July Dary 2010

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary JULY 2010

Julia Fischer Inside: The Cardinall’s Musick Ensemble Clément Janequin Leila Josefowicz • Miklós Perényi Andrea Rost • András Schiff And many more

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THURSDAY 1 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series/Beethoven Series Birgitta Kowsky, Leipzig

£18 £25 £30 £35

Miklós Perényi cello András Schiff piano Please note change of programme Beethoven 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO45; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2; 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO 46; Horn Sonata in F Op. 17 (transcribed for cello); Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 Miklós Perényi

FRIDAY 2 JULY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

£12 £16 £22 £24 Julia Wesely

Julia Fischer violin; Diemut Poppen viola Alexander Chaushian cello

András Schiff

Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. D Sitkovetsky) Three of today’s most highly acclaimed young string players, each with a major solo career, come together for this concert to perform Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s wonderful transcription for string trio of JS Bach’s great Goldberg Variations.

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Julia Fischer

Diemut Poppen

Andrea Rost soprano; András Schiff piano Liszt Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land); Die Loreley; Der Fischerknabe; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Freudvoll und leidvoll; Bartók 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs (piano solo); Kodály Kitrákotty mese; Ne búsuljon senki menyecskéje; Kocsi, szekér; A csitári hegyek alatt; Nausika; Bartók 8 Hungarian Folksongs; LIgeti 3 Weöres Lieder; 5 Arany Lieder

£18 £25 £30 £35

Bettina Komenda

SATURDAY 3 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/ András Schiff Series: Songs – With and Without Words

Alexander Chaushian

András Schiff returns immediately to Wigmore Hall with soprano Andrea Rost for a daring and challenging programme of Hungarian songs. Liszt’s settings Andrea Rost András Schiff of Goethe and Schiller are relatively well-known but only connoisseurs will recognise this vivid selection of Kodály songs, which are followed by eight of Bartók’s contemporaneous settings. The late György Ligeti is regarded by many as a giant of post-war European music and these two groups of Lieder will be relished by his devoted admirers but should also be stimulating fare for lovers of song recitals.

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SUNDAY 4 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Haydn String Quartet in B b Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’

Andrew French

Modigliani Quartet

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

Formed at the Paris Conservatoire, the Modigliani Quartet studied with the celebrated Ysaÿe Quartet, and won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions 2006 in New York. Its coffee concert includes one of Haydn’s supreme late masterpieces, which understandably acquired the nickname ‘Sunrise’ in response to the magical opening of the first movement.

Modigliani Quartet

SUNDAY 4 JULY 7.30 PM The Richard Tauber Prize Recital

£10 £14 £18 £22

Christopher Ainslie countertenor with James Baillieu piano; Jennifer Bullock cello, viola da gamba Adrian Butterfield violin; Laurence Cummings harpsichord Elizabeth Kenny theorbo, lute Dowland In darkness let me dwell; Mourn, mourn, day is with darkness fled Purcell If Music be the food of love Bach Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor BWV232; Aria: Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben from Ascension Oratorio BWV11 Vivaldi Aria: Sovvente il sole from Andromeda liberata Handel Ombra mai fu from Serse; Furibondo spira il vento from Partenope Schubert Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Des Fischers Liebesglück; An die Laute; Die Liebe hat gelogen Mahler From Rückert Lieder: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Yamada Song of Aiyan

Christopher Ainslie

Winner of the 2008 Richard Tauber Prize for Singers, South African-born Christopher Ainslie’s varied programme steps well beyond the repertoire boundaries often imposed on the countertenor. He is joined by a variety of instrumental combinations to move freely through the ages, from gems of the Baroque era to Schubert, the late Romantic and early 20th-century world of Lieder. ‘... [Christopher Ainslie’s] account of “Dawn, still darkness” from Jonathan Dove’s Flight was as near to perfection as anything I have heard in the Wigmore Hall ...’ Musical Pointers, Richard Tauber Prize for Singers, Wigmore Hall, 4 June 2008 Anglo-Austrian Music Society

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MONDAY 5 JULY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hanry Fair

£12 concessions £10

Leila Josefowicz violin; John Novacek piano Shostakovich Violin Sonata Op. 134; Schubert Rondo in B minor D895 The brilliant young American virtuoso Leila Josefowicz is well-known for her championing of rare and challenging repertoire, having dazzled audiences worldwide with John Adams’s Violin Concerto. She crosses the Cold War divide here to penetrate the dark mysteries of the late Violin Sonata by Shostakovich. A perfect pairing is the shamefully neglected Rondo by Schubert, which manages to capture his unique lyrical rapture alongside a sense of driving rhythmic despair.

