Young People’s Events

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Activities for Early YearsActivities for Early Years

Britten Birthday Centenary

Young People’s Events

Family Events

Behind the MusicBehind the Music

Pre-Concert Events

January – March 2013

Pre-Concert Events

Britten Birthday Centenary

HOW TO BOOKWigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Booking opens on 1 November

IN PERSON7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm

BY TELEPHONE 020 7935 2141

7 days a week: 10 am – 7pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pmThere is a non-refundable £2 administration charge for each transaction

ONLINE www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. There is a £1 administration charge online

BOX OFFICE ENQUIRIES 020 7935 2141

WIGMORE HALL LEARNING ENQUIRIES 020 7258 8240

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING MAILING LISTplease call the Box Office or visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post

We would like to thank the following for their support of the Wigmore Hall Learning programme.Their involvement is greatly appreciated.

The Andor Charitable TrustArts Council EnglandBritten–Pears FoundationCavatina Chamber Music TrustCharities Advisory TrustCity of Westminster Charitable Trust The Elton FamilyThe Gordon FoundationThe Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationJohn Lyon’s Charity Mayfield Valley Arts TrustMilton Damerel TrustThe Monument Trust

Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntoshThe Rayne FoundationRothschildThe Sampimon TrustThe Samuel Sebba Charitable TrustThe S E Franklin Charitable Trust No 3Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary SettlementTower Hamlets Arts Music and Education ServiceMarie-Luise WaldeckWestminster City Council The Zochonis Charitable TrustAnd several anonymous donors

Photo Credits: All images except Sir Scallywag and Midori © www.benjaminharte.co.uk.Cover illustration for ‘Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants’ by Korky Paul. ©Puffin, Penguin Books LtdMidori © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY – MARCH 2013

Sun 6 Jan PRE-CONCERT TALK: Page 8

HUGO WOLF’S SONGBOOKS

Thu 10 Jan TODDLER BOP 2

Thu 10 Jan PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8

JOHN DOWLAND’S iPOD

Fri 11 Jan FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 2

Tue 22 Jan WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 10

Wed 23 Jan PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8

BRITTEN SINFONIA

Wed 23 Jan BIRKBECK STUDY AFTERNOON 10

SCHUBERT: THE SELF-TRAINEDCOMPOSER

Fri 25 Jan WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 10

Sat 26 Jan FAMILY DAY: 4

WRITE YOUR OWN HEROINE

Tue 29 Jan WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 10

Wed 30 Jan CHAMBER TOTS 3

Sat 2 Feb FAMILY CONCERT: 4

THE MUSIC FACTORY

Thu 7 Feb INTRODUCTION TO 11

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Sat 9 Feb ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: 8

HUW WATKINS

Wed 13 Feb PRE-CONCERT TALK: 8

BRITTEN SINFONIA

Thu 14 Feb CHAMBER TOTS 3

Thu 14 Feb INTRODUCTION TO 11

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Sat 16 Feb COME AND SING: BRITTEN 13

Mon 18 Feb PRE-CONCERT TALK: Page 9

FRENCH SONG SERIES

Tue & Wed HALF-TERM COURSE: 6

19 & 20 Feb STRIKE A CHORD

Wed 20 Feb POST-CONCERT TALK: 9

TAKÁCS QUARTET

Fri 22 Feb MIDORI FAMILY CONCERT 12

Sat 23 Feb MIDORI: CONCERT FOR CARERS 12

Mon 25 Feb PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

Tue 26 Feb CHAMBER TOTS 3

Thu – Sun NATIONAL YOUNG STRING 6

28 Feb to QUARTET WEEKEND AT 3 March CHEETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Thu 28 Feb INTRODUCTION TO 11

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Sat 2 Mar FAMILY DAY: UNWRITTEN BRITTEN 5

Thu 7 Mar INTRODUCTION TO 11

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Thu 14 Mar FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 2

Tue 19 Mar PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9

COMPOSERS IN FOCUS

Fri 22 Mar CHAMBER TOTS 3

Sat 23 Mar FAMILY CONCERT: SIR SCALLYWAG 5

AND THE GOLDEN UNDERPANTS

Sat 23 Mar LITERARY BRITTEN 13

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Activities for Early Years

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!For parents and babies up to 1 year old£6 per adult – babies come for free

A series of concerts performed by musicians from theRoyal Academy of Music for parents and their babies.Each lasting 45 minutes, parents can enjoy a programmeof beautiful chamber music in a calm and accommodatingenvironment. Although the music will be appropriatefor babies, these concerts are introduced for parentsand are not interactive.

