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‘BRIGHT STARS SHONE FOR US’A dramatic music event with Tama Matheson as PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKYwith London Mozart Players
THE CREATIONAcademy ChoirLondon Mozart PlayersKate Royal sopranoBenjamin Hulett tenorJonathan Lemalu bass
‘ZERO’ TO ‘INFINITy’‘Journey to Chandigarh’Soumik Datta sarodSukhvinder Singh Pinky TablaMatthew Barley celloJoby Burgess percussion Clare Hammond piano
METHOD IN MADNESSVIVALDI meets Finnish RockLuciana Mancini mezzo sopranoHugo Ticciati violinO/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
SWINGING AT THE COTTON CLUBLindy Hop Dance Company & Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
MUSICAL LAByRINTHSPart 1 - The Art of De-constructing Fugues Bach, Beethoven, BrahmsPart 2 - Living DangerouslyEasy to enter, difficult to get out of ! O/Modernt Ensemble, Sonoro
VIRTUOSO ORGAN RECITAL‘Astonishing virtuosity’ Musical TimesD’Arcy Trinkwon organWidor, Vierne, Liszt, Mussorgsky
TOSCARegents Opera ‘Nicholas Heath’s lusty production shows that the greater the risk, the greater the rewards.’ Bloomberg News
TWO PIANOS - FOUR HANDSLouis Lortie & Hélène MercierRachmaninov/ Arensky/ Debussy
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VIOLIN RECITAL Beethoven & Franck sonatas Christian Tetzlaff violin Lars Vogt piano
CALEFAX ‘Five Extremely Gifted Dutch Gents’ with Matthew Barley cello
PIANO RECITALLeeds International Piano Competition Winner Sunwook KimBeethoven Piano Sonatas op.110 & op.111
FAMILy CONCERTS - CHACONNE‘Musical Games on a Ground Base’Hugo Ticciati musical guide and violinLuciana Mancini mezzo sopranoO/Modernt Chamber Ensemble
FAÇADESA delicious concoction of Musical DelightsFAÇADE William Walton/ Edith Sitwell Richard Stilgoe & Patricia Hodge narratorsFRABJOUS FRIPPERIES Lewis Carroll
TERTIS VIOLA RECITALTwo rising young stars on the international sceneDana Zemtsov violaAnna Fedorova piano
LIEDER RECITAL Christoph Prégardien tenorSholto Kynoch pianoFranz SchubertRobert Schumann
LAND OF POPE AND GLORy Armonico Consort & Baroque PlayersThe English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Robin O’Neill conductorBach, Bartok and Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’
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...the birth of the universe Creation
‘The Wimbledon International Music Festival already boasts a stellar roster ’
Barry Millington
This year will again see a ‘galaxy’ of world-class musicians in
Wimbledon to create some unforgettable musical experiences
around the richest of themes
MUSIC - MATHEMATICS - ARCHITECTURE
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Cellist Matthew Barley comes together with top flight Indian musicians to explore the fascinating connections between music, mathematics, and architecture, ending their journey in Le Corbusier’s city of Chandigarh in the Punjab.
The ‘Father of Numbers’, Pythagoras, will be looking over the shoulders of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Xenakis several times during the Festival. Armonico Consort will be exploring the ‘spatial’ masterpieces of Renaissance Italy composed by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Allegri, and Palestrina for the great acoustic and architectural spaces of Venice, Florence and Rome.
One of the finest of ensemble groups, Calefax bring their breath-taking wind quintet to a concert with Matthew Barley. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, who dazzled in a previous solo recital, returns with pianist Lars Vogt. The renowned Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is finally available after years of trying, and comes with fellow Canadian Hélène Mercier in a dazzling concert of works for two piano. Korean pianist, Sunwook Kim, Leeds First Prize-winner, previously denied us by British Border control, is finally among us, living in West Wimbledon and playing at the Festival.
