Wigmore Series Summer 2013 by Wigmore Hall

WIGMORE SERIES

SUMMER APRIL – JULY 2013 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Box Office: 020 7935 2141

EUROPE’S LEADING VENUE FOR CHAMBER MUSIC AND SONG

Keith Saunders

WELCOME TO OUR 2013 SUMMER SEASON

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel make their eagerly awaited Wigmore Hall debut with a collection of pieces drawn from the extraordinarily rich repertoire of works conceived to intensify the experience of public worship. Dramatic contrasts and heightened lyricism helped fuel the force of 17th-century French sacred music. Crowds flocked to hear Charpentier’s music for Holy Week in the Paris of the 1680s, while the outstanding music of Sébastien de Brossard and Pierre Bouteiller graced cathedral services in Strasbourg and Troyes. Niquet’s ensemble, complete with twelve male vocalists, knows how to recreate the sensual and spiritual atmosphere of a lost age of music-making. Artistic integrity, a voice of extraordinary tonal range and personal charisma belong to the armoury of talents that have securely placed Karita Mattila among the world’s most admired performers. Her Wigmore Hall recital offers a programme guaranteed to reveal the many facets of the Finnish dramatic soprano’s art, applied here to a delicious blend of songs from three countries. Other vocal highlights include visits from Dorothea Röschmann and Ian Bostridge in Mahler (with Julius Drake), Sarah Connolly, John Mark Ainsley and Henk Neven in French song (with Graham Johnson), and Christopher Maltman (with Julius Drake) in Eisler’s The Hollywood Songbook. Eisler was forced into exile following the rise to power of the Nazis, and the composer was then able to continue his close collaboration with Bertolt Brecht in Hollywood. His Hollywood Songbook weaves together texts by Brecht, Mörike, Hölderlin and Goethe to form one of

the greatest of all 20th-century song-cycles. Other visitors include Anna Caterina Antonacci, Juliane Banse, and, following a long held ambition of mine, we welcome mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch. Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet, explore two towering masterworks of chamber music in their latest programme. They join forces with Ralph Kirshbaum for Schubert’s C major String Quintet, completed a few months before the composer’s death in 1828 and overlooked for publication for another quarter century. Over the past 160 years, the work has acquired near-mythic status as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions. Beethoven’s String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 likewise inhabits the pantheon reserved for great works of art. The piece, written two years before Schubert’s String Quintet, pushes at the limits of human imagination. Other chamber music highlights include visits from the Hagen Quartet (in Beethoven), Casals Quartet (in Schubert), and the Borodin Quartet (in Brahms and Tchaikovsky). Every phrase and nuance of the works programmed for Wigmore Hall’s Fauré Project has entered the collective consciousness of these French and French-trained performers: the Capuçon brothers, violist Gérard Caussé, pianists Nicholas Angelich and Michel Dalberto, and Quatuor Ebène have inhabited Fauré’s art for years, digging deep into his soundworld. ‘Beethoven’s music is, for me, the most human and deeply spiritual music there is,’ observes Leif Ove Andsnes. The Norwegian pianist, recently described by the Wiener Zeitung as ‘a sensitive and quiet virtuoso’, is in the midst of a journey in company with Beethoven’s five piano concertos and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His evolving thoughts on the composer’s art can be heard in the twomovement Piano Sonata Op. 54, a study in thematic concision and expressive breadth, and the often dream-like Piano Sonata Op. 101 of 1816. The romantic worlds of Liszt and Chopin naturally flow from Andsnes’s choice of Beethoven sonatas. As ever, there are plenty more concerts I could mention, but I leave you to explore the brochure for yourself, and will look forward to seeing you at Wigmore Hall throughout the summer season. John Gilhooly Director

AT A GLANCE APRIL – JULY 2013

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Series and Events to look out for ...

Song Recital Series

KARITA MATTILA/VILLE MATVEJEFF Page 6 GEORGE BENJAMIN DAY 8 LEIF OVE ANDSNES 10 LE PLUS DOUX CHEMIN: FRENCH SONG SERIES 11, 19, 60 GRAHAM JOHNSON SCHUBERT LAUNCH 12–13 LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL 14 HAGEN QUARTET BEETHOVEN CYCLE 17, 41 THE FAURÉ PROJECT 23, 24, 26 MAHAN ESFAHANI 25 TAKÁCS QUARTET: ASSOCIATE ARTISTS 29 ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI/DONALD SULZEN/ 30 HEATH QUARTET 32 SIMON BAINBRIDGE STUDY DAY JONATHAN BISS: SCHUMANN – UNDER THE 34, 38 INFLUENCE 36 THOMAS DEMENGA ‘BUILDING ON BACH’ BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA/ANGELA HEWITT 39 WIGMORE LATES @ 36 43, 44–45, 48, 54, 57, 63, 67 AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN 49 JORDI SAVALL/ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING/ 50–51 FRANK McGUIRE IESTYN DAVIES RESIDENCY: ‘A SINGULARITY OF VOICE’ 63 MARINO FORMENTI 68

Karita Mattila/Ville Matvejeff Page 6 The Prince Consort/John Musto 7 Dorothea Röschmann/Ian Bostridge 7 Julius Drake Fri 12 Apr Sarah Connolly/John Mark Ainsley 11 Graham Johnson Sat 13 Apr Graham Johnson Schubert Launch 12, 13 Mon 15 Apr Allan Clayton/Malcolm Martineau 15 Sun 21 Apr Gaëlle Arquez/James Baillieu 18 Mon 22 Apr Geraldine McGreevy/Henk Neven 19 Graham Johnson Wed 1 May Sarah Connolly/Malcolm Martineau 24 Tue 21 May Juliane Banse/Martin Helmchen 38 Sun 26 May Georg Nigl/Gérard Wyss 40 Sat 1 Jun Christopher Maltman/Julius Drake 43 Mon 10 Jun Elisabeth Kulman/Eduard Kutrowatz 52 Thu 20 Jun Bernarda Fink/Marcos Fink/Anthony Spiri 56 Fri 28 Jun Daniel Behle/Sveinung Bjelland 60 Sat 29 Jun Sarah Fox/Ivan Ludlow/Graham Johnson 60 Fri 5 Jul Iestyn Davies/Thomas Dunford 63 Jonathan Manson Sun 7 Jul Nora Gubisch/Alain Altinoglu 65 Tue 9 Jul Annette Dasch/Helmut Deutsch 66 Sat 20 Jul Sarah Connolly/Fiona Shaw/Julius Drake 70 Tue 23 Jul Christiane Karg/Wolfgang Holzmair 71 Graham Johnson Thu 25 Jul Christoph Prégardien/Michael Gees 72 Fri 26 Jul James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook 73 Sat 27 Jul Diana Damrau/Xavier de Maistre 73

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts Sun 7 Apr Sun 14 Apr Sun 21 Apr Sun 28 Apr Sun 5 May Sun 12 May Sun 19 May Sun 26 May Sun 2 Jun Sun 9 Jun Sun 16 Jun Sun 23 Jun Sun 30 Jun Sun 7 Jul Sun 14 Jul Sun 21 Jul Sun 28 Jul

Roland Pöntinen Christoph Richter/Alasdair Beatson Adam Walker/Morgan Szymanski Doric String Quartet London Bridge Ensemble Eggner Trio Mozart Piano Quartet Pacifica Quartet Fitzwilliam String Quartet Afiara String Quartet Philip Higham/Robert Thompson Meyer/Salque/Le Sage Trio Elias String Quartet The Schubert Ensemble Navarra String Quartet Talich Quartet Aronowitz Ensemble

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Jazz Series Sat 11 May

Joshua Redman/Christian McBride

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Early Music and Baroque Series Mon 1 Apr Sun 14 Apr Thu 18 Apr Thu 25 Apr Fri 3 May Tue 7 May Mon 20 May Thu 30 May Fri 31 May Sat 8 Jun Sun 9 Jun Tue 11 Jun Sat 22 Jun Fri 5 Jul Sat 6 Jul Wed 24 Jul

London Handel Orchestra 3 Le Concert Spirituel 14 Academy of Ancient Music 16 Dunedin Consort 21 Mahan Esfahani 25 The English Concert 28 Classical Opera/Ian Page 37 Stile Antico/Fretwork 42 Christophe Rousset 42 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 49 Jordi Savall/Andrew Lawrence-King 50–51 Frank McGuire Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr 52 Fretwork/Carolyn Sampson 57 Iestyn Davies/Thomas Dunford 63 Jonathan Manson Gallicantus 64 Theatre of the Ayre 72

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Milos˘ Karadaglic´ Yaniv d’Or/Ensemble NAYA Patricia Routledge/Piers Lane Calefax Amstel Quartet The Prince Consort

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Chamber Music Season Wed 3 Apr Wed 3 Apr Sat 6 Apr Thu 11 Apr Wed 17 Apr Fri 19 Apr Sat 20 Apr Sun 21 Apr Wed 24 Apr Sun 28 Apr Tue 30 Apr

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Britten Sinfonia Tine Thing Helseth/Kathryn Stott George Benjamin Day Pekka Kuusisto/Olli Mustonen Cuarteto Casals Hagen Quartet Hagen Quartet Eggner Trio The Endellion String Quartet Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Renaud Capuçon/Gérard Caussé Gautier Capuçon/Nicholas Angelich Michel Dalberto Renaud Capuçon/Gérard Caussé Gautier Capuçon/Nicholas Angelich Michel Dalberto Quatuor Ebène/Nicholas Angelich Michel Dalberto Arditti Quartet/JACK Quartet Takács Quartet/Ralph Kirshbaum Anna Caterina Antonacci Heath Quartet/Donald Sulzen Takács Quartet/Ralph Kirshbaum Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov Jonathan Biss/Elias String Quartet Christian Tetzlaff/Antje Weithaas Borodin Quartet Thomas Demenga Basel Chamber Orchestra Julia Schröder/Angela Hewitt Pacifica Quartet Adam Walker/James Baillieu Hagen Quartet Hagen Quartet Heath Quartet Carolin Widmann/Alexander Lonquich Truls Mørk/Christian Ihle Hadland Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Raphael Wallfisch Birthday Concert Kopelman Quartet Razumovsky Ensemble Susan Tomes/Erich Höbarth ATOS Trio Belcea Quartet/Till Fellner Sergey Khachatryan/Lusine Khachatryan Pieter Wispelwey/Cédric Tiberghien Chetham’s School of Music Ray Chen/Julien Quentin

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Igor Levit Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes Cédric Tiberghien Nikolaï Lugansky Jonathan Biss Richard Goode Louis Lortie Finghin Collins Till Fellner Marc-André Hamelin Imogen Cooper Nelson Goerner Marino Formenti Yevgeny Sudbin

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Mon 1 Apr Mon 8 Apr Mon 15 Apr Mon 22 Apr Mon 29 Apr Mon 6 May Mon 13 May Mon 20 May Mon 27 May Mon 3 Jun Mon 10 Jun Mon 17 Jun Mon 24 Jun Mon 1 Jul Mon 8 Jul

Christine Rice/Roger Vignoles Janina Fialkowska Camilla Tilling/Paul Rivinius Elisabeth Leonskaja Cédric Tiberghien Michelangelo Quartet Natalie Clein/Alasdair Beatson Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio Pacifica Quartet Werner Güra/Christoph Berner Brodsky Quartet Benjamin Grosvenor Escher String Quartet Royal String Quartet Tai Murray/Ashley Wass

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Wigmore Hall Learning Wed 3 Apr Sat 6 Apr Sun 14 Apr Thu 18 Apr Wed 24 Apr Thu 25 Apr Mon 29 Apr Sat 4 May Sun 5 May Sat 11 May Tue 14 May Wed 15 May Sun 19 May Tue 21 May Sat 25 May Sat 1 Jun Tue 4 Jun Fri 7 Jun Sun 9 Jun Tue 11 Jun Thu 13 Jun Sat 15 Jun Sat 29 Jun Fri 19 Jul 29 Jul – 1 Aug

Pre-Concert Talk George Benjamin Day Pre-Concert Talk Pre-Concert Talk Introduction to Music commences Wigmore Study Group commences Study Afternoon Lecture-Recital Family Concert Simon Bainbridge Study Day Artists in Conversation Artists in Conversation Birkbeck Study Afternoon Voiceworks Family Day RNIB Family Day Aperitif, with Ignite The Music Trolly: Teacher Training Day Artists in Conversation Pre-Concert Talk Ensemble 360 Schools’ Concert Family Day Come And Sing Community Chamber Opera Musical Portraits

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WIGMORE SERIES A P R I L – J U LY 2 0 13 Booking Opens to Friends on 11 January, to Mailing List Subscribers on 24 January and to the General Public/Online on 7 February. Monday 1 April 7.30 pm

LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRA ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD conductor JULIA DOYLE soprano (as Maddalena) STEFANIE TRUE soprano (as Angelo) ANNA STARUSHKEVYCH mezzo-soprano (as Cleofe)

ALEXANDER SPRAGUE tenor (as Giovanni)

LUKAS JAKOBSKI bass (as Lucifero) HANDEL La Resurrezione HWV47 La Resurrezione was written for performance at Easter in Rome in 1708 during the season when opera was banned in the city by papal decree. Handel’s sacred oratorio offers a dramatic portrayal of the battle that took placed between God (represented by an Angel) and the Devil after Jesus’s crucifixion. This is one of the composer’s most colourful scores, small wonder given that the excellent orchestra at its first performances was led by the famous Italian violinist, Arcangelo Corelli. CHRISTINE RICE

Rob Moore

£15 £20 £25 £30

Monday 1 April 1.00 pm

Early Music and Baroque Series

CHRISTINE RICE mezzo-soprano ROGER VIGNOLES piano WOLF Songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Songs by PURCELL, BRITTEN and IRELAND Artistic correspondences sound throughout Christine Rice’s BBC Lunchtime Recital programme. Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler, close friends during their student days at the Vienna Conservatory, mined folk poetry for evocative song texts, while Benjamin Britten drew bright inspiration from popular British melodies and from Henry Purcell’s songs for the Restoration stage and court. £12 concs £10

LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRA

Chris Christodoulou

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Wednesday 3 April 1.00 pm

BRITTEN SINFONIA JACQUELINE SHAVE violin MIRANDA DALE violin CLARE FINNIMORE viola CAROLINE DEARNLEY cello NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe LUCY WAKEFORD harp BRITTEN Six Metamorphoses after Ovid BRITTEN Tema ‘Sacher’ BRIDGE Two Old English Songs New work by Opus 2013 winner (London première)* BRITTEN Suite for harp Op. 83 BRIDGE Sir Roger de Coverley *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia

IGOR LEVIT

Felix Broede

Tuesday 2 April 7.30 pm

IGOR LEVIT piano BACH Capriccio in Bb BWV992 (Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother) XENAKIS Evryali BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 31 in A b Op. 110 SCHUBERT/LISZT Du bist die Ruh S558 No. 3; Aufenthalt S560 No. 3; Auf dem Wasser zu singen S558 No. 2; Der Wanderer S558 No. 11 PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 7 in Bb Op. 83

Britten Sinfonia’s principals close their commemorative series with a showcase including Britten’s solo works. Featured is Britten’s rarely performed Suite for Harp and oboe masterpiece Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. No retrospective would be complete without the man who so profoundly influenced Britten’s musical development: Bridge’s Two Old English Songs and Sir Roger de Coverley are two of his most-loved works and show Bridge’s exemplary writing for strings. The winner of Britten Sinfonia’s open composition competition Opus 2013 receives its première. £12 concs £10

Chamber Music Season

Igor Levit’s virtuosity and élan owe much to his passion for the music of Liszt and his own experience as a child prodigy in his native Russia and adopted homeland in Germany. The young pianist, who made his BBC Proms debut last August and is a BBC New Generation Artist, presents a programme sure to reveal the technical depth and imaginative maturity of his artistry. £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Wednesday 3 April 12.15 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALK An introduction to the lunchtime concert

BRITTEN SINFONIA

Harry Rankin

Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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Saturday 6 April 11.30 am Saturday 6 April 6.00 pm Saturday 6 April 7.30 pm

GEORGE BENJAMIN DAY See page 8 for full details

Sunday 7 April 11.30 am

ROLAND PÖNTINEN piano BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 DEBUSSY Images, Series 1 FAURÉ Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Op. 74 KREISLER/RACHMANINOV Liebesfreud

TINE THING HELSETH

Colin Bell/EMI Classics

Wednesday 3 April 7.30 pm

TINE THING HELSETH trumpet KATHRYN STOTT piano

Whatever the personal significance of Beethoven’s ‘farewell’ sonata, dedicated to his patron Archduke Rudolph of Austria, its music evokes the emotions of departure, separation and reunion. Roland Pöntinen’s Coffee Concert summons up strong traces of absent friends, past impressions and potent emotions, crowned by Rachmaninov’s utterly joyful arrangement of Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesfreud. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

TVEITT Velkomne med æra (Welcome with honour) from Hundrad Hardingtonar HAGERUP BULL Perpetuum Mobile ENESCU Légende GRAHAM FITKIN New commission (London première) HINDEMITH Trumpet Sonata RAVEL Kaddisch from Deux mélodies hébraïques (for trumpet and piano) SIBELIUS Songs from Op. 37 (arr. for trumpet) FALLA 7 canciones populares españolas (arr. for trumpet) WEILL Songs (arr. for trumpet) Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth has the innate qualities of a storyteller, a musician gifted with the imaginative powers required to convert songs into vibrant new pieces for her instrument. Her programme, complete with a Graham Fitkin première, reflects the richly eclectic nature and captivating musical breadth of Helseth’s growing repertoire. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

