Wigmore Hall Summer 2016 Brochure

Wigmore Series

Summer April--July 2016

Europe’s leading venue for Chamber Music, Early Music and Song

Kaupo Kikkas

Welcome

We celebrate the 115th Anniversary of Wigmore Hall’s opening (31 May 1901) with a trio of gala concerts full of musical diversity and fuelled by the energy and artistry of exceptional performers. The breadth of the Hall’s present artistic programme is mapped across the three evenings, opening with an all-Schubert concert from an inspirational gathering of emerging and established artists. The festivities continue with Arcangelo in instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach together with a beguiling aria by his cousin Johann Christoph Bach, and are crowned by a typically bold Wigmore Hall adventure in contemporary chamber music from the JACK Quartet.

Schubert: The Complete Songs, one of the most ambitious artistic projects in Wigmore Hall’s long history, continues with performances given by outstanding interpreters of the composer’s work. Each concert charts the chronological course of Schubert’s song-writing career, from charming pieces conceived during his early teens to iconic works from the final years of his short life.

Benjamin Ealovega

Over the course of three compelling concerts, Sir András Schiff surveys the late work of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. His programmes are built from the final three sonatas of each composer, works charged with the irresistible energy of creative genius and underpinned by the essential lessons of long experience.

Founded in Paris in 1979 by William Christie, Les Arts Florissants revived interest in music of the French Baroque and has since attracted a vast international audience to works overshadowed by centuries of neglect.

The ensemble’s critically acclaimed interpretations are influenced by

the colour and nuance of the French language and by the art of rhetoric, revealing the poetic nature of the music it performs. The group’s programme features a selection of Michel Lambert’s sublime airs for the court of Louis XIV together with dramatic and pastoral scenes, including Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s cantata-like ‘Pastorelette’, an innovative blend of Italian and French musical influences.

Bach extended the techniques of violin playing in his works for the instrument and broadened its possibilities in pursuit of previously unimagined creative goals. Isabelle Faust places the composer’s Sonata No. 2 in A minor, which conjures up the impression of four-part counterpoint from a single instrument, together with three of his sonatas for violin and keyboard, and the Violin Sonata in G BWV1021, in which acclaimed early keyboard player Kristian Bezuidenhout will improvise the harmonies from Bach’s figured bass line.

Mozart’s chamber music spans everything from piano sonatas for accomplished amateurs to works written with professional players and an audience of connoisseurs in mind. The Mozart Odyssey, launched at Wigmore Hall last season, closes with concerts devoted to wind serenades, the Divertimento K563, and the latest in Francesco Piemontesi’s cycle of the piano sonatas.

Ann Hallenberg returns to Wigmore Hall with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset to perform chamber cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Handel infused with warmth and fiery passion. The Swedish mezzo-soprano’s visionary readings of Baroque music, together with her appearances on the world’s leading opera stages, have triggered rave reviews. She opens this recital with Dall’oscura magion dell’arsa Dite, Scarlatti’s heart-melting response to the myth of Orpheus, and explores the seductive melodic lines of Vivaldi’s Perché son molli before charting the yearning emotions of Handel’s Notte placida e cheta, an exquisite product of the composer’s apprentice years in Italy.

Wigmore Hall played an important part in raising the international profile of Bartók’s music, presenting the first public performance in London of his Third String Quartet in 1929 and prominently promoting the Hungarian composer’s chamber music during his lifetime. The tradition continues with Bartók Chamber Music, a major Wigmore Hall retrospective, complete with the Heath Quartet’s exploration of Bartók’s six string quartets.

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists, the members of the Takács Quartet are joined for a recital by Lawrence Power, one of the world’s foremost viola players. They will perform Dvorˇák’s String Quintet in E flat Op. 97, written

during the composer’s memorable summertime visit in 1893 to Spillville, Iowa. Although homesick for his native Bohemia, Dvorˇák was enchanted by the sights and sounds of the American countryside and channelled his deep affection for Spillville into his quintet’s tonal warmth and flowing lyricism. The Takács also explores the composer’s final String Quartet, conceived in New York and completed on his return to Prague in 1895, and the yearning expression of Webern’s Langsamer Satz.

On the eve of his astonishing performances of Prokofiev’s first and third piano concertos at the 2015 BBC Proms, The Times hailed Daniil Trifonov as ‘without question the most astonishing pianist of our age’. The Russian artist concludes his Wigmore Hall Residency with two concerts sure to demonstrate his all-round musicianship and confirm his status among today’s finest performers.

Wigmore Hall celebrates the Jerusalem Quartet’s official 20th anniversary season with a three-concert series rich in repertoire variety. The ensemble is set to collaborate with Sir András Schiff in Weinberg’s rarely heard Piano Quintet and Brahms’s early F minor Piano Quintet. The series also offers the chance to hear the Jerusalems perform quartets by Bartók, a focal point of their 2015/16 season.

Igor Levit, recently described by The Times as ‘a new star in the classical firmament’, is recognised for his superior blend of technical excellence, tonal refinement and probing musical intelligence. He closes Wigmore Hall’s Igor Levit Perspectives series in company with Julia Fischer and the complete violin sonatas of Beethoven.

I am honoured to direct a major part of London’s commemoration of the 1916 Rising and to play an important role, through culture, at this pivotal moment in relations between Ireland and the UK. It underlines the recent strengthening of our common bond, reconciliation and friendship, as well as Ireland’s reputation for cultural excellence over the past century. During the week, the celebrated mezzo-soprano Ann Murray DBE will receive The Wigmore Medal in recognition of her contribution to the Hall and her standing as Ireland’s most distinguished classical singer since Count John McCormack. Full details of the festival are given on pages 18 and 19.

There is so much more I could mention, but space is limited, so I will leave you to read the brochure yourself. I look forward to welcoming you to Wigmore Hall during the Summer Series.

John Gilhooly Director

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See pages 6 – 82 for full details of these concerts and page 83 for booking information.

Series and Events to look out for…

Song Recital Series

Sir András Schiff – The Final Sonatas: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert

Fri 8 Apr

Christoph Prégardien/Michael Gees Page 13

Mon 4 Apr

Sun 10 Apr

Johnny Herford/James Baillieu

11

Mon 11 Apr I Fagiolini

11

10

Wed 13 Apr

Kate Royal/Roger Vignoles

14

Mon 18 Apr Hagen Quartet

16

12–13, 16, 37, 40, 46, 55, 57, 67, 77

Sun 17 Apr

Ruby Hughes/Julius Drake

16

Mon 25 Apr Borodin Quartet/Michael Collins

22

Sun 17 Apr

Julian Prégardien/James Baillieu

16

Mon 2 May

Baiba Skride/Lauma Skride

25

Mon 9 May

Angelika Kirchschlager James Sherlock

31

Page 8–9

Les Arts Florissants Schubert: The Complete Songs

Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout: Bach

14

Elias String Quartet and Friends

15

Llyˆr Williams Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle

17

Irish Culture in Britain – A Centenary Celebration

18–19

Angela Hewitt Masterclass

20

Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle The Mozart Odyssey

20, 22

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts

Thu 21 Apr

Irish Culture in Britain – A Centenary Celebration

19

Mon 25 Apr

Werner Güra/Christoph Berner

22

Fri 6 May

Marlis Petersen/Jendrik Springer

29

Thu 12 May

Mark Padmore/Kitty Whately Ryan Wigglesworth

32

Sun 15 May

21, 58, 73

Ailish Tynan/Kitty Whately Benjamin Hulett/James Platt Graham Johnson

37

Sophie Bevan/Graham Johnson Matthew Hunt

37

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies World Première

24

Les Talens Lyriques and Ann Hallenberg

26

Marlis Petersen

29

Wed 18 May Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day

30

Sun 22 May

41

Joshua Bell

33

Anna Prohaska, Veronika Eberle and Friends

Fri 27 May

Miah Persson/Joseph Breinl

46

Sat 28 May

Sarah Connolly/Robin Tritschler Joseph Middleton

46

Bartók Chamber Music

28, 34–35, 44, 56

Echo and Narcissus

32

Takács Quartet: Associate Artists

36, 38

Jean-Guihen Queyras Artist in Residence Wigmore Lates

Sun 15 May

39

40, 42–43, 58, 62, 69

Richard Stokes Book Launch

46

Michael Collins Series

47

John Mark Ainsley/Gary Matthewman Page 7

Mon 16 May Jerusalem Quartet

38

Mon 23 May Pekka Kuusisto/Nicolas Altstaedt

44

Mon 30 May Till Fellner

48

Mon 6 Jun

Lars Vogt

52

Mon 13 Jun Gli Incogniti

57

Mon 20 Jun Les Ambassadeurs/Alexis Kossenko

60

Mon 27 Jun Daniel Ottensamer/Christoph Traxler

64

Mon 4 Jul Mon 11 Jul

40

Florian Boesch/Justus Zeyen Ensemble Marsyas Kristian Bezuidenhout

67 71

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts Sun 3 Apr

Adrian Brendel/Alasdair Beatson

Sun 10 Apr

Cédric Pescia

11

6

Tue 31 May

Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton 51 Henk Neven, James Baillieu and Friends

Sun 17 Apr

Elias String Quartet Kungsbacka Piano Trio

15

Wed 8 Jun

Matthias Goerne/Daniil Trifonov

54

Sun 24 Apr

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

21

Fri 10 Jun

Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake

55

Sun 1 May

London Haydn Quartet

25

Wed 15 Jun

Ailish Tynan/Ben Johnson Benjamin Appl/Graham Johnson

57

Sun 8 May

Jennifer Koh

31

Sun 15 May Modigliani Quartet

37

50–51

Wed 15 Jun

Robin Tritschler/Graham Johnson

57

Sun 22 May Antonio Meneses

41

Eggner Trio: Haydn and Dvorˇák

49

Wed 22 Jun

James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook

61

Sun 29 May Kopelman Quartet

47

Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

53, 65

Mon 27 Jun

Matthias Goerne/Kristian Bezuidenhout

64

Sun 5 Jun

Maurice Steger/Ensemble Marsyas

49

Thu 30 Jun

Andreas Scholl/Edin Karamazov

65

Sun 12 Jun

Zemlinsky Quartet

56

Thu 7 Jul

Ian Bostridge/Lars Vogt

67

Sun 19 Jun

60

Fri 8 Jul

Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers

72

Alina Ibragimova/James Boyd Jonathan Cohen

Sat 9 Jul

Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers

72

115th Anniversary Celebratory Concerts

Daniil Trifonov Residency Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

54 58, 59, 61

Sally Beamish World Première

61

Nathalie Stutzmann and Orfeo 55

66

Igor Levit Perspectives

68

Christian McBride and Chick Corea

70

Celebrating Magdalena Kožená

72

The Other Classical Musics

74

Bracing Change: New String Commissions

73

Contemporary Music Series

78

2

Mon 18 Jul

Ailish Tynan/Anna Huntley/Robin Tritschler 76 Benjamin Appl/James Baillieu

Thu 21 Jul

Elizabeth Watts/Roger Vignoles

77

Sat 23 Jul

Roderick Williams/Gary Matthewman

77

We are grateful to The Monument Trust for essential additional support for our expanded vocal series

Sun 26 Jun

Danish String Quartet

63

Sun 3 Jul

Philippe Cassard/Cédric Pescia

67

Sun 10 Jul

Benjamin Beilman/Andrew Tyson

71

Sun 17 Jul

Quatuor Van Kuijk

75

Sun 24 Jul

Armida Quartet

77

World Music Series Thu 14 Jul

The Other Classical Musics

74

Wigmore Lates Fri 20 May Fri 17 Jun Fri 24 Jun Fri 8 Jul

Kuss Quartet/Miklós Perényi Page Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Adam Walker/Mahan Esfahani Zoë Martlew

Early Music and Baroque Series 40 58 62 69

Chamber Music Season Vadim Gluzman/Angela Yoffe Sun 3 Apr Artemis Quartet Thu 7 Apr Kuss Quartet Wed 13 Apr Britten Sinfonia Sat 16 Apr Elias String Quartet Simon Crawford-Phillips Mon 18 Apr Hagen Quartet Wed 20 Apr Anssi Karttunen/Nicolas Hodges Thu 21 Apr Irish Culture in Britain – A Centenary Celebration Fri 22 Apr Borodin Quartet Sun 24 Apr Borodin Quartet Thu 28 Apr Quatuor Ebène/Gautier Capuçon Mon 2 May Alexander Janiczek/Llyˆr Williams Wed 4 May The Endellion String Quartet Sat 7 May Quatuor Mosaïques/Robert Levin Sun 8 May Quatuor Mosaïques Tue 10 May Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood Wed 11 May Heath Quartet Heath Quartet Fri 13 May Sat 14 May Takács Quartet/Lawrence Power Mon 16 May Takács Quartet/Lawrence Power Tue 17 May Jean-Guihen Queyras/Lisa Batiashvili Antoine Tamestit/Jonathan Biss Sat 21 May Augustin Hadelich/Charles Owen Wed 25 May Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva Thu 26 May Pavel Haas Quartet/Denis Kozhukhin Sat 28 May Michael Collins and Friends Tue 31 May Cuarteto Casals and Friends JACK Quartet Thu 2 Jun Sun 5 Jun Eggner Trio Sat 11 Jun Barnabás Kelemen/José Gallardo Sun 12 Jun Natalie Clein/Christian Ihle Hadland Fri 17 Jun Jerusalem Quartet/Sharon Kam Sat 18 Jun Jerusalem Quartet Mon 20 Jun Jerusalem Quartet/Sir András Schiff Tue 21 Jun Pekka Kuusisto/Alec Frank-Gemmill Tamara Stefanovich Sat 25 Jun Miloš Karadaglic´/Andreas Ottensamer Ksenija Sidorova Wed 29 Jun Razumovsky Ensemble Julia Fischer/Igor Levit Mon 4 Jul Julia Fischer/Igor Levit Tue 5 Jul Wed 6 Jul Julia Fischer/Igor Levit Sun 10 Jul Tine Thing Helseth/Kathryn Stott Doric String Quartet Fri 15 Jul Sat 16 Jul Alexander Kniazev/Nikolai Lugansky Fri 1 Apr

6 6 7 14 15 17 17 19 20 22 23 27 27 28 31 33 35 35 36 36 39 41 45 45 47 51 51 49 56 56 59 58 61 61 63

Les Arts Florissants Page Tue 5 Apr London Handel Orchestra Tue 12 Apr Isabelle Faust/Kristian Bezuidenhout Sun 24 Apr Ensemble Marsyas, Peter Whelan and Friends Tue 26 Apr The English Concert/Christian Curnyn Sat 30 Apr Les Talens Lyriques/Ann Hallenberg Tue 3 May The King’s Consort Mon 23 May Classical Opera/Ian Page/Ann Hallenberg Wed 1 Jun Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Rachel Brown Isabelle Faust/Anna Lucia Richter Fri 3 Jun Florilegium Tue 7 Jun The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Thu 23 Jun Early Opera Company Sun 26 Jun Yaniv d’Or/Ensemble NAYA Barrocade/Amit Tiefenbrunn Tue 28 Jun Sonia Prina/laBarocca Thu 30 Jun Andreas Scholl/Edin Karamazov Fri 1 Jul Sophie Gent/Matthew Truscott Jonathan Manson/Trevor Pinnock Sat 2 Jul Nathalie Stutzmann/Orfeo 55 Sun 17 Jul The Brook Street Band Nicki Kennedy/Matthew Brook Tue 19 Jul Mahan Esfahani Mon 4 Apr

Contemporary Music Series 10 7 14 19 23 26 27 44 51

Thu 12 May 49 53 62 63 64 65 65 66

Sir András Schiff Sir András Schiff Sir András Schiff Alexander Gavrylyuk Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Llyˆr Williams Angela Hewitt Rolf Hind Konstantin Lifschitz Igor Levit Louis Lortie Cédric Tiberghien Louis Schwizgebel Elisabeth Leonskaja and Friends Daniil Trifonov Yevgeny Sudbin Marc-André Hamelin Benjamin Grosvenor Jonathan Plowright Francesco Piemontesi Tim Horton

76

9 9 9 15 18 17 20 24 25 28 40 44 47 51 54 58 60 62 69 73 76

65 68

Wigmore Hall Jazz Series

68 68 71 73 75

Fri 8 Jul Fri 8 Jul Sat 9 Jul

Christian McBride/Chick Corea Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers

Sat 21 May Tue 24 May Thu 2 Jun Sun 12 Jun Wed 22 Jun Sun 10 Jul Fri 15 Jul Tue 19 Jul

Vadim Gluzman/Angela Joffe Page 6 Artemis Quartet 6 Kuss Quartet 7 Johnny Herford/James Baillieu 11 Britten Sinfonia 14 Hagen Quartet 17 Anssi Karttunen/Nicolas Hodges 17 Rolf Hind 24 Marlis Petersen/Jendrik Springer 29 Musicians from the Royal Northern 30 College of Music/Clark Rundell Mark Padmore/Kitty Whately 32 Ryan Wigglesworth Augustin Hadelich/Charles Owen 41 Cédric Tiberghien 44 JACK Quartet 51 Natalie Clein/Christian Ihle Hadland 56 James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook 61 Tine Thing Helseth/Kathryn Stott 71 Doric String Quartet 73 Mahan Esfahani 76

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by

75

London Pianoforte Series Sat 2 Apr Wed 6 Apr Sat 9 Apr Fri 15 Apr Tue 19 Apr Tue 19 Apr Sat 23 Apr Wed 27 Apr Sun 1 May Thu 5 May Fri 20 May Tue 24 May Sun 29 May Tue 31 May Thu 9 Jun Thu 16 Jun Sun 19 Jun Fri 24 Jun Sat 9 Jul Wed 13 Jul Wed 20 Jul

Fri 1 Apr Sun 3 Apr Thu 7 Apr Sun 10 Apr Wed 13 Apr Mon 18 Apr Wed 20 Apr Wed 27 Apr Fri 6 May Sat 7 May

70 72 72

Wigmore Hall Learning Fri 8 Apr Wed 13 Apr Wed 20 Apr Fri 22 Apr Sun 24 Apr Thu 28 Apr Fri 6 May Sat 7 May Tue 10 May Thu 12 May Sat 14 May Tue 17 May Tue 17 May Wed 18 May Wed 25 May Thu 26 May Sat 28 May Thu 2 Jun Tue 7 Jun Tue 7 Jun Thu 9 Jun Fri 10 Jun Sat 11 Jun Thu 16 Jun Wed 22 Jun Mon 4 Jul Sat 9 Jul Thu 14 Jul Sat 16 Jul Mon 25 Jul

Pre-Concert Talk 13 Pre-Concert Talk 14 Ann Murray DBE Masterclass 18 Angela Hewitt Masterclass 20 Pre-Concert Talk 19 Pre-Concert Performance 79 Wigmore Study Group commences 28 Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day 30 Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric Suite 32, 79 Artists in Conversation 32 Family Day: Roald Reimagined 79 For Crying Out Loud!

38 Artists in Conversation 39 Side by Side 38, 79 Schools Concert: Sing a Story 80 Voiceworks 45, 80 Study Event 46 RNIB Family Day 80 Living Music 52, 81 Artists in Conversation 53 Introduction to Music commences 55 Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the 55, 81 Community Family Day: Chamber Challenge 81 For Crying Out Loud!

