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2012-2013WIGMORE SERIES

SEPTEMBER 12 – JULY 13

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EUROPE’S LEADING VENUE FOR CHAMBER MUSIC AND SONG

Few composers have expressed greater truths andinsights about the human condition than FranzSchubert. Wigmore Hall championed his art fromthe Hall’s earliest years: Die schöne Müllerin, forexample, was introduced to British audiences herein 1903. The tradition continues in 2012/13 with anextensive exploration of the composer’s spirituallyrewarding work. Independence of mind and searchingmusicianship are part of Imogen Cooper’s artisticDNA and her deep immersion in Schubert’s pianosonatas recently delivered a series of acclaimedrecordings and will inform a substantial part of ourfocus on the Viennese composer’s work. Imogenalso joins forces with Paul Lewis for a programmeof Schubert (including the ‘Grand Duo’ Sonata inC major) and Dvorák.

Our Schubert celebration unfolds across the 2012/13season, with contributions from Christian Gerhaher,Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, ChristopherMaltman, Wolfgang Holzmair, Christoph Prégardienand Florian Boesch. In addition to late masterworksfor piano, string quartet and voice, the Hall’sseason-wide Schubert programme also embracessuch rarities as his Vocal Exercises for two voicesD619 and the Kantate zum Geburtstag des SängersJohann Michael Vogl. We’re very happy to welcomethe Casals Quartet to perform Schubert’s completestring quartets and to see the return of AlinaIbragimova and Cédric Tiberghien with thecomposer’s violin sonatas.

Benjamin Britten’s genius in chamber music,together with his lasting legacy as a composer andeducator, are celebrated on the eve of his centenaryyear. The series begins on 22 November 2012, St Cecilia’s Day and what would have been thecomposer’s 99th birthday, when the Britten Sinfoniaand Alice Coote explore the wider context ofBritten’s creative world. His beautiful vocal workswill be performed by favourite artists, includingAnn Murray, Mark Padmore, Robin Tritschler,Christine Rice, Gerald Finley, Julius Drake andMalcolm Martineau. A collection of Britten’sworks for cello will be presented by Steven Isserlisand we are very pleased to welcome our AssociateArtists, the Takács Quartet, for Britten’s threestring quartets.

The Nash Ensemble, Sandrine Piau and John MarkAinsley explore two of the composer’s orchestralsong cycles: the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings,first introduced to the world at Wigmore Hall in 1943,and Les Illuminations. Britten’s essential choraloutput draws the spotlight when The Cardinall’sMusick brings us works such as the Hymn to StCecilia, Five Flower Songs and the remarkable cycleSacred and Profane. Each of the Hall’s Brittenconcerts will include at least one composition thatreceived its première here.

The Takács Quartet directs its irresistible artistry toworks from the Viennese classical school throughoutthe season, whilst the Borodin Quartet surveysTchaikovsky’s works for string quartet and thequartets of Brahms. The rise in our roster ofoutstanding string quartets continues to delivercritically acclaimed performances. In addition tothe Takács and Borodin concerts, the quartet seriesalso includes performances by Christian Tetzlaff(our Artist in Residence) with his new TetzlaffQuartet, and the Belcea, Hagen, Doric, Ebène,Elias, Heath, Jerusalem, Pavel Haas, Skampa andTokyo string quartets.

Our three-concert Fauré Focus promises to drawlisteners deep into the quintessential Frenchcomposer’s soundworld, offering a conspectus ofhis finest chamber pieces. The Capuçon brothers –violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier – and theQuatuor Ebène are among the distinguished artistsset to animate their countryman’s music. GrahamJohnson will also explore the rich and colourful

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WELCOME TO OUR 2012 – 2013 SEASON

world of French song during the season. His five-concert French Song Series, with contributions fromAilish Tynan, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Crowe,Sarah Connolly and Yann Beuron, contains someof the most exquisite songs ever written.

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky makes awelcome return to the Hall to open the seasonwith a captivating programme of songs byShostakovich and Rachmaninov. Our Vocal Seriesincludes a landmark four-concert residency forcountertenor Iestyn Davies, recently acknowledgedby the New York Times as a ‘singer with thepotential to be one of the truly special artists ofhis generation’. The Argentinean mezzo-sopranoBernarda Fink also joins us for three recitals, andother vocal highlights include performances byAlice Coote in a Kathleen Ferrier centenary concert,Diana Damrau, Christian Gerhaher, Andreas Scholl,Marlis Petersen, Christiane Oelze with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Matthew Polenzani, Sonia Prinaand Sara Mingardo.

Fascinating artists from the younger generation arealso present including Dutch baritone Henk Nevenand German soprano Christiane Karg who returnswith Wolfgang Holzmair (her teacher) in a programmeof songs by Cornelius and Liszt. We turn to the UnitedStates for an American Series led by the criticallyacclaimed vocal ensemble The Prince Consort.

Julius Drake features in a series of song recitals, aspart of the venue’s new Perspectives programmingstrand. He will also be joined by Ian Bostridge,Sophie Daneman, Dietrich Henschel and AngelikaKirchschlager for two concerts devoted to thesongbooks of Hugo Wolf.

Wigmore Hall today presents more solo piano musicthan any other classical concert venue in Europe.In the year leading up to his 60th birthday, AndrásSchiff will play Beethoven’s complete piano sonatasand selected works by Johann Sebastian Bach.Christian Blackshaw’s Mozart Series, praised by thecritics, continues, while Leif Ove Andsnes, NelsonGoerner, Richard Goode, Elisabeth Leonskaja,Louis Lortie and Christian Zacharias are amongother performers in the Hall’s London PianoforteSeries. American pianist Jonathan Biss will bethe subject of a Schumann Residency Seriesand will give a solo recital, complete with Berg’s

sensuous Piano Sonata Op. 1 and Janácek’senigmatic On an overgrown path.

The 2012/13 artistic programme offers audiencesthe chance to hear compositions crafted in the16th-century’s turbulent central decades, courtesyof vocal ensemble Stile Antico with works byThomas Tallis and William Byrd. Sacred polyphonyis on the bill again when The Sixteen and HarryChristophers return to Wigmore Hall for the firsttime since 1997. Early music has played a majorpart in the expansion and broadening of WigmoreHall’s audience. The forthcoming season’s EarlyMusic Series is set to further this trend, stronglyunderpinned by performances from Le PoèmeHarmonique, The English Concert, Academy ofAncient Music, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,Les Talens Lyriques, La Serenissima, Florilegium,Paul O’Dette, Fretwork, La Sfera Armoniosa,Le Concert Spirituel, Anna Caterina Antonacci,Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King. Theyounger generation of early music interpretersis also well represented by artists and ensemblessuch as harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, Exaudi,Classical Opera and the Early Opera Company.

More recent music will be comprehensively celebratedat the Hall next season. Our much admired seriesof composer profiles includes a day dedicated toGeorge Benjamin, with the latter’s beguiling chamberopera Into the Little Hill becoming the first modernopera to be performed here. Our 2011/12 seasonincluded 20 world première performances and itssuccessor will contain a high number of new works.Our Jazz Series continues under saxophonistJoshua Redman, one of the most distinctive voicesin the world of modern jazz, whose influences rangefrom John Coltrane to The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

Thomas Demenga’s ‘Building on Bach’ Projectboldly highlights our commitment to innovativeprogramming. The Swiss cellist interweaves Bach’ssix cello suites with magnificently diverse modernworks by himself, as well as those of Thomas Larcher,Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Witold Lutoslawskiamong them.

I look forward once again to welcoming you toWigmore Hall throughout the season.

John Gilhooly Director

AT A GLANCE SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2012

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Early Music and Baroque SeriesSun 16 Sep The Catherine Wheel 9Fri 21 Sep Academy of Ancient Music 15Thu 27 Sep Sara Mingardo/Accademia degli Astrusi 19Tue 2 Oct The Hilliard Ensemble/Fretwork 24Wed 3 Oct The English Concert/Carolyn Sampson 25Sun 14 Oct Le Poème Harmonique 31Mon 15 Oct Classical Opera/Sandrine Piau 32Sun 21 Oct Exaudi 36Thu 25 Oct Florilegium 38Thu 1 Nov The English Concert/Mark Padmore 43Tue 6 Nov Sonia Prina/La Sfera Armoniosa 47Tue 27 Nov Iestyn Davies/Ensemble Matheus 60Fri 7 Dec The Brook Street Band 67Thu 20 Dec Stile Antico 73Sun 23 Dec Classical Opera 72Mon 31 Dec La Serenissima 75

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Series and Events to look out for ...DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY 6

JULIUS DRAKE: ‘PERSPECTIVES’ 10, 11, 41, 45, 46, 55, 59

SCHUBERT: A CELEBRATION 12–13, 28, 50, 51, 55, 65, 68, 70

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 14

NASH ENSEMBLE BRITISH SERIES: 16–17, 39, 52, 53, 65DREAMERS OF DREAMS

FRANK BRIDGE SONG FOCUS 20, 34

JENNIFER VYVYAN STUDY DAY AND 22–23

TRIBUTE CONCERT

JONATHAN BISS – SCHUMANN: 29, 34UNDER THE INFLUENCE

BORODIN QUARTET: TCHAIKOVSKY AND BRAHMS 30

THOMAS DEMENGA: ‘BUILDING ON BACH’ 33

WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR RETROSPECTIVE SERIES 40

ARDITTI QUARTET/JACK QUARTET: PREMIÈRES 42

JOSHUA REDMAN JAZZ SERIES 44

SONIA PRINA 47

A CELEBRATION OF MENDELSSOHN SONG 49

ANDRÁS SCHIFF: BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS 54

BRITTEN BIRTHDAY CENTENARY 56–57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70

MIDORI: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS 58, 59OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH

IESTYN DAVIES RESIDENCY: 60, 62‘A SINGULARITY OF VOICE’

JOSHUA BELL 69

WILLIAM BYRD SACRED MUSIC SERIES 73

London Pianoforte SeriesSat 15 Sep Alice Sara Ott Page 8Tue 18 Sep Elisabeth Leonskaja 12Tue 25 Sep Christian Blackshaw 19Wed 7 Nov Jeremy Denk 48Thu 8 Nov Nelson Freire 48Tue 13 Nov Paul Lewis 50Thu 15 Nov Paul Lewis 51Mon 19 Nov András Schiff 54Fri 23 Nov András Schiff 54Mon 26 Nov András Schiff 54Wed 5 Dec Piers Lane 66Thu 13 Dec Imogen Cooper/Paul Lewis 70Sun 30 Dec Lucy Parham/Dominic West 75

Sunday Morning Coffee ConcertsSun 9 Sep Trio Wanderer 5Sun 16 Sep Masques 9Sun 23 Sep Charlie Siem/Igor Tchetuev 18Sun 30 Sep Richard Hosford/Roger Tapping 21

Simon Crawford-PhillipsSun 7 Oct Eggner Trio 26Sun 14 Oct Escher Quartet 31Sun 21 Oct Gary Hoffman/David Selig 35Sun 28 Oct Dante Quartet 39Sun 4 Nov Swiss Piano Trio 45Sun 11 Nov Dénes Várjon 50Sun 18 Nov Nash Ensemble 53Sun 25 Nov Sharon Kam/Matan Porat 59Sun 2 Dec Steven Isserlis/Connie Shih 63Sun 9 Dec Szymanowski Quartet 68Sun 16 Dec Oleg Marshev 71Sun 23 Dec Heath Quartet 72Sun 30 Dec Aviv String Quartet 74

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime ConcertsMon 10 Sep Skampa Quartet 7Mon 17 Sep Henk Neven/Hans Eijsackers 10Mon 24 Sep Julian Lloyd Webber/John Lenehan 18Mon 1 Oct Noriko Ogawa 24Mon 8 Oct Jennifer Johnston/Joseph Middleton 27Mon 15 Oct Christoph Denoth 32Mon 22 Oct Signum Quartet 36Mon 29 Oct Trio Melnikov/Faust/Queyras 40Mon 5 Nov Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake 46Mon 12 Nov Gautier Capuçon/Gabriela Montero 50Mon 19 Nov ATOS Trio 53Mon 26 Nov Clara Mouriz/Julius Drake 59Mon 3 Dec Christine Rice/Mark Padmore 64

Malcolm MartineauMon 10 Dec Barry Douglas 68Mon 17 Dec Kristian Bezuidenhout 71Joshua Redman Jazz Series

Fri 2 Nov Axis Saxophone Quartet 44

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Fri 19 Oct Romie de Guise-Langlois Page 34Kim Kashkashian/Jonathan Biss

Sat 20 Oct London Conchord Ensemble 35Tue 23 Oct Endymion 37Wed 24 Oct Alina Ibragimova/Stephen Kovacevich 37Fri 26 Oct The Endellion String Quartet 38Sat 27 Oct Nash Ensemble/John Mark Ainsley 39Tue 30 Oct Scottish Ensemble 41Wed 31 Oct Arditti Quartet/JACK Quartet 42Sat 3 Nov Michelangelo Quartet 43Wed 14 Nov Elias String Quartet/Michael Collins 51Sat 17 Nov Nash Ensemble 52Sat 17 Nov Nash Ensemble/Susan Gritton 52

Roderick WilliamsThu 22 Nov Britten Sinfonia/Alice Coote 57Sat 24 Nov Tokyo String Quartet 55Sun 25 Nov Midori/Özgür Aydin 59Thu 29 Nov Razumovsky Ensemble 61Mon 3 Dec Takács Quartet 64Tue 4 Dec Nash Ensemble/Sandrine Piau 65

John Mark Ainsley/Lawrence PowerWed 5 Dec Britten Sinfonia 66Sat 8 Dec Belcea Quartet/Katya Apekisheva 67Tue 11 Dec Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood 69Sat 15 Dec Wihan Quartet 71Wed 19 Dec Gérard Caussé/Michel Dalberto 72Fri 28 Dec Doric String Quartet 74Sat 29 Dec Isabelle van Keulen/Ronald Brautigam 74

Song Recital SeriesSat 8 Sep Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Ivari Ilja Page 6Mon 10 Sep Helena Juntunen/Eveliina Kytömäki 7Wed 12 Sep Roderick Williams/Gary Matthewman 8Mon 17 Sep Dorothea Röschmann/Julius Drake 10Thu 20 Sep Alice Coote/Graham Johnson 15Wed 26 Sep Ailish Tynan/Robert Murray 20

Iain BurnsideSat 29 Sep Jennifer Vyvyan Tribute Concert: 23

Elizabeth Watts/James SouthallThu 11 Oct Camilla Tilling/Mark Padmore 29

Jonathan Biss Thu 18 Oct Susan Bickley/Roderick Williams 34

Iain BurnsideFri 19 Oct Mark Padmore/Jonathan Biss 34Sun 28 Oct Wolfgang Holzmair/Imogen Cooper 40Mon 29 Oct Christianne Stotijn/Julius Drake 41Sun 4 Nov Diana Damrau/Julius Drake 45Sat 10 Nov Katherine Broderick/Anna Grevelius 49

Andrew Kennedy/Stephan LogesEugene Asti

Sat 10 Nov Susan Gritton/Sarah Connolly 49Eugene Asti

Fri 16 Nov Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 51Sun 18 Nov Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 53Tue 20 Nov Birgid Steinberger/Angelika Kirchschlager 55

Ian Bostridge/Christopher MaltmanJulius Drake

Thu 22 Nov Alice Coote/Britten Sinfonia 57Tue 27 Nov Iestyn Davies/Ensemble Matheus 60Wed 28 Nov Christine Brewer/Felicity Lott 61

John Mark Ainsley/Christopher MaltmanMalcolm Martineau/Roger Vignoles

Fri 30 Nov Iestyn Davies/Mark Padmore 62Marcus Farnsworth/Julius Drake

Sat 1 Dec Ann Murray/John Mark Ainsley 63Robin Tritschler/Marcus FarnsworthMalcolm Martineau

Sun 2 Dec Joan Rodgers/Elizabeth Watts 63Allan Clayton/Gerald FinleyJulius Drake/Malcolm Martineau

Tue 4 Dec Sandrine Piau/John Mark Ainsley 65Nash Ensemble

Thu 6 Dec Samling Showcase 66Wed 12 Dec Florian Boesch/Roger Vignoles 68Fri 14 Dec The Cardinall’s Musick 70

Chamber Music SeasonSun 9 Sep Artemis Quartet 5Wed 19 Sep Christian Tetzlaff 14Sat 22 Sep Nash Ensemble 16Sat 22 Sep Nash Ensemble/Sally Matthews 16Sun 30 Sep Susan Tomes/Erich Höbarth 21Thu 4 Oct IMS Prussia Cove 25Fri 5 Oct Julia Fischer 26Tue 9 Oct Cuarteto Casals 28Wed 10 Oct Cuarteto Casals 28Sat 13 Oct Borodin Quartet 30Wed 17 Oct Thomas Demenga 33

Wigmore Hall LearningFri 21 Sep Pre-Concert Talk 15Sat 22 Sep Open House Day 2012 77Wed 26 Sep Pre-Concert Talk 20Sat 29 Sep Jennifer Vyvyan Study Day 22–23Tue 2 Oct Pre-Concert Talk 24Sat 6 Oct Wallace Collection Family Day: 77

Soundscapes and LandscapesTue 9 Oct Ann Murray Masterclass 27Sat 13 Oct Come and Sing: Lute songs and partsongs 77Tue 30 Oct Half-Term Course: Jazz Junction 78Wed 31 Oct Half-Term Course: Jazz Junction 78Wed 31 Oct Artists in Conversation 42Fri 2 Nov Family Day: And The Kitchen Sink! 78Sat 3 Nov Family Concert: Julian Lloyd Webber 43, 78Wed 7 Nov Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 46Thu 8 Nov Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 46Sat 10 Nov Pre-Concert Talk 49Sat 24 Nov Midori: Masterclass 58Sat 24 Nov Midori: In Conversation 58Fri 30 Nov Schools’ Concert: Elias String Quartet 78Sat 1 Dec Britten Study Day 62Tue 4 Dec Wigmore Study Group 65Wed 5 Dec Pre-Concert Talk 66Fri 7 Dec Schools’ Concert: The Prince Consort 79Sat 8 Dec Cavatina Family Concert 67, 79Tue 11 Dec Wigmore Study Group 65Thu 13 Dec Wigmore Study Group 65

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Monday 10 September 7.30 pm

HELENA JUNTUNEN soprano EVELIINA KYTÖMÄKI piano

Wednesday 17 October 7.30 pm

THOMAS DEMENGA cello

Monday 29 October 7.30 pm

CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN mezzo-soprano JULIUS DRAKE piano


ARDITTI QUARTET & JACK QUARTET

Wednesday 7 November 7.30 pm

JEREMY DENK piano


ELIAS STRING QUARTET & MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

Sunday 25 November 7.30 pm

MIDORI violin ÖZGÜR AYDIN piano

Saturday 15 December 7.30 pm

WIHAN QUARTET

Wednesday 19 December 7.30 pm

GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola MICHEL DALBERTO piano


ISABELLE VAN KEULEN violin RONALD BRAUTIGAM piano

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NB These concerts are not part of the subscription scheme

10 CONCERTS THIS AUTUMN FOR JUST £10 EACH

To celebrate our highest ever audience numbers, and ticket sales last yearin excess of 190,000 (marking a 60% increase in concert attendance since2005), we are delighted to announce a 10 for 10 scheme. Wigmore Hall’sunbeatable autumn offer opens access to ten outstanding recitals this season.The £10 ticket deal covers everything from Christianne Stotijn’s deliciousprogramme of Rachmaninov Romances to Midori’s Beethoven evening.

Saturday 8 September 7.30 pm

DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY baritone

IVARI ILJA piano

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Sunday 9 September 11.30 am

TRIO WANDERERBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3DVORÁK Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’

Trio Wanderer’s latest Wigmore Hall programme presentstwo essential masterworks. The French ensemble exploresthe third of Beethoven’s ‘Lichnowsky’ trios, the strikinglyindividual, exquisitely crafted Piano Trio Op. 1 in C minor.The work occupied a lasting place in Beethoven’s affectionsand must have astonished its first aristocratic audience withits daring and engrossing tonal contrasts. Dvorák’s ‘Dumky’Trio likewise captures hearts and minds through its gloriousvolatility and vivid changes of mood.

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

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 9 September 7.30 pm

ARTEMIS QUARTETMENDELSSOHN String Quartet in D Op. 44 No. 1BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge in Bb Op. 133MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minorOp. 80

Schumann famously described Mendelssohnas ‘the Mozart of the 19th century’, a line thatstill informs views of the prodigiously giftedcomposer. His multi-faceted genius has beenunveiled in recent years to reveal a creativeartist of deep psychological complexity,self-doubt and fascinating contradictions.The Artemis Quartet offers the chance to hearthe mature composer’s inner life as preservedin his String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, writtenshortly after his sister’s death, set in companywith the emotional conflicts of Beethoven’sGrosse Fuge.

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ARTEMIS QUARTET Boris Streubel

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WIGMORE SERIESSEPTEMBER– DECEMBER 12

TRIO WANDERER Marco Borggreve


DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKYbaritone

IVARI ILJA piano

Programme includes songs bySHOSTAKOVICH and RACHMANINOV

Few can match Dmitri Hvorostovsky’scharisma and electrifying intensity inrecital. The Russian baritone, born inSiberia in October 1962, returns toWigmore Hall with a programme sureto burn with the impassioned fire ofthe singer’s captivating imagination.Hvorostovsky’s recent recording ofRachmaninov songs, accompaniedby his close collaborator Ivari Ilja,revealed the extraordinary expressivepowers and soul of a true bel cantoperformer. He brings special qualitiesof insight and artistry also to the songsof Shostakovich, offered here in whatpromises to be an unforgettable openingto Wigmore Hall’s 112th season.

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Song Recital Series/Opening Concert of the2012–13 Season

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SKAMPA QUARTETMOZART String Quartet in D K575SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’

Lunchtime with the Skampas includes a menu of repertoiredelights. The Czech quartet, which made its internationalmark nearly two decades ago with an outstanding WigmoreHall debut, presents Schubert’s songful ‘Rosamunde’Quartet together with Mozart’s first ‘Prussian’ QuartetK575, packed with elegant themes and constructed withdazzling brilliance.

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert


HELENA JUNTUNEN soprano

EVELIINA KYTÖMÄKI piano

SCHUMANN Liebeslied; Heiss mich nicht reden;Herzeleid; Er ist’s; Aus den hebräischenGesängen; Singet nicht in TrauertönenSTRAUSS Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden;Ein Obdach gegen Sturm und Regen; Mein Herzist stumm; Schlechtes Wetter; Malven; CäcilieTHOMAS ADÈS Life StorySIBELIUS Kaiutar; Den första kyssen; Flickankom ifrån sin älsklings möte; Bollspelet vidTrianon; Var det en dröm?

Programming craft and the art of storytelling lieat the heart of Helena Juntunen’s recital. Theyoung Finnish lyric soprano makes her WigmoreHall debut with works ideally suited to herintense, thrillingly wholehearted engagementwith words and music. Schumann’s reflectionson love, joy and despair stand here with thesensuality of a mighty handful of Sibeliussongs, with their abundant emotional worldsconnected by the jazz-infused sounds anddramatic twists of Thomas Adès’s Life Story.

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SKAMPA QUARTET Jakub Ludvik

HELENA JUNTUNEN Heikki Tuuli

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Wednesday 12 September 7.30 pm

RODERICK WILLIAMS baritone

GARY MATTHEWMAN piano

SCHUBERT Der Wanderer; Der Wanderer an den Mond;Wandrers Nachtlied I; Rastlose LiebeMENDELSSOHN Im FrühlingSCHUMANN WanderungBRAHMS FeldeinsamkeitMAHLER Ging heut’ Morgen from Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenWOLF Der MusikantFINZI Summer SchemesIRELAND The VagabondMOERAN The Merry Green Wood; The Pleasant ValleyGURNEY Severn MeadowsHEAD Tewkesbury RoadVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel

‘It is good to be out on the road’, runs the opening line ofMichael Head’s Tewkesbury Road. The theme of travel alsoruns through Roderick Williams’s choice of wayfaring songs,from the atmospheric tranquillity of Schubert’s WandrersNachtlied I and boundless joy of Mahler’s Ging heut’ Morgento the meditation of Ivor Gurney’s Severn Meadows, aheartbreaking setting of words written during 1917 by thecomposer in the battlefield trenches of Flanders.

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Song Recital Series

RODERICK WILLIAMS Benjamin Ealovega

ALICE SARA OTT Kiyotaka Saito/Deutsche Grammophon


ALICE SARA OTT piano

MOZART Duport Variations K573SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in D D850MUSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

When Alice Sara Ott replaced Lang Lang atshort notice in Liszt’s First Piano Concertoat the end of 2010, critics reached for thespecial reserve dictionary of superlatives.She produced what the Guardian describedas ‘the kind of gawp-inducing bravuraperformance of which legends are made’.The German-Japanese pianist, a graduate ofSalzburg’s Mozarteum, has also generatedrave reviews with her Deutsche Grammophonrecordings of Chopin’s Waltzes and Liszt’sTranscendental Studies. Her Wigmore Halldebut programme is certain to inspire withits bold blend of works from old Vienna andTsarist Russia.

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London Pianoforte Series


MASQUESSTYLUS FANTASTICUS

BIBER Sonata a 5 in D minorROSENMÜLLER Sonata a 5 in FSCHMELZER Sonata a 5 in A from Sacro-profanus concentusmusicusMUFFAT Sonata No. 5 in GSCHMELZER Balletto a 4 ‘Fechtschule’BIBER Pars in A minor from Mensa sonora; Sonata a 5 in Bbfrom Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

Six young period-instrument performers from Montreal,collectively known as Masques, have held North Americanand European audiences spellbound with their pulsatinginterpretations of Baroque music. They make their UK debutin this concert with works rooted in the stylus fantasticus,described by the 17th-century polymath Athanasius Kircheras ‘the most free and unrestrained method of composing’.