Thursday 4 April 7.30 pm

KARITA MATTILA soprano VILLE MATVEJEFF piano ROLAND PÖNTINEN

Mats Bäcker

See page 6 for full details

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Thursday 4 April 7.30 pm

KARITA MATTILA soprano

VILLE MATVEJEFF piano POULENC Banalités DEBUSSY From Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire: Harmonie du soir; Le jet d’eau; Recueillement Songs by DUPARC SALLINEN Neljä laulua unesta (4 Dream Songs) MARX Nocturne; Waldseligkeit; Selige Nacht; Valse de Chopin; Hat dich die Liebe berührt Artistic integrity, a voice of extraordinary tonal range and personal charisma belong to the armoury of talents that have securely placed Karita Mattila among the world’s most admired performers. Her Wigmore Hall recital offers a programme guaranteed to reveal the many facets of the Finnish dramatic soprano’s art, applied here to a delicious blend of songs from three countries. The searing emotional power and infinite expressive scope of Mattila’s singing stems from her desire to communicate with and move audiences. Small wonder that her work was recently hailed by the New York Times for its ‘spellbinding mix of blazing fervour and ethereal beauty’. £20 £30 £40 £50 (not part of subscription scheme)

Song Recital Series

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Sunday 7 April 4.00 pm

THE PRINCE CONSORT ANNA LEESE soprano JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano TIM MEAD countertenor ANDREW STAPLES tenor JACQUES IMBRAILO baritone ALISDAIR HOGARTH artistic director, piano

JOHN MUSTO piano JOHN MUSTO Litany (for mezzo and piano); The Old Gray Couple (for soprano, baritone and piano duet); Book of Uncommon Prayer (for SATB and piano) American composer and pianist John Musto joins The Prince Consort for the second concert in their delightful ‘Facing Forward, Looking Back’ Series. ‘If there is a finer composer of song with piano alive and working in the world today,’ the pianist Graham Johnson observes, ‘I would very much like to know his or her name.’ Musto’s music employs humour and allusion in its armoury of techniques and styles. £12 concs £10

Song Recital Series/The Prince Consort American Song Series DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN

Jim Rakete

Sunday 7 April 7.30 pm

DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor JULIUS DRAKE piano

JOHN MUSTO

Christian Steiner

MAHLER Rückert Lieder MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen MAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt; Das irdische Leben; Trost im Unglück; Lied des Verfolgten im Turm; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht; Revelge; Rheinlegendchen; Lob des hohen Verstandes; Verlorne Müh; Der Tamboursg’sell; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen Mahler fashioned microcosms of human experience out of the down-to-earth texts of Arnim and Brentano’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn anthologies. Three insightful and sage Mahlerians come together for this exploration of the composer’s dozen Wunderhorn songs, prefaced by his sublime Rückert Lieder and first song-cycle, the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. £18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’

THE PRINCE CONSORT

Richard Ecclestone

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Saturday 6 April

GEORGE BENJAMIN DAY International influences informed George Benjamin’s musical outlook from a young age. Born in London in 1960, he began composing at the age of seven and studied piano and composition during his formative years with the distinguished German musician Peter Gellhorn. Benjamin went on to study during his teens with Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Alexander Goehr in Cambridge. Wigmore Hall’s George Benjamin Day offers a thick slice of the composer’s strikingly vivid creative world, spanning everything from his early Sonata for violin and piano and the intricate Shadowlines to a concert performance of his acclaimed chamber opera of 2006, Into the Little Hill.

Booking for all events is now open 11.30 am

CAROLIN WIDMANN violin ADAM WALKER flute MARINO FORMENTI piano GEORGE BENJAMIN Sonata for violin and piano; Flight; Shadowlines CHRISTIAN MASON Heaven’s Chimes Are Slow GEORGE BENJAMIN Three Miniatures for solo violin; Three Studies All seats £10

Chamber Music Season/George Benjamin Series 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALK With GEORGE BENJAMIN and JOHN GILHOOLY All seats £3

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/George Benjamin Series 7.30 pm

BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP SUSANNA ANDERSSON soprano HILARY SUMMERS contralto GEORGE BENJAMIN conductor FRANCESCO ANTONIONI Ballata DAVID SAWER Rumpelstiltskin Suite* (world prèmiere) GEORGE BENJAMIN Into the Little Hill *Co-commissioned by BCMG and Wigmore Hall £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/George Benjamin Series DAY TICKET £30 (not including Pre-Concert Talk)

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Tuesday 9 April 7.30 pm Wednesday 10 April 7.30 pm

LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano See page 10 for full details

Thursday 11 April 7.30 pm

PEKKA KUUSISTO violin OLLI MUSTONEN piano BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 OLLI MUSTONEN Violin Sonata* (world première) STRAVINSKY Duo Concertante RAVEL Violin Sonata in G *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Perth Concert Hall

Olli Mustonen’s art draws on the special qualities of spiritual tranquillity and emotional intensity of his Karelian ancestors. The Finnish pianist and composer joins forces with Pekka Kuusisto, acclaimed for the visceral commitment of his music-making. Their programme spans more than two centuries of repertoire for violin and piano, complete with Mustonen’s neoromantic Violin Sonata. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

JANINA FIALKOWSKA

Julien Faugère/ATMA

Monday 8 April 1.00 pm

JANINA FIALKOWSKA piano CHOPIN Polonaise in Eb minor Op. 26 No. 2; Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54; Waltz in Ab Op. 64 No. 3; Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38; Nocturne in Eb Op. 55 No. 2; Mazurka No. 50 in A minor ‘Notre Temps’ Op. posth.; Mazurka in C Op. 56 No. 2; Mazurka in C minor Op. 56 No. 3; Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20 Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska’s exquisite pianism and profound understanding of the human condition inform interpretations that have moved audiences worldwide. Her panoramic vision of Chopin’s art invariably reveals fresh thoughts on familiar pieces and catches the full expressive breadth of works such as the Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

PEKKA KUUSISTO

Sonja Werner

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LEIF OVE ANDSNES Tuesday 9 April 7.30 pm

LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54 BARTÓK Suite Op. 14 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 LISZT Pensée des morts S173 No. 4 CHOPIN Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 ‘Beethoven’s music is, for me, the most human and deeply spiritual music there is,’ observes Leif Ove Andsnes. The Norwegian pianist, recently described by the Wiener Zeitung as ‘a sensitive and quiet virtuoso’, is in the midst of a journey in company with Beethoven’s five piano concertos and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His evolving thoughts on the composer’s art can be heard in the two-movement Piano Sonata Op. 54, a study in thematic concision and expressive breadth, and the often dream-like Piano Sonata Op. 101 of 1816. The romantic worlds of Liszt and Chopin naturally flow from Andsnes’s choice of Beethoven sonatas. £18 £25 £30 £35 Supported by an anonymous donor

London Pianoforte Series

Wednesday 10 April 7.30 pm

LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano Repeat of concert on 9 April £18 £25 £30 £35 Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

London Pianoforte Series

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LE PLUS DOUX CHEMIN: FRENCH SONG SERIES Graham Johnson’s unrivalled knowledge of the French song repertoire makes his latest Wigmore Hall series a must for all connoisseurs of fine singing. His programmes and choice of fellow performers promise to reveal the creativity that helped define France as a cultural powerhouse. Le Plus Doux Chemin reflects the elegance, refinement and coruscating expressive beauty of mélodies written from the time of La Belle Époque to the era of de Gaulle and the decline of the French Empire.

artistic shrine at Bayreuth. This themed programme includes mélodies inspired by the notion of ‘love-death’, the Liebestod, and a collection of ‘Songs to the evening star’ by Chabrier, Chausson, Duparc and Franck. £18 £25 £30 £35 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2012–13 Wigmore Series

Song Recital Series/French Song Series: Le Plus Doux Chemin Forthcoming concerts in this series Monday 22 April 7.30 pm

GERALDINE McGREEVY soprano HENK NEVEN baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano See page 19 for full details Saturday 29 June 7.30 pm

SARAH FOX soprano IVAN LUDLOW baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano See page 60 for full details

Saturday 13 April 7.30 pm SARAH CONNOLLY

Peter Warren

Friday 12 April 7.30 pm

SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor GRAHAM JOHNSON piano THE LURE OF BAYREUTH Programme to include: LIEBESTOD CHAUSSON Le colibri DUPARC Extase CHAUSSON Nocturne SACRED AND PROFANE FRANCK La procession DUPARC Chanson triste CHAUSSON Oraison CHABRIER Tes yeux bleus CHABRIER Lied SONGS TO THE EVENING STAR FRANCK Nocturne DUPARC Sérénade florentine CHAUSSON Sérénade italienne CHABRIER Romance d’étoile DUPARC Phidylé Despite the near riot that attended the 1861 Paris première of Tannhäuser, France soon succumbed to the Wagner craze. The German composer’s music cast its spell over many Francophone musicians, many of whom made the pilgrimage to Wagner’s

GRAHAM JOHNSON SCHUBERT LAUNCH See pages 12 and 13 for full details

Sunday 14 April 11.30 am

CHRISTOPH RICHTER cello ALASDAIR BEATSON piano BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 WEBERN Drei kleine Stücke Op. 11 BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 Sonatas for cello and piano were still rare birds when Beethoven made his first mark on the genre. His Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38 was written in 1796 to delight the cello-playing King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II. Christoph Richter and Alasdair Beatson’s Coffee Concert programme also explores the thematic intricacies of Brahms’s Bach-inspired Op. 38 and Webern’s coruscating Op. 11 miniatures. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

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THE BRITISH

SCHUBERT To launch his Franz Schubert: THE COMPLETE SONGS (a threevolume encyclopaedia published by Yale University Press) Graham Johnson remembers the special influence of four of the book’s five dedicatees, great Schubertians, all English-born: Gerald Moore, Peter Pears, Eric Sams and Ted Perry – as well as paying tribute to many generations of Schubert scholarship in Britain.

THE WIGMORE MEDAL The Wigmore Medal, inaugurated in 2007, recognises major international artists and significant figures in the classical music world. Awarded at the discretion of the Director of the Hall, the Medal honours figures who have made a significant contribution to Wigmore Hall, widely regarded as the world’s leading chamber music and song recital venue. On the occasion of the launch of Franz Schubert: THE COMPLETE SONGS, John Gilhooly will present Graham Johnson OBE with the Medal in recognition of his tireless work for the song repertoire throughout the world over many decades. The presentation will be made on the stage following the concert.

Photo of Graham Johnson by Malcolm Crowthers

Saturday 13 April 6.30 pm

AILISH TYNAN soprano SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano MARK PADMORE tenor BEN JOHNSON tenor ROBIN TRITSCHLER tenor CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone BENJAMIN APPL baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano SINGERS FROM THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA GRAHAM JOHNSON GALA CONCERT A programme of songs by SCHUBERT The recital includes settings of the British poets Colley Cibber, Abraham Cowley, ‘Ossian’ [James Macpherson], William Shakespeare and Walter Scott, as well as songs particularly associated with memories of the book’s dedicatees. At the heart of the recital is a rare complete performance of Schubert’s Op. 52: Seven Songs from Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake for soprano, tenor, baritone and male and female chorus. The soloists are joined in the choral items by young singers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. This concert will have two intervals of 20 minutes, and will finish at approximately 9.30 pm

Schubert’s glasses resting on his manuscript

AILISH TYNAN

SARAH CONNOLLY

MARK PADMORE

BEN JOHNSON

ROBIN TRITSCHLER

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN

£20 £30 £35 £40

Song Recital Series

Monday 29 April 3.30 pm – 6.00 pm

STUDY AFTERNOON FRANZ SCHUBERT: THE COMPLETE SONGS Following the launch of Franz Schubert: THE COMPLETE SONGS, GRAHAM JOHNSON discusses the subjects of his book with RICHARD STOKES. See page 22 for full details £10 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

BENJAMIN APPL

LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL Sunday 14 April 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALK RICHARD LANGHAM SMITH casts an eye over French sacred music of the Grand Siècle as an introduction to the evening concert of this repertoire. £3 (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Sunday 14 April 7.30 pm

LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL HERVÉ NIQUET director SPLENDOUR OF THE CATHEDRALS UNDER LOUIS XIV CHARPENTIER De profundis; Stabat mater Motets by FRÉMART, HUGARD and LE PRINCE BROSSARD Stabat mater BOUTEILLER Requiem Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel make their eagerly awaited Wigmore Hall debut with a collection of pieces drawn from the extraordinarily rich repertoire of works conceived to intensify the experience of public worship. Dramatic contrasts and heightened lyricism helped fuel the force of 17th-century French sacred music. Crowds flocked to hear Charpentier’s music for Holy Week in the Paris of the 1680s, while the music of Sébastien de Brossard and Pierre Bouteiller graced cathedral services in Strasbourg and Troyes. Niquet’s ensemble, complete with twelve male vocalists, knows how to recreate the sensual and spiritual atmosphere of a lost age of music making. This concert will be approximately 75 minutes with no interval £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

Tuesday 16 April 7.30 pm

CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN piano SCHUBERT 6 Moments Musicaux D780 BERG Piano Sonata Op. 1 SCHUBERT German Dances (a selection); Piano Sonata in C minor D958

CAMILLA TILLING

Monday 15 April 1.00 pm

CAMILLA TILLING soprano PAUL RIVINIUS piano SCHUBERT Suleika I & II; Du liebst mich nicht; Daß sie hier gewesen; Du bist die Ruh ZEMLINSKY Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern GRIEG 6 Songs Op. 48

Vienna’s rich cultural scene lies behind Cédric Tiberghien’s choice of works for this recital. Five of Schubert’s Moments Musicaux appeared in print in the imperial capital in 1828. The complete set became one of the composer’s most popular keyboard works. Berg’s singlemovement Piano Sonata, first performed in Vienna in 1911, pushes at harmonic boundaries while following the contours of traditional sonata form. £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Critical acclaim followed the 2009 release of Camilla Tilling’s debut solo recital recording with Paul Rivinius. Their partnership continues to develop and mature, focused in this lunchtime concert on masterworks by Schubert, Zemlinsky’s six delightful ‘Waltz Songs’ and the striking mix of romantic and neoclassical qualities at work in Grieg’s Op. 48 collection. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN

Benjamin Ealovega

Monday 15 April 7.30 pm

ALLAN CLAYTON tenor MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano TRÄUMEND WANDLE ICH BEI TAG BEETHOVEN In questa tomba oscura; Adelaide; An die ferne Geliebte SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 24 DUPARC L’invitation au voyage; Sérénade florentine; Chanson triste; Extase; Lamento; Phidylé FAURÉ Poème d’un jour BRITTEN I wonder as I wander; Sally in our Alley; The last rose of summer Allan Clayton’s distinctive lyric voice and stage presence have placed him among the most compelling artists of his generation, recently lauded for triumphant performances at ENO and for his New York Philharmonic debut. £15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series

ALLAN CLAYTON

Jack Liebeck

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Thursday 18 April 7.30 pm

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC NICHOLAS COLLON conductor NACHTMUSIK: HAYDN AND MOZART MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546; Serenata notturna in D K239 HAYDN Symphony No. 8 in G ‘Le Soir’; Notturno No. 1 MOZART Symphony No. 27 in G K199

CUARTETO CASALS

Luis Montesdeoca

Wednesday 17 April 7.30 pm

CUARTETO CASALS SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703; String Quartet in E D353; String Quartet in G D887

Vibrant conductor Nicholas Collon, recently praised by The Times for ‘making an audience hear anew’, makes his AAM debut in a programme charting the inspiration of the night on Mozart and Haydn. The sense of freedom which the evening brings is conjured up by two ‘Notturnos’, works written for late-night concerts where a small ensemble would entertain an audience with light-hearted and stimulating music. Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue takes a different view of darkness; inspired by J S Bach, the music broods solemnly with powerful, rich orchestral depth. Two symphonies complete the programme. With ‘Le Soir’, Haydn took on the age-old challenge of depicting nature in music, but also used the opportunity to show off the textures, styles and skills of his orchestra to a new prince and patron. Mozart’s Symphony No. 27, meanwhile, takes on the spontaneity and free-thinking of his Serenata notturna in a work brimming with deft music-making. £18 £24 £28 £32

Early Music and Baroque Series

Cuarteto Casals conclude their complete survey of Schubert’s works for string quartet with one of the greatest of all compositions for the medium. The String Quartet in G D887, completed in ten days in June 1826 but not heard in its finished form until 1850, comprises four movements of symphonic proportions, uncanny invention and harmonic daring. £12 £18 £24 £28

Chamber Music Season/Schubert: A Celebration

Thursday 18 April 6.30 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALK SARA MOHR-PIETSCH in conversation with NICHOLAS COLLON and MEMBERS OF THE AAM Free (separate ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

NICHOLAS COLLON

Maximillian Baillie

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Sunday 21 April 11.30 am

HAGEN QUARTET

ADAM WALKER flute MORGAN SZYMANSKI guitar PONCE Estrellita FALLA From 7 canciones populares españolas: El paño moruno; Asturiana; Canción; Nana; Jota (arr. flute and guitar) BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances Sz 68 (arr. flute and guitar) BARRIOS MANGORÉ Una limosna por el amor de dios (for solo guitar) DEBUSSY Syrinx (for solo flute) SIMONE IANNARELLI Homage to Fellini PIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango

HAGEN QUARTET

Harald Hoffmann

Ever since the Hagen Quartet’s foundation in 1981, its players have worked tirelessly to develop their interpretations of Beethoven’s string quartets. The Hagens’ white-hot performances of scores by contemporary composers have also informed their approach to Beethoven, always alive and intensely focused. Now the ensemble continues its complete Beethoven cycle at Wigmore Hall.