There’s plenty of fun and theatrics too: A spectacular Jazz-night ‘Swinging at the Cotton Club’ with the Lindy Hop Dance Company and The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra; violinist Hugo Ticciati and the O/Modernt Ensemble get lost in musical Labyrinths; Walton’s ‘Façade’ has Richard Stilgoe and Patricia Hodge; dramatic mezzo-soprano Luciana Mancini, from Berlin Staatsoper, goes mad with Vivaldi; there are super-theatrics with Regent Opera’s updated version of Tosca.
The Festival concludes with a joyous exploration of ‘numbers’ with the Philharmonia Orchestra in a programme of Bach, Bartok, ending with Mozart’s most extraordinary, final symphony, the ‘Jupiter’, in which five themes come together in a dazzling fugal finale.
A big thank you to the Tertis Foundation, and Taylor Family Foundation for their annual grants; to Robert Holmes, Marcus Beale Architects, and WSM Private Clients, our faithful event sponsors; and to you our amazing Benefactors, Friends, and Audience - the music is for you, and with you we can approach ‘Infinity’.
Anthony WilkinsonFestival Director
‘Galaxy’ is perhaps an appropriate word for a Festival that opens with Haydn’s moving and hugely inventive depiction of the birth of the Universe, the ‘Creation’, featuring a ‘stellar’ trio of soloists, Kate Royal, Benjamin Hulett, Jonathan Lemalu, the London Mozart Players, and the Academy Choir flourishing under conductor Matthew Best.
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TCHAIKOVSKYSPECIAL EVENT IN SEPTEMBER
‘BRIGHT STARS SHONE FOR US’A dramatic music event with Tama Matheson
asPETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
withLondon Mozart Players
21 Sat - 7.30pm
22 Sun - 6.30pm
SEPTEMBER
Kings College School SW19 4TT
£35/ £25 This dramatised ‘musical play’ presents some of the composer’s best-loved chamber pieces as it charts a moving journey through Tchaikovsky’s emotional life and intimate musical works
Audience quotes after first night in Australia:… a night of wonderful music and moving
storytelling… absolutely stunning… brilliant in every way… what a night, what a concert…
reduced me to tears more than once… heart-achingly beautiful…
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GALA event -
Drama and Music in
Wimbledon
Join us for Prosecco 1/2 hr
prior to each concert
A chance to meet the cast
Tama Matheson
THE CREATION
Haydn’s most inspired and enduring masterpieceHaydn is at his most imaginative - beginning with an extraordinary musical representation of Chaos, with each new episode of creation depicted with lavish tone painting. This performance in Sacred Heart will explore the spatial qualities of this extraordinary work.
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SAT 9 Nov 8.00pm Sacred Heart Church SW19 4LU
THE CREATION
Academy ChoirLondon Mozart PlayersMatthew Best conductorKate Royal sopranoBenjamin Hulett tenorJonathan Lemalu bass
£38/ £32/ £24
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FROM ‘ZERO’ TO ‘INFINITY’MUSIC, MATHS & ARCHITECURE
From the Baroque of J S Bach‘The Submerged Cathedral’ of Claude DebussyTo Le Corbusier’s city of Chandigarh
J S BACH Prelude, Cello Suite no 6Toccata in D minorCome Sweet Death
GOLOJOV ‘Muriel’
DEBUSSYLa cathédrale engloutieL’Isle joyeuse
XENAKISPsapphaKottos
LIGETI Dialogue
GUBAIDULINA Chaconne
New work, Chandigarh, for sarod, cello, tabla
The Festival reserves the right to change performer and programme if required.
SUN 10 Nov 6.30pm Trinity Church SW19 4AA
Matthew Barley celloJoby Burgess percussionClare Hammond pianoSoumik Datta sarodSukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ tabla & vocal percussion
£32/ £26/ £18
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MON 11 Nov 7.30pm St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF VIOLIN RECITALwith Lars Vogt piano
Beethoven Sonata No 6 in A major op 30Lutoslawski Partita (1984)Kurtag Tre PezziCésar Franck Sonata in A major
£35/ £28/ £20
Christian Tetzlaff is one of the most sought-after and exciting musicians on the classical music scene. Lars Vogt is also one of the most prestigious musicians of his generation: the first ever Pianist-in-Residence with the Berlin Philharmonic, and now Artistic Director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia. ‘Concerts with Christian Tetzlaff often turn into an existential experience for both interpreter and audience; suddenly old familiar works appear in a completely new light.’ Independent
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TUE 12 Nov 7.30pm St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
CALEFAX withMatthew Barley cello
£34/ £28/ £20
Antonín Dvořák Johann Sebastian Bach William Walton Henry PurcellBach/improvisation
Serenade for windsFantasia and Fugue Cello ConcertoIn nomineon Cello Suites
Matthew Barley is an internationally known cellist, improviser, arranger, music animateur, specially noted for his collaborations with leading musicians in a variety of musical genres - jazz, Indian and African - with Viktoria Mullova, and tonight with this outstanding wind ensemble.
