sonorous mezzo-soprano voice has beguiled audiences around the world ever since she won the 2002 Kathleen Ferrier Award. She is joined for this recital by her regular duo partner, Simon Lepper, in a programme steeped in the imagery of Nature and, in the case of Wagner’s sublime Wesendonck Lieder, fuelled by the turbulent energy of love. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Early Music and Baroque Series

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Daniel Taylor

Marco Borggreve

Marie Reine Mattera

Sophie Bevan

Sussie Ahlburg

Karen Cargill and Simon Lepper

Ken Dundas

April

INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC

Saturday 18 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 19 April 3.00 pm

Borodin Quartet

Daniel Behle tenor Oliver Schnyder Trio piano trio

BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE

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Schubert Winterreise (UK première of an arrangement by Behle)

Sunday 19 April 11.30 am

Daniel Behle’s perceptive response to poetic texts, apparently infinite vocal nuance and spine-tingling feeling for the silence between individual notes and phrases have made his song recitals unmissable events. His work as composer has also attracted wide attention. Behle’s arrangement of Winterreise for voice and piano trio, completed in 2013, reaches the UK for the first time.

London Conchord Ensemble Duruflé Prélude, Récitatif et Variations for flute, viola and piano Op. 3 Loeffler L’Étang from Two Rhapsodies Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 Paris stood at the heart of the artistic world for decades before and after the First World War, a cosmopolitan melting pot of invention, innovation, conservatism and elegance. The three works in the London Conchord Ensemble’s Coffee Concert evoke the rich variety of the city’s musical milieu, complete with Duruflé’s plainchant-influenced Prélude, Récitatif et Variations of 1928 and Fauré’s noble C minor Piano Quartet.

£15 concs £12.50

Song Recital Series

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

Ludwig van Beethoven Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday

16 April 23 April 30 April 7 May

Joseph Karl Stieler c.1820

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

5.00 pm – 6.15 pm 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm

Daniel Behle & Oliver Schnyder Trio

BEETHOVEN Beethoven’s reputation as arguably the ‘greatest composer’ has remained relatively intact since his death in 1827. He seems to represent our stereotype of an artist – defiant, difficult, temperamental, revolutionary, visionary – and his music is often held up as ‘speaking on behalf of all humanity’. He was a musician with a powerful and individual way of interpreting the classical musical language, inherited from Haydn and Mozart, and fashioning it with a new and radical approach. This series of talks investigates the way in which he uses and develops this language and, in particular, the extraordinary evolution of his style from the dynamic and individualistic early works to the transcendental utterances of the late quartets, piano sonatas and the Missa Solemnis. Series ticket price £30 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

London Conchord Ensemble

Marco Borggreve

Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle Formed 70 years ago, soon after the Second World War, the Borodin Quartet has become synonymous with the works of Shostakovich and Beethoven. The ensemble’s latest Wigmore Hall series offers a complete cycle of the two composers’ string quartets, works deeply inscribed in the group’s collective DNA. Saturday 18 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 19 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 28 June 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 10 in A b Op. 118; String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 Beethoven String Quartet in C # minor Op. 131

Interior worlds open up in Shostakovich’s Second String Quartet, completed in September 1944. The work probes dark shadows of the mind, conjured up most vividly in its dissonant waltz and final Theme and Variations. Beethoven’s second ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, meanwhile, uses silence and unexpected harmonic shifts to pull the listener deep into mysterious imaginative territory.

£35 £30 £25 £18

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’; String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’

£35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 26 June 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G Op. 101 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 £35 £30 £25 £18

The series continues with 8 further concerts in the 2015 /16 and 2016 /17 Seasons Chamber Music Season / Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

Photo: Ny Che Goyang /Aram Nuri Arts Center

April Sunday 19 April 7.30 pm

Monday 20 April 1.00 pm

Monday 20 April 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet

Miah Persson soprano Birgit Kolar violin Malcolm Martineau piano

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Programme to include: Handel Three German Arias Spohr 6 deutsche Lieder Op. 103 (a selection) Donald Waxman Lovesongs Strauss Morgen; Beim Schlafengehen from Four Last Songs

Much loved by Wigmore Hall audiences for the tonal beauty, lyrical intensity and coruscating wit of her artistry, Alice Coote is universally acknowledged to be among the greatest performers of our time. She launched her 2014/15 season in the title-role of Handel’s Xerxes at English National Opera before singing Oktavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera. Reigniting her recital partnership with Julius Drake, this concert promises an evening of captivating and enchanting music.

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 10 in A b Op. 118; String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 By turns furious and fierce, gentle and reflective, Shostakovich’s Tenth String Quartet charts a vast terrain of emotions while leaving its audience free to determine the work’s message. The Borodin Quartet offers it in tandem with the Eighth Quartet, an unequivocal indictment of inhumanity as experienced by those who lived through Stalin’s Terror and suffered under Nazi oppression, and crowns its programme with the ultimately consoling invention of Beethoven’s Quartet in C sharp minor. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season /Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

Much-loved soprano Miah Persson, celebrated by The Sunday Times for her Wigmore Hall Live recording ‘mixing charm, depth and romantic ardour’, returns with a programme spanning over two and a half centuries of music, from Handel to Donald Waxman’s Lovesongs. The recital is crowned by Strauss’s ‘Morgen’ and ‘Beim Schlafengehen’ from Four Last Songs, sparkling jewels of the Lieder repertoire.

Programme to be announced

£35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Miah Persson

Mina Artistbilder

Birgit Kolar

Alice Coote

April Tuesday 21 April 7.30 pm

Wihan Quartet Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Janácˇek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’ Over the past three decades, the Wihan Quartet has flourished on the world stage thanks to performances shot through with rhythmic élan and gripping commitment. The ensemble celebrates its 30th anniversary year with two masterworks from its Czech homeland and the first of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, the haunting Adagio of which was almost certainly influenced by news of death and defeat brought to Vienna from the battlefield at Austerlitz. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

Wednesday 22 April 7.30 pm

KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARDS 2015

Kun Woo Paik piano Schubert Impromptus D899: No. 1 in C minor; No. 3 in G b; No. 2 in E b; No. 4 in A b Klavierstücke D946: No. 3 in C; No. 1 in E b minor; No. 2 in E b Moments Musicaux D780: No. 2 in A b; No. 4 in C# minor; No. 6 in A b

Wednesday 22 April 1.30 pm SEMI-FINAL

Friday 24 April 6.00 pm

Described by Gramophone as a pianist of ‘consummate artistry, great tonal finesse and elegance’, Kun Woo Paik is admired for his passionate and virtuosic playing. This all-Schubert programme takes us on an emotional journey of joy, excitement, torment, conflict and sorrow.

FINAL

The annual auditions for the famous singing competition attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing, since no one can resist the challenge of spotting the stars of the future.

£35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

22 April All seats £18 students £10 24 April £35 £30 £25 £18

Wihan Quartet

Marklik.cz

Kun Woo Paik

Cho Sei-hon

April Thursday 23 April 7.30 pm

Saturday 25 April 7.30 pm

Wigmore Hall Debut

INTERACTIVE RECITAL

Alice Sara Ott piano

TANA QUARTET

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Bach Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV944 Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita No. 2 BWV1004 Liszt From Liebesträume S541: Seliger Tod (Gestorben war ich); O lieb, o lieb, so lang du lieben kannst Liszt Grandes études de Paganini S141

Arcanto Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 Formed by four outstanding soloists in 2002, the Arcanto Quartet has garnered critical acclaim and audience ovations ever since its debut concert. The ensemble’s latest Wigmore Hall programme unveils the psychological complexities, expressive transformations and emotional conflicts of three Romantic masterworks, each touched by formative events in the lives of their composers.

Alice Sara Ott’s fiery virtuosity and impassioned performance style ideally complement the works in her programme, from the unrelenting concentration of Beethoven’s ‘Tempest’ Sonata and the cumulative power of the Bach/Busoni Chaconne to Liszt’s fiendishly difficult, utterly thrilling Grandes études de Paganini. She also surveys the contrasting qualities of fantasy and contrapuntal rigour at work in Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in A minor.

£35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

£35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

Tana Quartet

Nicolas Draps

Saturday 25 April 2.00 pm – 3.15 pm The Tana String Quartet, founded in 2004, is rapidly gaining a reputation across Europe for its performances of contemporary repertoire. This event focuses on the Spanish school of composition with works by Arriaga, Turina and a world première by Hèctor Parra. Inspired by Velázquez’s painting, ‘Les Fileuses’, Parra’s score* is not the final depiction, but rather the beginning of invention and exploration, and musicians must find space to discover the music and invent their own final score. Tana performs from electronic scores on computers or iPads and, for this recital, the music will also be projected on screen at the back of the stage. The quartet will introduce its programme from the stage and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. *Co-commissioned by Musée du Louvre, Festival Nits de Clàssica de Girona, organised by the Concert Hall of Girona, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.

All seats £15 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Alice Sara Ott

Marie Staggat/DG

Arcanto Quartet

Marco Borggreve

April Sunday 26 April 11.30 am

Sunday 26 April 7.30 pm

Monday 27 April 1.00 pm

Vienna Piano Trio

Michael Collins clarinet Heath Quartet

Antoine Tamestit viola

Beethoven Variations in G Op. 121a ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’; Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ One of the world’s finest piano trios returns to Wigmore Hall to perform two richly contrasted works by Beethoven. The composer based his delightful Variations in G on a song popular in Vienna in the early 1800s. His ‘Archduke’ Trio, meanwhile, turns to loftier matters and projects a sense of symphonic grandeur and spiritual nobility. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry/juice

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 It would be hard to imagine two more elegiac compositions than the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms, both conceived to display the talents of outstandingly gifted clarinettists. Michael Collins joins the Heath Quartet as part of Wigmore Hall’s Mozart Odyssey to bring these sublime masterworks to life. £35 £30 £25 £18

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 Hindemith Sonata for solo viola Op. 25 No. 1 Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009 Antoine Tamestit’s affinity for the music of Bach runs deep. The Parisian viola player, a regular visitor to Wigmore Hall, received five-star reviews for his recording of three of the composer’s Cello Suites. He presents two of the works in his lunchtime recital, together with the wild energy and rhapsodic twists and turns of Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for solo viola of 1922. £13 concs £11

Chamber Music Season / The Mozart Odyssey

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Heath Quartet

Vienna Piano Trio

Nancy Horowitz

Michael Collins

Sussie Ahlburg

Benjamin Ealovega

Antoine Tamestit

Eric Larrayadieu

Garrick Ohlsson Skryabin Focus Monday 27 April 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Garrick Ohlsson discusses Skryabin with Geoffrey Norris before the final instalment in his two-concert Focus on the composer. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Monday 27 April 7.30 pm

Garrick Ohlsson piano Skryabin Piano Sonatas: No. 1 in F minor Op. 6; No. 8 Op. 66; No. 9 in F Op. 68 ‘Black Mass’; No. 3 in F # minor Op. 23; No. 10 Op. 70 Marking the centenary of Skryabin’s death to the very day, Garrick Ohlsson’s two-concert series focusing on the composer concludes with a programme immersed in the mysticism and transcendental soundscapes of his music. His recital opens with the emotionally volatile F minor Piano Sonata and embraces the haunting chromatic dissonances and meditative intensity of the so-called ‘Black Mass’ Sonata, a work with the power to open minds to new ways of being in the world. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series / Garrick Ohlsson Skryabin Focus

Photo by Paul Body

April Tuesday 28 April 7.30 pm

Wednesday 29 April 7.30 pm

Thursday 30 April 7.30 pm

Vienna Piano Trio

Allan Clayton tenor Paul Lewis piano

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin

Mozart Violin Sonata in Bb K454; Violin Sonata in G K27; Violin Sonata in C K296; Violin Sonata in F K547; Violin Sonata in Bb K31; Violin Sonata in D K306

Mozart Piano Trio in C K548 Turina Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 35 Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63 The Vienna Piano Trio’s collective insights, tonal warmth and irresistible panache contribute to performances that live long in the memory. The ensemble’s Wigmore Hall programme includes Joaquín Turina’s Piano Trio No. 1, a fascinating blend of rigorous counterpoint, folk-like melodies and evocative Spanish dance rhythms, first performed in London in 1927. £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien began their complete survey of Mozart’s violin sonatas last September as part of Wigmore Hall’s Mozart Odyssey. In this recital they journey through six works, including two pieces written during the composer’s prodigious childhood and his final essay in the genre, the delightful Violin Sonata in F K547, described by Mozart as ‘a small piano sonata for beginners, with violin’.

Song Recital Series /Paul Lewis: A Celebration

£35 £30 £25 £18

This concert will be approximately 75 minutes in duration, without an interval £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle

Chamber Music Season/ The Mozart Odyssey

Vienna Piano Trio

Allan Clayton

Nancy Horowitz

Jack Liebeck

Paul Lewis

Cédric Tiberghien & Alina Ibragimova

Molina Visuals

Benjamin Ealovega

May Saturday 2 May 7.30 pm

MARTIN FRÖST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Dorothea Röschmann soprano Mitsuko Uchida piano See page opposite for full details Sunday 3 May 11.30 am

Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano Brahms Songs (arr. M Fröst & R Pöntinen): Die Mainacht; Wie Melodien zieht es mir; Mädchenlied Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 14, 19 & 21 (arr. M Fröst & R Pöntinen) Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E b Op. 120 No. 2

Martin Fröst

Mats Bäcker

Martin Fröst pays homage to the music of Brahms as his season as Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence draws to a close. He is joined by Roland Pöntinen, a friend and colleague since schooldays, to perform arrangements of well-known songs and Hungarian Dances in company with the glorious Clarinet Sonata in E flat, praised by the Brahms scholar Karl Geiringer for its ‘tender melancholy’ and ‘splendid perfection of form’. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Friday 1 May 7.30 pm

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert / Martin Fröst Artist in Residence

Martin Fröst clarinet Maxim Rysanov viola Roland Pöntinen piano Miah Persson soprano Maxim Rysanov

Miah Persson

Mozart Clarinet Trio in E b K498 ‘Kegelstatt’ Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock); Romance from Der häusliche Krieg Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Kurtág Hommage à Robert Schumann Op. 15d Martin Fröst’s term as Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence continues with a programme rich in contrasts and correspondences. The clarinettist works with Miah Persson for the first time, joining fellow Swede Roland Pöntinen in Schubert’s enchanting ‘The Shepherd on the Rock’. Mozart’s lyrical ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio and György Kurtág’s epigrammatic Hommage à Robert Schumann add to their recital’s variety. £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season / Martin Fröst Artist in Residence

Forthcoming Events in this Series Sunday 3 May 11.30 am Sunday 3 May 3.00 pm

Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano Martin Fröst Family Concert

Photos of Maxim Rysanov by Pavel Kazhevnikov and Miah Persson by Mina Artistbilder

Roland Pöntinen

Mats Bäcker

Dorothea Röschmann & Mitsuko Uchida

Saturday 2 May 7.30 pm Repeated Tuesday 5 May 7.30 pm

Dorothea Röschmann soprano Mitsuko Uchida piano Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Two visionary artists explore the expressive range and timeless human insights of two of Schumann’s greatest song cycles, landmarks of nineteenth-century music. Dorothea Röschmann’s artistry has deepened and matured since her sensational international breakthrough at the 1995 Salzburg Festival, securing her place among the best-loved performers of her generation. She is joined by Mitsuko Uchida, renowned worldwide for her penetrating interpretations of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven, and music by composers of the Second Viennese School, Alban Berg among them. £45 £40 £35 £25

Song Recital Series

Photos: Dorothea Röschmann by Jim Rakete; Mitsuko Uchida by Justin Pumfrey/Decca

May Sunday 3 May 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Sunday 3 May 7.30 pm

Monday 4 May 1.00 pm

Martin Fröst clarinet

Heath Quartet

FAMILY CONCERT

Haydn String Quartet in E b Op. 76 No. 6 Janácˇek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106

Elias String Quartet Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

For ages 5 plus Working alongside presenter Julian West and pianist Roland Pöntinen, the dynamic Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst features in a concert especially for families introducing the dramatic music of Brahms, including his thrilling Hungarian Dances. Adults £9 Children £7

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Wigmore Hall Learning Event / Martin Fröst Artist in Residence

Following a survey of Michael Tippett’s string quartets at Wigmore Hall last season, the Heath Quartet returns with a captivating programme of mature masterworks. Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 6, first published in London in 1799, balances popular melodies with profound reflections on the human condition, while Janácˇek’s First String Quartet projects an imaginary response to the life of ‘a poor woman, tormented and run down, just like the one … Tolstoy describes in his Kreutzer Sonata.’