Classical Guitar Magazine shrewdly predicted that Morgan Szymanski was ‘destined for future glories’. His achievements in recent seasons underline the guitarist’s status among the finest players of his generation. For this recital, Szymanski is joined by internationally renowned flautist Adam Walker, who was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra at the prodigious age of 21. Their charismatic artistry is turned here to arrangements of folkinspired works by Falla and Bartók. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Friday 19 April 7.30 pm

HAGEN QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’; String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle Saturday 20 April 7.30 pm

HAGEN QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’; String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’; String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6 £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle Forthcoming concerts in this series Tuesday 28 May 7.30 pm Wednesday 29 May 7.30 pm

HAGEN QUARTET

MORGAN SZYMANSKI

See page 41 for full details

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Monday 22 April 1.00 pm

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano SCHUMANN Papillons Op. 2 LISZT Petrarch Sonnet No. 123 ‘I’vidi in terra angelici costumi’ TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Sonata Op. 37 ‘Grand Sonata’

GAËLLE ARQUEZ

Dominique Desrue

Sunday 21 April 4.00 pm

Elisabeth Leonskaja’s timeless artistry – unsusceptible to fashionable trends in interpretation – is securely rooted in lessons learned at the Moscow Conservatory in the 1960s and by the example of great musicians of the Soviet era, her close friend and musical collaborator Sviatoslav Richter among them. This lunchtime recital is not to be missed. £12 concs £10

Wigmore Hall/ Independent Opera recital

GAËLLE ARQUEZ mezzo-soprano JAMES BAILLIEU piano

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

HAHN A Chloris; Trois jours de vendange; L’énamourée; L’heure exquise POULENC Violon; C; Fêtes galantes DUPARC Chanson triste; Elégie; L’invitation au voyage BIZET Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe; Ouvre ton cœur DELIBES Les filles de Cadix LARA Granada FALLA Asturiana from 7 canciones populares españolas OBRADORS El vito Gaëlle Arquez crowns her Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship with a song recital with James Baillieu. The French mezzo-soprano, who discovered her vocation as a performer while studying musicology at the Paris Conservatoire, has been able to refine her vocal skills with the support of Wigmore Hall and Independent Opera’s innovative Fellowship programme. £12 concs £10

Song Recital Series

Sunday 21 April 7.30 pm

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA

Jean Mayerat

EGGNER TRIO BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ Shostakovich’s youthful Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 came to life in 1923, during the heady creative days following the end of the Russian Civil War. The short work, aptly subtitled as Poème, offers an ideal transition between what Clara Schumann described as Brahms’s ‘wonderfully gripping’ third piano trio and Beethoven’s epic ‘Archduke’ Trio of 1811. £15 £20 £25 £30

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

EGGNER TRIO

Chamber Music Season

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Monday 22 April 7.30 pm

KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARD 2013

GERALDINE McGREEVY soprano HENK NEVEN baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

Tuesday 23 April 2.00 pm SEMI-FINAL

NEW DIRECTIONS WITH THE NEW CENTURY

Friday 26 April 6.00 pm FINAL

Programme to include: GARDENS AND FORESTS BY DAY DEBUSSY Le faune CAPLET Forêt SATIE Daphénéo

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.

IMPOSSIBLE LOVE ROUSSEL Cœur en péril FAURÉ Le don silencieux DEBUSSY Ballade de Villon à s’amye ROUSSEL Le bachelier de Salamanque FAURÉ Le plus doux chemin ROUSSEL Ode à un jeune gentilhomme SATIE 3 poèmes d’amour; Adieu

23 April All seats £18 students £10 26 April £18 £24 £28 £32 (not part of subscription scheme)

GARDENS AND FORESTS BY NIGHT FAURÉ Jardin nocturne; Crépuscule ROUSSEL Sarabande DEBUSSY Colloque sentimental Gardens by day, gardens by night and the fecund theme of ‘impossible love’ at any time hallmark the character of a programme that embraces everything from the vibrant imagery of Roussel’s ‘Cœur en péril’ to the spontaneity and freedom of songs such as Fauré’s ‘Le don silencieux’ and the ravishing tonal beauty of Debussy’s ‘Colloque sentimental’. £18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series/French Song Series: Le Plus Doux Chemin

INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC Wednesday 24 April 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 1 May 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 8 May 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 15 May 4.30 pm – 5.45 pm

INTRODUCTION TO ROMANTIC MUSIC The Romantic era is characterised by fascinating and compelling ideas such as the cult of virtuosity; the growing relationship between words and music; and the notion of expansion in terms of length of work, size of orchestral forces and the musical language itself. There also emerged a split between the forces of ‘progress’, such as Liszt and Wagner, and conservatives like Brahms and ultimately, at the end of the 19th century, ‘modernism’ emerged from the embers of late romanticism. ROY STRATFORD will guide us through the fascinating story of this period with particular reference to the profound changes that occurred in the musical language and introducing some of the amazing musicians who made it all happen. Series ticket price £24 (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event HENK NEVEN

Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 24 April 7.30 pm

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET HAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 50 No. 1 BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 Haydn’s String Quartet in B flat stands among the jewels of his Op. 50 set and is an ideal companion to Britten’s second quartet, introduced to the world at Wigmore Hall in November 1945. The Endellion String Quartet pays homage to Britten in his centenary year with a work that recalls another English genius, Henry Purcell, in its concluding Chacony. Beethoven’s early masterwork – whose moving slow movement was inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – brings the evening’s programme to a close. £12 £18 £24 £28

Chamber Music Season

GABRIEL FAURÉ

Pierre Petit

Thursday 25 April 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Tuesday 30 April 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Thursday 2 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF GABRIEL FAURÉ

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

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

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 2 May (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/The Fauré Project

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ESTHER Thursday 25 April 7.30 pm

DUNEDIN CONSORT; JOHN BUTT director MHAIRI LAWSON Esther JAMES GILCHRIST Assuerus MATTHEW BROOK Haman NICHOLAS MULROY Mordecai THOMAS HOBBS Officer TIM MEAD Priest HANDEL Esther HWV50 Composed between 1718 and 1720, Esther was Handel’s first English Oratorio and marks the beginning of a tradition that has become central to our musical culture. During the course of Esther we almost hear the new genre emerge. The piece gradually evolves from a ‘pastoral entertainment’, to become more operatic and finally unfold as a choral oratorio on the largest scale. The acclaimed Edinburgh-based Dunedin Consort, under John Butt’s direction, makes its only 2013 appearance in London. £18 £25 £30 £35

Early Music and Baroque Series

Painting of Queen Esther by Edwin Longsden Long

Monday 29 April 1.00 pm

CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN piano SCHUBERT 3 Klavierstücke D946 SCHOENBERG 6 Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ For his second solo recital at Wigmore Hall this season, Cédric Tiberghien continues to explore creative landmarks from Vienna. His choice of BBC Lunchtime Recital repertoire offers contrasts and points of comparison between the keyboard miniatures of Schubert and Schoenberg, opening with the former’s incomplete final set of Impromptus and exploring the latter’s visionary 6 Little Piano Pieces of 1911. £12 concs £10 DORIC STRING QUARTET

George Garnier

Sunday 28 April 11.30 am

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

DORIC STRING QUARTET HAYDN String Quartet in Eb Op. 20 No. 1 ˘ ÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106 DVOR Musical alchemy and the sheer quality of the Doric String Quartet’s players belong to the special mix that has set the British ensemble in company with the world’s finest. They return to Wigmore Hall to perform two cornerstone chamber compositions, pairing Haydn’s pioneering String Quartet in E flat Op. 20 No. 1 with Dvor˘ák’s thirteenth string quartet, arguably his finest essay in the genre. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 28 April 7.30 pm

SOLOISTS OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Monday 29 April 3.30 pm – 6.00 pm

STUDY AFTERNOON FRANZ SCHUBERT: THE COMPLETE SONGS With GRAHAM JOHNSON and RICHARD STOKES A lifelong passion for Schubert has led author and pianist Graham Johnson to spend the last 20 years working on commentaries of Schubert songs and their poets, which are now to be published in three volumes by Yale University Press. Graham discusses the content of his monumental new work, Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, with Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music. £10 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

MILHAUD Wind Quintet Op. 443 FRANÇAIX Wind Quintet ˚ Sextet for piano and wind MARTINU BEETHOVEN Quintet in Eb for piano and wind Op. 16 The Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra return for their seventh season of Chamber Contrasts concerts with two charming programmes in 2013 featuring some of the Orchestra’s finest performers. In the first of two concerts the Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra present four piano and wind masterpieces from the pens of Milhaud, Françaix, Martinu˚ and Beethoven. See also 13 June. £12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music Season

GRAHAM JOHNSON

Clive Barda

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THE FAURÉ PROJECT Every phrase and nuance of the works programmed for Wigmore Hall’s landmark Fauré Project has entered the collective consciousness of these French and French-trained performers. The Capuçon brothers, violist Gérard Caussé, pianists Nicholas Angelich and Michel Dalberto, and Quatuor Ebène have inhabited Fauré’s art for years, digging deep into his soundworld and mining his aesthetics. Their critically acclaimed recording of Fauré’s complete music for strings and piano introduced many newcomers to the heartfelt eloquence and captivating contrasts of the composer’s undeniably great chamber works. The Fauré Project includes a three-session Study Group, designed to enhance the listener’s understanding of Fauré’s seminal chamber scores. 25 April, 30 April and 2 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF GABRIEL FAURÉ See page 20 for full details Tuesday 30 April 7.30 pm

RENAUD CAPUÇON violin GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano MICHEL DALBERTO piano FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108; Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120; Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109; Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 Gabriel Fauré’s artistic development spanned a revolutionary period in music history. The roots of the composer’s musical language, strikingly personal and shot through with innovative harmonies and fresh melodic ideas, can be heard in his youthful masterwork, the first piano quartet of 1876–9, and traced through this programme to the sublime Piano Trio of 1922–3. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/The Fauré Project

Forthcoming concerts in the series Thursday 2 May 7.30 pm

Saturday 4 May 7.30 pm

RENAUD CAPUÇON violin GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano MICHEL DALBERTO piano

QUATUOR EBÈNE NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano MICHEL DALBERTO piano FAURÉ CHAMBER WORKS See page 26 for full details

FAURÉ CHAMBER WORKS See page 24 for full details

Painting by John Singer Sargent

Thursday 2 May 7.30 pm

RENAUD CAPUÇON violin GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano MICHEL DALBERTO piano FAURÉ Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117; Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13; Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 The Capuçon brothers and Michel Dalberto turn to early and late string sonatas, with Renaud exploring Fauré’s evergreen first violin sonata, a work of groundbreaking originality, and Gautier offering his vision of the noble second cello sonata of 1921. The concert closes with the second piano quartet, its transcendent slow movement touched by evocations of bells recalled from the composer’s childhood. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/The Fauré Project

SARAH CONNOLLY

Peter Warren

Wednesday 1 May 7.30 pm

SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano ROUSSEL Le bachelier de Salamanque; Le jardin mouillé; Invocation; Nuit d’automne FAURÉ Le jardin clos CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle (arr. voice and piano) HONEGGER Petits cours de morale POULENC Trois chansons de Federico Garcia Lorca CAPLET La croix douloureuse; L’adieu en barque SATIE 3 poèmes d’amour TURINA Romance; El pescador; Rima

RENAUD AND GAUTIER CAPUÇON

Marc Ribes

Sarah Connolly’s empathy with the psychological states of grand operatic characters or the lowliest of lovers in a tender-hearted song connects instantly with her audience. The mezzo-soprano’s latest Wigmore Hall recital programme covers all human life, from Roussel’s love-sick student from Salamanca to the diverse cast of Honegger’s ‘A little course in morals’. £18 £25 £30 £35 Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Song Recital Series

NICHOLAS ANGELICH

Stephane de Bourgies

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Friday 3 May 7.30 pm

MAHAN ESFAHANI harpsichord

BYRD Clarifica me, Pater (I, II, III); Ut re mi fa sol la; John come kiss me now; The Fifte Pavian and The Galliard to the Fifte Pavian; The March before the Battle; Fancie; The Firste Pavian and The Galliard to the Firste Pavian; Callino casturame; Fantasia in A minor; Have with Yow to Walsingame BACH From The Musical Offering BWV1079: Ricercar a 3; Ricercar a 6; Canon a 2 per Tonos (Ascendenteque Modulatione ascendat Gloria Regis) LIGETI Passacaglia ungherese; Continuum; Hungarian Rock Ralph Kirkpatrick, Sviatoslav Richter and René Jacobs stand high on Mahan Esfahani’s list of influences. The Iranian-American keyboard player and scholar attracted worldwide attention in 2010 when he gave the first ever harpsichord recital at the BBC Proms; he returned to the 2012 festival with the Academy of Ancient Music to direct the world première performance of his arrangement of Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Esfahani turns his mind to William Byrd’s pulsating keyboard miniatures, exploring the great English composer’s ingenuity and vibrant imagination in company with contrapuntal masterworks by Bach and Ligeti’s irresistible harpsichord compositions. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

Photo by Marco Borggreve

Saturday 4 May 7.30 pm

QUATUOR EBÈNE MICHEL DALBERTO piano NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano FAURÉ String Quartet in E minor Op. 121; Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89; Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115

Saturday 4 May 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Quatuor Ebène’s visionary Fauré performances have persuaded many to listen to the composer’s chamber music with fresh ears. His swansong, the String Quartet in E minor, a phenomenal creation of old age, is followed by the two piano quintets, which include some of the most beautiful music in all of Fauré’s output.

LECTURE-RECITAL WITH PAUL ROBERTS piano

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DEBUSSY AND RAVEL

Chamber Music Season/The Fauré Project

PAUL ROBERTS

Peter Schütte

RAVEL Jeux d’eau DEBUSSY Estampes RAVEL Oiseaux tristes DEBUSSY Images II; L’isle joyeuse Renowned French music specialist Paul Roberts presents this lecture-recital in the year of the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, demonstrating the creative relationship between the two masters of French Impressionism. Paul Roberts is the author of the seminal Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy, and a biography, Debussy. He has just published Reflections: The Piano Music of Maurice Ravel to wide critical acclaim, and is shortly to release a CD of music by Ravel and Liszt. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and gives recitals, lecture-recitals and masterclasses all over the world. £10 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event QUATUOR EBÈNE

Julien Mignot

Sunday 5 May 11.30 am

LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLE BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 ˘ ÁK Piano Quartet in E b Op. 87 DVOR Critical superlatives followed the London Bridge Ensemble’s recordings of works by Frank Bridge. Their Coffee Concert programme brings together compositions by two close friends from an earlier generation. Brahms reportedly said that any composer would be proud to own the ideas that Dvor˘ák discarded. His own yearning Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 makes an ideal companion for Dvor˘ák’s spirited, folk-inflected Op. 87. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLE

Benjamin Harte

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Sunday 5 May 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

WHEN YESTERDAY WE MET FAMILY CONCERT For age 8 plus From fairy tales and Greek myths to tales of the extraordinary, songs have always been a great way to tell stories. Pianist and presenter DOMINIC HARLAN is joined by two superb singers for a stunningly original concert that combines songs by Schubert, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Ives with elements of theatre and interactive workshop. The result is a thrilling, hands-on show which guides novices into the magical world of song. For a preview of the concert, filmed live at Wigmore Hall, visit www.dominicharlan.com Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Sunday 5 May 7.30 pm

NIKOLAÏ LUGANSKY piano JANÁC˘EK In the Mists SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D935 MEDTNER Forgotten Melodies Op. 38 Nos 5 & 6; Primavera Op. 39 No. 3 RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 36 Highlights of Nikolaï Lugansky’s 2012/13 season include a 15-concert European recital tour, crowned by this Wigmore Hall programme. The Russian pianist, universally acknowledged as a master of Rachmaninov’s keyboard works, ventures into the imaginary landscapes of Janác˘ek’s ‘In the Mists’ (V mlhách), the nostalgia of Medtner’s Forgotten Melodies and the lyrical spontaneity of Schubert’s Impromptus. £15 £20 £25 £30

MICHELANGELO QUARTET

Marco Borggreve

Monday 6 May 1.00 pm

MICHELANGELO QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

London Pianoforte Series

Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 was originally conceived, and first performed in 1826, as a six-movement work. The finale, a mighty fugue, shocked early reviewers, who felt that it overshadowed what had gone before, so the composer crafted an alternative ending. The Michelangelo Quartet here offers the work as it was originally intended to be performed, with the Grosse Fuge as the final movement. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

NIKOLAÏ LUGANSKY

Caroline Doutre/Naïve

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Tuesday 7 May 7.30 pm

THE ENGLISH CONCERT FABIO BIONDI director, violin HAYDN Divertimento in D HIV:11 MOZART Symphony No. 21 in A K134 PUGNANI Sinfonia in Bb HAYDN Violin Concerto No. 4 in G HVIIa:4 Renowned violinist Fabio Biondi directs The English Concert in a programme featuring Mozart’s thrilling Salzburg Symphony No. 21, Haydn’s delightfully fluent Violin Concerto in G and Divertimento in D, and a rarity by Gaetano Pugnani, the 18th-century violin virtuoso who studied with Tartini, taught Viotti and supplied Fritz Kreisler with a convincing pen-name for his pastiche compositions. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

