Wigmore Hall Learning Brochure Summer 2014

April – July 2014

Early Years | Families | Young People Behind The Music | Performances | Schools

How To Book

CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL – JULY 2014

Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Booking opens on 4 February 2014

Fri 4 Apr

IN PERSON 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm

Sat 5 Apr

BY TELEPHONE 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm There is a non-refundable £2 administration charge for each transaction

Wed 16 Apr

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

Tue 29 Apr

BOX OFFICE ENQUIRIES 020 7935 2141

Sat 5 Apr Mon 7 Apr

Sat 26 Apr Thu 1 May Thu 1 May

WIGMORE HALL LEARNING ENQUIRIES 020 7258 8240 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING MAILING LIST please call the Box Office or visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post

Wed 7 May

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

Sat 10 May

The Andor Charitable Trust Arts Council England BBC Children in Need Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust City Bridge Trust Clifford Chance Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust The Gordon Foundation Haringey Performing Arts and Music Hyde Park Place Estate Charity The Loveday Charitable Trust John Lyon’s Charity The Leverhulme Trust

Thu 15 May

Mayfield Valley Arts Trust George Meyer Milton Damerel Trust The Monument Trust Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntosh The Rayne Foundation The Sampimon Trust The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3 Tower Hamlets Arts Music and Education Service (THAMES) Marie-Luise Waldeck City of Westminster And several anonymous donors

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Wed 14 May Thu 15 May Sat 17 May Thu 22 May Thu 22 May Sat 24 May Tue 27 May Wed 28 May

Photo Credits: All images, except Edwin Roxburgh and Chopin, by © www.benjaminharte.co.uk.

Thu 29 May

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

Fri 30 May

Colin Currie Masterclass Page Family Concert: Colin Currie Pre-Concert Talk Artists in Conversation: Colin Currie Artists in Conversation: Christophe Rousset Edwin Roxburgh Study Day For Crying Out Loud!

Chamber Tots Introduction to 20th-Century British Music Pre-Concert Talk: Britten Sinfonia Introduction to 20th-Century British Music Family Day: Making Waves György Pauk Masterclass Chamber Tots Introduction to 20th-Century British Music Come and Sing: Contemporary Music Schools Concert: Search for the Starlight Squid Introduction to 20th-Century British Music Pre-Concert Performance Family Day: Musical Mysteries Wigmore Study Group: Chopin Voiceworks Menahem Pressler Masterclass

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Wigmore Study Group: Page 16 Chopin Sat 31 May Menahem Pressler Masterclass 13 Tue 3 Jun Living Music Concert 19 Tue 3 Jun Musical Conversations 17 Wed 4 Jun Wigmore Study Group: Chopin 16 Sat 7 Jun Young People’s Day: Ignition 6 Sat 7 Jun Pre-Concert Talk 11 Tue 10 Jun Chamber Tots 3 Tue 10 Jun Musical Conversations 17 Thu 12 Jun Anxiety Fanfare Concert 19 Thu 12 Jun Aperitif with Ignite 20 Tue 17 Jun Musical Conversations 17 Wed 18 Jun Toddler Bop 2 Wed 18 Jun Study Afternoon: 19 Performance Anxiety Wed 18 Jun Pre-Concert Talk: 11 Thu 19 Jun For Crying Out Loud!

2 Wed 25 Jun Study Afternoon: 19 Anxiety and Modernism Sat 28 Jun RNIB Family Day: 5 A Day in the Life ...

Tue 1 Jul Chamber Tots 3 Thu 3 Jul RNIB Study Day 17 Thu 10 Jul Pre-Concert Talk 11 Fri 11 Jul Pre-Concert Talk 11 Wed 16 Jul Westminster 100 back cover Mon 28 Jul – Musical Portraits 7 Thu 31 Jul Four Day Course Fri 30 May

Chamber Tots

Please note that tickets for events on these pages will go on sale both online and via phone from 10.00 am on 4 February.

For 2 – 5 year-olds

For Crying Out Loud!