Leila Josefowicz

MONDAY 5 JULY 7.30 PM

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C# minor BWV849 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I Kurtág 4 Pieces from Játékok V: Les Adieux; Kondor Rock (in the manner of the aging Liszt); La Fille aux cheveux de lin – enragée; Prelude and Chorale Liszt En rêve, Nocturne in B b S207; Nuages gris S199; Csárdás obstiné S225 No. 2 Wagner/Liszt Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a waltz by Diabelli Op. 120

Roger Harris Photography

Julian Jacobson piano

£10 £14 £18 £22

Increasingly regarded as a vital and original force on the piano scene, Julian Jacobson makes a return following his last sold-out recital here to perform Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations, a culmination of his many sonata cycles. Works by Bach, Liszt and Kurtág complete the programme and provide a rich context for the Diabellis.

Julian Jacobson

TUESDAY 6 JULY 7.30 PM Royal College of Music String Showcase Hanya Chlala

Thomas Carroll cello Musicians from the Royal College of Music

£10 £14 £17 £20

Rossini Sonata No. 3 in C for strings; Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor (arr. for 4 cellos by Richard Klemm); Saint-Saëns Fantaisie for violin and harp Op. 124 Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet (arr. Rudolph Leopold) This annual showcase event from the Royal College of Music lets you hear some of the world’s best young string players perform stunning works by Rossini, Saint-Saëns and Strauss. Special guest Thomas Carroll will join these exceptional performers for a unique arrangement of Schumann’s Cello Concerto.

Royal College of Music

Thomas Carroll

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WEDNESDAY 7 JULY 7.30 PM

£10 £12 £16 £18

Ophélie Gaillard cello; Edna Stern piano Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73; Chopin Nocturne in G Op. 37 No. 2; Nocturne in E minor Op. 72 No. 1 (arr. Gaillard/Stern); Introduction et polonaise brillante in C Op. 3; Nocturne in G minor Op. 37 No. 1; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Voted ‘Revelation: Solo Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the French Classical Music Awards in 2003, the Franco-Swiss cellist Ophélie Gaillard has distinguished herself in performances of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary periods. ‘Gaillard creates a general atmosphere of sharing and complicity ... her attention to detail, long smooth lines, melodic sweetness and moments of lyricism were all outstanding ’ Diapason. Since her first successful recording ‘Chaconne’, which won Diapason Découverte and Arte Best CD 2005, Edna Stern has appeared in leading venues and festivals throughout Europe.

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Ophélie Gaillard and Edna Stern

THURSDAY 8 JULY 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series

£8 £9 £11 £13

Mariangela Vacatello piano Schumann/Liszt Widmung; Frühlingsnacht; Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor; Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante Op. 22; Ligeti 2 Études from Book III: White on White; Pour Irina Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka A finalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition in the USA, Mariangela Vacatello made her official debut in Milan at age 14 performing Liszt’s First Piano Concerto with the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra. Since then she has appeared in some of the world’s most important venues and festivals as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.

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Mariangela Vacatello

FRIDAY 9 JULY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’; Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F # minor Op. 108; Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 The Royal String Quartet hail from Poland and probably wish that Chopin had written something for their combination! However, a next best thing is possibly the wonderfully lyrical quartet by Edvard Grieg. Mozart’s last quartet dedicated to Haydn is better known for a few bars of mysterious dissonance than it is for its predominantly sunny countenance.

No sunlight but only shadow in Shostakovich’s grim but compelling Seventh Quartet.