Sunday 16 September 7.30 pm

THE CATHERINE WHEELCATHERINE MACKINTOSH director, violin, viola d’amore

KATHARINE FUGE soprano

KATY BIRCHER flute

KATHARINA SPRECKELSENoboe d’amore

CATHERINE LATHAM recorder

KATI DEBRETZENI violin

CATHERINE MARTIN violin

TELEMANN Concerto in E minor for flute,recorder and strings TWV52:e1; Concerto in Gfor 4 violins TWV40:201 PURCELL Instrumentalmusic and songs from The Fairy QueenVIVALDI Concerto in A minor for 2 violins Op. 3No. 8 from L’estro armonicoTELEMANN Concerto in E for flute, oboed’amore and viola d’amore TWV53:e1BACH Cantata BWV209 ‘Non sa che sia dolore’

Wigmore Hall’s acclaimed Early Music andBaroque Series commences with a fascinatingcombination of works. Violinist CatherineMackintosh and her ensemble train theirrevelatory programming spotlight on concertosby Telemann and Vivaldi and Bach’s CantataNon sa che sia dolore (‘He does not know how togrieve’). The latter’s text perhaps refers to thedeparture of a young naval officer from Hamburg;its music, meanwhile, projects the virtuosityand dash of Bach at his finest. Telemann’s fertilemind and unbridled melodic invention add tothe programme’s irresistible appeal.

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MASQUES Philip van Ootegem

KATHARINE FUGE Marco Borggreve

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HENK NEVEN baritone

HANS EIJSACKERS piano

BRAHMS Wie rafft ich mich auf; Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen;Ich schleich’ umher; Feldeinsamkeit; Meerfahrt; Auf demKirchhofe; Ständchen; Da unten im Tale; Ach Gott, wie wehtut ScheidenLISZT Im Rhein, im schönen Strome; Ein Fichtenbaum stehteinsam; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Freudvoll und leidvoll;Der traurige Mönch; Die Vätergruft

Dutch baritone Henk Neven, chosen as a BBC Radio 3 NewGeneration Artist two years ago, ranks among the mostdynamic all-round talents to emerge in recent years. Hisdebut album of songs by Loewe and Schumann earned aglowing review in the Sunday Times, not least for the singer’s‘astonishing technical finesse, verbal acuity and … sense ofwonder’. Gramophone, meanwhile, suggested that Neven is‘a successor to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’. Small wonder, then,that audiences and critics worldwide are so eager to followhis progress.

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HENK NEVEN Marco Borggreve


DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 39WOLF Mignon Lieder; Mörike Lieder (selection)

Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 39, observedthe composer Hans Pfitzner, ‘first made thenecessity evident to me of not allowing thethreads connecting the songs ever to break.’Dorothea Röschmann’s innate feeling forpoetry, graceful phrasing and profounddramatic instincts are ideally suited to theart of preserving unbroken lines of thoughtand contemplation. The German soprano,who made her Wigmore Hall debut a dozenyears ago, returns to perform this greatsong-cycle by Schumann, crowned by aselection of Wolf’s matchless Lieder.

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Song Recital Series/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’

DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN Jim Rakete

JULIUS DRAKE: ‘PERSPECTIVES’



JULIUS DRAKE piano

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CHRISTIANNE STOTIJNmezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

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DIANA DAMRAU soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano


Monday 5 November 1.00 pm

ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano


Tuesday 20 November 7.30 pm

BIRGID STEINBERGER soprano


IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone

JULIUS DRAKE piano



CLARA MOURIZ mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano


Forthcoming concerts in this series

Sunday 6 January 7.30 pm

ANGELIKAKIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano

DIETRICH HENSCHELbaritone

JULIUS DRAKE piano

THE HUGO WOLF SONGBOOKS

Tuesday 15 January 7.30 pm

GERALD FINLEY baritone

JULIUS DRAKE piano

Friday 15 February 7.30 pm

SOPHIE DANEMAN soprano

IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano


Tuesday 19 February 7.30 pm

NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe JULIUS DRAKE piano

Thursday 7 March 7.30 pm

MATTHEW POLENZANI tenor JULIUS DRAKE piano

Sunday 7 April 7.30 pm


IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor JULIUS DRAKE piano

Saturday 1 June 7.30 pm


JULIUS DRAKE piano

Saturday 20 July 7.30 pm

SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE pianoSong Recital Series/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’

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More than 30 years have passed since Julius Drake made his professionaldebut in London. The pianist’s mature thoughts on the art of accompanimentand feeling for the song recital’s unique alchemy lie at the heart of WigmoreHall’s Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’, a season-long series of concerts exploringeverything from the overt emotions of Musorgsky and expressivechiaroscuro of Wolf’s Lieder to the towering achievement of Hanns Eisler’sHollywood Songbook.

‘AN DIE MUSIK’S C H U B E R T : A C E L E B R A T I O N

Franz Schubert’s art penetrates and illuminatesaspects of the human condition that speakinstantly to listeners. ‘A man is not taken awaybefore he has said all he has to say,’ reflectedHugo Wolf on Schubert’s death at the age of 31.The observation is fully supported by the evidenceof the Viennese composer’s work, its enduringpower to transcend mundane cares and touch thesouls of listeners with its unique poetic eloquence.

Wigmore Hall’s association with Schubert datesfrom its earliest years. Die schöne Müllerin wasintroduced to British audiences here in 1903 andthe Hall has since hosted performances by avoluminous ‘Who’s Who’ of the greatest Schubertinterpreters. The long tradition continues todevelop this season with an extensive explorationof the composer’s songs, keyboard works andchamber music, including a complete cycle of thepiano sonatas performed by Imogen Cooper and arare chance to hear all fifteen of Schubert’s stringquartets from the Cuarteto Casals.

Tuesday 18 September 7.30 pm

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B D575; Piano Sonata inE minor D566; Piano Sonata in C D840 ‘Reliquie’;Piano Sonata in C minor D958

Admired universally for the mature insight and acuteempathy of her Schubert interpretations, Georgianpianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns to Wigmore Hallwith a quintessential survey of the Viennese composer’spiano sonatas. The strikingly lyrical Sonata in B majorD575 dates from a time of professional frustration in itsyoung composer’s career, while the Sonata in C minorD958 belongs to the closing months of Schubert’slife. Formal poise contrasts with underlying anxiety,demonic despair with unrestrained joy in the latterwork. ‘Behind its classical façade,’ notes Alfred Brendel,the C minor composition ‘is the most neurotic sonataSchubert wrote.’

£18 £25 £30 £35

London Pianoforte Series/Schubert: A Celebration

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Tuesday 9 October 7.30 pmWednesday 10 October 7.30 pm *

CUARTETO CASALSSee page 28 for details

Tuesday 13 November 7.30 pm, repeated onThursday 15 November 7.30 pm*

PAUL LEWIS piano

See pages 50 & 51 for details

Friday 16 November 7.30 pm

CHRISTIAN GERHAHER baritone

GEROLD HUBER piano




ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano

IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor


JULIUS DRAKE piano


Tuesday 4 December 3.00 pm – 6.00 pmTuesday 11 December 3.00 pm – 6.00 pmThursday 13 December 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

WIGMORE STUDY GROUPTHE PIANO DUETS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT


Wednesday 12 December 7.30 pm*

FLORIAN BOESCH baritone

ROGER VIGNOLES piano


Thursday 13 December 7.30 pm

IMOGEN COOPER piano

PAUL LEWIS piano



Wednesday 23 January 7.30 pmThursday 24 January 7.30 pmWednesday 17 April 7.30 pm

CUARTETO CASALS

Monday 7 January 1.00 pmThursday 31 January 7.30 pm*

ALINA IBRAGIMOVA violin

CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN piano

Thursday 7 February 7.30 pmWednesday 27 March 7.30 pm*Tuesday 2 July 7.30 pm

IMOGEN COOPER piano

Thursday 25 July 7.30 pm

CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN tenor

MICHAEL GEES piano

CUARTETO CASALS

ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER IAN BOSTRIDGE

PAUL LEWIS

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA

IMOGEN COOPER CHRISTIAN GERHAHER

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN FLORIAN BOESCHBIRGID STEINBERGER

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* Selected concerts in the Schubert CelebrationSeries have been made possible by thegenerous support of the Schubert Syndicate

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF

A R T I ST I N R E S I D E N C E


CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF violin

BACH Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV1003;Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004;Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005;Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006

Bach’s three sonatas and three partitas for solo violinoccupy the summit of Baroque music for a stringinstrument. Each piece calls the violinist to overcomesupreme technical challenges, requiring sustainedpolyphonic passages to be negotiated by the fingersof one hand and the bow strokes of the other.Christian Tetzlaff opens his term as Wigmore HallArtist in Residence with four of Bach’s eternalmasterworks. The Second Partita in D minor closeswith a monumental Ciaccona, in which a short,impassioned chord sequence is repeated andprogressively elaborated 64 times!

£15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/Christian Tetzlaff:Artist in Residence


Monday 21 January 7.30 pm


LARS VOGT piano

Saturday 2 March 7.30 pm

TETZLAFF QUARTET

Wednesday 15 May 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION



ANTJE WEITHAAS violin

Photo by Giorgia Bertazzi

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Friday 21 September 6.30 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD EGARR shares his thoughts on theevening’s programme and invites audiencediscussion.

Free (separate ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Friday 21 September 7.30 pm

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICRICHARD EGARR director, harpsichord

A MUSICAL FEAST: FROM SCHEIN TOTELEMANN

BIBER Mensa Sonora Suite III in A minorSCHEIN Suites from Banchetto musicaleSIMPSON Taffel-ConsortTELEMANN Tafelmusik II

Schein’s ‘Musical banquet’ (1617) inspireda wealth of meal-time entertainment acrossEurope. Freed from the stylistic confines ofthe church and the private chamber, a wholenew musical genre arose to accompany dining.This programme surveys the astonishingvariety of this deliciously fresh form, fromTelemann’s lavish French Suites to theEnglishman Thomas Simpson’s ‘string quartets’and Biber’s Italianate dances.

£18 £24 £28 £32


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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Marco Borggreve

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KATHLEEN FERRIER Angus MacBean

Thursday 20 September 7.30 pm

ALICE COOTE mezzo-soprano

GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

FERRIER CENTENARY CELEBRATION CONCERT

Programme to include SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und -lebenand songs and Lieder associated with Kathleen.

In the centenary year of her birth and almost six decadesafter her tragically early death, Kathleen Ferrier remainsan inspiration to countless music-lovers. The Lancastriancontralto’s unmistakeable voice and personality were partof life at Wigmore Hall in the 1940s and early 1950s.For this centenary concert Alice Coote and Graham Johnsonpay tribute to the legacy of one of Britain’s greatest singersin a programme drawn from the core of Ferrier’s repertoire.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series

FERRIER CENTENARYCELEBRATION CONCERT

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NASH ENSEMBLEPHILIPPA DAVIES fluteMARIANNE THORSEN violinLAURA SAMUEL violinLAWRENCE POWER violaPAUL WATKINS celloLUCY WAKEFORD harpIAN BROWN piano

BAX Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harpBRITTEN Suite for harp Op. 83BRIDGE Three Idylls for string quartet

£6 or £3 with evening ticket (separate ticket required)

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Chamber Music Season/British Series: Dreamers of Dreams


NASH ENSEMBLESALLY MATTHEWS soprano

IAN BROWN conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Phantasy String QuintetGRAINGER A selection from: Mock Morris;My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone; Shepherd’s Hey;Handel in the Strand for piano trioBLISS Songs for voice and ensemble: Rout; Madame Noy;The Women of YuehQUILTER Three Pastoral Songs for soprano and piano trio ELGAR String Quartet in E minor Op. 83

£15 £20 £25 £30


Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

The two-concert format allows the Nash to herald the unique and varied riches of their series with theharp-soaked sounds of Bax’s Elegiac Trio, Britten’s Suite for harp and Frank Bridge’s Idylls. The mainconcert contains such substantial and familiar delights as Vaughan Williams’s impressionistic PhantasyQuintet and Elgar’s String Quartet, which frame Sally Matthews’s performance of Bliss’s enchantingsongs piquant with their telling instrumental accompaniment. Works by two of the celebrated‘Frankfurt Gang’ – Grainger and Quilter – complete the programme.

NASH ENSEMBLE BRITISH SERIES

Dreamers of DreamsNo group plays British music more memorablythan the Nash. Their illuminating new series,Dreamers of Dreams, brings together masterworkssuch as Elgar’s String Quartet and Piano Quintet,Vaughan Williams’s On Wenlock Edge and FiveMystical Songs, and Britten’s Les Illuminationsand Serenade for tenor, horn and strings.Other unmissable delights include Peter Warlock’s heart-rending The Curlew, PercyGrainger’s unique folk-song arrangements,Finzi’s masterpiece Dies Natalis, and Bliss’senchanting songs piquant with ensemble.The series culminates with film and radio musicscores by Britten and Walton, including NightMail, The Way to the Sea and Henry V, performedin the company of leading actors.

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Saturday 27 October 7.30 pm

NASH ENSEMBLEJOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor

BRITTEN, BRIDGE, WARLOCK, ELGAR,VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

See page 39 for full details

Saturday 17 November 6.00 pm

NASH ENSEMBLEBRIDGE, BRITTEN, IRELAND, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS



NASH ENSEMBLESUSAN GRITTON soprano


LAWRENCE POWER viola

PAUL WATKINS conductor

BRITTEN, BRIDGE, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS,ALWYN, FINZI


Sunday 18 November 11.30 am

NASH ENSEMBLEGRAINGER, BRIDGE, MENDELSSOHN


Tuesday 4 December 7.30 pm

NASH ENSEMBLESANDRINE PIAU soprano

JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor


RICHARD WATKINS horn

MARTYN BRABBINS conductor

BRITTEN SONG CYCLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC


This concert forms part of Wigmore Hall’sBritten Birthday Centenary

Sleeping Shepherd by Samuel Palmer. © Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge / The Bridgeman Art Library


Saturday 12 January 6.00 pm

NASH ENSEMBLEMARK PADMORE tenor

CRAIG OGDEN guitar

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, ARNOLD, FINZI, BRITTEN




CRAIG OGDEN guitar

BAX, ELGAR, WARLOCK, WALTON, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS


Saturday 23 February 7.30 pm

NASH ENSEMBLECHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone

BRIDGE, DELIUS, FINZI, BUTTERWORTH, ELGAR



TALK AND FILM SHOWINGSBRITTEN’S NIGHT MAIL AND WALTON’S HENRY V



NASH ENSEMBLERECITERS to be confirmed


BRITTEN AND WALTON FILM AND RADIO MUSIC


Sunday 17 March 11.30 am

NASH ENSEMBLEVAUGHAN WILLIAMS, DVORÁK


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CHARLIE SIEM violin

IGOR TCHETUEV piano

DVORÁK Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75STRAUSS Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18BAZZINI La ronde des lutins Op. 25

Charlie Siem’s debut album of violin showpieces, completewith a dazzling account of Antonio Bazzini’s La ronde deslutins, helped establish his reputation for virtuosity, élanand flamboyance. The young British-born musician’s CoffeeConcert programme contains ample scope for display andalso for lyrical sensitivity, not least in the course of RichardStrauss’s youthful Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18.



CHARLIE SIEM James White

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER Simon Fowler/EMI Classics


JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER cello

JOHN LENEHAN piano

IRELAND Cello Sonata in G minorDELIUS Caprice and Elegy; Romance;Cello Sonata

Julian Lloyd Webber and John Lenehan havebeen lifelong champions of the best in Britishmusic. Their BBC Radio 3 lunchtime recitalexplores three works by Delius in his 150thanniversary year and John Ireland’s CelloSonata in G minor. ‘I feel as if I have knownDelius’s music forever,’ notes Lloyd Webber.‘I always felt instinctively attuned to [his]unique musical language.’ The cellist madehis Wigmore Hall debut in 1971 with aperformance of the composer’s Cello Sonataand included the work on his first recordingthe following year.

£12 concs £10



PRE-CONCERT TALKFRANK BRIDGE SONG FOCUS

See page overleaf for details


AILISH TYNAN soprano

ROBERT MURRAY tenor

IAIN BURNSIDE piano

FRANK BRIDGE SONG FOCUS


Thursday 27 September 7.30 pm

SARA MINGARDO contralto

ACCADEMIA DEGLI ASTRUSILORENZO COLITTO violin

LUCA GIARDINI violin

GIANNI MARALDI viola

FEDERICO FERRI cello, conductor

GIOVANNI VALGIMIGLI violone

STEFANO ROCCO archlute

DANIELE PRONI harpsichord

PERGOLESI Salve Regina in F minorGALUPPI Concerto a quattro No. 1 in G minor;Cantata: La ScusaMARTINI Concerto a 4 pieno HH27 No. 10HANDEL La Crudele LontananzaVIVALDI Concerto in D minor for strings‘Madrigalesco’ RV129; Nisi Dominus RV608

In recent seasons Wigmore Hall has extendedthe reach and variety of its programme tobecome an international centre of excellencefor the performance of early music. FedericoFerri and his Accademia degli Astrusi scoreda palpable hit two years ago with their Halldebut, a thrilling lunchtime recital bill ofHandel, Martini and Vivaldi given in companywith Sara Mingardo. They return with anotherimaginative repertoire mix, complete withPergolesi’s Salve Regina in F minor andBaldassare Galuppi’s cantata La Scusa of 1780,the Venetian composer’s exquisite setting ofwords by Pietro Metastasio.

£18 £25 £30 £35


Tuesday 25 September 7.30 pm

CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW piano

MOZART Sonata No. 6 in D K284; Sonata No. 12 in F K332;Sonata No. 16 in C K545; Fantasia in C minor K475;Sonata No. 14 in C minor K457

Christian Blackshaw’s complete survey of Mozart’s piano sonatas,launched to five-star reviews last January, continues this seasonwith a brightly coloured snapshot of works from the 1770s and1780s. The programme includes the composer’s Piano Sonata inC minor, written for one of his most talented Viennese keyboardpupils, and its companion piece, the multi-hued Fantasia inC minor. ‘There are plenty of good concerts at any time of yearin London, but by definition the exceptional happens as rarelyhere as in any other city,’ observed the Financial Times. ‘AndChristian Blackshaw’s recital … was exceptional – both for thequality and integrity of his playing and for the amount he revealedabout Mozart’s often underestimated music for solo piano.’

£15 £20 £25 £30

Booking is now open for the final concert in this series on Saturday5 January 2013 at 7.30 pm

London Pianoforte Series/Christian Blackshaw Mozart Series

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CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW Herbie Knott

ACCADEMIA DEGLI ASTRUSI

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FRANK BRIDGE SONG FOCUSWednesday 26 September 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKPre-concert talk on FRANK BRIDGE with STEPHEN BANFIELD


Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Frank Bridge Song Focus



ROBERT MURRAY tenor

IAIN BURNSIDE piano

ENGLISH ROMANTICSBRIDGE Go not happy day; AdorationPARRY Bright Star BRIDGE The Devon MaidSTANFORD La Belle Dame sans merci

HEINEBRIDGE E’en as a lovely flower IVES Ich grolle nichtBRIDGE The Violets Blue WHITE Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingenBRIDGE All things that we clasp

THE FEMALE MUSEBRIDGE Thy hand in mine; Where she lies asleep;Love went a-riding

THE ORANGE AND THE GREENBRIDGE Golden Hair; Mantle of blue; So early in the morning;When you are old

THE LAST INVOCATIONBRITTEN The trees they grow so high BRIDGE What shall I yourtrue love tell?; ’Tis but a week BRITTEN The last rose of summerBRIDGE Into her keeping; Blow out you bugles; The last invocation

Frank Bridge was able to negotiate and develop conservativeand radical ideas, eventually leading to his unique assimilationof ideas associated with the Second Viennese School and themusic of Bartók. Iain Burnside’s programme charts thecomposer’s journey from pupil of Stanford to teacher of Britten,embracing such magnificent works as The last invocation (1918),a punchy Whitman setting, and the heart-melting melancholyof ’Tis but a week.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series/Frank Bridge Song Focus

Thursday 18 October 7.30 pm

SUSAN BICKLEY mezzo-soprano


MARK BRAITHWAITE viola

IAIN BURNSIDE piano


We know him chiefly today asBenjamin Britten’s teacher.But Frank Bridge was muchmore than a gifted pedagogue.Born in Brighton in 1879, hisall-round musical gifts foundexpression as a performerand in his compositions.Iain Burnside’s choice ofBridge songs opens a windowon the creative developmentof a true artist.

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Saturday 29 September

JENNIFER VYVYAN STUDY DAYAND TRIBUTE CONCERTWITH ELIZABETH WATTSJENNIFER VYVYAN AND THE WORLD OF ENGLISHSINGING IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY



RICHARD HOSFORD clarinet

ROGER TAPPING viola

SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS piano

MOZART Clarinet Trio No. 2 in Eb K498 ‘Kegelstatt’PHILIPPE HERSANT Six BagatellesREINECKE Trio in A Op. 264BRUCH Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano Op. 83(selection)

Technical innovations and receptive composers gave theinfant clarinet a head start following its invention in the early18th century. The instrument’s future was secured afterMozart fell in love with its warm tone. The composer chosehis favourite keyboard, string and wind instruments for hisTrio in Eb major and supposedly coined its nickname –‘Kegelstatt’ roughly translated as ‘bowling alley’ – afterwriting the work during a game of skittles!


Sunday Morning Coffee ConcertSunday 30 September 7.30 pm

SUSAN TOMES piano

ERICH HÖBARTH violin

MOZART Violin Sonata in A K305; Rondo in DK485 (for solo piano); Violin Sonata in G K379;Violin Sonata in E minor K304; Rondo in A minorK511 (for solo piano); Violin Sonata in Bb K454

Mozart the virtuoso pianist took particulardelight in the combination of piano and violin.Susan Tomes and Erich Höbarth present fourmasterpieces from this fascinating repertoireof sonatas, together with works for solo piano.

‘Some of the most intuitive, candid andaffectionate ensemble playing I’ve heard’Guardian

This concert is the first of a pair; the secondconcert will be on 23 June 2013.

£15 £20 £25 £30


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SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS Sussie Ahlburg

SUSAN TOMES R Hartley-Sharpe

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JENNIFER VYVYANSTUDY DAY AND

TRIBUTE CONCERTSaturday 29 September

JENNIFER VYVYANAND THE WORLD

OF ENGLISHSINGING IN THE

MID-20TH CENTURY

ELIZABETH WATTS Marco Borggreve

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STUDY DAY

Led by critic and broadcaster MICHAEL WHITE who is thechief authority on Vyvyan, this study day will examine hercareer, her relationship with Britten, her complicated life –born into the landed gentry with an ancient family seat,riddled with secrets – and look broadly at the world ofEnglish singing to which she belonged. There will also bean exhibition based on a recently discovered cache ofVyvyan’s personal effects, with a chance to view originalletters, diaries, scores and other memorabilia relating tothis extraordinary singer.

2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

JENNIFER VYVYAN: A LIFE REDISCOVEREDIllustrated talk by music critic MICHAEL WHITE

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm

REMEMBERING MY MOTHER Jennifer Vyvyan’s son JONATHAN CROWN in conversationwith MICHAEL WHITE

4.00 pm – 4.45 pm

THE BRITTEN CONNECTION A panel discussion presented by MICHAEL WHITE, withJAMES BOWMAN and JOHN COPLEY

5.15 pm – 6.00 pm

ENGLISH SINGING IN THE 1950s/60sRound table chaired by MICHAEL WHITE, with JAMES BOWMAN,NOELLE BARKER and JOHN COPLEY

6.00 pm – 6.45 pm

THE RECORDED LEGACY MICHAEL WHITE explores Jennifer Vyvyan on disc

STUDY DAY TICKET £15 (not part of subscription scheme)


TRIBUTE CONCERT7.30 pm

ELIZABETH WATTS soprano

JAMES SOUTHALL piano

HANDEL Oh! Had I Jubal’s Lyre from Joshua;Art thou troubled from RodelindaPURCELL/BRITTEN Fairest isle; The BlessedVirgin’s Expostulation; Take not a woman’sanger ill BRITTEN The Tower Scene from TheTurn of the Screw WOLF Er ist’s; Verborgenheit;Das verlassene Mägdlein; Auf ein altes Bild;Elfenlied DEBUSSY Ariettes oubliéesPOULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon;Non, Monsieur mon mari from Les mamellesde Tirésias HOWELLS Come sing and danceGURNEY Sleep BRITTEN O Waly, Waly fromFolk Song Arrangements HOPKINS A MelancholySong DYSON The Wife of Bath QUILTER Love’sphilosophy

Elizabeth Watts pays tribute to a great artist inworks closely associated with Jennifer Vyvyan.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series/Jennifer Vyvyan Study Dayand Tribute Concert

When Jennifer Vyvyan died in 1974, aged 49, a remarkable career was cut short. With a sure technique, abrilliant, blazing coloratura, and a fiery stage presence, she was a key member of the English Opera Groupfrom its earliest days and – for a while – Benjamin Britten’s soprano of choice. Tytania in A MidsummerNight’s Dream, Lady Rich in Gloriana, Mrs Julian in Owen Wingrave and, most significantly, the Governessin The Turn of the Screw were all written for her. But she also played an important role in the music ofother contemporary composers, from Poulenc and Milhaud to Malcolm Williamson. And she was a leadinglight in the revival of baroque repertoire: a celebrated Bach and Purcell singer, and a star of landmark1950s/60s reappraisals of the Handel operas.