JACK QUARTET

Henrik Olund

Monday 6 May 7.30 pm

ARDITTI QUARTET JACK QUARTET † JAMES CLARKE 2012S for 2 string quartets (UK première)* ALEX MINCEK String Quartet No. 3 ‘lift – tilt – filter – split’ (UK première) MICHAEL PELZEL ... vers le vent ... (UK première) MAURO LANZA Der Kampf zwischen Karneval und Fasten for 8 strings (UK première)* * Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support from Kunststiftung NRW and Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall is grateful for the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation, for these commissions. The Arditti Quartet’s worldwide reputation rests secure on almost 40 years of excellence in the performance and development of contemporary music. The JACK Quartet can likewise cite a glorious record of achievement in bringing new work to life. This showcase concert offers audiences the thrilling prospect of hearing the birth of two string octets by Mauro Lanza (b. 1975) and James Clarke (b.1957). † WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

FABIO BIONDI

Michele Crosera

£10 (not part of subscription scheme)

Chamber Music Season

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TAKÁCS QUARTET A SSOCIATE ART ISTS Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet, explore two towering masterworks of chamber music in their latest programme. They join forces with Ralph Kirshbaum for Schubert’s C major String Quintet, completed a few months before the composer’s death in 1828 and overlooked for publication for another quarter century. Over the past 160 years, the work has acquired near-mythic status as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions. Beethoven’s String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 likewise inhabits the pantheon reserved for great works of art. The piece, written two years before Schubert’s String Quintet, pushes at the limits of human imagination. Wednesday 8 May 7.30 pm Repeated Friday 10 May 7.30 pm

TAKÁCS QUARTET RALPH KIRSHBAUM cello BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 SCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956 £15 £20 £25 £30 for each concert Concert on 8 May supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle RALPH KIRSHBAUM

Chamber Music Season/Takács Quartet: Associate Artists

ANNA CATERINA

ANTONACCI Thursday 9 May 7.30 pm

ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI soprano DONALD SULZEN piano HEATH QUARTET RESPIGHI Il tramonto for voice and string quartet WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder DEBUSSY Le promenoir des deux amants; Mandoline; Il pleure dans mon Coeur; Green DEBUSSY Chansons de Bilitis WOLF Italian Serenade in G for string quartet Anna Caterina Antonacci’s recital of 19th- and early 20th-century liriche da camera was a bright highlight of Wigmore Hall’s 2011/12 season. ‘Her legato line is a liquid wonder,’ observed Richard Morrison in The Times, ‘but when the poem requires a conversation to be animated, she characterises each voice in a marvellously deft parlando.’ Antonacci and Donald Sulzen return this season for a recital rooted in poetic imagery and dramatic contrasts. She shares the stage with the Heath Quartet in Respighi’s Il tramonto (1914), a meditative response to Shelley’s poem about a young man who dies in his lover’s arms. £18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season

Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

Friday 10 May 7.30 pm

TAKÁCS QUARTET RALPH KIRSHBAUM cello Repeat of concert on 8 May See page 29 for full details

Saturday 11 May 10.00 am

SIMON BAINBRIDGE STUDY DAY See page overleaf for full details

Saturday 11 May 7.30 pm

JOSHUA REDMAN saxophone CHRISTIAN McBRIDE double bass

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE

Joshua Redman is joined by jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride for what promises to be an exceptional duo recital. Christian McBride is one of the most recorded musicians of his generation and has collaborated with jazz greats such as Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, to name but a few. £15 £20 £25 £30

Joshua Redman Jazz Series

EGGNER TRIO

Keith Saunders

Sunday 12 May 11.30 am

EGGNER TRIO BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E b Op. 70 No. 2 ˘ ÁK Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ DVOR For their final Coffee Concert this season, the Eggner brothers survey two potent essays of the piano trio repertoire. The introspective Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 was memorably described by Donald Tovey as the work in which Beethoven transcended the legacy of Mozart and Haydn to create a composition of compelling individuality. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert JOSHUA REDMAN

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Saturday 11 May

SIMON BAINBRIDGE STUDY DAY MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC CLARK RUNDELL conductor 10.00 am SIMON BAINBRIDGE Music for Mel and Nora SIMON BAINBRIDGE Folksong SIMON BAINBRIDGE Piano Trio

11.00 am CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN in conversation with SIMON BAINBRIDGE

12.15 pm SIMON BAINBRIDGE Clarinet Quintet SIMON BAINBRIDGE Dances for Moon Animals SIMON BAINBRIDGE For Miles

2.00 pm GARY CARPENTER in conversation with SIMON BAINBRIDGE

3.15 pm SIMON BAINBRIDGE Concertante in Moto Perpetuo SIMON BAINBRIDGE Four Primo Levi Settings All tickets £3 concessions £2 (each event) or Day Ticket £10 concessions £5 (not part of subscription scheme)

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

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music Wigmore Hall Learning Event Photo by Andrew Palmer

Monday 13 May 7.30 pm

ISABELLE FAUST violin ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in E b Op. 12 No. 3 BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz75 Shifting personal experience and fresh discoveries are vital components of Isabelle Faust’s artistic outlook. The German violinist revels in open dialogue with other musicians, not least her regular duo partner, Alexander Melnikov. Their latest Wigmore Hall programme moves from Beethoven’s joyful third violin sonata to the gritty expressionism of Bartók’s first violin sonata by way of Brahms’s intensely lyrical Op. 100. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

NATALIE CLEIN

Sussie Ahlburg

Monday 13 May 1.00 pm

NATALIE CLEIN cello ALASDAIR BEATSON piano BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 BRITTEN Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1 Beethoven’s emerging late style penetrated deep into the fabric of his two Op. 102 Cello Sonatas, both written in the high summer of 1815. Fantasy, seductive lyricism, contrapuntal interplay between cello and piano and vivid expressive contrasts belong to their creative DNA. Natalie Clein also explores the passionate ebb and flow of Britten’s unaccompanied third cello suite, complete with strong Russian folk themes and echoes of Orthodox chant. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

ISABELLE FAUST

Marco Borggreve

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JONATHAN BISS: SCHUMANN – UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Wednesday 15 May 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF and ANTJE WEITHAAS in conversation with GEOFFREY NORRIS. £3

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

Wednesday 15 May 7.30 pm

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF violin ANTJE WEITHAAS violin JONATHAN BISS

Benjamin Ealovega

As the 2012/13 season unfolds, Jonathan Biss is set to present over 30 concerts worldwide devoted to the music of Schumann and its multi-faceted nature. Schumann: Under the Influence continues at Wigmore Hall carrying the American pianist’s desire to present the composer’s music ‘exactly as it is – deeply poetic, fragile, obsessive, evocative, whimsical, internal’. Pre- and post-echoes of the Schumannesque will also sound in each programme, creating concerts rich in fantasy, emotional contrasts and fleeting moods. Tuesday 14 May 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION GEOFFREY NORRIS and JONATHAN BISS introduce the evening concert and discuss Purcell, Schumann and the UK première of a work by Timothy Andres. £3

LECLAIR Sonata in D for 2 violins Op. 3 No. 6 BARTÓK Duos for 2 violins (selection) BÉRIOT Duo concertant Op. 57 No. 1 for 2 violins BARTÓK Duos for 2 violins (selection) YSAŸE Sonata in A minor for 2 solo violins Op. posth. Musical dialogue gained immeasurably as composers began exploring the enormous creative potential of the violin duo. Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas share their personal insights into works as diverse as Ysaÿe’s mighty Sonata in A minor, published long after his death, and the first of Charles-Auguste de Bériot’s three Duos concertants Op. 57. Their programme is enriched by selections from Bartók’s folk-inspired Duos for two violins. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence Tuesday 14 May 7.30 pm

ELIAS STRING QUARTET, JONATHAN BISS piano PURCELL Fantasias (a selection) SCHUMANN String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 TIMOTHY ANDRES New work* (UK première) SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, San Francisco Performances, Carnegie Hall and Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam £15 £20 £25 £30 The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund

Chamber Music Season/ Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence Forthcoming concert in this series Wednesday 22 May 7.30 pm

JONATHAN BISS piano

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF

Giorgia Bertazzi

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Friday 17 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2013 YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST (YCAT): IDENTIFYING, NURTURING, PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In this third and final round, 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. Current and previous artists include Ian Bostridge (tenor), sopranos Susan Gritton & Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom (trumpet), the Belcea, Heath and Doric Quartets and pianists Joanna MacGregor and Llyˆr Williams. £10 concs £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions) (not part of subscription scheme)

MOZART PIANO QUARTET

Josep Molina

Sunday 19 May 11.30 am

MOZART PIANO QUARTET MOZART Piano Quartet No. 2 in E b K493 SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47 Founded in 1997, the Mozart Piano Quartet is renowned for its acute sense of tonal variety, refined blend and natural phrasing. The Strad has written of the ‘freshness and spontaneity that sparkle in everything they play’, a verdict echoed in reviews all the way from San Jose to Sydney. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Saturday 18 May 7.30 pm

BORODIN QUARTET BRAHMS String Quartet in Bb Op. 67 TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 3 in E b minor Op. 30 It would be impossible to overstate the strength of the connection that binds the Borodin Quartet to the works in this programme, the final concert in their Tchaikovsky and Brahms Series at Wigmore Hall. Their dedication to the interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s string quartets is nothing short of legendary; likewise, the Borodins bring decades of collective experience and insight to their profound readings of Brahms. £12 £18 £24 £28

Chamber Music Season/ Borodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms BORODIN QUARTET

Thomas Mueller

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Sunday 19 May 3.00 pm – 5.30 pm

BIRKBECK STUDY AFTERNOON BACH CELLO SUITES: INTERPRETATION AND INNOVATION Thomas Demenga decided to ‘Build on Bach’ twenty years ago, by performing Bach alongside new compositions so that audiences would become more open to both. Many successful concerts and recordings followed. The Bach Suites for solo cello, a challenge both technically and emotionally, have long been close to Demenga’s heart; and as well as playing much contemporary music he also composes, producing, through innovative techniques, unexpected and beautiful sounds. We delve into the intense world of Bach, and a contrasting variety of new compositions, to immerse ourselves in the immensely rich world of the cello. Presented by DAVID SUTTON-ANDERSON.

Suites, concludes with a fascinating juxtaposition of pieces. Thomas Larcher deliberately set out to expand the solo instrument’s expressive and technical potential in his Sonata for Cello (2006); Demenga’s Aus den Fugen (1988), meanwhile, complements the contrapuntal layering and contemplative beauty of Bach’s fifth cello suite. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Thomas Demenga: ‘Building on Bach’

Linked to the evening concert (concert ticket to be purchased separately) £10 concs £6 (not part of subscription scheme) In association with Birkbeck, University of London

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

THOMAS DEMENGA ‘BUILDING ON BACH’ KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ROBINSON TRIO

Christian Steiner

Monday 20 May 1.00 pm

KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ ROBINSON TRIO ANDRÉ PREVIN Piano Trio No. 2 (UK première) BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version)

THOMAS DEMENGA

Philippe Pache

Sunday 19 May 7.30 pm

THOMAS DEMENGA cello BACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 THOMAS LARCHER Sonata for Cello BACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009 THOMAS DEMENGA Aus den Fugen Johann Sebastian Bach’s abiding legacy continues to bear fruit thanks to its influence on the music of today. Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga’s Building on Bach series, structured around his complete cycle of the German composer’s peerless Cello

One of the world’s finest chamber ensembles began life in 1977, formed for the inauguration of President Carter at the White House. The Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio has invested its artistic authority in everything from core repertoire to a succession of new works specially written for its outstanding players. The lunchtime audience can hear the ensemble’s latest commission, André Previn’s second piano trio. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Tuesday 21 May 5.30 pm

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

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

ANNA DEVIN

Studio 52

Monday 20 May 7.30 pm

CLASSICAL OPERA IAN PAGE conductor ANNA DEVIN soprano CHRISTOPHER AINSLIE countertenor BENJAMIN HULETT tenor TALES FROM OVID DITTERSDORF Symphony in F ‘The Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus’ GLUCK Scene from Orfeo ed Euridice HAYDN Scene from Philemon und Baucis MOZART Scene from Apollo et Hyacinthus K38 The fifteen books of Ovid’s Metamorphoses have inspired composers from Cavalli and Monteverdi to Britten and beyond. Classical Opera’s fascinating programme prefaces enchanting transformation scenes from operas by the three greatest composers of the Classical era, Gluck’s devastating account of Orpheus’ loss of Euridice among them, with one of Dittersdorf’s descriptive Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

IAN PAGE

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Early Music and Baroque Series

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Wednesday 22 May 7.30 pm

JONATHAN BISS piano SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 12 Interspersed with: JANÁC˘EK On an overgrown path (excerpts) BERG Piano Sonata Op. 1 SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Where does the music of Robert Schumann belong in the great scheme of artistic creation? Jonathan Biss set out to explore the question and place a beloved composer in context. The pianist’s arresting Schumann: Under the Influence series continues with a creative dialogue between the eight Fantasiestücke Op. 12 and fleeting movements from Janác˘ek’s On an overgrown path. £15 £20 £25 £30 The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund

London Pianoforte Series/Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence

JULIANE BANSE

Susie Knoll

Tuesday 21 May 7.30 pm

JULIANE BANSE soprano MARTIN HELMCHEN piano WOLF Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe; Lied vom Winde; Nixe Binsefuss; Im Frühling; Er ist’s SCHUBERT Geheimnis; An Mignon SCHUBERT From Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister: Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst mich scheinen; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt SCHUBERT Sehnsucht; Der Einsame; Der König in Thule; Auf dem See; Bei dir allein! WOLF Heiss mich nicht reden; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; So lasst mich scheinen; Kennst du das Land Early studies as a violinist and ballerina, the latter at Zurich’s Opernhaus, have contributed to Juliane Banse’s mature development as one of the most perceptive and adventurous performers. The Swiss soprano and Martin Helmchen, a rising star of the keyboard world, explore peerless songs of love and longing to texts by, among others, Mörike and Goethe. £15 £20 £25 £30

MARTIN HELMCHEN

Marco Borggreve

Song Recital Series

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BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Friday 24 May 7.30 pm

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

BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Christian Steiner

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Chamber Music Season Photo: City of Basel viewed from the Rhine

ANGELA HEWITT

MAIWOLF

PACIFICA QUARTET

Saverio Truglia

Saturday 25 May 7.30 pm

Sunday 26 May 4.00 pm

PACIFICA QUARTET

GEORG NIGL baritone GÉRARD WYSS piano

HAYDN String Quartet in B b Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’ BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6 RAVEL String Quartet in F Ovations and five-star reviews followed the Pacifica Quartet’s unforgettable complete Shostakovich cycle in 2011/12. The group’s sights are set on three contrasting approaches to string quartet composition, each of the highest creative order. Bartók’s sixth string quartet, written in Budapest between August and November 1939, is haunted by the shadow of war and a culture on the brink of destruction. £12 £18 £24 £28

Chamber Music Season

WOLF Mörike Lieder (a selection) Georg Nigl’s ability to interpret conflicted psychological conditions and project vivid emotions propelled audiences and critics to the edge of their seats during his recent performances as Berg’s Wozzeck and in Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysos. The Austrian baritone, a former treble soloist with the Vienna Boy’s Choir, here weds his sense of drama and expressive adventure to a selection of Hugo Wolf’s deeply affecting Mörike Lieder. £12 concs £10

Song Recital Series Sunday 26 May 11.30 am

PACIFICA QUARTET BOCCHERINI String Quartet in E b Op. 58 No. 2 SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ The pairing of Boccherini and Smetana calls to mind the terrific invention and eloquence shown by both composers in their chamber music. The first string quartet ‘From my life’, completed in the winter of 1876, contains autobiographical reflections on Smetana’s deafness, enshrined in the music’s close sense of dialogue between instruments, bold viola outbursts and a shrill first violin harmonic (analogous to the ringing in the composer’s ears!). £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

GEORG NIGL

Damir Yusupov

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Monday 27 May 1.00 pm

PACIFICA QUARTET ˘ ÁK Selection from Cypresses DVOR BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 In structure and overall harmonic design, Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 bears striking similarities to the composer’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and Piano Sonata Op. 101. But in its expressive range and transcendent power, the A minor Quartet stands as a unique masterwork. The Pacifica Quartet prefaces its performance with a selection of Dvor˘ák’s ‘Echo of Songs’, arranged for string quartet from his Cypresses of 1865. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Monday 27 May 7.30 pm

ADAM WALKER flute JAMES BAILLIEU piano SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on ‘Trock’ne Blumen’ from Die schöne Müllerin COPLAND Duo for flute and piano ˚ Flute Sonata ENESCU Cantabile et presto MARTINU POULENC Sonata for flute and piano; Vocalises by COPLAND, ˚ and POULENC SZYMANOWSKI, MARTINU Adam Walker’s appointment as the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute made headline news in 2009. The 21-year-old musician was named as Outstanding Young Artist at that year’s MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, and went on to receive a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. He takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall in company with James Baillieu, another remarkable artist of the younger generation.