£6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult

Maximum 4 tickets per booking for each event

Early Years

Early Years

Events for Early Years For parents and babies up to 1 year old £6 per adult – babies come free A series of concerts performed by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for parents and their babies.

These 45-minute performances offer parents the opportunity to enjoy chamber music in an accommodating environment.

Although the music will be appropriate for babies, these concerts are not interactive.

Tuesday 29 April Thursday 19 June

11.00 am – 11.45 am 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm 11.00 am – 11.45 am 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

Join us for these popular music workshops for young children and their carers with workshop leader Luke Crookes and featuring emerging chamber ensembles.

Sessions include a short performance and an interactive workshop for parents and children together including singing, playing percussion and a chance to meet the musicians and see their instruments close up.

Toddler Bop

Thursday 1 May

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

2 – 5 year olds

For 1 – 2 year-olds

Thursday 15 May

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 10 June

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 1 July

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

£6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult Interactive music, movement and play workshops for young children and their parents and carers with Chamber Tots in the Community workshop leader Esther Sheridan and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen.

Wednesday 18 June

10.15 am – 11.15 am 11.45 am – 12.45 pm

Please note Toddler Bop workshops are now an hour in duration and will include a visit to the auditorium.

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Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and The Andor Charitable Trust

Colin Currie Saturday 5 April 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus A percussion spectacular presented by charismatic young performer Colin Currie. Explore an incredible sound world from African rhythms to an explosive work for nine drums by Per Nørgård – make sure you come ready to join in as Colin might be looking for a bit of help with the performance!

Adults £7 Children £5

Making Waves Saturday 10 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Wigmore Hall Learning has teamed up with the Science Museum for a day exploring the wonderful world of waves. Spend the morning at the Science Museum discovering their incredible exhibits and experimenting to create some weird waves of your own and then take your ideas back to Wigmore Hall after lunch to transform sound into music.

Tuesday 27 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

HALF-TERM FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Be a musical detective for the day and solve the mysterious case of the disappearing drums. Follow a trail around Wigmore Hall, collect clues and piece together your evidence with the help of workshop leader Hermione Jones and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Present your solved mystery in the form of a musical performance on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Families

Families

Family Events

Musical Mysteries

Adults £12 Children £8

RNIB Family Day – A Day in the Life ...

Saturday 28 June 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN AGED 6 – 12 YEARS AND THEIR FAMILIES Take a step back in time to experience a day in the life of an 18th-century aristocrat and explore the stories and characters hidden in the paintings at The Wallace Collection.

This family day will be jam-packed with activities including exhibit handling, story writing, trying on costumes and composing your own music which you will perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

For more information and booking please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or email mas@rnib.org.uk Free (application required)

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Monday 28 – Thursday 31 July 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Ignition

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Saturday 7 June 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, experience the famous acoustic of Wigmore Hall and create some brand new music with professional musicians from Ignite, Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble. Finish by performing your very own pieces on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this four-day course.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S DAY For ages 11 – 16 Ignition is Wigmore Hall’s ensemble for young people, giving them the opportunity to write and perform their own music. Led by Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite, create music influenced by jazz, chamber and contemporary music. Collaborate with other young performers and professional musicians and perform on the Wigmore Hall stage.

This course is open to all types of instruments from violins to bass guitars, snare drums to sitars.

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Musical Portraits

Young People

Young People

Young People’s Events

For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk Free (application required)

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and BBC Children in Need In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

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FREE CONCERT TICKETS AND WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

Saturday 5 April 7.30 pm Joshua Bell violin Henning Kraggerud violin Rachel Roberts viola Steven Isserlis cello Dénes Várjon piano Suk, Janácˇek, Kodály, Elgar Friday 11 April 7.30 pm

Free tickets are available to 8 – 25 year-olds and school groups for specially selected Wigmore Hall series concerts (listed opposite). Please note there is a limited number of Chamber Zone tickets available per concert. Please book through the Box Office on 020 7935 2141, quoting ‘Chamber Zone’.