Jennifer Vyvyan as Donna Anna, Sadler’s Wells 1952.Photo by Angus MacBean

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NORIKO OGAWA piano

TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch IIDEBUSSY Études Books I & II

Whether on disc or in the concert hall, Noriko Ogawa hasachieved international distinction with her Debussyinterpretations. The Japanese pianist’s recent Reflections onDebussy festival in Manchester cast fresh light on the composer’smusic. Ogawa suggests that ‘[the Études contain] Debussy’smost “honest” writing. They are the last set of piano piecesthat he wrote. There’s something sad, dark, deep.’

£12 concs £10


Tuesday 2 October 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD BOOTHBY on Gibbons

£3 (not part of the subscription scheme)


NORIKO OGAWA Satoru Mitsuta

FRETWORK Chris Dawes


THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLEFRETWORKGIBBONS The silver swanne; O that the learnedpoets of this time; In Nomine a 5; Faire is therose; In Nomine a 5; I waigh not fortunesfrowne; I tremble not at noyse of warre; I seeambition never pleased; I faine not friendship;In Nomine a 5; How art thou thrald; Farewell all joyes; Fantasy a 4; Daintie fine bird;Faire ladies that to love captived are;Mongst thousands goodNICO MUHLY New work for voices and 5 viols(world première)*GIBBONS Now each flowery bank of May;Fantasy a 3; Lais now old; What is our life;Ah! Dear heart; Fantasy a 4; Nay let me weep(elegy for Prince Henry); Nere let the sun;Yet if that age had frosted ore his head;Trust not too much, faire youth

* Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the supportof André Hoffmann, President of the FondationHoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation.

Two of the most accomplished of all early musicensembles join forces to celebrate the art ofOrlando Gibbons. Fretwork and The HilliardEnsemble draw on decades of collectiveexperience in their interpretations of thecontrapuntal music of one of Jacobean andearly Stuart England’s greatest composers.The concert also includes the world premièreof a new work by Nico Muhly, inspired byGibbons’s haunting soundworld.

£15 £20 £25 £30



THE ENGLISH CONCERT HARRY BICKET director, harpsichord

KATHARINA SPRECKELSEN oboe

NADJA ZWIENER violin

CAROLYN SAMPSON soprano

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV1066HANDEL Silete venti HWV242BACH Concerto in C minor BWV1060 for oboe and violin (reconst.)HANDEL Arias from Giulio Cesare

Carolyn Sampson’s Handel singing should carry a warning toallow the unwary to prepare for the scale of its seductive powerand captivating energy. She’s partnered here by The EnglishConcert and its artistic director Harry Bicket in the motet Sileteventi, probably written around 1724 in London, and three ariasfrom Handel’s operatic masterpiece Giulio Cesare, firstproduced at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, in February 1724.

£18 £25 £30 £35



IMS PRUSSIA COVEDANIEL PHILLIPS violin

LESLEY HATFIELD violin

HYE-JIN KIM violin

LOUISE WILLIAMS viola

CAROLYN BLACKWELL viola

ALICE NEARY cello

RAFAEL ROSENFELD cello

SARAH TYSMAN piano

BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47DVORÁK String Sextet in A Op. 48

Now in its 40th year, IMS Prussia Cove presentssome of the world’s finest chamber musicians,specially invited by Artistic Director Steven Isserlis.The group will have been preparing at OpenChamber Music, a seminar with a famously uniqueatmosphere, established in a remote corner ofCornwall by the Hungarian violinist Sándor Végh.

£12 £18 £24 £28


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CAROLYN SAMPSON Marco Borggreve

HYE-JIN KIM Balazs Borocz

THE ENGLISH CONCERT Richard Haughton

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Friday 5 October 7.30 pm

JULIA FISCHER violin

BACH Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006YSAŸE Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2BACH Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001HINDEMITH Violin Sonata in G minor Op. 11 No. 6

Astonishing melodic invention and triumph over perceivedtechnical limits belong to the violin sonatas of Bach and Ysaÿe.Julia Fischer’s interpretations have attracted internationalpraise since she took first prize at the Yehudi Menuhin ViolinCompetition at the age of twelve. Her programme alsoincludes Hindemith’s Sonata in G minor, completed in 1917around the time the composer became leader of the FrankfurtOpera Orchestra.

£15 £20 £25 £30


JULIA FISCHER KASSKARA

EGGNER TRIO N. Horowitz

Sunday 7 October 11.30 am

EGGNER TRIOBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Eb Op. 1 No. 1BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87

Founded in 1997, the Eggner Trio capturedworldwide attention six years later by winningthe Melbourne International Chamber MusicCompetition. The ensemble’s stock has sincerisen with acclaimed performances everywherefrom Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Musikvereinto the Amsterdam Concertgebouw andSalzburg’s Mozarteum. The Eggners return toWigmore Hall to perform youthful Beethovenand mature Brahms.


WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N TSupported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


JENNIFER JOHNSTON


JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano

JOSEPH MIDDLETON piano

WOLF Heiss mich nicht reden; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt;So lasst mich scheinen; Kennst du das LandMAHLER Five Rückert LiederBRITTEN At the mid hour of night; Ca’ the yowes;Sweet Polly Oliver

Historical accident timed the outpouring of Germany’sromantic poets to coincide with the global spread of thedomestic piano. The combination of lyric verse and anaffordable new instrument inspired the creation of songsfor consumption in intimate settings. Liverpool-born mezzoJennifer Johnston offers a lunchtime recital rich in expressivenuance, haunting imagery and emotional contrasts.

£12 concs £10

Jennifer Johnston is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New GenerationArtists scheme


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Tuesday 9 October 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

ANN MURRAY MASTERCLASSPostgraduate singing students from Britain’smusic colleges are set to gain from AnnMurray’s interpretative vision and the fruitsof an illustrious career that began in the early1970s. Her masterclasses are famed for theirheady blend of wit, charm, vital energy andtotal engagement with the hearts and mindsof young singers.

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ANN MURRAY Sian Trenberth

ANN MURRAYMASTERCLASS

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CUARTETO CASALSSCHUBERT String Quartet in C D46; String Quartet D18;String Quartet in G minor D173

Wigmore Hall’s Schubert Focus continues with the launch ofa complete survey of the composer’s string quartets fromCuarteto Casals. The Barcelona-based ensemble, formed15 years ago, has developed a close affinity for the Vienneseclassics and the works of Schubert in particular. They opentheir cycle with the String Quartet in C major D46, completedby its 16-year-old composer in March 1813 for performanceby members of his family. Schubert’s fecund melodic gift canalready be heard in the astonishingly accomplished StringQuartet D18, believed to date from 1810 or 1811. It alsopermeates every bar of the teenage composer’s String Quartetin G minor D173, complete with resonant echoes of Mozart’sSymphony No. 40 and appealing traces of Haydn’s influence.

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Chamber Music Season/Schubert: A Celebration

CUARTETO CASALS Felix Broede


CUARTETO CASALSSCHUBERT String Quartet in C D32; StringQuartet in Bb D112; String Quartet in Eb D87

Schubert’s delightful String Quartet in C major,written in the autumn of 1812, was notpublished in complete form until the early1950s. The work’s radiant themes, simplycrafted and imaginatively developed, presagedmighty things to come from its boy composer.Although the note ‘completed in 4 and a halfhours’, attached by Schubert to his StringQuartet in Bb major D112, should probably betaken with a pinch of salt, it bears witness to theyoung composer’s ease of invention and the joywith which he wrote chamber music for hisfamily. The impressive String Quartet in Eb majorD87 dates from the autumn of 1813, when theadolescent Schubert returned to his father’sschool house from boarding school in Vienna.

£12 £18 £24 £28

Supported by the Schubert Syndicate


JONATHAN BISSSCHUMANN: UNDER THE INFLUENCEAt the invitation of Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly, youngAmerican pianist Jonathan Biss has devised a concert seriesthat pays tribute to Robert Schumann, his music and his legacy.Schumann’s music is often regarded as a happy accident ofhistory: so individual and idiosyncratic that it must surely beunprecedented and inimitable. But Schumann is, in fact, acrucial link in a chain of composers across centuries. This seriesexamines that progression, reaching as far back as Purcell, andfeaturing the works of four composers who, in their variousways, could not have existed without Schumann.

The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund


CAMILLA TILLING soprano

MARK PADMORE tenor

JONATHAN BISS piano

SCHUMANN Gesänge der Frühe BERG Sieben frühe LiederSCHUBERT Heine Lieder from SchwanengesangSCHUMANN Dichterliebe

Heinrich Heine’s poems inspired Schumann throughout1840 and provided the text of Dichterliebe (‘Poet’s Love’).The song-cycle charts its composer’s response to a periodof extreme personal emotions, expressed in music ofspine-tingling honesty and nobility. Mark Padmore andJonathan Biss preface their interpretation with Schubert’sequally rich late Heine settings and the Gesänge derFrühe, completed shortly before Schumann’s desperatemental collapse in 1853.

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Song Recital Series/Jonathan Biss –Schumann: Under the Influence


ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOIS clarinet

KIM KASHKASHIAN viola

MARK PADMORE tenor

JONATHAN BISS piano


Forthcoming concerts and events in this series

Tuesday 14 May 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION


JONATHAN BISS piano

ELIAS STRING QUARTET


JONATHAN BISS piano

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BORODIN QUARTETT C H A I K O V S K Y A N D B R A H M SNo history of Russian music in the post-war periodwould be complete without a significant discussion ofthe Borodin Quartet. The original ensemble formed in1945 and subsequently developed an enduring cultureof the most refined and eloquent quartet playingimaginable. The group’s legendary reputation rests onits interpretations of great monuments of the chambermusic repertoire, notably the string quartets ofBeethoven, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.The Borodins return to Wigmore Hall this season for athree-concert survey of the complete string quartetsof Tchaikovsky and Brahms, opening proceedings withthe former composer’s enigmatic single-movementString Quartet in Bb.


BORODIN QUARTETTCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet in Bb (one movement);String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11BRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1

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Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms



BORODIN QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in A minorOp. 51 No. 2TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 2in F Op. 22

Chamber Music Season/BorodinQuartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms

Saturday 18 May 7.30 pm

BORODIN QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in Bb Op. 67TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 3in Eb minor Op. 30

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ESCHER QUARTETDUTILLEUX Ainsi la nuitGESUALDO Illumina faciem tuam (arr. Pierre Lapointe)BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

Evolutionary change, encouraged in recent years by venuessuch as Wigmore Hall, has given fresh life to chamber musicprogramming. The Escher Quartet stands at the vanguard ofthe younger generation of ensembles thanks to the quality ofits tonal blend, artistic cohesion and imaginative repertoirejuxtapositions. Join the Eschers for their bold and persuasiveCoffee Concert programme, which includes the strikinglyindividual sound worlds of Henri Dutilleux and Carlo Gesualdo.



Sunday 14 October 7.30 pm

LE POÈME HARMONIQUETHE HUMAN COMEDY – French airs de cour,Spanish, Italian and Occitanian songs ofthe seventeenth century, popular songs andinstrumental ballets

Works by MOULINIÉ and TESSIER

Founded by the French lutenist Vincent Dumestrein the late 1990s, Le Poème Harmonique viewsthe legacy of Baroque music from the perspectiveof its intrinsic relationship to the art of poetry.The ensemble also draws inspiration from itsdeep immersion in surviving folksong traditionsand operatic works. Join Le Poème Harmonique’smembers to hear their intensely focused readingsof the airs de cour of Charles Tessier and EtienneMoulinié.

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LE POÈME HARMONIQUE

ESCHER QUARTET Henry Fair

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VINCENT DUMESTRE

LE POÈMEHARMONIQUE

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CHRISTOPH DENOTH guitar

DOWLAND My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home;The Shoemaker’s Wife; The frogg Galliard; FantasiaSOR Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart Op. 9VILLA-LOBOS 3 Preludes: Nos. 1, 4 & 2FALLA Homenaje: pièce de guitare écrite pour ‘Le Tombeaude Claude Debussy’TURINA SevillanaALBÉNIZ Torre Bermeja (arr. for guitar); Asturias from‘Suite española’ (arr. for guitar)

Christoph Denoth’s artistic outlook was transformed by hisstudies with the mercurial conductor Sergiu Celibidache.The Swiss guitarist, Musician in Residence at Oxford’s BalliolCollege, absorbed Celibidache’s musical philosophy and hassince applied it in practice. The music for this lunchtime recitalspans almost three and a half centuries of solo guitar literature,in keeping with Denoth’s mission to connect listeners with thebroadest range of composers and musical styles.

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SANDRINE PIAU Sandrine Expilly/Naïve

CHRISTOPH DENOTH


CLASSICAL OPERAIAN PAGE conductor

SANDRINE PIAU soprano

‘RUHE SANFT’: A MOZART KALEIDOSCOPE

MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546;Leidenschaften stillt und weckt Musik fromHandel, Ode for St Cecilia’s Day; Symphonyin F K19a; Ein ergrimmter Löwe brüllet fromDie Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots; Nel gravetormento from Mitridate, re di Ponto; Geme latortorella and Crudeli, fermate ... Ah dal piantofrom La finta giardiniera; Symphony No. 27 inG K199; Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben andTiger! wetze nur die Klauen from Zaide

Over the past decade, Ian Page and ClassicalOpera have delighted Wigmore Hall audienceswith everything from a Mozart season toretrospective surveys of works by Gluck andHaydn. They are joined for the first time thisevening by the vivacious French sopranoSandrine Piau, among the finest exponentsof Baroque and early Classical opera. Theirprogramme interleaves instrumental works suchas the early Symphony in F major K19a, believedto have been written in London around 1765,with a vibrant anthology of arias, the sublime‘Ruhe sanft’ from Zaide among them.

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THOMAS DEMENGA‘BUILDING ON BACH’Music’s past, present and future have for longoccupied Thomas Demenga’s creative choices andrepertoire liaisons. The Swiss cellist and composer,born to a family of musicians in 1954, has blazedprogramming trails throughout his career,presenting familiar works in unfamiliar repertoirecontexts. Demenga’s ‘Building on Bach’ projectunfolds this season at Wigmore Hall with threeboldly innovative concerts built around Bach’s SixCello Suites and modern works for solo cello. Hewill play period and modern instruments in thisear-opening, mind-expanding series.



BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007ZIMMERMANN Sonate für Cello soloTHOMAS DEMENGA EFEUBACH Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012

Thomas Demenga’s interpretations of Bach’s Cello Suites havebeen informed by his experience as a composer. They also bearwitness to his ceaseless desire to explore the variety of Bach’swriting through clear articulation and imaginative responses tothe variety of his melodic ideas. Demenga’s programme includesBernd Alois Zimmermann’s Cello Sonata, a twelve-note ‘Homageà Bach’, and Demenga’s EFEU (‘Ivy’), written for contestants inthe 2010 Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann.


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Chamber Music Season/Thomas Demenga ‘Building on Bach’


Thursday 28 February 7.30 pm


LUTOSLAWSKI Sacher VariationBERIO Les mots sont allésBACH Cello Suite No. 4 in Eb BWV1010KLAUS HUBER Transpositio ad infinitumBACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009

Chamber Music Season/Thomas Demenga‘Building on Bach’

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Sunday 19 May 7.30 pm


BACH Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008THOMAS LARCHER Sonata for celloBACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011THOMAS DEMENGA Aus den Fugen


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SUSAN BICKLEY mezzo-soprano


MARK BRAITHWAITE viola

IAIN BURNSIDE piano

BRIDGE Blow, blow, thou winter windQUILTER Music, when soft voices dieBRIDGE When most I winkQUILTER Blow, blow, thou winter windBRIDGE Three songs with viola: Far, far from each other;Where is it that our soul doth go?; Music when soft voices dieBRIDGE Pensiero; Allegro appassionato (for viola and piano)HOLST From Hymns from the Rig Veda: Ushas (Dawn); Varuna I(Sky); Faith; Indra (God of Storm and Battle)SIMON ROWLAND-JONES Whirling (for mezzo-soprano, violaand piano) HOLST Journey’s EndBRIDGE Day after day; Dweller in my deathless dreamsHOLST Now in these fairylands BRIDGE Speak to me, my loveHOLST Betelgeuse BRIDGE Journey’s End

Wigmore Hall’s Frank Bridge Song Focus digs deep into thetreasure house of English art-song with a programme exceptionalin breadth and poetic beauty. Bridge’s ‘Music when soft voicesdie’, rich and mysterious in romantic harmonies, dates from1903 and reflects its young composer’s early development.Iain Burnside’s revelatory choice of works also includes threeseductive Tagore settings, the exquisite ‘Speak to me, my love’among them.

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Song Recital Series/Frank Bridge Song Focus

SUSAN BICKLEY Julie Kim

ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOIS Peter Wang


ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOISclarinet

KIM KASHKASHIAN viola

MARK PADMORE tenor

JONATHAN BISS piano

SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen Op. 132KURTÁG Hommage à Robert Schumann Op. 15dBEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Op. 17

Schumann’s lasting legacy and the influencesthat helped shape his work are central to thesecond of Jonathan Biss’s beguiling SchumannSeries programmes. The power of Beethoven’sAn die ferne Geliebte (‘To the distant beloved’)left its mark on Schumann’s Fantasy in C majorOp. 17, written in 1836 in response to separationfrom his own beloved, Clara Wieck, and as partof a work fashioned to raise money for abirthplace monument to Beethoven.

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The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported byDunard Fund

Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season/Jonathan Biss – Schumann: Under the Influence


LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLEJANÁCEK MládiDVORÁK Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 87BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114

The London Conchord Ensemble celebrates its tenth birthdaywith a concert of great central European chamber works,opening with Janácek’s vivacious wind sextet Mládi (‘Youth’),in which he recalls childhood scenes from the perspective ofthe composer’s spirited old age. The jubilant mood continuesin the fiery first movement of Dvorák’s Second Piano Quartetin Eb, among the composer’s finest chamber music scores.

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GARY HOFFMAN cello

DAVID SELIG piano

CHOPIN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58

American cellist Gary Hoffman, who made his UK recital debutat Wigmore Hall in 1971 at the age of 15, is universally knownfor the subtlety and freshness of his interpretations. He andDavid Selig explore the expressive light and shade of twoworks created in the 1840s, complete with the Bach-inspiredAdagio of Mendelssohn’s four-movement work and thesupreme lyricism of Chopin’s G minor sonata.



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LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLE Patrick Allen

GARY HOFFMAN Gerard Proust

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EXAUDIJAMES WEEKS director

THE EXAUDI ITALIAN MADRIGAL BOOK –A TENTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

A GABRIELI Vieni, vieni HimeneoSALVATORE SCIARRINO Tre madrigaliMONTEVERDI Sovra tenere erbetteMONTEVERDI O Mirtillo, Mirtillo anima miaMONTEVERDI Vattene pur crudelGESUALDO Mercè grido piangendoGESUALDO Asciugate i begli occhiMORGAN HAYES E Vesuvio monteGESUALDO Ardita Zanzaretta; Languisce al finMONTEVERDI Rimanti in paceInterspersed with new commissions byCHRISTIAN WOLFF, MICHAEL FINNISSY, STEFANOGERVASONI, EVAN JOHNSON and LARRY GOVES

Jaw-dropping musicianship, dazzling virtuosity andpassionate communication belong to the almost superhumanattributes of EXAUDI, applied to a repertoire that spanseverything from 15th-century Flemish polyphony to theEverest-like challenges of Brian Ferneyhough’s Missa Brevis.The great British vocal ensemble marks its tenth anniversarywith a celebratory programme showcasing contrastingsides of its musical personality: the cutting-edge ofcontemporary music and the astonishing avant-garde ofthe Italian baroque.

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EXAUDI


SIGNUM QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1SCHUMANN String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2

Since receiving the London International StringQuartet Competition Audience Prize in 2009,the Signum Quartet’s name has rapidly ascendedthe global list of outstanding young chambergroups. The German-based ensemble, amongthe current crop of BBC Radio 3 New GenerationArtists, returns to Wigmore Hall with two worksdrawn from the core of the Romantic repertoire.

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The Signum Quartet is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme


SIGNUM QUARTET Irene Zandel


ENDYMIONVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Quintet in DPHILIP VENABLES Sextet (commissioned by Wigmore Hall)(world première)DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C Op. 37

Wigmore Hall’s mighty tally of world premières grows withthe appearance of a specially commissioned work byEndymion’s artistic director, Philip Venables. The Chester-borncomposer’s music, praised for its ‘delicately spun melodies’and ‘gritty, soulful’ character, has been championed worldwideby Endymion. His Sextet takes its place in an absorbingprogramme, complete with Vaughan Williams’s early Quintetfor clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano, written in 1898 andfirst performed three years later.

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STEPHEN KOVACEVICH piano

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78TAKEMITSU HikaBRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100TAKEMITSU Distance de féeBRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Imagination and adventure hallmark AlinaIbragimova’s recital with Stephen Kovacevich.Their programme presents Brahms’s awe-inspiring mature violin sonatas in company withdistilled miniatures by the Japanese composerToru Takemitsu. The latter’s Hika (‘Elegy’) waswritten in 1966 as a sorrowful lament. HisDistance de fée dates from the composer’s early20s, its intensely lyrical nature complementingthe songful style of the Brahms sonatas.

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STEPHEN KOVACEVICH David Thompson/EMI Classics

ALINA IBRAGIMOVA Sussie Ahlburg

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FLORILEGIUM ASHLEY SOLOMON director, flute

ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS soprano

300TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREDERICK THE GREAT

BENDA Symphony in GQUANTZ Concerto in D for flute and violinCPE BACH Flute Concerto in D minor Wq. 22Interspersed with GRAUN Arias from Cesare e Cleopatra

Continuing Florilegium’s celebration of the tercentenary of thebirth of Frederick the Great, the music-loving King of Prussia,this programme includes works by the monarch’s flute teacher,Johann Joachim Quantz, his court harpsichordist, CPE Bach,and the principal violinist of his court orchestra, Franz Benda.Florilegium is joined by Elin Manahan Thomas in arias fromCarl Heinrich Graun’s Cesare e Cleopatra, a thrilling three-act‘dramma per musica’, commissioned by Frederick to celebratethe opening of his new Royal Berlin Opera House in 1742.

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FLORILEGIUM Amit Lennon

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET Eric Richmond


THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5MOZART String Quartet in Bb K589 ‘Prussian’MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E minorOp. 44 No. 2

The Endellions launch the first of three WigmoreHall concerts this season with Beethoven’sanimated and wonderfully genial Quartet in Amajor, among the sunniest pieces in his Op. 18collection. The programme closes with aneffervescent Mendelssohn masterpiece,completed during his honeymoon stay in theBlack Forest in 1837. Mozart’s String Quartetin Bb K589, dedicated to King Frederick Williamof Prussia, includes a series of flowing cellotunes, conceived no doubt with the cello-playingtalents of the musical monarch securely in mind.

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ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS UCJ/Universal Records Ltd



NASH ENSEMBLEJOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor

MARIANNE THORSEN violin

IAN BROWN piano

BRITTEN Three Divertimenti for string quartetBRIDGE Romanze, Cradle Song and Serenade (for violinand piano)WARLOCK Songs for tenor and string quartetELGAR La Capricieuse; Canto popolare; Sospiri (for violinand piano)VAUGHAN WILLIAMS On Wenlock Edge (for tenor, stringquartet and piano)

Vaughan Williams’s haunting song-cycle On Wenlock Edge,to words by A E Housman, inevitably makes a specialimpression in the ideal acoustics of Wigmore Hall, especiallywhen sung by John Mark Ainsley with the Nash. The work isprefaced here by a selection of Warlock songs for tenor andstring quartet, delightful violin solos by Bridge and Elgar,and Britten’s Three Divertimenti for string quartet.

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DANTE QUARTETDVORÁK String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’MOZART String Quartet in F K590

Spillville, a tiny hamlet in Iowa, provided Dvorákwith welcome respite from his duties as directorof New York’s National Conservatory of Music. Itssights and sounds also inspired the String Quartetin F Op. 96 ‘American’. The Dante Quartet, winnerof the prestigious Royal Philharmonic SocietyAward for best chamber ensemble in 2007, pairsDvorák’s score with another late masterpiece, thethird of Mozart’s so-called ‘Prussian’ quartets.



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DANTE QUARTET Benjamin Harte

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Vienna’s Academy of Music and Dramatic Art supplied the initialcornerstones of Wolfgang Holzmair’s artistry, strengthenedand deepened over the many decades of his career by profoundthought about communication through song. The Austrianbaritone, born 60 years ago near the lakes and mountains of theSalzkammergut, brings a remarkable sensibility and technicalrefinement to his searching interpretations. His long associationwith Wigmore Hall and deep connection to its audience arecelebrated this season and next in a Retrospective Series.


WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR baritone

IMOGEN COOPER piano

MAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Ablösung im Sommer;Revelge; Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz; Des Antonius von PaduaFischpredigt; Trost im Unglück; Der Tamboursg’sell; Das irdischeLeben; Rheinlegendchen; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasenMAHLER Winterlied; Frühlingsmorgen; Erinnerung;Hans und Grethe; Serenade aus Don Juan; Phantasie ausDon Juan; UrlichtMAHLER From Five Rückert Lieder: Liebst du um Schönheit;Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder; Ich bin der Welt abhandengekommen

Gustav Mahler’s early years were steeped in song. The experience,reinforced by later study of Schubert’s Lieder, informed thecomposer’s artistic development and frequently guided hischoice of folk and popular verse. Wolfgang Holzmair and ImogenCooper direct their great partnership to the interpretation ofsongs that span the gamut of Mahler’s creative life, from theyouthful ‘Hans und Grethe’ and early Wunderhorn Lieder to thesublime art of the composer’s Rückert Lieder.