58 RNIB Study Day 81 Artists in Conversation 68 Come and Sing: Music and Monarchs 69 Pre-Concert Talk 74 Family Concert: TROUPE 73, 81 Musical Portraits commences 82

3

Calendar April

Wed 27 Apr

1.30 pm 7.30 pm

Kathleen Ferrier Award Semi-Final Rolf Hind

23 24

Thu 28 Apr

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Performance Quatuor Ebène/Gautier Capuçon

79 23

Fri 29 Apr

6.00 pm

Kathleen Ferrier Award Final

23

Sat 30 Apr

7.30 pm

Les Talens Lyriques/Ann Hallenberg

26

May

Date

Start Time

Event

Fri 1 Apr

7.30 pm

Vadim Gluzman/Angela Yoffe

Page Date

Start Time

Event

Sun 1 May

11.30 am 7.30 pm

London Haydn Quartet Konstantin Lifschitz

Page 25 25

6

Sat 2 Apr

7.30 pm

Sir András Schiff

9

Sun 3 Apr

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Adrian Brendel/Alasdair Beatson Artemis Quartet

6 6

Mon 2 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Baiba Skride/Lauma Skride Alexander Janiczek/Llyˆ r Williams

25 27

Mon 4 Apr

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

John Mark Ainsley/Gary Matthewman Les Arts Florissants

7 10

Tue 3 May

7.30 pm

The King’s Consort

27

Wed 4 May

7.30 pm

The Endellion String Quartet

27

Tue 5 Apr

7.30 pm

London Handel Orchestra/Adrian Butterfield/Rachel Brown

7

Thu 5 May

7.30 pm

Igor Levit

28

Wed 6 Apr

7.30 pm

Sir András Schiff

9

Fri 6 May

Thu 7 Apr

7.30 pm

Kuss Quartet

7

3.00 pm 7.30 pm

Wigmore Study Group commences Marlis Petersen/Jendrik Springer

28 29

Fri 8 Apr

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk Christoph Prégardien/Michael Gees

Sat 7 May

Sat 9 Apr

7.30 pm

Sir András Schiff

10.30 am 12 noon 2.00 pm

30 30 30

Sun 10 Apr

11.30 am 3.00 pm

Cédric Pescia Johnny Herford/James Baillieu

11 11

28

Mon 11 Apr

1.00 pm

I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth

11

31 31

Tue 12 Apr

7.30 pm

Isabelle Faust/Kristian Bezuidenhout

Wed 13 Apr

12.15 pm 1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk Britten Sinfonia Kate Royal/Roger Vignoles

Fri 15 Apr

7.30 pm

Sat 16 Apr Sun 17 Apr

13 13

7.30 pm

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day: Musicians from the RNCM Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day: Artists in Conversation Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day: Musicians from the RNCM Clark Rundell Quatuor Mosaïques/Robert Levin

Sun 8 May

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Jennifer Koh Quatuor Mosaïques

14

Mon 9 May

1.00 pm

Angelika Kirchschlager/James Sherlock

14 14 14

Tue 10 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric Suite Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood

Wed 11 May

7.30 pm

Heath Quartet

35

Alexander Gavrylyuk

15

Thu 12 May

7.30 pm

Elias String Quartet/Simon Crawford-Phillips

15

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Artists in Conversation Mark Padmore/Kitty Whately/Ryan Wigglesworth

32 32

11.30 am 3.00 pm 7.30 pm

Elias String Quartet/Kungsbacka Piano Trio Ruby Hughes/Julius Drake Julian Prégardien/James Baillieu

15 16 16

Fri 13 May

7.30 pm

Heath Quartet

35

Sat 14 May

10.30 am 7.30 pm

Family Day: Roald Reimagined Takács Quartet/Lawrence Power

79 36

Mon 18 Apr

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Hagen Quartet Hagen Quartet

16 17

Sun 15 May

11.30 am 6.00 pm

37 37

Tue 19 Apr

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Llyˆr Williams

18 17

7.30 pm

Modigliani Quartet Ailish Tynan/Kitty Whately/Benjamin Hulett/James Platt Graham Johnson Sophie Bevan/Graham Johnson/Matthew Hunt

37

Mon 16 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Jerusalem Quartet Takács Quartet/Lawrence Power

38 36

Tue 17 May

11.00 am 12.30 pm 6.00 pm 7.30 pm

For Crying Out Loud!

For Crying Out Loud!

Artists in Conversation Jean-Guihen Queyras/Lisa Batiashvili/Antoine Tamestit Jonathan Biss

38 38 39 39

Wed 18 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Side by Side Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau

9

31 32, 79 33

Wed 20 Apr

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Ann Murray DBE Masterclass Anssi Karttunen/Nicolas Hodges

18 17

Thu 21 Apr

6.30 pm 7.30 pm

Keynote Address Irish Culture in Britain – A Centenary Celebration

19 19

Fri 22 Apr

11.00 am 2.00 pm 7.30 pm

Masterclass Showcase Recital Angela Hewitt Masterclass Borodin Quartet

19 20 20

Sat 23 Apr

7.30 pm

Angela Hewitt

20

Sun 24 Apr

11.30 am 3.00 pm 4.00 pm 7.30 pm

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Pre-Concert Talk Ensemble Marsyas, Peter Whelan and Friends Borodin Quartet

21 19 19 22

Thu 19 May

3.00 pm 7.00 pm

YCAT Public Final Auditions YCAT Public Final Auditions

40 40

Fri 20 May

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Louis Lortie Kuss Quartet/Miklós Perényi

40 40

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet/Michael Collins Werner Güra/Christoph Berner

22 22

Sat 21 May

7.30 pm

Augustin Hadelich/Charles Owen

41

Sun 22 May

7.30 pm

The English Concert/Christian Curnyn

23

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Antonio Meneses Anna Prohaska, Veronika Eberle and Friends

41 41

Mon 25 Apr Tue 26 Apr

4

38, 79 40

Mon 23 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pekka Kuusisto/Nicolas Altstaedt Classical Opera/Ian Page/Ann Hallenberg

44 44

Tue 24 May

7.30 pm

Cédric Tiberghien

44

Wed 25 May

11.00 am 1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Schools Concert: Sing a Story Schools Concert: Sing a Story Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva

80 80 45

Thu 26 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Voiceworks Pavel Haas Quartet/Denis Kozhukhin

Fri 27 May

7.30 pm

Miah Persson/Joseph Breinl

46

Sat 28 May

10.00 am 1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Study Event: The Penguin Book of English Song Sarah Connolly/Robin Tritschler/Joseph Middleton Michael Collins and Friends

46 46 47

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Kopelman Quartet Louis Schwizgebel

Mon 30 May

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Tue 31 May

6.30 pm

Sun 29 May

Tue 21 Jun

7.30 pm

Pekka Kuusisto/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Tamara Stefanovich

61

Wed 22 Jun

10.00 am 7.30 pm

RNIB Study Day James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook

81 61

Thu 23 Jun

7.30 pm

Early Opera Company/Christian Curnyn/Mhairi Lawson Claire Booth/Hilary Summers/Benjamin Hulett/Callum Thorpe

62

Fri 24 Jun

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Benjamin Grosvenor Adam Walker/Mahan Esfahani

62 62

Sat 25 Jun

7.30 pm

Miloš Karadaglic´ /Andreas Ottensamer/Ksenija Sidorova

63

Sun 26 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Danish String Quartet Yaniv d’Or/Ensemble NAYA/Barrocade/Amit Tiefenbrunn

63 63

Mon 27 Jun

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Daniel Ottensamer/Christoph Traxler Matthias Goerne/Kristian Bezuidenhout

64 64

47 47

Tue 28 Jun

7.30 pm

Sonia Prina/laBarocca

64

Wed 29 Jun

7.30 pm

Razumovsky Ensemble/Ruby Hughes

65

Till Fellner Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize

48 48

Thu 30 Jun

7.30 pm

Andreas Scholl/Edin Karamazov

65

Elisabeth Leonskaja/Cuarteto Casals/Sophie Bevan Alice Coote/Allan Clayton/Henk Neven/James Baillieu

51

45, 80 45

June Date

Start Time

Event

Wed 1 Jun

7.30 pm

Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Rachel Brown/Isabelle Faust Anna Lucia Richter

51

July Date

Start Time

Event

Fri 1 Jul

7.30 pm

Sophie Gent/Matthew Truscott/Jonathan Manson Trevor Pinnock

65

Sat 2 Jul

7.30 pm

Nathalie Stutzmann/Orfeo 55

66

Sun 3 Jul

11.30 am

Philippe Cassard/Cédric Pescia

67

Mon 4 Jul

1.00 pm 6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Florian Boesch/Justus Zeyen Artists in Conversation Julia Fischer/Igor Levit

67 68 68

Page

Page

Thu 2 Jun

11.00 am 7.30 pm

RNIB Family Day JACK Quartet

80 51

Fri 3 Jun

7.00 pm

Florilegium

49

Sun 5 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Maurice Steger/Ensemble Marsyas Eggner Trio

49 49

Tue 5 Jul

7.30 pm

Julia Fischer/Igor Levit

68

Wed 6 Jul

7.30 pm

Julia Fischer/Igor Levit

68

Mon 6 Jun

1.00 pm

Lars Vogt

52

Thu 7 Jul

7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge/Lars Vogt

67

Tue 7 Jun

11.00 am 6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Living Music Artists in Conversation The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

52, 81 53 53

Fri 8 Jul

7.00 pm 7.30 pm 10.00 pm

Christian McBride/Chick Corea Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers Zoë Martlew

70 72 69

Wed 8 Jun

7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne/Daniil Trifonov

54

Sat 9 Jul

Thu 9 Jun

4.45 pm 7.30 pm

Introduction to Music commences Daniil Trifonov

55 54

10.00 am 7.30 pm 7.30 pm

Come and Sing: Music and Monarchs Magdalena Kožená, Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers Jonathan Plowright

69 72 69

Fri 10 Jun

5.30 pm 7.30 pm

Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the Community Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake

Sun 10 Jul

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Benjamin Beilman/Andrew Tyson Tine Thing Helseth/Kathryn Stott

71 71

Sat 11 Jun

10.30 am 7.30 pm

Family Day: Chamber Challenge Barnabás Kelemen/José Gallardo

81 56

Mon 11 Jul

1.00 pm

Ensemble Marsyas/Kristian Bezuidenhout

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Wed 13 Jul

7.30 pm

Francesco Piemontesi

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Sun 12 Jun

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Zemlinsky Quartet Natalie Clein/Christian Ihle Hadland

56 56

Thu 14 Jul

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk The Other Classical Musics

74 74

Mon 13 Jun

1.00 pm

Gli Incogniti

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Fri 15 Jul

7.30 pm

Doric String Quartet

Sat 16 Jul

11.00 am 7.30 pm

Family Concert: TROUPE Alexander Kniazev/Nikolai Lugansky

Sun 17 Jul

11.30 am 7.30 pm

Quatuor Van Kuijk The Brook Street Band/Nicki Kennedy/Matthew Brook

75 75

Mon 18 Jul

7.30 pm

Ailish Tynan/Anna Huntley/Robin Tritschler/Benjamin Appl James Baillieu

76

Tue 19 Jul

7.30 pm

Mahan Esfahani

76

Wed 20 Jul

7.30 pm

Tim Horton

76

Thu 21 Jul

7.30 pm

Elizabeth Watts/Roger Vignoles

77

Sat 23 Jul

7.30 pm

Roderick Williams/Gary Matthewman

77

Sun 24 Jul

11.30 am

Armida Quartet

77

Mon 25 Jul

11.00 am

Musical Portraits commences

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55, 81 55

Wed 15 Jun

6.00 pm 7.30 pm

Ailish Tynan/Ben Johnson/Benjamin Appl/Graham Johnson Robin Tritschler/Graham Johnson

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Thu 16 Jun

11.00 am 12.30 pm 7.30 pm

For Crying Out Loud!

For Crying Out Loud!

Yevgeny Sudbin

58 58 58

Fri 17 Jun

7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Jerusalem Quartet/Sharon Kam Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

59 58

Sat 18 Jun Sun 19 Jun Mon 20 Jun

7.30 pm

Jerusalem Quartet

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11.30 am 7.30 pm

Alina Ibragimova/James Boyd/Jonathan Cohen Marc-André Hamelin

60 60

1.00 pm 7.30 pm

Les Ambassadeurs/Alexis Kossenko Jerusalem Quartet/Sir András Schiff

60 61

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WIGMORE SERIES SUMMER SEASON

A P R I L – J U LY 2 0 1 6

Priority Booking opens on 22 December 2015. Requests should be submitted by 15 January 2016 (Friends), and 22 January 2016 (Mailing List Subscribers). Booking opens to the General Public on 5 February 2016.

April Friday 1 April 7.30 pm

Saturday 2 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 3 April 7.30 pm

Vadim Gluzman violin Angela Yoffe piano

Sir András Schiff piano

Artemis Quartet

THE FINAL SONATAS: HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT

Schubert String Quartet in Eb D87 Eduard Demetz String Quartet No. 2 (UK première) (Prize-winner of the Artemis Quartet Composition Competition 2015) Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27

Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 (transcr. Schumann) Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Lera Auerbach Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano ‘September 11’ Op. 63 Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op. 26; Valse-scherzo Op. 34 A student of the glories of the golden age of violin playing, Vadim Gluzman is famed for the rich warmth of his tone, the grace of his technique and the insight of his interpretations. The Ukrainian-born Israeli artist returns to Wigmore Hall with regular duo partner Angela Yoffe to perform works of great spiritual substance and emotional depth. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

See page 9 for full details Sunday 3 April 11.30 am

Adrian Brendel cello Alasdair Beatson piano Beethoven Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1 Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor Chopin Introduction et polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 Frank Bridge wrote his Cello Sonata between 1913 and 1917, absorbing the grim darkness and despair of the era’s global conflict into its score.

The two-movement work, premièred at Wigmore Hall almost a century ago, is prefaced by Beethoven’s genial Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 1. Adrian Brendel and Alasdair Beatson conclude with Chopin’s dashing Introduction et polonaise brillante.

Named after the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet secured its place at the top table of string quartets with sensational debut performances at the world’s leading chamber music venues in the 1990s. The ensemble’s latest Wigmore Hall programme opens with early Schubert and includes the prize-winning work from its pioneering string quartet competition. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Vadim Gluzman

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Marco Borggreve

Adrian Brendel

Jack Liebeck

Sir András Schiff

Birgitta Kowsky, Leipzig

April Monday 4 April 1.00 pm

Tuesday 5 April 7.30 pm

Thursday 7 April 7.30 pm

John Mark Ainsley tenor Gary Matthewman piano

London Handel Orchestra Adrian Butterfield director, violin Rachel Brown flute

Kuss Quartet

Britten Fish in the unruffled lakes L Berkeley Five Poems of WH Auden Op. 53 Huw Watkins Three Auden Songs Britten On this Island WH Auden described the 1930s as ‘a low dishonest decade’. The poet’s line suited the era’s political catastrophes but not its shining artistic achievements, including those arising from his collaboration with Benjamin Britten. John Mark Ainsley’s lunchtime programme includes Britten’s first published songs with piano, On this Island, and other captivating Auden settings by Lennox Berkeley and Huw Watkins. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

HANDEL AND HIS EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS Corelli Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 9 Purcell The Married Beau Suite Z603 Quantz Flute Concerto No. 5 in B minor Wassenaer Concerto Armonico No. 5 in F minor Leclair Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 7 No. 1 Handel Concerto Grosso in A Op. 6 No. 11 To celebrate 35 years devoted to the performance of Handel's music, the London Handel Orchestra – led by its director Adrian Butterfield – crowns its programme with the composer’s glorious Concerto Grosso in A Op. 6 No. 11. The programme also features a selection of pieces by several illustrious European composers with whom Handel was closely associated.

Haydn String Quartet in Eb Op. 33 No. 2 ‘The Joke’ Sir Harrison Birtwistle From 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia 1; Fantasia 3; Frieze 2; Fantasia 4; Fantasia 5; Frieze 3 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Experiment and risk-taking belong to the Kuss Quartet’s artistic outlook. The ensemble’s programming reflects its determination to break down barriers between different periods of music history, past and present. This concert offers a chance to hear the Berlin-based quartet’s artistry in masterworks by Haydn and Schubert as well as extracts from Birtwistle’s 9 Movements for String Quartet, written between 1991 and 1996. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Friday 8 April 6.00 pm

Early Music and Baroque Series

Pre-Concert Talk

Monday 4 April 7.30 pm

Les Arts Florissants William Christie director, harpsichord Emmanuelle de Negri soprano Anna Reinhold mezzo-soprano Reinoud Van Mechelen high tenor Cyril Auvity tenor Lisandro Abadie bass

See page 13 for full details Wednesday 6 April 7.30 pm

Sir András Schiff piano

Friday 8 April 7.30 pm

THE FINAL SONATAS: HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT

Christoph Prégardien tenor Michael Gees piano

See page 9 for full details

SCHUBERT: THE COMPLETE SONGS See page 13 for full details

AIRS SÉRIEUX ET A BOIRE – VOLUME 2 See page 10 for full details

John Mark Ainsley

London Handel Orchestra

Chris Christodoulou

Kuss Quartet

Molina Visuals

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Sir Andrรกs Schiff

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The Final Sonatas: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert Over the course of three compelling concerts, Sir András Schiff surveys the late work of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. His programmes are built from the final three sonatas of each composer, works charged with the irresistible energy of creative genius and underpinned by the essential lessons of long experience.

Saturday 2 April 7.30 pm

Saturday 9 April 7.30 pm

Sir András Schiff piano

Sir András Schiff piano

Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 Mozart Piano Sonata in C K545 Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958

Haydn Piano Sonata in E b HXVI:52 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Mozart Piano Sonata in D K576 Schubert Piano Sonata in B b D960

£45 £35 £30 £25 £15

£45 £35 £30 £25 £15

Wednesday 6 April 7.30 pm

London Pianoforte Series

Sir András Schiff piano Mozart Piano Sonata in B b K570 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A b Op. 110 Haydn Piano Sonata in D HXVI:51 Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

Photo by Priska Ketterer, Lucerne

£45 £35 £30 £25 £15

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

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Les Arts Florissants Monday 4 April 7.30 pm

Les Arts Florissants William Christie director, harpsichord Emmanuelle de Negri soprano Anna Reinhold mezzo-soprano Reinoud Van Mechelen high tenor Cyril Auvity tenor Lisandro Abadie bass AIRS SÉRIEUX ET A BOIRE – VOLUME 2 Charpentier Overture and Scenes 1 & 2 from Petite pastorale H479 Moulinié Amis enivrons nous du vin d’Espagne en France William Christie Simon Fowler Lambert Amour, je me suis plaint cent fois Charpentier Prelude and Scene 1 from Pastorelette del Sgr M. Ant. Charpentier: Amor vince ogni cosa H492 Lambert Vos yeux adorables Moulinié Enfin la beauté que j’adore Le Camus Ah, que vous êtes heureux!

Charpentier Charmantes fleurs naissez; Scene 2 from Pastorelette del Sgr M. Ant. Charpentier: Amor vince ogni cosa H492; Tristes déserts, sombre retraite Lambert J’aimerais mieux souffrir la mort Charpentier Scene 3 from Pastorelette del Sgr M. Ant. Charpentier: Amor vince ogni cosa H492 Lambert Sans murmurer Le Camus Laissez durer la nuit, impatiente Aurore Lambert Laissez-moi soupirer importune raison; Vous avez trop d’appas Moulinié Guillot est mon ami Lambert Vos mépris chaque jour me causent mille alarmes Charpentier Scene 4 and Finale from Pastorelette del Sgr M. Ant. Charpentier: Amor vince ogni cosa H492 Founded in Paris in 1979 by William Christie, Les Arts Florissants revived interest in music of the French Baroque and has since attracted a vast international audience to works overshadowed by centuries of neglect. The ensemble’s critically acclaimed interpretations are influenced by the colour and nuance of the French language and by the art of rhetoric, revealing the poetic nature of the music it performs. This programme features a selection of Michel Lambert’s sublime airs for the court of Louis XIV together with dramatic and pastoral scenes, including Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s cantata-like ‘Pastorelette’, an innovative blend of Italian and French musical influences. £60 £50 £40 £30 £15

Supported by Dunard Fund Early Music and Baroque Series Photo by Philippe Grollier

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April Saturday 9 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 10 April 3.00 pm

Monday 11 April 1.00 pm

Sir András Schiff piano

Johnny Herford baritone James Baillieu piano

I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth director

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Judith Weir Ständchen; Blackbirds and Thrushes; On Buying a Horse Judith Weir From Songs from the Exotic: Sevdalino, my little one; In the lovely village of Nevesinje; The Romance of Count Arnaldos Ravel Histoires naturelles

Byrd This sweet and merry month of May (a4) Wilbye Adieu, sweet Amaryllis; Ye restless thoughts; Draw on a sweet night Tomkins Weep no more thou sorry boy; Too much I once lamented Gibbons The silver swanne Ward If the deep sighs Wheeler Music to Hear William Brooks New work (world première) Adrian Williams Those lines that I before have writ do lie

THE FINAL SONATAS: HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT See page 9 for full details

Sunday 10 April 11.30 am

Wigmore Hall Debut

Cédric Pescia piano Couperin 25e ordre from Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin Messiaen Le courlis cendré from Catalogue d’oiseaux Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Cédric Pescia, born in Lausanne, made his breakthrough in 2002 with victory in the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition.

He makes his Wigmore Hall debut with a programme that spans the gamut of keyboard character pieces, from François Couperin’s Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin to Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, intimate reflections on contrasting aspects of the composer’s artistic personality.

Storytelling is central to the work of Judith Weir, one of Britain’s finest contemporary composers.

Johnny Herford and James Baillieu enter Weir’s bold soundworld, exploring the confrontations and dramatic twists and turns of her Songs from the Exotic and other landmark compositions.

Their programme is crowned by Ravel’s Histoires naturelles, witty settings of verse about the individual characteristics of five animals.

All seats £15

Song Recital Series/Contemporary Music Series/ Introducing James Baillieu

English composers such as Wilbye and Byrd were inspired by the madrigals of Italy to make their own distinctive marks on the genre’s history.

The spontaneity and freshness of I Fagiolini’s full-blooded madrigal performances have helped engage new audiences with a fascinating and strikingly fruitful repertoire of fine words and music. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Cédric Pescia

Uwe Neumann

Johnny Herford

Maximilian Van London

I Fagiolini

Eric Richmond

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Schubert: One of the most ambitious artistic projects in Wigmore Hall’s long history continues with performances given by outstanding interpreters of Schubert’s songs. Each concert charts the chronological course of Schubert’s song-writing career, from charming pieces conceived during his early teens to iconic works from the final years of his short life.

Voices at Wigmore Supporting Schubert: The Complete Songs 2015/16 and 2016/17

Portrait of Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder Background painting by Caspar David Friedrich

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The Complete Songs Friday 8 April 6.00 pm

Pre-Concert Talk Writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore explores the poetic world of Schubert’s songs, widely regarded as some of the greatest music ever written.

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Sunday 17 April 7.30 pm

Julian Prégardien tenor James Baillieu piano

Friday 10 June 7.30 pm

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake piano Wednesday 15 June 6.00 pm

£4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Friday 8 April 7.30 pm

Christoph Prégardien tenor Michael Gees piano Schubert Sehnsucht (D123); Geistes-Gruss; An Mignon; Nähe des Geliebten; Rastlose Liebe; Der Liedler; Zufriedenheit (D362); Abendlied (D382); Geist der Liebe; Julius an Theone; Der Leidende; Seligkeit; Gesänge des Harfners I–III; An die Entfernte; Am Flusse (D766); Willkommen und Abschied Poetic inflections and the music of words have been a lifelong inspiration to Christoph Prégardien.