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Royal String Quartet

£12 £16 £22 £24

Royal String Quartet

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SATURDAY 10 JULY 2.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Concert for age 5 plus

The Lion Who Wanted to Love Lions are usually fierce and strong but Leo just doesn’t fit in; he just wants to love everybody and play with his friends all day long – discover Leo’s story with Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives.

With music by composer Paul Rissmann, this story is based on the book by Giles Andreae, illustrated by David Wojtowycz and published by Orchard Books.

Ensemble 360 is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Ilustration by David Wojtowycz; © Orchard Books

£7 adults £4 children

Family Concerts are supported by The Lucille Graham Trust and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

SATURDAY 10 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Dame Felicity Lott soprano; Graham Johnson piano Wolf Begegnung; Agnes; Der Gärtner; Heimweh; Das verlassene Mägdlein; An eine Äolsharfe; Er ist’s; Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Extase; Lamento; La vie antérieure; Chanson triste; Phidylé; Strauss Allerseelen; Ständchen; Ruhe, meine Seele; Blauer Sommer; Schlechtes Wetter; Britten The Ash Grove; O Waly, Waly; La belle est au jardin d’amour; Quand j’étais chez mon père; Poulenc Voyage à Paris; Sanglots from Banalités; Voyage from Calligrammes Dame Felicity Lott is one of the nation’s most beloved singers. In this programme she teams up once again with Graham Johnson, doyen of piano partners, for a wide-ranging programme taking in the rich, German romanticism of Wolf and Strauss, mélodies by Duparc and Poulenc, and settings by Britten of folksongs in both English and French.

SUNDAY 11 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Trevor Leighton

£15 £20 £25 £30

Dame Felicity Lott

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

Merel Quartet Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 74 ‘Harp’ The Merel Quartet gives a beautifully blended coffee concert in which Beethoven’s most relaxed and lyrical quartet masterpiece is coupled with Schumann’s first attempt at the form. Pizzicato chords punctuate the first movement of Beethoven’s work, thus giving rise to its heavenly connotations, even though no harp is actually involved! So successful did Schumann feel his first quartet to be that he sailed on immediately into the next two.

Merel Quartet

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SUNDAY 11 JULY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series

Schubert Auf der Donau; Der Schiffer; Am Strome; Geheimnis; Nachtstück; Auflösung Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir; Auf dem See; Feldeinsamkeit; Unbewegte laue Luft Wolf Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: Wohl denk ich oft; Alles endet, was entstehet; Fühlt meine Seele ; Schumann Kernerlieder; Wolf Fußreise; Um Mitternacht; In der Frühe; Er ist’s

Andres Landino

Stephan Loges baritone; Gary Matthewman piano

£12 £18 £22 £25

Stephan Loges, winner of the second Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition in 1999, returns to give this recital of Lieder to texts inspired by nature and the human condition.

Stephan Loges

MONDAY 12 JULY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57

Julia Wesely

Pavel Haas Quartet; Khatia Buniatishvili piano

£12 concessions £10

The Pavel Haas Quartet join with pianist Khatia Buniatishvili for a performance of Shostakovich’s coruscating mid-period Piano Quintet, which helped to establish his credentials outside the Soviet Union as a composer of truly classical stature. Haydn in his last minor-key quartet concentrates the material wonderfully but oddly, giving rise to a variety of nicknames, the most evocative of which is the ‘Witches’ Minuet’.

Khatia Buniatishvili is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme

MONDAY 12 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Khatia Buniatishvili

£15 £20 £25 £30

The Cardinall’s Musick; Andrew Carwood director Guerrero Surge propera; Morales Regina caeli, laetare; Vivanco Dulcissima Maria Victoria Alma redemptoris mater; Sancta Maria, succerre miseris Esquivel Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix; Guerrero Ave virgo sanctissima Victoria Ave Maria; Guerrero Quae est ista; Trahe he me post te; Morales Sancta Maria, succerre miseris; Lobo Ave Maria; Victoria Gaude Virgo Maria; Guerrero Regina caeli ‘Il siglo d’oro’ – the Golden Age – was the name that Spaniards gave to their great The Cardinall’s Musick flowering of music in the 16th century. Spain brought forth some of the finest writers of the age and the Virgin Mary was a popular subject with all of them. Francisco Guerrero was known as ‘el cantor de Maria’.