Friday 11 January 11.00 am – 11.45 am

Thursday 14 March 11.00 am – 11.45 am

TODDLER BOPFor 1 – 2 year olds£6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult

Interactive music, movement and play workshops foryoung children and their parents with Chamber Totsin the Community workshop leader Esther Sheridanand guest musicians.

Thursday 10 January 10.15 am – 11.00 am

workshop repeated 11.45 am – 12.30 pm

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CHAMBER TOTSFor 2 – 5 year oldsMaximum 4 tickets per booking for each event

£6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult

Workshop leader Natasha Zielazinski and youngperformers from the Guildhall School of Music & Dramapresent these popular music workshops for toddlersand their carers.

Sessions include a short performance and an interactiveworkshop for parents and children together includingsinging, playing percussion and a chance to meet themusicians and see their instruments close up.

Wednesday 30 January 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds

11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Thursday 14 February 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds

11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 26 February 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2 – 5 year olds

Friday 22 March 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds

11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Please note that tickets for events on these pages will go onsale both online and via phone from 10.00 am on 1 November.

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WRITE YOUR OWN HEROINESaturday 26 January 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus

Join composer James Redwood and director Freya Winn-Jonesto discover some of the heroes and heroines who come aliveon the Wigmore Hall stage, and have a go writing and stagingyour own songs to perform at the end of the day.

Adults £12 Children £8

THE MUSIC FACTORYSaturday 2 February 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus

Join five wacky woodwind musicians from the Calefax ReedQuintet for a tale of tubes, pipes and whistles. Set in aMusic Factory, this extraordinary show is packed full of musicalhumour and re-workings of Mozart, Debussy, Bach andProkofiev, including opportunities for the audience to join in.An ideal concert for children learning the recorder.

Adults £7 Children £5

MIDORI FAMILY CONCERTFriday 22 February 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

A half-term treat for the whole family; see page 12

UNWRITTEN BRITTENSaturday 2 March 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus

Join workshop leader Rus Pearson and musicians fromthe Royal Academy of Music for a fun day of music-making for the whole family. Be inspired by the exciting music ofBenjamin Britten and discover your inner composer!Create some brand new music of your very own andperform it on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Adults £12 Children £8

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

SIR SCALLYWAG AND THEGOLDEN UNDERPANTSWith Ensemble 360 and Polly IvesSaturday 23 March 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus

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

Adults £7 Children £5

Ensemble 360 is supported by Grants for the Arts and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

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Monday 21 January 7.30 pmChristian Tetzlaff violinLars Vogt pianoBrahms Violin Sonatas

Wednesday 23 January 7.30 pmCuarteto CasalsSchubert String Quartets incl.‘Death and the Maiden’

Tuesday 29 January 7.30 pmHagen QuartetBeethoven String Quartets

Monday 4 February 1.00 pmCalefax reed quintetBrumel, Debussy, Rameau

Wednesday 13 February 1.00 pmBritten SinfoniaCopland, Shostakovich,Britten, Jay Greenberg

Thursday 14 February 7.30 pmJörg Widmann clarinetAntoine Tamestit violaFrancesco Piemontesi pianoBruch, Jörg Widmann,Mozart, György Kurtág

Tuesday 19 February 7.30 pmNicholas Daniel oboeJulius Drake pianoJacqueline Shave violinClare Finnimore violaCaroline Dearnley celloSchumann, Britten,Helen Grime, Mozart

Friday 22 February 7.30 pmTakács QuartetCharles Owen pianoBrahms and Haydn

Tuesday 26 February 7.30 pmPavel Haas QuartetSchnittke, Shostakovich, Beethoven

Saturday 2 March 7.30 pmTetzlaff QuartetHaydn, Berg, Beethoven

Sunday 17 March 7.30 pmSt. Lawrence String QuartetBeethoven, Osvaldo Golijov, Dvor̆ák

Saturday 23 March 7.30 pmQuatuor EbèneFanny and Felix Mendelssohn

For full programme listings pleasesee www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

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FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLECHAMBER ZONE: Ticket Scheme for 8 – 25 year olds

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoingsupport from The Monument Trust, John Lyon’s Charity andThe Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

Free tickets are available to 8 – 25 year olds for the speciallyselected Wigmore Hall series concerts. Please note thatthere is a limited number of Chamber Zone ticketsavailable per concert. Please book through the BoxOffice on 020 7935 2141, quoting ‘Chamber Zone’.