The German lyric tenor’s apparently limitless ability to colour phrases and project profound emotions will be directed to a programme of songs based chiefly on exquisite verse by Goethe, including Schubert’s settings of the ‘Gesänge des Harfners’ from the influential novel Wilhelm Meister.

Sunday 15 May 6.00 pm

Ailish Tynan soprano Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor James Platt bass Graham Johnson piano Sunday 15 May 7.30 pm

Sophie Bevan soprano Graham Johnson piano Matthew Hunt clarinet

Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm

Robin Tritschler tenor Graham Johnson piano Thursday 7 July 7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Lars Vogt piano

Wednesday 18 May 7.30 pm

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

Ailish Tynan soprano Ben Johnson tenor Benjamin Appl baritone Graham Johnson piano

Saturday 23 July 7.30 pm

Roderick Williams baritone Gary Matthewman piano

Friday 27 May 7.30 pm

Miah Persson soprano Joseph Breinl piano

Further concerts to be announced for the 2016 /17 Season

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April

BACH

Wednesday 13 April 12.15 pm

Wednesday 13 April 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Kate Royal soprano Roger Vignoles piano

An introduction to the lunchtime concert with composer Bryce Dessner.

Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Wednesday 13 April 1.00 pm

Britten Sinfonia Thomas Gould violin Clare Finnimore viola Caroline Dearnley cello Huw Watkins piano Bartók Duos for 2 violins BB104 (a selection, transcribed for violin and viola) Bryce Dessner New work* (London première) Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47 Isabelle Faust

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Tuesday 12 April 7.30 pm

Isabelle Faust violin Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord Bach Violin Sonata in G BWV1021; Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV1003; Violin Sonata No. 3 in E BWV1016; Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor BWV1018; Toccata in D minor BWV913 (for solo harpsichord); Violin Sonata No. 2 in A BWV1015

*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Bryce Dessner, known to many as the guitarist from The National, has been leading a double life as a prolific composer and curator in the realm of creative new music. His compositions, marked by a keen sensitivity to instrumental colour and texture, feature in this hour-long programme alongside Bartók’s folklore-inspired Duos and Schumann’s evergreen Piano Quartet.

KOMM, TROST DER WELT Robert Schumann Aus den östlichen Rosen; Volksliedchen; Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint Clara Schumann Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort; O Lust, O Lust; Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Sie liebten sich beide; An einem lichten Morgen Mahler Rückert Lieder Robert Schumann Frühlingsfahrt; Stirb, Lieb und Freud!

Barber Hermit Songs Robert Schumann Der Einsiedler Kate Royal’s recital includes the Hermit Songs of Samuel Barber, settings of evocative texts largely by anonymous early medieval Irish monks, together with other works dealing with the world of the spirit and the flesh. The duo’s choice of songs by Robert and Clara Schumann highlight the melodic gifts of both composers, capped by Robert’s profoundly moving reflections on the hermit’s solitary life in ‘Der Einsiedler’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

£13 concs £11

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series Bach extended the techniques of violin playing in his works for the instrument and broadened its possibilities in pursuit of previously unimagined creative goals.

Isabelle Faust places the composer’s Sonata No. 2 in A minor, which conjures up the impression of four-part counterpoint from a single instrument, together with three of his sonatas for violin and keyboard, and the Violin Sonata in G BWV1021, in which acclaimed early keyboard player Kristian Bezuidenhout will improvise the harmonies from Bach’s figured bass line. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series Photo of Isabelle Faust by Detlev Schneider Photo of Kristian Bezuidenhout by Marco Borggreve

Bryce Dessner

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Annie Mie Dreves/Deutsche Grammophon

Kate Royal

Esther Haase/EMI Classics

April Friday 15 April 7.30 pm

ELIAS STRING QUARTET AND FRIENDS

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49; Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1; Polonaise in Ab Op. 53 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 28 Rachmaninov From Études-tableaux Op. 39: No. 1 in C minor; No. 2 in A minor; No. 5 in Eb minor; No. 6 in A minor; No. 7 in C minor & No. 9 in D Balakirev Islamey Alexander Gavrylyuk, born in Ukraine in 1984, confirmed his place among the finest artists of his generation as winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. His probing interpretations of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, on disc and in the concert hall, have attracted critical superlatives and favourable comparisons with benchmark recordings by past greats.

Elias String Quartet

Benjamin Ealovega

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

London Pianoforte Series

Simon Crawford-Phillips

Kungsbacka Piano Trio

Saturday 16 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 17 April 11.30 am

Elias String Quartet Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

Elias String Quartet Kungsbacka Piano Trio

Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 54 No. 2 Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36

Simon Crawford-Phillips joins the Elias String Quartet in Brahms’s monumental Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34, a milestone work from the composer’s early maturity. The Quartet begins with Haydn’s Op. 54 No. 2, a tour de force of violin virtuosity, and continues with Britten’s adventurous First String Quartet of 1941, written in the garden toolshed of his wartime hosts in California.

Alexander Gavrylyuk

Hanya Chlala

Brahms composed the last of his three piano trios during the summer of 1886, in a rented villa near Lake Thun in Switzerland. Clara Schumann praised her friend’s ‘wonderfully gripping’ work, commending ‘its power of thought, its gracefulness, its poetry’. Members of the Kungsbacka Piano Trio join the Elias String Quartet in Brahms’s G major String Sextet, a work of Schubertian warmth and lyricism.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

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

Chamber Music Season

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Mika Bovan

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April Sunday 17 April 3.00 pm

Sunday 17 April 7.30 pm

Monday 18 April 1.00 pm

Ruby Hughes soprano Julius Drake piano

Julian Prégardien tenor James Baillieu piano

Hagen Quartet

Schumann Röselein, Röselein; Die Blume der Ergeburg; Mädchen-Schwermut; Nachtlied; Einsamkeit; Meine Rose; Die Sennin; Abendlied (Op. 107 No. 6); Requiem (Op. 90 No. 7) Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Ravel Deux mélodies hebraïques Britten A Charm of Lullabies

Schubert Romanze (D114); An Laura, als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied sang; Der Geistertanz; Stimme der Liebe (D187); Naturgenuss; Totenkranz für ein Kind; An mein Klavier; Grablied auf einen Soldaten; An den Tod; Die Forelle; Morgenlied (D685); Frühlingsglaube; Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Der Blumen Schmerz; Der Wachtelschlag; Schwanengesang (D744); Selige Welt; Todesmusik; Schatzgräbers Begehr; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Der Musensohn

In his final years Schubert absorbed lessons learned from the late string quartets of Beethoven. His String Quartet in G D887 stands among the most adventurous of all his chamber compositions, operatic in the power of its drama and the impact of its lyrical themes. The Hagen Quartet, formed in 1981, has developed its engrossing interpretation of the work over many years in performance at the highest level.

Ruby Hughes graduated as a cellist before returning to study voice and winning the 2009 London Handel Singing Competition. Her programme for this recital explores Schumann’s later songs, including four of the composer’s settings of verse by Nikolaus Lenau and the ‘Requiem’ he added to his Op. 90 collection in response to mistaken news of the poet’s death.

All seats £15

Song Recital Series

Schubert String Quartet in G D887

Schubert’s early ‘Romanze’, written in 1814, catches the Gothic tale of a maiden imprisoned by her uncle in a castle tower. Scene-painting and story telling flow throughout Julian Prégardien’s recital. The tenor’s programme includes the rarely heard ‘Todesmusik’, operatic in intensity, and the pastoral beauty of ‘Der Musensohn’, among the last but not least of Schubert’s Goethe settings.

All seats £15

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs/ Introducing James Baillieu

Ruby Hughes

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Sim Canetty-Clarke

Julian Prégardien

Marco Borggreve

James Baillieu

Kaupo Kikkas

April Monday 18 April 7.30 pm

LLYˆR WILLIAMS

Hagen Quartet Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 György Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András (12 Microludes) Op. 13 Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATA CYCLE

Ann Murray DBE Masterclass See page 18 for full details

Wednesday 20 April 7.30 pm

Anssi Karttunen cello Nicolas Hodges piano

There is an edge of anxiety and restlessness about both of the works in the first half of this concert.

The Hagen Quartet pairs Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2, an impassioned product of the composer’s late teens, with György Kurtág’s Hommage à Mihály András, completed in 1978.

The programme closes with Schumann’s exquisite String Quartet in A minor, dedicated to the composer’s friend Mendelssohn.

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Sir Harrison Birtwistle Bogenstrich – Lied ohne Worte; Bogenstrich – Wie eine Fuge; Bogenstrich – Variationen Sean Shepherd Cello Sonata* (world première) Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Tuesday 19 April 1.00 pm

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin piano THE CAROLAN CELEBRATION Llyˆr Williams

See page 18 for full details

Wednesday 20 April 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Benjamin Ealovega

Anssi Karttunen and Nicolas Hodges range across more than two centuries of repertoire for cello and piano, embracing everything from the concentrated expression of Beethoven’s Op. 102 No. 2 to Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Bogenstrich (‘Bow-stroke’) of 2006– 09. Their programme also contains the world première of a new Cello Sonata by American composer Sean Shepherd, specially commissioned

by Wigmore Hall.

Tuesday 19 April 7.30 pm £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Llyˆr Williams piano

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Op. 79; Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90; 6 Bagatelles Op. 126; Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ Welsh pianist Llyˆr Williams continues his complete Beethoven cycle at Wigmore Hall by tackling one of the most formidable musical monuments in the piano literature, the all-encompassing, strikingly complex ‘Hammerklavier’. According to Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood, the work signalled ‘a turning point … in the history of the piano sonata’. Williams prefaces the work with two contrasting compositions, including the highly charged Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, and Beethoven’s final work for piano, the Op. 126 Bagatelles. This series continues with three further concerts in the 2016/17 Season. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Hagen Quartet

Harald Hoffmann

Anssi Karttunen

Irmeli Jung

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Irish Culture in Britain John Gilhooly OBE has directed a major part of London’s contribution to the Ireland 2016 centenary programme.

He is very pleased to play a significant role at this pivotal moment in relations between Ireland and the UK, and to help, through culture, the strengthening of this important bond of friendship and reconciliation, recognising and enhancing further Ireland’s reputation for cultural excellence over the past century. His week-long festival is one of the highlights of the global celebrations, and aims to underline the extensive and productive network of contacts between both countries, which has been especially fruitful in the fields of music and literature.

Tuesday 19 April 1.00 pm

Wednesday 20 April 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Wigmore Hall Debut

Ann Murray DBE Masterclass

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin piano THE CAROLAN CELEBRATION Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Chair of Music and Founder/Director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, is noted for his development of a uniquely Irish traditional piano style.

Mícheál makes a much-anticipated Wigmore Hall debut with the first performance of a new series of suites for solo piano, edited from the eighteenth century Irish harp music of Turlough O’Carolan.

The music of this nomadic blind traditional harper, known simply as Carolan to his Anglo-Irish patrons, represents a sonic encodement of a rapidly changing Ireland.

Over the course of her long and distinguished career, Ann Murray DBE has performed on the world’s leading opera and concert platforms. She is held in the highest affection by Wigmore Hall’s audience, not least for her many recitals here in partnership with Graham Johnson and with the Songmakers’ Almanac. The charismatic mezzo-soprano, born and raised in Dublin, returns to Wigmore Hall for an afternoon masterclass in which she will work with selected students and alumni from the Royal Irish Academy of Music, accompanied by Dearbhla Collins.

All seats £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

All seats £15 London Pianoforte Series

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

Ann Murray DBE

Finghin Collins

Tara Erraught

Photos: Ann Murray DBE by Sian Trenberth, Finghin Collins by Mark Stedman, Tara Erraught by Kristin Speed, Robin Tritschler by Garreth Wong

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Robin Tritschler

A Centenary Celebration Thursday 21 April 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Friday 22 April 11.00 am – 12 noon

Keynote Address

Masterclass Showcase Recital

Irish Ambassador H.E. Daniel Mulhall gives the keynote address on 100 years of Irish Culture.

With students and alumni from the Royal Irish Academy of Music who took part in the masterclass with Ann Murray DBE, accompanied by Dearbhla Collins.

Free to concert ticket holders (no extra ticket required)

All seats £4

Thursday 21 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 24 April 3.00 pm

Ailish Tynan soprano Ann Murray DBE mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Gavan Ring baritone Lucy Wakeford harp Jonathan Ware piano Finghin Collins piano Michael Collins clarinet RTÉ Contempo String Quartet Choirs from:

Royal Irish Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music GALA CONCERT British and Irish national anthems Solo piano works by Schubert and Field Schubert songs to include: Nacht und Träume; Erlkönig; Licht und Liebe; Die Forelle; An die Musik; Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria); Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock); Ständchen (D920) Gerald Barry String Quartet No. 1* (revised) (world première) Irish songs to include: Trad/Irish She moved thro’ the fair; Galway Bay; The Salley Gardens (arr. Britten); The lark in the clear air (arr. Stanford) Balfe I dreamt that I dwelt in Marble Halls Head The ships of Arcady; A Blackbird Singing Molloy The Kerry Dance Lambert She is far from the land

Pre-Concert Talk JS COUSSER AND THE IRISH STATE MUSICK AT DUBLIN CASTLE

Professor Samantha Owens introduces John Sigismond Cousser’s work The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus ahead of the concert. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Sunday 24 April 4.00 pm NB starting time

Ensemble Marsyas Peter Whelan director, harpsichord Samuel Boden tenor (Apollo) Mhairi Lawson soprano (Calliope/Polymnia) Emilie Renard mezzo-soprano (Thalia/Terpsichore) Chloe Morgan mezzo-soprano (Clio/Euterpe) Sarah Brady soprano (Melpomene/Urania) Niamh O’Sullivan mezzo-soprano (Erato) Cousser The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus Handel Eternal source of light divine Ensemble Marsyas and guest soloists perform an Ode written for the birthday celebrations of Queen Anne in Dublin, 1711, composed by John Sigismond Cousser, a student of Lully and ‘Master of State Musick’ at Dublin Castle.

This concert is dedicated to HM Queen Elizabeth II in the week of her 90th birthday.

All seats £15 Early Music and Baroque Series

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

Following this concert, Ann Murray DBE will be presented with The Wigmore Medal, in recognition of her significant international career.

This Gala honours those who died at Easter 1916, Irish and British, and all the soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season

Supported by Culture Ireland as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme

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April Saturday 23 April 7.30 pm

ANGELA BORODIN HEWITT QUARTET MASTERCLASS

BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE

Angela Hewitt piano Haydn Piano Sonata in Ab HXVI:46 Schubert Moments Musicaux D780: No. 1 in C; No. 2 in Ab & No. 3 in F minor Haydn Piano Sonata in G HXVI:40; Piano Sonata in B minor HXVI:32 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784 Haydn Fantasia in C HXVII:4 Angela Hewitt’s pianism has been hailed for its lyricism and sense of rhythmic nuance. She directs her artistry to a thrilling combination of works, framing three of Schubert’s Moments Musicaux in her recital’s first half with Haydn’s early Piano Sonata in A flat and the quixotic humour of his later Piano Sonata in G. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Sunday 24 April 11.30 am

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra See page opposite for full details Sunday 24 April 3.00 pm Borodin Quartet

Keith Saunders

Friday 22 April 7.30 pm

Angela Hewitt

Bernd Eberle

Friday 22 April 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Angela Hewitt Masterclass Celebrated for her Bach interpretations and the dazzling brilliance, vitality and wit of her readings of works by everyone from Rameau, Couperin and Ravel to Mozart, Beethoven and Messiaen, Angela Hewitt has gathered a vast store of experience and a wealth of insight into the art of performance. The Canadian pianist shares her perceptive thoughts and opinions on musical interpretation in this masterclass session with postgraduate pianists from the four London music colleges.

Pre-Concert Talk See page 19 for full details

Borodin Quartet

Sunday 24 April 4.00 pm

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83 Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; Grosse Fuge in B b Op. 133

Ensemble Marsyas See page 19 for full details

For the latest in its Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle, the Borodin Quartet presents a programme rich in contrasts.

Shostakovich’s Fourth Quartet evokes the emotional depths of song and the spirit of folksong, while Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge strives to reach the outer limits of the universe through the art of counterpoint. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Benefactor Friends of Wigmore Hall

Chamber Music Season

Forthcoming Concert in this Series

£8 concs £6

Sunday 24 April 7.30 pm

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Further dates to be announced in 2016/17 Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

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Lewis Brockway

The Mozart Odyssey Mozart’s chamber music spans everything from piano sonatas for accomplished amateurs to works written with professional players and an audience of connoisseurs in mind. The Mozart Odyssey, launched at Wigmore Hall last season, closes with concerts devoted to wind serenades, the Divertimento K563, and the latest in Francesco Piemontesi’s cycle of the piano sonatas.

The Mozart Odyssey is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

Sunday 24 April 11.30 am

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Sibelius String Trio in G minor Mozart Divertimento in E b K563 Mozart wrote his Divertimento in E flat K563 for his friend the Viennese merchant Michael Puchberg. This superb work, the first ever trio for violin, viola and cello, was probably written for performance to a small private audience. Principal players of Aurora Orchestra offer Mozart’s score in company with Sibelius’s early String Trio in G minor, serious and intense in mood. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra WIND SERENADES IN E b K375 AND IN C MINOR K388

Wednesday 13 July 7.30 pm

Francesco Piemontesi piano PIANO SONATA CYCLE

Portrait of Mozart by Barbara Kraft (1764 –1825)

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April Sunday 24 April 7.30 pm

Monday 25 April 1.00 pm

Monday 25 April 7.30 pm

Borodin Quartet

Borodin Quartet Michael Collins clarinet

Werner Güra tenor Christoph Berner piano

Tchaikovsky Album pour enfants Op. 39 (arr. for string quartet by R. Dubinsky) Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581

Robert Schumann Sängers Trost; Dein Angesicht; Es leuchtet meine Liebe; Mein altes Ross; Schlusslied des Narren Brahms Es reit ein Herr und auch sein Knecht; Schwesterlein; Es steht ein Lind; Jungfräulein, soll ich mit euch gehn; Da unten im Tale Clara Schumann Sie liebten sich beide; Warum willst du and’re fragen; Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort; Er ist gekommen Robert Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F# minor Op. 108; String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122 Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 127 Sorrow pervades Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11, woven into its fabric by a composer all too familiar with grief and loss. The Borodin Quartet prefaces the work with the short String Quartet No. 7, a score distilled down to leave the essence of emotional expression. Beethoven’s Op. 127, the first of his late quartets, points to the eternal serenity that lies beyond the chaos of humanity’s struggle for survival. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

The late Rostislav Dubinsky, the Borodin Quartet’s founding first violinist, fashioned a delightful arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Album pour enfants for string quartet, enhancing the music’s playfulness and also highlighting its romantic qualities. The Borodins are joined by Michael Collins for a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, among the great masterworks of chamber music. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Werner Güra and Christoph Berner have cultivated a sixth sense of communication in their critically acclaimed partnership. They begin by exploring the five songs of Schumann’s Op. 127, two of which were originally conceived as part of the original version of Dichterliebe, before presenting works from Brahms’s Deutsche Volkslieder together with four enchanting songs by Clara Schumann. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

Michael Collins

Borodin Quartet

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Benjamin Ealovega

Ny Che Goyang /Aram Nuri Arts Center

Werner Güra

Monika Ritterhaus

April Tuesday 26 April 7.30 pm

The English Concert Christian Curnyn guest director, harpsichord Marais Suite from Alcyone Haydn Symphony No. 44 in E minor ‘Trauer’ Rameau Suite from Les Boréades Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A K201 The English Concert returns to Wigmore Hall with guest director Christian Curnyn to perform two suites from French opera-ballets, Marin Marais’s Alcyone and Rameau’s Les Boréades. This typically inventive programme challenges preconceptions of baroque and classical timelines: Les Boréades, a landmark of high baroque opera, was written in 1763, while the 30-year-old Haydn was developing foundations of the new classical style in Vienna. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm

KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARD 2016 Wednesday 27 April 1.30 pm

Rolf Hind piano SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES PIANO SONATA NO. 2 WORLD PREMIÈRE See page 24 for full details

SEMI-FINAL

Thursday 28 April 7.30 pm

Friday 29 April 6.00 pm

Quatuor Ebène Gautier Capuçon cello

FINAL

The annual auditions for this famous singing competition, founded in memory of one of the UK’s best loved contraltos, attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing.

Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

27 April All seats £18 students £10

French cellist Gautier Capuçon, one of the foremost cellists of his generation, joins Quatuor Ebène for the first half of a concert comprising two of the greatest of all chamber music compositions.

Schubert’s String Quintet stands here as the sublime complement to Beethoven’s Op. 130 String Quartet, performed with its original finale, the cosmic, ultimately consoling Grosse Fuge.