‘Five Extremely Gifted Dutch Gents who almost made the Reed Quintet seem the best musical format on the planet’ The Times
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WED 13 Nov 7.30pm St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
SUNWOOK KIM PIANO RECITAL
Bach English Suite no.2 in A minorBeethoven Piano Sonata no.31 in A flat, op.110Shin Songs & Games Beethoven Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111
£32/ £26 /£18Bach’s wondrous English Suite is prelude to Beethoven’s two magnificent last sonatas.
‘Kim has an unerring sense of underlying harmonic tension and tonal design, plus the skill to apply colour and blend accordingly, which gives his playing both eloquence and architectural solidity.’
Gramophone (of his Beethoven)
THUR 14 Nov 7.30pm Trinity Church SW19 4AA
METHOD IN MADNESS
Vivaldi meets Finnish Rock
Luciana Mancini mezzo sopranoHugo Ticciati violinMarzi Nyman guitar/composer O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
£34/ £28/ £20
A trip to the frenzied world of operatic madness in the company of some of Vivaldi’s mad characters. In a programme of startling juxtapositions the fiery Red Priest encounters the cold white heat of Finnish folk and rock music.
‘He’ll (Hugo Ticciati) have the maddest ideas, and do everything in his power to make them happen. He’s a fascinating programmer’
Alasdair Nicolson, Artistic Director St Magnus International Festival
‘One of Sweden’s coolest and most exciting festivals’ Opus
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FRI 15 Nov 8.00pm Upper Hall, Sacred Heart SW19 4LU
SWINGING AT THE COTTON CLUB
Featuring spectacular dance and tap from the Lindy Hop Dance Company, alongside the 10-piece orchestra and singers
All tickets unreserved £34
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Performances by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller would have had the club swinging - whilst dancers such as Bojangles Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers lit-up the stage with their breathtaking routines.
The music and dance of this unique club is recreated by the fabulous Lindy Hop Dance Company alongside their special tap-dancer, and The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra featuring American vocalist Marlene Hill and compere/vocalist Megs Etherington.
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SAT 16 Nov St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
LABYRINTHSA Double Bill
‘LABYRINTHS’ ONE 3.30pm The Art of De-constructing FuguesHugo Ticciati violinO/Modernt String Quartet Christoffer Sundqvist clarinet
£32/ £26/ £20
A highlight concert from the O/Mordent Festival in Stockholm
‘LABYRINTHS’ TWO 8.00pm
Living DangerouslyHugo Ticciati violinO/Modernt String Quartet Sonoro Consort £32/ £26/ £20(15% reduction for both concerts booked at the same time)
Event sponsor MARCUS BEALE ARCHITECTS
‘LABYRINTHS’ TWO Living Dangerously
Easy to enter, difficult to get out of!
‘Tonus Peregrinus’ Byrd ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc dimittis’ The Second Service
Locatelli Harmonic LabyrinthCarlo Gesualdo Io parto e non più dissiAurelio de la Vega The Magic LabyrinthMonteverdi Lamento d’AriannaAmbrosini Ciaccona in LabirintoStrauss Metamorphosen
‘(Hugo Ticciati) One of the most gifted young artistic directors that I have encountered. His interweaving of themes results in the most unexpected and joyful musical experience. It’s sheer pleasure to sit through a concert put together by Hugo.’