Emily Howard Afference Schumann Piano Quintet in E b Op. 44 Emily Howard’s Afference, inspired by the flow of signals between body and brain, provides the pulsating opening to the Elias String Quartet’s BBC Lunchtime recital. The ensemble is joined by Simon Crawford-Phillips in Schumann’s Piano Quintet, another work of great energy and vitality, among the finest pieces created during the composer’s year-long immersion in chamber music in 1842. £13 concs £11

£30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Family Concert

Heath Quartet

Simon Crawford-Phillips

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Sussie Ahlburg

Elias String Quartet

Keith Saunders

Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra & Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monday 4 May 7.30 pm

Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Monteverdi Hor che'l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace; Lamento della ninfa; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Tirsi e Clori Schubert Gondelfahrer (D809); Ständchen (D920); Gebet Brahms Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52 Awards and acclaim have followed the pioneering work of the Monteverdi Choir and its founder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner. ‘If there were a Nobel prize for choirs, the Monteverdi Choir should be its laureate’, noted Le Monde. Their interpretations of everything from medieval music and Monteverdi to the great choral works of Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Brahms have set benchmark standards in terms of style and substance, stripping away anachronistic performance traditions and keeping faith with the original intentions of composers for their music. The ensemble makes a long-awaited return to Wigmore Hall with a programme guaranteed to seduce the ear and gladden the heart. This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes in duration, including an interval £60 £45 £30 £20

Early Music and Baroque Series/Song Recital Series

May Tuesday 5 May 7.30 pm

Wednesday 6 May 7.30 pm

Thursday 7 May 7.30 pm

Dorothea Röschmann soprano Mitsuko Uchida piano

Classical Opera Allan Clayton tenor Ian Page conductor

Olli Mustonen piano

Repeat of concert on 2 May

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Song Recital Series

Wednesday 6 May 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Classical Opera’s conductor and artistic director Ian Page introduces the life and career of the tenor John Beard, and discusses some of the music featured in the evening concert. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Beethoven 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from Wranitsky’s ballet Das Waldmädchen in A WoO71 Chopin 3 Mazurkas Op. 59; 3 Mazurkas Op. 56 Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82

‘WHERE’ER YOU WALK’: HANDEL’S FAVOURITE TENOR Programme to include: Handel Un momento di contento from Alcina; Vedi l’ape from Berenice; Where’er you walk from Semele; Waft her angels through the skies from Jephtha Boyce Softly rise, o southern breeze from Solomon JC Smith Hark how the hounds and horn from The Fairies Arne From the dawn of early morning from Alfred; Thou like the glorious sun from Artaxerxes Allan Clayton, former Classical Opera Associate Artist, joins the company to celebrate the 300th birthday of John Beard (1715–1791), the tenor who created more Handel roles than any other singer and caused a high society scandal by marrying into the English aristocracy. Classical Opera’s compelling concert explores Beard’s eventful life and career with a programme including rarities by Boyce, JC Smith and Arne, and a selection of Handel’s most celebrated airs.

Olli Mustonen has been inspired by visits to the Karelia region, an area of mystery, natural beauty and imaginative folklore. His interpretations are touched by a corresponding spirit of openness to the moment. The Finnish pianist’s latest Wigmore Hall recital opens with a Beethoven rarity before moving to Schumann’s evocative childhood reminiscences in Kinderszenen and the engrossing complexities of Prokofiev’s Sixth Piano Sonata. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Early Music and Baroque Series

Ian Page

Allan Clayton

Jack Liebeck

Olli Mustonen

Outi Montosen

May Friday 8 May 7.00 pm

Friday 8 May 10.00 pm

Saturday 9 May

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Alison Balsom trumpet Trevor Pinnock harpsichord, organ The English Concert Lucy Crowe soprano Tim Mead countertenor

Jonathan Harvey Study Day

Arnaud Sussmann violin Matthew Lipman viola David Finckel cello Wu Han piano Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Helen Grime String Trio* (world première) Brahms Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata (Sonatensatz) Schumann Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47 * Co-commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.

Wigmore Hall’s collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center continues to bear fruit with the co-commission of a string trio from Helen Grime. The Scottish composer’s new work is prefaced by Brahms’s impassioned First Cello Sonata. David Finckel and Wu Han are joined by two distinguished colleagues to close the concert with Schumann’s sublime Piano Quartet in E flat. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking open

Chamber Music Season / Contemporary Music Series

‘SOUND THE TRUMPET’ Handel Eternal source of light divine; Overture from Atalanta Purcell Chacony in G minor; The Plaint Purcell From King Arthur: Chaconne; Symphony; Come if you dare Handel Chaconne in G HWV435 Purcell Sound the trumpet; Overture from the Duke of Gloucester’s Birthday Ode Purcell From The Fairy Queen: If Love’s a sweet passion; Prelude from Act V; Hark! The echoing air; Chaconne in C; They shall be as happy as they are fair Alison Balsom’s partnership with Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert began in the recording studio and blossomed with their acclaimed performances together in Samuel Adamson’s Gabriel at the Globe Theatre in 2013. They return to the music of Purcell and Handel in this late-night concert, which opens with the haunting aria ‘Eternal source of light divine’ and digs deep into the instrumental music of Purcell’s spectacular works for the London stage.

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Saturday 9 May 7.30 pm

Belcea Quartet Nicolas Bone viola Antonio Meneses cello Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3 Brahms String Quartet in Bb Op. 67 Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht arose under the influence of Wagner’s richly chromatic music and absorbed ideas about the human psyche and sexuality current in the Vienna of Sigmund Freud and Arthur Schnitzler. The sextet’s surging Romanticism is prefaced with Beethoven’s visionary C minor String Trio, truly a musical treasure of old Vienna, and Brahms’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 67, a work suggestive of summer days, folk music and the contemplation of nature. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

All seats £20

Wigmore Lates / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Helen Grime

Alison Balsom

Jason Bell/EMI

Antonio Meneses

Studio fotografico Gielle

Wigmore

Lates Wigmore Lates is a vibrant and eclectic series which runs on Friday evenings throughout the summer. We welcome artists such as Alison Balsom, Florian Boesch, Christiane Karg, Svante Henryson Quartet and Anthony Marwood for hour-long concerts in the auditorium at 10.00 pm. Later in the bar we have live jazz at 11.15 pm from the best established and emerging acts on the UK scene, including Dave Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Higgins Quartet, Callum Au Quintet and Tom Green Septet. Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates for full details

Full details of the concerts are provided throughout the brochure in chronological order Friday 8 May 10.00 pm

Alison Balsom trumpet Trevor Pinnock harpsichord, organ The English Concert Lucy Crowe soprano Tim Mead countertenor SOUND THE TRUMPET Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert are joined by Alison Balsom and a stellar duo of singers to explore the music of Purcell and Handel. Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Friday 15 May 10.00 pm

Trish Clowes saxophone Gwilym Simcock piano Heath Quartet Saxophonist Trish Clowes is joined for a late-night selection of original works new and old by fellow former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock, and the ever-adventurous Heath Quartet.

Friday 29 May 10.00 pm

Simón Bolívar String Quartet The Simón Bolívar String Quartet brings a colourful programme, featuring music by Alberto Ginastera, tinged with the Argentine composer’s ‘imagined folklore’, and Ravel’s lyrical and striking String Quartet in F.

Friday 5 June 10.00 pm

Friday 3 July 10.00 pm

Florian Boesch baritone Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Svante Henryson Quartet

Romantic imagery and evocations of life-changing journeys echo through Florian Boesch’s late-night programme with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, featuring Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer. Florian Boesch Residency

Svante Henryson cello, composer Anders Jormin double bass Audun Kleive drums Jon Balke piano MONTEVERDI MEETS JAZZ A reinvention of Monteverdi in the spirit of Jazz. O/MODӘ RNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint

Friday 12 June 10.00 pm Friday 10 July 10.00 pm

Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Christiane Karg soprano HANDEL: NINE GERMAN ARIAS Christiane Karg and Arcangelo make a much anticipated appearance with Handel’s Nine German Arias and one of Dietrich Buxtehude’s most soulful sonatas.

Anthony Marwood violin James Crabb accordion Graham Mitchell double bass Anthony Marwood is joined by accordionist James Crabb and double bass player Graham Mitchell for an evening of tango music, which promises some jaw-dropping arrangements of existing compositions. Anthony Marwood and Friends

Friday 19 June 10.00 pm

Fantasticus

Friday 24 July 10.00 pm

Rie Kimura baroque violin Robert Smith viola da gamba Guillermo Brachetta harpsichord

Trio Mediæval AQUILONIS

Musical paintings from the French Baroque

A musical journey from Iceland to the Mediterranean via the coasts of Scandinavia and England

Fantasticus stands for intense expression and emotional extravagance. Each work in the Netherlands-based baroque ensemble’s programme defies the boundaries of convention!

Trio Mediæval makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to cast shadows of forgotten ancestors and evoke the mystical traditions of medieval worship.

SONNERIE AND OTHER PORTRAITS

Wigmore Lates Wigmore Hall images by Benjamin Ealovega

Jonathan Harvey Study Day Saturday 9 May

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor Following the commemoration of his 75th birthday, the RNCM brings the sound of one of the UK’s most extraordinary composers to Wigmore Hall. Jonathan Harvey (1939–2012) possessed the ability to transform the transcendental and beyond into sound. The day culminates in his epic work Bhakti – a mystical exploration of the Sanskrit Hymns of Rig Veda for chamber ensemble and quadrophonic tape. 10.00 am Jonathan Harvey ff for solo piano; Nataraja for flute and piano; The Riot for flute, bass clarinet and piano; Three Sketches for solo cello; Tombeau de Messiaen for solo piano; Death of Light, Light of Death for five players 11.45 am In conversation: a glimpse into the life and works of Jonathan Harvey with his daughter Anna Harvey. 2.00 pm Jonathan Harvey Bhakti for ensemble and electronics

All tickets £5 concs £3 (each event) or Day Ticket £10 concs £7

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ Contemporary Music Series Photo by Maurice Foxall

May Sunday 10 May 11.30 am

Sunday 10 May 3.00 pm

Sunday 10 May 7.30 pm

Schumann Quartett

Claire Booth soprano Christopher Glynn piano

Werner Güra tenor Christoph Berner piano

Schubert Die Blumensprache; Die Sterne; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Versunken Grieg Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid) Op. 67 Grainger Willow, Willow; Died for Love; Bold William Taylor; The Power of Love; The Sprig of Thyme

Schubert An die Musik; Trost im Liede; Des Sängers Habe; Liedesend; Die gefangenen Sänger; Der Liedler; Die Sterne; Vor meiner Wiege; Drang in die Ferne; Das Weinen; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Fischer; Die Forelle; Widerschein; Fischerweise; Der Schiffer (D536)

Verdi String Quartet in E minor Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Formed in 2007 by the three Schumann brothers, Erik, Ken and Mark, and the violist Liisa Randalu, the Schumann Quartett has scored notable success in international competitions and with the critics. The ensemble’s Coffee Concert programme includes a work of inexhaustible invention, the Third ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, in which Beethoven reflects on feelings and emotions triggered by his deafness. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Australian-born Percy Grainger was among the most original and free-thinking of twentieth-century composers, a multi-talented musician with outstanding gifts as creator, performer, writer and ethnographer. Claire Booth’s programme sets his evocative works in the context of the song cycle Haugtussa by his friend Edvard Grieg and a group of exquisite Lieder by Schubert. £15 concs £12.50

Song Recital Series

Schubert has been at the core of Werner Güra’s art for more than two decades. The German tenor owns the tonal variety, technique and poetic imagination required to do justice to the composer’s often deceptively difficult Lieder. He is joined for this recital by regular duo partner Christoph Berner for a programme generously filled with evergreen songs such as ‘An die Musik’, ‘Die Forelle’ and ‘Der Schiffer’. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Schumann Quartett

Kaupo Kikkas

Claire Booth

Sven Arnstein

Werner Güra

Marco Borggreve

May Monday 11 May 1.00 pm

Monday 11 May 7.30 pm

Sara Mingardo contralto Ivano Zanenghi theorbo Giorgio Dal Monte harpsichord

Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Monteverdi Quel sguardo sdegnosetto; Il lamento di Arianna; Voglio di vita uscir Falconieri Vezzosette e care pupillette; Non più d’amore Piccinini Toccata XX; Aria di Sarabanda in Varie Partite (for solo theorbo) Carissimi Deh memoria e che più chiedi? Frescobaldi Work for solo harpsichord Strozzi L’Eraclito amoroso; La, sol, fa, mi, re, do Hailed as ‘one of a kind’ by The Independent following her most recent Wigmore Hall concert, the Venetian contralto Sara Mingardo is in great demand at the world’s leading opera houses and recital halls. She is joined by Ivano Zanenghi and Giorgio Dal Monte for a programme that illustrates the vivacity, colour and dash of the early Italian baroque. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Strauss Ständchen; Traum durch die Dämmerung; Freundliche Vision; Cäcilie Korngold Four Shakespeare Songs Op. 31 Strauss Schlechtes Wetter; Nachtgang; Befreit; Zueignung Eisler From Hollywood Liederbook: Erinnerung an Eichendorff und Schumann; Über den Selbstmord; An der kleinen Radioapparat; Hotelzimmer 1942; Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt; Vom Sprengen des Gartens; Der Kirschdieb Weill O captain! My captain!; Beat! Beat! Drums!; Dirge for two veterans; Come up from the fields, father Nazi oppression in Austria and Germany forced Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill into overseas exile in the 1930s and delivered them to work for Hollywood’s soundstages. Christianne Stotijn and Julius Drake evoke the musical energy generated by these three émigré composers, from the austere beauty of Korngold’s Four Shakespeare Songs to the powerful imagery of Weill’s Walt Whitman settings. £35 £30 £25 £18

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

Nelahozeves, in the Czech Republic (Dvorˇák’s place of birth)

Tuesday 12 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Friday 15 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Wednesday 20 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

CZECH CHAMBER MUSIC

Song Recital Series

Delve into the chamber music of Smetana, Dvorˇák, Suk and Janácˇek in three afternoon study sessions. We journey from the mid-nineteenth century into the twentieth, as a preoccupation with the notion of Czech musical identity develops from the simple adoption of dance rhythms to a profound engagement with the indigenous music of the region. Often these compositions are deeply personal, even autobiographical, and they show both the development of a national style and the emergence of some wonderful and highly individual musical voices within it. The Study Group is hosted by composer Julian Philips with pianist Laura Roberts and visiting musicologists, and includes music performed by students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by Joshua Bell, Lawrence Power, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk on 20 May. Wigmore Hall Learning Event / Czech Chamber Music

Sara Mingardo

Carlo Coppitz

Christianne Stotijn

Joost van den Broek

Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Wigmore Hall’s wide-ranging Henry Purcell: A Retrospective, generously spread over two seasons, continues this summer with unmissable performances of his music for the London stage, royal court and private chamber. Highlights include the composer’s birthday odes for Queen Mary, a selection of works for instrumental consort, Alison Balsom’s survey of trumpet tunes with Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert, and a thrilling community opera based on King Arthur. Henry Purcell: A Retrospective is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

Wednesday 13 May 7.30 pm

Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh director PURCELL ODES: II Purcell Love’s goddess sure was blind (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1692); Celebrate this festival (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1693); Come, ye sons of art away (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1694) Purcell set benchmark standards in his works for royal occasions. Paul McCreesh continues his survey of the composer’s birthday odes for Queen Mary with three exceptional compositions. The programme is capped by Come, ye sons of art away, an ideally blended mix of solo airs, ensemble songs and instrumental pieces. £50 £40 £30 £20

Tuesday 12 May 7.30 pm

Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh director PURCELL ODES: I Purcell Now does the glorious day appear (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1689); Arise, my muse (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1690); Welcome, welcome glorious morn (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1691) Paul McCreesh directs his Gabrieli Consort & Players in a programme of Purcell’s odes, part of a series of works written following the Restoration of Charles II to mark royal birthdays and other important occasions at court. The three pieces in this programme reflect the strength of public affection for Queen Mary and the sheer quality of Purcell’s musical invention.