This offer is also available to schools, with a freeworkshop in school. For more information pleasevisit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone.

CAVATINAChamber Music Trustwww.cavatina.net

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Young People’s EventsSTRIKE A CHORDTuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 February

10.00 am – 3.30 pm both days

HALF-TERM COURSE For ages 11– 16

Join Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite and anexciting guest guitarist for this two-day half-term course. Getstuck into writing and playing some brand new music of yourown, make new friends, and finish by performing your pieceson the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the course. Open toall instrumentalists; ideal for budding guitarists.

£40 for the two-day course

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

NATIONAL YOUNG STRING QUARTETWEEKEND AT CHETHAM’S SCHOOLOF MUSICThursday 28 February – Sunday 3 March

If you are in a string quartet at school or college, this is a fantasticopportunity to take part in an intensive weekend of coachingand performance with leading chamber music coaches and theCarducci Quartet. For more information or to apply, contactRuth Wheal at rwheal@wigmore-hall.org.uk.

Hear the players who took part in this weekend in a pre-concertperformance at Wigmore Hall on Thursday 14 March at 6.00 pm.(FREE, ticket required)

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PRE-CONCERT TALK: HUGO WOLF’S SONGBOOKSSunday 6 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Richard Wigmore introduces Hugo Wolf’s Songbooks: the Mörike and Goethe Lieder.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: JOHN DOWLAND’S iPOD –THE MUSIC THAT INSPIRED DOWLAND’S GENIUSThursday 10 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Paul O’Dette explores the inspiration behind Dowland’s Fantasias.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: BRITTEN SINFONIA Wednesday 23 January 12.15 pm – 12.45 pmWednesday 13 February 12.15 pm – 12.45 pmBoth dates: Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Introductions to the Britten Sinfonia lunchtime concerts, markingBenjamin Britten’s centenary. The first is a tribute to the composer’spartner and muse, Peter Pears. The second features music by Britten,Copland and Shostakovich, and a new work by Jay Greenberg.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: HUW WATKINSSaturday 9 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Composer and pianist Huw Watkins in conversation with Tom Service.

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PRE-CONCERT TALK: FRENCH SONG SERIES Monday 18 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Roderick Swanston explores the music in the eveningconcert entitled Masques et Bergamasques, thesecond in Graham Johnson’s French Song Series:Le Plus Doux Chemin.

POST-CONCERT TALK:TAKÁCS QUARTETWednesday 20 February 9.45 pm – 10.15 pm £3

Post-concert talk with Wigmore Hall’s AssociateArtists the Takács Quartet, with Lawrence Powerand Annette Morreau.

PRE-CONCERT TALK:ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Monday 25 February 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (separate ticket required)

With Rodolfo Richter, musicians from the Academy ofAncient Music and Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

PRE-CONCERT TALK:COMPOSERS IN FOCUS Tuesday 19 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (separate ticket required)

Anthony Burton in conversation with David Matthews.

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WIGMORE STUDY GROUPTuesday 22, Friday 25 and Tuesday 29 January 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

EXPLORING BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS

Tied to the opening concert of the Hagen Quartet’s complete Beethoven series, the secondWigmore Study Group of the season focusses on three of the composer’s most significantquartets: his first (Op. 18 No. 1 completed at the opening of nineteenth century), his last(Op. 135 composed in the final year of his life) and No. 1 from his three ‘Razumovsky’ QuartetsOp. 59 (dating from 1806). Participants will have the opportunity to explore each of these worksin depth over three afternoons, with live illustrations from postgraduate chamber musiciansfrom the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Hosted by composer Julian Philips, these iconicworks will be approached from historical, compositional and interpretative perspectiveswith the Wigmore Study Group’s lively mix of presentation, discussion and performance.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on29 January.