John Gilhooly OBE, Director of Wigmore Hall
‘LABYRINTHS’ ONE The Art of De-constructing Fugues:
JS Bach The Art of FugueBeethoven Grosse Fuga Brahms Clarinet Quintet
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SUN 17 Nov 2.15 & 3.45pm
Emmanuel Church SW19 4QN
CHACONNE FAMILY CONCERTSMore suitable for children over 6 years
Musical Games on a Ground Base
Hugo Ticciati violinO/Modernt Chamber EnsembleLuciana Mancini mezzo soprano
Under 18 £5/ Adults £14
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Magical transformations can occur when familiar things are approached from fresh angles.
Programme to include Original Spanish chaconnes - fiery old Spanish dance tunesHenry Purcell - Chacony - The Fairy Queen Chaconne - King ArthurJohann Sebastian Bach - Chaconne in D minor
‘Violinist Hugo Ticciati is so full of music and expressive power that he makes everything vibrate with excitement ’
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SUN 17 Nov 3.00 & 7.00pm
King’s College School SW19 4TT
FAÇADESA double-bill of music,poetry, dance and film
Jeremy James Taylor directorJason Piper choreographer
£35/ £30/ £20 (Student £5)
FAÇADE An Entertainment by Sir William Walton & Dame Edith SitwellRichard Stilgoe & Patricia Hodge narratorsTom Primrose conductor
FRABJOUS FRIPPERIESA song cycle by David Nield, words by Lewis Carroll
King’s College School Chamber ChoirKing’s Children’s ChorusDaniel Phillips conductor
Contagiously witty music, rhyming nonsense of the first water, frabjous projections and animations, live dancers a-dancing, and KCS choirs a-singing…
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.’
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Richard Stilgoe
Patricia Hodge
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MON 18 Nov 7.30pm
St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
THE TERTIS VIOLA RECITAL
Dana Zemtsov violaAnna Fedorova piano
Programme to includeMilhaud Viola Sonata no.1 op.240Enescu Concert PieceScriabin Piano Sonata no.2 op.19Bizet/ Waxman Carmen Fantasy for viola and piano
£26/ £20 / £16
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Born in Mexico City in 1992, now living in the Netherlands, Dana Zemtsov is one of the most outstanding viola soloists of her generation. Winner of numerous competitions she now regularly performs on the most important international stages - the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, and Carnegie Hall in New York.
She is joined by pianist Anna Fedorova, again one of the world’s premier young musicians, also performing regularly at many of the world’s most prestigious halls. Critics have been ‘compelled and astonished’ by the depth and power of her musical expression.
The Festival reserves the right to change performer and programme if required.
TUE 19 Nov 8.00pm
Sacred Heart Church SW19 4LU
VIRTUOSO ORGAN RECITAL
D’Arcy Trinkwon organ(with video projection)
A Programme Featuring ‘Music and Architecture’to include works by:Widor, Vierne, Liszt, Karg-Elert, Mussorgsky
All tickets £15
D’Arcy Trinkwon has performed more than 900 recitals in festivals and celebrity series in concert halls, cathedrals and churches around the world. He is a regular performer in cities from London to Edinburgh, Paris to Salzburg, Berlin to Munich, Oslo to Ghent, Buenos Aires to Los Angeles, Copenhagen to Montevideo ...
‘Trinkwon’s technique seemed unquestionable, his hands flying all over the keyboard in a kind of demonic frenzy that was amazing to watch...’ The Organ
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WED 20 Nov 8.00pm Trinity Church SW19 4AA
TOSCA Regents Opera (formerly Opera a la Carte) Tosca: Francesca Matta Caveradossi: Lionel Pinhero Scarpia: Quintin HayesAngelotti & Sciarrone: Simon GrangeMusical Director: David EatonDirector: Nicholas Heath
£35/ £28/ £18
Tosca is as much a thriller as a tragedy. Puccini takes this overtly theatrical tale, in which none of the central characters makes it to the end, and with a powerful and inventive score produces something astonishingly moving.