29 April £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

The English Concert

Richard Haughton

Quatuor Ebène

Julien Mignot

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies World Première Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm

Rolf Hind piano Rolf Hind Thus Have I Heard Hans Abrahamsen Ten Studies (UK première) Simon Steen-Andersen Rerendered (for piano and two assistants) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Piano Sonata No. 2* (world première) * Co-commissioned by Nottingham Lakeside Arts, the University of Nottingham and the Sound Festival in association with the University of Aberdeen, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffman, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Rolf Hind’s recital features the world première of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s Second Piano Sonata, a major new work commissioned by Wigmore Hall from the octogenarian composer. Hind, an acclaimed pianist-composer, considers impermanence and transcendence in his own work Thus Have I Heard, which recalls the opening lines of Buddhist scriptural texts, reflecting the aural tradition of the Buddha’s teachings. The programme also includes the keenly awaited UK première of Ten Studies (1984–98) by Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen, who refers to his creation as ‘studies of the piano’s character or soul. A soul that has been created by all the music … written for the instrument, from its childhood until today.’ £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series

Photo of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Universty of Salford Press Office

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Rolf Hind

Alexander Banck-Petersen

April/May Saturday 30 April 7.30 pm

Sunday 1 May 7.30 pm

Monday 2 May 1.00 pm

Les Talens Lyriques Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano

Konstantin Lifschitz piano

Baiba Skride violin Lauma Skride piano

ARCADIAN CANTATAS FROM ROME TO VENICE See page 26 for full details

Sunday 1 May 11.30 am

London Haydn Quartet Haydn String Quartet in Bb Op. 55 No. 3 Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Haydn’s Op. 55 No. 3, created in 1788, uses turbulent chromatic harmonies to evoke strong inner feelings. The London Haydn Quartet, one of the world’s leading period-instrument chamber groups, performs the work in company with Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ Quartet, written soon after Haydn’s death in 1809 as a tribute to the late composer’s remarkable artistic legacy.

Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004); Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 Couperin 7e ordre from Second livre de pièces de clavecin Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 Born in the Soviet Union in 1976, Konstantin Lifschitz studied at the famous Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow. The recording of a recital he gave shortly after he graduated was nominated for a Grammy Award and helped launch his glittering international career. This programme reflects the breadth of his pianism, ranging from Brahms’s homages to Bach and Handel, to evocative miniatures

by Couperin and Schumann.

Sibelius Four Pieces Op. 78 Pe¯teris Vasks Maza vasaras muzika (Little Summer Music) Einojuhani Rautavaara Summer Thoughts Nielsen Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 Lauma and Baiba Skride’s lunchtime programme includes a beguiling suite of pieces by their fellow Latvian, Pe¯teris Vasks. The changing moods and sultry lyricism of Maza vasaras muzika serve as a broad bridge between the melodic charms of Sibelius’s Op. 78 and the dark intensity of Nielsen’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in G minor. £13 concs £11

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Konstantin Lifschitz

London Haydn Quartet

Sona Andreasyan

Giorgia Bertazzi

Lauma Skride

Marco Borggreve

Baiba Skride

Marco Borggreve

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Les Talens Lyriques Ann Hallenberg Saturday 30 April 7.30 pm

Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord Gilone Gaubert-Jacques violin Jivka Kaltcheva violin Emmanuel Jacques cello

Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano ARCADIAN CANTATAS FROM ROME TO VENICE Scarlatti Cantata: Dall’oscura magion dell’arsa Dite (L’Orfeo) Corelli Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 3 No. 5 Vivaldi Cantata: Perché son molli RV681 Handel Trio Sonata in G Op. 5 No. 4 HWV399 Handel Cantata: Notte placida e cheta HWV142 Ann Hallenberg returns to Wigmore Hall with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset to perform chamber cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Handel infused with warmth and fiery passion. The Swedish mezzo-soprano’s visionary readings of Baroque music, together with her appearances on the world’s leading opera stages, have triggered rave reviews. She opens this recital with Dall’oscura magion dell’arsa Dite, Scarlatti’s heart-melting response to the myth of Orpheus, and explores the seductive melodic lines of Vivaldi’s Perché son molli before charting the yearning emotions of Handel’s Notte placida e cheta, an exquisite product of the composer’s apprentice years in Italy. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Christophe Rousset Photo of Ann Hallenberg by Nancy Glor

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Ignacio Barrios Martinez

May Monday 2 May 7.30 pm

Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pm

Wednesday 4 May 7.30 pm

Alexander Janiczek violin Llyˆr Williams piano

The King’s Consort Robert King conductor Julia Doyle soprano (La Virtù) Hilary Summers contralto (L’Età dell’Oro) David Wilson-Johnson bass (La Senna) Tom Robson tenor (Chorus)

The Endellion String Quartet

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Alexander Janiczek and Llyˆr Williams’s duo partnership has developed over many years. These strikingly individual artists offer a programme of inspired masterworks, from the songful charms of Brahms’s Second Violin Sonata and dance-infused spirit of Bartók’s Second Violin Sonata to the inspired thematic invention and thrilling energy of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season

Vivaldi La Senna festeggiante RV693 Vivaldi’s stylish serenata ‘The Seine rejoicing’ was commissioned for performance at the French Ambassador’s residence in Venice. With its extraordinarily colourful score, La Senna festeggiante mixes Italianate vitality and panache with French elegance in a splendid fusion of European musical styles. David Wilson-Johnson leads a top-rank cast in this performance.

Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Mozart String Quartet in A K464 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22 The Endellion String Quartet explores Haydn’s brilliant and exhilarating ‘Fifths’ quartet before turning to Mozart’s sublime and profound K464, which was lovingly dedicated to Haydn and deeply appreciated by him. The ensemble concludes its Wigmore Hall series this season with Tchaikovsky’s gripping and melodious quartet, which speaks straight to the heart. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Llyˆr Williams

Alexander Janiczek

The Endellion String Quartet

John Ferro Sims

Colin Jackson

The King’s Consort

Eric Richmond

Keith Saunders

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May Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm

Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

Igor Levit piano Busoni Fantasia after J S Bach BV253; Elegien BV249 Bach From The Art of Fugue BWV1080: Contrapunctus 1; Contrapunctus 4; Contrapunctus 11 Busoni Fantasia contrappuntistica BV256

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

Marlis Petersen soprano Jendrik Springer piano See page opposite for full details Saturday 7 May 10.30 am – 3.00 pm

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day

Igor Levit’s interpretations combine high intelligence and technical mastery with creative imagination and insight. His choice of works embraces the visionary contrapuntal writing of Bach’s The Art of Fugue and concludes with Busoni’s majestic homage to the same. It also includes the free-flowing Fantasia after Bach, written soon after the death of Busoni’s father in 1909.

See page 30 for full details Saturday 7 May 7.30 pm

Quatuor Mosaïques Robert Levin fortepiano

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series /Igor Levit Perspectives

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1 Beethoven Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 16 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb K449 Béla Bartók

Friday 6 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Wednesday 11 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Friday 13 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BÉLA BARTÓK Immerse yourself in the chamber music works of Béla Bartók, which though few in number contributed greatly to his stature as a composer. Bartók's six string quartets have been compared to late Beethoven in their uncompromising inner logic and rugged beauty, and are often seen as an intimate musical diary of his life. His chamber music with piano reflects his career as a performer, from the elusive violin sonatas to the much-loved Contrasts, commissioned by Benny Goodman.

Since its formation in 1985, Quatuor Mosaïques has pursued the highest technical standards and artistic goals. The period-instrument ensemble makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall in partnership with fortepianist Robert Levin. Their programme includes the popular and profound musical blend of Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 1 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto K449 in its version for piano and string quartet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

These sessions are hosted by composer Julian Philips with pianist Laura Roberts and student performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Heath Quartet on 13 May. Wigmore Hall Learning Event / Bartók Chamber Music

Igor Levit

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Gregor Hohenberg

Robert Levin

Ascherman

Marlis Petersen Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

Marlis Petersen soprano Jendrik Springer piano Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Strauss Die Georgine; Weisser Jasmin; Die Verschwiegenen; Die Zeitlose; Frühlingsgedränge Strauss Drei Lieder der Ophelia Strauss Mädchenblumen Wolfgang Rihm Das Rot Marlis Petersen studied piano and flute, making her mark with a series of prize-winning performances in Germany’s Jugend musiziert competition. She discovered her passion for singing while studying music education in Stuttgart and subsequently broadened her artistic horizons with lessons in jazz dance and tap dancing. Her jaw-dropping coloratura caused a sensation following her operatic debut in 1994, while her vocal and stage presence have since drawn acclaim to roles as diverse as Berg’s Lulu, Mozart’s Susanna, Strauss’s Zerbinetta and Reimann’s Medea. This Wigmore Hall recital surveys nine Strauss songs and probes the vivid psychological worlds of two landmark song-cycles, Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben and Wolfgang Rihm’s Das Rot. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran Song Recital Series/Contemporary Music Series

Photo by Yiorgos Mavropoulos

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle Study Day Saturday 7 May

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted to welcome one of the seminal musical figures of our time, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, for a day of concerts and discussions. With masterpieces spanning the full range of genres, from chamber music to grand opera and from music theatre to solo instrumental works, the dramatic power of Birtwistle’s music thrills audiences around the globe and continues to inspire the newest generation of composers to match his daring, challenging and communicative output.

The study day will feature chamber music and songs personally selected by Sir Harrison for performance by the students from the RNCM.

10.30 am Sir Harrison Birtwistle Duets for Storab (for two flutes); Five Distances (for wind quintet); Trio (for piano, violin and cello) 12 noon In conversation: a glimpse into the life and works of Sir Harrison Birtwistle with Fiona Maddocks.

2.00 pm Sir Harrison Birtwistle Pulse Sampler (for oboe and claves); Songs by Myself (for soprano and chamber ensemble); Fantasia upon all the notes (for flute, clarinet, string quartet and harp); The Woman and the Hare (for soprano, reciter and ensemble) All tickets £5 concs £3 (each event) or Day ticket £10 concs £7

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Photo by Hanya Chlala

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Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Contemporary Music Series

May Sunday 8 May 11.30 am

Sunday 8 May 7.30 pm

Monday 9 May 1.00 pm

Jennifer Koh violin

Quatuor Mosaïques

Angelika Kirchschlager

Bach Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud) Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 David String Quartet in A minor Op. 32 Mendelssohn String Quartet in Eb Op. 12

Emotional intensity, technical command and intellectual curiosity belong to Jennifer Koh’s formidable artistic arsenal. The American violinist has garnered critical praise with her readings of Bach’s music and exploration of works inspired by Bach. Her irresistible Coffee Concert programme pairs two of Bach’s solo Partitas with Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata in A minor, which opens with a quote from Bach’s Partita No. 3. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Quatuor Mosaïques begins this recital with the fifth of Haydn’s Op. 33 quartets, a winning mix of symphonic grandeur, pathos and high-spirited fun.

The period-instrument quartet also offers a rare chance to hear the String Quartet in A minor Op. 32

by Mendelssohn’s friend, the violinist-composer Ferdinand David, a work hallmarked by its lyrical invention and dramatic contrasts. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

mezzo-soprano

James Sherlock piano Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 Clara Schumann Scherzo No. 2 in C minor Op. 14 Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Schönheit; Lorelei Robert Schumann Blondels Lied; Hoch, hoch sind die Berge; Waldesgespräch Jake Heggie Pablo Picasso: Head of a Woman, 1932; Euclid; The Haughty Snail-King; What the Rattlesnake Said; The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky (What the little girl said); Winged Victory: We’re through Jake Heggie, born in Florida in 1961, made his international breakthrough as composer of the opera Dead Man Walking. Angelika Kirchschlager’s lunchtime programme projects the heart-felt melodies and sophisticated harmonic language of Heggie’s songs, together with Grieg’s sublime settings of German poetry and a selection of songs

by Clara and Robert Schumann.

Chamber Music Season

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

All seats £15

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Jennifer Koh

Quatuor Mosaïques

Jürgen Frank

Wolfgang Krautzer

Angelika Kirchschlager

Nikolaus Karlinsky

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May Tuesday 10 May 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Tuesday 10 May 7.30 pm

Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm

Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric Suite

Joshua Bell violin Sam Haywood piano

Heath Quartet

The Tana String Quartet joins writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite for string quartet and soprano in this visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital. Composed in 1926 the work was Berg’s love letter to his mistress, Hanna Fuchs. As dramatic as any opera, the quartet features various numerical, musical and textual codes, including a song, concealed within its final movement. This lecture-recital, accompanied by projections from the stage, will read between the ledger lines and unlock the secrets behind one of the Second Viennese School’s most passionate scores.

See page opposite for full details

See page 35 for full details

BARTÓK CHAMBER MUSIC

ECHO AND NARCISSUS Thursday 12 May 7.30 pm

Mark Padmore tenor Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Ryan Wigglesworth piano

All seats £15

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Ryan Wigglesworth Echo and Narcissus* (London première) Janácˇek The Diary of One who Disappeared *Co-commissioned by Aldeburgh Music, Musik im Reisen, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Ryan Wigglesworth, English National Opera’s Composer in Residence, was inspired to write Echo and Narcissus after reading Ted Hughes’s Tales from Ovid. He eventually settled on his ideal setting, complete with dialogue, narrative and reflection, after performing Janác ˇek’s The Diary of One who Disappeared. Mark Padmore and Kitty Whately join Wigglesworth for the work’s London première.

Ryan Wigglesworth

Benjamin Ealovega

Thursday 12 May 6.00 pm

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Song Recital Series / Contemporary Music Series

Artists in Conversation Composer and pianist Ryan Wigglesworth joins us in conversation with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly to give an insight into the creation and performance of his new work Echo and Narcissus, which receives its London première in the evening concert. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Alban Berg

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Painting by Arnold Schoenberg

Mark Padmore

Kitty Whately

Photo of Mark Padmore by Marco Borggreve Photo of Kitty Whately by Natalie J Watts

Joshua Bell Tuesday 10 May 7.30 pm

Joshua Bell violin Sam Haywood piano Vitali Chaconne in G minor Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Additional works to be announced from the stage Described by The Strad as ‘the one who will be remembered in fifty years’ time’ and praised by the Boston Herald as ‘the greatest American violinist active today’, Joshua Bell has achieved the highest distinction as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and orchestral leader. The breadth of his musical interests is reflected in everything from his vast repertoire and discography of over 40 recordings to his work as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Bell’s mature artistry is directed in this recital to a programme that calls for musical and psychological insight, flights of virtuosity and sustained lyricism. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Chamber Music Season

Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

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Bartók Wigmore Hall played an important part in raising the international profile of Bartók’s music, presenting the first public performance in London of his Third String Quartet in 1929 and prominently promoting the Hungarian composer’s chamber music during his lifetime. The tradition continues with Bartók Chamber Music, a major Wigmore Hall retrospective, complete with the Heath Quartet’s eagerly awaited exploration of Bartók’s six string quartets.

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Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm

Other Events in this Series

Heath Quartet Bartók String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 5 Bartók blurred the barriers between art and folk music, romanticism and modernism, and diverse cultures of East and West in his six string quartets, among the twentieth century’s greatest musical creations. The Heath Quartet’s complete cycle opens with the First String Quartet, a modern successor to Beethoven’s late quartets, and goes on to explore the haunting dissonances and striking symmetries of the Fifth, written in 1934.

Friday 6 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Wednesday 11 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Friday 13 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study Group Tuesday 24 May 7.30 pm

Cédric Tiberghien

piano

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO

Friday 13 May 7.30 pm

Saturday 11 June 7.30 pm

Heath Quartet

Barnabás Kelemen violin José Gallardo piano

Bartók String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 6

VIOLIN SONATAS

Bartók interrupted work on his Sixth Quartet on hearing news of the Nazi-Soviet pact in August 1939. He returned to it in the early months of the Second World War, creating a composition all the more intense for its simplicity and sense of nostalgia. The Heath Quartet presents the piece in company with the Second Quartet, inspired by Bartók’s folk music studies, and the oceanic invention of his Fourth Quartet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season

Heath Quartet

Kaupo Kikkas

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Takács Quartet Associate Artists Saturday 14 May 7.30 pm (repeated Monday 16 May 7.30 pm) Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

Takács Quartet with Lawrence Power viola Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 14 in A b Op. 105 Webern Langsamer Satz Dvorˇák String Quintet in E b Op. 97 Wigmore Hall Associate Artists, the members of the Takács Quartet are joined for a recital by Lawrence Power, one of the world’s foremost viola players. They will perform Dvorˇák’s String Quintet in E flat Op. 97, written during the composer’s memorable summertime visit in 1893 to Spillville, Iowa. Although homesick for his native Bohemia, Dvorˇák was enchanted by the sights and sounds of the American countryside and channelled his deep affection for Spillville into his quintet’s tonal warmth and flowing lyricism. The Takács also explores the composer’s final String Quartet, conceived in New York and completed on his return to Prague in 1895, and the yearning expression of Webern’s Langsamer Satz. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by Gerry Wakelin and Ivor Samuels Chamber Music Season

Photo by Keith Saunders

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Lawrence Power

Giorgia Bertazzi

May Sunday 15 May 11.30 am

Sunday 15 May 6.00 pm

Sunday 15 May 7.30 pm

Modigliani Quartet

Ailish Tynan soprano Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor James Platt bass Graham Johnson piano

Sophie Bevan soprano Graham Johnson piano Matthew Hunt clarinet

Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1; String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2 The Modigliani Quartet, formed in 2003, has been praised for its ‘sovereign and extremely supple’ balance and uncanny attention to phrasing, articulation and ensemble. The group turns its collective artistry to two of the three string quartets Schumann wrote in the summer of 1842 following his close study of Beethoven’s late quartets and the quartets of Haydn and Mozart. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Schubert Cora an die Sonne; Der Morgenkuss; Abendständchen: An Lina; An die Sonne

Schubert Hektors Abschied; Hermann und Thusnelda; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (1st version, fragment); Philoktet; Antigone und Oedip; Uraniens Flucht; Dithyrambe The world of Greek myth, of gods and mortals, is brought to life in the first of two all-Schubert recitals. Hector’s moving farewell to his wife and son precedes the bloody battles recounted by Homer in The Iliad. Schiller transposed the scene to the eve of the Trojan hero’s ill-fated duel with Achilles in his ‘Hektors Abschied’, the dramatic moment enhanced by the noble dignity of Schubert’s setting.

All seats £5

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

THE EARLY MIGNON SONGS 1815–16 Schubert Sehnsucht (D310a); Sehnsucht (D310b); Kennst du das Land; Sehnsucht (D359); So lasst mich scheinen (2 fragments) (D469); Sehnsucht (D481); Vedi quanto adoro; Pax vobiscum; Das Marienbild; Vom Mitleiden Mariä; Marie; Suleika I & II; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Sophie Bevan and Graham Johnson build their programme around Schubert’s early settings of songs of the enigmatic Mignon from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. They also explore the dramatic contrasts of the aria ‘Vedi quanto adoro’, a highly charged setting of words from Metastasio’s libretto Didone abbandonata, and close with ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’, Schubert’s magisterial blend of German and Italian vocal styles. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Modigliani Quartet

Sylvie Lancrenon

Kitty Whately

Natalie Watts

Sophie Bevan

Sussie Ahlburg

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May Tuesday 17 May 11.00 am – 11.45 am (repeated 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm)

Monday 16 May 1.00 pm

Jerusalem Quartet

For Crying Out Loud!

Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 Thematic economy and formal unity are common to the works in the Jerusalem Quartet’s lunchtime programme. Beethoven builds the elaborate first and slow movements of his Op. 18 No. 2 from simple melodic ideas; Bartók, meanwhile, prefaces the four movements of his String Quartet No. 6 with the same melancholy theme and uses it as the foundation for the work’s introspective finale.

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, presented in a relaxed environment for parents or carers and their babies to enjoy together.

Side by Side The Prince Consort and Students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama Brahms Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52 Stephen Hough Other Love Songs

Adults £7.50 (babies come free)

The Prince Consort is renowned for its imaginative programming, world-class performances and its original approach to commissioning new works.

The ensemble is also passionate about helping the next generation of singers and pianists.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

All seats £15

Tuesday 17 May 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 18 May 1.00 pm

See page opposite for full details Monday 16 May 7.30 pm

For this project, members of the ensemble and Stephen Hough have worked with students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and ensemble perform side by side.

All seats £5

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pm

Takács Quartet Lawrence Power viola

Lisa Batiashvili violin Antoine Tamestit viola Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Jonathan Biss piano

Repeat of concert on 14 May £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015 /16 Wigmore Series

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

See page opposite for full details

Chamber Music Season

Jerusalem Quartet

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Felix Broede

For Crying Out Loud!

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

The Prince Consort

Richard Ecclestone

Jean-Guihen Queyras Artist in Residence French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras fell in love with Wigmore Hall during his career’s early years and has deepened his affection for the place, its history and its famous acoustic in the course of many performances over the past two decades. His term as Artist in Residence concludes with a pre-concert talk and an evening of music made with close colleagues and friends.

Tuesday 17 May 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence Jean-Guihen Queyras discusses his residency and life as a performer with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pm

Lisa Batiashvili violin Antoine Tamestit viola Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Jonathan Biss piano Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 Martinu˚ Duo for violin and cello No. 1 H157 Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47 ‘I am absolutely crazy about Schumann’, notes Jean-Guihen Queyras, ‘and his Piano Quartet is one of the masterworks of music. So this was the piece I wanted above all to experience with this wonderful group of colleagues.’ Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence shares the stage with three outstanding fellow musicians, and partners Lisa Batiashvili in Martinu˚ ’s exquisite Duo. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall This concert will be followed by the annual Patron Friends dinner. To book for the dinner please contact the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230.