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Song Recital Series/Wolfgang Holzmair Retrospective Series

WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR Ernest W. Gruber


Sunday 3 February 7.30 pm


RUSSELL RYAN piano

Tuesday 23 July 7.30 pm

CHRISTIANE KARG soprano



Saturday 16 November 2013 7.30 pm


IMOGEN COOPER piano


ISABELLE FAUST violin

JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS cello

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano

HAYDN Piano Trio in D HXV:24DVORÁK Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65

Three artists of striking individuality andimagination supply Trio Melnikov’s essential spirit.Alexander Melnikov and his regular duo partnerIsabelle Faust are joined by the Canadian-bornFrench cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, recently hailedby the Daily Telegraph for the ‘captivatingly wistfulquality’ and ‘expressive freedom’ of his playing.

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WOLFGANG HOLZMAIRRETROSPECTIVE SERIES

ISABELLE FAUST Marco Borggreve


CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

FROM RUSSIA AND NORWAY WITH LOVE

RACHMANINOV Lilacs; How fair this spot; He took all from me;Night is mournful; The ring; The migrant wind; Music;The rat-catcherMUSORGSKY Detskaya (The Nursery)GRIEG Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid)

Expressive joy and the ineffable qualities of humancommunication stand among the philosophical forces behindChristianne Stotijn’s song interpretations. Her recitalpartnership with Julius Drake has secured worldwide criticalacclaim and won the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award in2010. Their latest Wigmore Hall venture embraces the yearningnostalgia and quicksilver mood changes of RachmaninovRomances and songs by Musorgsky.


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SCOTTISH ENSEMBLEJONATHAN MORTON director, violin

MOZART Divertimento in D K136PURCELL Fantasias (a selection); Dance ofFuries from DioclesianBACH Concerto in E for violin BWV1042BRITTEN Three Divertimenti (arr. for ensembleby J Morton)SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3(arr. for ensemble by J Morton)

‘This is one set of musicians you really need tosee live to fully appreciate’ The Scotsman

The UK’s only professional string orchestra, ledby Artistic Director Jonathan Morton, returnsto Wigmore Hall with a concert to celebrateBenjamin Britten’s approaching centenaryyear. The programme casts light on music bycomposers close to Britten’s heart and buildson his legacy of arranging chamber works forlarger ensembles.

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JONATHAN MORTON Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN AND JULIUS DRAKE Marco Borggreve

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Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly’s commitment to the creation of new works ofchamber music is ideally served by this spectacular recital of UK premières, a clearjewel in the 2012/13 season’s crown. The Arditti Quartet’s worldwide reputationrests secure on almost 40 years of excellence in the performance and developmentof contemporary music. The JACK Quartet can likewise cite a glorious record ofachievement in bringing new work to life, underpinned by its players’ close associationwith composers such as Matthias Pintscher, Helmut Lachenmann and Julia Wolfe.

This showcase concert, part of a landmark Arditti and JACK Quartet project, offersaudiences the thrilling prospect of hearing the birth of two string quartets andtwo string octets by Hans Abrahamsen (b.1952), Mauro Lanza (b.1975)and the English composers Rebecca Saunders (b.1967) andJames Clarke (b.1957).


ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONComposer REBECCA SAUNDERS in conversation with TOM SERVICE




ARDITTI QUARTETJACK QUARTET †

HANS ABRAHAMSEN New work for string quartet (UK première)*REBECCA SAUNDERS New work for string quartet (UK première)**JAMES CLARKE New work for string octet (UK première)***MAURO LANZA New work for string octet (UK première)***

* Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support from Siemens Musikstiftung and Wigmore Hall

** Commissioned by ORF-Musikprotokoll Graz, Wigmore Hall and the ArdittiQuartet (with the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music).

*** Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support from Kunststiftung NRWand Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall is grateful for the support of André Hoffmann, Presidentof the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation,for all these commissions.


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† WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N TSupported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


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Thursday 1 November 7.30 pm

THE ENGLISH CONCERT MARK PADMORE tenor

NADJA ZWIENER violin, director

BACH Ich armer Mensch, Ich Sündenknecht BUXTEHUDE Contrapunctus IBACH Bist du bei mir BUXTEHUDE Contrapunctus IIBACH Aria: Komm, du süsse Todesstunde from Cantata BWV161BUXTEHUDE Klagelied BuxWV76 No. 2BACH Aria: Ich habe genug from Cantata BWV82

In November 1705 Johann Sebastian Bach walked from hishome in Arnstadt to Lübeck, a distance of some 250 miles.The 20-year-old musician was determined to meet and learnfrom Dietrich Buxtehude, the venerable organist of Lübeck’smighty Marienkirche. The English Concert’s latest WigmoreHall programme celebrates Bach’s epic journey by bringingtogether exceptional works by the two greatest Germancomposers of their respective generations.

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AXIS SAXOPHONE QUARTETJOSHUA REDMAN JAZZ SERIES

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Saturday 3 November 11.00 am – 12 noon

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBERFAMILY CONCERTFor age 5 plus

Cellist JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER has entertainedaudiences around the world and collaboratedwith a huge range of musicians including EltonJohn and Yehudi Menuhin. Hear him play in aninteractive concert as he shares some of hisfavourite cello pieces, including The Swan bySaint-Saëns. Presented by RACHEL LEACH.

Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust andThe Monument Trust



MICHELANGELO QUARTETCHERUBINI String Quartet No. 3 in D minor TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135

The Michelangelo Quartet has forged aninternational reputation with the strongpersonality and courage of its interpretations.The ensemble’s members also enjoy high profilechamber music partnerships with, among others,Gidon Kremer, András Schiff, Martha Argerichand Leon Fleisher. Their programme is crownedby Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Op. 135, thecomposer’s last substantial work and a timelessexploration of the human condition.

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MICHELANGELO QUARTET Marco Borggreve

MARK PADMORE Marco Borggreve

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JOSHUA REDMANJ A Z Z S E R I E SJazz at Wigmore Hall is set to trail-blaze thrilling creative ideasunder Joshua Redman’s direction. The American saxophonistand composer, invited by John Gilhooly to succeed BradMehldau as the Hall’s Jazz Series curator, has gathered astellar line-up of artists to shape his first season, ranging fromthe Argentine pianist, vocalist and bandleader Guillermo Klein –a vital presence at New York’s jazz scene over the past twodecades – to the St Louis-born sax player Chris Cheek, aniconic figure in the saxophone world, pioneer of new soundsand explorer of subtle improvisational concepts.

Joshua Redman is among the most charismatic performers ofhis generation. He stormed the jazz scene in 1991 as winner ofthe Thelonius Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition.His work since has embraced breathtaking partnerships with,among others, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Charlie Hadenand Christian McBride.


AXIS SAXOPHONE QUARTETJOSHUA REDMAN CHRIS CHEEKCHRIS POTTER MARK TURNER

Wigmore Hall’s Jazz Series welcomes a thrilling newproject. The Axis Saxophone Quartet unites JoshuaRedman with Chris Cheek, Chris Potter and MarkTurner to create an all-star sax team. Jazz standardsand original compositions, arranged and created bymembers of the group, make this a must-hear event.

£15 £20 £25 £30 (not part of subscription scheme)

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GUILLERMO KLEIN piano, voice

AARON GOLDBERG piano

CHRIS CHEEK saxophone

MIGUEL ZENON saxophone


JOSHUA REDMAN saxophone

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE double bass

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SWISS PIANO TRIOMOZART Piano Trio in C K548SCHUMANN Phantasiestücke Op. 88MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49

‘We are accustomed to judge a thing from the name it bears,’wrote Schumann in 1835. ‘We make certain demands upon afantasy, others upon a sonata.’ The distinction clearly matteredto the composer, whose instrumental fantasies demolished theboundaries of convention. The Swiss Piano Trio, winners of the2005 International Johannes Brahms Competition, surroundsthe four febrile miniatures of Schumann’s PhantasiestückeOp. 88 with Mozart’s joyful Piano Trio in C major and the noblelyricism of Mendelssohn’s First Piano Trio.



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SWISS PIANO TRIO Uwe Arens


DIANA DAMRAU soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

Songs by LISZT, RACHMANINOV and STRAUSS

Julius Drake’s ‘Perspectives’ series unfoldswith a typically imaginative survey of works byLiszt, Rachmaninov and Strauss. Diana Damraucaptured the affections of Wigmore Hall’saudience in 2008 with an unforgettable debutrecital. The coloratura soprano, partnered thenas today by Julius Drake, complemented hersuccess on the world’s leading opera stageswith a performance greeted by five-star reviewsand a standing ovation. ‘A scorcher of an evening,every second of it,’ noted the Guardian. Thenewspaper’s analysis augurs well for Damrau’slatest Wigmore Hall concert, which prefaces hereagerly anticipated appearance at the RoyalOpera House in Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable.

£18 £25 £30 £35


DIANA DAMRAU Tanja Niemann

DIANA DAMRAU

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JULIUS DRAKE piano

SCHUMANN Six Songs: Sag an, o lieber Vogel mein;Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb; Was soll ich sagen;Jasminenstrauch; Volksliedchen; Verratene LiebeSCHUMANN Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135SCHUMANN Mignon Lieder Op. 98a: Kennst du das Land?;Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Heiss mich nicht reden;So lasst mich scheinenSCHUMANN ‘Five heroines’: Die Löwenbraut; Die Nonne;Loreley; Die Soldatenbraut; Die Kartenlegerin

Angelika Kirchschlager has been a regular and much-admiredpresence at Wigmore Hall since making her debut well overa decade ago. The Austrian mezzo-soprano is blessed withcompelling natural skills of communication and the vocalqualities required to illuminate the most subtle expressivenuances. She was made a Kammersängerin of the ViennaState Opera by the Austrian Government in 2007. In additionto her work as a performer, Kirchschlager is a guest professorat the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Royal Academy of Music,where she is also an Honorary Fellow.

£12 concs £10

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ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER Nikolaus Karlinsky

THOMAS QUASTHOFF Jim Rakete/Deutsche Grammophon


SONIA PRINA contralto

LA SFERA ARMONIOSA See page opposite for full details

Wednesday 7 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pmThursday 8 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

THOMAS QUASTHOFFMASTERCLASSESWith post-graduate singers from UK musiccolleges and other selected singers.

Thomas Quasthoff, who retired from concertperformance at the beginning of 2012,continues his essential work as teacher andinspiration to the next generation of singers.Revelatory insights and wise words about theart of song interpretation are sure to flowthrough the great German bass-baritone’sWigmore Hall masterclass sessions.

£7 concs £4 per session(not part of subscription scheme)


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SONIA PRINA contralto

LA SFERA ARMONIOSAMIKE FENTROSS director, lute

ANTOINETTE LOHMANN violin

FRANCES THE violin

ARJEN DE GRAAF viola

SARAH WALDER cello

YOSHI KAZAMA harpsichord

VIVALDI Cantata: Perfidissimo cor! RV674;Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93;Cantata: Cessate, omai cessate RV684;Concerto in G minor for strings RV156;Aria: Cosi potessi anch’io from Orlandofurioso; Aria: Se in ogni guardo fromOrlando finto pazzo; Concerto in D minorfor strings ‘Madrigalesco’ RV129; Cantata:Amor, hai vinto RV651

A graduate of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoryand Milan’s La Scala Academy, Sonia Prinarose to prominence in the late 1990s withimpassioned performances of Rossini andworks by earlier Italian composers. Herinstantly recognisable contralto voice, affinityfor Baroque style and spellbinding commandof bel canto technique led swiftly to a seriesof prestigious engagements worldwide.The music of Vivaldi is central to Sonia Prina’sartistic world, crisply reflected in her WigmoreHall debut programme. She shares theWigmore Hall platform with the life-enhancingDutch period instrument ensemble La SferaArmoniosa and its founder and ArtisticDirector, Mike Fentross.

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JEREMY DENK piano

LISZT 3 Petrarch Sonnets S158; Fantasie and Fugue on thename B-A-C-H; Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasisonata from Années de pèlerinage S161WAGNER/LISZT Liebestod from Tristan und IsoldeBRAHMS Klavierstücke Op. 118; Variations on a Themeby Paganini Op. 35

Critics and musical opinion formers once did battle asimplacably opposed supporters of either Brahms or Wagner.Jeremy Denk’s programme locates Liszt as a pivotal figurein a musical landscape marked by warring ‘Brahmsians’ and‘Wagnerians’, whose own compositions often bridged thegap between classical restraint and romantic indulgence.In addition to the arresting contrasts of Liszt’s Three PetrarchSonnets and transcription of Wagner’s Liebestod, Denk’srecital also offers a complete account of Brahms’s technicallyand emotionally complex Paganini Variations Op. 35.


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JEREMY DENK Samantha West


NELSON FREIRE piano

Works by BACH, SCHUMANN, VILLA-LOBOS,GRANADOS and LISZT

For the New York Times, Nelson Freire offers ‘agentle reminder that decorous piano playingand interpretive depth have an irresistiblepower all their own.’ The observation, inspiredby the Brazilian pianist’s recording of Chopin’scomplete Nocturnes, could stand in general forthe artistry of a man who commands a placetoday among the greatest of all keyboardperformers. Nelson Freire was appointed aCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres by theFrench government and has been honoured withmany prizes for his extensive discography,Gramophone’s Recording of the Year Award andGrand Prix de l’Académie Charles Crosprominent among them. He makes a rareWigmore Hall appearance as part of the LondonPianoforte Series.

£18 £25 £30 £35


NELSON FREIRE Mat Hennek

Thursday 8 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

THOMAS QUASTHOFF MASTERCLASSESSee page 46 for full details

NELSON FREIRE


KATHERINE BRODERICK soprano

ANNA GREVELIUS mezzo-soprano

ANDREW KENNEDY tenor STEPHAN LOGES baritone

EUGENE ASTI piano

MENDELSSOHN Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters; Ave Maria;Der Verlassene; Frage; And’res Maienlied; Der Tag; Reiterlied; Abschied;Der Bettler; Die Liebende schreibt; Reiselied; Gruß; Pagenlied;Das Waldschloss; Venetianisches Gondellied; So schlaf in Ruh;Hüt du dich!; Ich wollt’ meine Lieb’ ergöße sich; Auf Flügeln desGesanges; Erinnerung; Neue Liebe; Im Kahn; Wasserfahrt

Wigmore Hall’s Mendelssohn Day takes wing with a lunchtime songrecital to gladden hearts and evoke seductive images of nature, places,people and states of being. The concert’s distinguished artists sharerich collective experience in the interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Lieder,gained not least through their critically acclaimed contributions to theHyperion label’s recording of the composer’s complete songs and duets.

£12 concs £10

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PRE-CONCERT TALKRICHARD STOKES on MENDELSSOHN

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SUSAN GRITTON soprano SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-soprano

EUGENE ASTI piano

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Ich wollt’ meine Lieb’ ergöße sich FANNY MENDELSSOHN Wenn ich in deine Augen seheFELIX MENDELSSOHN Wasserfahrt FANNY MENDELSSOHN 5 Lieder Op. 10:Nach Süden; Vorwurf; Abendbild; Im Herbste; Bergeslust FELIX MENDELSSOHN Tröstung; Frühlingslied; An die Entfernte; Schilflied;Auf der Wanderschaft; Nachtlied ROBERT SCHUMANN From SpanischesLiederspiel: Erste Begegnung; Liebesgram; Botschaft CLARA SCHUMANN Mein Stern; Die gute Nacht; Volkslied; Sie liebten sichbeide; Lorelei ROBERT SCHUMANN Sechs Gedichte and Requiem Op. 90

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Song Recital Series/A Celebration of Mendelssohn Song

A CELEBRATION OF MENDELSSOHN SONG

Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny was forbidden by her father to perform in public or publish her compositions. In fact, Fanny’swork was published during her lifetime, both before and after her marriage to the Prussian painter Wilhelm Hensel. Thebest of her songs, like those of her brother Felix, combine virtues of formal clarity, melodic ingenuity, expressive beautyand romantic tension. Eugene Asti’s Mendelssohn Day programme follows the emotional ebb and flow of everythingfrom Felix Mendelssohn’s eternally delightful ‘Frühlingslied’ (‘Spring song’) to Schumann’s sorrowful Requiem Op. 90.

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DÉNES VÁRJON piano

SCHUMANN Papillons Op. 2JANÁCEK In the MistsLISZT Piano Sonata in B minor S178

Dénes Várjon, recipient of the Hungarian government’s FerencLiszt Prize and a graduate of the Liszt Academy of Music, has astrong affinity for the contrasting aesthetics of the works in thisprogramme. ‘It is always highly interesting to find connectionsbetween composers, and bridges between epochs in musicalhistory,’ he comments. ‘In the mirror of other composers andperiods, I begin to see new dimensions of works which I haveperformed, and this is especially the case when I play piecesby Liszt.’




GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello

GABRIELA MONTERO piano

BEETHOVEN 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oderWeibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 73GRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36

One of the most dynamic of musical partnerships arrives atWigmore Hall with an enticing lunchtime programme hallmarkedby wit, romantic reverie and lyrical beauty. Gabriela Montero’svisionary interpretations perfectly match the spirit of GautierCapuçon’s music-making. The Venezuelan pianist and Frenchcellist first met as part of the Martha Argerich Project in Lugano.‘Gabriela and I have the same instincts and passions in theway we see music,’ notes Capuçon. ‘It’s instinctive, but alsoanalytical.’ Montero underlines his judgement. ‘Our approachis emotional, but with a brain behind it,’ she says. ‘There’s anatural, organic integration.’

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PAUL LEWIS piano

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958; PianoSonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in Bb D960

Artistic integrity lies behind every note of PaulLewis’s Schubert playing. His Wigmore HallSchubert Series reaches its unmissable conclusionwith the composer’s late sonatas. Lewis’s deepimmersion in Schubert’s music has scarcely beenbroken for more than a year. The pianist’s singularapproach places him among the rarest of artistswith the determination and devotion required tolive with the output of a single composer overtime. It also drives his desire to dig deep beneaththe surface of works as complex in emotionalexpression, poetic nuance and formal integrationas the often unorthodox, free-spirited PianoSonata in C minor D958 and the Piano Sonata inA D959. He brings his Wigmore Hall Schubertsonata cycle to a close with the Piano Sonata inBb D960, a work of farewell completed weeksbefore its composer’s death in November 1828.

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London Pianoforte Series/Paul Lewis – SchubertSeries/Schubert: A Celebration

DÉNES VÁRJON Pilvax Studio

GABRIELA MONTERO & GAUTIER CAPUÇON Michael Tammaro

PAUL LEWIS Josep Molina

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ELIAS STRING QUARTET Benjamin Ealovega

GEROLD HUBER & CHRISTIAN GERHAHER Alexander Basta


CHRISTIAN GERHAHER baritone

GEROLD HUBER piano

SCHUBERT An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht;Hoffnung (Schaff’ das Tagwerk meiner Hände);Tiefes Leid (Im Jänner 1817); Abschied; Herbst;Über Wildemann; Der Wanderer; Der Wandereran den Mond; Der Zwerg; Abendstern; Im Walde;Nach einem Gewitter; Der Schiffer; An dieNachtigall; Totengräber-Weise; Frühlingsglaube;Nachtviolen; Abendlied für die Entfernte; Wehmut;Der Strom; Der Hirt; Lied eines Schiffers an dieDioskuren; Nachtgesang; Der Sänger am Felsen

Words and their meaningful expression in songgovern the art of Christian Gerhaher, hailed bycritics for the depth of his attachment to songtexts and his innate ability to unlock essentialimages in the minds of rapt audiences.

Five-star reviews and standing ovations followedChristian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber’s WigmoreHall performance of Schubert’s Die schöneMüllerin in September 2011. ‘The miracle of[his] singing lies in its utter naturalness – his isthe art that conceals art,’ concluded the DailyTelegraph’s Rupert Christiansen. ‘He just seemsto open his mouth and the music pours forth.’This all-Schubert programme offers anotherchance to experience Gerhaher’s transcendentalpowers of communication.

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ELIAS STRING QUARTETMICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

COLIN MATTHEWS New commission* (world première)SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K581

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann,President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation.

Mozart fashioned his Clarinet Quintet for Anton Stadler, agreat Viennese wind player and fellow Freemason. The scoreperiodically places the clarinet centre stage while generallytreating the instrument as an equal chamber music partner.This concert opens with the world première of a new work,specially written by Colin Matthews for the Elias Quartet.In creating string quartets, Schumann observed, ‘the composermust possess an intimate knowledge of the genre’s history,but should strive to produce more than mere imitations ofHaydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.’ He followed his advice tobrilliant effect in the third of his Op. 41 quartets, displayinginventive ingenuity throughout.


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PAUL LEWIS piano

Repeat of concert on 13 November

£18 £25 £30 £35


London Pianoforte Series/Paul Lewis – Schubert Series/Schubert: A Celebration

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NASH ENSEMBLEGARETH HULSE oboe



PAUL WATKINS cello

IAN BROWN piano

BRIDGE Miniatures (for piano trio)BRITTEN Temporal Variations (for oboe and piano)IRELAND Fantasy-Sonata (for clarinet and piano)VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Six Studies in English Folksong(for cello and piano)

The Nash Ensemble’s early evening concert deserves to becherished not only for presenting music by Frank Bridge withhis pupil Benjamin Britten but also for including John Ireland’sglorious Fantasy-Sonata, chosen to mark the 50th anniversaryof the composer’s death. Vaughan Williams’s lyrical Six Studiesin English Folksong for cello and piano delightfully evoke folkmusic’s spirit without ever quoting the letter of existing tunes.

£6 or £3 with evening ticket (separate ticket required)(not part of subscription scheme)




NASH ENSEMBLE SUSAN GRITTON soprano



IAN BROWN piano

PAUL WATKINS conductor

BRITTEN Simple Symphony Op. 4 (for stringensemble)BRIDGE Three songs for voice, viola and pianoVAUGHAN WILLIAMS 5 Mystical Songs (versionfor baritone, string quartet and piano)ALWYN Pastoral Fantasia (for solo viola andstrings)FINZI Dies Natalis Op. 8 (for soprano and strings)

Two outstanding British singers join the Nash forthis concert. Roderick Williams turns the spotlighton Frank Bridge’s Three songs for voice, viola andpiano, elegant settings of words by MatthewArnold, Heine and Shelley, collectively describedby Stephen Banfield as ‘fertile textural essays inplaying off two interacting melodic lines againsta slowly unravelling harmonic framework’. SusanGritton explores Finzi’s sublime Dies Natalis,once again connecting with a work she broughtso successfully to disc. A sublime rarity, WilliamAlwyn’s lyrical Pastoral Fantasia for viola andstrings, completes the programme.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season/British Series:Dreamers of Dreams

SUSAN GRITTON Tim Cantrell

NASH ENSEMBLE Keith Saunders


ATOS TRIOHAYDN Piano Trio in C HXV:27DVORÁK Piano Trio in Bb Op. 21

Germany’s ATOS Trio, winner of the 2007Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson InternationalTrio Award, has scored global critical acclaim.‘Following the retirement of the Beaux Arts Trio,’notes classicalsource.com, ‘the ATOS Trio maywell be positioned to take over as the premièrepiano trio of today.’ The trio’s upwardly mobilestatus was propelled by their selection in 2009as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and toursof Australia, Europe and the United States.

£12 concs £10


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NASH ENSEMBLEGRAINGER Molly on the Shore; Londonderry Air for stringsBRIDGE String Sextet in EbMENDELSSOHN Octet in Eb Op. 20

A Coffee Concert programme for all lovers of fine chambermusic connects Percy Grainger’s sparkling Irish folksongarrangements with two effervescent scores for multiple stringinstruments. Frank Bridge completed his String Sextet exactlyone hundred years ago, the crowning achievement of his firstphase of artistic development. Mendelssohn’s Octet, writtenin 1825, likewise marked a transitional step for its composerfrom youth to maturity.