ADAM WALKER

Sussie Ahlburg

Wednesday 29 May 7.30 pm £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

Tuesday 28 May 7.30 pm

HAGEN QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2; String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4; String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 ‘I have now learned how to write string quartets,’ observed Beethoven in the late 1790s. The young composer had recently made his mark on what was still a new genre with his Op. 18 collection. Decades later he invested a lifetime’s practical knowledge, personal experience, spiritual intuition and sheer genius into his String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131. £15 £20 £25 £30

HAGEN QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5; String Quartet in E b Op. 127 Beethoven rose to the challenge set by the string quartets of Haydn and Mozart, considered classics of the form by the time he created his set of six Op. 18 quartets. The Hagen Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle allows audiences the chance to trace the contrasts and continuities between the composer’s early quartets and, in this programme, the first of his late quartets. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle

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Friday 31 May 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET harpsichord DUPHLY From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray; Chaconne; Médée BALBASTRE From Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: La de Caze; La d’Héricourt; La Lugeac RAMEAU From Pièces de clavecin: Les tendres plaints; Les tourbillons; L’entretien des Muses; Les cyclopes ROYER From Premier livre des pièces de clavecin: L’incertaine; Les tendres sentiments; Le vertigo Since winning the International Harpsichord Prize in Bruges in 1983, Christophe Rousset has boldly championed the cause of music of the French Baroque. He continues to shine light on unjustly neglected repertoire in this recital, unleashing an irrepressible programme of dashing ‘character pieces’ by Rameau and such younger contemporaries as Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer and Jacques Duphly. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

STILE ANTICO

Marco Borggreve

Thursday 30 May 7.30 pm

STILE ANTICO FRETWORK O SACRED BANQUET – WILLIAM BYRD AND THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

Eric Larrayadieu

BYRD Mass in Four Parts; In nomine settings for viols; Four-part settings of the Corpus Christi Propers; Five Eucharistic motets: Ave verum corpus; Ego sum panis vivus; O salutaris hostia (with viols); O sacrum convivium; O quam suavis est (with viols) William Byrd’s formative experiences were shaped against an unfolding background of religious and political events that profoundly affected matters of individual faith and forged lasting cultural divisions between Protestants and Catholics. While he served two Protestant monarchs and supplied music for the Anglican Church, Byrd remained a Catholic and wrote works for clandestine services, none better than his Mass in Four Parts. £15 £20 £25 £30 Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

Early Music and Baroque Series/ William Byrd Sacred Music Series

FRETWORK

Chris Dawes

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Saturday 1 June 7.30 pm

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone JULIUS DRAKE piano EISLER The Hollywood Songbook Hanns Eisler, like so many remarkable creative minds, was forced into exile following the rise to power of the Nazis. The composer continued his close collaboration with Bertolt Brecht in Hollywood. Eisler’s Hollywood Songbook weaves together texts by Brecht, Mörike, Hölderlin and Goethe to form one of the greatest of all 20th-century song-cycles, brought to life in this recital as part of Julius Drake’s ‘Perspectives’ series at Wigmore Hall. £15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’

˘ KARADAGLIC´ MILOS

DG/Olaf Heine

Friday 31 May 10.00 pm

MILOS˘ KARADAGLIC´ guitar Programme to include works by BACH, VILLA-LOBOS, RODRIGO and GINASTERA

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN

Pia Clodi

Wigmore Hall’s Late Night Series gets underway this season with a recital by one of the finest young ambassadors for classical music, a guitarist with a following that extends far beyond the size and reach usually associated with his instrument. Milos˘ Karadaglic´’s recitals invariably meld technical command and musicianship with boundless passion to deliver performances of life-affirming power. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. Wigmore Lates @ 36 See Wigmore Lates @ 36 feature overleaf

HANNS EISLER

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Wigmore Lates

Wigmore Hall presents â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wigmore Lates @ 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, a diverse collection of intimate late night concerts at the Hall, No. 36 Wigmore Street. This summer, there is a taste of something new, as hour-long concerts in the Hall at 10 pm are followed by free late night musical soirees in the Wigmore bar from 11.15 pm until late. This exciting and eclectic series presents American song favourites, an atmospheric evening of storytelling, a saxophone quartet and adventurous fusions of musical styles, and more! Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

Friday 31 May 10.00 pm

Friday 21 June 10.00 pm

MILOS˘ KARADAGLIC´ guitar

CALEFAX

One of the finest young ambassadors for classical guitar, Miloš Karadaglić’s recitals invariably meld technical command and musicianship with boundless passion to deliver performances of life-affirming power.

A founding member of Calefax, Raaf Hekkema joins his colleagues for a late-night date with his arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. See page 57 for details

See page 43 for details Friday 5 July 10.00 pm Friday 7 June 10.00 pm

AMSTEL QUARTET

YANIV D’OR countertenor ENSEMBLE NAYA

REMCO JAK soprano saxophone OLIVIER SLIEPEN alto saxophone BAS APSWOUDE tenor saxophone TIES MELLEMA baritone saxophone

Yaniv d’Or and Ensemble NAYA present a programme designed to celebrate the strong connections between early western music and works from other musical traditions.

With a sure sense of style, musical insight and unrestrained passion, the Amstel Quartet’s performances of arrangements and original compositions are guaranteed both to thrill and move.

See page 48 for details

See page 63 for details

Friday 14 June 10.00 pm

Friday 12 July 10.00 pm

PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE reciter PIERS LANE piano

THE PRINCE CONSORT

ANNA LEESE soprano JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano TIM MEAD countertenor ANDREW STAPLES tenor JACQUES IMBRAILO baritone ALISDAIR HOGARTH artistic director, piano Jake Heggie’s song-cycle for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano, Facing forward/ Looking back reflects on the human condition, and here is interleaved with fine American songs by Ned Rorem and Aaron Copland. See page 67 for details

After the concert ... Join us in the bar from 11.15 pm until late for a diverse and vibrant programme of intimate musical soirees. Acts to look forward to this year include JULIAN BLISS, TRISH CLOWES and TANGENT QUARTET, the CLASSIC BUSKERS, the KIT DOWNES TRIO and the DORIAN FORD TRIO. Full details of the series will be announced shortly. Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates for full information.

Monday 3 June 1.00 pm

WERNER GÜRA tenor CHRISTOPH BERNER piano SCHUBERT Schwanengesang Tonal nuance and expressive shadings belong to Werner Güra’s well-stocked arsenal of interpretative approaches to Schubert’s late songcycles. The German tenor has worked closely with Christoph Berner to connect vivid nature imagery and inner conflicts in the words of Schwanengesang to the momentary psychological states projected in Schubert’s music. £12 concs £10

WERNER GÜRA AND CHRISTOPH BERNER

Monika Rittershaus

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Sunday 2 June 11.30 am

Tuesday 4 June 6.00 pm

FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET

APERITIF, WITH IGNITE

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135 SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 9 in E b Op. 117

EARLY EVENING CONCERT

Shostakovich and the Fitzwilliam String Quartet have been linked since the ensemble’s early years in the 1960s. The Quartet’s original members formed a close friendship with the composer and recorded the first complete cycle of his string quartets. Shostakovich’s ninth quartet, by turns playful and unsettling, stands here with another core Fitzwilliam work, Beethoven’s fatalistic String Quartet in F Op. 135.

IGNITE, Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble, works primarily through improvisation to deliver both innovative community programmes and dynamic performances. Drop in after work to hear a collection of brand new works from leading contemporary composers – a perfect start to your evening! Admission free (ticket required)

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 2 June 7.30 pm

RICHARD GOODE piano BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A b Op. 110; 11 Bagatelles Op. 119; Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Richard Goode belongs among the company of great Beethoven interpreters, an artist totally at one with the composer’s music. He addresses the mighty musical and spiritual substance of Beethoven’s final trilogy of piano sonatas, works imbued with astonishing pianistic imagination and poetic expression. Goode’s programme includes the infinitely subtle and inventive Op. 119 Bagatelles. £18 £25 £30 £35

London Pianoforte Series

RICHARD GOODE

Sasha Gusov

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Friday 7 June 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

CAROLIN WIDMANN violin ALEXANDER LONQUICH piano SCHUBERT Violin Sonata (Duo) in A D574 POULENC Violin Sonata IVES Violin Sonata No. 4 ‘Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting’ SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934

HEATH QUARTET

Stefano Scheggi

Intriguing repertoire juxtapositions are among the many reasons to make a date with Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich. Their recital begins and ends with Schubert, placing the early ‘Duo’ Sonata alongside Poulenc’s heartbreaking Violin Sonata and pairing Ives’s nostalgic, richly allusive final Violin Sonata with the Fantasy in C D934, a potent late masterwork.

Tuesday 4 June 7.30 pm

£15 £20 £25 £30

HEATH QUARTET

Chamber Music Season

HAYDN String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 BERG String Quartet Op. 3 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ In November 2011 the Heath Quartet underlined its status among the finest young ensembles with an acclaimed series of Beethoven’s complete string quartets at Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirk. Its intense music-making has already graced Wigmore Hall, not least as part of its Emerging Talent scheme. The Quartet returns with a fascinating blend of ‘Viennese’ works, each marked by contrapuntal dialogue and powerful expressive contrasts. £12 £18 £24 £28

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

Chamber Music Season

CAROLIN WIDMANN

Marco Borggreve

Wednesday 5 June 7.30 pm

LOUIS LORTIE piano CHOPIN Nocturne in A b Op. 32 No. 2; Impromptu No. 1 in A b Op. 29; Nocturne in B Op. 32 No. 1; Nocturne in F # minor Op. 48 No. 2; Impromptu No. 2 in F # Op. 36; Nocturne in D b Op. 27 No. 2; Impromptu No. 3 in G b Op. 51; Nocturne in C # minor Op. 27 No. 1; Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 ‘Chopin always insisted his music was really about architecture,’ observes Louis Lortie. The French-Canadian pianist’s approach consistently reflects the balance of classical and romantic elements in Chopin’s music, consciously exploring the improvisational nature and lyrical qualities of his Nocturnes and Impromptus. Lortie prefaces the composer’s turbulent final sonata for solo piano with the yearning Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3. £15 £20 £25 £30

LOUIS LORTIE

Elias

London Pianoforte Series

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Sunday 9 June 11.30 am

AFIARA STRING QUARTET HAYDN String Quartet in F Op. 74 No. 2 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Thanks to support from the Banff International String Quartet Competition, the all-Canadian Afiara String Quartet spent last summer recording works by Beethoven. The fruits of their explorations can be heard in this Coffee Concert with the third of Beethoven’s Op. 59 Quartets. When told by a violinist that his ‘Razumovsky’ works were not music, the composer replied: ‘Oh, they are not for you, but for a later age!’ £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

AFIARA STRING QUARTET

Rory Earnshaw

Friday 7 June 10.00 pm

YANIV D’OR countertenor ENSEMBLE NAYA Yaniv d’Or and Ensemble NAYA scored a palpable hit with their performance last July as part of Wigmore Lates @ 36. The Israeli countertenor and the ensemble he co-founded in 2008 return to the late night concert series with a programme which explores a diverse range of music from different eras and cultures. From ancient Sephardic melodies to traditional Turkish love songs, serene raga preludes to sensuous Libyan melodies, Yaniv d’Or and Ensemble NAYA expertly weave together an intimate and personal collection of some of the world’s most beautiful pieces of traditional music. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. Wigmore Lates @ 36

Saturday 8 June 7.30 pm

AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN GEORG KALLWEIT leader YANIV D’OR

‘OPUS 5!’ – A CORELLI CELEBRATION See page opposite for full details

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AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN Saturday 8 June 7.30 pm

AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN GEORG KALLWEIT leader ‘OPUS 5!’ – A CORELLI CELEBRATION CORELLI Concerto Grosso in D Op. 6 No. 4 VIVALDI Concerto in F for 2 horns and strings RV538 PLATTI Concerto Grosso in G minor (after Corelli Op. 5) BABELL Concerto in E minor for recorder (after Corelli Op. 5) PLATTI/ V. LUKS Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F (after Corelli Op. 5) CORELLI Sonata in A Op. 5 No. 6 GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D minor (after Corelli’s ‘La Follia’ Op. 5 No. 12) Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series goes from strength to strength with the appearance this season of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. The inspirational chamber orchestra, founded in East Berlin in 1982, regularly performs under the direction of one of its four leaders. This programme charts the pan-European importance of the Italian composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli, which was unequalled during his lifetime. Corelli’s groundbreaking concertos directly influenced that of his pupil Francesco Geminiani and Vivaldi, and also left a lasting mark on works by younger composers such as William Babel and Giovanni Benedetto Platti. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

Painting of Arcangelo Corelli by Jan Frans van Douven (1656 –1727)

Sunday 9 June 7.30 pm

JORDI SAVALL treble viol, lyra viol ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING Irish harp, psaltery

FRANK McGUIRE bodhran THE CELTIC VIOL For well over forty years, Jordi Savall has ranged beyond early music’s formal borders to reveal long forgotten repertories and reinstate the links that once connected popular tunes to compositions fashioned for connoisseurs. The Catalan violist and conductor’s work was recently recognised with the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Denmark’s ‘Nobel’ for music, awarded not least for his lifelong efforts to bring together ‘diverse musical traditions in an enormously meaningful intercultural dialogue’. He turns to the world of Celtic music, in company with long-time collaborators Andrew Lawrence-King and Frank McGuire. ‘So many of these amazing works allowed people to survive in the most difficult conditions,’ says Savall. See page opposite for full programme details

Photo by Toni Penarroya

Sunday 9 June 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION Radio 3 presenter CATHERINE BOTT interviews JORDI SAVALL ahead of his evening concert. £3 (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Sunday 9 June 7.30 pm

JORDI SAVALL treble viol, lyra viol ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING Irish harp, psaltery FRANK McGUIRE bodhran

ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING

THE CELTIC VIOL THE CALEDONIA SET TRAD/IRISH Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch TRAD/IRISH The Musical Priest/Scotch Mary FRASER Caledonia’s Wail for Niel Gow TRAD/IRISH Sackow’s THE LORD MOIRA’S SET MACDONALD Abergeldie Castle Strathspey TRAD/SCOTTISH Regents Rant TRADITIONAL From Ryan’s Mammoth Collection: Crabs in the skillet (slow jig); Lord Moira’s Hornpipe CAROLAN’S HARP TRAD/IRISH Try if it is in tune: Feeghan Geleash O’CAROLAN Carolan’s Dream: Molly McAlpin TRAD/SCOTTISH The Reel of Tullochgorum THE LAMENTO SET MACPHERSON Macpherson’s Lament TRAD/IRISH The Tuttle’s Reel TRAD/IRISH Alexander’s Hornpipe GOW Lament for the Death of his Second Wife TRAD/IRISH The Gander in the pratie hole

Monday 10 June 1.00 pm

BRODSKY QUARTET BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 The Brodsky Quartet has lived with both works in this programme for decades. Its mature vision of Britten’s second string quartet is not to be missed. Emotional contrasts and thematic congruities abound in Beethoven’s ‘Serioso’ quartet. The work’s fleet-footed final flourish offers relief from the world of intense introspection and anguish that has gone before. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

THE LANCASHIRE PIPES TRADITIONAL From Manchester Gamba Book: A Pointe or Preludium; The Lancashire Pipes; The Pigges of Rumsey; Kate of Bardie TRAD/IRISH The Cup of Tea TRADITIONAL A Toy from the Manchester Gamba Book CAROLAN’S FAVOURITE JIGG O’CAROLAN Squire Woods’ Lamentation on the refusal of his half-pence O’CAROLAN Abigail Judge & Planxty Judge O’CAROLAN Colonel Irving THE DONEGAL SET PLAYFORD The Rover Reformed TRAD/SCOTTISH Lady Mary Hay’s Scots Measure O’CAROLAN Carolan’s Farewell TRAD/IRISH Gusty’s Frolics (Donegal tradition) This concert will be approximately 75 minutes with no interval £18 £25 £30 £35

BRODSKY QUARTET

Eric Richmond

Early Music and Baroque Series 51

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Monday 10 June 7.30 pm

Tuesday 11 June 6.30 pm

ELISABETH KULMAN mezzo-soprano EDUARD KUTROWATZ piano

PRE-CONCERT TALK

LISZT Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Einst; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Ich liebe dich SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und -leben ALBIN FRIES Im Traum nur lieb’ ich dich; O sag es nicht; Mein Garten SCHUBERT An die Nachtigall; Wehmut; Der Zwerg LISZT Es war ein König in Thule; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Die drei Zigeuner

Free (separate ticket required)

With RICHARD EGARR

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Schumann’s evergreen Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 stands as the centrepiece of Elisabeth Kulman’s song recital. The Austrian mezzo-soprano, who performs Fricka in the Bavarian State Opera’s new Ring cycle this season, offers further reflections on aspects of life and love in her choice of works by Liszt, Schubert and Albin Fries. £15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series

LUCY CROWE

Marco Borggreve

Tuesday 11 June 7.30 pm

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC RICHARD EGARR director, harpsichord LUCY CROWE soprano SOPHIE JUNKER soprano HANDEL IN ITALY HANDEL Cantata: Diana cacciatrice HWV79 D SCARLATTI Sinfonia à 3 in G minor CORELLI Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 9 A SCARLATTI Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor HANDEL Cantata: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno HWV96 Young Handel’s prolonged stay in Italy during the early 1700s delivered vibrant musical and personal stimulation as he collected rich patrons, fraternised with influential musicians and enjoyed a much-gossiped-about fling with a star soprano! His cantata Clori, Tirsi e Fileno projects the spirit of invention alive in Rome, where Arcangelo Corelli was busy revolutionising violin writing while the Scarlattis, father and son, thrilled audiences with instrumental writing of quirky flamboyance. £18 £24 £28 £32

Early Music and Baroque Series ELISABETH KULMAN

Markus Roessle

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Wednesday 12 June 7.30 pm

TRULS MØRK cello CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND piano BACH Sonata No. 2 in D BWV1028 DOHNÁNYI Cello Sonata in B b Op. 8 DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minor FRANCK Sonata in A for cello and piano Truls Mørk and Christian Ihle Hadland have developed their special duo partnership thanks not least to performances of such great landmarks of the repertoire for cello and piano as the cello sonatas for Debussy and Franck. They open their programme with Bach’s vivacious second sonata for viola da gamba and keyboard as a sprightly companion to the young Erno˝ Dohnányi’s Cello Sonata, described by Donald Tovey as ‘an important work’. TRULS MØRK

Morten Krogvold and Virgin Classics

£15 £20 £25 £30 Supported by an anonymous donor

Chamber Music Season

Thursday 13 June 7.30 pm

Thursday 13 June 11.00 am – 12 noon

SOLOISTS OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

ENSEMBLE 360 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT SIR SCALLYWAG AND THE GOLDEN UNDERPANTS

MOZART String Quintet in B b K174 IRELAND Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet BRAHMS String Sextet in G Op. 36

When King Colin’s Golden Underpants go missing and the royal bottom is bared, it’s Sir Scallywag to the rescue! Brave and bold, he’s the perfect knight for the job … and what does it matter that he’s only six! Alongside pieces such as Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Sir Scallywag features lots of audience participation and illustrated projections (including a brief appearance of the King’s bottom!). Based on the book written by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Korky Paul and published by Puffin, Penguin Books Ltd. Music by Paul Rissmann.

The soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra return for their seventh season of Chamber Contrasts concerts with two charming programmes in 2013 featuring some of the Orchestra’s finest performers. In the second of two concerts the Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra present three works for quintet and sextet from the pens of Mozart, Ireland and Brahms.

£2.50 (not part of subscription scheme)

£12 £16 £22 £26

Supported by The Monument Trust, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

Chamber Music Season

Key Stage 1 Schools’ Concert

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

ENSEMBLE 360

Benjamin Ealovega

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Saturday 15 June 7.30 pm

TRIO SHAHAM EREZ WALLFISCH HAGAI SHAHAM violin ARNON EREZ piano RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello

ELIZABETH WALLFISCH viola RAPHAEL WALLFISCH 60 TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT GRIEG Andante con moto SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in B b D898 BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60

FINGHIN COLLINS

Colm Hogan

Friday 14 June 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

FINGHIN COLLINS piano HAYDN Piano Sonata in E b HXVI:49 CHOPIN Mazurka in B b Op. 17 No. 1; Mazurka in E minor Op. 17 No. 2; Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 BRAHMS Rhapsody in B minor Op. 79 No. 1; Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2 SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946

Join world renowned cellist, Raphael Wallfisch, as he celebrates his 60th birthday with family and friends in a programme that includes two of the greatest chamber works by Schubert and Brahms. The evening’s spirit of celebration extends to Grieg’s trio, completed on 15 June 170 years ago. £12 £18 £24 £28 Supported by Stentor Music Co Ltd

Chamber Music Season

One of Ireland’s most distinguished musicians, Finghin Collins made his international breakthrough as winner of the 1999 Clara Haskil Competition before establishing his reputation with interpretations of arresting insight, imagination and eloquence. His Wigmore Hall programme takes wing with a work aptly described by its composer as ‘rather difficult but full of feeling’ and includes Brahms’s beautifully crafted, emotionally elusive Op. 79 Rhapsodies. £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Friday 14 June 10.00 pm

PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE reciter PIERS LANE piano

RAPHAEL WALLFISCH

Benjamin Ealovega

ADMISSION: ONE SHILLING Award-winning actress Patricia Routledge and pianist Piers Lane tell the extraordinary story of Myra Hess and her famous wartime National Gallery concerts. In Dame Myra’s own words (compiled by her great-nephew, composer Nigel Hess) with piano music by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Chopin, we hear how the ‘great adventure’ of these 1600 lunchtime concerts began, and how it continued while bombs rained down on London. This uplifting one act piece about the healing power of music is directed by Christopher Luscombe. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE AND PIERS LANE

Gussie Welch

Wigmore Lates @ 36

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Tuesday 18 June 7.30 pm

KOPELMAN QUARTET SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 13 in B b minor Op. 138 TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22

PHILIP HIGHAM

Sussie Ahlburg

Sunday 16 June 11.30 am

PHILIP HIGHAM cello ROBERT THOMPSON piano

After two decades as first violin with the Borodin Quartet, Mikhail Kopelman launched his own ensemble in 2002. The Kopelman Quartet comprises four generous musical personalities with around 150 years of collective experience to their credit. They here contrast the radiant lyricism of Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ quartet with Shostakovich’s melancholic thirteenth string quartet and the heartfelt spontaneity of Tchaikovsky’s second string quartet. £12 £18 £24 £28

Chamber Music Season

MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 1 in B b Op. 45 BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 Among works worthy of wider recognition, few can compete with Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata No. 1 in B b Op. 45. The three-movement composition, completed in October 1838, appears to have been influenced by earlier models. Philip Higham, winner of the 2008 Bach Leipzig and 2009 Lutosl´awski Competitions, performs the piece in company with Beethoven’s G minor Cello Sonata of 1796. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Monday 17 June 1.00 pm

KOPELMAN QUARTET

Hans Speekenbrink

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR piano Selection of BACH transcriptions BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 4 in E b Op. 7 LISZT Valse de l’opera Faust de Gounod – Paraphrase de concert S407 Critical superlatives, however liberally applied, are barely sufficient to encompass the full range of Benjamin Grosvenor’s artistic achievements. The American Record Guide came closest to the definitive mark when it described him as a ‘Golden Age’ pianist, drawing favourable comparisons with great names from times past. Works by Bach, Beethoven and Liszt provide the measure of Grosvenor’s artistry in this lunchtime’s recital. £12 concs £10

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

Sussie Ahlburg

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Wednesday 19 June 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT EVENT 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. £6 or free with evening concert (separate ticket required) (not part of subscription scheme)

Wednesday 19 June 7.30 pm

BERNARDA FINK

Klemen Breitfuss

RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLE Thursday 20 June 7.30 pm

GLAZUNOV String Quintet in A Op. 39 BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 For their latest Wigmore Hall appearance, members of the Razumovsky Ensemble connect with the power of five. Their programme brings together two strikingly mature quintets created while their composers were still young. Alexander Glazunov’s String Quintet in A, with its romantic slow movement and distinctly Russian melodic style, stands here together with the tempestuous F minor Piano Quintet of Brahms. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano MARCOS FINK bass-baritone ANTHONY SPIRI piano BRAHMS So wünsch ich ihr ein gute Nacht; Schwesterlein; Ach, englische Schäferin SCHUBERT Hektors Abschied; Mignon und der Harfner from Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister; Selma und Selmar; Licht und Liebe WOLF Herr, was trägt der Boden hier from Spanisches Liederbuch; Wunden trägst du, mein Geliebter BRAHMS Die Nonne und der Ritter; Vor der Tür; Es rauschet das Wasser; Der Jäger und sein Liebchen LAJOVIC Mesec v izbi; Kaj bi le gledal GERBIC˘ V noc˘i SKERJANC Poc˘itek pod goro; Beli oblaki IPAVEC Pomladni poc˘itek GUASTAVINO Campanilla; Las achiras coloradas; La flor de aguapé FLEURY Cruzando tu olvido/ Camino de tu recuerdo CARRILLO La ofrenda del trovado PIAZZOLLA Jacinto Chiclana; El Títere LÓPEZ BUCHARDO Vidala LASALA Tropilla de estrellas Bernarda Fink brings her Wigmore Hall Residency to a close with a captivating programme of duets and songs familiar and rare, reflecting her Slovenian heritage, Argentinean upbringing and personal musical passions. She is joined by her brother Marcos and the wonderfully versatile pianist Anthony Spiri. Prepare to discover fine compositions by, among others, Fran Gerbic˘, Josip Ipavec, Carlos Gustavino and Carlos López Buchardo. £15 £20 £25 £30 Supported by the Benefactor Friends of Wigmore Hall

Song Recital Series/Bernarda Fink Residency MAXIM RYSANOV, RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLE

Irina Podushko

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Saturday 22 June 7.30 pm Friday 21 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

MARTIN HÄßLER baritone

MAREK RUSZCZYNSKI piano

GUILDHALL WIGMORE RECITAL PRIZE SCHUBERT Des Sängers Habe; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Der Wanderer; Bei dir allein! WOLF Begegnung; Denk’ es, o Seele!; Wo find ich Trost?; Lied eines Verliebten; An eine Äolsharfe; Der Jäger MUSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death FINZI Let us garlands bring The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards a talented Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. German baritone Martin Häßler is the recipient of this year’s award, and his winner’s recital promises to be a special occasion.

FRETWORK CAROLYN SAMPSON soprano BYRD Pavan and Galliard in 6 parts; My mind to me a kingdom is; Fantasia a 6; Though Amaryllis dance in green; In Nomine; O that most rare breast; Three 3-part fantasias; My mistress had a little dog; Prelude and Ground; Browning a 5; La virginella; Constant Penelope; Fantasia a 5 ‘Two in one’; In Nomine; Truth at the first; The noble famous Queen (or While Phoebus us’d to dwell); Fantasia a 6; Out of the orient crystal skies By turns exquisite, uplifting, heartbreaking and entrancing, this programme of Byrd’s consort songs and instrumental works has something for every taste. The composer’s depth of expression and inventive range are matched to ideal performers in the form of Carolyn Sampson and Fretwork, outstanding interpreters of music from late Tudor and early Jacobean times. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

£12 concs £10

Friday 21 June 10.00 pm

CALEFAX

CAROLYN SAMPSON

Marco Borggreve

BACH Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Raaf Hekkema) Raaf Hekkema’s arrangements for saxophone have become a staple of the instrument’s concert repertoire. A founding member of Calefax, he joins his colleagues for a late-night date with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. ‘Hekkema is mad, but it is a brilliant kind of madness,’ observed the Dutch music magazine Luister of his saxophone version of Paganini’s Caprices. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. Wigmore Lates @ 36 CALEFAX

Rob Marinissen

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Sunday 23 June 7.30 pm

SUSAN TOMES piano ERICH HÖBARTH violin MOZART Violin Sonata in D K306; Violin Sonata in F K376; 6 Variations in G minor ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360; Piano Sonata in B b K570; Violin Sonata in E b K481 Musical intelligence, expressive honesty and artistic integrity leap to mind when thinking of the work of Susan Tomes and Erich Höbarth. This is the second in their pair of Mozart programmes at Wigmore Hall this season. ‘Musical partnership at its most convivial, intimate and intuitive … the effect was golden’ Herald £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

PAUL MEYER

Sunday 23 June 11.30 am

SUSAN TOMES

Richard Lewisohn

PAUL MEYER clarinet FRANÇOIS SALQUE cello ERIC LE SAGE piano BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 FAURÉ Trio in D minor Op. 120 (original version for clarinet, cello and piano) Manufacturing advances and the related rise of virtuoso performers drew many composers to the clarinet in the 19th century’s second half. Brahms, for example, was inspired by Richard Mühlfeld’s playing and wrote the Clarinet Trio in A minor for him. Paul Meyer and his Le Sage Trio companions pair Brahms’s sublime score with another late masterwork, Fauré’s D minor Trio in its original version. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

ERICH HÖBARTH

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Thursday 27 June 7.30 pm

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano IVES Piano Sonata No. 2 ‘Concord, Mass’ BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 There is always a sense of occasion when Marc-André Hamelin performs, magnified by the Canadian pianist’s total immersion in his typically bold repertoire choices and compelling musicianship. Hamelin’s latest Wigmore Hall programme promises to be no exception, as he embraces virtuoso pianism with works by Ives and Brahms. ESCHER STRING QUARTET

J. Henry Fair

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series Monday 24 June 1.00 pm

ESCHER STRING QUARTET PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92 RAVEL String Quartet in F The Escher String Quartet has established a loyal following among connoisseurs of fine chamber music-making. This BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Recital opens with Prokofiev’s second string quartet, a product of the second year of war between Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Nazi empire. The piece, based on folksongs from the North Caucasus, complements the lyrical lines and élan of Ravel’s String Quartet in F of 1903. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN

Sim Canetty Clarke

Monday 24 June 7.30 pm

TILL FELLNER piano HAYDN Piano Sonata in B minor HXVI:32 MOZART Piano Sonata in F K533/494 BACH From The Well-tempered Clavier Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C BWV870; Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV871; Prelude and Fugue in C # BWV872; Prelude and Fugue in C # minor BWV873 SCHUMANN Études symphoniques Op. 13 Till Fellner made his name as an interpreter of the Viennese classics. The Austrian pianist, born in 1972, took a sabbatical from public performance in 2012 to study new repertoire. He returns to Wigmore Hall with a coruscating programme of works crowned by Schumann’s Études symphoniques Op. 13, a virtuosic set of variations on a theme. £15 £20 £25 £30 Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall TILL FELLNER

Jean Baptiste-Millot

London Pianoforte Series

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Saturday 29 June 7.30 pm

SARAH FOX soprano IVAN LUDLOW baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano THE LAST MASTERS? Programme to include YESTERDAY… POULENC Hier; 1904 … AND THE DAY BEFORE RAVEL Sur l’herbe POULENC L’offrande RAVEL Ronsard à son âme POULENC La maîtresse volage DANIEL BEHLE

Marco Borggreve

Friday 28 June 7.30 pm

PARISIANA POULENC Hôtel; Vous n’écrivez plus?; Montparnasse; La grenouillère; Avant le cinéma DREAMS AND FANCIES POULENC Fancy RAVEL Rêves; Chanson romanesque from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée POULENC Voyage from Calligrammes; Toréador

Wigmore Hall Debut

DANIEL BEHLE tenor SVEINUNG BJELLAND piano SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin Daniel Behle makes his Wigmore Hall debut by scaling one of the high peaks of song. The young German tenor’s Lieder recitals have garnered praise from his native Hamburg to Munich and at the Schwetzingen Festival and Austria’s Schubertiade. Die schöne Müllerin, a setting of twenty poems by Wilhelm Müller, explores a narrative of love and loss in music of the utmost humanity.

‘The Last Masters?’, the title of Graham Johnson’s final French Series programme, raises a rhetorical question about the place of Ravel and Poulenc in the history of French song. Sarah Fox and Ivan Ludlow will explore works as diverse as Ravel’s ‘Ronsard à son âme’, which the composer jokingly suggested was the only one of his mélodies that he could accompany while smoking, Poulenc’s ‘La grenouillère’ and his delicious ‘La maîtresse volage’.