Chamber Music Season

Lisa Batiashvili

Antoine Tamestit

Jonathan Biss

Photos: Jean-Guihen Queyras by Marco Borggreve; Lisa Batiashvili by Sammy Hart/Deutsche Grammophon; Antoine Tamestit by Eric Larrayadieu; Jonathan Biss by Benjamin Ealovega

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May Wednesday 18 May 7.30 pm

Friday 20 May 7.00 pm NB starting time

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Louis Lortie piano

Programme to include: Schubert Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (D325); Gesänge des Harfners; Hoffnung (Schaff’ das Tagwerk meiner Hände); Auf dem See (D543); Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Am Flusse; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Der Pilgrim; Dithyrambe For his second recital in the Schubert: The Complete Songs series, Florian Boesch surveys the harper’s heart-moving songs from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister.

The German baritone, among the finest Lieder interpreters of his generation, also explores other settings of verse by Goethe and Schiller, crowned by the latter’s ‘Dithyrambe’, which was first performed the day after Schubert’s death at the Musikverein in Vienna. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5

Thursday 19 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2016 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT): Identifying, nurturing, promoting and supporting exceptional young artists YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In this third and final round, outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected from over 100 applicants in the preliminary and semi-final rounds, audition before a distinguished panel of judges. At a critical time in their development YCAT offers guidance and advice alongside a full artist management service to selected artists for 3–5 years.

Previous artists include Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom, Joanna MacGregor, Llyˆr Williams and the Belcea, Heath and Doric string quartets. £10 concs £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions)

According to the Daily Telegraph’s five-star review, Louis Lortie ‘made the walls shake’ with his performances of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ and Liszt’s B minor Sonata at Wigmore Hall in 2015. The French-Canadian artist returns with another richly endowed programme, complete with the minor-keyed turbulence of Mozart’s K310, written in Paris in 1778, and Brahms’s monumental F minor Piano Sonata. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Friday 20 May 10.00 pm

Kuss Quartet Miklós Perényi cello Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Wigmore Lates returns with Schubert’s peerless String Quintet in C, given by the Berlin-based Kuss Quartet and Miklós Perényi, an outstanding figure among Hungarian musicians. This event provides the chance to hear one of the greatest of all chamber compositions performed by artists deeply immersed in the work’s expressive gestures and spiritual essence.

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Florian Boesch

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Lukas Beck

Louis Lortie

ELIAS

Miklós Perényi

Szilvia Csibi

May Saturday 21 May 7.30 pm

Augustin Hadelich violin Charles Owen piano Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 David Lang Mystery Sonatas* (excerpts) (UK première) Janácˇek Violin Sonata André Previn Tango Song and Dance *Commissioned by Carnegie Hall

Music’s mystical nature and power to move in ways not available to other art forms inform Augustin Hadelich’s programme. The German violinist’s recital includes movements from David Lang’s Mystery Sonatas, which Hadelich first performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014, and Janácˇek’s Violin Sonata, created as the composer’s response to the carnage of World War One.

Sunday 22 May 11.30 am

Sunday 22 May 7.30 pm

Antonio Meneses cello

Anna Prohaska soprano Veronika Eberle violin Malin Broman violin Danusha Waskiewicz viola Quirine Viersen cello Rick Stotijn double bass Pascal Moraguès clarinet Marco Postinghel bassoon Radovan Vlatkovic´ horn

Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008 Piatti 12 Caprices Op. 25 (Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 5) Cassadó Suite for solo cello Born into a family of musicians in Brazil, Antonio Meneses achieved his international breakthrough as winner of the first prize and gold medal at the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He returns to Wigmore Hall to perform a group of works drawn from the heart of his repertoire, including the high-spirited Suite by the Spanish cellist-composer Gaspar Cassadó. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Schubert Salve Regina in A D676 Webern Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben Pergolesi Salve Regina in C minor Schubert Octet in F D803 Webern described ‘Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben’, the second of his Three Pieces for string quartet, as a response to the appearance of an angel. Webern’s contemplative miniature for voice and strings serves in this recital as a bridge between two settings of the ancient Salve Regina text and points to the blissful mood of Schubert’s six-movement Octet.

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season

Augustin Hadelich

Rosalie O’Connor

Antonio Meneses

Clive Barda

Anna Prohaska

Holger Hage/Deutsche Grammophon

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Wigmore

Lates Wigmore Lates is a vibrant series of concerts that runs on Friday evenings throughout the summer, featuring a diverse range of internationally acclaimed musicians and eclectic programmes. This year the series includes works written in the early eighteenth century for Louis XIV of France, a spectacular one woman cabaret, and a chance to hear Schubert’s magnificent String Quintet in C. These concerts are sure to round off your week in style!

Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates for full details.

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Friday 20 May 10.00 pm

Friday 24 June 10.00 pm

Kuss Quartet Miklós Perényi cello

Adam Walker flute Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Schubert String Quintet in C D956

Couperin ‘Le Grand’ Concert Royal IV Quantz 2 Capricci Benda Flute Sonata in E minor Duphly From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray & Chaconne Philidor Suite No. 5 in E minor

Wigmore Lates returns with Schubert’s peerless String Quintet in C, given by the Berlin-based Kuss Quartet and Miklós Perényi, an outstanding figure among Hungarian musicians. This event provides the chance to hear one of the greatest of all chamber compositions in ideal conditions, performed by artists deeply immersed in the work’s expressive gestures and spiritual essence.

All seats £15

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Mozart Serenade in E b K375; Excerpts from Don Giovanni (arr. for wind ensemble

by Triebensee); Serenade in C minor K388 Mozart’s Don Giovanni includes music for the latest trend in aristocratic entertainment.

The so-called Harmonie, a wind band comprising horns, bassoons and one or more pairs of treble instruments, became hugely popular and prompted Josef Triebensee to arrange hits from Don Giovanni. Principal players of Aurora Orchestra also present two of Mozart’s wind serenades, including his ‘Night Music’ in C minor K388.

All seats £15

Adam Walker and Mahan Esfahani present a thrilling survey of early sonatas for flute and harpsichord, opening with one of François Couperin’s Concerts Royaux and including the majestic Suite No. 5 in E minor by Pierre Danican Philidor, Couperin’s colleague and a member of Louis XIV’s Chambre du Roy. Their programme also includes virtuoso solo works for each instrument.

All seats £15

Friday 8 July 10.00 pm

Zoë Martlew cello Revue Z – one woman cabaret written and performed by Zoë Martlew Revue Z, the spectacular cabaret creation from pigeonhole-defying cellist, performer, composer, blogger, broadcaster and educator Zoë Martlew, comes to Wigmore Hall for an unmissable late-night outing. Since its inaugural London performance eight years ago, this uproarious, moving, sexy, hilarious and defiantly off-the-wall show has stormed to success at festivals in the UK, Denmark, Iceland, Vietnam and Canada.

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Wigmore Hall image by Benjamin Ealovega

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May Monday 23 May 1.00 pm

Monday 23 May 7.30 pm

Pekka Kuusisto violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello

Classical Opera Ian Page conductor Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano

Bach Two-part inventions BWV772– 86 transcribed for violin and cello (a selection) Jörg Widmann 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2) (a selection) Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and former BBC New Generation Artist Nicolas Altstaedt span almost three centuries of music for violin and cello.

A selection of Bach’s Two-Part Inventions are interwoven with excerpts from Jörg Widmann’s aphoristic 24 Duos for violin and cello, completed in 2008. The programme is completed with Ravel’s Sonata, dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy. £13 concs £11

Tuesday 24 May 7.30 pm

Cédric Tiberghien piano

CHE PURO CIEL Gluck Resta, o cara from Il trionfo di Clelia; O del mio dolce ardor from Paride ed Elena Kraus Symphony in C minor Gluck Che puro ciel from Orfeo ed Euridice; Misera dove son... Ah, non son io from Ezio Mozart Che scompiglio, che flagello from La finta semplice; Dunque sperar poss’io ... Il tenero momento from Lucio Silla JC Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 Mozart Se l’augellin sen fugge from La finta giardiniera; Deh, per questo istante solo from La clemenza di Tito Ann Hallenberg performs a beguiling selection of arias by Gluck and Mozart, culminating in Sesto’s magnificent ‘Deh, per questo istante solo’ from La clemenza di Tito. Classical Opera’s programme also includes two superb yet rarely performed minor-key symphonies from Hallenberg and Page’s homelands – the intense and fiery C minor Symphony by Kraus, ‘the Swedish Mozart’, and a G minor Symphony by Mozart’s friend and mentor, ‘the London Bach’.

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Bartók 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op. 20; Piano Sonata; Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík György Kurtág Hommage à Bartók; All’ongherese (Hommage à Gösta Neuwirth) Bartók Sonatina György Kurtág Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (3) (Evocation of Petrushka); Five-finger play – chromatic exercise; Pen Drawing, Valediction to Erzsébet Schaár; Orosz Tánc (Russian Dance) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 122–127 György Kurtág La fille aux cheveux de lin – enrage; A flower for Márta; Face to Face (Demény János in memoriam) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 128 –133 György Kurtág Perpetuum mobile; ... et encore une fois: Fleurs nous sommes ...; Gallop; Knots (2); Les Adieux (in Janácˇek’s Manier) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 134–139 György Kurtág Flower and Thistle to S.W.; András Hajdú is 60; The very last conversation with László Dörnyei Bartók 6 Romanian Folk Dances Bartók’s systematic knowledge of Hungarian and Romanian folk music shaped the development of his own musical language. He collected thousands of melodies during field trips and incorporated many of them in works such as 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs and 6 Romanian Folk Dances.

Cédric Tiberghien’s recital also includes selections from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos and Kurtág’s Játékok, educational pieces also intended for performance. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series/Bartók Chamber Music Nicolas Altstaedt

Pekka Kuusisto

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Marco Borggreve

Kaapo Kamu

Ann Hallenberg

Nancy Glor

Cédric Tiberghien

Jean-Baptiste Millot

May Wednesday 25 May 7.30 pm

Thursday 26 May 1.00 pm – 1.50 pm

Thursday 26 May 7.30 pm

Jack Liebeck violin Katya Apekisheva piano

Voiceworks

Pavel Haas Quartet Denis Kozhukhin piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Bridge Violin Sonata Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor; Clair de lune from Fêtes galantes Book I John Corigliano Violin Sonata

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

Frank Bridge’s bitter-sweet Violin Sonata, the fine product of prolonged creative struggle, received its first performance in London in January 1934. Jack Liebeck pairs the piece here with Beethoven’s C minor Violin Sonata, a work filled with defiance, anxiety and pathos. The recital closes with John Corigliano’s youthful Violin Sonata, winner of the 1964 Festival of Two Worlds chamber music prize.

Visit www.voiceworks.org.uk for more details

A CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE

Free (ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Martinu˚ String Quartet No. 3 Dvorˇák String Quartet in D minor Op. 34 Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44 Over the past decade the Pavel Haas Quartet has attracted an international following to its award-winning recordings, and has beguiled audiences with performances acclaimed for their freshness and insight. The Czech ensemble is joined by Denis Kozhukhin, winner of the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition, in Schumann’s evergreen Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Katya Apekisheva

Jack Liebeck

Denis Kozhukhin

John Batten

Pavel Haas Quartet

Marco Borggreve

Marco Borggreve

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May Friday 27 May 7.30 pm

Miah Persson soprano Joseph Breinl piano Schubert Die abgeblühte Linde; Der Flug der Zeit; Vier Canzonen; Am See; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Lied der Delphine; Wiegenlied (D867); Im Freien Sjögren Sechs Lieder aus Julius Wolff’s Tannhäuser Songs by Strauss

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH SONG

Schubert’s high regard for Italian music surfaces in many of his songs and is clearly present in his Vier Canzonen, written as singing exercises for the future wife of one of his dearest friends. Miah Persson’s recital also includes songs dealing with the flow of time and water, reminders of life’s transience, together with the delightful ‘Wiegenlied’ and intimate communication of ‘Im Freien’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Join us for this special event to mark the recent publication of Richard Stokes’s new book, The Penguin Book of English Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden (Allen Lane, March 2016).

Each of the 100 chapters – arranged chronologically from Chaucer to Auden – is devoted to a single poet, and opens with information about his or her work, life and, often, approach to song. This is followed by a choice of poems that have inspired musical settings, arranged chronologically according to composer.

Copious footnotes provide information about the more abstruse Classical and learned references, difficult syntax and vocabulary, and biographical details relevant to either composer or poet. The Penguin Book of English Song is a highly original anthology of English verse that will be indispensable to all singers, pianists and lovers of song.

Saturday 28 May

1.00 pm

10.00 am

Concert

Study Event

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Joseph Middleton piano

Richard Stokes will discuss many of the 100 poets mentioned in his new book, will read some of their poems and comment on the multifarious settings. This event is a must for anyone interested in words and music.

This event will be two hours in duration, with a short interval Tickets £5 Copies of the book will be on sale at a reduced price Wigmore Hall Learning Event Cover design of The Penguin Book of English Song

by Richard Green Photo of Sarah Connolly by Peter Warren Photo of Robin Tritschler by Garreth Wong

Miah Persson

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Mina Artistbilder

Songs by Ireland and Quilter Gurney Sleep; By a Bierside; Most Holy Night; The fields are full Britten Winter Words Sarah Connolly and Robin Tritschler, two celebrated singers both renowned for their interpretations of English Song, present a programme of repertoire which is central to The Penguin Book of English Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden.

All seats £15 Song Recital Series

May

MICHAEL COLLINS SERIES

Sunday 29 May 11.30 am

Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm

Kopelman Quartet

Louis Schwizgebel piano

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68

Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Liszt From 12 Lieder von Schubert S558: Ständchen; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Du bist die Ruh; Erlkönig Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D845

Founded in 2002 by four outstanding names in Russian chamber music, the Kopelman Quartet is celebrated for its exquisite refinement, artistic insight and expressive power. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall to explore the melodic glories of Haydn’s ‘Lark’ Quartet and Shostakovich’s Second String Quartet of 1944, a wartime work of symphonic proportions and intensity. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Michael Collins

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Benjamin Ealovega

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust In association with Leeds International Piano Competition With grateful thanks to Dame Fanny Waterman

Saturday 28 May 7.30 pm

Michael Collins clarinet Robin O’Neill bassoon Richard Watkins horn Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Laura Samuel violin Krzysztof Chorzelski viola Leonard Elschenbroich cello Lynda Houghton double bass Michael McHale piano Lucy Crowe soprano

Swiss-Chinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel, praised

by The New York Times as an ‘insightful musician’, attracted global attention in 2012 when he won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme complete with four of Liszt’s transcriptions of Schubert songs and Haydn’s grand Piano Sonata in C.

London Pianoforte Series

Louis Schwizgebel

Marco Borggreve

Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Schubert Octet in F D803 Michael Collins closes his series at Wigmore Hall this season in fine style. The clarinettist and conductor, celebrated for his sparkling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship, is joined by friends and colleagues in a programme of three indisputable masterworks, crowned by Schubert’s Octet. The concert opens with ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’, which reflects the influence of Italian opera and musical style on Schubert’s mature melodic invention, and also includes the sublime lyricism of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season

Kopelman Quartet

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May/June Monday 30 May 1.00 pm

Tuesday 31 May 6.30 pm NB starting time

Monday 30 May 7.30 pm

Till Fellner piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’ Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17 Till Fellner’s penetrating Beethoven interpretations have been ranked among the finest, underlining his status as one of the leading pianists of his generation. His lunchtime programme explores the notion of fantasy in music, moving through the light and shade of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 13 and entering the romantic mindscape of Schumann’s Beethoven-inspired Fantasie.

MARINA KOKA piano GUILDHALL WIGMORE RECITAL PRIZE Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Op. 2 No. 3 Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118

£13 concs £11

Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27; Ballade No. 3 in A b Op. 47 Ravel La valse The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Japanese pianist Marina Koka is the recipient of this year’s award, and her recital promises to be a special occasion. £13 concs £11

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Cuarteto Casals Sophie Bevan soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Henk Neven baritone James Baillieu piano WIGMORE HALL 115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT See page 51 for full details Wednesday 1 June 7.30 pm

Arcangelo piano Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Rachel Brown flute Isabelle Faust violin Anna Lucia Richter soprano WIGMORE HALL 115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT See pages 51 for full details Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm

JACK Quartet WIGMORE HALL 115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT See page 51 for full details

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Fran Kaufman

JACK Quartet

Henrik Olund

June Friday 3 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

Sunday 5 June 11.30 am

Florilegium

Maurice Steger recorders Ensemble Marsyas

FLORILEGIUM 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Bach The Brandenburg Concertos BWV1046–BWV1051 Florilegium celebrates its 25th anniversary season with a complete performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Originally dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, these six outstanding concertos – rarely performed as a complete set – demonstrate Bach’s skill at combining different solo and ensemble sonorities and textures.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes in duration, including an interval £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Josep Domènech Lafont oboe Peter Whelan bassoon Cecilia Bernardini violin Philippe Grisvard harpsichord

EGGNER TRIO HAYDN AND DVORˇÁK

Vivaldi Concerto in D RV95 ‘La Pastorella’ Telemann Quartet in A minor TWV43:a3 Fasch Quartet in D minor FaWV N:d2 Vivaldi Sonata in A minor for recorder, bassoon and continuo RV86 Veracini Violin Sonata in G minor Op. 1 No. 5 Vivaldi Concerto in D RV90 ‘Il gardellino’ Named after the Greek satyr who challenged Apollo to a musical contest, the Edinburgh-based Ensemble Marsyas was formed to champion virtuoso wind music of the eighteenth century. The group returns to Wigmore Hall in partnership with Maurice Steger, recently hailed by the Independent as ‘the world’s leading recorder player’. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Supported by an anonymous donor

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Eggner Trio

Nancy Horowitz

Sunday 5 June 7.30 pm

Eggner Trio Haydn Piano Trio in C HXV:27; Piano Trio in E HXV:28 (Bartolozzi trio) Dvorˇák Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26 Florilegium

John Yip Brandies

The Eggner Trio’s survey of the piano trios of Haydn and Dvorˇák continues with two works written by Haydn, either in London or soon after his return to Vienna in 1795, for the star pianist Therese-Jansen Bartolozzi. The three Eggner brothers, universally acclaimed for their instinctive communication and cultivated artistry, close their seductive programme with Dvorˇák’s Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26, a wonderfully forthright work of bristling energy and rhythmic élan. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Further concerts to be announced for the 2016/17 Season Maurice Steger

Molina Visuals

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115th Anniversary Celebratory Concerts Wigmore Hall celebrates the 115th Anniversary of its opening with a trio of gala concerts hallmarked by their musical diversity and fuelled by the energy and artistry of exceptional performers. The breadth of the Hall’s present artistic programme is mapped across the three evenings, devised by John Gilhooly, opening with an all-Schubert concert from an inspirational gathering of emerging and established artists. The festivities continue with Arcangelo’s programme of instrumental works by JS Bach together with a beguiling aria by his cousin Johann Christoph Bach, and are crowned by a typically bold adventure in contemporary chamber music from the JACK Quartet.

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Tuesday 31 May 6.30 pm NB starting time

Wednesday 1 June 7.30 pm

Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Cuarteto Casals Sophie Bevan soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Henk Neven baritone James Baillieu piano

Arcangelo* Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord Rachel Brown flute Isabelle Faust violin Anna Lucia Richter soprano

JACK Quartet

Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960 Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Well-known songs by Schubert The great Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, whose musical development was influenced by her close collaboration with Sviatoslav Richter, makes a welcome return to the stage for the first of three gala concerts to mark Wigmore Hall’s 115th Anniversary. Cuarteto Casals then joins the celebration with a cornerstone of the repertoire, before we immerse ourselves in the captivating world of Schubert’s finest Lieder.

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

JS Bach Concerto in E for violin BWV1042 JC Bach Mein Freund ist mein, und ich bin sein from Cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön JS Bach Concerto in A minor for violin BWV1041; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067; Non sa che sia dolore in G BWV209; Violin Concerto in A (arrangement by Brian Clarke of Harpsichord Concerto in A BWV1055) Wigmore Hall celebrates its 115th Anniversary in style with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including the Italianate passion of his secular cantata Non sa che sia dolore and his majestic solo violin concertos. This concert also marks the vitality of Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series, embodied here by Jonathan Cohen’s period-instrument ensemble, Arcangelo, and three outstanding soloists.

Machaut Three pieces (arr. Ari Streisfeld) John Zorn The Remedy of Fortune (UK première) Gesualdo Three Madrigals (arr. Ari Streisfeld) Caroline Shaw Ritornello 2.sq.2.j (UK première) Rodericus Angelorum psalat (arr. Christopher Otto) Helmut Lachenmann String Quartet No. 2 ‘Reigen seliger Geister’ Works ancient and modern coalesce to form a typically fascinating JACK Quartet programme, offered as part of Wigmore Hall’s 115th Anniversary celebrations. The rhythmic complexities of music from the fourteenth-century French Ars nova and expressive extremes of Gesualdo’s madrigals share the bill with the UK première of Caroline Shaw’s Ritornello 2.sq.2.j, an exquisitely beautiful study in musical fragmentation and repetition.