Sunday Morning Coffee Concert/British Series: Dreamersof Dreams


ANDREAS SCHOLL countertenor

TAMAR HALPERIN piano

MOZART Ridente la calma; AbendempfindungMOZART Rondo in F K494 (solo piano)HAYDN The wanderer; Despair; RecollectionHAYDN Piano Sonata in A HXVI:12SCHUBERT Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Im Haine; Abendstern;Pax vobiscum; An MignonSCHUBERT Waltz in B minor D145 (solo piano)BRAHMS All mein Gedanken; Guten Abend; In stiller Nacht;Es ging ein Maidlein zarte; Da unten im TaleBRAHMS Intermezzo in A Op. 118 No. 2 (solo piano)

In the two decades since making his professional recitaldebut, Andreas Scholl has introduced countless new listenersto the delights of the countertenor voice. He returns toWigmore Hall with Tamar Halperin to perform a programmeof Classical and Romantic song, interleaved with solo keyboardworks and graced by its repertoire breadth. The irresistiblebeauty of Scholl’s voice and charismatic power of his stagepresence will doubtless deliver yet another unforgettableaudience experience.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series

ANDREAS SCHOLL James McMillan/DECCA

ATOS TRIO Steven Haberland


ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATASSonata in F minor Op. 2 No. 1; Sonata in A Op. 2 No. 2;Sonata in C Op. 2 No. 3; Sonata No. 4 in Eb Op. 7


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BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATASSonata in C minor Op. 10 No. 1; Sonata in F Op. 10 No. 2;Sonata in D Op. 10 No. 3; Sonata in C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’;Sonata in E Op. 14 No. 1; Sonata in G Op. 14 No. 2




BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATASSonata in G minor Op. 49 No. 1; Sonata in G Op. 49 No. 2;Sonata in Bb Op. 22; Sonata in Ab Op. 26; Sonata in EbOp. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’; Sonata in C# minorOp. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’; Sonata in D Op. 28 ‘Pastoral’


London Pianoforte Series/András Schiff BeethovenPiano Sonatas

ANDRÁS S C H I FFB E E T H O V E N P I A N O S O N A T A S


Monday 4 March 7.30 pmFriday 8 March 7.30 pmMonday 11 March 7.30 pmFriday 15 March 7.30 pm

András Schiff here begins a personal journey of artisticrevelation and rediscovery, one destined to enterBritish music history as a landmark series. The masterpianist is set to perform Beethoven’s complete pianosonatas over the coming year, followed by Bach’skeyboard works next season, closing on his 60thbirthday in December 2013 with a marathonperformance of the Diabelli Variations and GoldbergVariations! His last Beethoven sonata cycle at WigmoreHall received rave reviews in 2006. The Guardian’sEditor, Alan Rusbridger, described one performancethen as ‘a riveting mixture of erudition, analysis,passion, wit and memory’. Be sure to join the audienceto hear the pianist’s evolving thoughts on theseinexhaustible masterworks.

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IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor


JULIUS DRAKE piano

SCHUBERT Hymne an den Unendlichen; Singübungen fürzwei Stimmen; Das Abendrot; Gott im Ungewitter; Gott derWeltschöpfer; Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers JohannMichael Vogl; An die Sonne; Die Geselligkeit; Licht und Liebe;Des Tages Weihe; Der Hochzeitsbraten; Der Tanz; Mignonund der Harfner; Gebet

Schubert’s prominence at Wigmore Hall this season is boldlyunderlined by every facet of this standout event in JuliusDrake’s ‘Perspectives’ series. Angelika Kirchschlager and IanBostridge train their artistic antennae on Schubert’s duets,trios and partsongs. They are joined by Christopher Maltmanand Birgid Steinberger for ensemble works such as the comictrio ‘Der Hochzeitsbraten’, the vocal exercises for soprano andalto, the birthday cantata for Johann Michael Vogl and thequartet ‘An die Sonne’.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series/Schubert: A Celebration/Julius Drake ‘Perspectives’


BRITTEN SINFONIA JACQUELINE SHAVE director, violin


BRITTEN BIRTHDAY CENTENARY

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Saturday 24 November 10.30 am

MIDORICELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF COMMUNITYOUTREACH



TOKYO STRING QUARTETBARTÓK String Quartet No. 4HAYDN String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3‘Rider’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6

Ever since its formation at New York’s JuilliardSchool of Music in 1969, the Tokyo String Quartethas espoused technical excellence, immaculateensemble and stylistic command. The ensembleperforms over a hundred concerts worldwideeach season on the so-called ‘Paganini Quartet’,a group of renowned Stradivarius instrumentsnamed for legendary virtuoso Niccolò Paganini,who acquired and played them during the19th century.

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TOKYO STRING QUARTET Marco Borggreve

BIRGID STEINBERGER Werner Mokesch

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BRITTEN BIRTHDAY CENTENARY‘ B E F O R E L I F E A N D A F T E R ’

‘We are delighted to launch theworldwide celebration of thecomposer’s centenary over thecoming year with our festival ofBritten,’ comments Wigmore HallDirector, John Gilhooly. The series,which opens on St. Cecilia’s Dayand also Britten’s birthday, takesits title from the last of the ThomasHardy poems which Britten set tomusic in his Winter Words songcycle. We will examine Britten’sextraordinary legacy by invitingaudiences to explore the composer’ssignal contributions to the repertoireof song, chamber and choral musicperformed by a host of Wigmore Hallfavourites, and the accompanyingstudy day will look at his impact onthe history of 20th-century music.The Hall’s connections to Brittenwere forged in the 1930s andstrengthened thereafter with aglittering series of first performances.This series includes many worksthat were introduced to the worldat Wigmore Hall, from the SevenSonnets of Michelangelo toCanticle III: Still Falls the Rain.

BRITTEN EXHIBITION

From 22 November, a specialexhibition in the foyer willillustrate Britten’s longand close associationwith the Hall.


BRITTEN SINFONIA JACQUELINE SHAVE director, violin


PURCELL Rondeau from Abdelazar SuitePURCELL/MUHLY Let the night perish (Job’s Curse)PURCELL/STOKOWSKI Dido’s LamentTIPPETT A Lament from ‘Divertimento on Sellinger’s Round’HANDEL Arias from AlcinaBRITTEN Prelude and Fugue Op. 29PURCELL/BRITTEN Chacony in G minorTIPPETT Little Music for StringsBRITTEN Phaedra Op. 93

Wigmore Hall’s Britten centenary celebration receives massiveinitial momentum with this imaginative programme, given onwhat would have been the composer’s 99th birthday. AliceCoote presents Britten’s dramatic cantata Phaedra, a latemasterwork written for Dame Janet Baker, and LeopoldStokowski’s sonorous version of ‘Dido’s Lament’. Echoes ofLondon past also resound in Michael Tippett’s ‘A Lament’ andNico Muhly’s spine-tingling treatment of Purcell’s ‘Job’s Curse’.Britten’s Prelude and Fugue Op. 29 received its world premièreat Wigmore Hall on 23 June 1943.

£18 £25 £30 £35


IESTYN DAVIES countertenor

MARK PADMORE tenor

MARCUS FARNSWORTH baritone


LUCY WAKEFORD harp

JULIUS DRAKE piano

THE CANTICLES


Saturday 1 December 10.30 am

BRITTEN STUDY DAYSee page 62 for full details


ANN MURRAY DBE mezzo-soprano


ROBIN TRITSCHLER tenor


MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

SONG CYCLES I


Photo: Benjamin Britten at Snape Maltings © Clive Strutt

Sunday 2 December 11.30 am

STEVEN ISSERLIS cello

CONNIE SHIH piano

WORKS FOR CELLO


Sunday 2 December 7.30 pm

JOAN RODGERS soprano


ALLAN CLAYTON tenor


JULIUS DRAKE piano


SONG CYCLES II


Monday 3 December 1.00 pm

CHRISTINE RICE mezzo-soprano

MARK PADMORE tenor


SONG CYCLES III



TAKÁCS QUARTETSAMUEL WEST narrator

THE STRING QUARTETS



NASH ENSEMBLERICHARD WATKINS horn


SANDRINE PIAU soprano


ORCHESTRAL SONG CYCLES


Friday 14 December 7.30 pm

THE CARDINALL’S MUSICKANDREW CARWOOD director

ALISDAIR HOGARTH piano

CHORAL WORKS


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MIDORICelebrating 20 Years of Community Outreach

In 1992 Midori established an organisation to bring music education todeprived areas of New York. Over the past two decades, Midori & Friends hasreached out to thousands of underprivileged children and others routinelyexcluded from making music. The violinist’s inspirational outreach initiativeharmonises with the aims and objectives of Wigmore Hall Learning, which hasarranged a series of informal performances for Midori to give to local schoolsand community centres and related concerts at Wigmore Hall. Midori alsomarks 20 years of community projects with a morning of masterclasses and afrank discussion of her outreach work.

Saturday 24 November

10.30 am – 1.00 pm

MASTERCLASSWith LONDON MUSIC COLLEGE STUDENTS

Adults £7 concs £4 (not part of subscription scheme)

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

IN CONVERSATION WITH MIDORIJoin Midori for a discussion on her communityprogrammes and why this work continues to be ofvital importance both in the UK and internationally.

Ticket price £3 (not part of subscription scheme)

Full day ticket £8 concs £6 (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Midori: Celebrating20 Years of Community Outreach



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Forthcoming events in this series

Friday 22 February 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

MIDORI SCHOOLS’ CONCERT

Saturday 23 February 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

MIDORI CONCERT FOR LOCAL CARERS



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SHARON KAM clarinet

MATAN PORAT piano

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2HINDEMITH Clarinet Sonata HOROVITZ SonatinaMASSENET Méditation from Thaïs

Sharon Kam’s affinity with her instrument allows her to unlocktonal possibilities available to few other players. Her CoffeeConcert programme provides the platform for infinite timbralshades, from the burnished warm tones suited to Brahms’slate Clarinet Sonata in Eb to the sparkling jazz-inflected finaleof Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina.


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MIDORI violin

ÖZGÜR AYDIN piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2WEBERN Four Pieces Op. 7BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1KURTÁG Tre pezzi Op. 14eBEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Since making her debut at the age of eleven with the New YorkPhilharmonic almost 30 years ago, the violinist Midori hasestablished a record of achievement which sets her apart as amusician and innovator. Midori’s devotion to thought-provokingprogrammes is reflected in her recital’s combination of threeBeethoven violin sonatas with the aphoristic music of Webern’sFour Pieces Op. 7 and the time-bending, sound-altering worldof György Kurtág’s Tre pezzi for violin and piano Op. 14e.


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CLARA MOURIZ mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

LITERES Confiado Jilguerillo LASERNA El TrípiliOBRADORS Tres Morillas; Del cabello más sutil;El vito GRANADOS Elegia eternal; La majadolorosa I, II & III BIZET Ouvre ton cœur;Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe; GuitareCHAMINADE SombreroMASSENET Nuit d’EspagneTURINA Poema en forma de canciones Op. 19

Spanish born, Clara Mouriz is fast establishingher place among the most exciting mezzo-sopranos of her generation. In 2009 she wasdistinguished with the award of a WigmoreHall/Independent Opera Fellowship; morerecently she joined the BBC Radio 3 NewGeneration Artists programme. This lunchtimerecital offers followers of fine singing thechance to discover more about a genuinelyexciting and distinctive young performer.

£12 concs £10

Clara Mouriz is a member of BBC Radio 3’s NewGeneration Artists scheme

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’




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SHARON KAM Maike Helbig

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CLARA MOURIZ José Manuel Bielsa

IESTYN DAVIES RESIDENCY:‘A SINGULARITY OF VOICE’

When Iestyn Davies’s debut recording was released on theWigmore Hall Live label, critics were astonished both by thecrystalline beauty of his voice and the breathtaking daringof his artistry. Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly invitedthe Welsh countertenor to give a recital to mark his decadein charge at the venue and subsequently created a WigmoreHall residency for Davies, the first ever for a countertenor.‘A Singularity of Voice’ bears the magnetic attraction requiredto draw capacity audiences to the work of this remarkableyoung singer’s art.

The Iestyn Davies Residency has been made possible by the generoussupport of the Iestyn Davies Syndicate



ENSEMBLE MATHEUSJEAN-CHRISTOPHE SPINOSI director

HANDEL’S ALTOS – MUSIC FOR COUNTERTENORAND CASTRATO

HANDEL Eternal source of light divine; Their land brought forthfrogs from Israel in Egypt; The peasant tastes the sweets oflife from Joseph and his Brethren; Overture from Xerxes;Up the dreadful steep ascending from Jephtha; Your tunefulvoice from Semele; Sinfonia from Xerxes; Despair no more shallwound me from Semele; Cantata: Splenda l’alba in orienteTELEMANN Concerto in E minor for flute and recorderHANDEL Arias from Partenope: Sento amor; Ch’io partal;Furibondo spira il vento

Brittany’s Ensemble Matheus and its artistic leader, the violinistJean-Christophe Spinosi, made a fine impression with theirlate-night appearance at the BBC Proms two years ago.They join forces with Iestyn Davies for a scintillating Handelprogramme, offering a thick slice of the composer’s works forthe London stage and the cantata Splenda l’alba in oriente.

£20 £30 £35 £40



MARK PADMORE tenor



LUCY WAKEFORD harp

JULIUS DRAKE piano

BRITTEN CANTICLESSee page 62 for full details

Iestyn Davies Residency: ‘A Singularity of Voice’


Wednesday 27 February 7.30 pm


RICHARD EGARR harpsichord

Other artists to be announced

Friday 5 July 7.30 pm


THOMAS DUNFORD lute

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Wednesday 28 November 7.00 pm NB starting time

CHRISTINE BREWER soprano*

DAME FELICITY LOTT soprano



ALASDAIR BEATSON solo piano



FAURÉ Valse-caprice No. 1 in A Op. 30SCHUBERT Sei mir gegrüsst; Wandrers Nachtlied I;Das Zügenglöcklein; Drang in die Ferne SCHUMANN Hochländisches Wiegenlied from MyrtenSCHUBERT Die Taubenpost; Licht und Liebe (duet)STRAUSS Four Last Songs*FAURÉ Nocturne No. 6 in Db Op. 63VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Orpheus with his lutePOULENC FancyFAURÉ Mandoline; Les roses d’Ispahan; Poème d’un jour HAHN A Chloris; Tyndaris; D’une prisonDELIBES Bonjour Suzon!MESSAGER Rossignol from Monsieur BeaucaireAUDRAN J’aim’ bien mes dindons from La mascotte (duet)WILLIAM BOLCOM The Jersey Side* (world première, writtenespecially for Christine Brewer and this Gala) (commissionedby Wigmore Hall)

This special gala concert celebrates the 80th birthday ofWilliam Lyne, who served as Wigmore Hall’s Director from1966 to 2003 (and deputy director from 1957). He supportedthe careers and contributed to the artistic development ofcountless performers, including some of those taking part inthis programme. Contemplative Schubert, the noble valedictionof Strauss’s Four Last Songs, bonbons by Delibes and Messager,and the wistful beauty of Reynaldo Hahn’s ‘A Chloris’ belongto a programme guaranteed to delight and move.

£20 £30 £35 £40

Song Recital Series


PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY ACADEMYYOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL

The Razumovsky Academy provides anenvironment in which exceptionally gifted youngmusicians collaborate closely with some of theworld’s finest artists and teachers. This concertoffers the chance to hear potential future starsat an early stage in their careers.

£6 or free with evening concert (separate ticket required)(not part of subscription scheme)


RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLESERGEI KRYLOV violin

OLEG KOGAN cello

KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ piano

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929

Formed from members of a team of outstandingchamber musicians, the Razumovsky Ensemblebrings rare creative freedom to its interpretations.Its latest Wigmore Hall programme engageswith the profound sadness of Shostakovich’sSecond Piano Trio, a work completed in 1944as a memorial to its composer’s closest friend.Schubert’s Second Piano Trio, dramatic andunpredictable in character, could be describedas a study in sudden contrasts.

£15 £20 £25 £30


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SERGEI KRYLOV

CHRISTINE BREWER Christian Steiner

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MARK PADMORE tenor



LUCY WAKEFORD harp

JULIUS DRAKE piano

BRITTEN Canticle I: My beloved is mine; Canticle II: Abrahamand Isaac; Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain – the Raids, 1940,Night and Dawn; Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi; Canticle V:The Death of Saint Narcissus

Spiritual rather than ‘religious’, intensely personal ratherthan grand, Britten’s Canticles stand among his greatestachievements. This concert presents the complete series,performed by outstanding interpreters of the composer’s work. Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, written following thesuicide of Britten’s close friend Noel Mewton-Wood, was firstperformed at Wigmore Hall in January 1955 by the composer,Peter Pears and Dennis Brain.

This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration withno interval.

£12 concs £10

Song Recital Series/Britten Birthday Centenary/Iestyn DaviesResidency: ‘A Singularity of Voice’

MARCUS FARNSWORTH Benjamin Ealovega

BRITTEN STUDY DAY

Wigmore Hall was something of a second hometo Benjamin Britten during his early career.The venue hosted the first performance of thestudent composer’s Holiday Diary in November1934 and went on to present a succession oflandmark premières. Britten often appeared inrecital at Wigmore Hall, playing celesta in aconcert of new French music during the SecondWorld War and regularly performing thereafterwith his partner Peter Pears. The composer alsoled a ‘concert-introduction’ to Peter Grimes atWigmore Hall in May 1945.

Wigmore Hall’s Benjamin Britten Study Day,curated by the composer Julian Philips, offerspersonal recollections, expert analysis andcritical insights into the composer’s uniqueposition in 20th-century British music and hisenduring influence on today’s composers,performers and audiences.

Saturday 1 December

10.30 am – 11.15 am

PAULA BEST, Head of Archive at Wigmore Hall,and PAUL BANKS, from the Royal College ofMusic’s Centre for Performance History, talkabout Britten as a performer and his associationwith Wigmore Hall.

11.45 am – 12.45 pm

COLIN MATTHEWS explores his own lifelongassociation with Britten in conversation withJULIAN PHILIPS, and assesses Britten’s impacton composers working today.

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Masterclass with MARK PADMORE withperformers from the Guildhall School ofMusic & Drama.

4.15 pm – 5.15 pm

Panel discussion on Britten’s Legacy, withJULIAN PHILIPS, COLIN MATTHEWS andthe Opera Group’s new director, FREDERICWAKE-WALKER.

Tickets £3 concs £2 (each event)

Or Day Ticket £10 concs £5


Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Britten Birthday Centenary


ANN MURRAY DBE mezzo-soprano


ROBIN TRITSCHLER tenor



BRITTEN Tit for Tat; The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; A Charmof Lullabies; Winter Words: Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy

‘I do not think in words, because words are not my medium,’commented Britten on receiving an honorary doctorate fromthe University of Hull in 1962. The composer’s creativeimagination, however, certainly responded to words, so muchso that he became one of the last century’s greatest writers ofsong and vocal music. Britten’s song-writing genius is celebratedin the first of three concerts devoted to his song-cycles, launchedwith a programme including the composer’s complete WinterWords and The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, first performed atWigmore Hall by Britten and Pears in November 1945.

£15 £20 £25 £30

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CONNIE SHIH piano

BRITTEN Cello Sonata in A; Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87; CelloSonata in C Op. 65

Britten’s Second Suite for Cello’s dedicatee and first performer,Mstislav Rostropovich, later reflected on his friend’s work:‘So much heart – such Russianness!’ The composer’s blend ofpassionate melodic invention and consummate musical craftdelivered an uncanny spirit of spontaneity and musicalsubstance to his cello writing, powerfully expressed in the‘Dialogo’ and ‘Declamato’ movements of the C major CelloSonata and Cello Suite No. 2. Steven Isserlis here inhabits theemotionally charged world of Britten’s cello works.


Sunday Morning Coffee Concert/Britten Birthday Centenary


JOAN RODGERS soprano


ALLAN CLAYTON tenor


JULIUS DRAKE piano


BRITTEN Folksongs; Songs and Proverbs ofWilliam Blake; On this Island; The Poet’s Echo;Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo

Britten and Pears gave the first publicperformance of Seven Sonnets of Michelangeloat Wigmore Hall in September 1943. The workincludes one of the composer’s finest songs,his coruscating setting of Michelangelo’smetaphysical poem ‘Veggio co’ bei vostri occhiun dolce lume’. This programme spans thecreative course of Britten’s song-writing career,opening with a sequence drawn from his manyfabulous folksong arrangements and includingThe Poet’s Echo, a cycle of Pushkin settingswritten during a holiday visit to the Soviet Unionin 1965.

£15 £20 £25 £30



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STEVEN ISSERLIS Eisuke Miyoshi

JOAN RODGERS Rose Daniel

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MARK PADMORE tenor


BRITTEN Who are these Children?; Cabaret Songs; SechsHölderlin-Fragmente

Malcolm Martineau’s central role in Wigmore Hall’s Brittensong-cycle series continues in this lunchtime concert whenhe accompanies Mark Padmore and Christine Rice in threefascinating works. Who are these Children? explores childhoodinnocence through the poetry, riddles and rhymes of WilliamSouter. Britten’s uncanny ear for the sound quality of wordsgoverned the tonal beauty and eloquence of his only song-cycle in German, the Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/Britten Birthday Centenary

CHRISTINE RICE Rob Moore

TAKÁCS QUARTET Peter Smith


Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

TAKÁCS QUARTETSAMUEL WEST narrator

BRITTEN String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25;String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36; String QuartetNo. 3 Op. 94

Wigmore Hall’s newly appointed AssociateArtists explore Britten’s three numbered stringquartets, compositions shaped by intellectualcomplexity and profound compassion. TheTakács Quartet has lived with these works formany years, crafting interpretations that seizelisteners with their insight, captivating honestyand sense of awe. Wigmore Hall played host tothe first UK performance of the composer’sString Quartet No. 1 in April 1943 and providedthe platform for the November 1945 worldpremière of String Quartet No. 2, complete withits mighty ‘Chacony’, a tribute to Henry Purcell.

Samuel West will read excerpts from ThomasMann’s Death in Venice before the performanceof String Quartet No. 3, which finds echoes inthe novella.

£15 £20 £25 £30

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

Chamber Music Season/Britten BirthdayCentenary

Tuesday 4 December 3.00 – 6.00 pmTuesday 11 December 3.00 – 6.00 pmThursday 13 December 3.00 – 6.00 pm

THE PIANO DUETS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT

The first Wigmore Study Group of the season is devoted toSchubert’s remarkable output of marches and dances,fantasies and sonatas for piano duet, a genre that preoccupiedthe composer throughout his short life. Hosted by composerJULIAN PHILIPS, participants will explore this unique repertoireover three afternoons, with live illustrations in Wigmore Hallperformed by postgraduate pianists from the Guildhall Schoolof Music & Drama, together with lively contributions fromdistinguished visiting Schubertians. The study group culminateswith Imogen Cooper and Paul Lewis’s piano duet recital onThursday 13 December, a programme which features Schubert’s‘Grand Duo’ D812 of 1824 – a work which will provide aparticular focus for this study group.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for theevening concert on 13 December.(not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Schubert: A Celebration



NASH ENSEMBLESANDRINE PIAU soprano





BRITTEN Les Illuminations; Lachrymae Op. 48afor solo viola and strings; Serenade Op. 31 fortenor, horn and strings

This concert, held on the date of Britten’s death,resonates with the sensibility, sophistication andfertile creative genius of a composer wedded tothe expression of human emotion. Music, he onceobserved, ‘doesn’t mean anything, but it canconvey to us the whole drama of human life in avery few notes if you are clever enough to findthe right notes.’ Britten’s ability to ‘find the rightnotes’ registers instantly in Les Illuminations,performed in this concert by the French lyricsoprano Sandrine Piau. It certainly pervadesevery bar of the Serenade, which received itsworld première at Wigmore Hall in October 1943.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Chamber Music Season/British Series: Dreamersof Dreams/Britten Birthday Centenary

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FRANZ SCHUBERT Portrait by Wilhelm August Rieder

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WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

LAWRENCE POWER Jack Liebeck

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PRE-CONCERT TALKAn introduction to the lunchtime concert

Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)



BRITTEN SINFONIAEMER MCDONOUGH flute NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe

JOY FARRALL clarinet SARAH BURNETT bassoon

STEPHEN BELL horn JACQUELINE SHAVE violin

MIRANDA DALE violin CLARE FINNIMORE viola

CAROLINE DEARNLEY cello STEPHEN WILLIAMS double bass

BRITTEN Phantasy for oboe and string trio Op. 2LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes (for clarinet and ensemble)DOBRINKA TABAKOVA New Work (London première)*BRITTEN Sinfonietta Op. 1

*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia

Britten Sinfonia’s celebrated lunchtime series here setsBritten’s chamber music in context with his influences andcontemporaries. Acclaimed oboist and Britten Sinfoniaprincipal Nicholas Daniel performs the Phantasy quartet,written in 1932 and premièred the following year. Phantasyand the Sinfonietta Op. 1 served notice of their youngcomposer’s extraordinary talent. Witold Lutolawski was borneleven months before Britten. His fizzing Dance Preludes werepremièred in their orchestral version at the 1963 AldeburghFestival under Britten’s direction. A new work by DobrinkaTabakova will draw together the concert’s musical themes.

£12 concs £10



PIERS LANE piano

CHOPIN Nocturnes (complete)

‘Piers Lane has given us some memorableWigmore Hall recitals,’ noted classicalsource.comin 2011, and ‘… [has] once again demonstratedthat he is a Chopin pianist of very particulardistinction.’ Chopin’s complete Nocturnes coveralmost the entire breadth of his composingcareer. They reveal a kaleidoscopic range ofcolours and moods, at times a touching frailty,at others a magisterial depth. Heard together,the Nocturnes provide an unforgettable journeyof artistic and emotional discovery.

£15 £20 £25 £30



SAMLING SCHOLARSSIR THOMAS ALLEN baritone


SAMLING SHOWCASE

Samling connects the best young professionalsingers and pianists with some of the world’sgreatest classical artists through its internationalmasterclass programme, developing excellencein technique, artistry and performance.

Showcasing five of classical music’s rising stars,this concert also features the educationalfoundation’s patron Sir Thomas Allen andMalcolm Martineau, who have been involvedin Samling’s work since its beginning in 1996.

‘Samling ... long may it continue! It’s justexactly what young singers need ... A terrificthing’ Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 In Tune,December 2011

£15 £20 £25 £30

There are a limited number of tickets which includea three-course dinner, wine and coffee with theartists after the concert in the Bechstein Room.These are priced £125 and are available exclusivelyfrom Samling on 01434 602885 or by email [email protected]

Song Recital Series

PIERS LANE Eric Richmond


THE BROOK STREET BANDNICKI KENNEDY soprano

LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES reader

LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES’ MR HANDEL

Highlights of The Brook Street Band’s programme includeHANDEL’s sparkling motet Coelestis dum spirat aura HWV231,his Sinfonia in Bb HWV339 and the trio sonata from BACH’sMusical Offering BVW1079. There are also guest ‘appearances’by Handel’s mentors, friends and rivals, with CORELLI triosonatas, music from TELEMANN’s Tafelmusik, and vocalfireworks from Handel’s adversary, PORPORA.