Much of his highly characterful music was dedicated to the Virgin, from well-crafted four-part pieces to the more splendid double-choir numbers. This fascinating exploration of music from 16th-century Spain sets Guerrero alongside his contemporaries and colleagues Morales, Esquivel, Vivanco, Alonso Lobo and the brightest star of all, Tomas Luis da Victoria.

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TUESDAY 13 JULY 7.30 PM

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London Mozart Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in B b Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor Op. 9 The London Mozart Trio returns to Wigmore Hall with two great favourites of the piano trio repertoire – Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Trio and Rachmaninov’s Trio élégiaque No. 2 – both 19th-century Romantic works, though composed eighty years apart. Rachmaninov’s work was dedicated to the recently deceased Tchaikovsky, while Beethoven’s dedicatee was one of his most important patrons, the Archduke Rudolph.

London Mozart Trio

‘They play, not only with heart-warming commitment, but with a real sense of unity and empathy’ Classic FM Magazine Sponsored by Hutton Collins

WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£3

Artists in Conversation Lucie Skeaping in conversation with Mark Padmore and Elizabeth Kenny

Marco Borggreve

Mark Padmore

Lawrence Power Sussie Ahlburg

Dowland Away with these self-loving lads; O sweet woods; Come again! Sweet love doth now invite; Danyel Mrs M E her funeral tears for the death of her husband Dowland If my complaints could passions move; Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op. 48; Dowland In darkness let me dwell Adès Darknesse visible; Kapsberger Toccata; Passacaglia; Coloscione D’India Lamento di Giasone; Henry Lawes O sweet woods; Tavola: In quell gelato core?; Frescobaldi Aria di Passacaglia: Così mi disprezzate?; Se l’aura spira Caccini Amarilli mia bella

Richard Haughton

Mark Padmore tenor; Lawrence Power viola Elizabeth Kenny lute, theorbo; Andrew West piano

£15 £20 £25 £30 Benjamin Ealovega

WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series/ Mark Padmore: Impressions

Darkness Visible: Dowland and Beyond Andrew West Elizabeth Kenny A stimulating conclusion to the Song Recital Series also finds Mark Padmore bringing his Impressions residency to a thought-provoking close. He brings together his regular partners, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and pianist Andrew West, for a typically wide-ranging programme spanning the centuries. Padmore is one of our finest exponents of the rich repertoire of Elizabethan lute-song and having master-violist Lawrence Power on hand will allow Benjamin Britten’s haunting Reflections on Dowland’s ‘If my complaints could passions move’ to resonate fully in context.

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THURSDAY 15 JULY 7.30 PM

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Ivana Gavric´ piano Bartók Suite Op. 14; Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784 Rachmaninov Prelude in D Op. 23 No. 4; 2 Moments musicaux from Op. 16: No. 3 in B minor; No. 4 in E minor; Janác˘ek In the Mists; Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 14 Ivana Gavric´ makes her long-awaited Wigmore Hall debut, following recitals and performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and across Europe, Russia, Japan and the Middle East.

Born in Sarajevo, Ivana’s programme reflects her unique musical heritage and showcases her exceptional talent.

‘A flawless performance from a young artist who is destined for the highest rank’ Musical Opinion Ivana Gavric´

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FRIDAY 16 JULY 7.30 PM

£8 £10 £13 £15

Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School perform a varied programme of solos and chamber music for string instruments and piano, drawn from the Baroque to the present day.