‘There are more thrills and spills in a terrific, tiny- budget ‘Tosca’ from Regents Opera... Nicholas Heath’s lusty production shows that the greater the risk, the greater the rewards.’ Bloomberg News
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THU 21 Nov 7.30pm
St. John’s Church SW19 4NZ
TWO PIANOS - FOUR HANDS
Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier‘Lortie and Mercier created a vivid atmosphere with rhythmic acuity and subtle coloring.’ Washington Post
£32/ £24/ £18
Rachmaninov: Suite no.1, op.5 (Fantaisie-Tableaux) for 2 pianosArensky: Suite no.1 op.15, for 2 pianosDebussy: La MerRachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op.45, for 2 pianos
One of the world’s most outstanding pianists, Louis Lortie is joined by fellow French-Canadian pianist Hélène Mercier. As piano partners they have been performing together since their student days, and have developed a remarkable sensitivity to the four-hand and two-piano literature.
FRI 22 Nov 7.30pm
Sacred Heart Church SW19 4LU
SCHUBERT & SCHUMANN LIEDER RECITAL
Christoph Prégardien tenor
Sholto Kynoch piano
Christoph Prégardien is one of the most distinguished lyrical tenors of our time. Joined by the sought-after Lieder specialist Sholto Kynoch, their recital traverses the highs and lows of human emotions: love, joy, loss, despair.
£32/ £24/ £18
Franz Schubert:Selection of songs
Robert Schumann Kerner LiederThe final Song Cycle from his ‘Year of Song, 1840’
‘What Prégardien did was a revelation, with such immaculate diction and attention to each musical detail that the audience hung on every word… Lieder singing of the very highest class.’ The Guardian
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SAT 23 Nov 8.00pm
Sacred Heart Church SW19 4LU
LAND OF POPE AND GLORY
Music conceived for the great architectural spaces of Venice, Florence and Rome
£36/ £28/ £18
Armonico Consort & Baroque Players
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Chritopher Monks artistic director
Sir Martyn Lewis narrator
Programme includes:Allegri Miserere Mei Gabrieli In Ecclesiis; Omnes Gentes; Audite PrincipesMonteverdi Lauda Jerusalem & Magnificat; Beatus VirPalestrina Missa Papa Marcelli: Credo & Agnus Dei Gabrieli Magnificat a 14
The Church in Rome and Italy has inspired some of the greatest choral music ever written. Using the architectural spaces of Sacred Heart church, the acclaimed Armonico Consort takes us on an enchanted journey through the extraordinary history of the Papacy - trekking through tales of greatness and intellect.
Armonico Consort & Baroque Players
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
The Festival reserves the right to change performer and programme if required.
SUN 24 Nov 6.30pm
Trinity Church SW19 4AA
FESTIVAL FINALEPHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Robin O’Neill conductor
£36/ £28/ £20
‘It is for the finale that Mozart has reserved all the resources
of his science, and all the power, which no one seems to have
possessed to the same degree with himself, of concealing
that science, and making it the vehicle for music as pleasing
as it is learned. Nowhere has he achieved more.’ George Groves
The Festival reserves the right to change performer and programme if required.
J S Bach RicercarBartok Divertimento for String OrchestraMozart Symphony no.41 in C, k 551 ‘Jupiter’
The programme explores the ‘Mathematical’ relationship to music. Bach relishes working out multiple fugues in his Ricercar from the Musical Offering; Bartok entertains with shifting rhythms and tonalities, and fugal writing in his delicious neo-classical Divertimento; and Mozart dazzles with a finale that contains a 5-voice fugue representing the five major themes of the symphony.
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Tuesday 12 November CELLO RECITAL
Maciej Kulakowski cello Jun Lin Wu piano
Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne Astor Piazzolla OblivionAlberto Ginastera PampeanaDmitri Shostakovich Sonata
Both these exceptional musicians are alumni of the Morningside Music Bridge Festival in Calgary. Winner of several international cello prizes, Maciej Kulakowski is poised on the threshold of a stellar career. Chinese pianist Jun Lin Wu is also the recipient of many awards, and recently was selected as the outstanding graduate of the major London Conservatories of Music.
Friday 15 November YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOLWe look forward to the annual showcase concert by students from this exceptional school, founded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin to provide an environment and tuition for musically gifted children from all over the world, to pursue their love of music, develop their musical potential, and achieve standards of performance on stringed instruments and piano at the highest level.