Other Events in this Series Friday 8 May 10.00 pm

Alison Balsom trumpet Trevor Pinnock harpsichord, organ The English Concert Lucy Crowe soprano Tim Mead countertenor ‘ SOUND THE TRUMPET’

Tuesday 9 June 7.30 pm

Phantasm viol consort Elizabeth Kenny theorbo FANTASIAS

Thursday 16 July 2.00 pm & 6.30 pm

£50 £40 £30 £20

Community Chamber Opera

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

REIMAGINING KING ARTHUR

Further concerts to be announced for the 2015 /16 Season Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Portrait of Henry Purcell after John Closterman

May

ROGER VIGNOLES MASTERCLASS

Thursday 14 May 7.30 pm

Friday 15 May 10.00 pm

Kirill Gerstein piano

Trish Clowes saxophone Gwilym Simcock piano Heath Quartet

Bartók Excerpts from Mikrokosmos Bach 15 Sinfonias (3 Part Inventions) BWV787– 801 Liszt Études d’exécution transcendante S139 Winner of the prestigious Gilmore Award, Kirill Gerstein’s musical curiosity, technical prowess and cultivated musicianship have led him to fathom the depths and explore the breadth of the piano repertoire. His latest Wigmore Hall programme presents a fascinating juxtaposition of works conceived by Bartók and Bach as student exercises, together with Liszt’s Transcendental Studies, a dozen fiendishly difficult elaborations of earlier keyboard studies.

Weill It never was you (arr. by Richard Rodney Bennett) Trish Clowes The Master and Margarita (dedicated to Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita); Under Your Wing Gwilym Simcock New work (world première) Trish Clowes A cat called Behemoth (for the cat in The Master and Margarita) Gershwin Lullaby John Taylor/Norma Winstone Enjoy this Day Mikhail Bulgakov’s mesmerising The Master and Margarita, among the last century’s greatest novels, has inspired young British saxophonist Trish Clowes to write some of her best music, thrilling and haunting by turns. She is joined for a late-night line up of original works new and old by fellow former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock and the ever-adventurous Heath Quartet.

£35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Roger Vignoles

Benjamin Ealovega

Kirill Gerstein

Marco Borggreve

Thursday 14 May 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Roger Vignoles Masterclass Roger Vignoles has developed a unique personal insight into the relationship between pianist and singer. His work was directly inspired by two legends of the recital world, Gerald Moore and Paul Hamburger, and has evolved to the highest refinement in collaboration with such world-class artists as Elisabeth Söderström, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Thomas Allen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott and Mark Padmore. In this masterclass he focuses on German Lieder with postgraduate students from UK music colleges. £7 concs £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Gwilym Simcock

Eric Richmond

Trish Clowes

May

IAN BOSTRIDGE SCHUBERT LIEDER

Sunday 17 May 11.30 am

Sunday 17 May 7.30 pm

London Winds

Jack Liebeck violin Katya Apekisheva piano

Philippa Davies flute Gareth Hulse oboe Richard Watkins horn Robin O'Neill bassoon Michael Collins clarinet, director

Messiaen Theme and Variations Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Stravinsky Divertimento

Michael McHale piano Saint-Saëns Caprice sur des airs danois et russes Op. 79 Mozart Quintet in E b for piano and winds K452 Thuille Sextet in Bb for piano and winds Op. 6

Ian Bostridge

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Saturday 16 May 7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano

Technological advances during the early 1900s delivered new versions of wind instruments that soon attracted interest from composers. The transformation was prompted by works such as Mozart’s Quintet for piano and winds, which demonstrated the enormous musical potential of instruments usually associated with outdoor performance. Michael Collins and his ensemble London Winds also explore the vibrant colours and energy of Saint-Saëns’s Caprice, first performed in St Petersburg in 1887, and the heroic Sextet by Austrian composer Ludwig Thuille.

Jack Liebeck’s fine artistry flows naturally from his innate gifts as a communicator. His Wigmore Hall debut in 2002 attracted a capacity audience and he has since become established among the most dynamic and intense performers of his generation. This programme offers two contrasting violin sonatas together with Messiaen’s haunting Theme and Variations and Stravinsky’s romantic Divertimento. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Schubert Wehmut; Der Zwerg; Nacht und Träume; Der Musensohn; An die Entfernte; Am Flusse; Willkommen und Abschied; Wandrers Nachtlied II; An die Leier; Am See; Im Haine; Erlkönig; An den Mond (D259); Nähe des Geliebten; Nachtgesang; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten; Meeres Stille; Auf dem See; An Mignon; Erster Verlust; Ganymed; An den Mond (D296) Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake launched their critically acclaimed Schubert Lieder series at Wigmore Hall during the 2013/14 Season. Their ambitious journey through some of the greatest songs ever written concludes with works infinitely rich in poetic nuance, musical expression and dramatic power. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series / Ian Bostridge Schubert Lieder London Winds

Eric Richmond

Jack Liebeck

David Corfield

May Monday 18 May 1.00 pm

Wednesday 20 May 7.30 pm

Christoph Prégardien tenor Daniel Heide piano

Joshua Bell violin Lawrence Power viola Steven Isserlis cello Jeremy Denk piano

Schubert An den Mond (D259); Schäfers Klagelied; Erster Verlust; Rastlose Liebe; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Willkommen und Abschied Schumann Dichterliebe At its best, music holds the power to enhance poetic imagery and focus the listener’s contemplation of things that lie beyond easy understanding. The works in Christoph Prégardien’s BBC Lunchtime recital, crowned by Schumann’s famous song cycle, transcend words and music to create imaginary worlds in which the human spirit can set aside everyday concerns to experience a heightened sense of reality. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Suk Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1 Janácˇek Violin Sonata Martinu° Cello Sonata No. 2 Dvorˇák Piano Quartet in E b Op. 87

Thursday 21 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

Steven Isserlis is joined by three close friends and colleagues for this programme of Czech music, complete with Martinu˚’s radiant Second Cello Sonata. Growing awareness of national identity, underpinned by the rediscovery of Bohemian and Moravian folk music, found its way into the fabric of works such as Dvorˇák’s Piano Quartet in E flat and the Piano Quartet in A minor by his pupil and future son-in-law, Josef Suk. Janácˇek’s Violin Sonata, meanwhile, was influenced by the song-like qualities of the Czech language. £40 £35 £30 £20

Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Chamber Music Season/Czech Chamber Music

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2015 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, outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected from over 100 applicants in the preliminary 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. Previous artists include Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom, Joanna MacGregor, Llyˆr Williams and the Belcea, Heath and Doric string quartets. £10 concs £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions)

Christoph Prégardien

Marco Borggreve

Joshua Bell

Lisa Marie Mazzucco

Lawrence Power

Jack Liebeck

May Friday 22 May 7.30 pm

Saturday 23 May 7.30 pm

Sunday 24 May 11.30 am

Bernarda Fink mezzo-soprano Anthony Spiri piano

Joshua Bell violin Pamela Frank violin Lawrence Power viola Steven Isserlis cello Jeremy Denk piano

Aviv String Quartet

Schumann Sechs Gedichte Op. 90 Songs by Schumann, Guastavino, López Buchardo and Ginastera Few artists today can hold an audience more spellbound than Bernarda Fink. The Buenos Aires-born mezzo’s personal warmth and openness nourish interpretations that convey the emotional life force of the songs in her extensive repertoire. She begins this recital with a survey of Schumann’s later songs before turning to music by three great Argentine composers. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1

Dvorˇák Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75 (arr. for 2 violins and viola) Janácˇek Pohádka Smetana Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15 Dvorˇák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81 Songs and dances marked every occasion of life in the Czech lands, from births, marriages and funerals to evenings in the local wine cellar and visits to country fairs. Steven Isserlis and friends gather once more to revive the spirit of works created by composers raised on free-flowing melody. Their recital includes Pohádka for cello and piano, rooted in its composer’s passion for Slavic culture, and Dvorˇák’s majestic Second Piano Quintet.

Formed in Israel in 1997, the Aviv String Quartet received early coaching from some of the greatest names in chamber music-making, members of the Amadeus, Emerson and Juilliard string quartets among them. The ensemble’s Coffee Concert explores the ironic nature of Shostakovich’s Second String Quartet, a wartime work rich in allusion to Jewish folk themes, and the tragic tone of Brahms’s First String Quartet. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

£40 £35 £30 £20

Chamber Music Season/Czech Chamber Music

Bernarda Fink

Stefan Reichmann

Steven Isserlis

Satoshi Aoyagi

Pamela Frank

Nicolas Lieber

Aviv String Quartet

Tashko Tasheff

Jeremy Denk

Michael Wilson

May Sunday 24 May 7.30 pm

Monday 25 May 1.00 pm

Monday 25 May 7.30 pm

Inon Barnatan piano

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Quatuor Ebène

Schubert Piano Sonata in G D894 Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Sebastian Currier Glow* (world première) Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F# Op. 78 Boulez Piano Sonata No. 1 Ohana From 12 Études d’interprétation: No. 2 Mouvements parallèles; No. 5 Quintes; No. 4 Main gauche seule Debussy From Études Book I: No. 2 Pour les tierces; No. 4 Pour les sixtes; No. 5 Pour les octaves

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’ Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

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

Inon Barnatan was named as the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist in Association in January 2014, a position that reflects his growing international reputation. He has been a regular performer at Wigmore Hall over several seasons and returns to give an imaginatively conceived programme. His repertoire choice includes Schubert’s serene G major Piano Sonata and the world première of Glow by American composer Sebastian Currier, recipient of the 2007 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Stylish pianism and profound musicianship are among the hallmarks of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s artistry. The French pianist here presents Beethoven’s two-movement Piano Sonata No. 24 in company with three Gallic masterworks, including Boulez’s gritty Piano Sonata No. 1 and a selection of Maurice Ohana’s Debussy-inspired Études d’interprétation. £13 concs £11

£35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

Tuesday 26 May 7.30 pm

James Ehnes violin Andrew Armstrong piano Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Respighi Violin Sonata in B minor Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£30 £25 £20 £15 Booking open

Quatuor Ebène launches its latest Wigmore Hall programme with Haydn’s ‘Emperor’ Quartet, so called for its use of the Austrian emperor’s hymn, and explores the borderlands of sound and silence that course through Henri Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit of 1976.

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

London Pianoforte Series / Contemporary Music Series

Canadian violinist James Ehnes’s trademark eloquence arises from his jaw-dropping technical command, serene lyricism and unfaltering musicality. His programme includes works that resonate fully with his artistic soul, from the yearning lyricism of Debussy’s late Violin Sonata to the impassioned melancholy of Elgar’s Violin Sonata in E minor. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Inon Barnatan

Marco Borggreve

Quatuor Ebène

Benjamin Ealovega

Julien Mignot

James Ehnes

Benjamin Ealovega

May Thursday 28 May 7.30 pm

Friday 29 May 7.00 pm

Friday 29 May 10.00 pm

Philippe Cassard piano David Grimal violin Anne Gastinel cello

Henk Neven baritone Imogen Cooper piano

Simón Bolívar String Quartet

Baptiste Trotignon Trio* (world première) Chausson Piano Trio in G minor Op. 3 Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929 * Co-commissioned by SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de musique), and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Philippe Cassard and his long-time chamber music partners, David Grimal and Anne Gastinel, begin this recital with the world première of a new work by French composer Baptiste Trotignon, known to many for his work as jazz pianist. They devote the concert’s second half to one of the greatest of all chamber music compositions, Schubert’s all-encompassing Piano Trio in E flat.

Mendelssohn Gruß; Allnächtlich im Traume; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Jagdlied; Venetianisches Gondellied; Der Mond; Nachtlied Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Tamboursg’sell; Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz; Nicht wiedersehen!; Trost im Unglück; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen; Revelge; Urlicht Henk Neven’s charisma and distinctive timbre belong to a package of artistic attributes that have placed him among the most exciting young singers to emerge over the past decade. He continues his collaboration with Imogen Cooper with a programme tailored to inspire their shared empathy for Romantic music, including a second half devoted to songs from Mahler’s evocative Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Ginastera String Quartet No. 1 Op. 20 Ravel String Quartet in F Venezuela’s ‘El Sistema’ programme of music education has, among many fine things, helped create the Simón Bolívar String Quartet. The ensemble’s late-night programme opens with the colourful music of Alberto Ginastera’s First String Quartet, tinged with the Argentine composer’s ‘imagined folklore’, and continues with Ravel’s lyrical String Quartet in F. All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

£35 £30 £25 £18 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

Chamber Music Season / Contemporary Music Series

Philippe Cassard

Vincent-Catala

Henk Neven

Marco Borggreve

Simón Bolívar String Quartet

Harald Hoffmann/DG

May/June Saturday 30 May 6.00 pm

Sunday 31 May 11.30 am

Pre-Concert Talk

Jean-Marc Luisada piano

Pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris introduces the evening concert.

Haydn Variations in F minor HXVII:6 Schumann Arabeske in C Op. 18; Humoreske in Bb Op. 20

£4

10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRASIMENO MUSIC FESTIVAL

Jean-Marc Luisada sets the scene in this recital for two Romantic masterworks by Schumann with the intense brilliance of Haydn’s Variations in F minor, among the composer’s most original and forward-looking keyboard pieces.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 30 May 7.30 pm

Llyˆr Williams piano

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

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Op. 31 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’; Piano Sonata No. 18 in E b Op. 31 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Llyˆr Williams presented Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in chronological order in 2010 and explored them within the space of a fortnight at the Edinburgh International Festival the following year. His first London cycle continues at Wigmore Hall with a programme carefully constructed to reveal the composer’s revolutionary keyboard invention in the Op. 31 sonatas of the early 1800s and the psychological and formal complexities of his Piano Sonata No. 28 in A.

Tasmin Little violin Martin Roscoe piano

The next concert in Llyˆr Williams’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle is on 3 October 2015.

Monday 1 June 1.00 pm

A Trasimeno Music Festival concert

Brahms Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata (Sonatensatz) Dvorˇák Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75 Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano Tasmin Little’s artistry speaks directly to the heart and beguiles the ear. She is joined by regular duo partner Martin Roscoe for a lunchtime recital of late Romantic masterworks, crowned by César Franck’s majestic Sonata in A for violin and piano.

Angela Hewitt piano Cremona Quartet Kerson Leong violin Gerald Finley bass-baritone Liszt From Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année S161: Sonetto del Petrarca No. 47; Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104; Sonetto del Petrarca No. 123 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 (à Georges Enescu) Michael Berkeley Three Cabaret Songs (on poems by Ian McEwan) (UK première) Franck Piano Quintet in F minor

£13 concs £11

£35 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 31 May 7.30 pm

London Pianoforte Series BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Ten years have passed since Angela Hewitt founded the Trasimeno Festival, a jewel in the cultural crown of the Umbrian town of Magione. She introduces the annual event’s special atmosphere to Wigmore Hall, partnering fellow Canadian Gerald Finley in Michael Berkeley’s Three Cabaret Songs, piquant settings of words by Ian McEwan, and joining the Cremona Quartet for Franck’s intensely expressive Piano Quintet in F minor. £50 £40 £30 £20

Chamber Music Season /Song Recital Series/Contemporary Music Series Llyˆr Williams

Benjamin Ealovega

Tasmin Little

Melanie Winning

Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe Tuesday 2 June 7.30 pm

Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe director O DOLCE MIO TESORO Gesualdo Madrigali libro sesto Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent became pioneers of the Early Music Movement in the 1970s and remain leaders in the interpretation of works written long before the Industrial Revolution. In this concert they explore the extreme emotions and chromatic twists and turns of the mature madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo, the Italian nobleman who turned to composition soon after he took part in the murder of his wife and her lover. £50 £40 £30 £20

Supported by Dunard Fund Philippe Herreweghe Early Music and Baroque Series Photos by Michiel Hendryckx

June

ELLY AMELING MASTERCLASSES

Wednesday 3 June 7.30 pm

Thursday 4 June 7.30 pm

Richard Goode piano

Mauro Peter tenor James Baillieu piano

Mozart Adagio in B minor K540 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F# Op. 78 Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 76 Debussy Children’s Corner Schumann Humoreske in Bb Op. 20 Known for the intelligence and warm humanity of his music-making, Richard Goode belongs to the pantheon of today’s great pianists. His programme comprises works by composers central to his art, embracing everything from Mozart’s fantasy-like Adagio in B minor to the uplifting lyricism and dash of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 24.

Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Schumann From Myrthen: Widmung; Freisinn; Der Nussbaum; Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan; Zwei Venetianische Lieder; Du bist wie eine Blume Brahms Meerfahrt; Nachtigall; Versunken; Wie Melodien zieht es mir; Feldeinsamkeit; Geheimnis Wolf Lied eines Verliebten; Der Knabe und das Immlein; An die Geliebte; Nimmersatte Liebe; Der Tambour; Abschied Lessons from Helmut Deutsch at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater supplied secure foundations for Mauro Peter’s artistic development. The young Swiss tenor, who made his international breakthrough at the 2012 Hohenems Schubertiade, returns to Wigmore Hall to perform a delectable banquet of Lieder, complete with such evergreen works as Brahms’s ‘Feldeinsamkeit’ and Beethoven’s impassioned song-cycle An die ferne Geliebte.

£35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Elly Ameling

Wednesday 3 June 10.30 am – 1.30 pm Thursday 4 June 10.30 am – 1.30 pm

Elly Ameling Masterclasses A true legend of song, Elly Ameling has received critical acclaim worldwide for the interpretative insights and captivating power of her performances. The Dutch soprano shares the fruits of a lifetime’s experience with postgraduate students in two masterclass sessions that focus on repertoire from the heart of German and French art song, exploring works in depth and cultivating strong ideas about their musical and poetic meaning. Her wisdom, based on a fruitful career spanning sixty years, is sure to enlighten anyone interested in the song recitalist’s art. £7 concs £4 each session

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Richard Goode

Michael Wilson

Mauro Peter

Franziska Schroedinger

June Friday 5 June 5.30 pm

Artists in Conversation Christian McBride in conversation before his evening concert.

Saturday 6 June 7.30 pm

FLORIAN BOESCH RESIDENCY

£4

Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon conductor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano JUDITH WEIR: MASTER OF THE QUEEN’S MUSIC

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

See page overleaf for full details Friday 5 June 7.00 pm

Christian McBride Trio

Sunday 7 June 11.30 am

Christian McBride double bass Christian Sands piano Ulysses Owens Jr. drums

ATOS Trio

Christian McBride, Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens Jr. have been honing their trio to a fine point of expressive depth and nuance with high profile performances around the world. ‘The real core foundation is hardcore swingin’, blues and the American songbook’ says McBride. ‘Part of that is because Christian [Sands] is so well-rounded and willing to go to so many places, that I can’t help but want to swing hard with him and Ulysses.’ £30 £25 £20 £15

Wigmore Hall Jazz Series

Debussy Piano Trio in G Chaminade Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor Op. 34 Boulanger D’un matin de printemps

Florian Boesch

Lukas Beck

Friday 5 June 10.00 pm

Florian Boesch baritone Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Berlin-based ATOS Trio turns to the chamber music of fin-de-siècle France, exploring the youthful sentiment of Debussy’s Piano Trio in G and linking it to magnificent works by Cécile Chaminade and Lili Boulanger, the latter completed shortly before its composer’s premature death in 1918. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Programme to include: Mahler/Schoenberg Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Romantic imagery and life-changing journeys echo through Florian Boesch’s late-night programme, an essential strand in his Wigmore Hall Residency. The German baritone and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen embark on an exploration of Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, offered in Arnold Schoenberg’s exquisite arrangement for chamber orchestra. All seats £20 Wigmore Lates/ Florian Boesch Residency

Also in this Series

Sunday 7 June 7.30 pm

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Sunday 7 June 9.45 pm

Post-Concert Talk Christian McBride

ATOS Trio

Frank Jerke

Judith Weir

Master of the Queen’s Music Saturday 6 June 7.30 pm

Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon conductor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Mendelssohn Octet in E b Op. 20 Judith Weir Good Morning, Midnight* (world première) Copland Appalachian Spring *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Judith Weir recently made headline news following her appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music, the first woman to hold this ancient royal position. The world première of her work, written for Alice Coote and Aurora Orchestra, is presented in company with Mendelssohn’s Octet and Copland’s Appalachian Spring, performed in its original version for thirteen instruments – two pulsating compositions marked by bold ideas, intense energy and joy. £40 £35 £25 £15 Booking open

Song Recital Series /Chamber Music Series / Contemporary Music Series

Photo of Judith Weir by Chris Christodoulou

Nicholas Collon & Aurora Orchestra

Simon Weir

Alice Coote

Benjamin Ealovega

June Sunday 7 June 7.30 pm

Monday 8 June 1.00 pm

Tuesday 9 June 7.30 pm

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Škampa Quartet Krzysztof Chorzelski viola

Phantasm

Wolf From Italienisches Liederbuch: Ein Ständchen euch zu bringen; Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben; Ihr seid die Allerschönste; Geselle, woll’n wir uns in Kutten hüllen; Heut’ Nacht erhob ich mich; Benedeit die sel’ge Mutter; Was für ein Lied soll dir gesungen werden?; Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst Brahms Four Serious Songs Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39

Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a Pavel Fischer String Quartet No. 3 ‘Mad Piper’ Dvorˇák String Quintet in E b Op. 97

Florian Boesch is blessed with a rare gift for conveying the subtle alchemy of words and music, matching a felt sense of their meaning to the appropriate colours and shades of his richly endowed voice. His Wigmore Hall Residency concludes with a programme shot through with striking images and profound emotions, crowned by Schumann’s sublime settings of poetry by Joseph Eichendorff.

Folk music’s direct simplicity and deep resonance in the collective unconscious inspired Pavel Fischer, former first violin of the Škampa Quartet, to write his ‘Mad Piper’ Quartet. The work’s multi-hued emotional palette complements the national pride and yearning hope of Suk’s Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale, written following the outbreak of the First World War. £13 concs £11

Laurence Dreyfus director, treble viol Emilia Benjamin treble viol Jonathan Manson tenor viol Mikko Perkola tenor viol Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol

Elizabeth Kenny theorbo PURCELL: FANTASIAS Gibbons Fantasies a 3, Nos. 3 & 4 Purcell Fantasias a 3, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Locke Little Consort ‘for my cousin Kemble’ Purcell Fantasias a 4, Nos. 4, 5 & 12 Lawes Royall Consort No. 5 in D Ward Fancies a 5, Nos. 1 & 5 Locke Consort of 4 Parts in D minor Purcell Fantasias a 4, Nos. 9, 10 & 11 Contemplation and cultivation of the imagination appear to have been central to the English fantasia. Purcell’s contribution to the genre, as so often with his work, reached heights rarely scaled by others, although he was clearly inspired by the legacy of compositions by Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes, Matthew Locke and John Ward. Phantasm’s programme digs deep into the seventeenth-century viol consort tradition to reveal its greatest treasures.

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series /Florian Boesch Residency

Sunday 7 June 9. 45 pm

£35 £30 £25 £18

Post-Concert Talk

Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Following the concert, Florian Boesch discusses his life and career with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Krzysztof Chorzelski

Florian Boesch

Lukas Beck

Škampa Quartet

Ivan Pinkava

Phantasm

Marco Borggreve

June Wednesday 10 June 7.30 pm

Friday 12 June 7.00 pm

PAUL LEWIS:

Christiane Iven soprano Igor Levit* piano Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Wolf From Mörike Lieder: Um Mitternacht; Elfenlied; Das verlassene Mägdlein; In der Frühe; Begegnung; Er ist’s Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen; Scheiden und Meiden; Ich ging mit Lust; Nicht wiedersehen! Schoenberg From Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs): Galathea; Gigerlette; Der genügsame Liebhaber; Mahnung; Seit ich soviele Weiber sah (Arie aus dem Spiegel von Arkadien) Igor Levit’s breathtaking artistry has been endorsed by critical consensus, audience acclaim and carefully considered comparisons with legendary performers from the past. The German-Russian pianist’s gifts as duo partner will be on display when he is joined by Christiane Iven, a celebrated member of the Staatsoper Stuttgart and a transcendent interpreter of late Romantic song. £35 £30 £25 £18

A CELEBRATION

Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov piano Dietrich/Schumann/Brahms F.A.E. Sonata Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 The artistic partnership between Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov has grown over time, shaped by award-winning encounters in the recording studio and refined in the white heat of concert performance. Their latest Wigmore Hall recital opens with the complete F.A.E. Sonata, the collaborative work of Robert Schumann, his pupil Albert Dietrich and the young Johannes Brahms, before turning to the flowing lyricism and telling expressive economy of Brahms’s mature violin sonatas. £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season Paul Lewis

Molina Visuals

Thursday 11 June 6.00 pm Repeated Thursday 11 June 9.00 pm

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

Paul Lewis piano

Song Recital Series /Introducing Igor Levit

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A b Op. 110 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Beethoven’s three final piano sonatas belong to the category of inexhaustible artworks, compositions that offer their performers and listeners a bridge into an infinite world of creativity and imagination. Paul Lewis crowns his Wigmore Hall Celebration series with two performances of Opp. 109 –111 in one evening, a marathon feat of mental and physical endurance, and an unmissable opportunity to share the pianist’s total immersion in Beethoven’s music. £35 £30 £25 £18 London Pianoforte Series / Paul Lewis: A Celebration

Also in this Series

Wednesday 29 April 7.30 pm

Allan Clayton tenor Paul Lewis piano Christiane Iven

Christine Schneider

Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov

Molina Visuals

June Friday 12 June 10.00 pm

Saturday 13 June 7.30 pm

Sunday 14 June 11.30 am

Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Christiane Karg soprano

François-Frédéric Guy piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Lana Trotovsek violin Simon Lane piano

Bartók Two Pictures Op. 10 Debussy Jeux (arr. Bavouzet) Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Tchaikovsky Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42 Arvo Pärt Fratres for violin and piano Frolov Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Op. 19

HANDEL: NINE GERMAN ARIAS Handel Die ihr aus dunklen Grüften; Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer; Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen; Süsse Stille, sanfter Quelle Buxtehude Sonata in A minor for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo BuxWV254 Handel Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden; Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise; In den angenehmen Büschen; Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken; Meine Seele hört im Sehen Handel’s Nine German Arias, the composer’s final musical settings of his mother tongue, were inspired by the popular success of a collection of verse by the Hamburg poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Christiane Karg and Arcangelo perform the complete set together with one of Dietrich Buxtehude’s most soulful sonatas, probably written in the 1690s for performance at St Mary’s Church in Lübeck.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s arrangement for two pianos of Debussy’s Jeux trains the spotlight on the ballet score’s intricate interplay of ideas and intimacy of expression. He joins forces with François-Frédéric Guy, acclaimed for his interpretations of the Viennese classics and affinity for the works of Bartók. Their recital closes with Stravinsky’s barnstorming transcription of The Rite of Spring for piano duo. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

While Brahms and Arvo Pärt applied telling expressive economy to the works in this programme, extrovert display hallmarks the Frolov work, as it delves into themes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. London-based, Slovenian-born violinist Lana Trotovsek also explores Tchaikovsky’s haunting reflections on ‘a dear place’, the country estate of the composer’s patroness, Nadezhda von Meck. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Christiane Karg

Gisela Schenker

François-Frédéric Guy

Benjamin Ealovega

Guy Vivien

Lana Trotovsek

Bracing Change New British String Commissions Sunday 14 June 7.30 pm

Carducci String Quartet Guy Johnston cello Haydn String Quartet in E b Op. 33 No. 2 ‘The Joke’ Anthony Gilbert Haven of Mysteries for string quintet* (world première) Schubert String Quintet in C D956 *Co-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust, NMC Recordings, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Wigmore Hall’s wholehearted commitment to building the chamber music repertoire continues with the first performance of a new work for string quintet. Anthony Gilbert’s composition, Haven of Mysteries, belongs to the Hall’s Bracing Change programme, a series of new British string commissions. The Carducci String Quartet is joined by Guy Johnston for this performance, which also includes Schubert’s divine String Quintet, among the great masterworks dating from the composer’s final months. The programme begins with Haydn’s dazzling String Quartet in E flat Op. 33 No. 2, the popular nickname of which reflects the stop-start ending of its rondo. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking open

Chamber Music Season / Contemporary Music Series/ Bracing Change: New British String Commissions

Anthony Gilbert

Morris Adam

Carducci String Quartet

Tom Barnes

Guy Johnston

Jack Liebeck

June Monday 15 June 1.00 pm

Monday 15 June 7.30 pm

Tuesday 16 June 7.30 pm

Gould Piano Trio

Christoph Prégardien tenor Michael Gees piano

Till Fellner piano

Bowen Rhapsody Trio for violin, cello and piano Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb D898 York Bowen, youngest son of the owner of a whisky distillery, made the transition from prodigiously talented student to a major figure on the British music scene in the first half of the twentieth century. The Gould Piano Trio received rave reviews for its recent recording of his Romantic Rhapsody Trio, a work underpinned by emotional uplift and optimism. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Schubert Winterreise The conflicts between striving and acceptance, literal and poetic truth, and life and death itself are played out in Winterreise, Schubert’s peerless setting of twenty-four poems by Wilhelm Müller. Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees bring their vast collective experience to its interpretation, probing its spine-chilling melancholy and aiming to uncover insights into the human condition.

Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book II Nos. 5–8 BWV874–77 Mozart Piano Sonata in E b K282; Rondo in A minor K511 Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval

Till Fellner’s broad repertoire spans three centuries of music, from the keyboard works of J S Bach to pieces specially written for him. The Viennese pianist opens his recital with an illustration of the inventive genius of Bach’s The Well-tempered Clavier Book II and journeys towards the fantasy of Schumann’s Kreisleriana by way of two works in which Mozart experiments with bold new ideas.

£35 £30 £25 £18

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

London Pianoforte Series

Song Recital Series

Gould Piano Trio

Chris Stock

Christoph Prégardien & Michael Gees

H & C Baus

Till Fellner

Benjamin Ealovega

June Wednesday 17 June 7.30 pm

Thursday 18 June 7.30 pm

Mark Padmore tenor Roger Vignoles piano

The Endellion String Quartet

Schubert Atys; Ganymed; Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’; Am Strome; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Der Schiffer (D536) Britten Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Schubert Die Mutter Erde; Im Abendrot; Die Taubenpost (D965a) It is tempting to imagine the spirits of Britten and Schubert tuning in to and approving of Mark Padmore’s artistry. The tenor’s affinity for both composers, not to mention that of Roger Vignoles, has deepened over many years. This recital places Britten’s only song cycle in German and his equally penetrating settings of John Donne in company with some of Schubert’s greatest Lieder.