Renowned author and inveterate Handel-lover LOUIS DEBERNIÈRES joins The Brook Street Band to weave amagical tale through the course of this concert. His freshly-commissioned prose brings Handel to life in a story of music,passion, rivalry, friendship, struggle, and above all, success.

£12 £18 £24 £28


Saturday 8 December 11.00 am – 12 noon

CAVATINA FAMILY CONCERTFor age 5 plus

Be inspired by the LAWSON TRIO as they’re joined by sopranoSOPHIE DANEMAN, double bassist ADAM WYNTER andviolist JON THORNE. Discover some beautiful chamber music,including Schubert’s Trout Quintet, and join in with singing andmusic-making games in this interactive one hour concert.


CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber musicto young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted topresent this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.



BELCEA QUARTETKATYA APEKISHEVA piano

HAYDN String Quartet in D minor Op. 103(unfinished)SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor‘From my life’SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minorOp. 57

Autobiography played a crucial role in shapingSmetana’s String Quartet No. 1 ‘From my life’.‘I tried to represent [the onset of my deafness]with the high E of the first violin in the finale,’he noted. ‘Before I became deaf I was hauntedevery evening by the shrill whistle of a chord …in the highest register of the piccolo.’ The Belceasare joined by Leeds Piano Competition prize-winner Katya Apekisheva for Shostakovich’sPiano Quintet, written in 1940 for the composerto play with his friends in the Beethoven Quartet.

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BELCEA QUARTET Ronald Knapp

THE BROOK STREET BAND Hayley Madden

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SZYMANOWSKI QUARTETBACH The Art of Fugue (a selection)HAYDN String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80

The Szymanowski Quartet began life in Warsaw in 1995 andis recognised today among the finest of all Polish chamberensembles. Early Haydn and the heartbreaking eloquence ofMendelssohn’s String Quartet in F minor, one of his last andgreatest compositions, furnish the repertoire for this delightfulCoffee Concert.




BARRY DOUGLAS piano

Works by BRAHMS and SCHUMANN

‘... Douglas, with a wonderful variety of tone and touch, withgoing for truth rather than superficial beauty, with a spellbindinginwardness in the adagio con molta espressione, showed thatemotional profundity and relative conventionality are notincompatible’ Financial Times

£12 concs £10


SZYMANOWSKI QUARTET Marco Borggreve

FLORIAN BOESCH Wiener Konzerthaus/Lukas Beck


JOSHUA BELL violin

SAM HAYWOOD piano

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FLORIAN BOESCH baritone


SCHUBERT Winterreise

Critics showered praises on Florian Boesch’srecent recording of songs and Ballads byCarl Loewe, made in company with his frequentrecital partner Roger Vignoles. They turn toSchubert’s late song-cycle Winterreise (‘WinterJourney’), among the composer’s greatestachievements, an iconic work in the history ofwestern classical music and a supreme test ofits performers’ artistry.

£18 £25 £30 £35



Joshua BellTuesday 11 December 7.30 pm

JOSHUA BELL violin

SAM HAYWOOD piano

SCHUBERT Rondo in B minor D895STRAUSS Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18DVORÁK Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis

A glance at Joshua Bell’s collection of prestigioushonours – from Grammy and Gramophone Awardsto the Avery Fisher Prize – instantly spotlights theimportance of his contribution to classical music. The American musician, who made his solo debutwith the Philadelphia Orchestra and RiccardoMuti at the age of 14, has been hailed for theimpassioned power and eloquence of his playingand ranks among the greatest violinists of ourage. ‘Joshua Bell will be the one rememberedin 50 years’ time,’ declared The Strad, anassessment sure to resonate with those whohave followed his many recital appearances atWigmore Hall.

£20 £30 £35 £40


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IMOGEN COOPER piano

PAUL LEWIS piano

SCHUBERT Allegro in A minor D947 ‘Lebensstürme’ DVORÁK Slavonic Dances for piano duetSCHUBERT Andantino varié D823 No. 2DVORÁK Slavonic Dances for piano duetSCHUBERT Sonata in C D812 ‘Grand Duo’

Two great Schubertians share the Wigmore Hall stage for aconcert marking the transition between two equally greatSchubert projects. Paul Lewis, having completed his surveyof Schubert’s piano sonatas in November, is joined by ImogenCooper, who presents her own Wigmore Hall Schubert cyclelater this season. Their programme marries the composer’sworks for piano four-hands, his posthumously published‘Grand Duo’ among them, with Dvorák’s jubilant SlavonicDances for piano duet.

£18 £25 £30 £35



THE CARDINALL’S MUSICK Dimitri Gutjahr

IMOGEN COOPER Sussie Ahlburg


THE CARDINALL’S MUSICKANDREW CARWOOD director

ALISDAIR HOGARTH piano

BRITTEN Five Flower Songs; The Ballad of LittleMusgrave and Lady Barnard; Hymn to St Cecilia;Choral Dances from Gloriana; Advance Democracy;The Sycamore Tree; A Hymn to the Virgin;Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics)

Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall’s Musick,fresh from the success of their Wigmore Hall ByrdSeries, travel forward in time to reach Britten’schoral works. Their programme includes thebeguiling Hymn to St Cecilia, which received itsfirst concert performance at Wigmore Hall in1942. In Advance Democracy, written in 1937,Britten turned alchemist to convert a leadenpoem into a bold choral rallying call against therise of European fascism. The virtuosic Sacredand Profane, eight settings of medieval Englishlyrics, dates from the penultimate year ofBritten’s life. Despite ill health, the composerinvested vital energy and élan in what proved tobe one of his finest choral scores.

£15 £20 £25 £30


PAUL LEWIS Jack Liebeck


WIHAN QUARTETMOZART String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6RAVEL String Quartet in F

Four years ago, the Wihan Quartet made an important mark inmusic history when it presented the first complete cycle ofBeethoven’s string quartets in Prague. The group is steeped inthe great traditions of Czech chamber music playing. Itsplayers came together at the Prague Academy of Musical Artsin 1985, under the care of the legendary Smetana Quartet’scellist, Antonín Kohout. They offer a programme designed toproject the full expressive range and gloriously refined tonalblend, crowned by Ravel’s perfectly formed String Quartet in F.


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OLEG MARSHEV piano

BACH/SILOTI Prelude in G minorPROKOFIEV Visions fugitives Op. 22SKRYABIN Vers la flamme, poème Op. 72MUSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

The grand Russian piano tradition, with its emphasis on full-frontal communication, technical excellence and artisticspontaneity, is personified in the work of Oleg Marshev.Gramophone ranked his recording of Musorgsky’s Pictures atan Exhibition among the finest in the catalogue and describedhis album of Prokofiev’s complete solo piano works as ‘one ofthe most authoritative and impassioned, romanticperformances on disc so far’.




KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUTfortepiano

MOZART Prelude and Fugue in C K394;Piano Sonata in Bb K333; Variations on Gluck’s‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’ K455

Early keyboard instruments come to life underKristian Bezuidenhout’s agile and deft fingers.The South African musician made his debutwith The English Concert at Wigmore Hall in2011, directing an all-Mozart programme fromthe fortepiano. He returns for a solo lunchtimerecital to present a selection of the composer’skeyboard works.

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OLEG MARSHEV

KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT Marco Borggreve

WIHAN QUARTET Sussie Ahlburg

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GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola

MICHEL DALBERTO piano

WEBER Andante und Rondo ungareseBRAHMS Viola Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2BERLIOZ/LISZT Harold in Italy for viola and piano

Do not miss this rare chance to hear Liszt’s piano transcriptionof the orchestral score of Harold in Italy and Gérard Caussé’sheroic interpretation of Berlioz’s solo viola part. MichelDalberto and Gérard Caussé share a passion for bringing musicto full-blooded life, their partnership praised for its near-telepathic rapport. Brahms’s Second Viola Sonata Op. 120provides a rich platform for the tonal warmth of Caussé’sinstrument, made by Gasparo da Salo in 1560.


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HEATH QUARTET Stefano Scheggi

GÉRARD CAUSSÉ


HEATH QUARTETMOZART String Quartet in Eb K428TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 3 in Eb minorOp. 30

‘Focused, skilled, and ready for anything,’observed The Times following the Heath Quartet’sworld première performance of Luke Bedford’sNine Little Boxes, All Carefully Packed at WigmoreHall in December 2011. The young British group,founded a decade ago, has forged ahead sinceit was chosen for representation by YCAT fouryears ago, its formidable artistic developmentrecently recognised by a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Special Ensemble Scholarship award.


WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N TSupported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


Sunday 23 December 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

CLASSICAL OPERASOPHIE BEVAN soprano

CHRISTOPHER AINSLIE countertenor

ALLAN CLAYTON tenor

JACQUES IMBRAILO baritone

IAN PAGE conductor

HANDEL Messiah

Handel’s Messiah, first performed 270 years agoin a Dublin music hall, remains one of the mostpopular and iconic works in the classical repertoire.Classical Opera bring their trademark freshness,vitality and dramatic flair to this timelessmasterpiece, preparing listeners for Christmas byfilling the Wigmore Hall stage with an outstandingensemble of singers and instrumentalists.

£18 £25 £30 £35


SOPHIE BEVAN

WILLIAM BYRDSACRED MUSIC SERIESWilliam Byrd and Thomas Tallis, standing firm against considerable pressure to conform, maintainedtheir Roman Catholic faith in the England of Protestant reformers and ‘popish’ plots against thecrown. The two friends wrote Latin sacred works that can bear close comparison with the finestreligious music of the 16th century’s second half, their excellence recognised by contemporariesand backed by the patronage of Elizabeth I. In addition to Latin church music, Byrd wrote pioneeringcompositions for the Anglican liturgy and fine contrapuntal pieces and dances for keyboard.Wigmore Hall’s revealing survey of the composer’s work is the largest staged in London since thequatercentenary of his death in 1923.


STILE ANTICOPUER NATUS EST

BYRD Vigilate; Tollite portasTALLIS Gloria from Mass Puer natus est nobisBYRD Ne irascaris, Domine; Ave MariaTALLIS Sanctus and Benedictus from MassPuer natus est nobisBYRD Exsurge, DomineTALLIS Videte miraculumBYRD Laetentur coeli; Rorate coeliTALLIS Agnus Dei from Mass Puer natus est nobisBYRD Ecce virgo concipiet; Domine, praestolamurPLAINCHANT Puer natus est nobisBYRD Apparebit in finem

Stile Antico launches the second half of WigmoreHall’s William Byrd Sacred Music Series with aconcert devoted to the music Tallis and Byrdcrafted for Advent and Christmas. The programmeunites around Tallis’s Mass ‘Puer natus est nobis’,believed by some to have been written for MaryTudor’s new husband Philip II in 1554, and includessuch treasures of Tudor polyphony as Byrd’sRorate coeli and Ne irascaris, Domine and Tallis’smonumental Videte miraculum.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series/William Byrd Sacred Music Series

Tuesday 26 March 7.30 pm

STILE ANTICOMISERERE – PENITENTIAL MUSIC BYBYRD AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

£15 £20 £25 £30

Thursday 30 May 7.30 pm

STILE ANTICOFRETWORKO SACRED BANQUET – WILLIAM BYRDAND THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

£15 £20 £25 £30

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STILE ANTICO Marco Borggreve

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DORIC STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5BARTÓK String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death andthe Maiden’

Prize-winning success in the Osaka and Premio Paolo Borcianicompetitions confirmed the Doric String Quartet’s statusamong the world’s finest young quartets. Gramophone declaredthat its members are ‘musicians with fascinating things to say’,a verdict backed by shrewd reviews elsewhere of the youngBritish ensemble’s collective finesse, technical accomplishments,refined tonal blend and artistic insights. Their 2007 WigmoreHall reading of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ was describedas ‘newly minted’ and distinguished by its ‘zest and dedication’by Musical Opinion.

£12 £18 £24 £28


DORIC STRING QUARTET George Garnier

AVIV STRING QUARTET Roman Malamant


ISABELLE VAN KEULEN violin

RONALD BRAUTIGAM piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’POULENC Violin SonataPROKOFIEV 5 Melodies Op. 35bis; Violin SonataNo. 1 in F minor Op. 80

Beethoven marked the dawn of a new centurywith his ‘Spring’ Sonata, published in Vienna in1801. A contemporary critic heralded its arrivalas one of its young composer’s best creations,‘… and that really means [it is] among the best[of works] being written now’. Isabelle vanKeulen’s recital moves from the sunny optimismof Beethoven’s score to the dark despair andimpassioned anguish of Prokofiev’s First ViolinSonata, the first and third movements of whichwere played at the composer’s funeral in 1953.


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AVIV STRING QUARTETBORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in DDEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10

Aviv means ‘spring’ in Hebrew, a signifier ofnew beginnings, the season of birth and freshthinking. The eponymous Aviv Quartet’s artisticphilosophy is concerned with stripping awayartificial coverings ‘to reveal true nature,sharper definition and heightened awareness’.Its recordings for Naxos, including works bySchulhoff and Erno Dohnányi, have beenacclaimed for their freshness of spirit and vivacity.



ISABELLE VAN KEULEN Marco Borggreve


LUCY PARHAM piano

DOMINIC WEST narrator (subject to availability)

RÊVERIE – THE LIFE AND LOVES OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY

DEBUSSY Estampes: Pagodes, La soirée dans Grenade, Jardinssous la pluie; Poissons d’or from Images Series 2; Reflets dansl’eau from Trois Images; Arabesque No. 1; Rêverie; DanseBohémienne; Pour les huit doigts No. 6 from Études Book I;Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque; Golliwogg’s Cake-Walkfrom Children’s Corner; Des pas sur la neige from Préludes Book I;La fille aux cheveux de lin from Préludes Book I; L’isle joyeuse

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy, Rêverieis the fourth biographical programme of composers’ words andmusic to be scripted by pianist Lucy Parham. Debussy’s complexintellectual and emotional world was an entangled love lifethat brought illicit trysts in Jersey, a brush with a revolver andeven a suicide attempt. Punctuated with many of his finestpiano compositions, the narrative of Rêverie, which takes theform of a personal journal, follows him from his initial successwith the Prix de Rome in 1885 to his untimely death in 1918.

£15 £20 £25 £30


Monday 31 December 7.00 pm (NB starting time)

LA SERENISSIMAADRIAN CHANDLER director, violin

SIMON MUNDAY trumpet

PETER WHELAN bassoon

MHAIRI LAWSON soprano

VENICE BY NIGHT

ANON Si la gondola avere for soprano andtheorbo POLLAROLO Sinfonia to La vendettad’amore for trumpet, strings and continuoALBINONI Sinfonia for strings and continuo inG minor VIVALDI Concerto in C for bassoon,strings and continuo RV477 VERACINI Fuga, ocapriccio con quattro soggetti in D minor forstrings and continuo LOTTI Motet: Alma rideexulta mortalis for soprano, strings and continuoALBINONI Sinfonia to Il nome glorioso in terra,santificato in cielo for trumpet, strings andcontinuo VIVALDI No stè a condanarme forsoprano and continuo; Concerto in E minorfor violin, strings and continuo RV278PORTA Sinfonia for trumpet, strings andcontinuo in D VIVALDI Il fidarsi alla spene fromL’Olimpiade; D’ira e furor armato from Motezuma

The twists and turns, ornaments andextravagances of the Italian Baroque deliver asplendid concert, one fit to celebrate the richesof Wigmore Hall’s Early Music Series and heraldthe arrival of the New Year. La Serenissima, incompany with Mhairi Lawson, explores themusical soundscapes of 18th-century Venice.Their programme includes Carlo FrancescoPollarolo’s uplifting Sinfonia to La vendettad’amore – the manuscript for this opera wasthought to have been lost, but a copy survivesin the library of the Royal Academy of Music.

£15 £20 £25 £30


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LUCY PARHAM Sven Arnstein

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WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

It remains of the utmost importance for Wigmore Hall to nurture the finest young artists in order to ensurethat the demanding standards and values set deep within today’s musical practices live long into the nextgeneration and beyond. Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent allows us to create essential performance opportunitiesfor some of these artists as they gain experience and broaden their knowledge of the repertoire. Young artistssupported by the Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent scheme in 2012/13 are:

EGGNER TRIOWinner of the Melbourne International Chamber MusicCompetition in 2003, the Eggner Trio was founded in1997 by the three brothers Christoph, Georg andFlorian Eggner. During the 2005/6 season the Trioappeared in the Rising Stars series at concert hallsacross the world.

7 October 2012, 21 April 2013, 12 May 2013

JACK QUARTETThe JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with‘explosive virtuosity’ (Boston Globe) and ‘viscerallyexciting performances’ (New York Times). The WashingtonPost commented, ‘The string quartet may be a 250-year-old contraption, but young, brilliant groups like theJACK Quartet are keeping it thrillingly vital.’ Havingstudied with the Arditti, Kronos and Muir String Quartets,and members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, theJACK Quartet is focused on the commissioning andperformance of new works.

31 October 2012

HEATH QUARTETThe Heath Quartet is rapidly emerging as an excitingand original voice on the international chamber musicscene. Selected by YCAT in 2008, they immediatelywent on to win First Prize at the Tromp InternationalCompetition in Eindhoven and Second Prize at theHaydn International Competition in Vienna. In 2011they were awarded a prestigious Borletti-BuitoniSpecial Ensemble Scholarship.

23 December 2012, 4 June 2013

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSICSONG CIRCLEEach year a small group of the Royal Academy of Music’smost accomplished performers of art song are selectedto be part of the Song Circle. Since its inception in2004, the Song Circle has given more than twentyconcerts, and its annual Schubertiade has become amuch-anticipated feature of the Academy’s calendar.

10 March 2013

CHRISTIANE KARGSince her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2000, sopranoChristiane Karg has become an important Lieder singer.Her recital career includes the Wiener Musikverein andthe Schubertiade Schwarzenberg as well as theMozarteum in Salzburg and the Philharmonie Essen.

23 July 2013

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Saturday 22 September 11.00 am – 3.00 pm

OPEN HOUSE DAYA unique opportunity to visit Wigmore Hall and experiencethe rehearsal process in an open rehearsal with theNASH ENSEMBLE. You can also take part in a creativeworkshop in the Bechstein Room with NEIL VALENTINE.All ages welcome.

Open rehearsal entrance times: 11.00 am; 12 noon; 1.00 pm

Workshop times: 11.20 am – 11.50 am; 12.20 pm – 12.50 pm;1.20 pm – 1.50 pm

Admission Free (no booking required)

Saturday 6 October 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

SOUNDSCAPES AND LANDSCAPESFAMILY DAY

For age 6 plus

Join visual artist MARC WOODHEAD andmusician LUKE CROOKES to collect musicaland visual ingredients from the galleries of theWallace Collection, before mixing them togetherat Wigmore Hall in the afternoon to createyour own original work of musical art!

Adults £12 Children £8


In partnership with the Wallace Collection

Saturday 13 October 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

COME AND SING: LUTE SONGSAND PARTSONGSISABELLE ADAMS leads a day of singingworkshops for adults inspired by John Dowlandand the English renaissance. Learn some newsongs, join in with fun vocal warm-ups andfinish the day with a performance on theWigmore Hall stage.

Adults £18 Concessions £10


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All events listed on pages 77 – 79 will open for booking on 21 June, with the exception of the Family Concertson 3 November and 8 December, and Come and Sing on 13 October, which go on sale to Friends on 25 May,and to Mailing List Subscribers on 8 June.

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES,YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS

Family Events are supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

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Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 October10.00 am – 3.30 pm both days

JAZZ JUNCTIONHALF-TERM COURSE

For ages 11–16

Calling all budding young musicians! Join professionalmusicians from IGNITE as they collaborate with contemporaryjazz artists to create and perform brand new music inspired byjazz. Join a creative ensemble, meet other young musicians andtake your new music to the Wigmore Hall stage!

£40 for the two-day course(not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Friday 2 November 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

AND THE KITCHEN SINK!HALF-TERM FAMILY DAY

For age 5 plus

Spend the day making homemade instruments from junk andhousehold items! Join musician RUS PEARSON for thisrhythmic day of family fun.


Saturday 3 November 11.00 am – 12 noon

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBERFAMILY CONCERTFor age 5 plus

Cellist JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER has entertainedaudiences around the world and collaboratedwith a huge range of musicians including EltonJohn and Yehudi Menuhin. Hear him play in aninteractive concert as he shares some of hisfavourite cello pieces, including The Swan bySaint-Saëns. Presented by RACHEL LEACH.

Adults £7 Children £5


Friday 30 November 11.00 am – 12 noon

ELIAS STRING QUARTETKEY STAGE 3 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT

Presented by POLLY IVES, this concert will bean introduction to Chamber Music throughthe ages. From Baroque, through Classicaland Romantic repertoire, musicians from theELIAS STRING QUARTET will highlight thediffering styles and traditions. The concert willcontextualise the repertoire with stories fromhistory, reading from Literature and throughinteractive activities. Supported by a teachers’resource pack and linked to KS3 curriculums.

£2.50 (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by The Monument Trust



Friday 7 December 11.00 am – 12 noon

THE PRINCE CONSORTKEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT

Young people from Key Stage 2 are invited to join the vocalensemble THE PRINCE CONSORT for an interactive introductionto choral music, showcasing different combinations of voiceand piano, from solos to small ensemble. Presented byvocalist and educator ISABELLE ADAMS, young peoplewill be invited to warm-up and sing some songs, conduct thesingers and ask them questions. Supported by a teachers’resource pack.

£2.50 (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by The Monument Trust

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Saturday 8 December 11.00 am – 12 noon

CAVATINA FAMILY CONCERTFor age 5 plus

Be inspired by the LAWSON TRIO as they’rejoined by soprano SOPHIE DANEMAN, doublebassist ADAM WYNTER and violist JON THORNE.Discover some beautiful chamber music,including Schubert’s Trout Quintet, and join inwith singing and music-making games in thisinteractive one hour concert.


CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringingchamber music to young people and young people tochamber music, is delighted to present this concert inassociation with Wigmore Hall.

CHAMBER ZONE TICKET SCHEME Over the last five years, Wigmore Hall’s free ticket scheme ChamberZone has reached 4000 young people aged 8 –25 years.

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, the scheme aimsto provide access to high quality chamber music and to raise musicalaspirations through accompanying workshops with professionalmusicians and composers.

For details on the concerts included in the Chamber Zone schemeand how to book, visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamber-zone



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Thursday 3 January 7.30 pm


MATTHEW WADSWORTH lute

ECHOES OF VENICE

MERULA Folle è ben che si crede MONTEVERDI Ohimé ch’iocado, ohimé; Sí dolce è’l tormento PICCININI Toccata VI;Partite variate sopra quest’ aria francese detta l’Alemana;Corrente terza STROZZI Rissolvetevi pensieri; L’Eraclito amorosoFERRARI Son ruinato, appasionato STROZZI Che si può farePICCININI Toccata X; Ciaccona in Partite VariateCACCINI Lasciatemi morire KAPSBERGER Toccata No. 9;Passacaglia STROZZI L’amante segreto


Friday 4 January 7.30 pm

LUCY CROWE soprano



FRENCH SONG SERIES: IN THE SHADOW OF THE OPÉRA

Songs by BIZET, GOUNOD, SAINT-SAËNS and HAHN

Song Recital Series

LUCY CROWE Marco Borggreve

DIETRICH HENSCHEL Noelle


CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW piano

MOZART Sonata No. 7 in C K309; Sonata No. 11in A K331; Sonata No. 15 in F K533/494;Sonata No. 18 in D K576

London Pianoforte Series/Christian BlackshawMozart Series

Tickets £15 £20 £25 £30 now on sale

Sunday 6 January 11.30 am

BENNEWITZ QUARTETDVORÁK Selection from CypressesSCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3




DIETRICH HENSCHEL baritone

JULIUS DRAKE piano


The Mörike and Goethe Songbooks, two of thegreat masterpieces of the Lieder repertoire,were written over an inspired twelve monthsbetween 1888 and 1889. This is the thirdconcert in the series presenting the completeSongbooks at Wigmore Hall.


PREVIEW JANUARY – MARCH 2013

These concerts (except the 7.30 pm concerts on 5 January and 26 March) are not bookable on thisbrochure. Booking dates and full details of artists and programmes will be published in a separatebrochure available from late September 2012.