NEW GENERATION ARTISTS Lunchtime Concerts 1.10pm
Tuesday 19 NovemberPIANO RECITALIsata Kanneh-Mason
Brahms Intermezzi - in B-flat major, op.117 no.2 in A major, op.118 no.2 in F minor, op.118 no.4Clara Schumann Ballade, op.6,no.4Brahms Ballade in G minor, op.118. no.3 Clara Schumann Three Romances, op.11Brahms Romance in F major, op.118 no.5Clara Schumann Scherzo no.2 in C minor, op.14 & Sonata in G minor
The eldest sister in the remarkable Kanneh-Mason family, nominated ‘the most talented family in the world’.
Friday 22 November A4 BRASS QUARTET
Jamie Smith cornetJonathan Bates tenor hornMichael Cavanagh baritoneChris Robertson euphonium
Formed in 2013 at the Royal Northern College of Music, A4 Brass Quartet comprises principal players from some of the UK’s top brass bands, including Grimethorpe Colliery, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden’s. With ‘technical virtuosity in abundance’ (Brass Band World), these four astonishing musicians come together to perform both lyrical and high-octane works, forming a distinctive and new take on chamber music.
All concerts are at St John’s Church, Spencer Hill , SW19 4NZ FREE - with retiring collection
The Festival reserves the right to change performer and programme if required.
“To have a Frank Gehry designed concert hall in Wimbledon
would be a total transformation of London concert life.
It would have a global effect. With these buildings, the in�uence
goes way beyond the art form.”
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Principal Conductor Philharmonia Orchestra,
Music DirectorLos Angeles Philharmonic
NEW CONCERT HALL FOR LONDON - IN WIMBLEDON
Patrons: Dame Darcey Bussell DBE, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Ashkenazy
w i m b l e d o n c o n c e r t h a l l . c o . u k
FRANK GEHRY
is designing the new concert hall
for London in Wimbledon
Charity number: 1166011
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2019A Call to All Performing Musicians - Professional and Amateur
WIMF is happy to have any genre of music, though reflecting the Festival we anticipate that the majority will be classical.
We would particularly value chamber music groups as well as solo performers.
We request that works be rehearsed to performance standard.
Single works, or groups of shorter works, should not exceed 20 minutes
Following the success of the inaugural PlayFest last year which was oversubscribed and which revealed some wonderful performing musicians in our community, PlayFest is back!
Please register with Sally Rogers Festival Producer Email [email protected]
Indicating instrument, composer & work length, amateur or professional choice of session
4 sessions (2 hours)
10.30am -12.30pm 13.30pm - 15.30pm 16.00pm - 18.00pm 19.30pm - 21.30pm
Saturday 2ndNovember 2019 A day of informal music makingSt John’s Church, Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ
Performers should be Grade 5 or over.
StoneleighYouth OrchestraMusical Director: Robert Hodge
Join us in Wimbledon and enjoy:
• prestigious London concert venues• exciting and varied repertoire• experienced tutors and professional soloists• regular European tours
Main Orchestra (grade 7+)Training Orchestra (grade 4+)
auditions:September, January and AprilApply at stoneleighyouthorchestra.org.uk
Photo: Belinda Lawley
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When booking online, tickets can be printed at home as e-tickets, or you may choose to have them sent to you via post for an additional £1.75 postage fee
For those who prefer to book by telephone you will be pleased to know that the telephone booking line is open daily from Monday to Friday 9.00am to 7.00pm (excluding bank holidays) and Saturdays 9.00am to 5.00pm telephone number 0333 666 3366
Customers choosing to use the telephone service will pay the same rate as someone booking online and choosing to receive ‘standard post’ tickets i.e. tickets + £1.50 booking fee (per transaction) + the standard post rate of £1.75. Tickets for telephone bookings received more than three working days before the event may be dispatched by post, or email. Tickets for telephone bookings received less than four working days before the event will be sent to the customer as an e-ticket to their email address
Customers without email will be supplied with their booking confirmation number which will be required, along with some form of identification, for admission at the door
Telephone bookings are handled by our reservations agent TicketSource Ltd. For all other enquiries including reservations, refunds, exchanges etc or general information about the event or the venues, please contact WIMF directly via our website - see ‘contact us’ page for further information
Season ticket 30% discount offered when booking all 17 concerts Please call Box Office on 0333 666 3366 * Some seats restricted view. Student £5 for all events; children aged 5-18; students with NUS card
WIMF reserves the right to change a programme, or replace an artist, and we regret that no refunds can be made in these circumstances. Tickets are not refundable unless a performance is cancelled
PRIORITy BOOKINGS:Benefactors, Patrons and Sponsors bookings will open on June 8Friends booking opens on June 15General booking opens on June 22
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For some concerts front rows may be taken for orchestra and price tiers in the nave and the choir may be di�erent. For accurate seating plans, please visit the website.