Mozart String Quartet in E b K428 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Ravel String Quartet in F

ALBAN GERHARDT FOCUS

‘Maybe thirty-five years of playing together has brought … a uniformity of thought and instinct that allows them to play as a single entity,’ observed Gramophone about The Endellion String Quartet. The group’s seasoned blend of art and craft here finds expression in Mozart’s genial String Quartet in E flat K428 and Mendelssohn’s Beethoven-inspired String Quartet No. 2. Ravel’s youthful String Quartet in F proved a succès de scandale following its rejection by the Prix de Rome jury in 1904. £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

£35 £30 £25 £18

Supported by Voices at Wigmore: champions of vocal music in all its forms throughout the 2014/15 Season

Song Recital Series

Alban Gerhardt

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Friday 19 June 7.00 pm

Baiba Skride violin Gergana Gergova violin Brett Dean viola Nils Mönkemeyer viola Alban Gerhardt cello Mozart String Quintet in E b K614 Brett Dean Epitaphs Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 The final concert in Wigmore Hall’s Alban Gerhardt Focus reflects the German cellist’s wide and open repertoire outlook and lifelong love for making chamber music. Brett Dean performs one of the viola parts in his Epitaphs (2010), a personal tribute to five friends and colleagues who died within the space of little more than a year. The programme closes with another work for two violins, two violas and cello, Brahms’s sonorous String Quintet in G. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking Open Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series /Alban Gerhardt Focus

Mark Padmore

Marco Borggreve

The Endellion String Quartet

Eric Richmond

June Friday 19 June 10.00 pm

THE CARDINALL’S MUSICK FAYRFAX CELEBRATION

Fantasticus Rie Kimura baroque violin Robert Smith viola da gamba Guillermo Brachetta harpsichord SONNERIE AND OTHER PORTRAITS Musical paintings from the French Baroque Marais Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du-Mont de Paris Rameau Cinquième pièce de clavecin en concert: Fugue, La Forqueray – La Cupis – La Marais Marais Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully Francœur Adagio and Rondeau from Sonata VI (Deuxième Livre) Leclair Sonata in D Op. 2 No. 8 Fantasticus stands for intense expression and emotional extravagance. The Netherlands-based baroque ensemble’s playing is directly informed by the stylus fantasticus, a concept coined in 1650 by Athanasius Kircher, the German Jesuit scholar, alchemist and polymath, to describe ‘the most free and unrestrained method of composing’. Each of the works in its programme defies the boundaries of convention, none more so than Marin Marais’s elegiac Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully. All seats £15

Wigmore Lates The Cardinall’s Musick

Dmitri Gutjahr

Saturday 20 June 7.30 pm

The Cardinall’s Musick Andrew Carwood director THE PASSION OF CHRIST – Sub-plot: Cardinal Wolsey Taverner Sospitati dedit aegros; Mater Christi sanctissima Cornysh Woefully arrayed Fayrfax Maria plena virtute Merbecke Domine Jesu Christe Davy Ah blessed Jesu how fortuned this Fayrfax Alas for lak of her presens Taverner O Wilhelme pastor bone Fayrfax Agnus Dei from Tecum principium The Passion of Christ has brought forth much powerful music chief amongst which is the extended devotion Maria plena virtute by Fayrfax. Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall’s Musick conclude their Fayrfax Celebration with a selection of mellifluous choral works from early Tudor times, complete with Taverner’s Mater Christi sanctissima and the exquisite ‘Agnus Dei’ from Fayrfax’s Mass Tecum principium . The sub-text of this concert focuses on Cardinal Wolsey – Henry VIII’s principal advisor until his fall from power – and is reflected in the music of John Taverner who was appointed Informator (choirmaster) at Cardinal College (now Christ Church), Oxford. £35 £30 £25 £18 Early Music and Baroque Series / The Cardinall’s Musick Fayrfax Celebration

Fantasticus

Rudi Wells

June Sunday 21 June 11.30 am

Monday 22 June 1.00 pm

Wednesday 24 June 10.00 am – 4.30 pm

Szymanowski Quartet

Ailish Tynan soprano James Baillieu piano

RNIB Study Day: Success through Sponsorship

Hahn Fêtes galantes; En sourdine; A Chloris Poulenc La courte paille; Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin Hahn Venezia – Chansons en dialecte vénitien

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED MUSICIANS

Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella (arr. for string quartet) Since its foundation in Warsaw a decade ago, the Szymanowski Quartet has attracted an international following. The ensemble’s sophisticated musicianship and collective feeling for tonal nuance can be heard in a programme complete with Mozart’s String Quartet in D minor, a work of heart-breaking pathos, and the exotic soundscapes of Szymanowski’s Nocturne and Tarantella. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Szymanowski Quartet

Marco Borggreve

Reynaldo Hahn’s music always rewards its listeners, offering glimpses of the composer’s soul through its refined surface. Ailish Tynan and her duo partner James Baillieu present four of the Frenchman’s finest mélodies in company with Poulenc’s final song collection, La courte paille (‘The short straw’), inspired by recollections of childhood, and the Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, written soon after the young composer’s return to Catholicism in the mid-1930s.

This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to explore pathways into the classical music industry and career development, including how to make the most out of opportunities for sponsorship. The day involves discussion, talks and the chance to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. For more information and to book, please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or mas@rnib.org.uk

£13 concs £11

Free (application required)

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Ailish Tynan

Benjamin Ealovega

June Wednesday 24 June 7.30 pm

Thursday 25 June 7.30 pm

Saturday 27 June 7.30 pm

Matthew Polenzani tenor Julius Drake piano

Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet director

Leipzig String Quartet

Beethoven Adelaide Liszt Wie singt die Lerche schön; Der Glückliche; Die stille Wasserrose; Im Rhein, im schönen Strome; Es rauschen die Winde; S’il est un charmant gazon; Enfant, si j’étais roi; Comment, disaient-ils; Oh! Quand je dors Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Satie Trois Mélodies Barber Hermit Songs

VENETIAN SPLENDOURS

In recent seasons Matthew Polenzani and Julius Drake have developed a partnership of the highest calibre. Their work together continues with a compelling recital that reflects Liszt’s debt to Beethoven and explores Samuel Barber’s love for European culture. The programme also contains Satie’s wonderfully quirky, deeply touching Trois Mélodies, written in 1916 at a time of bloody stalemate on the Western Front.

Beethoven Grosse Fuge in Bb Op. 133 Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 103 Hanna Kulenty New work* (UK première) Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Op. 44 No. 1

See page overleaf for full details

*Co-commissioned by De Doelen Rotterdam and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Friday 26 June 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G Op. 101 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1

£35 £30 £25 £18

The legendary Borodin Quartet performs works deeply ingrained in the group’s collective DNA. Generations of Wigmore Hall audiences have followed the Borodins since their earliest visits in the 1960s. Richness of sound, attention to detail and an abiding respect for the music remain the core values of one of the world’s greatest chamber music ensembles.

Supported by the Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

£35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

Matthew Polenzani

Dario Acosta

Borodin Quartet

Andy Staples

Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge has been described as ‘a poetic discourse of enormous size’, a mighty combination of counterpoint and fantasy that transcends the conventional lines of fugal argument to confront the vastness of the universe. This great masterwork prefaces the Leipzig String Quartet’s account of Haydn’s ‘swansong’, the fragmentary String Quartet Op. 103, before the ensemble then gives the UK première of a new quartet by the Polish composer Hanna Kulenty. £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Leipzig String Quartet

Michael Bader

Le Concert Spirituel Thursday 25 June 7.30 pm

Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet director VENETIAN SPLENDOURS Campra Mass ‘Ad majorem Dei gloriam’ Vivaldi Laetatus sum RV607; In exitu Israel RV604; Magnificat RV610; Lauda Jerusalem RV609; Gloria RV589 £35 £30 £25 £18

Early Music and Baroque Series

Le Concert Spirituel

Photo: detail of the basilica San Marco, Venice

Pascal Brunet

Routine is a word beyond the ken of Hervé Niquet and the musicians of Le Concert Spirituel. Their vibrant, full-blooded interpretations of baroque masterworks arise from a deep understanding of the music’s expressive gestures and affects, so much so that they restore a sense of the excitement that must have gripped audiences at the time of their first performances. This programme opens with André Campra’s Mass 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam' and moves on to a series of radiant sacred works by Antonio Vivaldi, capped by the so-called Red Priest’s famous Gloria.

June Sunday 28 June 11.30 am

Sunday 28 June 7.30 pm

Monday 29 June 1.00 pm

Jack Liebeck violin Katya Apekisheva piano

Borodin Quartet

Ilya Gringolts violin Ashley Wass piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 Lekeu Violin Sonata in G Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits ‘Melody’ (arr. Kreisler) Falla Danse espagñole from La Vida breve (arr. Kreisler) In 1802 Beethoven accepted medical advice and moved to the village of Heiligenstadt. The change of scene sparked a period of extraordinary creativity during which he wrote his spellbinding Violin Sonata No. 6 in A. Jack Liebeck’s recital pairs Beethoven’s work with the ill-fated Guillaume Lekeu’s impassioned Violin Sonata in G, a composition of dramatic contrasts and compelling energy. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Jack Liebeck

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ To mark its 70th anniversary year, the Borodin Quartet offers its vision of a work written soon after the group’s formation. Shostakovich’s enigmatic String Quartet No. 3 reflects on the insanity of war and the legacy of fear fuelled by Stalin’s terror campaign against ordinary citizens. The Borodins turn to Beethoven after the interval and the ‘Serioso’ Quartet, originally intended for ‘a small circle of connoisseurs’, and the deeply personal expression of the composer’s third ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet.

Korngold Violin Sonata in G Op. 6 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Two exceptional artists known for the adventure and vitality of their music-making share the Wigmore Hall stage for this recital. They open with the Violin Sonata in G Op. 6, a seductively Romantic composition completed in 1912 by the fifteen-year-old prodigy Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who later found fame in Hollywood. Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G minor, his final composition, explores the creative tension between contrasting musical moods. £13 concs £11

£35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Ashley Wass

Patrick Allen

Ilya Gringolts

Tomasz Trzebiatowski

June/July Tuesday 30 June 6.00 pm

Monday 29 June 7.30 pm

CELEBRATING CAROLYN SAMPSON

Pre-Concert Event

JEAN-SÉLIM ABDELMOULA piano

RAZUMOVSKY ACADEMY YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which exceptionally gifted young musicians collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers. This concert offers the chance to hear potential future stars at an early stage in their careers.

GUILDHALL WIGMORE RECITAL PRIZE Bach Prelude and Fugue in E b minor BWV853 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I

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

Tuesday 30 June 7.30 pm

Razumovsky Ensemble

Debussy Images, Series 2 Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Variations fantômes Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Schubert Piano Sonata in B b D960 The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Swiss pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula is the recipient of this year’s award, and his recital promises to be a special occasion. £13 concs £11

Kolja Blacher violin Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Andriy Viytovych viola Oleg Kogan cello Alexander Chaushian cello Beethoven String Trio in G Op. 9 No. 1 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36

Carolyn Sampson

Chosen from a select pool of world-class players, the Razumovsky Ensemble brings great insight and subtlety to the interpretation of an astonishingly wide range of chamber music. This concert includes Ravel’s elegant Sonata for violin and cello, dedicated to the memory of Debussy, and Brahms’s sublime Sextet in G, among his finest chamber compositions. £35 £30 £25 £15

Chamber Music Season

Marco Borggreve

Wednesday 1 July 7.30 pm

Carolyn Sampson soprano Heath Quartet Bach Chorale Preludes: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV731; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV662; In dulci jubilo BWV608 John Musto New work for soprano and string quartet* (world première) Webern Langsamer Satz Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2 in F # minor Op. 10 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Wigmore Hall’s Celebrating Carolyn Sampson series concludes in festive fashion with the world première of Brooklyn-born composer John Musto’s latest score for soprano and string quartet. Carolyn Sampson also joins the Heath Quartet in the haunting final movements of Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2, a work marked by a period of emotional turmoil in its composer’s personal life. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking open Song Recital Series /Contemporary Music Series/Celebrating Carolyn Sampson

Kolja Blacher

Priska Ketterer

Oleg Kogan

Robert Cassen

Matthias Goerne & Menahem Pressler

Thursday 2 July 7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne baritone Menahem Pressler piano Songs by Schumann Schumann Variations on an original theme in E b WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ £40 £35 £30 £20

Song Recital Series

Photos by Marco Borggreve

In constant demand at the world’s leading concert halls and opera houses, Matthias Goerne made headline news in March 2014 when he stepped into the title-role of Berg’s Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera at short notice, and went on to receive rave reviews for his account of Schubert’s Winterreise at last summer’s Aix-en-Provence Festival. The German baritone’s ability to express emotional states and conjure up tone colours that bring poetic texts to life are among the rare gifts in his artistic locker, comparable to those of the greatest Lieder singers of all time. We also look forward to a welcome return from legendary pianist Menahem Pressler, described by The New York Times as ‘a poet, time and again revealing unexpected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed’.

O/MOD RNT Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint Celebrating reflections of the musical past in the present, Hugo Ticciati’s pioneering O/MODӘRNT festival at Ulriksdal’s Palace Theatre Confidencen in Sweden explores the relationships between the work of old composers and the artistic and intellectual creations of modern culture. O/MODӘRNT, Swedish for ‘un/modern’, comes to Wigmore Hall to present Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint. For Leo Schrade, a leading scholar on Claudio Monteverdi, the great Italian composer was nothing less than the ‘creator of modern music’. Monteverdi’s revolutionary expressive style certainly changed the course of music four centuries ago. His radical and provocative spirit is celebrated at Wigmore Hall in five imaginative concerts and a round-table discussion. Monteverdi’s sensuous arabesques merge with the vibrant physicality of Argentinian tango; 400-year-old bass lines inspire extemporized jazz; Orfeo, the original modern opera, is reinterpreted with a postmodern twist; Schoenberg’s tonal-atonal revolution is twinned with the Old Master’s modal-tonal paradigm shift; finally, Monteverdi’s aesthetic credo ‘music is the servant of the words’ resonates in contemplative works by Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Pe ¯ teris Vasks.

Monteverdi image by Simone Kotva

Friday 3 July 7.30 pm

Saturday 4 July 1.00 pm

Sunday 5 July 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Julia Zenko voice Hugo Ticciati violin Tango for 3 tango quartet

Study Afternoon

Amstel Quartet saxophone quartet

Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Hugo Ticciati violin Meghan Cassidy viola Guy Johnston cello Henrik Måwe piano Amstel Quartet saxophone quartet Ederson Rodrigues Xavier dancer

MONTEVERDI TO TANGO

ORPHEUS GOES POSTMODERN

Monteverdi Movements from masses (in a tango style) Sverre Indris Joner Toque de Tango Monteverdi (arr. Sverre Indris Joner) Lasciatemi morire Grever Alma mia Piazzolla Renacere Blázquez Sin piel Monteverdi (arr. Sverre Indris Joner) Hor che’l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace; Sí dolce è’l tormento; Lamento della ninfa; Pur ti miro from L’incoronazione di Poppea

Wijnand van Klaveren Orpheus Revisited

Sverre Indris Joner piano Per Arne Glorvigen bandoneon Odd Hannisdal violin Steinar Haugerud double bass

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

£30 £25 £20 £15 The Wigmore Hall Restaurant will serve dinner after the concert. Please contact the Box Office to make your table reservations.

Friday 3 July 10.00 pm

Svante Henryson Quartet Svante Henryson cello, composer Anders Jormin double bass Audun Kleive drums Jon Balke piano

Short opera/ballet based on the myth of Orpheus with music from Monteverdi, Philip Glass, Gluck and Wijnand van Klaveren All seats £15

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: A THEOLOGIAN, MUSICOLOGIST AND PHILOSOPHER MEET! At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the cusp of what historians have since called ‘the modern era’, Monteverdi posed the perennial question of every artist: how do my creations relate to those of past masters? How does innovation relate to imitation? Such questions will spark the imagination of our highly distinguished panel of speakers, including Professor John Milbank, Professor Emma Dillon, Dr Simone Kotva and Hugo Ticciati. £12 concs £8

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 4 July 7.30 pm Sunday 5 July 7.30 pm

Hugo Ticciati violin Jennifer Stumm viola Bartholomew LaFollette cello Doric String Quartet Alasdair Beatson piano Alexander Oliver reciter ON THE LIMITS OF TONALITY: MONTEVERDI MEETS SCHOENBERG Monteverdi Madrigals arranged for string quintet Schoenberg Phantasy Op. 47; Ode to Napoleon Op. 41; Verklärte Nacht Op. 4

Hugo Ticciati violin Christian Poltéra cello Voces8 and Friends VOICES FROM AFAR Monteverdi Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata Arvo Pärt Magnificat Pe¯teris Vasks Plainscapes Improvisations for solo violin Arvo Pärt Dopo la Vittoria Tavener Svyati £30 £25 £20 £15

£30 £25 £20 £15

MONTEVERDI MEETS JAZZ A reinvention of Monteverdi in the spirit of Jazz All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Chamber Music Season /O/MODӘ RNT: Monteverdi in Historical Counterpoint

July Sunday 5 July 11.30 am

Monday 6 July 1.00 pm

Monday 6 July 7.30 pm

John O’Conor piano

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

The Brook Street Band

Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33 Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960

Britten Cello Suite No. 1 Op. 72 Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012

John O’Conor, Artistic Director of the Dublin International Piano Competition, has been hailed for the boundless sensitivity, flawless touch and musical insights of his pianism. Studies with Wilhelm Kempff and first prize at the 1973 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna prepared the way for the Irish musician’s distinguished international career.