Works by SCHUBERT

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert/Schubert: A Celebration


ALEXANDER CHAUSHIAN cello

ASHLEY WASS piano

Programme to be announced



FLORILEGIUMA CELEBRATION OF HANDEL

HANDEL Trio Sonata in B minor Op. 2 No. 1; Two German Arias;Suite No. 5 in E HWV430; Cantata: Un alma innamorataHWV173; Trio Sonata in E minor Op. 5 No. 3; Sonata for fluteand continuo in E minor; Three German Arias


Wednesday 9 January 7.30 pm

LEON MCCAWLEY piano

BACH Italian Concerto in F BWV971BRAHMS Waltzes Op. 39CHOPIN Scherzo No. 3 in C# minor Op. 39LISZT Les cloches de Genève from Années depèlerinage Book IDEBUSSY Cloches à travers les Feuilles fromImages IIRACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in C minorOp. 39 No. 7BEETHOVEN 15 Variations and a Fugue on anOriginal Theme in Eb ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35



PAUL O’DETTE lute



PAUL O’DETTE

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LEON MCCAWLEY Sheila Rock



MARLIS PETERSEN soprano

JENDRICK SPRINGER piano

GOETHE AND THE ETERNAL FEMININE: SULEIKA, KLÄRCHEN,GRETCHEN, HELENA, STELLA, MIGNON AND PHILINE

SCHUBERT Suleika IFELIX MENDELSSOHN Die Liebende schreibtFANNY MENDELSSOHN SuleikaWAGNER Gretchen am SpinnradeBEETHOVEN Wonne der WehmutSOMMER Ach neige, du SchmerzensreicheMEDTNER Vor GerichtSOMMER Wanderers NachtliedEISLER Von Wolken streifenhaft befangenBRUCH MorgenliedKRENEK Monolog der StellaDIEPENBROCK MignonTCHAIKOVSKY Nur wer die Sehnsucht kenntWOLF Philine; Heiss mich nicht redenSCHUMANN So lasst mich scheinenBRAUNFELS Die Trommel gerühretLISZT Freudvoll und leidvollMEDTNER Wanderers NachtliedREUTTER Es ist gutTROJAHN Bewundert viel und viel gescholtenBRAUNFELS Rastlose Liebe

Song Recital Series




IAN BROWN piano

PHILIPPA DAVIES flute

GARETH HULSE oboe


CRAIG OGDEN guitar

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Suite de Ballet for fluteand pianoARNOLD Divertimento for wind trio Op. 37FINZI Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano Op. 23BRITTEN Folksongs for tenor and guitar






IAN BROWN piano

CRAIG OGDEN guitar

BAX Oboe QuintetELGAR Salut d’amour; Chanson de matin;Chanson de nuitWARLOCK The CurlewWALTON Anon in loveVAUGHAN WILLIAMS String Quartet No. 1in G minor


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CRAIG OGDEN



CASSARD/GRIMAL/GASTINEL TRIO FAURÉ Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor



CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab Op. 26SCHUBERT 6 Moments Musicaux D780SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op. 16BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 14 No. 2



RUBY HUGHES sopranoPianist to be announced


Ruby Hughes is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme




JULIUS DRAKE piano

SCHUBERT Grenzen der Menschheit;Der Zwerg; Der Schiffer; Der Kreuzzug;Der Einsame; ErlkönigMAHLER From Des Knaben Wunderhorn:Der Tamboursg’sell; Das irdische Leben; Wo dieschönen Trompeten blasen; Des Antonius vonPadua Fischpredigt; Lob des hohen Verstandes



ANNA PROHASKA soprano

ARCANGELOJONATHAN COHEN director

Programme to include works by HANDEL,PURCELL and VIVALDI



RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced

Chamber Music SeasonRUBY HUGHES Camilo Echeverri

GERALD FINLEY Sim Canetty-Clarke

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ECMA SHOWCASEFriday 18 January 1.00 pmSaturday 19 January 11.00 am – MasterclassSaturday 19 January 4.00 pmSunday 20 January 4.00 pm

TRIO KARÉNINEGIOCOSO STRING QUARTETQUATUOR ZAÏDEPAUL KLEE TRIOProgramme to include works by MOZART and LIGETI



THE MYRTHEN ENSEMBLESOPHIE BEVAN sopranoCLARA MOURIZ mezzo-sopranoALLAN CLAYTON tenorMARCUS FARNSWORTH baritoneJOSEPH MIDDLETON piano

SONGS TO THE MOON

Songs, duets and quartets by BRAHMS and SCHUMANNSongs and duets by SZULC, DEBUSSY, CHAUSSON, HAHN,DUPARC, MOMPOU and FAURÉ

Song Recital Series


SAINSBURY ROYAL ACADEMYSOLOISTSCLIO GOULD director

HANDEL Concerto Grosso in Bb Op. 6 No. 7STRAUSS Metamorphosen for string septetBARTÓK Divertimento for Strings



CARDUCCI STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3‘Rider’DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10



ASHLEY WASS piano

SCHUMANN Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 22MENDELSSOHN Songs without WordsBARBER Piano Sonata in Eb minor Op. 26BEETHOVEN/LISZT Symphony No. 6 in FOp. 68 ‘Pastoral’



YEVGENY SUDBIN piano



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YEVGENY SUDBIN Mark Harrison




LARS VOGT piano

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin Sonata No. 2in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Chamber Music Season/Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

Tuesday 22 January 3.00 – 6.00 pmFriday 25 January 3.00 – 6.00 pmTuesday 29 January 3.00 – 6.00 pm

WIGMORE STUDY GROUPBEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS

Linked to the Hagen Quartet concerts on 29 & 30 January 2013



CLASSICAL OPERASARAH FOX soprano

RENATA POKUPIC mezzo-soprano

IAN PAGE conductor

MOZART’S CASTRATI

Programme to include:MOZART Se il rigor d’ingrata sorte from Mitridate, re di PontoK87; Ah se a morir mi chiama from Lucio Silla K135; Exsultate,Jubilate K165; Il padre adorato from Idomeneo K366; Deh perquesto istante solo from La clemenza di Tito K621



BRITTEN SINFONIAMARK PADMORE tenor

STEPHEN BELL horn

HUW WATKINS piano

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT Tom O’Bedlam’sSong POULENC ElégieGERALD BARRY New work (London première)*WALTON 3 Sitwell Songs BRITTEN Three Songsfrom The Heart of the Matter

*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall andBritten Sinfonia



CUARTETO CASALSSCHUBERT String Quartet in D D94; StringQuartet in Bb D68; String Quartet in D minorD810 ‘Death and the Maiden’



CUARTETO CASALSSCHUBERT String Quartet in Bb D36; StringQuartet in D D74; String Quartet in A minor D804‘Rosamunde’


CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF Alexandra Vosding

RENATA POKUPIC Chris Gloag



SOILE ISOKOSKI soprano

MARITA VIITASALO piano

WOLF From Italienisches Liederbuch: Auch kleine Dinge;Man sagt mir, deine Mutter; O wär dein Haus durchsichtig;Mein Liebster singt am Haus; Wenn du, mein LiebsterBERLIOZ Les nuits d’été Op. 7STRAUSS Drei Lieder der Ophelia Op. 67IVES On the Counter; The Side Show; Berceuse;Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather SadSALLINEN Neljä laulua unesta (4 Dream Songs)

Song Recital Series


HILARY HAHN violin

Pianist to be announced

IN 27 PIECES: THE HILARY HAHN ENCORES (PART II)

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23BACH Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV1003Interspersed with new commissions



COLIN CARR cello

THOMAS SAUER piano

BEETHOVEN 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’sJudas Maccabaeus WoO45SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821RACHMANINOV Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19



CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND piano


Christian Ihle Hadland is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme





GOETHE HEROINES

SCHUBERT Gretchen am Spinnrade; GretchensBitte; Der König in Thule WOLF Kennst du dasLand SCHUBERT Nur wer die Sehnsucht kenntfrom Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister; Heiss michnicht reden (D726); So lasst mich scheinen fromGesänge aus Wilhelm MeisterSCHUMANN Singet nicht in TrauertönenSCHUBERT Suleika I & II MEYERBEER Wie mitinnigstem Behagen WOLF Hochbeglückt indeiner Liebe GLINKA Gretchen’s SongVERDI Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata LISZT Es warein König in Thule DUPARC Romance de MignonTCHAIKOVSKY Nur wer die Sehnsucht kenntWOLF Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst michscheinen; Singet nicht in TrauertönenFELIX MENDELSSOHN Was bedeutet dieBewegung; Ach, um deine feuchten SchwingenFANNY MENDELSSOHN An SuleikaWOLF Nimmer will ich dich verlieren

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SOILE ISOKOSKI Heikki Tuuli

HILARY HAHN Peter Miller



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; String Quartet inF Op. 135; String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op. 132; String Quartetin E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’





SCHUBERT BIRTHDAY CONCERT

SCHUBERT Rondo in B minor D895; Violin Sonata (Duo) in AD574; Sei mir gegrüsst D741; Nacht und Träume D827;Fantasy in C D934



GUILLERMO KLEIN acoustic piano, voice

AARON GOLDBERG piano

CHRIS CHEEK saxophone

MIGUEL ZENON saxophone

Further details to be announced


Sunday 3 February 11.30 am

LORENZO GATTO violin

BEATRICE BERRUT piano




JOHN CHEST baritone

MARCELO AMARAL piano

BARBER 3 Songs Op. 10; Mélodies passagèresOp. 27POULENC MétamorphosesSCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 24WOLF Sie haben heut’ Abend Gesellschaft; Ichstand in dunkeln Träumen; Das ist ein Brausenund Heulen; Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen;Mir träumte von einem Königskind;Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen;Es blasen die blauen Husaren

Song Recital Series



RUSSELL RYAN piano

KRENEK From Reisebuch aus den österreichischenAlpen Op. 62: Motiv; Verkehr; Kloster in den Alpen;Wetter; Friedhof im Gebirgsdorf; Regentag; UnserWein; Auf und ab; Gewitter; Heimweh; HeißerTag am See; Ausblick nach Süden; HeimkehrSCHUBERT Über Wildemann; Der Kreuzzug;Schäfers Klagelied; Der Alpenjäger (Schiller);Trinklied; Der Alpenjäger (Mayrhofer); Nach einemGewitter; Das Heimweh; Auf der Riesenkoppe;Im Walde

Song Recital Series/Wolfgang HolzmairRetrospective Series


HAGEN QUARTET Harald Hoffmann

LORENZO GATTO J N Doumont

Monday 4 February 1.00 pm

CALEFAX reed quintet

BRUMEL Motets (arr. Raaf Hekkema)DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque (arr. Oliver Boekhoorn)RAMEAU Suite La triomphante (arr. Raaf Hekkema)



BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano

HUGO WOLF QUARTETTSCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3RESPIGHI Il tramonto for voice and string quartetWOLF Songs from Italienisches LiederbuchWOLF Intermezzo

Song Recital Series


IMOGEN COOPER piano

SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D899; Sonata in A minor D784;Ecossaises D781; Sonata in D D850



BORODIN QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22

Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet:Tchaikovsky and Brahms

Saturday 9 February

HUW WATKINS DAY11.30 am

EMILY BEYNON flute

MATTHEW HUNT clarinet

HUW WATKINS piano

LUCY WAKEFORD harp

ARONOWITZ ENSEMBLEHUW WATKINS Sad StepsHUW WATKINS Four Spencer PiecesHUW WATKINS Gig for flute, clarinet, stringquartet and harp

3.00 pm



MAGNUS JOHNSTON violin

GUY JOHNSTON cello

HUW WATKINS piano

HUW WATKINS Partita for solo violin HUW WATKINS Five Larkin SongsHUW WATKINS Piano Trio

7.30 pm

MARK PADMORE tenor

LAURA SAMUEL violin

MATTHEW HUNT clarinet


HUW WATKINS piano

ELIAS STRING QUARTETHUW WATKINS In my craft or sullen art(Goodison Quartet No. 4)STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale Suite (arr. violin,clarinet and piano)HUW WATKINS Trio for horn, violin and pianoFAURÉ Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115


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CALEFAX Rob Marinissen



FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI piano

BACH English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807BACH/LISZT Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV542LISZT Années de pèlerinage (a selection)



THE PRINCE CONSORTBARBER Hermit Songs Op. 29 (excerpts); Sure on this ShiningNight; NocturneLOWELL LIEBERMANN 6 Songs on poems of H. W. LongfellowWILLIAM BOLCOM Cabaret Songs (excerpts)

Song Recital Series


PAUL WATKINS cello

HUW WATKINS piano

BEETHOVEN 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebefühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO46SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro in Ab Op. 70 (for cello and piano)HUW WATKINS New workWEBERN Drei kleine Stücke Op. 11MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58



KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI piano




THE SIXTEENHARRY CHRISTOPHERS director

MONTEVERDI – SELVA MORALE E SPIRITUALE

MONTEVERDI Gloria; Iste confessor (Secondo);Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Primo);Salve Regina (Terzo); Dixit Dominus (Secondo);Dixit Dominus (Primo); Deus tuorum militum(Primo); Beatus vir (Primo); Salve Regina(Secondo); Magnificat (Primo)


HARRY CHRISTOPHERS Marco Borggreve


FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Marco Borggreve


THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 50 No. 6 ‘The Frog’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’



BRITTEN SINFONIATHOMAS GOULD violinMIRANDA DALE violinCLARE FINNIMORE violaCAROLINE DEARNLEY celloHUW WATKINS piano

COPLAND Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish ThemeSHOSTAKOVICH Two pieces for string quartet: Elegy and PolkaBRITTEN Reflection for viola and pianoJAY GREENBERG New work (London première)*BRITTEN Three Divertimenti for String Quartet




TRIO JEAN PAULBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Eb Op. 1 No. 1WOLFGANG RIHM Fremde Szene IIISCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb D898



JÖRG WIDMANN clarinet

ANTOINE TAMESTIT viola

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI piano

BRUCH Eight pieces for clarinet, viola and pianoOp. 83JÖRG WIDMANN Fantasie for solo clarinetKURTÁG Hommage à Robert Schumann Op. 15dMOZART Fantasia in D minor K397KURTÁG 3 pieces from Signs, Games andMessages for solo violaMOZART Clarinet Trio No. 2 in Eb K498 ‘Kegelstatt’



SOPHIE DANEMAN soprano

IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano


The Mörike and Goethe Songbooks, two of thegreat masterpieces of the Lieder repertoire,were written over an inspired twelve monthsbetween 1888 and 1889. This is the finalconcert in the series presenting the completeSongbooks at Wigmore Hall.


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TRIO JEAN PAUL Irene Zandel


JÖRG WIDMANN Klaus Rudolph


JERUSALEM QUARTETWOLF Italian Serenade in GMOZART String Quartet in Bb K589 ‘Prussian’SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’



KUSS QUARTETMOZART String Quartet in D K575JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’



MARKUS SCHÄFER tenor

PIERS LANE piano

SCHUBERT Wiedersehn; Abendlied für die Entfernte; Spracheder Liebe; Die gefangenen Sänger; Widerspruch; Am Fenster;Irdisches Glück; Im Freien; Bei dir allein!; Der Wanderer an denMond; Wiegenlied; Sehnsucht; Das Zügenglöcklein

Song Recital Series



CONNIE SHIH piano

HAHN Variations chantantesFAURÉ Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109THOMAS ADÈS Lieux retrouvésSAINT-SAËNS Romanza from Cello SonataNo. 2 in F Op. 51FRANCK Sonata in A for cello and piano



ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109BERIO Erdenklavier; WasserklavierSCHUMANN Fantasy in C Op. 17




YANN BEURON tenor


FRENCH SONG SERIES: MASQUES ETBERGAMASQUES

Verlaine settings by FAURÉ, BORDES,DEBUSSY, DUPONT and KOECHLIN

Song Recital Series

JERUSALEM QUARTET Felix Broede

AILISH TYNAN Sussie Ahlburg



NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe

JULIUS DRAKE piano


Chamber Music Season/Julius Drake: ‘Perspectives’



TAKÁCS QUARTET LAWRENCE POWER viola

BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2HAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’BRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111



SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso ‘La Folia’GÓRECKI Harpsichord Concerto Op. 40VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Violin Concerto (Concerto accademico)HOLST St Paul’s SuiteGÓRECKI 3 Pieces in Old StyleVIVALDI Concerto Grosso in B minor Op. 3 No. 10BRITTEN Simple Symphony Op. 4




TAKÁCS QUARTET CHARLES OWEN piano

BRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1HAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 76 No. 5BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34




NASH ENSEMBLECHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone


IAN BROWN piano

BRIDGE Phantasy Piano Quartet in F# minorDELIUS Violin Sonata No. 2FINZI By Footpath and Stile Op. 2BUTTERWORTH Love Blows as the Wind BlowsELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84



MODIGLIANI QUARTETProgramme to be announced


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NICHOLAS DANIEL Benjamin Harte

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN Pia Clodi



MIDORI violin

ÖZGÜR AYDIN piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3BACH Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV1014BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Chamber Music Season/Midori: Celebrating 20 Years ofCommunity Outreach


MARKUS WERBA baritone

ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano

SCHUBERT Gesänge des HarfnersWOLF Drei Gedichte von MichelangeloSCHUMANN Dichterliebe Op. 48



ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICBERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano

RODOLFO RICHTER director, violin

ITALIAN PASSIONS

VERACINI Overture in G minorMERULA Aria: Hor ch’è tempo di dormireVIVALDI Concerto in E for violin RV271 ‘L’amoroso’VIVALDI Aria: Sovvente il sole from Andromeda liberataVIVALDI Concerto in D for violin RV234 ‘L’inquietudine’ALBINONI Concerto in C Op. 9 No. 9FERRANDINI Cantata: Il pianto di Maria



PAVEL HAAS QUARTET SCHNITTKE String Quartet No. 3SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 inC minor Op. 110BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 130with Grosse Fuge Op. 133




RICHARD EGARR harpsichord

Other artists to be announced

Music by PURCELL and BLOW

Song Recital Series/Iestyn Davies:‘A Singularity of Voice’



LUTOSLAWSKI Sacher VariationBERIO Les mots sont allésBACH Cello Suite No. 4 in Eb BWV1010KLAUS HUBER Transpositio ad infinitumBACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009


BERNARDA FINK Klemen Breitfuss


PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Marco Borggreve

Friday 1 March 7.30 pm

CHRISTIANE OELZE soprano

PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD piano


Song Recital Series


TETZLAFF QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2BERG Lyric SuiteBEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

Chamber Music Season/Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence


KUNGSBACKA PIANO TRIOBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’; Piano Trio inG Op. 1 No. 2


Sunday 3 March 4.00 pm

BENEDICT NELSON baritone



Song Recital Series

Monday 4 March 1.00 pm

IGOR LEVIT piano

SCHUBERT/LISZT Sei mir gegrüsst S558 No. 1SCHUBERT 6 Moments Musicaux D780Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasisonata from Années de pèlerinage S161

Igor Levit is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme




BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Op. 31No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31No. 2 ‘The Tempest’; Piano Sonata No. 18in Eb Op. 31 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 21 in COp. 53 ‘Waldstein’

London Pianoforte Series/András Schiff: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

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CHRISTIANE OELZE Natalie Bothur


TETZLAFF QUARTET Alexandra Vosding

Wednesday 6 March 7.30 pm

RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLE Programme to be announced



MATTHEW POLENZANI tenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano





BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54; Piano SonataNo. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’; Piano Sonata No. 24in F# Op. 78; Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Op. 79; Piano SonataNo. 26 in Eb Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’

London Pianoforte Series/András Schiff: BeethovenPiano Sonatas


SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone


Songs by WOLF, FAURÉ, RAVEL and POULENC

Song Recital Series


ARCANTO QUARTETHAYDN Seven Last Words from the Cross



ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSICSONG CIRCLEThe Royal Academy of Music Song Circle returnsto Wigmore Hall with a programme of songs byBENJAMIN BRITTEN. Britten the Linguist – arecital of his songs in English, French, German,Italian, Russian and Scottish.


Song Recital Series


ARCANTO QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in Bb Op. 67HAYDN String Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2



SIMON KEENLYSIDE Uwe Arens

ARCANTO QUARTET Marco Borggreve



BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90;Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101; Piano Sonata No. 29 in BbOp. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’



TRIO ZIMMERMANNBEETHOVEN Serenade for String Trio in D Op. 8HINDEMITH String Trio No. 2BEETHOVEN String Trio in Eb Op. 3



SARAH WALKER 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERTLAURA MITCHELL soprano

KITTY WHATELY mezzo-soprano

JONATHAN LEMALU bass-baritone


Narrator to be announced

LET US GARLANDS BRING: SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION

Programme to include songs by SCHUBERT, WOLF, BRAHMS,and BERLIOZ

Song Recital Series


BELCEA QUARTETTHOMAS QUASTHOFF narrator

HAYDN Seven Last Words from the Cross




BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109;Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab Op. 110; PianoSonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111



TALK AND FILM SHOWINGSBRITTEN’s Night Mail and WALTON’s Henry V

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/British Series:Dreamers of Dreams



NASH ENSEMBLEMARTYN BRABBINS conductorReciters to be announced

BRITTEN AND WALTON FILM ANDRADIO MUSIC

BRITTEN Sinfonietta Op. 1; Night Mail;The Way to the Sea; The Sword in the StoneWALTON Henry V – A Musical Scenario




NASH ENSEMBLEVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Quintet in D for piano, clarinet, horn, violin and celloDVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert/British Series:Dreamers of Dreams

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ANDRÁS SCHIFF Yutaka Suzuki



SOPHIE BEVAN soprano

SEBASTIAN WYBREW piano

PURCELL O solitude, my sweetest choiceSCHUBERT Das Marienbild; Die EinsiedeleiSCHUMANN Der Einsiedler SCHUBERT Die junge NonneWOLF From Spanisches Liederbuch: Herr, was trägt derBoden hier; Die ihr schwebetSCHUBERT Das Zügenglöcklein; SeligkeitBARBER Nocturne Op. 13 No. 4LENNOX BERKELEY Lay your sleeping head, my loveBARBER Hermit Songs Op. 29

Song Recital Series


ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6OSVALDO GOLIJOV New work (UK première)DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105



ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’



PRE-CONCERT TALKCOMPOSERS IN FOCUS

ANTHONY BURTON in conversation with thecomposers of the evening concert.




NASH ENSEMBLENASH INVENTIONS

The Nash Ensemble presents its annual selectionof Nash Inventions, to include new commissions.



FRETWORKSUSAN BICKLEY mezzo-soprano

TABEA ZIMMERMANN viola

ANTOINE TAMESTIT viola

GEORGE BENJAMIN piano

GEORGE BENJAMIN Piano Figures; Viola, Viola;Upon SilenceALEXANDER GOEHR Three sonnets and twofantasias; from Shadow of Night; Sur terre,en l’air



ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET Marco Borggreve

SOPHIE BEVAN Robert Workman


SUSAN BULLOCK soprano



Song Recital Series


QUATUOR EBÈNEFANNY MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in EbFELIX MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13FELIX MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80



QUATUOR EBÈNEHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4



VIKTORIA MULLOVA violin

KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT fortepiano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12No. 2; Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’;Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2



VILDE FRANG violin

MICHAIL LIFITS piano

MENDELSSOHN Violin Sonata in FLUTOSLAWSKI Partita for violin and pianoBRAHMS 3 Hungarian Dances: No. 11 in A minor,No. 17 in F# minor, No. 2 in D minor




ANTHONY SPIRI piano


Song Recital Series

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SUSAN BULLOCK Anne-Marie Le Blé


VILDE FRANG Marco Borggreve


STILE ANTICOMISERERE: PENITENTIAL MUSIC BY BYRD AND HISCONTEMPORARIES

BYRD Miserere mei TALLIS Salvator mundi IMORLEY Nolo mortem peccatoris TALLIS Absterge DomineBYRD Memento, homo TALLIS Purge me, O LordWHITE Lamentations BYRD Emendemus in meliusTALLIS In jejunio et fletu BYRD Attend mine humble prayerTALLIS Miserere nostri BYRD Miserere mihiSHEPPARD Haste thee O God BYRD Infelix ego

Early Music and Baroque Series/William Byrd SacredMusic Series



IMOGEN COOPER piano

SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946; Piano Sonata in G D894;16 German Dances D783; 6 Moments Musicaux D780



THE ENGLISH CONCERTLAURENCE CUMMINGS director, organ

BACH Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV4BIBER Missa Christi resurgentis



FLORILEGIUMTELEMANN Overture and conclusion fromTafelmusik in E minorBACH Cantata BWV158 ‘Der Friede sei mit dir’;Easter Oratorio BWV249 ‘Kommt eilet und laufet’



IMANI WINDSMENDELSSOHN Scherzo from A MidsummerNight’s Dream (arr. Gabler)RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Mason Jones)ELLIOTT CARTER Woodwind Quintet BARBER Summer Music Op. 31VALERIE COLEMAN Tzigane


IMANI WINDS Chris Carroll


FRANZ SCHUBERT Copper print by H Varges after a drawing by W Rieder

TINE THING HELSETH Observertoriet

Monday 1 April 1.00 pm






LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRAADRIAN BUTTERFIELD conductor

HANDEL La Resurrezione HWV47


Wednesday 3 April 1.00 pm

BRITTEN SINFONIANICHOLAS DANIEL oboe

JACQUELINE SHAVE violin

MIRANDA DALE violin

CLARE FINNIMORE viola

CAROLINE DEARNLEY cello

LUCY WAKEFORD harp

BRITTEN Six Metamorphoses after Ovid;Tema ‘Sacher’ BRIDGE Two Old English SongsNew work by Opus 2013 winner (Londonpremière)* BRITTEN Suite for harp Op. 83BRIDGE Sir Roger de Coverley




TINE THING HELSETH trumpet

KATHRYN STOTT piano

Programme to include works by HINDEMITH,ENESCU, SIBELIUS and FALLA


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LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRA Chris Christodoulou

PREVIEW APRIL – JULY 2013


These concerts (except the 7.30 pm concert on 30 May) are not bookable on this brochure. Bookingdates and full details of artists and programmes will be published in a separate brochure availablefrom late December 2012.