Yehudi Menuhin School Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School

SATURDAY 17 JULY 7.30 PM Naresh Sohal 70th Birthday Celebration

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Dante String Quartet; Sally Silver soprano Krysia Osostowicz violin; Sanju Sahai tabla Sohal String Quartet No. 3 (world première); Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10; Villa-Lobos Suite for voice and violin Sohal Songs from Gitanjali for soprano, string quartet and tabla

Sohal at Seventy

Dante String Quartet

Sally Silver

Composer Naresh Sohal was born in Punjab, India, in 1939, and settled in the UK in 1962. His career is an extraordinary one by any standards. He has written extensively for orchestra and chamber ensembles, achieving international acclaim along the way. This concert is a celebration of his unique voice in western classical music. The performers include the Dante String Quartet, violinist Krysia Osostowicz, soprano Sally Silver and tabla maestro Sanju Sahai.

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Naresh Sohal

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Navarra String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in B b Op. 18 No. 6; Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor Op. 13 For their coffee concert the brilliant young Anglo-Dutch Navarra String Quartet blends the freshness of early Beethoven with the extraordinary intensity of early Mendelssohn.

Hanya Chlala/ ArenaPAL

SUNDAY 18 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

‘The players realize the music’s essential intensity ... with their vivid sense of dramatic expression in an intensely detailed performance’ BBC Music Magazine Supported by John and Amy Ford Navarra String Quartet

SUNDAY 18 JULY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series

* subject to availability Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1; Polonaise in A Op. 40 No. 1 ‘Militaire’; Waltz in C # minor Op. 64 No. 2; Étude in A b Op. 25 No. 1; Mazurka in D Op. 33 No. 2; Ballade No. 3 in A b Op. 47; Mazurka in A minor Op. 67 No. 4; Prelude in D b Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’; Prelude in G minor Op. 28 No. 22; Waltz in D b Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute’; Nocturne in D b Op. 27 No. 2; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52

Sven Arnstein

Lucy Parham piano; Harriet Walter narrator*; Sam West narrator*

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Lucy Parham

Harriet Walter

Sam West

Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Fryderyk Chopin Scripted by Lucy Parham from letters and diaries, ‘Nocturne’ chronicles the romantic life of Fryderyk Chopin. The narrative follows his turbulent relationship with the controversial writer George Sand, their time together in France and Majorca, his fragile health and his ultimate demise in poverty in Paris. The story is punctuated by some of Chopin’s best-loved and most poignant compositions.

MONDAY 19 JULY 7.30 PM Dan Welldon

Catherine Hopper mezzo-soprano; Julius Drake piano; Endellion String Quartet Introduced by Eva Hoffmann

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Ravel Deux mélodies hebraïques; Michael Zev Gordon Mandelstam Settings (London première) Beethoven String Quartet in B b Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 The London première of Michael Zev Gordon’s Mandelstam Settings, commissioned as a memorial to those whose right to free speech was and is denied by tyrannical governments, forms a compelling heart to this concert in which acclaimed young mezzo Catherine Hopper and international musicians Julius Drake and the Endellion String Quartet perform in aid of the Helen Bamber Foundation.

The Helen Bamber Foundation Sponsored by Mrs Johanna Roeber Rosendaal In aid of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Working with Survivors of cruelty (Reg. Charity)

Catherine Hopper

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TUESDAY 20 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

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Malcolm Bilson fortepiano Cramer 11 Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475; Piano Sonata in F K332 Dussek Fantasia and Fugue in F minor Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 18 in E b Op. 31 No. 3 Malcolm Bilson has been at the forefront of the period instrument movement for over thirty years. His performances and recordings on late 18th- and early 19th-century pianos have received worldwide acclaim and have been a key contributor to the restoration of the fortepiano to the concert platform. He makes a rare return to London for this concert.

Malcolm Bilson

WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season

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Gould Piano Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Ireland Piano Trio No. 2 Dvor˘ák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 The Chamber Music Season comes to a fulgent conclusion with Dvor˘ák’s vibrant folk-inspired F minor Trio which ripples with passionate gypsy rhythms and gutsy melodies. The Gould Piano Trio has a long-established reputation both in the concert hall and on disc as one of the most exciting and committed of British chamber ensembles and its versatility will be demonstrated in following Beethoven’s ebullient G major Trio with the Second Trio by English romantic John Ireland.