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Song Recital Series

SARAH FOX

Song Recital Series/French Song Series: Le Plus Doux Chemin

Graham Mellanby

IVAN LUDLOW

Maya Medic

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Tuesday 2 July 7.30 pm

IMOGEN COOPER piano SCHUBERT Allegretto in C minor D915; Piano Sonata in C D840 ‘Reliquie’; 4 Impromptus D935; 12 Deutsche (Ländler) D790; Piano Sonata in A minor D845 Wigmore Hall’s celebration of Schubert continues with the penultimate recital of Imogen Cooper’s complete cycle of the composer’s piano sonatas. Her programme comprises two works, the C major and A minor sonatas, written in 1825. Schubert abandoned his Piano Sonata in C after completing only two of its intended four movements. The piece was mistakenly published in 1861 as the composer’s final work, a noble ‘relic’ from a great master. Imogen Cooper’s Schubert cycle concludes on 19 October 2013. ELIAS STRING QUARTET

Benjamin Ealovega

£18 £25 £30 £35

Sunday 30 June 11.30 am

ELIAS STRING QUARTET

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2012 – 13 Wigmore Series

London Pianoforte Series/Schubert: A Celebration

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E b Op. 12 BRITTEN String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 Named for the German title of Mendelssohn’s impassioned oratorio Elijah, the Elias String Quartet has become synonymous with the composer’s works. They open their Coffee Concert with the String Quartet in E flat Op. 12, an extraordinarily inventive product of Mendelssohn’s famous visit to England and Scotland in 1829 and worthy companion to Britten’s last substantial composition. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert IMOGEN COOPER

Sussie Ahlburg

Monday 1 July 1.00 pm

ROYAL STRING QUARTET DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 This season has been an intensely busy and satisfying one for Poland’s Royal String Quartet, marked not least by the latest edition of their Kwartesencja Festival in Warsaw. This lunchtime recital brings together Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, which includes Russian influences in its stylistic mix, and Tchaikovsky’s folk-inspired first string quartet of 1871. £12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

ROYAL STRING QUARTET

Lukasz Pepol

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Thursday 4 July 7.30 pm

BELCEA QUARTET TILL FELLNER piano SCHUBERT String Trio in B b D581 MOZART String Quartet in B b K589 ‘Prussian’ ˘ ÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81 DVOR Expect creative sparks to fly when the Belcea Quartet and Till Fellner join forces to perform Dvor˘ák’s second piano quintet, one of the finest of all compositions for string quartet and piano. The Belceas preface the songful second of Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ quartets with Schubert’s String Trio in B b D581, the strongly individual work of a twenty-year-old genius. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

BELCEA QUARTET

Ronald Knapp

Wednesday 3 July 7.30 pm

ATOS Trio RACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posth BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E b Op. 70 No. 2 BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version) Recent recipients of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust’s Special Ensemble Fellowship, the ATOS Trio are in demand worldwide for their artistry, enterprise and ability to connect with audiences of all ages. Their programme includes Brahms’s transformative reflections on his early Piano Trio No. 1 in B. The composer created the work in 1854 and rewrote almost all of it forty-five years later after his publisher bought the rights to his early published compositions. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season ATOS TRIO

Steven Haberland

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IESTYN DAVIES RESIDENCY: ‘A SINGULARITY OF VOICE’

Friday 5 July 10.00 pm

AMSTEL QUARTET REMCO JAK soprano saxophone OLIVIER SLIEPEN alto saxophone BAS APSWOUDE tenor saxophone TIES MELLEMA baritone saxophone RIVIER Grave et presto SWEELINCK Chromatic Fantasy (arr. B. Apswoude) BRAHMS Poco Allegretto from Symphony No. 3 in F Op. 90 (arr. R. Jak) MICHAEL NYMAN Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 (arr. D. Roach) BARBER Adagio from Op. 11 (arr. J. van der Linden) TAN DUN Three movements from 8 Pieces in Hunan Accent (arr. B. Apswoude)

IESTYN DAVIES

Benjamin Ealovega

Friday 5 July 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

IESTYN DAVIES countertenor THOMAS DUNFORD lute JONATHAN MANSON viol FLOW MY TEARS – SONGS FOR LUTE, VIOL AND VOICE JOHNSON Have you seen the bright lily grow?; Care-charming sleep; From the famous Peak of Derby DANYEL Mrs M E her funeral tears for the death of her husband; Why canst thou not?; Can doleful notes? CAMPION Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore NICO MUHLY New work* (world première) DOWLAND Come again! Sweet love doth now invite; In darkness let me dwell; Can she excuse my wrongs; Flow my tears; The frogg Galliard; Now, O now I needs must part

With a sure sense of style, musical insight and unrestrained passion, the Amstel Quartet has redefined expectations of how a saxophone quartet should sound. The Dutch ensemble’s performances of arrangements and original compositions are guaranteed both to thrill and move, central conditions of an artistic mission launched in 1997 when its members were still at school. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. Wigmore Lates @ 36

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. Nico Muhly is published by St Rose Music (New York).

Iestyn Davies closes his Wigmore Hall residency with a voyage around the thrilling world of late Tudor and Stuart lute songs and a new work by Nico Muhly. He opens with music by Robert Johnson, composer of the original settings of several of Shakespeare’s lyrics. Poetic eloquence runs through the work of John Danyel, Thomas Campion and, above all, John Dowland, whose feeling for emotional extremes surges through songs such as ‘Can she excuse my wrongs’ and ‘Flow my tears’.

AMSTEL QUARTET

Marco Borggreve

£18 £25 £30 £35 Supported by the Iestyn Davies Syndicate

Early Music and Baroque Series/Song Recital Series/ Iestyn Davies Residency: ‘A Singularity of Voice’

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Saturday 6 July 7.30 pm

SERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin LUSINE KHACHATRYAN piano YSAŸE AND HIS FRIENDS YSAŸE Solo sonatas from Op. 27 Works by SAINT-SAËNS and DEBUSSY FRANCK Sonata in A for violin and piano Born in 1858 in Liege, Ysaÿe was the most famous violin virtuoso of his time and a pioneer of 20th-century violin playing. Sergey and Lusine Khachatryan present a first half of his sonatas interspersed with short works by the violinist–composer’s friends, Saint-Saëns and Debussy among them, culminating in the second half with César Franck’s ineffably beautiful Sonata in A. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

GALLICANTUS

Saturday 6 July 4.00 pm

GALLICANTUS LASSUS Lagrime di San Pietro Orlande de Lassus, Europe’s most famous musician during his lifetime, created nothing finer than the Lagrime di San Pietro, a collection of twenty spiritual madrigals and one motet for seven voices. The cycle was assembled shortly before the composer’s death in 1594 and dedicated to Pope Clement VIII. Gallicantus (Latin for ‘song of the rooster’) here direct their wealth of collective experience to Lassus’s intense reflections on the sorrows of St Peter following his denial of Christ. This concert will be approximately 60 minutes with no interval £12 concs £10

SERGEY AND LUSINE KHACHATRYAN

Lydie Nesvadba

Early Music and Baroque Series

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Monday 8 July 1.00 pm

TAI MURRAY violin ASHLEY WASS piano SZYMANOWSKI Myths Op. 30 SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121

THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE

John Clarke

Sunday 7 July 11.30 am

THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE

Tai Murray’s artistry has been described as ‘superb’ by the New York Times. She was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2008 to 2010 and has since earned rave reviews for her recording of Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin. Murray is joined by Ashley Wass, another rising star of the younger generation, to explore the impressionistic harmonies and programmatic elements of Szymanowski’s Myths and Schumann’s turbulent second violin sonata. £12 concs £10

˚ Piano Quartet MARTINU FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 Wartime exile in New York intensified Martinu˚ ’s homesickness for Czechoslovakia. His Piano Quartet echoes the style and gestures of Moravian folksong, in a score that helped its composer reconnect with his Czech roots. The Schubert Ensemble’s Coffee Concert programme explores another work influenced by personal circumstances, Fauré’s C minor Piano Quartet, which was affected by the devastating collapse of the composer’s engagement to Marianne Viardot in 1877.

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 7 July 7.30 pm Wigmore Hall Debut

NORA GUBISCH mezzo-soprano ALAIN ALTINOGLU piano

TAI MURRAY

Marco Borggreve

DEBUSSY Chansons de Bilitis RAVEL Cinq mélodies populaires grecques GRANADOS From Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo: El mirar de la maja; La maja dolorosa I, II & III; El tra-la-la y el punteado RAVEL Histoires naturelles; Mélodies hébraïques FALLA Siete canciones populares españolas French mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch is widely admired for her performances of Bizet’s Carmen and Massenet’s Charlotte. She and her regular duo partner Alain Altinoglu recently recorded Ravel’s Histoires naturelles and settings of Jewish and Greek texts. Their penetrating interpretations flow from the emotional tone of the words and their expression in music of the utmost imagination, wit and beauty. £15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series

NORA GUBISCH

Brian Benson

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Wednesday 10 July 7.30 pm

NELSON GOERNER piano CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 DEBUSSY Images, Series I; L’isle joyeuse GUASTAVINO Bailecito; Tierra linda GRANADOS From Goyescas: Quejas, o La maja y el ruiseñor; El Amor y la muerte LISZT Rhapsodie espagnole S254 Nelson Goerner grew up listening to Artur Rubinstein’s incandescent Chopin recordings and also drew lifelong lessons from Alfred Cortot’s lyrical approach to the composer. The Argentine pianist opens his recital with Chopin’s ineffably beautiful Fantaisie in F minor before moving to works by other composers close to his heart, his countryman Carlos Guastavino among them. £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

ANNETTE DASCH

Daniel Pasche

Tuesday 9 July 7.30 pm

ANNETTE DASCH soprano HELMUT DEUTSCH piano MAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen; Trost im Unglück; Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz; Lied des Verfolgten im Turm; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen; Urlicht; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht; Ich ging mit Lust; Verlorne Müh; Scheiden und Meiden ZEMLINSKY Altdeutsches Minnelied; Das bucklichte Männlein; Entbietung; Meeraugen SCHOENBERG Wie Georg von Frundsberg von sich selber sang; Warnung; Mädchenlied; Der Wanderer KORNGOLD Schneeglöckchen; Die Sperlinge; Was Du mir bist?; Mit Dir zu schweigen; Welt ist stille eingeschlafen Fin de siècle Vienna holds an enduring fascination today, for its revolutionary creativity and nervous mix of social conservatism and individual freedom. Annette Dasch and Helmut Deutsch have devised an evening of songs by four great figures from the Habsburg capital, touching on the late romanticism of Korngold, the revelatory soundscapes of Gustav Mahler and songs by two extraordinary sons of Vienna, Arnold Schoenberg and his brother-in-law, Alexander Zemlinsky.

NELSON GOERNER

Jean Baptiste-Millot

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Song Recital Series

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Friday 12 July 10.00 pm

THE PRINCE CONSORT ANNA LEESE soprano JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano TIM MEAD countertenor ANDREW STAPLES tenor JACQUES IMBRAILO baritone ALISDAIR HOGARTH artistic director, piano COPLAND 12 poems of Emily Dickinson (excerpts) JAKE HEGGIE How well I knew the light NED ROREM Two sonnets for two singers JAKE HEGGIE The moon is a mirror; Facing forward/Looking back Jake Heggie’s song-cycle for soprano, mezzosoprano and piano, Facing forward/ Looking back, entered the world in 2007 at the Ravinia Festival, carrying with it words of fond memory and strong impressions of significant women in the composer’s life: his mother, two sisters and others. Heggie’s reflections on the human condition are interleaved with fine American songs by Ned Rorem and Aaron Copland. £12 concs £10

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with music from 11.15 pm. This is a free event, with no ticket required. PIETER WISPELWEY

Hang-Jin Cho

Wigmore Lates @ 36/Song Recital Series/ The Prince Consort American Song Series

Thursday 11 July 7.30 pm

PIETER WISPELWEY cello CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN piano DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minor PROKOFIEV Cello Sonata in C Op. 119 POULENC Cello Sonata STRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella arr. for cello and piano Cellists have been ever grateful to Debussy for creating a sonata for their instrument, among the finest works in the repertoire. Pieter Wispelwey and Cédric Tiberghien have programmed the piece together with three other outstanding compositions. Poulenc’s Cello Sonata of 1948 was informed by discussions with its dedicatee Pierre Fournier, while its near contemporary, Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata in C, was inspired by the superhuman energy and formidable artistry of the young Mstislav Rostropovich. £15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

THE PRINCE CONSORT

Richard Ecclestone

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Saturday 13 July 7.30 pm

MARINO

FORMENTI P I A N O LISZT INSPECTIONS LISZT Ungarische Volkslieder S245 No. 5 GYÖRGY KURTÁG Doina from Játékok LISZT Klavierstück S189a GYÖRGY KURTÁG ... Waiting for Susan ... LISZT Bagatelle sans tonalité S216a GÉRARD PESSON Speech of clouds from Vexierbilder II LIGETI Etude No. 3 ‘Touches bloquées’ LISZT Funérailles S173 No. 7 WOLFGANG RIHM Klavierstücke No. 7 GALINA USTVOLSKAYA Piano Sonata No. 6 LISZT Au lac de Wallenstadt from Années de pèlerinage S160 BERIO Wasserklavier LISZT En rêve S207 LIGETI Etude No. 11 ‘En suspens’ TRISTAN MURAIL Cloches d’adieu, et un sourire LISZT Abendglocken from Weihnachtsbaum S186 JOHN ADAMS China Gates LISZT In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi S188 SALVATORE SCIARRINO Polveri laterali LISZT Resignazione S263/187a FELDMAN Piano Piece

The Los Angeles Times heralded Marino Formenti as ‘a Glenn Gould for the twenty-first century, a visionary for whom the usual limitations of technique or tradition are not an issue’. The Italian-born pianist and conductor held his Wigmore Hall audience spellbound in 2011 with a programme of seventy keyboard miniatures, from Machaut and Scarlatti to Boulez, Kurtág and Stockhausen. He returns with an intricately designed programme of works by Liszt, interspersed with works by contemporary composers. £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series Photo by David Ruano

RAY CHEN

NAVARRA STRING QUARTET

Sussie Ahlburg

Sunday 14 July 11.30 am

NAVARRA STRING QUARTET SCHUBERT String Quartet in E b D87 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Count Andrey Razumovsky, Russian ambassador to the Austrian court, immortalised his family name when he commissioned three new quartets from Beethoven. The ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets were written for the larger-than-life violinist and quartet leader Ignaz Schuppanzigh, affectionately known to Beethoven as ‘My Lord Falstaff ’. The Navarra String Quartet, acclaimed for its refinement and dramatic expression, explores the second of the delightful ‘Razumovsky’ quartets alongside one of Schubert’s early quartets. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

RAY CHEN

Tuesday 16 July 7.30 pm

CHETHAM’S CELEBRATION Sunday 14 July 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT EVENT CHETHAM’S – ‘LOOKING TO THE FUTURE’ Director of Music Stephen Threlfall with guests and music. Free (ticket required)

Sunday 14 July 7.30 pm

CONCERT Outstanding past and present students join together for a special concert that marks the school’s first performance at Wigmore Hall. Featuring Chetham’s Alumni LEON McCAWLEY and GUY JOHNSON in Schumann’s Piano Quintet alongside BBC Young Musician Winner PETER MOORE and Concerto Finalists CALLUM SMART and YUANFAN YANG.

Wigmore Hall Debut

RAY CHEN violin JULIEN QUENTIN piano MOZART Violin Sonata in Bb K454 BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 YSAŸE Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud) SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise in E Op. 83; Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28 The Strad was captivated by Ray Chen’s winning performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in the 2008 Menuhin Competition, struck not least by his ‘glowing sound’ and ‘beautiful bow control’. Likewise, his work in the final of the 2009 International Queen Elisabeth Competition earned first prize and critical plaudits. Born in Taiwan in 1989 and raised in Australia, Chen’s musicianship and mature artistry have propelled his solo career. He makes his Wigmore Hall debut with works bristling with virtuosity, poetic grace and heart-on-sleeve outbursts.

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Chamber Music Season Photo of Leon McCawley by Clive Barda

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Friday 19 July 2.00 pm – Schools & Community Groups Matinee 6.30 pm – Evening Performance

COMMUNITY CHAMBER OPERA Tenor ANDREW KENNEDY and chamber ensemble IGNITE appear alongside a cast of over 140 local participants of all ages in this fully staged chamber opera, commissioned by Wigmore Hall Learning to bring to a close our Britten centenary celebrations. Written by KERRY ANDREW (British Composer Awards Winner 2010) and directed by HAZEL GOULD (librettist for RPS Award Winning We Are Shadows), this brand new work celebrates Britten’s love of the folk tradition with a theatrical exploration of intriguing personal stories and histories from across Westminster. 2.00 pm – Free (please book for this performance through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concs £3 (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by The Monument Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 20 July 7.30 pm YEVGENY SUDBIN

Clive Barda

Thursday 18 July 7.30 pm

YEVGENY SUDBIN piano LISZT Funérailles S173 No. 7; Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie; Transcendental Study No. 11 in D flat S138 ‘Harmonies du soir’; Transcendental Study No. 10 in F minor S138 ‘Allegro agitato molto’ SCARLATTI Sonata in G minor; Sonata in B minor Kk27 MOZART Lacrimosa (arr. Sudbin) DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse SKRYABIN Piano Sonata No. 5 in F # Op. 53 Yevgeny Sudbin’s recent performances and recordings continue to garner the highest acclaim and have secured his international reputation as one of the most original and gifted of today’s young pianists. He returns to the London Pianoforte Series with a typically thoughtful and interesting programme, crowned by Skryabin’s monumental fifth piano sonata, a symphonic poem for keyboard. ‘He plays with passion, drive, dexterity, discretion and dynamism’ Daily Telegraph £15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano FIONA SHAW reader JULIUS DRAKE piano A MUSIC OF ONE’S OWN: FROM THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF ARGENTO From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Sarah Connolly and Fiona Shaw join Julius Drake for the final instalment in his ‘Perspectives’ series at Wigmore Hall. The spotlight falls here on Dominick Argento’s Pulitzer Prize-winning From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, a cycle of eight songs written in 1974 for Dame Janet Baker, presented together with readings from the novelist’s letters and journals. Three of Argento’s haunting songs are based on diary entries from the last year of Woolf’s troubled life, which ended with her suicide in 1941. This programme is compiled by Dr Kate Kennedy of the University of Cambridge. This concert will be approximately 60 minutes with no interval £12 concs £10 (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

Song Recital Series/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’

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Sunday 21 July 11.30 am

TALICH QUARTET MOZART String Quartet in G K387 ˘ ÁK String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ DVOR Since its foundation in 1964, the Talich Quartet has been internationally recognised as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles and, through a gradual and complete change in personnel during the 1990s, retained its status at the top as fresh insight met a wealth of performing experience. Renowned for its deep understanding and immersion in the great Czech musical tradition, the ensemble presents Dvor˘ák’s ‘American’ string quartet alongside a work written by Mozart in Vienna and dedicated to Haydn. £12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR

Ernest W. Gruber

Tuesday 23 July 7.30 pm

CHRISTIANE KARG* soprano WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR baritone GRAHAM JOHNSON piano CORNELIUS Four duets: Brennende Liebe; Am Meer; Komm herbei, Tod!; Verratene Liebe CORNELIUS Trauer und Trost LISZT Der du von dem Himmel bist; Freudvoll und leidvoll; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Ihr Glocken von Marling CORNELIUS In der Ferne; Botschaft; Am Rhein; Gedenken; In Lust und Schmerzen; Komm’, wir wandeln zusammen im Mondschein; Möcht’ im Walde mit dir geh’n LISZT Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Im Rhein, im schönen Strome; S’il est un charmant gazon; Comment, disaient-ils; Il m’aimait tant!; Oh! quand je dors CORNELIUS Four duets: Scheiden und Meiden; Liebesprobe; Ich und Du; Der beste Liebesbrief