Thursday 4 April 7.30 pm

KARITA MATTILA soprano

VILLE MATVEJEFF piano

Songs by POULENC, DEBUSSY, SALLINEN and MARX

Song Recital Series

Saturday 6 April

GEORGE BENJAMIN DAY11.30 am

CAROLIN WIDMANN violin

JACQUES ZOON flute

MARINO FORMENTI piano

GEORGE BENJAMIN Sonata for violin and piano; Flight;Shadowlines CHRISTIAN MASON Heaven’s Chimes Are SlowGEORGE BENJAMIN Three Miniatures for solo violin;Three Studies

6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKGEORGE BENJAMIN and JOHN GILHOOLY

7.30 pm

BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSICGROUPREBECCA BOTTONE soprano

HILARY SUMMERS contralto

FRANCESCO ANTONIONI BallataDAVID SAWER Rumpelstiltskin Suite (co-commissioned byBCMG and Wigmore Hall) (world première)GEORGE BENJAMIN Into the Little Hill


Sunday 7 April 11.30 am

ROLAND PÖNTINEN piano

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



THE PRINCE CONSORTJOHN MUSTO piano

JOHN MUSTO Litany (for mezzo and piano);The Old Gray Couple; Book of Uncommon Prayer

Song Recital Series



IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano

MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn


IAN BOSTRIDGE Benjamin Ealovega

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KARITA MATTILA Lauri Eriksson


JANINA FIALKOWSKA piano

CHOPIN Polonaise in Eb minor Op. 26 No. 2; Scherzo No. 4in E Op. 54; Waltz in Ab Op. 64 No. 3; Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38;Nocturne in Eb Op. 55 No. 2; Mazurka in Bb Op. 7 No. 1;Mazurka No. 50 in A minor ‘Notre Temps’ Op. posth.; Mazurkain C# minor Op. 50 No. 3; Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20


Tuesday 9 April 7.30 pm

LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54BARTÓK Suite Op. 14BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101LISZT Pensée des morts S173 No. 4CHOPIN Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1; Ballade No. 4 in Fminor Op. 52



LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano

Repeat of concert on 9 April



PEKKA KUUSISTO violin

OLLI MUSTONEN piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30No. 1OLLI MUSTONEN Violin SonataSTRAVINSKY Duo ConcertanteRAVEL Violin Sonata in G


Friday 12 April 7.30 pm




FRENCH SONG SERIES: THE LUREOF BAYREUTH

Songs by FRANCK, DUPARC, CHABRIER,CHAUSSON and DEBUSSY

Song Recital Series

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JANINA FIALKOWSKA Michael Schilhansl


LEIF OVE ANDSNES Özgür Albayrak

Saturday 13 April 7.30 pm

GRAHAM JOHNSON GALA CONCERTGala concert to mark the launch of Graham Johnson’s newbook ‘Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs’

Song Recital Series


CHRISTOPH RICHTER cello

ALASDAIR BEATSON piano

BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38WEBERN Drei kleine Stücke Op. 11BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2



LE CONCERT SPIRITUELHERVÉ NIQUET director

CHARPENTIER De profundis; Stabat MaterMotets by FRÉMART, HUGARD and LE PRINCEBROSSARD Stabat MaterBOUTEILLER Requiem



CAMILLA TILLING soprano

PAUL RIVINIUS piano

Songs by SCHUBERT and BERG



ALLAN CLAYTON tenorPianist to be announced


Song Recital Series



SCHUBERT 6 Moments Musicaux D780BERG Piano Sonata Op. 1SCHUBERT German Dances (a selection)SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958



CUARTETO CASALSSCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703;String Quartet in E D353; String Quartetin G D887



CAMILLA TILLING

LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL Satochi Aoyagi


ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICNICHOLAS COLLON conductor

NACHTMUSIK

MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546MOZART Serenata notturna K239HAYDN Symphony No. 8 in G ‘Le Soir’; Notturno No. 1MOZART Symphony No. 27 in G K199



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’;String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’; StringQuartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’; String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6



ADAM WALKER flute

MORGAN SZYMANSKI guitar

FALLA From 7 canciones populares españolas:El paño moruno; Asturiana; Canción; Nana;Jota (arr. flute and guitar)BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances Sz68(arr. flute and guitar)PIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango



2009 Recipient of the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship

GAËLLE ARQUEZ mezzo-soprano

JAMES BAILLIEU piano


Song Recital Series


EGGNER TRIOBRAHMS Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’



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GAËLLE ARQUEZ Dominique Desrue


NICHOLAS COLLON Maximillian Baillie


ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano

Programme to include:TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Sonata Op. 37 ‘Grand Sonata’



GERALDINE MCGREEVY soprano

HENK NEVEN baritone


FRENCH SONG SERIES: NEW DIRECTIONS WITH THENEW CENTURY

Songs by DEBUSSY, CAPLET, FAURÉ, SATIE and ROUSSEL

Song Recital Series


THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 50 No. 1BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1


Thursday 25 April 3.00 – 6.00 pmTuesday 30 April 3.00 – 6.00 pmThursday 2 May 3.00 – 6.00 pm

WIGMORE STUDY GROUPFAURÉ CHAMBER MUSIC

Linked to the Fauré concerts on 30 April, 2 and 4 May.



YEFIM BRONFMAN piano




DORIC STRING QUARTETDVORÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106HAYDN String Quartet in Eb Op. 20 No. 1



SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAMILHAUD Wind Quintet Op. 443FRANÇAIX Wind QuintetMARTINU Sextet for piano and windBEETHOVEN Quintet in Eb for piano and windOp. 16


ELISABETH LEONSKAJA Jo Schwartz


KATHLEEN FERRIERAWARD 2013


SEMI-FINAL


FINAL



SCHUBERT 3 Klavierstücke D946SCHOENBERG Klavierstücke Op. 19SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’



RENAUD CAPUÇON violin



NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano


FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108; Piano Trio in Dminor Op. 120; Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109; PianoQuartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15






Song Recital Series


RENAUD CAPUÇON violin



NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano


FAURÉ Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117;Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13; Piano QuartetNo. 2 in G minor Op. 45


Friday 3 May 7.30 pm

MAHAN ESFAHANI harpsichord

BYRD Clarifica me, Pater (I, II, III); Ut re mi fasol la; John come kiss me now; The Fifte Pavianand The Galliarde to the Fifte Pavian; The Marchbefore the Battle; Fancie; The Firste Pavianand The Galliarde to the Firste Pavian; Callinocasturame; Fantasia in A minor; Have with Yowto Walsingame BACH Ricercar a 3 and Ricercara 6, Canon a 2 per Tonos (AscendentequeModulatione ascendat Gloria Regis) fromThe Musical Offering BWV1079LIGETI Passacaglia ungherese; Continuum;Hungarian Rock


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SARAH CONNOLLY Peter Warren


MAHAN ESFAHANI Marco Borggreve


QUATUOR EBÈNENICHOLAS ANGELICH piano


FAURÉ String Quartet in E minor Op. 121; Piano Quintet No. 1in D minor Op. 89; Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115


Sunday 5 May 11.30 am

LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLEBRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60DVORÁK Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 87



NIKOLAÏ LUGANSKY piano

JANÁCEK In the MistsSCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D935RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minorOp. 36


Monday 6 May 1.00 pm

Artists and programme to be announced



ISABELLE FAUST violin

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in Eb Op. 12 No. 3BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz75



QUATUOR EBÈNE Julien Mignot

LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLE Sara Lipowitz


THE ENGLISH CONCERTFABIO BIONDI director, violin

HAYDN Divertimento in DMOZART Symphony in A K134PUGNANI Symphony in BVIOTTI Violin Concerto No. 23 in G




TAKÁCS QUARTETRALPH KIRSHBAUM cello

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131SCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956



ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI soprano

ACCADEMIA DEGLI ASTRUSIProgramme to be announced




TAKÁCS QUARTETRALPH KIRSHBAUM cello

Repeat of concert on 8 May



JOSHUA REDMAN saxophone

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE double bass

Further details to be announced



EGGNER TRIOBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Eb Op. 70 No. 2DVORÁK Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’



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ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI Serge Derossi/Naïve

TAKÁCS QUARTET Peter Smith



NATALIE CLEIN cello

ALASDAIR BEATSON piano




ELIAS STRING QUARTETJONATHAN BISS piano

PURCELL Fantasias (a selection)SCHUMANN String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1TIMOTHY ANDRES New workSCHUMANN Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47

Chamber Music Season/Jonathan Biss – Schumann:Under the Influence



ANTJE WEITHAAS violin


Chamber Music Season/Christian Tetzlaff:Artist in Residence


BORODIN QUARTETBRAHMS String Quartet in Bb Op. 67TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 3 in Eb minorOp. 30

Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet:Tchaikovsky and Brahms


MOZART PIANO QUARTETMOZART Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb K493SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47



NATALIE CLEIN Sussie Ahlburg

MOZART PIANO QUARTET Josep Molina

Friday 17 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

YCAT Public FinalAuditions 2013



BACH Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008THOMAS LARCHER Sonata for celloBACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011THOMAS DEMENGA Aus den Fugen

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


KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ROBINSON TRIOProgramme to be announced



CLASSICAL OPERAIAN PAGE conductor

TALES FROM OVID

DITTERSDORF Symphony in F ‘The Rescue of Andromedaby Perseus’GLUCK Scene from Orfeo ed EuridiceHAYDN Scene from Philemon und BaucisMOZART Scene from Apollo et Hyacinthus K38



JULIANE BANSE soprano

MARTIN HELMCHEN piano

WOLF Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe; Lied vomWinde; Nixe Binsefuss; Im Frühling; Er ist’sSCHUBERT Geheimnis; An Mignon; MignonsGesang ‘Kennst du das Land’; From Gesänge aus‘Wilhelm Meister’: Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasstmich scheinen; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kenntSCHUBERT Sehnsucht; Der Einsame; Der Königin Thule; Auf dem See; Bei dir allein!WOLF 4 Mignon Lieder

Song Recital Series


JONATHAN BISS piano

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 12, interspersedwith excerpts from JANÁCEK On an overgrownpath BERG Piano Sonata Op. 1SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6

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


BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRAANGELA HEWITT piano



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JULIANE BANSE Susi Knoll

KALICHSTEIN/LAREDO/ROBINSON TRIO Fred Collins



PACIFICA QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6RAVEL String Quartet in F



PACIFICA QUARTETBOCCHERINI String Quartet No. 2SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’



GEORG NIGL baritone

GÉRARD WYSS piano

WOLF Mörike Lieder (a selection)

Song Recital Series


PACIFICA QUARTETProgramme to be announced



ADAM WALKER flute

JAMES BAILLIEU piano

Programme to include:SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on‘Trock’ne Blumen’ from Die schöne Müllerin D802MARTINU Flute SonataPOULENC Sonata for flute and piano



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2;String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4;String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131



HAGEN QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3;String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5; String Quartetin Eb Op. 127


ADAM WALKER Inga Lisa Middleton


PACIFICA QUARTET Anthony Parmelee


STILE ANTICOFRETWORKO SACRED BANQUET – WILLIAM BYRD AND THE FEAST OFCORPUS CHRISTI

BYRD Mass for Four Parts; ‘In nomine’ settings for viols;Corpus Christi Propers and five Eucharistic motets from theGradualia volumes

Early Music and Baroque Series/William ByrdSacred Music Series



CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET harpsichord

Programme to include works by DUPHLY, FORQUERAY,BALBASTRE, RAMEAU and ROYER




JULIUS DRAKE piano

EISLER The Hollywood Songbook


Sunday 2 June 11.30 am

FITZWILLIAM QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 9 in EbOp. 117


Sunday 2 June 7.30 pm

RICHARD GOODE piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109;Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab Op. 110;11 Bagatelles Op. 119; Piano Sonata No. 32 inC minor Op. 111


Monday 3 June 1.00 pm

WERNER GÜRA tenor

CHRISTOPH BERNER piano



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RICHARD GOODE Sasha Gusov

FITZWILLIAM QUARTET Matthew Redding


Tuesday 4 June 7.30 pm

HEATH QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1BERG String Quartet Op. 3BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’



Wednesday 5 June 7.30 pm

LOUIS LORTIE piano



Friday 7 June 7.30 pm

CAROLIN WIDMANN violin

ALEXANDER LONQUICH piano

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata (Duo) in A D574POULENC Violin SonataIVES Violin Sonata No. 4SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934



AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIKBERLINCORELLI Concerto Grosso in D Op. 6 No. 4VIVALDI Concerto in F for 2 horns andstrings RV538PLATTI Concerto Grosso in G minor(after Corelli Op. 5)BABELL Concerto for recorder in E minor(after Corelli Op. 5)PLATTI/V. LUKS Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F(after Corelli Op. 5)CORELLI Sonata in A Op. 5 No. 6GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D minor(after Corelli’s ‘La Follia’ Op. 5 No. 12)



AFIARA STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in F Op. 74 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3‘Razumovsky’


AFIARA STRING QUARTET Rory Earnshaw

CAROLIN WIDMANN Marco Borggreve



JORDI SAVALL viola da gamba

ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING Irish harp, psaltery

FRANK MCGUIRE bodhrán

THE CELTIC VIOL



BRODSKY QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’PURCELL ChaconneBRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36



ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICLUCY CROWE soprano

SOPHIE JUNKER soprano

RICHARD EGARR director, harpsichord

HANDEL IN ITALY

HANDEL Diana cacciatrice HWV79D. SCARLATTI Sinfonia à 3 in G minorCORELLI Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 9A. SCARLATTI Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minorHANDEL Clori, Tirsi e Fileno HWV96



TRULS MØRK cello

CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND piano



Thursday 13 June 7.30 pm

SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAMOZART String Quintet in Bb K174IRELAND Sextet for clarinet, horn and stringquartetBRAHMS String Sextet in G Op. 36


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JORDI SAVALL Toni Penarroya

BRODSKY QUARTET


Friday 14 June 7.30 pm

FINGHIN COLLINS piano

HAYDN Piano Sonata in Eb HXVI:49CHOPIN 3 Mazurkas from Op. 17: No. 1 in Bb; No. 2 in E minor;No. 4 in A minor CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52BRAHMS 2 Rhapsodies Op. 79SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946



RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello

ELIZABETH WALLFISCH viola

TRIO SHAHAM EREZ WALLFISCHRAPHAEL WALLFISCH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

GRIEG Andante con motoSCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb D898BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60



PHILIP HIGHAM cello

KATHRYN STOTT piano




BENJAMIN GROSVENOR piano




KOPELMAN QUARTETSCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D804‘Rosamunde’SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 13 in Bbminor Op. 138TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22



RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced


RAPHAEL WALLFISCH Benjamin Ealovega


BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Sussie Ahlburg



MARCOS FINK bass-baritone

ANTHONY SPIRI piano


Song Recital Series


FRETWORKCAROLYN SAMPSON soprano

Programme to include music by BYRD



PAUL MEYER clarinet

FRANÇOIS SALQUE cello

ERIC LE SAGE piano




SUSAN TOMES piano

ERIC HÖBARTH violin

MOZART Violin Sonata in D K306; ViolinSonata in F K376; 6 Variations in G minor‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360;Piano Sonata in Bb K570; Violin Sonatain Eb K481



BELCEA QUARTET Programme to be announced


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PAUL MEYER


François Salque Nicolas Tavernier


TILL FELLNER piano

HAYDN Piano Sonata in B minor HXVI:32MOZART Piano Sonata in F K533/494BACH 4 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-tempered ClavierBook II: in C BWV870; in C minor BWV871; in C# BWV872;in C# minor BWV873SCHUMANN Études symphoniques Op. 13



MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano




SARAH FOX sopranoTenor to be announced


FRENCH SONG SERIES: THE LAST MASTERS?

The Songs of MAURICE RAVEL and FRANCIS POULENC

Song Recital Series


ELIAS STRING QUARTETMENDELSSOHN String Quartet in Eb Op. 12BRITTEN String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94


Monday 1 July 1.00 pm

ROYAL STRING QUARTETDEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op. 10TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11



IMOGEN COOPER piano

SCHUBERT Allegretto in C minor D915;Piano Sonata in C D840 ‘Reliquie’;4 Impromptus D935; 12 Deutsche (Ländler)D790; Piano Sonata in A minor D845

London Pianoforte Series/Schubert:A Celebration

TILL FELLNER Benjamin Ealovega


ROYAL STRING QUARTET Matthias Stutte

Wednesday 3 July 7.30 pm

ATOS TRIORACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posth.BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Eb Op. 70 No. 2BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version)



BELCEA QUARTETTILL FELLNER piano

SCHUBERT String Trio in Bb D581MOZART String Quartet in Bb K589 ‘Prussian’DVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81


Friday 5 July 7.30 pm


THOMAS DUNFORD lute

Programme to include works by DOWLAND and a new workby NICO MUHLY

Song Recital Series/Iestyn Davies Residency: ‘A Singularityof Voice’


SERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin

LUSINE KHACHATRYAN piano



Sunday 7 July 11.30 am

THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLEMARTINU Piano QuartetFAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15


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SERGEY KHACHATRYAN Marco Borggreve

THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE John Clarke


Sunday 7 July 7.30 pm

B’ROCKProgramme to be announced


Monday 8 July 1.00 pm

TAI MURRAY violinPianist to be announced




ANNETTE DASCH soprano

HELMUT DEUTSCH piano

Songs by MAHLER, ZEMLINSKY, SCHOENBERG andKORNGOLD

Song Recital Series


NELSON GOERNER piano

CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49DEBUSSY Images, Series 1; L’isle joyeuseGUASTAVINO Bailecito; Tierra lindaGRANADOS From Goyescas: Quejas, o La maja yel ruiseñor; El Amor y la muerteLISZT Rhapsodie espagnole S254



PIETER WISPELWEY cello


DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minorPROKOFIEV Cello Sonata in C Op. 119POULENC Cello SonataSTRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella arr.for cello & piano


NELSON GOERNER Benjamin Ealovega

PIETER WISPELWEY Hang-Jin Cho


ANNETTE DASCH Manfred Baumann


MARINO FORMENTI piano




NAVARRA STRING QUARTET SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’



RAY CHEN violinPianist to be announced

MOZART Violin Sonata in Bb K454BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108YSAŸE Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise in E Op. 83; Introduction and Rondo;Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28



YEVGENY SUDBIN piano





JULIUS DRAKE pianoReciter to be announced

DOMINICK ARGENTO From the Diary ofVirginia Woolf



CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA cello

KATHRYN STOTT piano

DVORÁK Sonatina in G Op. 100 (arr. cello andpiano); Klid (Silent Woods) Op. 68 No. 5; Lasstmich allein Op. 82 No. 1 (arr. cello and piano)MENDELSSOHN Variations concertantes in DOp. 17; Song without Words Op. 109BARBER Cello Sonata Op. 6


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MARINO FORMENTI Gyula Fodor

NAVARRA STRING QUARTET Sussie Ahlburg



CHRISTIANE KARG soprano*



CORNELIUS Brennende Liebe; Am Meer; Komm herbei, Tod!;Verratene Liebe; Trauer und Trost LISZT Der du von demHimmel bist; Freudvoll und leidvoll; Es muss ein Wunderbaressein; Ihr Glocken von Marling CORNELIUS 4 Rheinische Lieder;3 Lieder Op. 4 LISZT Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage; Vergiftetsind meine Lieder; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Im Rhein,im schönen Strome

Song Recital Series/Wolfgang Holzmair Retrospective Series

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


THEATRE OF THE AYRENICHOLAS MULROY tenor

MATTHEW BROOK bass

ELIZABETH KENNY lute, orpharion, theorbo

JACOB HERINGMAN lute, orpharion

Ayres and dialogues – songs and lute duets by JOHN DOWLANDand his contemporaries



CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN tenor

MICHAEL GEES piano

SONGS OF FAREWELL AND TRAVEL

SCHUBERT Willkommen und Abschied;Die Sterne; Nachtstück; Das Zügenglöcklein;Der Wanderer (D489); Wandrers Nachtlied I;Über Wildemann; Der Geistertanz; Erlkönig;Wandrers Nachtlied II; Sehnsucht; Der Musensohn;Auf der Brücke; Im Abendrot; Rastlose Liebe;Lied des gefangenen Jagers; An die Türenwill ich schleichen; Der Wanderer (D649);Der Wanderer an den Mond; Der Einsame;Der Schiffer; An Schwager Kronos;Der Doppelgänger; Nacht und Träume



ARONOWITZ ENSEMBLEProgramme to be announced


CHRISTIANE KARG Stephen Haberland

ELIZABETH KENNY Benjamin Ealovega


Benjamin Ealovega

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Booking Information

BOOKING DATES

BOOKING PERIOD 1

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BOOKING INFORMATION8 September – 31 December 2012

Wigmore Hall’s size brings an unparalleled sense of intimacy to every performance and is loved by audiences andmusicians alike. However, the limitation that this places on audience numbers means that ticket sales alonecannot meet all our costs. Additional support from individuals, companies and charitable foundations is vitalin order to ensure that the world’s finest musicians, together with promising young performers, can continue toappear at Wigmore Hall. If you would like to support the Hall by becoming a Friend, or by sponsoring a concertor Learning event, please call 020 7258 8230 or email [email protected] for more information.

The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have madean investment in our concert, learning and community programmes this season:

Supporting Wigmore Hall

HONORARY PATRONSAubrey AdamsDonald Kahn OBESir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady KohnMr and Mrs Paul Morgan

SEASON PATRONS 2012/13

Aubrey Adams*American Friends of Wigmore HallKarl Otto Bonnier*William and Alex de Winton*The Fidelio Charitable TrustDavid B Rockwell*Cita and Irwin Stelzer*’Scilla and Tony Thornton*

and several anonymous donors

CORPORATE PARTNERSCafé de ColombiaCapital International Limited (corporate

matched giving)Clifford Chance LLPComplete Coffee LtdDuncan Lawrie Private BankingHutton Collins Partners LLPLloyds TSB Private BankingMartin Randall Travel LtdOracle Capital GroupRosenblatt RecitalsRothschild

DONORS AND SPONSORSMr Eric Abraham and Miss Natasha

Abraham*Neville and Nicola AbrahamTony and Marion Allen*The Andor Charitable TrustDavid and Jacqueline Ansell*Mr and Mrs Stephen ArthurArts Council EnglandAnthony AustinDavid and Margaret BeatonAlan Bell-BerryMr Nicholas J BezMrs Arline Blass*Blue Door FoundationNicholas Boas Charitable TrustDavid and Mary Bowerman*Alan Bradley*Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson*Rainer and Doreen Burchett*

Gwen and Stanley Burnton*Clive ButlerA bequest from the late Peter CanterCavatina Chamber Music TrustCharities Advisory TrustCity of WestminsterEric Clause*Edwin C Cohen*The John S Cohen FoundationSonia and Harvey ColeJohn Crisp*Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch*Judy Davies and Kingsley

Manning*Anthony Davis*Henry and Suzanne DavisThe Dorset FoundationJ L DrewittDunard FundAnnette Ellis*The Elton FamilyDr C A Endersby and Prof D CowanThe Equitable Charitable TrustMrs Susan FeakinPeter and Sonia FieldJohn and Amy FordS E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3Friends of Wigmore HallJonathan Gaisman*J Paul Getty Jr Charitable TrustJohn GilhoolyJohn and Lauren Goldsmith*Nicholas and Judith Goodison*The Gordon FoundationCharles GreenMr and Mrs Rex Harbour*The Hargreaves and Ball TrustAndré and Rosalie HoffmannGay Huey Evans*Graham and Amanda Hutton*Simone Hyman*John Lyon’s CharityMarc Jourdren*Donald and Jeanne Kahn*Jerome Karet*David and Louise Kaye*Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn*The Kohn FoundationChristian Kwek and David Hodges*Maryly La Follette*Su Lesser and Neil Kaplan*Dame Felicity Lott*

Simon and Pamela MajaroMayfield Valley Arts TrustMilton Damerel TrustThe Monument TrustMr and Mrs Paul MorganAmyas and Louise Morse*Valerie O’Connor and Jeannette

McIntoshA bequest from the late Richard OakeThe Geoffrey Parsons Memorial TrustLionel and Lynn Persey*The Piano FundDr Clive Potter*Oliver PrennNick and Claire Prettejohn*The Rayne FoundationCharles Rose*Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, Hon. RCM*Ruth Rothbarth*The Rubinstein CircleThe Sampimon TrustThe Samuel Sebba Charitable TrustRichard Sennett and Saskia Sassen*Victoria Sharp*Martin and Elise Smith*Sound ConnectionsJohn Stephens OBE, Hon. FTCL*Alisa and Joshua Swidler*The Tertis FoundationAllen Thomas and Jane Simpson*Tower Hamlets Arts Music and

Education ServiceJohn and Ann Tusa*Marina Vaizey*Kathleen Verelst*Robin Vousden*Gerry WakelinMarie-Luise WaldeckMichael and Rosemary WarburgDavid and Frances Waters*Anne and David Weizmann*Mrs Mary WestonThe Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationPhilip and Emeline WinstonThe Wolfson FoundationWorshipful Company of Information

TechnologistsSimon Yates and Kevin Roon*The Zochonis Charitable Trust

and several anonymous supporters

* also Rubinstein Circle members

The Wigmore Hall Trust, registered charity number 1024838

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CDs Priced £9.99 available fromwww.wigmore-hall.org.uk/live,020 7935 2141 and stores nationwide

Anthony Marwood violinAleksandar Madzar pianoBrahms Violin Sonatas No. 1 in G major Op. 78No. 2 in A major Op. 100No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Elias String QuartetHaydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6 Schumann String Quartet in A minorOp. 41 No. 1

JACK QuartetLigeti String Quartet No. 2Matthias PintscherStudy IV for Treatise on the Veil Cage String Quartet in Four PartsXenakis Tetras(Available from June 2012)

Anna Caterina Antonacci sopranoDonald Sulzen pianoSongs by Respighi, Tosti, Ciléa,Hahn & Refice(Available from September 2012)

Miah Persson sopranoRoger Vignoles pianoSongs by Schubert, Grieg & Sibelius (Available from June 2012)

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