Gould Piano Trio

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THURSDAY 22 JULY 7.30 PM

Scarlatti 4 Sonatas: in B minor Kk197/L147; in E minor Kk198/L22; in D Kk491/L164; in D Kk96/L465 Schumann Variations on a Theme of Clara Wieck (from Sonata Op. 14) Schumann Theme and variations on the name ‘Abegg’ Op. 1 Warlock Five Folk Song Preludes Liszt Vallée d’Obermann from Années de pèlerinage Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’

Suzie Maeder

Ronan Magill piano

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The British pianist Ronan Magill has received international attention in recent years for his critically acclaimed performances of the great masterworks of the Romantic Ronan Magill and modern piano repertoire, both for solo piano and for piano and orchestra.

In 1999, Ronan Magill performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto K595 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and gave his debut in Germany, which was enthusiastically acclaimed by the press, and in 2000 made his New York debut at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. He performs regularly in Japan and will make his concerto debut in the USA in April.

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FRIDAY 23 JULY 7.30 PM

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Alda Dizdari violin Lefki Karpodini piano Eastern Europe … A Musical Journey Janác˘ek Violin Sonata Bartók Sonata for solo violin Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’ Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Brahms 5 Hungarian Dances The Albanian-born concert violinist Alda Dizdari makes her debut with the Greek pianist Lefki Alda Dizdari Lefki Karpodini Karpodini in this exceptionally engaging programme. The works explore powerful emotions creating a complete vision of the Eastern European spirituality, highly emotional, extremely energetic, versatile, a unique musical language that takes its inspiration from folklore and the great Western music tradition. This tour de force puts any musician to the highest technical and emotional test.

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SATURDAY 24 JULY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series

Ensemble Clément Janequin

Koen Broos

Final Concert of the 2009/ 10 Season

£15 £20 £25 £30

Dominique Visse director, countertenor; Hugues Primard tenor Vincent Bouchot baritone; François Fauché baritone; Renaud Delaigue bass Elisabeth Geiger organ; Vincent Leterme piano; Joseph Carver double bass Programme to include: Anon. (16th century) Chanson nouvelle de tous les Cris de Paris; Kastner Les Cris de Paris; Claude Ledoux Cri de blog Deransart Les Cris de la rue; Janequin Les Cris de Paris Vincent Bouchot Les Cris de Paris; Roland Le Cri du Bagnéérais Régis Campo Les Cris de Marseille; Scotto Le Cri du poilu

Ensemble Clément Janequin

Founded in Paris in 1978 the Ensemble Clément Janequin devotes itself principally to the secular and religious music of the Renaissance. Its interpretations of the Parisian chanson are regarded as authoritative, and recordings of works like Les Cris de Paris, Le Chant des Oyseaulx, Fricassée Parisienne and La Chasse have brought back to life one of the golden ages of French music. In this concert the Ensemble Clément Janequin will perform a programme of Cries from the Renaissance to the present day that they have recently recorded for Harmonia Mundi to great critical acclaim.

SUNDAY 25 JULY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Tecchler Trio Coffee Concert on Sunday 25 July has been cancelled.

There will be no replacement concert.

Opening Concert of the 2010/ 11 Season

Karita Mattila soprano Martin Katz piano

Lauri Eriksson

FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

Wigmore Memories Programme to include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Berg, Strauss, Sibelius and Madetoja Hailed by Musical America in 2005 as ‘the most electrifying singing actress of our day’, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila traces almost a century of Austro-German song, and includes selections by Sibelius and by Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947), the composer she regards as ‘Finland’s hidden jewel’.

Karita Matilla

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Wigmore Hall Live

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Classical Opera Company, Ailish Tynan, Sophie Bevan & Anna StĂŠphany conducted

by Ian Page perform works

by Gluck

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

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

Buses OX F O R D CIRCUS

A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking

Nick Guttridge

BOND STREET

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

Restaurant and Bars Wigmore Hall has its own restaurant and bars serving pre-concert and interval refreshments. The menu ranges from light snacks to a full three course à la carte meal.

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

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

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