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Trinity ChurchMansel Road
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Concerts at KCS. Please see website for seating plan.Seats in fixed raked seating £35 unreserved,Front 3 rows on floor level £25
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A major string quartet can cost from £5,000 to £8,000. A high profile piano recital can cost considerably more than this.
One international pianist explained that whilst he could undertake much of the chamber repertoire in a day or two, preparing for and performing a major recital was akin to competing in the Olympics. Behind a 100 minute recital can be a thousand hours of preparation.
WIMF attracts wonderful audiences, with an admired record of ticket sales covering artists costs. But venues, lighting, promotion, administration are all in addition to this. To transport a piano (sometimes required for a single concert) is £1,400, PRS payment for music in copyright can be several thousand, the design, printing and distribution of brochures - substantial…
Behind the scenes efforts to secure Arts Council funding, applications to Trust Funds, seeking out Corporate and Event Sponsors consume hundreds and hundreds of hours… All of which is why the Festival is so greatly indebted to you, our Benefactors and Friends for your support.
It is YOU that enable us to keep going, and great artists coming to perform in Wimbledon.
Thank you also to the Tertis Foundation, The Taylor Family Trust, Robert Holmes, Marcus Beale, WSM Private Clients for their regular annual support.
GIFTS IN WILLSAs a registered charity (no. 1142980) Gifts in Wills, whatever the size, can become an important source of income supporting our work in the future, and can ensure that your experience can be shared by future generations.Your gift will go a long way to• Provide performance & creative opportunities for established & emerging artists
• Help our schools and learning initiatives to develop• Develop audiences for the future
SUPPORT US - BECOME A FRIEND - HELP MAKE THINGS HAPPENThe Festival you support has become internationally recognised for the breadth and quality of its performers. Providing the best is understandably not cheap.
Friend (£40 and above) £ ____________Silver Friend (£100 and above) £ ____________ Gold Friend (£250 and above) £ ____________
ENROLMENT / RENEWAL FORM FOR FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS Please complete this form and send it with your cheque and the Gift Aid declaration below, duly signed, to: Nicky Back, Benefactors and Friends Co-ordinator, 18 Home Park Road, London SW19 7HN. 020 8946 8714 or [email protected]
I wish to support the Wimbledon International Music Festival by becoming or continuing to be a Benefactor or Friend and I can offer practical help as follows: Please tick appropriate box(es)
q Stewarding at concerts q Distributing publicity q Artist accommodation
q I have signed the Gift Aid declaration below (this boosts each £1 donated to £1.25)q Please send me a standing order form for future contributions
Name: _________________________________________ Address:_________________________________
Postcode: ____________ Phone:______________________ E-mail: __________________________________
GIFT AID DECLARATION - for past, present & future donations. Please treat as Gift Aid donations all qualifying gifts of money I have made today or in the past four years and will make in the future. I confirm that I have paid or will pay an amount of UK income tax or capital gains tax for each tax year at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for the tax year.
Signed: ______________________________ Date: ________________(Name, address & contact details as above)
Registered Charity No: 1142980
Bronze Benefactor (£500 and above) £ ____________Silver Benefactor (£1,000 and above) £ ____________ Gold Benefactor (£2,000 and above) £ ____________
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