First performed fifty years ago by Mstislav Rostropovich at the Aldeburgh Festival, the nine continuous sections of Britten’s First Cello Suite make massive technical and emotional demands on the soloist. Jean-Guihen Queyras journeys through the work before turning to the last of Bach’s Cello Suites, which Rostropovich aptly described as ‘a symphony for cello’.

Rachel Harris baroque violin Farran Scott baroque violin Nichola Blakey baroque viola Tatty Theo baroque cello Carina Cosgrave baroque bass Alexandra Bellamy baroque oboe Carolyn Gibley harpsichord, chamber organ

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

£13 concs £11

HEAVEN AND EARTH Handel Concerto for oboe and strings in G minor HWV287 Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 Handel Cantata: Dalla guerra amorosa HWV102a Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 Handel Trio Sonata in G minor HWV404 Bach Cantata BWV82 ‘Ich habe genug’

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 5 July 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm

Matthew Brook bass-baritone

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

O/MODӘ ӘRNT

Bach’s sacred cantata ‘Ich habe genug’ is central to this programme encompassing love and destiny, both earthbound and celestial. Bach and Handel’s sublime music explores this theme, through both composers’ understanding of the pains and delights of the human condition, expressed through the power and beauty of their music.

MONTEVERDI IN HISTORICAL COUNTERPOINT See pages 54–55 for full details

£30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

John O’Conor

Jean-Guihen Queyras

François Séchet

The Brook Street Band

Kate Mount

July Thursday 9 July 7.30 pm

JULIAN ANDERSON COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE Tuesday 7 July 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Wigmore Hall Composer in Residence Julian Anderson in conversation with Augusta Read Thomas. £4 Booking open

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 7 July 7.30 pm

Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon conductor Claire Booth soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo-soprano Helmut Deutsch piano Tchaikovsky We sat together; To forget so soon; The fires in the room were already out; Do not ask; If only I had known; It was in the early spring; Night; Does the day reign? Musorgsky What are words of love to you?; Forgotten; Night; Gopak; The magpie; Hebrew song; Eremushka’s lullaby; A society tale: The goat Rachmaninov In the silence of the secret night; She is as lovely as the noon; On the death of a linnet; Christ is risen; Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Here it’s so fine; Spring waters Russian composers created a remarkable legacy of romances, art songs influenced by the spirit of nostalgia and passion of the Slavic soul. Ekaterina Semenchuk, one of today’s leading mezzo-sopranos, presents an inspired selection of works from her homeland, complete with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Night’, a series of Musorgsky’s spirited songs, and Rachmaninov’s heart-breaking ‘Christ is risen’. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Julian Anderson Poetry Nearing Silence Augusta Read Thomas New work for voice and ensemble* (world première) Sir Harrison Birtwistle Tragoedia

Julian Anderson

John Batten

Julian Anderson’s dazzling new opera Thebans inspired rave reviews following its world première at English National Opera in May 2014, reinforcing his status among today’s foremost composers. He has curated this concert as Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, locating the striking aural imagery of his Poetry Nearing Silence at the heart of a programme complete with the world première of a new work by Augusta Read Thomas and a 50th-anniversary performance of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Tragoedia.

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

Julian Anderson has programmed a concert of compelling reflections on the music of poetry and the poetry of music. Aurora Orchestra opens with the rhythmic intensity of Stravinsky’s Concertino for string quartet and includes Anderson’s own Poetry Nearing Silence, an eight-movement suite inspired by the drawings and poems of Tom Phillips. Claire Booth is soloist in the world première of Augusta Read Thomas’s new work. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking open

Chamber Music Season/ Julian Anderson Composer in Residence/ Contemporary Music Series

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Sheila Rock

July Friday 10 July 7.00 pm

Friday 10 July 10.00 pm

Saturday 11 July 7.00 pm

Gabriela Montero piano

Anthony Marwood violin James Crabb accordion Graham Mitchell double bass

Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert

Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 Gabriela Montero Improvisations Gabriela Montero’s heartfelt performances arise, above all, from a powerful desire to communicate directly with her audience. She is heir to the great tradition of keyboard improvisation, an art once common but now exceptionally rare among classical performers. Her programme’s second half will be created in the moment in the styles of various composers, with shades of Schubert and Schumann no doubt appearing in her improvisations.

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Traditional (Scottish) Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow/Struan Robertson’s Rant (arr. James Crabb) Piazzolla S.V.P. (S’il vous plait); Tzigane Tango; Preparense Ravel Deux mélodies hébraïques Gardel/Williams Por una Cabeza Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E BWV1016 Piazzolla Libertango; Oblivion; Escualo (arr. James Crabb) For this late-night concert, Anthony Marwood is joined by accordionist James Crabb and double bass player Graham Mitchell for an evening of tango music. One of the world’s leading exponents of Astor Piazzolla’s music, James Crabb has helped revitalise the accordion repertoire by commissioning new works and creating jaw-dropping arrangements of existing compositions. The three musicians highlight Piazzolla’s debt to Bach and embrace the mysterious beauty of Ravel’s Deux mélodies hébraïques.

£35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series

Sunday 12 July 11.30 am

Modigliani Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Dvorˇák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ Praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung for the ‘balance, transparency, symphonic comprehension [and] confident style’ of its music-making, the Modigliani Quartet is in demand at the world’s leading concert venues. Award-winning recordings of everything from Haydn and Arriaga to Brahms and Debussy bear witness to the French ensemble’s exceptional unity and collective brilliance. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates /Anthony Marwood and Friends

Gabriela Montero

James Crabb

Colin Bell/EMI Classic

Christoffer Askman

Anthony Marwood

Felix van Dijk

Modigliani Quartet

Colin Bell/EMI Classics

July Sunday 12 July 7.30 pm

ROGER VIGNOLES 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT Saturday 11 July 7.00 pm

Roger Vignoles piano Christine Brewer soprano Miah Persson soprano Joan Rodgers soprano Elizabeth Watts soprano Bernarda Fink mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager

Levon Chilingirian violin Sergey Khachatryan violin Kim Kashkashian viola Alexander Chaushian cello Steven Isserlis cello Sergei Babayan piano Lusine Khachatryan piano Vahan Mardirossian piano Yevgeny Sudbin piano IN MEMORIAM 1915 Komitas Miniatures for string quartet Arutiunian Pieces for solo piano Babadjanian Piano Trio; Poem Komitas Songs (arranged for solo piano) Babadjanian 6 Pictures Schumann Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47

mezzo-soprano

Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Michael Chance countertenor John Mark Ainsley tenor Mark Padmore tenor Florian Boesch baritone Roderick Williams baritone

To mark the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the deliberate campaign of mass murder perpetrated by Ottoman forces during the First World War, a group of world-renowned artists offer a programme of works chiefly by Armenian composers. Devised by Alexander Chaushian, this concert celebrates the fact that, despite the genocide of 1915, Armenians and their musical culture survived and continue to flourish today.

AN MEIN KLAVIER

£35 £30 £25 £18

At John Gilhooly’s request, Roger Vignoles, an aristocrat among piano accompanists, marks the eve of his 70th birthday with a kaleidoscopic programme built around the theme of music and musicians, and woven together with songs for a summer night. He is joined by a stellar cast of singers, close colleagues and friends with whom he has collaborated over many years. Their recital includes works by, among others, Schubert, Purcell, Loewe, Brahms, Wolf, Joaquín Nin, Rangstrøm, Tomášek, Rossini, Britten and John Dankworth.

Chamber Music Season

This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals

£50 £40 £30 £20

Song Recital Series

Roger Vignoles

Benjamin Ealovega

Alexander Chaushian

July Monday 13 July 1.00 pm

Monday 13 July 7.30 pm

Tuesday 14 July 7.30 pm

Stephen Kovacevich piano

Janina Fialkowska piano

Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

Grieg Six Lyric Pieces Liszt Gretchen – 2nd movement from A Faust Symphony S513 Ravel Jeux d’eau Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26

Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord, organ Samuel Boden tenor Thomas Walker tenor Stéphane Degout baritone

The prospect of lessons with Dame Myra Hess attracted Stephen Kovacevich to London from his native Los Angeles in the late 1950s. He made his European debut in 1961 with a sensational recital at Wigmore Hall, complete with Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata Op. 1. The acclaimed pianist’s BBC Lunchtime programme includes another work close to his heart, the lyrical late Piano Sonata in A D959 by Schubert. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Janina Fialkowska made her professional debut more than half a century ago. The Canadian pianist’s mature artistry still draws from the spontaneity and virtuosity of her youth, combined now with the insight and wisdom of experience. Her latest Wigmore Hall programme includes Gretchen, Liszt’s moving reflections on the tragic figure from Goethe’s Faust, and the vibrant virtuosity of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Schumann’s entrancing evocation of the Vienna Carnival. £35 £30 £25 £18

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Wednesday 15 July 7.30 pm

The Schubert Ensemble Schumann Canonic Study in A b (arr. for piano quintet by Orlando Jopling) Fauré Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89 Schumann Piano Quintet in E b Op. 44 Bach’s influence is ever present in Schumann’s Canonic Study in A flat, originally created in 1846 for the pedal piano and performed in Orlando Jopling’s sumptuous arrangement for piano quartet. The Schubert Ensemble also explores the enigmatic world of Fauré’s rarely performed Piano Quintet No. 1 before turning to Schumann’s pioneering Piano Quintet in E flat, among the first works to pair string quartet with piano.

London Pianoforte Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season

Stephen Kovacevich

David Thompson/EMI Classics

Janina Fialkowska

Peter Schaaf

Schubert Ensemble

Jack Liebeck

Arcangelo Tuesday 14 July 7.30 pm

Arcangelo* Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord, organ Samuel Boden tenor Thomas Walker tenor Stéphane Degout baritone Couperin L’Apothéose de Lully Blow An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Charpentier Leçons de ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint

Arcangelo, inspired by Jonathan Cohen’s visionary artistic leadership, has injected fresh energy and panache into the performance of Baroque music. The ensemble’s approach is informed by a deep understanding of the emotional language and expressive rhetoric of works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focused here on Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s intense settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The programme draws on the jaw-dropping virtuosity of the players and their ability to work in consort as chamber musicians. Arcangelo is joined by the internationally acclaimed French baritone Stéphane Degout, among the most versatile artists of his generation, Samuel Boden, a seasoned performer of lyric works of the French Baroque, and fine British tenor Thomas Walker.

£50 £40 £30 £20

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

Early Music and Baroque Series

Photo by Adam Swann

July Thursday 16 July

Saturday 18 July 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Saturday 18 July 7.30 pm

2.00 pm – Schools & Community Groups Matinée 6.30 pm – Evening Performance

Come and Sing: English Music

Quatuor Mosaïques

Reimagining King Arthur A COMMUNITY CHAMBER OPERA Composer Alasdair Nicolson, Early Opera Company and Ignite – Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble – explore the myths and legends of King Arthur alongside a community cast of all ages from across Westminster. Together, they perform this unique reworking of Purcell’s opera.

Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring a range of English music and song. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £24 concs £16

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

2.00 pm – Free performance for schools & community groups (Please book through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concs £3

Mozart String Quartet in C K157 Haydn String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Mozart’s early String Quartet in C, written while the teenaged composer was working on his opera Lucio Silla for Milan, and mature Haydn form the first half of this recital. The period instruments, long experience and revelatory musicianship of the Quatuor Mosaïques are sure to offer fresh perspectives on both works and reconnect with the radical nature of Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor, a composition of striking contrasts and remarkable coherence. £35 £30 £25 £18

Supported by The Monument Trust, City Bridge Trust, John Lyon’s Charity, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

Chamber Music Season Sunday 19 July 11.30 am

Sitkovetsky Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in E b Op. 70 No. 2 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Since making its debut appearance at Wigmore Hall in 2008, the Sitkovetsky Trio has forged ahead with performances driven by a powerful blend of virtuosity, sophisticated musicianship and total commitment. The recital features Beethoven’s Op. 70 No. 2, a work of profound humanity, capable of carrying the listener into new realms of the imagination.

Friday 17 July 7.30 pm

Camilla Tilling soprano Paul Rivinius piano Linde Äppelträd och päronträd; Den ängen där du kysste mig Stenhammar Vandraren; Nattyxne; Jungfru Blond och jungfru Brunett; Det far ett skepp Sibelius Den första kyssen; Lasse liten; Soluppgång; Var det en dröm?; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings mote; En slända Mahler Ich ging mit Lust; Frühlingsmorgen; Hans und Grethe; Ablösung im Sommer; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Strauss Traum durch die Dämmerung; Schlagende Herzen; Nachtgang; Ruhe, meine Seele; Cäcilie; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen

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

Camilla Tilling

Mats Widén

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling received critical acclaim for her recent performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker. She makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall to perform a programme inspired by imaginary landscapes, natural beauty, young love and romantic adventures, including works by her countryman Wilhelm Stenhammar and the expansive emotions of Strauss’s Op. 27 songs. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Sitkovetsky Trio

Benjamin Ealovega

July Sunday 19 July 7.30 pm

Tuesday 21 July 7.30 pm

INTRODUCING IGOR LEVIT

Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 127 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’

Vivaldi From Griselda: Agitata da due venti; Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori Vivaldi Sinfonia from Dorilla in Tempe Vivaldi Se mai senti spirarti sul volto from Catone in Utica; Rete, lacci e strali adopra from Dorilla in Tempe Handel From Giulio Cesare: Da tempeste; Se pietà di me non senti Handel Overture from Rodrigo Handel Scherza in mar la navicella from Lotario

Three Viennese classics occupy Quatuor Mosaïques in this programme. The period-instrument ensemble launches its programme with Haydn’s Op. 64 No. 2, an enticing blend of ‘Storm and Stress’ outbursts and genial good humour, before exploring Beethoven’s Op. 127, completed in 1825, and Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, which offers yet another penetrating examination of the human condition. £35 £30 £25 £18

Igor Levit

Chamber Music Season

Roberta Invernizzi soprano La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni director, harpsichord

Felix Broede

Monday 20 July 7.30 pm

Igor Levit piano Cardew Thälmann Variations Frederic Rzewski Dreams II* (UK première); The People United will never be Defeated *Co-commissioned by Heidelberger Frühling and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Most of Vivaldi’s 50 or so operas proved a success during the composer’s lifetime. They soon faded from view following his death in 1741. Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza, in company with Roberta Invernizzi, have played an important role in the recent revival of interest in Vivaldi’s stage works. They have also been acclaimed worldwide for their enchanting performances and recordings of Handel’s music. £50 £40 £30 £20

Early Music and Baroque Series

American composer and piano virtuoso Frederic Rzewski absorbed fertile ideas from teachers such as Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt and Luigi Dallapiccola. Taking this inspiration he found his true voice with a series of works inspired by social and political concerns, famously so in his set of 36 variations on the Chilean song The People United will never be Defeated. Igor Levit prefaces the UK première of Rzewski’s Dreams II with Thälmann Variations by another politically motivated composer, Cornelius Cardew. £30 £25 £20 £15 Booking Open

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2014–15 Wigmore Series

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

London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series/Introducing Igor Levit

Also in this series Wednesday 10 June 7.30 pm

Christiane Iven Igor Levit piano Quatuor Mosaïques

Wolfgang Krautzer

soprano Roberta Invernizzi

Ribaltaluce Studio

July Wednesday 22 July 7.30 pm

Matthew Rose bass Helen Collyer piano Purcell/Britten Job’s Curse Loewe Edward; Odins Meeresritt; Tom der Reimer; Heinrich der Vogler Brahms Mit vierzig Jahren ist der Berg erstiegen; Steig auf, geliebter Schatten; Mein Herz ist schwer; Sapphische Ode; Kein Haus, keine Heimat Brahms Four Serious Songs Loewe Archibald Douglas Purcell/Britten Let the dreadful engines Britten’s vivid versions of bold, dramatic songs by Purcell frame Matthew Rose’s survey of German Romantic ballads and narrative pieces. The power and warmth of his majestic bass voice contain the colours required to bring each song to life, and to trawl deep beneath their often simple melodies to catch the archetypal messages.