In honour of Fondation Hoffmann and its outstanding contribution to contemporary music at Wigmore Hall over the past decade £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle Chamber Music Season / Contemporary Music Series

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 (including a drink at the intervals)

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

In honour of the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Chamber Music Season /Song Recital Series/ London Pianoforte Series/ Introducing James Baillieu

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015/16 Wigmore Series

* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

10% discount when booking all three concerts

Early Music and Baroque Series

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Julia Wesely

JACK Quartet Arcangelo

Henrik Olund

Adam Swann

Photo of Wigmore Hall by Benjamin Ealovega

Cuarteto Casals

Molina Visuals

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June Monday 6 June 1.00 pm

Tuesday 7 June 11.00 am – 12 noon

Tuesday 7 June 6.00 pm

Lars Vogt piano

Living Music Heath Quartet

Artists in Conversation

Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (selection) Lars Vogt’s latest Wigmore Hall appearance offers an unmissable lunchtime date with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, originally written for Count Von Keyserlingk of Dresden, a victim of insomnia who required a ‘soothing and cheerful’ work to be played by his harpsichordist, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, during the small hours of the night. £13 concs £11

See page opposite for full details

A CONCERT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CARERS If you are, or you know someone who is, living with dementia, please join us for this morning concert. This relaxed performance includes a captivating programme of music by the Heath Quartet, and you are warmly invited to stay for tea and coffee afterwards.

Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm

The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor PURCELL – ROYAL WELCOME SONGS FOR KING JAMES II See page opposite for full details

£3

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Carers’ Week www.carersweek.org

Wednesday 8 June 7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne baritone Daniil Trifonov piano

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

See page 54 for full details

Heath Quartet

Lars Vogt

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Kaupo Kikkas

Neda Navaee

The Sixteen

Molina Visuals

Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Henry Purcell, London born and bred, turned his hand to just about every musical genre of his day and touched each with his genius. Over the past two seasons Wigmore Hall’s Henry Purcell: A Retrospective has ventured into the thick of the composer’s catalogue, presenting performances by exceptional interpreters of his music. The series culminates with the second of two concerts by The Sixteen and a tribute to Purcell presented by Trevor Pinnock and friends.

Henry Purcell: A Retrospective is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm

The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor PURCELL – ROYAL WELCOME SONGS FOR KING JAMES II Purcell Chacony in G minor; When on my sick bed I languish; True Englishmen drink a good health; Ye tuneful muses, raise your heads; A New Irish Tune in G; God is gone up with a merry noise (Canon a 7); A New Scotch Tune; Save me, O God, for thy name's sake; Sound the trumpet Harry Christophers directs members of The Sixteen in works that reveal Purcell’s ability to connect with the masses and entertain the elite of Restoration London.

Their programme addresses matters sacred and secular, touching on the geopolitics of late seventeenth-century Scotland and Ireland and closing with one of the most joyful of all Purcell arias.

Tuesday 7 June 6.00 pm

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Artists in Conversation

Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective / The Sixteen Residency

Internationally renowned conductor Harry Christophers and members from his ensemble The Sixteen discuss their repertoire ahead of the evening concert. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Portrait of Henry Purcell after John Closterman

Forthcoming Concert in this Series Friday 1 July 7.30 pm

Trevor Pinnock harpsichord Sophie Gent violin Matthew Truscott violin Jonathan Manson viola da gamba TRIO SONATAS AND SOLO HARPSICHORD WORKS

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Daniil Trifonov Residency On the eve of his astonishing performances of Prokofiev’s first and third piano concertos at the 2015 BBC Proms, The Times hailed Daniil Trifonov as ‘without question the most astonishing pianist of our age’.

The Russian artist concludes his Wigmore Hall Residency with two concerts sure to demonstrate his all-round musicianship and confirm his status among today’s finest performers.

Wednesday 8 June 7.30 pm

Matthias Goerne baritone Daniil Trifonov piano Berg Vier Lieder Op. 2 Schumann Dichterliebe Wolf Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo Shostakovich Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti Brahms Four Serious Songs Op. 121

Matthias Goerne Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov launched their duo partnership last season with a series of high-profile concerts. Their programme deals with matters of love and loss, life and death. Berg’s early Op. 2 songs raise the curtain on Schumann’s Dichterliebe, while Wolf’s Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo preface late masterworks by Shostakovich and Brahms. £45 £35 £30 £25 £15

Song Recital Series

Thursday 9 June 7.30 pm

Daniil Trifonov piano Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004) Schubert Piano Sonata in G D894 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book I) Op. 35 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28 Daniil Trifonov’s artistic development has been propelled from an early age by insatiable curiosity about the technical and expressive possibilities of his instrument. The phenomenal young Russian pianist, recently described by the Guardian as ‘a marvel’, closes his Wigmore Hall Residency with a programme that spans a universe of contrasting emotions and moods. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Photos: Daniil Trifonov by Dario Acosta/DG; Matthias Goerne by Marco Borggreve

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June

INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC

Thursday 9 June 7.30 pm

Friday 10 June 7.30 pm

Daniil Trifonov piano

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

See page opposite for full details

Julius Drake piano

Friday 10 June 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

SONGS FROM THE PLAYS AND NOVELS

Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the Community

Schubert Thekla: eine Geisterstimme (D73); Des Mädchens Klage (D191); Amalia; Erlkönig; Der König in Thule; Gretchen im Zwinger (Gretchens Bitte); Bertas Lied in der Nacht; Morgenlied; Der Unglückliche; Heiss mich nicht reden (D726); So lasst mich scheinen (D727); Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Abschied von der Erde; Lied der Anne Lyle; Gesang der Norna; Lied der Delphine; Hippolits Lied; An Silvia

Following Ignite’s year of creative projects working with community settings including the Cardinal Hume Centre, and piloting a year of extended projects for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, we invite you to join us for a celebration of this impactful work.

Ignite, Associate Artists with Wigmore Hall Learning, invite participants from projects over the year to the stage to present pieces inspired by material developed on these projects.

Free (ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake, whose duo partnership has flourished over many years, perform a delightfully broad and varied programme of Schubert songs. Their recital includes the tragic drama of ‘Erlkönig’, which the composer chose to publish as his Opus 1, and equally moving settings of Goethe’s ‘Der König in Thule’ and ‘Gretchen im Zwinger’ from Faust. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Magyars dancing the Czárdás Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday

9 June 16 June 23 June 30 June

4.45 pm – 4.45 pm – 4.45 pm – 4.45 pm –

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs 6.00 pm 6.00 pm 6.00 pm 6.00 pm

FINDING THE FOLK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC The big hit of the fifteenth century was a song entitled L’Homme Armé, or The Armed Man. It was appropriated by many great Renaissance composers such as Josquin des Préz, Dufay and Palestrina, all using the melody as a basis for complex polyphony, a wonderful mix of the artless and the artful. This course, led by Roy Stratford, examines the influence of folk music on ‘classical’ music through the centuries, and in particular examines the spectacular rise of nationalism in music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with composers from Dvorˇák and Bartók influenced by folk music in fascinatingly different ways.

Ignite

Benjamin Ealovega

Julius Drake

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Series ticket price £30 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Angelika Kirchschlager

Nikolaus Karlinsky

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June Saturday 11 June 7.30 pm

Sunday 12 June 11.30 am

Sunday 12 June 7.30 pm

Barnabás Kelemen violin José Gallardo piano

Zemlinsky Quartet

Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano

Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85; Sonata for solo violin BB124; Violin Sonata No. 1 BB84 Barnabás Kelemen’s deeply rooted affinity for Bartók is reflected in his Gramophone Award-winning recording of the works in this programme. Bartók’s two violin sonatas received their UK premières in London respectively in 1922 and 1923, within weeks of their first performances in Budapest, while the Sonata for solo violin was written for Yehudi Menuhin and first performed by him in New York in 1943.

Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 Suk String Quartet No. 1 in Bb Op. 11 The Zemlinsky Quartet opens this recital with Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 1, influenced by the composer’s close study of quartets by Haydn and Mozart. While Josef Suk, a founder member of the famous Bohemian Quartet, sounds echoes of Dvorˇák and Brahms in his First String Quartet of 1896, this early work catches the ear with its striking individuality and adventurous spirit. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Bartók Chamber Music

Debussy Cello Sonata György Kurtág From Signs, Games and Messages: Hommage à John Cage; Az Hit; Shadows (for Miklós Perényi) Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 Kodály Sonatina Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119 Natalie Clein’s musicianship flows from her innate sensitivity and ability to express deeply felt emotions through her playing. She is joined by the thrilling young Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland in a programme of music laced with beauty and passion.

Their recital is crowned by Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata in C, a work created against the dark background of his denunciation by the Soviet authorities, and hailed

by Miaskovsky as ‘a miraculous piece of music’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Barnabás Kelemen

Zemlinsky Quartet

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Christian Ihle Hadland

Tamas Dobos

Tomáš Bican

Natalie Clein

Anders Bergersen

Sussie Ahlburg

June Monday 13 June 1.00 pm

Wednesday 15 June 6.00 pm

Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm

Gli Incogniti

Ailish Tynan soprano Ben Johnson tenor Benjamin Appl* baritone Graham Johnson piano

Robin Tritschler tenor Graham Johnson piano

Vivaldi Sinfonia from L’Olimpiade RV725; Violin Concerto in F RV282; Violin Concerto in G minor RV322; Concerto in G for violin ‘in tromba marina’, strings and continuo RV313; Ballo Primo from Arsilda, regina di Ponto RV700 & Giga RV316; Violin Concerto in D RV228 Founded in 2006 by the violinist Amandine Beyer and named after the illustrious seventeenth-century Venetian Accademia degli Incogniti, Gli Incogniti makes its Wigmore Hall debut with a gripping concert of works

by Antonio Vivaldi. The period-instrument ensemble’s dedication to experiment and determination to demolish the boundaries of convention invariably bring pulsating life and energy to its interpretations.

Schubert Die Sterne (D176); Vergebliche Liebe; Die erste Liebe THE SELAM CYCLE Schubert Labetrank der Liebe; An die Geliebte; Wiegenlied (D304); Mein Gruss an den Mai; Skolie; Die Sternenwelten Schubert Das gestörte Glück; Licht und Liebe; Der Zwerg; Wehmut The works at the heart of this concert were set to verse originally published in one of the many annual Musenalmanache that supplied an eager market with new poetry and prose works during Schubert’s lifetime. The Viennese periodical Selam, provided the verse for six songs set by Schubert in 1815, an enchanting ‘cycle’ remarkable for its sustained invention, variety of expression and emotional insight.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Schubert Der Sänger; Am Flusse (D160); Heidenröslein; Schäfers Klagelied; Das Rosenband; Furcht der Geliebten; An Sie; Die Sommernacht; Die frühen Gräber; Cronnan; Minnelied; Die frühe Liebe; Blumenlied; Erntelied PARENTS AND CHILDREN Schubert Freude der Kinderjahre; Der Knabe in der Wiege; Der Alpenjäger (D588); Namenstagslied; Der Vater mit dem Kind; Vor meiner Wiege Robin Tritschler and Graham Johnson fathom deep emotions and feelings in this recital, not least those evoked in verse about childhood, parents and the innocence of youth. Schubert lost his mother at the age of 15 and, within a year of his own death, reflected on life’s short span and the nature of maternal love in ‘Vor meiner Wiege’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

All seats £5

* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Gli Incogniti

Ben Johnson

Clara Honorato

Chris Gloag

Benjamin Appl

David Jerusalem

Robin Tritschler

Garreth Wong

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June Thursday 16 June 11.00 am – 11.45 am (repeated 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm)

For Crying Out Loud!

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, presented in a relaxed environment for parents or carers and their babies to enjoy together.

Adults £7.50 (babies come free)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 16 June 7.30 pm

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

Yevgeny Sudbin piano

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

Scarlatti 3 Sonatas: in D minor Kk213; in C Kk159 & in D minor Kk9 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition In demand worldwide for his perceptive interpretations and eloquent pianism, Yevgeny Sudbin turns to two landmarks of the keyboard repertoire. He prefaces his reading of Beethoven’s final piano sonata, with its complex rhythmic transformations and overarching sense of proportion, with a selection of Scarlatti’s characterful sonatas, before tackling the bustling drama of Musorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Alexis Gregory Foundation and the Vendome Prize

Mozart Serenade in Eb K375; Excerpts from Don Giovanni (arr. for wind ensemble by Triebensee); Serenade in C minor K388 Mozart’s Don Giovanni includes music for the latest trend in aristocratic entertainment. The so-called Harmonie, a wind band comprising horns, bassoons and one or more pairs of treble instruments, became hugely popular and prompted Josef Triebensee to arrange hits from Don Giovanni. Principal players of Aurora Orchestra also present two of Mozart’s wind serenades, including his ‘Night Music’ in C minor K388.

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates/The Mozart Odyssey

London Pianoforte Series Saturday 18 June 7.30 pm Friday 17 June 7.00 pm

Jerusalem Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet Sharon Kam clarinet

Janácˇek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Bartók String Quartet No. 4 Ravel String Quartet in F

JERUSALEM QUARTET 20TH ANNIVERSARY See page opposite for full details

The works in the first half of the Jerusalem Quartet’s programme were written during the 1920s. Janácˇek’s String Quartet No. 1 was inspired by Tolstoy’s tale of an extramarital affair, while Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4 explores what an early critic called ‘the infinite realm of nature’. The programme closes with the sensuous delights of Ravel’s String Quartet in F. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

For Crying Out Loud!

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Chamber Music Season/ Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Clive Barda

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra

Lewis Brockway

Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

Wigmore Hall celebrates the Jerusalem Quartet’s official 20th Anniversary season with a three-concert series rich in repertoire variety. The ensemble is set to collaborate with Sir András Schiff in Weinberg’s rarely heard Piano Quintet and Brahms’s early F minor Piano Quintet. The series also offers the chance to hear the Jerusalems perform quartets

by Bartók, a focal point of their 2015/16 season.

Friday 17 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Saturday 18 June 7.30 pm

Jerusalem Quartet Monday 20 June 7.30 pm

Jerusalem Quartet Sir András Schiff piano

Jerusalem Quartet Sharon Kam clarinet Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6 Bartók String Quartet No. 3 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 For the first concert in its 20th Anniversary series at Wigmore Hall, the Jerusalem Quartet is joined by Sharon Kam in Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet, a work famed for its autumnal warmth and tonal beauty.

The concert’s first half comprises Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 6, a potent blend of classicism and romanticism, and Bartók’s third string quartet, judged by early critics as a model of classical perfection in chamber music. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Sharon Kam

Steven Haberland

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Chamber Music Season

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June Sunday 19 June 11.30 am

Sunday 19 June 7.30 pm

Monday 20 June 1.00 pm

Alina Ibragimova violin James Boyd viola Jonathan Cohen cello

Marc-André Hamelin piano

Wigmore Hall Debut

Beethoven Serenade for String Trio in D Op. 8; String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3 Three of today’s most perceptive and poetic string players join forces on the Wigmore Hall stage to form an irresistible trio. Their programme is crowned by a musical treasure from old Vienna bursting with energy and élan, Beethoven’s visionary C minor String Trio composed in 1797– 8. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Liszt Apparition No. 1 S155 No. 1; Waldesrauschen S145 No. 1; Un sospiro S144 No. 3; Ernani: [Deuxième] Paraphrase de Concert S432; Réminiscences de Norma S394 Feinberg Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2; Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 1 Liapunov 12 études d’exécution transcendante Op. 11 (selection) Marc-André Hamelin’s technical prowess allows him to mine the deepest layers of musical meaning. The French-Canadian artist opens his latest Wigmore Hall recital with works that run the gamut of Liszt’s creative thinking, from the sheer originality of Apparition No. 1 to the compelling showmanship of his Réminiscences de Norma. He also offers a selection of Liapunov’s fiendishly difficult Études d’exécution transcendante. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Les Ambassadeurs Alexis Kossenko director, flute Blavet Concerto in A minor for flute, two violins and continuo Pisendel Violin Sonata in D Leo Concerto in G for flute, two violins and continuo Leclair Ouverture in A Op. 13 No. 5 Vivaldi Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins and continuo RV108 Alexis Kossenko and Les Ambassadeurs are committed to creating historically informed performances that come to life in the present.

The ensemble’s Wigmore Hall debut concert includes a violin sonata by Johann Pisendel, who studied with Vivaldi and for whom Bach probably wrote his violin Partitas and Sonatas, and Michel Blavet’s dashing Concerto in A minor. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Jonathan Cohen

Marco Borggreve

Alina Ibragimova

Eva Vermandel

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Marc-André Hamelin

Les Ambassadeurs

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Sanja Harris

June Monday 20 June 7.30 pm

Tuesday 21 June 7.30 pm

Jerusalem Quartet Sir András Schiff piano

Pekka Kuusisto violin Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Tamara Stefanovich piano

Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Weinberg Piano Quintet Op. 18 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Mieczysław Weinberg found refuge in Soviet Russia following the Nazi invasion of Poland. His Piano Quintet dates from the end of 1944, its substantial scale and scope representative of its young composer’s artistic maturity. Sir András Schiff also joins the Jerusalem Quartet in another work of grand proportions, Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Chamber Music Season/ Jerusalem Quartet 20th Anniversary

SALLY BEAMISH WORLD PREMIÈRE

Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124 Brahms Horn Trio in Eb Op. 40; Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Ligeti Trio for violin, horn and piano Pekka Kuusisto joins forces with virtuoso horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill and critically acclaimed pianist Tamara Stefanovich in Brahms’s Trio Op. 40, which includes a heart-breaking central elegy for the composer’s mother, and Ligeti’s homage to Brahms.

The Finnish violinist, acclaimed for his distinctively individual tone and persuasive musicianship, opens with the exotic, folk-influenced sounds of Bartók’s Sonata for solo violin. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Sally Beamish

Ashley Coombes

Wednesday 22 June 7.30 pm

James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano

Sir András Schiff

Nadia F Romanini

Pekka Kuusisto

Kaapo Kamu

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Schlafloser Augen Leuchte; Keiner von der Erde Schönen; Nachtlied; Neue Liebe Liszt Im Rhein, im schönen Strome; Du bist wie eine Blume; Die Loreley; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Es war ein König in Thule Sally Beamish New work* (world première) *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

James Gilchrist’s duo partnership with Anna Tilbrook, established in 1997, has matured over the years to become one of the most vital and imaginative collaborations in the song recital world. This concert embraces everything from Schumann’s majestic Eichendorff settings and the compelling romanticism of Liszt’s songs to a new work commissioned

by Wigmore Hall from Sally Beamish. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Song Recital Series/ Contemporary Music Series

Tamara Stefanovich

Marco Borggreve

Alec Frank-Gemmill

Jen Owens

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June Thursday 23 June 7.30 pm

Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn director Mhairi Lawson soprano (Angelo) Claire Booth soprano (Maddalena) Hilary Summers contralto (Cleofe) Benjamin Hulett tenor (San Giovanni) Callum Thorpe bass-baritone (Lucifero) Handel La Resurrezione HWV47 Written at the culmination of the young Handel’s years of study in Italy, the oratorio La resurrezione is one of the composer’s most vibrant and moving works. With virtuoso arias, heart-breaking laments, duets and choruses, Handel portrays the resurrection through the sorrow and subsequent jubilation of Christ’s closest followers, while depicting the fierce battle between Heaven and Hell.

Friday 24 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

Friday 24 June 10.00 pm

Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Adam Walker flute Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Mendelssohn From Preludes and Fugues Op. 35: No. 1 in E minor; No. 5 in F minor Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Liszt Venezia e Napoli S162 Benjamin Grosvenor’s quicksilver fingers, insightful musicianship and the surging emotional power of his interpretations offer an entrancing artistic equation.

He opens this recital with two scintillating Preludes and Fugues by Mendelssohn and goes on to survey the technical demands and expressive depths of masterworks by Chopin, Ravel and Liszt. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Couperin ‘Le Grand’ Concert Royal IV Quantz 2 Capricci Benda Flute Sonata in E minor Duphly From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray & Chaconne Philidor Suite No. 5 in E minor Adam Walker and Mahan Esfahani present a thrilling survey of early sonatas for flute and harpsichord, opening with one of François Couperin’s Concerts Royaux and including the majestic Suite No. 5 in E minor by Pierre Danican Philidor, Couperin’s colleague and a member of Louis XIV’s Chambre du Roy. Their programme also includes virtuoso solo works for each instrument.

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

This concert will be approximately 2 hours 15 minutes in duration, including an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Benjamin Grosvenor

Orchestra of Early Opera Company

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Charlotte Burke

Adam Walker

Kaupo Kikkas

June Saturday 25 June 7.30 pm

Sunday 26 June 11.30 am

Sunday 26 June 7.30 pm

Miloš Karadaglic´ guitar

Danish String Quartet

Yaniv d’Or countertenor Ensemble NAYA Barrocade Amit Tiefenbrunn viola da gamba

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Andreas Ottensamer clarinet Ksenija Sidorova accordion Programme to include works by Bach, Schubert, Soller, Piazzolla, and The Beatles According to The Sunday Times, Miloš Karadaglic´ is ‘probably the biggest classical-guitar phenomenon since John Williams in the 1960s and Julian Bream a decade before’. The Montenegrin musician speaks to connoisseurs of classical guitar and also reaches out to vast arena audiences, helped by his inspirational artistry, charismatic personality and soulful connection to the works in his large repertoire.

Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Janácˇek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ In 1917 Janácˇek, unhappy in his second marriage, fell in love with Kamilla Stösslová, the young wife of an antiques dealer. His emotionally intense String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ was inspired by real or imagined events in their relationship. The Danish String Quartet pairs Janácˇek’s work with the second of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, a work of high drama and arresting contrasts. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

LATINO LADINO Traditional Shalom Aleichem Escalada Canten dos Jilguerillos Traditional (Ladino) A la una yo Nací; Avre Tu Puerta Cerrada; Axerico de Quinze Años Moulinié Río de Sevilla Sanz Canarios Yaniv d’Or La Soledad de la Nochada Traditional (Ladino) Morikos; Hija Mia Marini Passacaglia in G minor Traditional (Ladino) El Rey de Francia Albéniz Asturias from Suite española Sanz Marizápalos Traditional (Ladino) Los Guisados De La Berenjena Parra Gracias a la Vida Calestani Damigella Tutta Bella Yaniv d’Or and Ensemble NAYA released their first album to great critical acclaim, and Gramophone magazine selected it as one of their top 10 recordings of the year. They return to Wigmore Hall, now joining forces with the ravishing ensemble, Barrocade, with a collection of music from the South in a project entitled Latino Ladino. Mesmerising voices and instruments explore the distinct musical worlds of the Spanish, Jewish and South American traditions in an entirely original combination of these distantly related musical legacies.

Miloš Karadaglic´

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Lars Borges/Mercury Classics

Early Music and Baroque Series

Danish String Quartet

Caroline Bittencourt

Yaniv d’Or

Bernhard Musil

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June Monday 27 June 1.00 pm

Monday 27 June 7.30 pm

Tuesday 28 June 7.30 pm

Daniel Ottensamer clarinet Christoph Traxler piano

Matthias Goerne baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

Sonia Prina contralto laBarocca

Bassi Concert Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s Rigoletto Zemlinsky Fantasies on Poems of Richard Dehmel Op. 9 (arr. James Breed) Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Horovitz Sonatina

Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Songs by Beethoven

Arias and instrumental works from operas by Gluck including Le cinesi, La Sofonisba and La Semiramide riconosciuta

Joseph Horovitz, born in Vienna in May 1926, found refuge in Britain with his family after Hitler’s seizure of power in Austria. His Sonatina reflects the wonderful invention and imagination of his compositions.

Daniel Ottensamer’s recital also includes Zemlinsky’s Fantasies on Poems of Richard Dehmel, conceived for solo piano in 1898 and arranged for clarinet and piano by James Breed.

Each of the six songs of An die ferne Geliebte, the first song-cycle by a truly great composer, explores love and expresses the pain of separation through identification with the natural world.

Matthias Goerne and Kristian Bezuidenhout present the work together with a selection of other fine Beethoven songs. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

Recognised today as one of the leading contraltos of her generation, Sonia Prina’s career began two decades ago when she joined the Teatro alla Scala’s Academy and began performing Baroque opera.

She makes a much-anticipated return to Wigmore Hall, this time alongside laBarocca, formed in Milan in 2008, with a programme of arias by Christoph Willibald Gluck, a composer of radical works that changed the course of operatic history. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015/16 Wigmore Series

£13 concs £11

Early Music and Baroque Series BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Christoph Traxler

Julia Stix

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Daniel Ottensamer

Julia Stix

Matthias Goerne

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Marco Borggreve

Marco Borggreve/Harmonia Mundi

Sonia Prina

Ribaltaluce Studio

June/July Wednesday 29 June 6.00 pm

Thursday 30 June 7.30 pm

Friday 1 July 7.30 pm

Pre-Concert Event

Andreas Scholl countertenor Edin Karamazov lute

Sophie Gent violin Matthew Truscott violin Jonathan Manson viola da gamba, cello Trevor Pinnock harpsichord, organ

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 of their careers.

Free (ticket required)

Wednesday 29 June 7.30 pm

Razumovsky Ensemble Ruby Hughes soprano Brahms 2 Songs with viola Op. 91 (arr. for voice, cello and piano) Mahler Piano Quartet Movement in A minor Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117; La bonne chanson Op. 61 (arr. for voice, string quintet and piano)

Handel Nel dolce tempo HWV135a Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude from Cantata BWV147 Songs by Dowland FOLK SONGS Lord Rendall; I am a poor wayfaring stranger; Down by the Salley Gardens; O Waly Waly; I will give my love an apple Andreas Scholl’s award-winning discography includes spectacular recordings of Handel arias, moving accounts of Dowland lute songs and an uplifting album of English folk songs. The great German countertenor’s recital, given in partnership with regular collaborator Edin Karamazov, serves up a banquet of works harvested from each of these rich repertoire fields. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series / Song Recital Series

Chosen from a pool of exceptional soloists and orchestral section leaders, each member of the Razumovsky Ensemble shares a profound passion for chamber music. Ruby Hughes, known for her tender, rich-toned singing, joins the group in a programme crowned by Fauré’s sublime La bonne chanson, presented in the composer’s rarely performed arrangement for voice, piano and string quintet.

TRIOS AND SOLOS BY THE MOST FAM’D MASTERS Purcell Sonata in Four Parts No. 9 in F Z810; Suite in A minor; Sonata in Three Parts No. 10 in A Z799; Sonata in Three Parts No. 6 in C Z795 Croft Ground for harpsichord (formerly attr. Purcell) Purcell Sonata in Three Parts No. 9 in C minor Z798; Sonata in Four Parts No. 6 in G minor Z807 Corelli Trio Sonata in G Op. 2 No. 12 ‘Ciaccona’; Trio Sonata in C Op. 3 No. 8 Handel Suite in D minor HWV436; Trio Sonata in F HWV392 Wigmore Hall’s acclaimed Purcell series closes in fitting style with a survey of the composer’s chamber music. Trevor Pinnock, a pioneer of period-instrument performance, is joined by an outstanding trio of string players in a programme complete with Purcell’s Italianate sonatas in four parts and Handel’s Trio Sonata in F, probably written during his apprentice years in Italy. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series/ Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Ruby Hughes

Barry Hale

Andreas Scholl

James McMillan/Decca

Sophie Gent

Marco Borggreve

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Nathalie Stutzmann & Orfeo 55 Saturday 2 July 7.30 pm

Nathalie Stutzmann director, contralto Orfeo 55 Vivaldi Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93; Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169 Vivaldi Stabat Mater RV621 Vivaldi Agitata infido flatu from Juditha triumphans; Ritornello di Medoro from Orlando Furioso; Io sento in questo seno from Arsilda Regina di Ponto; Cor mio, che prigion sei from L’Atenaide; Largo from Bassoon Concerto in G RV493; Gelido in ogni vena from Farnace; Concerto for Strings in C RV109; Gemo in un punto e fremo from L’Olimpiade Nathalie Stutzmann’s artistry stems from early studies in piano, bassoon, chamber music and conducting. Her rich contralto voice was developed during lessons with her mother, the soprano Christiane Stutzmann, and subsequently at the École d’Art Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris with the legendary Hans Hotter. In addition to performing with the world’s leading orchestras and being an esteemed recitalist, she has flourished in recent years as a conductor. Stutzmann returns to Wigmore Hall with her ensemble Orfeo 55 to explore the energy, emotion and lyrical beauty of some of Vivaldi’s finest arias, complete with his plangent setting of Stabat Mater. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Supported by Dunard Fund

Early Music and Baroque Series

Photo of Nathalie Stutzmann by Simon Fowler

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July Sunday 3 July 11.30 am

Monday 4 July 1.00 pm

Monday 4 July 6.00 pm

Philippe Cassard piano Cédric Pescia piano

Florian Boesch baritone Justus Zeyen piano

Artists in Conversation

Mozart Sonata in F for piano duet K497 Debussy Six épigraphes antiques Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940

Schumann Es leuchtet meine Liebe; Die feindlichen Brüder; Die beiden Grenadiere; Märzveilchen; Muttertraum; Der Soldat; Der Spielmann Wolf Der Schäfer; Phänomen; Wanderers Nachtlied; Anakreons Grab; Harfenspieler I–III; Prometheus

Two artists blessed with rich experience as solo artists and chamber musicians share the stage to create the irresistible force of a piano duet.

Philippe Cassard and Cédric Pescia open with Mozart’s most serious work for piano four-hands and probe Debussy’s atmospheric portraits of everything from ‘Pan, god of the summer wind’ to ‘a tomb without name’. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

See page 68 for full details

Austrian baritone Florian Boesch is widely regarded to be among today’s foremost interpreters of Lieder, a consummate artist blessed with the breadth of tonal colours, keen intelligence and insight required to create the alchemical marriage between words and music. He is joined for this concert by Grammy Award nominee Justus Zeyen.

Tuesday 5 July 7.30 pm Wednesday 6 July 7.30 pm

Julia Fischer violin Igor Levit piano See page 68 for full details Thursday 7 July 7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Lars Vogt piano

All seats £15

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Monday 4 July 7.30 pm

Schubert Hymne I–4; Marie; Nachthymne; Einsamkeit; Sängers Morgenlied I & II; Das war ich; Auf der Riesenkoppe; Der Tod und das Mädchen; Ihr Grab; Schwestergruss; Am See; An die Leier; Im Haine

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Schubert’s songs often subvert ideas of high art by using the simplest musical material to fathom spiritual depths. The four hymns that open Ian Bostridge’s recital, for example, match music of the greatest economy to profoundly moving words by Novalis, while the haunting quality of ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’ (‘Death and the Maiden’) arises directly from its insistent melodic and rhythmic repetitions. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Cédric Pescia

Philippe Cassard

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Uwe Neumann

Bernard Martinez

Florian Boesch

Lukas Beck

Ian Bostridge

Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Julia Fischer & Igor Levit: Beethoven

Igor Levit, recently described by The Times as ‘a new star in the classical firmament’, is recognised for his superior blend of technical excellence, tonal refinement and probing musical intelligence. He closes Wigmore Hall’s Igor Levit Perspectives series in company with Julia Fischer and the complete violin sonatas of Beethoven.

Monday 4 July 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Pianist Igor Levit and violinist Julia Fischer discuss their lives as performers, as well as the evening programme, alongside Annette Morreau. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 5 July 7.30 pm

Julia Fischer violin Igor Levit piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’; Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No.1; Violin Sonata No.7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2; Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Beethoven reflects on the individual’s relationship to the natural world and the blissful qualities of nature in his lyrical ‘Spring’ Sonata of 1800.

The three sonatas of Op. 30 date from 1802, the time of the Heiligenstadt Testament, Beethoven’s heart-breaking letter about the despair and anguish caused by his hearing loss. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Wednesday 6 July 7.30 pm

Monday 4 July 7.30 pm

Julia Fischer violin Igor Levit piano

Julia Fischer violin Igor Levit piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’; Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1; Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2; Violin Sonata No.3 in Eb Op. 12 No. 3; Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 Julia Fischer and Igor Levit launch their survey of Beethoven’s violin sonatas with the three strikingly individual works of the composer’s Op. 12, a popular success following their publication in the late 1790s. Creative striving and a tumult of ideas hallmark the Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 23, a work of daring experiment and invention.

Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata was written for George Polegreen Bridgetower, former leader of the Brighton Pavilion Orchestra, while the warm-hearted Violin Sonata No. 10 was conceived in 1812 for a private performance given by the composer’s patron and piano pupil Archduke Rudolph of Austria and the French violinist Pierre Rode. Both are virtuoso works that deliver rich rewards to performers and audiences alike. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle

Photos: Julia Fischer by Felix Broede; Igor Levit by Gregor Hohenberg

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July Friday 8 July 7.00 pm NB starting time

Friday 8 July 10.00 pm

Saturday 9 July 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Christian McBride double bass Chick Corea piano

Zoë Martlew cello

Come and Sing: Music and Monarchs

See page 70 for full details

Friday 8 July 7.30 pm (repeated Saturday 9 July 7.30 pm) at Wilton’s Music Hall

Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers See page 72 for full details

Revue Z – one woman cabaret written and performed by Zoë Martlew Revue Z, the spectacular cabaret creation from pigeonhole-defying cellist, performer, composer, blogger, broadcaster and educator Zoë Martlew, comes to Wigmore Hall for an unmissable late-night outing. Since its inaugural London performance eight years ago, this uproarious, moving, sexy, hilarious and defiantly off-the-wall show has stormed to success at festivals in the UK, Denmark, Iceland, Vietnam and Canada.

Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring songs written for, and by, monarchs from around the world and across the ages. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £25 concs £19

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

All seats £15

Saturday 9 July 7.30 pm

Wigmore Lates

Jonathan Plowright piano Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita No. 2 BWV1004 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7 Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ BWV659; Chorale Prelude ‘Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’ BWV639 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 Liszt, notes Alfred Brendel, ‘revealed the full horizon of what the piano was able to offer’. Jonathan Plowright’s recital includes the composer’s elegy to lives and dreams destroyed by the bloody suppression of the Hungarian revolution of 1848.

He also presents Busoni’s brilliant Bach transcriptions and Schumann’s collection of miniature portraits in sound, Carnaval, inspired by a turbulent and short-lived love affair. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Zoë Martlew

Come and Sing

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Jonathan Plowright

Diane Shaw

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Christian McBride Jazz Series Friday 8 July 7.00 pm

Christian McBride double bass Chick Corea piano For the second concert in his curatorship of the Wigmore Hall Jazz Series, star bassist Christian McBride is joined by the great jazz pianist Chick Corea. A DownBeat Hall of Famer, NEA Jazz Master and 22-time Grammy winner, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after five decades of vibrant creativity and a staggering artistic output. Following their spectacular collaboration on the 2014 trio album ‘Trilogy’, McBride and Corea join forces again for a special duo recital that promises to be one of the jazz highlights of the year. £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Wigmore Hall Jazz Series

Forthcoming Concert in this Series

Friday 9 December 7.30 pm

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Photo of Christian McBride by R R Jones

July Sunday 10 July 11.30 am

Sunday 10 July 7.30 pm

Monday 11 July 1.00 pm

Benjamin Beilman violin Andrew Tyson piano

Tine Thing Helseth trumpet Kathryn Stott piano

Ensemble Marsyas Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano

Mozart Violin Sonata in Bb K454 Janácˇek Violin Sonata Schubert Rondo in B minor D895

Honegger Intrada Jennifer Higdon Trumpet songs Martinu˚ Sonatina for trumpet and piano Rolf Wallin Elegie Pilss Sonata for trumpet and piano Bartók Romanian Folk Dances (transcribed for trumpet) Grieg Haugtussa Op. 67 ‘The Mountain Maid’ (transcribed for trumpet)

Mozart Quintet in Eb for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Quintet in Eb for piano and winds Op. 16

Benjamin Beilman’s impassioned performances have earned plaudits from leading critics and invitations to appear at the world’s most prestigious venues. The American violinist, now in his mid-20s, made his international breakthrough in 2010 as winner of the Montreal International Music Competition. His programme is, by turns, meditative and playful. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Tine Thing Helseth’s ‘ability to transform the brassy trumpet sound into something soft, supple, lyrical and delectable needs to be heard to be believed’, notes the Evening Standard. In recent seasons the Norwegian artist has established a winning partnership with Kathryn Stott, touring together worldwide with programmes that show the versatility and variety of the trumpet.

Kristian Bezuidenhout and Ensemble Marsyas use period instruments to explore the colourful soundworld of two masterworks for piano and winds.

‘I myself consider it to be the best work I have ever composed’, Mozart told his father soon after the première of his K452. Beethoven studied its score and modelled his Op. 16 on Mozart’s work. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Andrew Tyson

Benjamin Beilman

Christian Steiner

Giorgia Bertazzi

Kathryn Stott

Tine Thing Helseth

Cicconi Massi

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Marco Borggreve

Ensemble Marsyas

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WIGMORE AT WILTON’S Friday 8 July 7.30 pm (repeated Saturday 9 July 7.30 pm)

Magdalena Koz ˇ ená mezzo-soprano Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers Programme to include: Cole Porter (arranged by Juraj Bartoš) Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; I Get a Kick Out of You; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; Night and Day; Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love; What Is This Thing Called Love?

As part of Magdalena Kožená’s series this season, the mezzo-soprano has partnered with Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers for this extraordinary Wigmore Series concert taking place at Wilton’s Music Hall. Wilton’s is one of the last and oldest surviving grand music halls in the world, offering a vibrant blend of culture, heritage, learning and participation, with a diverse programme of theatre, opera, dance and music. £50 £35 £15 Tickets only available from Wigmore Hall Box Office

Magdalena Kožená

Please note that best available seats will be assigned at your chosen price at the time of purchase

Song Recital Series / Wigmore Hall Jazz Series /Celebrating Magdalena Kozˇená

Wilton’s Music Hall 1 Graces Alley London E1 8JB Nearest stations: Aldgate East, Tower Hill, Tower Gateway & Shadwell For directions and details of the venue, please visit www.wiltons.org.uk or call 020 7702 2789.

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Ondrˇej Havelka and his Melody Makers Photo of Magdalena Kožená by Mathias Bothor, Deutsche Grammophon Photo of Wilton’s Music Hall by photographer James Mackenzie and lighting designer Tony Simpson, White Light Ltd

July Wednesday 13 July 7.30 pm

Saturday 16 July 11.00 am – 12 noon

Francesco Piemontesi piano Mozart Piano Sonata in C K279; Piano Sonata in F K280; Piano Sonata in Bb K281; Fantasia in C minor K475; Piano Sonata in C minor K457 Mozart’s piano sonatas require brilliant musicianship and a profound feeling for humanity. Francesco Piemontesi, hailed as ‘a Mozartean of rare refinement and wisdom’, makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall, opening his recital with a fine product of Mozart’s late teens and pairing the passionate C minor Sonata with the Fantasia in C minor. This cycle of Mozart’s works for piano continues on Thursday 15 December 2016, and stretches into 2017 with two further recitals.

BRACING CHANGE NEW STRING COMMISSIONS

For ages 7 plus TROUPE invites sound-makers everywhere to join them for a noisy morning at Sonic HQ!

Join musicians from TROUPE in an interactive family adventure featuring movement, storytelling and music by Bach, Cage and Ravel. Weaving together brand new poetry with music from across the centuries, they present an eclectic performance of humour, colour and invention.

Supported by the Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Donnacha Dennehy

Friday 15 July 7.30 pm Thursday 14 July 6.00 pm

FAMILY CONCERT

HQ does its best to keep the world ticking tidily along but when a Bad Mood arrives on the grid, HQ’s sound-makers realise they haven’t a clue how to reach it.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series/ The Mozart Odyssey

TROUPE: The Bad Mood

Children £8 Adults £10

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Doric String Quartet

Pre-Concert Talk

Haydn String Quartet in E b Op. 64 No. 6 Donnacha Dennehy New commission* (world première) Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’

See page 74 for full details Thursday 14 July 7.30 pm

The Other Classical Musics CLASSICAL MASTERS OF AZERBAIJAN AND TAJIKISTAN

*Co-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust, NMC Recordings, Carnegie Hall, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

See page 74 for full details

Over the past decade the Doric String Quartet has established its place as one of the finest British quartets of its generation, achieving the highest standards of ensemble and refinement in everything from mainstream repertoire to contemporary compositions. The group’s latest Wigmore Hall performance opens with the last of Haydn’s Op. 64 quartets, famed for its wit and virtuosity, and includes the world première of a work commissioned from the outstanding Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy, known for the vitality, freshness and expressive power of his music. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Chamber Music Season/ Contemporary Music Series

Francesco Piemontesi

Benjamin Ealovega

TROUPE

Camilla Whitehall

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The Other Classical Musics Thursday 14 July 6.00 pm

Friday 2 December 6.00 pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Pre-Concert Talk

Join ethnomusicologist Theodore Levin and Director of Aga Khan Music Initiative Fairouz Nishanova, alongside musicians performing in the evening concert, for a discussion with musical excerpts and a short film.

An introduction to the evening concert. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

£4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 14 July 7.30 pm

Sirojiddin Juraev dutar, tanbur, sato Alim Qasimov Ensemble Alim Qasimov vocals, daf Fargana Qasimova vocals, daf Rafael Asgarov balaban Rauf Islamov kamancha Zaki Valiyev tar Javidan Nabiyev naghara CLASSICAL MASTERS OF AZERBAIJAN AND TAJIKISTAN Linked by a millennium-old tradition of classical music known variously as mugham, maqom, and muqam, the celebrated Azerbaijani vocalists Alim Qasimov and his daughter, Fargana, accompanied by their four-man ensemble, are paired with Tajik instrumentalist Sirojiddin Juraev, the leading dutar player of his generation and an influential composer of new tradition-based music.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes in duration, including an interval

The concert will be followed by a Question and Answer session in the auditorium. This is free to concert ticket holders and will take place immediately after the performance. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Friday 2 December 7.30 pm

Wu Man pipa Sanubar Tursun vocals, dutar Basel Rajoub’s Soriana Project Basel Rajoub saxophones, duclar Andrea Piccioni percussion Feras Charestan qanun Lynn Adib vocals CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM THE ENDS OF THE SILK ROAD In this rare musical encounter, the eastern and western ends of the Silk Route are musically joined as Chinese pipa maestra Wu Man, Uyghur singer-songwriter Sanubar Tursun, and Syrian composer-saxophonist Basel Rajoub perform, both separately and together, a repertoire of new compositions, improvisations and arrangements of contemporary music inspired by tradition.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

The concert will be followed by a Question and Answer session in the auditorium. This is free to concert ticket holders and will take place immediately after the performance. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Booking for all events in this series is now open.