BIRKBECK STUDY AFTERNOONWednesday 23 January 3.00 pm – 5.30 pm

SCHUBERT: THE SELF-TRAINED COMPOSER

Schubert’s early string quartets show experimentation with a cornucopia of musical ideas, somemore successful than others. Ten years later his self-criticism – and perhaps his personalexperiences too – resulted in a much more taut and focused style with unity of purpose, stillshowing lively exuberance, but also sorrowful reflection. By looking at a selection of quartetsfrom the Cuarteto Casals’ programmes, we will examine these enticing examples of Schubert’sstylistic development in detail. Linked to the Cuarteto Casals concerts on 23 and 24 January(concert tickets to be purchased separately).

£10 concessions £6

In association with Birkbeck, University of London

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MUSICThursdays 7, 14, 28 February and 7 March 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm

For many, or maybe most music-lovers, their experience of listening starts in the later 17th century and extends to the end of the 19th witha gaping hole at either end. The music of the 20th and 21st centuriesis perceived as difficult to enjoy, mostly because the language hassomehow become unfamiliar.

These four talks, given by Roy Stratford, will attempt to address thatunfamiliarity, to explain how and why the language changed and togive insights into possible ways to enjoy music which at first hearingsounds forbidding and alienating. On the other hand, composers suchas Shostakovich, Britten, Copland and Prokofiev present few problemsof comprehension as they stayed closer to the traditions of the 19th

century, still writing symphonies and sonatas in a recognizable anddirect musical language whilst also remaining true to the spirit of theage. This is an era which also has seen (and continues to see) musicalboundaries being broken down with many outstanding examples ofpieces that incorporate jazz and even rock and pop music into whatwe confusingly and misleadingly call ‘classical’ music.

The four sessions will examine why the musical language changed asit did, what sort of music emerged from these changes, the multiplicityof styles in the 20th century and where we are now and might be goingin the future.

Series ticket price £24

MidoriFriday 22 February 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

MIDORI FAMILY CONCERTFor age 5 plus

Families are offered a unique opportunity to hearrenowned violinist Midori in the intimate settingof Wigmore Hall. Performing violin sonatas by arange of composers including Bach and Beethoven,this is a chance for the next generation of stringplayers to hear her exceptional playing.

Adults £7 Children £5

Supported by The Monument Trust

Saturday 23 February 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

MIDORI: CONCERT FOR CARERSAs part of our on-going commitment to ourlocal community, Wigmore Hall Learningpresents this Saturday afternoon concertfor carers and the people they care for,with violinist Midori. There will also be theopportunity to meet representatives fromMusic for Life, Wigmore Hall and DementiaUK’s pioneering project for people livingwith dementia.

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Come and Sing: BrittenSaturday 16 February 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

As part of the Hall’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’sbirth, Isabelle Adams leads a day of singing workshops for adults, inspired byBritten and his contemporaries. Learn some new songs, join in with fun vocalwarm-ups and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage.

£18 concessions £10

Literary BrittenSaturday 23 March 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

A RECITAL OF MUSIC AND READINGS BYBENJAMIN BRITTEN AND W H AUDENBRITTEN On This IslandTIM WATTS Six Songs to OrpheusBRITTEN Fish in the unruffled lakes

Andrew Kennedy tenor Iain Burnside pianoAlex Jennings reader

Benjamin Britten and WH Auden met in July 1935, quickly developing aclose friendship and highly productive working relationship. Their relationshipwas a rare example of a living poet and composer mutually influencing eachother’s work, and developing their political and artistic views alongside each other.This programme of Britten’s music interspersed with readings of letters and Auden’spoetry, alongside a new work by Tim Watts, reflects the themes that were currentconcerns to Britten and Auden in the 1930s – love, travel, politics, in particular therise of fascism and impending war, and their connection to words and music.

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WIGMORE HALL 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 • www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Ursula Crickmay Director of Learning

Learning Tel: 020 7258 8240

The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838

Facilities for Disabled PeopleFor full details please call 020 7258 8210

Young ProducersConcertWednesday 6 February 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Young People are invited to attend this excitingconcert programmed by the Wigmore Hall YoungProducers team – a group of teenage arts curators.Working together since September 2012, theYoung Producers have carefully selected the artists,repertoire and theme for what will be a uniqueconcert for Young People by Young People.

Further information to be announced on theWigmore Hall Learning pages:www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/young-producers