Thursday 23 July 7.30 pm

Friday 24 July 7.00 pm

Marc-André Hamelin piano

Angelika Kirchschlager

Field Andante inédit Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Liszt Soirées de Vienne No. 6 from ‘Valses caprices d’après Schubert’ S427 Yehudi Wyner Toward the center Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Few recitalists can match Marc-André Hamelin when it comes to imaginative programme building. The Canadian virtuoso’s latest Wigmore Hall recital combines the reflective soundworlds of Field’s Andante inédit and Yehudi Wyner’s Toward the center with two masterful approaches to sonata form and Liszt’s impassioned Soirées de Vienne No. 6. £35 £30 £25 £18

London Pianoforte Series / Contemporary Music Series

£35 £30 £25 £18

Acclaimed worldwide for her profound interpretations of Lieder, and renowned for her inspired engagement with words and music, Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager has been a firm favourite with Wigmore Hall audiences over many seasons. She is joined by regular duo partner Helmut Deutsch for a rich programme of some of the most captivating Romantic art song.

Song Recital Series

Helmut Deutsch piano Brahms Von waldbekränzter Höhe; Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst; Es träumte mir, ich sei dir teuer; Ach, wende diesen Blick; Unbewegte laue Luft Wolf Alte Wiesen: Sechs Gedichte von Keller Hahn Le souvenir d’avoir chanté; Seule; A Chloris; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; L’heure exquise from Chansons grises; La chère blessure Songs by Schumann

£35 £30 £25 £18

In memory of Robert Easton

Matthew Rose

mezzo-soprano

Lena Kern

Marc-André Hamelin

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Angelika Kirchschlager

Nikolaus Karlinsky

July Saturday 25 July 7.30 pm

TRIO MEDIÆVAL

Nelson Goerner

Ailish Tynan soprano Iain Burnside piano Fauré Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ Op. 58 Dominic Muldowney In Paris with you Poulenc Fiançailles pour rire Ned Rorem Early in the morning Dave Frishberg Another song about Paris Parry Good night!; Crabbed age and youth; Bright star; Where shall the lover rest Judith Bingham The shadow side of Joy Finzi: A mad song Stanford La Belle Dame sans merci Jake Heggie From Eve-Song : My name; Snake; The farm Ailish Tynan and Iain Burnside continue their fruitful artistic partnership with a programme filled with bold musical ideas and poetic reflections on life. Judith Bingham’s The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi: A Mad Song offers pathways into the nature of the unconscious mind, blending loud echoes of grief with fragments from Lorna Doone.

Jean-Baptiste Millot

£35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Trio Mediæval

Oddleiv Apneseth

Friday 24 July 10.00 pm

Trio Mediæval AQUILONIS A musical journey from Iceland to the Mediterranean via the coasts of Scandinavia and England

14th century Icelandic From Thorlakstidir : Dum Johannes; Adest festum; Aquilonis; Fans ex Basan Dominus; Docent digna; Sursum in altissima; O Pastor Islandia Anders Jormin Ama 15th century English carols Ave Rex Angelorum; Ecce quod natura; Alleluia a newe werk Andrew Smith Ave Maris Stella; Iosef fili David; Ave Regina Caelorum 12th century Italian Fammi cantar; Benedicti e llaudati (arr. A M Friman/L A Fuglseth) Traditional (Norway) Gud unde oss (arr. Berit Opheim); Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro (arr. A M Friman/L A Fuglseth); Fryd dig, du Kristi brud (arr. L A Fuglseth) William Brooks Vace, dulcis amice Trio Mediæval, founded in Oslo in 1997, has attracted a cult following to sacred and secular works from the distant past. The female vocal trio’s discography for ECM Records includes everything from polyphony and thirteenth-century Worcester and Scandinavian folksongs to contemporary compositions by William Brooks and Andrew Smith. This late-night programme casts shadows of forgotten ancestors and evokes the mystical traditions of medieval worship. All seats £15

Wigmore Lates Ailish Tynan

Benjamin Ealovega

July Sunday 26 July 11.30 am

Sunday 26 July 7.30 pm

Wigmore Series Debut

Final concert of the 2014 /15 Season

Quatuor Voce

Matan Porat piano

Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Schubert String Quartet in G D887

Ligeti Musica Ricercata: 11 pieces for piano Rameau Suite in A minor: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Fanfarinette, Gavotte et doubles from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

Praised by The Strad for its ‘refinement, beautiful tone, excellent ensemble, precise chording, fine rhythm and loads of character’, Quatuor Voce underlined its growing reputation when it was selected for the ECHO Rising Stars scheme for the 2013/14 Season. The quartet makes its Wigmore Series debut with two works of great substance, Beethoven’s intensely focused ‘Serioso’ Quartet and Schubert’s equally inventive String Quartet in G D887. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Pianist and composer Matan Porat’s artistic evolution has been led by the breadth of his musical interests and his mind’s intense curiosity, qualities vividly mirrored in this programme. His recital opens with a modern masterwork, Ligeti’s carefully constructed Musica Ricercata, presented in tandem with movements from Rameau’s Suite in A minor. Porat also offers his thoughts on Piano Sonata in A D959, among Schubert’s last and finest compositions. £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Matan Porat

Quatuor Voce

Neda Nevaee

Sophie Pawlak

Contemporary Music Series 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. ‘Our commissioning scheme is already the most extensive in Europe for chamber music,’ comments Wigmore Hall Director, John Gilhooly. ‘We plan to present up to 20 commissions per season and make Wigmore Hall one of the world’s foremost centres for contemporary chamber music.’ Full details of the April – July concerts are provided throughout the brochure in chronological order. Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk / contemporary for further details on all forthcoming concerts in the Contemporary Music Series.

Saturday 4 July 1.00 pm

Hugo Ticciati violin Meghan Cassidy viola Guy Johnston cello Henrik Måwe piano Amstel Quartet saxophone quartet Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Ederson Rodrigues Xavier dancer Wijnand van Klaveren Sunday 5 July 7.30 pm

Friday 8 May 7.00 pm

Saturday 6 June 7.30 pm

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Aurora Orchestra Alice Coote mezzo-soprano

Helen Grime*

Judith Weir*

Hugo Ticciati violin Christian Poltéra cello Voces8 and friends Arvo Pärt, Pe¯teris Vasks & John Tavener

Saturday 9 May

Sunday 14 June 7.30 pm

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor

Carducci String Quartet Guy Johnston cello

Tuesday 7 July 7.30 pm

Anthony Gilbert*

Jonathan Harvey Friday 19 June 7.00 pm Sunday 24 May 7.30 pm

Inon Barnatan piano Sebastian Currier* Thursday 28 May 7.30 pm

Philippe Cassard piano David Grimal violin Anne Gastinel cello Baptiste Trotignon*

Baiba Skride violin Gergana Gergova violin Brett Dean viola Nils Mönkemeyer viola Alban Gerhardt cello

Aurora Orchestra Claire Booth soprano Julian Anderson, Augusta Read Thomas* & Sir Harrison Birtwistle (Programme devised by Composer in Residence Julian Anderson) Monday 20 July 7.30 pm

Igor Levit piano Cornelius Cardew & Frederic Rzewski*

Brett Dean

Thursday 23 July 7.30 pm

Saturday 27 June 7.30 pm

Marc-André Hamelin piano

Leipzig String Quartet

Yehudi Wyner

Hanna Kulenty* Sunday 31 May 7.30 pm

Angela Hewitt piano Cremona Quartet Kerson Leong violin Gerald Finley bass-baritone

Wednesday 1 July 7.30 pm

Carolyn Sampson soprano Heath Quartet

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

John Musto*

Michael Berkeley

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES,YOUNG PEOPLE & ADULTS All events listed on pages 68 –71 will open for booking on 3 February, with the exception of the Family Concert on 3 May, Reimagining King Arthur on 16 July and Come and Sing on 18 July, which go on sale to Friends on 13 January and to Mailing List Subscribers on 23 January.

We are grateful to Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust for their support of our Family Programme, and to The Monument Trust, John Lyon’s Charity and The Loveday Charitable Trust for their support of our Schools Programme.

April/May Saturday 11 April 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Sunday 3 May 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Tuesday 26 May 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Stories Sung

Martin Fröst clarinet

Voiceworks

FAMILY FOLK DAY

FAMILY CONCERT

A CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE

For ages 5 plus

Join workshop leader Ruairi Glasheen and fellow members of the vibrant young group, Tir Eolas, for a fun day exploring folk music. Join in with songs and tunes from across the British Isles, listen to traditional stories, and create some tall tales and magical music of your own to perform alongside Tir Eolas on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Working alongside presenter Julian West and pianist Roland Pöntinen, the dynamic Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst features in a concert especially for families introducing the dramatic music of Brahms, including his thrilling Hungarian Dances.

Now in its ninth year, Voiceworks is a unique collaboration between poets from the Contemporary Poetics research centre at Birkbeck, University of London and composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, brought together by Wigmore Hall Learning. Details at www.voiceworks.org.uk

Adults £9 Children £7

Free (ticket required)

Adults £15 Children £10

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May/June Wednesday 24 June 10.00 am – 4.30 pm

RNIB Study Day: Success through Sponsorship PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED MUSICIANS This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to explore pathways into the classical music industry and career development, including how to make the most out of opportunities for sponsorship. The day involves discussion, talks and the chance to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. For more information and to book, please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or email mas@rnib.org.uk Free (application required)

Saturday 27 June 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

RNIB Family Day: A Night at the Museum FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN AGED 6 –12 YEARS AND THEIR FAMILIES

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When the doors are locked and the visitors have gone home, what mischief do lords and ladies of the Wallace Collection get up to? Come and meet the quirky characters in the paintings, make up some spooky stories and compose your own music to perform onstage at Wigmore Hall at the end of the day.

Wednesday 27 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Tuesday 9 June 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Musical Fairy Tales

Ignite – Celebrating a Year in the Community

For more information and to book, please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or email mas@rnib.org.uk

Following Ignite’s year of creative projects working in community settings including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital School and The Cardinal Hume Centre, we invite you to join us for a celebration of this important and impactful work. Ignite presents pieces inspired by material developed on projects alongside a preview of some of the music from the forthcoming community chamber opera, Reimagining King Arthur.

Free (application required)

HALF-TERM FAMILY DAY For ages 5 plus Experience famous fairy tales as you have never heard them before with presenter Julian West and wind quintet the Magnard Ensemble. Hear the quintet play musical arrangements of some well-known stories, then work alongside the musicians to create a brand new musical fairy tale of your own to perform together onstage at the end of the day. Adults £15 Children £10

Free (ticket required)

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July Thursday 16 July 2.00 pm – Schools & Community Groups Matinée 6.30 pm – Evening Performance

Reimagining King Arthur A COMMUNITY CHAMBER OPERA Following Westminster 100 in 2014 and BASCA shortlisted Woodwose in 2013, the local Westminster community once again comes together, working with professional artists to present a staged performance at Wigmore Hall. We are thrilled to be working with composer Alasdair Nicolson, Early Opera Company and Ignite – Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble – to develop a new work based on the myths and legends around King Arthur. Inspired by Purcell’s opera of the same name, the performance features some of the original music alongside newly commissioned work, developed in collaboration with the participants, exploring themes of national heroes and identity within our diverse local community. 2.00 pm – Free performance for schools & community groups (Please book through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concs £3

Supported by The Monument Trust, City Bridge Trust, John Lyon’s Charity, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

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Saturday 18 July 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Come and Sing: English Music Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring a range of English music and song. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £24 concs £16

This event forms part of Wigmore Hall’s series Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

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Wednesday 8 July 11.00 am – 12 noon Repeated 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

Sing a Story KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS CONCERT All aboard the Sing a Story train for a journey through songs and stories with presenter John Webb, actor Charlotte Mapham and a cast of marvellous musicians who will bring both well-known and new stories to life. Learn the songs with our interactive resource pack and you’ll be ready to join in on the day! £3.50 www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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July Monday 27 – Thursday 30 July 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Musical Portraits FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, make your own works of art, create some brand new music with Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite, and finish by performing your own pieces onstage at the end of this four-day course. For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk Free (application required)

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and BBC Children in Need In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

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Chamber Zone FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS Over the last seven years, Wigmore Hall’s free ticket scheme Chamber Zone has reached over 5,000 young people aged 8 –25 years. Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

For details on the concerts included in the Chamber Zone scheme and how to book visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk /chamberzone www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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May

Calendar April Date

Start Time

Event

Wed 1 Apr

7.30 pm

Khatia Buniatishvili

Page 4

Thu 2 Apr

7.30 pm

The English Concert/Harry Bicket/Terry Wey

Sat 4 Apr

7.30 pm

Dunedin Consort/John Butt/Anna Dennis/Clare Wilkinson Nicholas Mulroy/Matthew Brook

Sun 5 Apr

11.30 am

London Bridge Ensemble

Mon 6 Apr

1.00 pm

Meta4

Tue 7 Apr

7.30 pm

Andreas Scholl/Avi Avital/Marco Frezzato/Tiziano Bagnati Tamar Halperin

Thu 9 Apr

7.30 pm

Andreas Haefliger

Fri 10 Apr

7.30 pm

Heath Quartet/Nils Mönkemeyer/Kari Kriikku/Tim Horton

Sat 11 Apr

10.30 am 7.30 pm

Family Day: Stories Sung Kuss Quartet

Sun 12 Apr

11.30 am 3.00 pm

Mon 13 Apr

Date

Start Time

Event

Fri 1 May

7.30 pm

Martin Fröst/Miah Persson/Maxim Rysanov/Roland Pöntinen

Page 18

Sat 2 May

7.30 pm

Dorothea Röschmann/Mitsuko Uchida

Sun 3 May

11.30 am 3.00 pm 7.30 pm

Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen Family Concert: Martin Fröst Heath Quartet

Mon 4 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Elias String Quartet/Simon Crawford-Phillips Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner

20 21

Tue 5 May

7.30 pm

Dorothea Röschmann/Mitsuko Uchida

Wed 6 May

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Artists in Conversation Classical Opera/Ian Page/Allan Clayton

22 22

Thu 7 May

7.30 pm

Olli Mustonen

Fri 8 May

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Alison Balsom/Trevor Pinnock/The English Concert Lucy Crowe/Tim Mead

23 23

Sat 9 May

10.00 am 7.30 pm

RNCM Study Day: Jonathan Harvey Belcea Quartet/Nicolas Bone/Antonio Meneses

26 23

Sun 10 May

11.30 am 3.00 pm 7.30 pm

Schumann Quartett Claire Booth/Christopher Glynn Werner Güra/Christoph Berner

27 27 27

18 20, 68 20

Mon 11 May

68 8

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Sara Mingardo/Giorgio Dal Monte/Ivano Zanenghi Christianne Stotijn/Julius Drake

28 28

Tue 12 May

Lukas Geniušas Dominik Köninger/Volker Krafft

8 8

3.00 pm 7.30 pm

Wigmore Study Group commences Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh

28 29

Wed 13 May

7.30 pm

Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh

1.00 pm

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Thu 14 May

Tue 14 Apr

7.30 pm

London Handel Players/Sophie Bevan/Daniel Taylor

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Roger Vignoles Masterclass Kirill Gerstein

30 30

Wed 15 Apr

7.30 pm

Karen Cargill/Simon Lepper

Fri 15 May

10.00 pm

Trish Clowes/Gwilym Simcock/Heath Quartet

Sat 16 May

7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake

Sun 17 May

11.30 am 7.30 pm

London Winds/Michael Collins/Michael McHale Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva

31 31

Mon 18 May

1.00 pm

Christoph Prégardien/Daniel Heide

Wed 20 May

7.30 pm

Joshua Bell/Lawrence Power/Steven Isserlis/Jeremy Denk

Thu 21 May

3.00 pm 7.00 pm

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2015 YCAT Public Final Auditions 2015

32 32

Fri 22 May

7.30 pm

Bernarda Fink/Anthony Spiri

Sat 23 May

7.30 pm

Joshua Bell/Pamela Frank/Lawrence Power/Steven Iserlis Jeremy Denk

Sun 24 May

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Aviv String Quartet Inon Barnatan

33 34

Thu 16 Apr

5.00 pm

Introduction to Music commences

Sat 18 Apr

7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet

Sun 19 Apr

11.30 am 3.00 pm 7.30 pm

London Conchord Ensemble Daniel Behle/Oliver Schnyder Trio Borodin Quartet

10 10 12

Mon 20 Apr

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Miah Persson/Malcolm Martineau/Birgit Kolar Alice Coote/Julius Drake

12 12

Tue 21 Apr

7.30 pm

Wihan Quartet

Wed 22 Apr

1.30 pm 7.30 pm

Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 Semi-Final Kun Woo Paik

13 13

Thu 23 Apr

7.30 pm

Alice Sara Ott

Fri 24 Apr

6.00 pm

Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 Final

Mon 25 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Quatuor Ebène

34 34

Sat 25 Apr

2.00 pm 7.30 pm

Interactive Recital: Tana Quartet Arcanto Quartet

14 14

Tue 26 May

5.30 pm 7.30 pm

Voiceworks James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong

68 34

Sun 26 Apr

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Vienna Piano Trio Heath Quartet/Michael Collins

15 15

Wed 27 May

10.30 am

Family Day: Musical Fairy Tales

Thu 28 May

7.30 pm

Philippe Cassard/David Grimal/Anne Gastinel

Fri 29 May

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper Simón Bolívar String Quartet

35 35

Sat 30 May

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk Llyˆr Williams

36 36

Sun 31 May

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Jean-Marc Luisada Angela Hewitt/Cremona Quartet/Kerson Leong/Gerald Finley

36 36

Mon 27 Apr

1.00 pm 6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Antoine Tamestit Artists in Conversation Garrick Ohlsson

15 16 16

Tue 28 Apr

7.30 pm

Vienna Piano Trio

Wed 29 Apr

7.30 pm

Allan Clayton/Paul Lewis

Thu 30 Apr

7.30 pm

Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien

June

July

Date

Start Time

Event

Date

Start Time

Event

Mon 1 Jun

1.00 pm

Tasmin Little/Martin Roscoe

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Wed 1 Jul

7.30 pm

Carolyn Sampson/Heath Quartet

Tue 2 Jun

7.30 pm

Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe

Thu 2 Jul

7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne/Menahem Pressler

Wed 3 Jun

10.30 am 7.30 pm

Elly Ameling Masterclass Richard Goode

38 38

Fri 3 Jul

7.30 pm 10.00 pm

Julia Zenko/Hugo Ticciati/Tango for 3/Amstel Quartet Svante Henryson Quartet

55 55

Thu 4 Jun

10.30 am 7.30 pm

Elly Ameling Masterclass Mauro Peter/James Baillieu

38 38

Sat 4 Jul

1.00 pm

Fri 5 Jun

6.00 pm 7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Christian McBride Trio Florian Boesch/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

39 39 39

Hugo Ticciati/Meghan Cassidy/Guy Johnston/Henrik Måwe Amstel Quartet/Renata Pokupic´/Ederson Rodrigues Xavier Hugo Ticciati/Jennifer Stumm/Bartholomew LaFollette Doric String Quartet/Alasdair Beatson/Alexander Oliver

Sat 6 Jun

7.30 pm

Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon/Alice Coote

Sun 7 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm 9.45 pm

ATOS Trio Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau Post-Concert Talk

39 41 41

Mon 8 Jun

1.00 pm

Škampa Quartet/Krzysztof Chorzelski

Tue 9 Jun

5.30 pm 7.30 pm

Ignite – Celebrating a Year in the Community Phantasm

Wed 10 Jun

7.30 pm

Thu 11 Jun

6.00 pm 9.00 pm

Fri 12 Jun

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

7.30 pm

Page

Sun 5 Jul

11.30 am 3.00 pm 7.30 pm

John O’Conor ӘRNT Study Afternoon: O/MODӘ Hugo Ticciati/Christian Poltéra/Voces8 and friends

56 55 55

Mon 6 Jul

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Jean-Guihen Queyras The Brook Street Band/Matthew Brook

56 56

Tue 7 Jul

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Artists in Conversation Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon/Claire Booth

57 57

69 41

Wed 8 Jul

11.00 am 1.30 pm

Sing a Story Sing a Story

70 70

Christiane Iven/Igor Levit

Thu 9 Jul

7.30 pm

Ekaterina Semenchuk/Helmut Deutsch

Paul Lewis Paul Lewis

42 42

Fri 10 Jul

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Gabriela Montero Anthony Marwood/James Crabb/Graham Mitchell

58 58

Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Christiane Karg

42 43

Sat 11 Jul

7.00 pm

Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert

Sun 12 Jul

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Modigliani Quartet Alexander Chaushian & Friends

58 59

Sat 13 Jun

7.30 pm

François-Frédéric Guy/Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Sun 14 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Lana Trotovsek/Simon Lane Carducci String Quartet/Guy Johnston

43 44

Mon 13 Jul

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Stephen Kovacevich Janina Fialkowska

60 60

Mon 15 Jun

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Gould Piano Trio Christoph Prégardien/Michael Gees

45 45

Tue 14 Jul

7.30 pm

Arcangelo/Samuel Boden/Thomas Walker/Stéphane Degout

Wed 15 Jul

7.30 pm

The Schubert Ensemble

Thu 16 Jul

2.00 pm 6.30 pm

Reimagining King Arthur Reimagining King Arthur

Fri 17 Jul

7.30 pm

Camilla Tilling/Paul Rivinius

Sat 18 Jul

10.00 am 7.30 pm

Come and Sing: English Music Quatuor Mosaïques

Sun 19 Jul

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Sitkovetsky Trio Quatuor Mosaïques

62 63

Mon 20 Jul

7.30 pm

Igor Levit

Tue 21 Jul

7.30 pm

Roberta Invernizzi/La Risonanza/Fabio Bonizzoni

48, 69 49

Wed 22 Jul

7.30 pm

Matthew Rose/Helen Collyer

Tue 16 Jun

7.30 pm

Till Fellner

Wed 17 Jun

7.30 pm

Mark Padmore/Roger Vignoles

Thu 18 Jun

7.30 pm

The Endellion String Quartet

Fri 19 Jun

7.00 pm

10.00 pm

Baiba Skride/Gergana Gergova/Brett Dean/Nils Mönkemeyer Alban Gerhardt Fantasticus

Sat 20 Jun

7.30 pm

The Cardinall’s Musick

Sun 21 Jun

11.30 am

Szymanowski Quartet

Mon 22 Jun

1.00 pm

Ailish Tynan/James Baillieu

Wed 24 Jun

60 62, 70 62, 70 62 62, 70 62

10.00 am 7.30 pm

RNIB Study Day Matthew Polenzani/Julius Drake

Thu 25 Jun

7.30 pm

Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet

Thu 23 Jul

7.30 pm

Marc-André Hamelin

Fri 26 Jun

7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet

Fri 24 Jul

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Angelika Kirchschlager/Helmut Deutsch Trio Mediæval

64 65

Sat 27 Jun

11.00 am 7.30 pm

RNIB Family Day: A Night at the Museum Leipzig String Quartet

69 49

Sat 25 Jul

7.30 pm

Ailish Tynan/Iain Burnside

Sun 28 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva Borodin Quartet

51 51

Sun 26 Jul

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Quatuor Voce Matan Porat

66 66

Mon 29 Jun

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Ilya Gringolts/Ashley Wass Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula

51 52

Mon 27 – Thu 30 Jul

Musical Portraits

Tue 30 Jun

7.30 pm

Razumovsky Ensemble

Wigmore Hall/ 2015 Kohn Foundation

International

Song

Competition

Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997 This Competition recognises the song tradition as a whole and requires contestants to perform in at least three languages. At the same time it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre. Audiences are invited to attend the Preliminary and Semi-Final rounds, as well as the grand finale and Prize-giving on Thursday 10 September.

JURY John Gilhooly OBE Chair Iain Burnside Wolfgang Holzmair Graham Johnson OBE Sir Ralph Kohn non-voting Angelika Kirchschlager Christoph Prégardien Maxine Robertson Asadour Santourian David Stern Ailish Tynan Sunday 6 September 11.00 am and 2.00 pm PRELIMINARY STAGE – DAY 1 All day £13 concs £11 Monday 7 September 11.00 am and 2.00 pm PRELIMINARY STAGE – DAY 2 All day £13 concs £11 Tuesday 8 September 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm SEMI-FINAL STAGE All day £15 concs £12 Please note there will be an interval from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office.

Book for the first three stages at the same time for £30 concs £25 Thursday 10 September 6.00 pm FINAL STAGE AND PRIZE-GIVING £30 £25 £20 £15 Please note there will be an interval from 8.20 pm to 9.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office.

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BOOKING INFORMATION Booking Dates Booking Period 3 Wednesday 1 April – Sunday 26 July 2015 Friends – Priority booking form to reach the Box Office by Tuesday 13 January 2015 Mailing List – Priority booking form to reach the Box Office by Friday 23 January 2015 General Public – By telephone/online from Tuesday 3 February 2015

We strongly recommend early booking for Pre-Concert Talks, Artists in Conversation and Study Events.

Wigmore Hall Box Office 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Tel: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Email: (not for bookings) boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into four price 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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T– X Q– S

N–P STA LL S C– M A –B

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Car Parking

7 days a week: 10.00am– 8.30pm. Days without an evening concert 10.00am– 5.00pm. No advance booking during the half-hour prior to performance.

There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the Box Office for further details or visit our website.

Telephone Bookings 7 days a week: 10.00am–7.00pm. Days without an evening concert 10.00am – 5.00pm. There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration charge for each transaction. This includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits.

A AA A

Facilities for Disabled People Full details from 020 7258 8210 or access@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Postal Bookings Please make cheques payable to Wigmore Hall with the amount left open but stating an upper limit, and add an administration charge of £3.00. Tickets will then be sent by post.

Wigmore Hall has been awarded the Bronze Charter Mark from Attitude is Everything

Online Bookings Online booking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and you can select your own seat. There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge.

Tickets for Concessions Where a concession (concs) ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed.

Group Bookings OXFORD CIRCUS

Discounts of 10% are available for groups of 12 or more, subject to availability.

Restaurant/Bar

BALCONY

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Box Office Hours

BOND STREET

Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

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Transport

Information in this brochure was correct at the time of printing. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

Tubes: Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines), Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines). Buses: A number of bus routes pass along Oxford Street.

Cover photos by Benjamin Ealovega Cover design by WLP Ltd. www.whitelabelproductions.co.uk Brochure design and production by Peter Williamson

SUPPORTING WIGMORE HALL With £1.5 million to raise each season every gift, no matter the size, is important to us. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall by becoming a Friend, or by sponsoring a concert or Learning event, please call 020 7258 8230 or email friends@wigmore-hall.org.uk for more information. The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have made an investment in our concert, Learning and community programmes: Honorary Patrons

Donors and Sponsors

Aubrey Adams André and Rosalie Hoffmann Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan

Mr Eric Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Elaine Adair Tony and Marion Allen* The Andor Charitable Trust David and Jacqueline Ansell* Arts Council England Anthony Austin Ben Baglio and Richard Wilson BBC Children in Need David and Margaret Beaton Alan Bell-Berry Mr Nicholas J Bez Mrs Arline Blass The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust David and Mary Bowerman* Alan Bradley* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson bureauexport Clive Butler CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust City Bridge Trust Colin Clark Eric Clause* Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation ‡ Edwin C Cohen Nicola Coldstream Sonia and Harvey Cole The Ernest Cook Trust John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Anthony Davis* Pauline Del Mar Diaphonique The Dorset Foundation In memory of Robert Easton Douglas and Janette Eden Annette Ellis* The Elton Family Dr C A Endersby and Prof D Cowan Caroline Erskine Mrs Susan Feakin The Fidelio Charitable Trust Peter and Sonia Field A bequest from the late Miss Margaret Flatman John and Amy Ford

Season Patrons Aubrey Adams* American Friends of Wigmore Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* Cockayne ‡ Henry and Suzanne Davis Dunard Fund† The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Graham and Amanda Hutton*† Valerie O’Connor David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma† Ian Rosenblatt Victoria Sharp and Simon Robey* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* Alisa and Joshua Swidler* William and Alex de Winton* and an anonymous donor

Chamber Music Circle Karl Otto Bonnier* Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Pauline and Ian Howat The Marchus Trust ‡ Oliver and Helen Prenn Jo and Barry Slavin The Tertis Foundation Marina Vaizey Kathleen Verelst* Tony Wingate and several anonymous donors

Corporate Supporters Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Clifford Chance LLP Complete Coffee Ltd Duncan Lawrie Private Banking Lloyds Banking Group Martin Randall Travel Ltd Rosenblatt Solicitors Rothschild

The Foyle Foundation S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3 Friends of Wigmore Hall Jonathan Gaisman* The Garfield Weston Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust John Gilhooly John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Charles Green Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* Haringey Music Service The Headley Trust The Henry C Hoare Charitable Trust Nicholas Hodgson André and Rosalie Hoffmann‡ Peter and Carol Honey* Hyde Park Place Estate Charity Simone Hyman* Peter and Nikki Jeffcote John Lyon’s Charity Marc Jourdren* In memory of Donald Kahn Su and Neil Kaplan* Jerome Karet* David and Louise Kaye* Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn* The Kohn Foundation Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Maryly La Follette* The Leverhulme Trust Tim Llewellyn Dame Felicity Lott The Loveday Charitable Trust Simon and Sophie Ludlam* A bequest from the late John Lunn Julia MacRae* Simon Majaro MBE and Pamela Majaro MBE Mayfield Valley Arts Trust George Meyer Milton Damerel Trust Michael and Lynne McGowan* The Monument Trust Amyas and Louise Morse* Deborah Finkler and Allan Murray-Jones A C and F A Myer Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntosh Hamish Parker The Piano Fund

Dr Clive Potter* Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Radcliffe Trust Edith Randall The Rayne Foundation Gifts to honour Rick Rogers from Beryl McAlhone and friends Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, Hon. RCM* Rothschild Ruth Rothbarth* The Rubinstein Circle The Sampimon Trust The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust Louise Scheuer Julia Schottlander* Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* The Shoresh Charitable Trust Sir Martin and Lady Smith* Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* Gill and Keith Stella* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* The Stewarts Law Foundation Derek Sugden Anne and Paul Swain* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* The Tertis Foundation Allen Thomas and Jane Simpson* Tower Hamlets Arts Music and Education Service Professor Christopher Thompson John and Ann Tusa* Robin Vousden* Gerry Wakelin* Andrew and Hilary Walker* Professor Janet Walker CD and Professor Doug Jones AO* Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement David and Frances Waters* David Evan Williams The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Philip and Emeline Winston* The Wolfson Foundation Simon Yates and Kevin Roon and several anonymous donors * Rubinstein Circle members † Early Music & Baroque Series supporters ‡ Contemporary Music Series supporters

Details correct as of October 2014

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