These concerts are generously presented in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. www.akdn.org /music

AGA KHAN TRUST FOR C ULTURE Music Initiative World Music Series Photos (left to right) of Sirojiddin Juraev, and Alim Qasimov with Fargana Qasimova by Sebastian Schutyser/AKTC

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July Saturday 16 July 7.30 pm

Sunday 17 July 11.30 am

Sunday 17 July 7.30 pm

Alexander Kniazev cello Nikolai Lugansky piano

Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Winner’s Concert

The Brook Street Band

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Two charismatic Russian artists focus on works charged with intense energy and emotion. Brahms’s confidante, Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, first noted the ‘torrent-like’ force of his Second Cello Sonata, a term also apt to describe Rachmaninov’s mighty Op. 19 and the irresistible power of its writing for cello and piano. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

Quatuor Van Kuijk Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ ‘These four young Frenchmen made the music smile, and would have made Beethoven do the same’, noted the Observer after the Quatuor Van Kuijk emerged as winners of the 13th Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.

The ensemble returns to perform a programme that includes the poignant String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’, written soon after the onset of Smetana’s deafness. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Rachel Harris baroque violin Farran Scott baroque violin Tatty Theo baroque cello Carolyn Gibley harpsichord John Crockatt baroque viola Lisete da Silva baroque flute Leo Duarte baroque oboe Joel Raymond baroque oboe Nathaniel Harrison baroque bassoon

Nicki Kennedy soprano Matthew Brook bass-baritone THE BROOK STREET BAND 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS Handel Trio Sonata in C HWV403; ‘Oxford’ Water Music Suites; Trio Sonata in G Op. 5 No. 4 HWV399 Handel Apollo e Dafne HWV122 As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations The Brook Street Band returns to its roots with an all-Handel programme, presenting some of the composer’s best-loved chamber music and The Band’s favourite repertoire. The Band’s core members are joined by musical friends, familiar faces from its line-up over the past two decades. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Alexander Kniazev

Quatuor Van Kuijk

James McMillan

Nicki Kennedy

Hanya Chlala

The Brook Street Band

Kate Mount

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July Monday 18 July 7.30 pm

Tuesday 19 July 7.30 pm

Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Benjamin Appl* baritone James Baillieu piano SONGS OF SEDUCTION Beethoven Der Kuss Brahms Ständchen (Op. 106 No. 1); Willst du, dass ich geh?; Vergebliches Ständchen Mozart An Chloe Wolf Auf dem grünen Balkon & Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst from Spanisches Liederbuch Loewe Erlkönig Schubert Erlkönig Schoenberg Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm; Lockung Quilter Love’s philosophy Shostakovich Chermookaya Clara Schumann Lorelei Liszt Die Loreley Gershwin Lorelei Debussy La chevelure from Chansons de Bilitis Duparc Phidylé Strauss Cäcilie Satie Je te veux Schumann Waldesgespräch Schumann Songs from Spanisches Liederspiel

Wednesday 20 July 7.30 pm

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Tim Horton piano

Bull Chromatic (Queen Elizabeth’s) Pavan and Galliard K87 Kalabis Aquarelles Op. 53 Bull Fantasia XII D’Anglebert Pièces de clavecin (selection) Borup-Jørgensen Tarocco per il cembalo Op. 124 Kaija Saariaho Jardin secret II for harpsichord and tape Daniel Kidane Six Etudes Scarlatti Sonatas (a selection)

Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F# minor Op. 11 Schoenberg Drei Klavierstücke Op. 11; 6 Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Few artists have done more to project the harpsichord into the concert mainstream than Mahan Esfahani.

Recently lauded by The Times as ‘a superstar whose musicianship, imagination, virtuosity, cultural breadth and charisma far transcends the ivory tower in which the harpsichord has traditionally been placed’, he returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme of virtuoso pieces from past and present.

In high demand as a chamber musician and solo artist, Tim Horton made his international breakthrough soon after graduating from Trinity College Cambridge in 1994 when he replaced Alfred Brendel in two performances of Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. His programme for this recital includes Schoenberg’s aphoristic Drei Klavierstücke and Beethoven’s all-encompassing ‘Appassionata’.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Early Music and Baroque Series/ Contemporary Music Series

London Pianoforte Series

James Baillieu is joined by four strikingly gifted singers in a programme spanning the gamut of emotions and an equally broad spectrum of song, from riveting settings of Goethe’s ‘Erlkönig’ by Loewe and Schubert to three contrasting responses to the Lorelei legend by Clara Schumann, Liszt and Gershwin. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Song Recital Series/Introducing James Baillieu Mahan Esfahani

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Anna Huntley

Bernhard Musil /DG

Kaupo Kikkas

Tim Horton

Benjamin Ealovega

July Thursday 21 July 7.30 pm

Saturday 23 July 7.30 pm

Sunday 24 July 11.30 am

Elizabeth Watts soprano Roger Vignoles piano

Roderick Williams baritone Gary Matthewman piano

Armida Quartet

THOSE SUMMER NIGHTS: THE POEMS OF THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

Schubert An die Freude; Laura am Klavier; Die Erwartung; Klage um Ali Bey; Bei dem Grabe meines Vaters; Abendlied (D499); Am Grabe Anselmos; An eine Quelle; Täglich zu singen; Am Bach im Frühling; Trost im Liede; An die Musik; Der Kampf; Sehnsucht (D636); Pax vobiscum; Todesmusik; Schatzgräbers Begehr; Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’; Der Pilgrim; Dithyrambe

Vierne Beaux papillons blancs Lalo L’esclave Gounod La chanson du pêcheur Bizet Absence Duparc Lamento Hahn Infidélité Chausson La caravane Debussy Les papillons; Coquetterie posthume; Séguidille Falla 3 mélodies de Théophile Gautier Berlioz Les nuits d’été Elizabeth Watts and Roger Vignoles celebrate high summer with a scintillating programme of French song. Their programme includes some of the finest of all mélodies, including Debussy’s seductive ‘Séguidille’ and the haunting lines of Duparc’s ‘Lamento’. The verse of Théophile Gautier, polemicist, poet and storyteller, supplies the thread that links each piece and proved such an inspiration to Berlioz in his Les nuits d’été.

Schubert: The Complete Songs reaches its midpoint, a milestone marked by the uplifting melody of Schiller’s ‘An die Freude’, created almost a decade before Beethoven set the same text at the close of his Ninth Symphony. Roderick Williams also embraces the more serious matters of ‘Todesmusik’ and ‘Schatzgräbers Begehr’ before closing with another joyful Schiller setting, ‘Dithyrambe’.

Mozart String Quartet in Bb K589 ‘Prussian’ Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105 Since winning the ARD International Music Competition in 2012, the Armida Quartet has forged ahead with critically acclaimed performances and an outstanding debut CD of works by Bartók, Ligeti and Kurtág. The Berlin-based ensemble takes to the Wigmore Hall stage with Mozart’s K589, written for Frederick William II of Prussia, and Dvorˇák’s final string quartet, a work of great lyricism and tonal warmth. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series

Armida Quartet

Elizabeth Watts

Marco Borggreve

Roger Vignoles

Benjamin Ealovega

Roderick Williams

Felix Broede

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Contemporary Music Series Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, as commissioner of new works and champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières. ‘Our commissioning scheme is already the most extensive in Europe for chamber music’, comments Wigmore Hall Director, John Gilhooly.

‘We plan to present up to 40 commissions per season and make Wigmore Hall one of the world’s foremost centres for contemporary chamber music.’

Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk / contemporary for full details of these concerts.

Friday 1 April 7.30 pm

Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm

Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm

Vadim Gluzman violin Angela Yoffe piano

Rolf Hind piano

JACK Quartet

Rolf Hind, Hans Abrahamsen, Simon Steen-Andersen & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies*

John Zorn, Caroline Shaw & Helmut Lachenmann

Lera Auerbach Sunday 3 April 7.30 pm

Artemis Quartet

Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

Eduard Demetz

Marlis Petersen soprano Jendrik Springer piano

Thursday 7 April 7.30 pm

Wolfgang Rihm

Kuss Quartet

Saturday 7 May 10.30 am & 2.00 pm

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Sunday 10 April 3.00 pm

Johnny Herford baritone James Baillieu piano Judith Weir Wednesday 13 April 1.00 pm

Britten Sinfonia Bryce Dessner*

Natalie Clein cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano György Kurtág Wednesday 22 June 7.30 pm

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor

James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano Sally Beamish*

Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Sunday 10 July 7.30 pm

Thursday 12 May 7.30 pm

Tine Thing Helseth trumpet Kathryn Stott piano

Mark Padmore tenor Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Ryan Wigglesworth piano Ryan Wigglesworth*

Monday 18 April 7.30 pm

Hagen Quartet

Sunday 12 June 7.30 pm

Saturday 21 May 7.30 pm

Jennifer Higdon & Rolf Wallin Friday 15 July 7.30 pm

Doric String Quartet Donnacha Dennehy*

György Kurtág

Augustin Hadelich violin Charles Owen piano

Tuesday 19 July 7.30 pm

Wednesday 20 April 7.30 pm

David Lang & André Previn

Anssi Karttunen cello Nicolas Hodges piano

Borup-Jørgensen, Kaija Saariaho & Daniel Kidane

Tuesday 24 May 7.30 pm

Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Sean Shepherd*

Cédric Tiberghien piano György Kurtág

The Contemporary Music Series is supported by

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

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, YOUNG PEOPLE & ADULTS All events listed on pages 79 – 82 will open for booking on 5 February, with the exception of Inside The Score on 10 May, Side by Side on 18 May, Living Music on 7 June, Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the Community on 10 June, and the Family Concert on 16 July, which are included in Priority Booking for Friends and Mailing List Subscribers.

April/May Thursday 28 April 6.00 pm

Pre-Concert Performance Performance by quartets that took part in the National Young String Quartet Weekend earlier in the year at Chetham’s School of Music.

Free (ticket required)

Study Programme We have an extensive programme of study events including masterclasses, pre-concert talks and study days.

For a list of all our events see the Wigmore Hall Learning section of At a Glance on page 3.

Benjamin Ealovega

Tuesday 10 May 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Wednesday 18 May 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric Suite

Side by Side

The Tana String Quartet joins writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite for string quartet and soprano in this visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital.

All seats £15

Saturday 14 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Roald Reimagined FAMILY DAY For ages 5 plus

The Prince Consort and Students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama Brahms Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52 Stephen Hough Other Love Songs

The Prince Consort is passionate about helping the next generation of singers and pianists. For this project, members of the ensemble and Stephen Hough have worked with students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and ensemble perform side by side.

All seats £5

Hannah Bishop leads a day in which families are invited to explore the wonderful world of Roald Dahl as we celebrate 100 years since his birth. Step inside the inventing room and create your own musical retelling of your favourite story! www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Children £10 Adults £15

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May/June

Benjamin Ealovega

Wednesday 25 May 11.00 am – 12 noon (repeated 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm)

Sing a Story RECEPTION & KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS CONCERT All aboard the story train! Music leader John Webb returns with actor Charlotte Mafham and a cast of marvellous musicians for a journey through songs and stories, bringing both well-loved and new tales to life in this musical train ride for Reception and Key Stage 1 children and their teachers.

Thursday 26 May 1.00 pm – 1.50 pm

Thursday 2 June 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Voiceworks

RNIB Family Day

A CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE

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

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

Visit www.voiceworks.org.uk for more details.

Join musicians from Tactile, a new ensemble of blind, partially sighted and sighted musicians, led by vibraphone player and workshop leader Jackie Walduck, to create your own brand new piece of music and tactile score, inspired by art at The Wallace Collection.

Free (ticket required) £3.50 Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240

For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2063.

Free (application required)

In partnership with RNIB and The Wallace Collection

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June/July Tuesday 7 June 11.00 am – 12 noon

Living Music A CONCERT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CARERS If you are, or you know someone who is, living with dementia, please join us for this morning concert.

This relaxed performance includes a captivating programme of music by the Heath Quartet, and you are warmly invited to stay for tea and coffee afterwards. £3

Celebrating Carers’ Week www.carersweek.org

Early Years For Crying Out Loud!, our concert series for parents / carers and their babies under 1, and Chamber Tots, interactive workshops for children aged 1 to 5, take place across the season.

See pages 38 & 58 for forthcoming For Crying Out Loud! concerts and see the Learning brochure for forthcoming Chamber Tots workshops.

Benjamin Ealovega

Friday 10 June 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Saturday 11 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Wednesday 22 June 10.00 am – 4.30 pm

Ignite: Celebrating a Year in the Community

Chamber Challenge

RNIB Study Day

FAMILY DAY

Following Ignite’s year of creative projects working with community settings including the Cardinal Hume Centre and piloting a year of extended projects for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, we invite you to join us for a celebration of this impactful work. Ignite, Associate Artists with Wigmore Hall Learning, invite participants from projects over the year to take to the stage.

For ages 5 plus

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND SIGHTED MUSICIANS

Free (ticket required)

Music leader Julian West and the Wigmore Hall Learning /Open Academy Fellowship Ensemble, the Stella Quartet, explore what it’s like to make music as part of a chamber ensemble. Taking one of their favourite pieces as a starting point, write your own brand new pieces to perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage.

Children £10 Adults £15

Join musicians from Tactile, a new ensemble of blind, partially sighted and sighted musicians led by vibraphone player Jackie Walduck, to explore the art of improvisation and how musicians communicate without visual cues.

For more information and to book, contact RNIB Music Advisory Service at mas@rnib.org.uk or on 020 7391 2063.

Free (application required)

In partnership with RNIB

Saturday 16 July 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

TROUPE: The Bad Mood FAMILY CONCERT For ages 7 plus

TROUPE invites sound-makers everywhere to join them for a noisy morning at Sonic HQ. HQ does its best to keep the world ticking tidily along but when a Bad Mood arrives on the grid, HQ’s sound-makers realise they haven’t a clue how to reach it. Join musicians from TROUPE in an interactive family adventure featuring movement, storytelling and music by Bach, Cage and Ravel, as we weave together brand new poetry with music from across the centuries.

Children £8 Adults £10 www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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July Monday 25 – Thursday 28 July 11.00 am – 3.30 pm

Musical Portraits FOUR-DAY SUMMER COURSE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, and create your own works of art and music with Wigmore Hall Learning’s Associate Artists Ignite. Finish the course by performing your own pieces onstage at Wigmore Hall.

In the Community Our Learning projects reach out across London and further afield, including an extensive schools and early years programme, a community programme working in hospitals and with people in challenging circumstances, and Music for Life, in which we lead creative music workshops with people living with dementia.

This course is for new and returning participants with Autism Spectrum Disorders aged 10 – 14 years.

For more information contact Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk.

Free (application required)

In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

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Chamber Zone FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOL GROUPS Over the last eight years, Wigmore Hall’s free ticket scheme Chamber Zone has reached over 5,000 young people aged 8 –25 years.

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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

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BOOKING INFORMATION Booking Dates Booking Period 3 Friday 1 April – Sunday 24 July 2016 Priority Booking opens to Friends and Mailing List Subscribers on Tuesday 22 December 2015: Friends – Priority booking closes on Friday 15 January 2016 Mailing List – Priority booking closes on Friday 22 January 2016 General Public – By telephone/online from Friday 5 February 2016

Box Office Hours

Car Parking

7 days a week: 10.00am– 8.30pm.

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

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

Telephone Bookings 7 days a week: 10.00am–7.00pm.

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

Postal Bookings

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

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

Wigmore Hall Box Office

Online Bookings

36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Tel: 020 7935 2141

Online booking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge.

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

Tickets Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into five 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 highest price Stalls AA, T – V: 4th highest price Stalls W – X: Lowest price

BALCONY

T– V Q–S

N–P STA LL S C– M

Where a concession (concs) ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed. For full details visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/concessions.

Under 35s Ticket Scheme Ticket buyers under the age of 35 are entitled to reduced price tickets for selected concerts. For full details visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/u35.

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

Transport

A –B CC BB

PL ATFO RM

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

Tickets for Concessions

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

W–X

AAAA

Full details from 020 7935 2141 or access@wigmore-hall.org.uk

OXFORD CIRCUS BOND STREET

Restaurant/Bar

A–D

CC BB

Facilities for Disabled People

AAAA

Tubes: Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines), Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines).

Buses: A number of bus routes pass along Oxford Street.

This brochure is available in alternative formats.

If this would be of assistance to you, please email access@wigmore-hall.org.uk or call 020 7935 2141.

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 Hutton Design Brochure design and production by Peter Williamson

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SUPPORTING WIGMORE HALL With £1.6 million to raise each season every gift, no matter the size, is important to us. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall by becoming a Friend, or by sponsoring a concert or Learning event, please call 020 7258 8230 or email friends@wigmore-hall.org.uk for more information.

The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have made an investment in our concert, Learning and community programmes:

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

Edith Randall Louise Scheuer Gill and Keith Stella* Gerry Wakelin* Susan Ward David and Frances Waters* David Evan Williams

Season Patrons Aubrey Adams* American Friends of Wigmore Hall Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne‡ Karl Otto Bonnier* Henry and Suzanne Davis Dunard Fund† The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Pauline and Ian Howat The Monument Trust Valerie O’Connor Hamish Parker David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma† Ian Rosenblatt Victoria and Simon Robey* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* William and Alex de Winton* and several anonymous donors

Chamber Music Circle Tony and Marion Allen* Karl Otto Bonnier* Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Margery Gray The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Pauline and Ian Howat Lord and Lady Lloyd The Marchus Trust ‡ Jo and Barry Slavin The Tertis Foundation Marina Vaizey Kathleen Verelst* Tony Wingate and several anonymous donors

Voices at Wigmore: The Schubert Song Project Tony and Marion Allen* Anthony Austin Geoffrey Barnett Karl Otto Bonnier* Nicola Coldstream Pauline Del Mar J L Drewitt Benjamin Hargreaves The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Julia MacRae*

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

Donors and Sponsors The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust L Mr Eric Abraham* Neville and Nicola Abraham Elaine Adair The Andor Charitable Trust L David and Jacqueline Ansell* Bernard and Ann Apter Arts Council England BBC Children in Need L David and Margaret Beaton Alan Bell-Berry Mr Nicholas J Bez Mrs Arline Blass David and Mary Bowerman* Sir John and Lady Boyd Alan Bradley* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson Clive Butler A bequest from the late Peter Cain CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust L Charities Advisory Trust L City Bridge Trust L Colin Clark Edwin C Cohen John Crisp* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Celia and Andrew Curran Anthony Davis* The Dorset Foundation – in memory of Harry M Weinrebe Kate Dugdale In memory of Robert Easton Douglas and Janette Eden Mr Martin R Edwards The Eldering/Goecke Family Annette Ellis*

The Elton Family Dr C A Endersby and Prof D Cowan The Ernest Cook Trust Caroline Erskine Felicity Fairbairn L Mrs Susan Feakin Peter and Sonia Field L Deborah Finkler and Allan Murray-Jones Neil and Deborah Franks* John and Amy Ford The Foyle Foundation S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3 L Friends of Wigmore Hall Jonathan Gaisman* The Garfield Weston Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust L The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust John Gilhooly* John and Lauren Goldsmith* Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Peter Goodwin Charles Green Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* Peter Hardy The Headley Trust L Malcolm Herring* Nicholas Hodgson André and Rosalie Hoffmann‡ Peter and Carol Honey* Gay Huey Evans* Graham and Amanda Hutton* Hyde Park Place Estate Charity L Simone Hyman* The Idlewild Trust Peter and Nikki Jeffcote John Lyon’s Charity L Marc Jourdren* In memory of Donald Kahn Su and Neil Kaplan* Jerome Karet* David and Louise Kaye* Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn* The Kohn Foundation Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Maryly La Follette* Gabor Lacko Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss L The Leverhulme Trust L Tim Llewellyn The Loveday Charitable Trust L Simon and Sophie Ludlam* A bequest from the late John Lunn David Lyons* Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Simon Majaro MBE and Pamela Majaro MBE Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Michael and Lynne McGowan* George Meyer L Alison and Antony Milford L Milton Damerel Trust L The Monument Trust Amyas and Louise Morse* Mr and Mrs M J Munz-Jones A C and F A Myer Valerie O’Connor L The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust P Parkinson The Piano Fund Dr Clive Potter* Oliver and Helen Prenn Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Rayne Foundation L Stuart and Bianca Roden L Charles Rose* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, HonRCM* The Rubinstein Circle The Sampimon Trust L Julia Schottlander* Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Sir Martin and Lady Smith*† Elijah Spies Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity L The Stewarts Law Foundation L Derek Sugden Anne and Paul Swain* Alisa and Joshua Swidler* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* The Tertis Foundation Allen L Thomas and Jane Simpson* John and Ann Tusa* Robin Vousden* Andrew and Hilary Walker* Professor Janet Walker CD and Professor Doug Jones AO* Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Dame Fanny Waterman* The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation L Philip and Emeline Winston* The Wolfson Foundation Youth Music L and several anonymous donors * Rubinstein Circle members L Learning Programme supporters † Early Music and Baroque Series supporters ‡ Contemporary Music Series supporters

Details correct as of October 2015 THE WIGMORE HALL TRUST Registered Charity Number 1024838

Latest releases on Wigmore Hall Live Christian Blackshaw piano MOZART PIANO SONATAS VOLUME 4 (Double CD)

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Christian Blackshaw piano SCHUMANN LIEDER

Heath Quartet TIPPETT STRING QUARTETS (Double CD)

Available on CD and as digital downloads from www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/live or 020 7935 2141

Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Box OďŹƒce tel: 020 7935 2141 The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity Number 1024838