TALICH QUARTET

Bernard Martinez/La Dolce Volta

Since launching his international career in 1989 with a sensational Wigmore Hall recital, Wolfgang Holzmair has been a standard-bearer for excellence and eloquence in song performance. The Austrian baritone’s deeply cultured feeling for words and ability to communicate countless shades of poetic sentiment are perfectly suited to his choice of repertoire. In demand at the world’s leading opera houses, young Bavarian soprano Christiane Karg enjoys a busy international career, and returns to the Wigmore stage following her wonderful debut at the Hall last season. £15 £20 £25 £30

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

Song Recital Series/Wolfgang Holzmair Retrospective Series

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Thursday 25 July 7.30 pm

CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN tenor MICHAEL GEES piano SONGS OF TAKING LEAVE AND OF TRAVEL SCHUBERT Willkommen und Abschied; Die Sterne; Nachtstück; Das Zügenglöcklein; Der Wanderer (D489); Wandrers Nachtlied I; Über Wildemann; Der Geistertanz; Erlkönig; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Sehnsucht; Der Musensohn; Auf der Brücke; Im Abendrot; Rastlose Liebe; Lied des gefangenen Jägers; An die Türen will ich schleichen from Gesänge des Harfners I; Der Wanderer (D649); Der Wanderer an den Mond; Der Einsame; Der Schiffer (D536); An Schwager Kronos; Der Doppelgänger from Schwanengesang; Nacht und Träume

ELIZABETH KENNY

Richard Haughton

Wednesday 24 July 7.30 pm

THEATRE OF THE AYRE NICHOLAS MULROY tenor MATTHEW BROOK bass-baritone ELIZABETH KENNY lute, orpharion, theorbo JACOB HERINGMAN lute, orpharion, cittern

WITH DOUBLE VOYCE: SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DIALOGUES AND DUOS

Christoph Prégardien’s Schubert is always true to the composer, to the emotional temperature, expressive dimensions and spirit of songs as diverse in style and mood as ‘Erlkönig’, ‘Sehnsucht’, ‘Der Einsame’ and ‘Der Wanderer an den Mond’. The German lyric tenor and his duo partner Michael Gees offer a microcosm of Schubert’s Lieder as part of this season’s Wigmore Hall series Schubert: A Celebration. £15 £20 £25 £30 Supported by the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Song Recital Series/Schubert: A Celebration

DOWLAND Humour say what mak’st thou here; Dowland’s Adieu for Master Oliver Cromwell; I saw my lady weep; Die not before thy day; My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home; Praise blindness, eyes; Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears; Flow my tears; Galliard to Lachrimae; Can she excuse my wrongs; My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard (duet on one lute) MORLEY Thirsis and Milla LAWES Charon, O Charon; Charon, O gentle Charon; All these lye howling PURCELL I saw fair Cloris all alone; As Amoret and Thyrsis lay; Let the night perish (Job’s Curse) BLOW Enough, my muse, of earthly things ANON Ah Phyllis! AKEROYDE A new Scotch song; Lillibulero PURCELL Corydon and Mopsa from The Fairy Queen; An Evening Hymn Seven songs in Dowland’s Second Book (1600) including his signature ‘Flow my Tears’, were set for two voices. Conversations between the soul and the body, Orpheus and Charon and Corydon and the near-female Mopsa – two British comedy staples – were dramatised in music coloured by duelling lutes, orpharions, a cittern and a theorbo. £15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN AND MICHAEL GEES

Prégardien/Gees

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Sunday 28 July 11.30 am

ARONOWITZ ENSEMBLE DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor Op. 1 BRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111

JAMES GILCHRIST

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Friday 26 July 7.30 pm

Five years separate the publication in 1890 of Brahms’s so-called ‘Prater’ Quintet and the appearance of Erno˝ Dohnányi’s Op. 1, a product of his student days at the Budapest Academy of Music. The Aronowitz Ensemble presents an enticing chance to hear why Brahms said that he ‘could not have written it better himself’ after reviewing young Dohnányi’s work.

JAMES GILCHRIST tenor ANNA TILBROOK piano

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

SCHUBERT Winterreise

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Supported by John and Amy Ford

Over the past decade James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook have developed profound interpretations of landmarks of the Lieder repertoire, from Schumann’s Dichterliebe to Schubert’s late song-cycles. Their 2011 recording of Winterreise attracted five-star reviews and allowed singer and pianist to dig deep beneath the work’s surface. ‘There is no such thing as a definitive version,’ comments Gilchrist. ‘The work lives anew every time minds talk to each other through music.’ £15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series/Schubert: A Celebration

Saturday 27 July 7.30 pm Final Evening Concert of the 2012 – 13 Season

DIANA DAMRAU soprano XAVIER DE MAISTRE harp SCHUBERT Ständchen from Schwanengesang; Du bist die Ruh; Gretchen am Spinnrade; An die Musik; Ellens Gesang III TÁRREGA Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre) STRAUSS Ständchen; Efeu from Mädchenblumen; Schlagende Herzen; Nichts; Wiegenlied; Beim Schlafengehen from Four Last Songs HAHN Si mes vers avaient des ailes; L’heure exquise from Chansons grises CHAUSSON Le colibri; Le temps de lilas; La cigale GODEFROID Carnaval de Venise (for solo harp) DUPARC Chanson triste; L’invitation au voyage DELL’ACQUA Villanelle A veritable powerhouse in the music of Richard Strauss, Mozart and Verdi, Diana Damrau’s work is in high demand at the world’s leading opera houses. The coloratura soprano’s command of bel canto expression, technical expertise, sheer vitality and presence add irresistible depths to her song recitals, enhanced here by a compelling programme and divine partnership with harpist Xavier de Maistre.

DIANA DAMRAU

Tanja Niemann

£15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS All events listed on pages 74 – 77 will open for booking on 7 February 2013, with the exception of the Family Concert on 5 May, Come and Sing on 29 June and Community Chamber Opera on 19 July, which go on sale to Friends on 11 January 2013 and to Mailing List Subscribers on 24 January 2013. Family Events are supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust Sunday 5 May 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

(not part of subscription scheme)

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STRINGS, BOWS AND BEETHOVEN FAMILY DAY

Thursday 11 April 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

For age 5 plus

RNIB STUDY DAY

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

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CLASSICAL PERFORMERS This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted performers to explore, through talks and workshops, current best practice in presenting their work to venues and promoters, from initial contact to final performance. For more information and for details on how to apply, contact James Risdon, Music Officer, RNIB on 020 7391 2273 or jrisdon@rnib.org.uk

Please bring your instrument along if you play one; all instruments welcome! Adults £12 Children £8

(not part of subscription scheme)

Free (application required) (not part of subscription scheme)

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Saturday 1 June 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Tuesday 4 June 6.00 pm

RNIB FAMILY DAY: BATTLES AND BALLADS

APERITIF, WITH IGNITE

FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN AGED 6 –12 YEARS AND THEIR FAMILIES

EARLY EVENING CONCERT

Discover the stories hidden in the paintings at The Wallace Collection and create your own medieval battle songs. This family day will be jam-packed with activities including armour handling, lyric writing and composing your own music, which you will perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Admission free (ticket required).

Admission free (ticket required)

For more information and booking please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer, on 020 7391 2273 or james.risdon@rnib.org.uk In partnership with the Wallace Collection

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Friday 7 June 9.30 am– 3.30 pm

THE MUSIC TROLLEY – DISCOVER CREATIVE WAYS TO USE CLASSROOM PERCUSSION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR TEACHERS This fun and creative hands-on training course is ideal for primary school teachers and peripatetic music staff who want some ideas on how to use the instruments in a typical primary school music trolley. Led by Inspire-works workshop facilitators, participants will develop playing techniques, learn some traditional music from across the world and discover how these styles, teaching methods and resources link to KS1 and KS2 statutory programmes of study for music in the National Curriculum. All participants will receive a resource pack. Suitable for all types of practitioner. Limited to 25 participants. £20 including refreshments (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by The Monument Trust, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Saturday 29 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

COME AND SING: FOLKSONG The final Come and Sing workshop of the ‘Britten 100’ year focuses on folksongs, in celebration of Britten’s love of collecting folk tales and music and incorporating them into his work. Led by ISABELLE ADAMS, this day will look at music inspired by Britten, as well as folksongs from around the world. Learn some new songs, join in with fun vocal activities and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £18 concs £10 (not part of subscription scheme)

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Thursday 13 June 11.00 am – 12 noon

ENSEMBLE 360 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT Key Stage 1 Schools’ Concert

SIR SCALLYWAG AND THE GOLDEN UNDERPANTS When King Colin’s Golden Underpants go missing and the royal bottom is bared, it’s Sir Scallywag to the rescue! Brave and bold, he’s the perfect knight for the job … and what does it matter that he’s only six! Alongside pieces such as Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Sir Scallywag features lots of audience participation and illustrated projections (including a brief appearance of the King’s bottom!). Based on the book written by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Korky Paul and published by Puffin, Penguin Books Ltd. Music by Paul Rissmann.

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£2.50 (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by The Monument Trust, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

Saturday 15 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

SOUNDS FISHY FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Join singer and animateur KATE MAPP for a Schubert-inspired day of musical activities. Discover the underwater world of his famous song ‘The Trout’ and create your own fun-filled fish fantasia to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. Adults £12 Children £8 (not part of subscription scheme)

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Monday 29 July – Thursday 1 August 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

MUSICAL PORTRAITS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS

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Friday 19 July 2.00 pm – Schools and Community Groups Matinee 6.30 pm – Evening Performance

COMMUNITY CHAMBER OPERA Wigmore Hall Learning presents a new chamber opera bringing together more than 140 local participants of all ages with professional musicians from resident chamber ensemble IGNITE and tenor ANDREW KENNEDY. Written by KERRY ANDREW (British Composer Awards Winner 2010) and directed by HAZEL GOULD (librettist for RPS Award Winning We Are Shadows), this brand new work celebrates Britten’s love of the folk tradition with a theatrical exploration of intriguing personal stories and histories from across Westminster.

Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, experience the famous acoustic of Wigmore Hall and create some brand new music with professional musicians from IGNITE, Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble. Finish by performing your very own pieces on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this 4-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) (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

2.00 pm – Free (please book for this performance through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concs £3 (not part of subscription scheme) Supported by The Monument Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

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Booking Information

BOOKING DATES BOOKING PERIOD 3 Monday 1 April – Sunday 28 July 2013 Friends Priority booking form to reach the Box Office by Friday 11 January 2013 Mailing List Priority booking form to reach the Box Office by Thursday 24 January 2013

Benjamin Ealovega

WIGMORE HALL BOX OFFICE 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

General Public

Tel: 020 7935 2141

By telephone/online from Thursday 7 February 2013

Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Email: (not for bookings) boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk

SUBSCRIPTION BOOKINGS TICKETS

WIGMORE SERIES SUBSCRIPTION (excludes Coffee Concerts, BBC Lunchtime Concerts and other events where stated) Book 12 or more concerts at a 5% discount

BBC LUNCHTIME CONCERT SUBSCRIPTIONS

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

Book 10 or more concerts at a 5% discount Book all concerts in any one booking period at a 10% discount

A-D BALCONY

COFFEE CONCERT SUBSCRIPTIONS

T- X

Book 10 or more concerts at a 5% discount Book all concerts in any one booking period at a 10% discount

Q -S N-P

To qualify for a subscription, the same number of tickets need to be booked for each event. Any tickets bought in addition to a subscription series must be paid for at the full rate.

STA LLS C-M A -B CC BB AA

CC BB

PL ATFO RM

Discounts cannot be combined.

BOOKING INFORMATION 1 April – 28 July 2013

BOX OFFICE HOURS

CAR PARKING

7 days a week: 10.00 am–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: 10.00 am–7.00 pm. Days without an evening concert 10.00am–5.00pm. There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge for each transaction. This includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits.

FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE Full details from 020 7258 8210

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 £2.00. Tickets will then be sent by post. ONLINE BOOKINGS Online booking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is a £1.00 administration charge online. You can select your own seat and make subscription bookings online. TICKETS FOR CONCESSIONS Where a concession (concs) ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed.

OXFORD CIRCUS BOND STREET

GROUP BOOKINGS Discounts of 10% are available for groups of 12 or more, subject to availability. RESTAURANT/BAR Wigmore Hall has its own restaurant and bars serving pre-concert and interval refreshments. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or call 020 7258 8292 for further information. TRANSPORT Tubes: Bond Street (Central, Jubilee lines), Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines). Buses: A number of bus routes pass along Oxford Street.

This brochure is available in alternative formats. Please contact the Box Office if this would be of assistance to you. Telephone: 020 7935 2141 Email: boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk Information in this brochure was correct at the time of printing. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary. Cover photos by Benjamin Ealovega Cover design by WLP Ltd. www.whitelabelproductions.co.uk Brochure design and production by Peter Williamson

BOOKING INFORMATION 1 April – 28 July 2013

Supporting Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall’s size brings an unparalleled sense of intimacy to every performance and is loved by audiences and musicians alike. However, the limitation that this places on audience numbers means that ticket sales alone cannot meet all our costs. Additional support from individuals, companies and charitable foundations is vital in order to ensure that the world’s finest musicians, together with promising young performers, can continue to appear at Wigmore Hall. If you would like to support the 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 this season: HONORARY PATRONS Aubrey Adams Donald Kahn OBE Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan

SEASON PATRONS 2012/13 Aubrey Adams* American Friends of Wigmore Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* William and Alex de Winton* The Fidelio Charitable Trust David B Rockwell* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* ’Scilla and Tony Thornton* and several anonymous donors

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS Capital International Limited (corporate matched giving) Clifford Chance LLP Complete Coffee Ltd Duncan Lawrie Private Banking Hutton Collins Partners LLP Lloyds TSB Private Banking Martin Randall Travel Ltd Oracle Capital Group Rosenblatt Solicitors Rothschild

DONORS AND SPONSORS Mr Eric Abraham and Miss Natasha Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Elaine Adair Tony and Marion Allen* The Andor Charitable Trust David and Jacqueline Ansell* Mr and Mrs Stephen Arthur Arts Council England Anthony Austin David and Margaret Beaton Alan Bell-Berry Mr Nicholas J Bez Mrs Arline Blass* Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust David and Mary Bowerman* Alan Bradley* Britten–Pears Foundation Gwen and Stanley Burnton* Clive Butler A bequest from the late Peter Canter Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust

City of Westminster Edwin C Cohen* The John S Cohen Foundation Sonia and Harvey Cole John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Anthony Davis* Henry and Suzanne Davis The Dorset Foundation The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust J L Drewitt Dunard Fund Annette Ellis* Vernon and Hazel Ellis The Elton Family Dr C A Endersby and Prof D Cowan The Equitable Charitable Trust Mrs Susan Feakin Peter and Sonia Field John and Amy Ford S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3 Friends of Wigmore Hall Jonathan Gaisman* The Garrick Charitable Trust J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust John Gilhooly John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Elizabeth Gordon The Gordon Foundation Charles Green Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust André and Rosalie Hoffmann Gay Huey Evans* Graham and Amanda Hutton* Simone Hyman* John Lyon’s Charity Marc Jourdren* Donald and Jeanne Kahn* Jerome Karet* David and Louise Kaye* Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn* The Kohn Foundation Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Maryly La Follette* Su Lesser and Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS* Dame Felicity Lott* The Loveday Charitable Trust Simon and Pamela Majaro Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Milton Damerel Trust The Monument Trust

The Wigmore Hall Trust, registered charity number 1024838

Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan Amyas and Louise Morse* Valerie O’Connor and Jeannette McIntosh A bequest from the late Richard Oake The Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Trust Lionel and Lynn Persey* The Piano Fund Dr Clive Potter* Oliver Prenn Nick and Claire Prettejohn* A bequest from the late Mr Peter Henry Prior The Rayne Foundation Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, Hon. RCM* Ruth Rothbarth* The Rubinstein Circle RVW Trust The Sampimon Trust The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Victoria Sharp* Martin and Elise Smith* John Stephens OBE, Hon. FTCL* Alisa and Joshua Swidler* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* The Tertis Foundation Allen Thomas and Jane Simpson* Tower Hamlets Arts Music and Education Service John and Ann Tusa* Marina Vaizey* Kathleen Verelst* Robin Vousden* Gerry Wakelin Marie-Luise Waldeck Andrew and Hilary Walker* Michael and Rosemary Warburg Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement David and Frances Waters* Anne and David Weizmann* Mrs Mary Weston The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Philip and Emeline Winston* The Wolfson Foundation Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Simon Yates and Kevin Roon The Zochonis Charitable Trust and several anonymous donors * also Rubinstein Circle members

New Release on Wigmore Hall Live Maxim Vengerov violin Itamar Golan piano BACH Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

‘…this was formidable music-making in which scale and prowess blended to produce edge-of-your-seat excitement.’ Guardian

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EUROPE’S LEADING VENUE FOR CHAMBER MUSIC AND SONG

‘The warmth and humanity of London’s Wigmore Hall have contributed to many of my most memorable evenings of chamber music’ FINANCIAL TIMES

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