St. Lawrence String Quartet

For Schools: school groups can also book a workshop introduction to the evening concert. Workshops take place at school and will be devised in collaboration with teachers to complement your ongoing curriculum.

Workshops are scheduled to suit your timetable. Please note that a limited number of workshops are available, so book early to avoid disappointment.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

To book a workshop contact the Learning department on learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk or 020 7258 8240.

Haydn, Verdi, Osvaldo Golijov Monday 14 April 7.30 pm

Friday 9 May 7.00 pm

Sunday 8 June 7.30 pm

The Other Ebène

Dorothea Röschmann

Quatuor Ebène Richard Héry drums Stacey Kent voice Jim Tomlinson saxophone Fabrice Planchat sound engineer A jazz concert to include songs by Charlie Chaplin, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Michael Jackson

soprano

Saturday 10 May 7.30 pm

Takács Quartet Shostakovich, Webern, Beethoven Thursday 15 May 7.30 pm

Beethoven, Brahms, Fauré, new work by Zhou Long

Arditti Quartet

Tuesday 15 April 7.30 pm Markus Werba baritone Gary Matthewman piano Schubert Winterreise

Saturday 24 May 7.30 pm

Scelsi, Helmut Lachenmann, György Kurtág, world première

by Julian Anderson

Friday 2 May 7.00 pm

Stéphane Degout baritone Simon Lepper piano Schubert, Loewe, Schumann, Liszt, Weill, Wolf, Fauré

Friday 13 June 7.00 pm

Doric String Quartet Haydn, Janácˇek, Schubert Wednesday 18 June 7.30 pm Christoph Prégardien tenor Malcolm Martineau piano Schubert Friday 20 June 7.00 pm

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Thomas Adès, Peter Maxwell Davies, John Woolrich

Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn

Monday 30 June 7.30 pm Sophie Karthäuser soprano Eugene Asti piano Mozart, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Poulenc

Saturday 31 May 7.30 pm Gerald Finley baritone Julius Drake piano Schubert, world première

by Einojuhani Rautavaara

Veronika Eberle violin Steven Isserlis cello Michael Collins clarinet Alexander Melnikov cello

Julia Fischer Quartet

Wednesday 23 April 7.30 pm Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Henk Neven baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Duparc

Malcolm Martineau piano Fauré, Liszt, Strauss, Wolf

Sunday 1 June 11.30 am

Zemlinsky Quartet Dvorˇák, Mendelssohn Thursday 5 June 7.30 pm

Škampa Quartet Haydn, Borodin, Dvorˇák

Young People

Young People

Chamber Zone

Friday 11 July 10.00 pm

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time Saturday 12 July 7.30 pm Christiane Karg soprano Wolfram Rieger piano Wolf, Falla, Duparc, Ravel, Hahn, Koechlin, Poulenc

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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Pre-Concert Talk Saturday 5 April 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson introduces the penultimate concert in Steven Isserlis’s ‘Music in the Shadow of War’ series.

Pre-Concert Talk Saturday 7 June 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Classical music journalist Jessica Duchen introduces Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne’s evening concert which includes works by Prokofiev, Debussy and Arvo Pärt.

Pre-Concert Talk

Artists in Conversation: Colin Currie

Wednesday 18 June 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Monday 7 April 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Pianist Malcolm Martineau introduces the evening’s all-Schubert programme, the final concert in his ‘Songlives’ series.

Percussionist Colin Currie talks to James Jolly, Editor-in-Chief of Gramophone magazine, before his evening performance.

Artists in Conversation: Christophe Rousset Wednesday 16 April 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset speaks to music critic Michael White before his concert with Les Talens Lyriques.

Pre-Concert Talk: Britten Sinfonia Wednesday 7 May 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free (ticket required) Australian composer and violist Brett Dean introduces the lunchtime concert which will include the London première of his new chamber work.

Pre-Concert Performance Saturday 24 May 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (ticket required)

Behind The Music

Behind The Music

Pre-Concert Events

Pre-Concert Talk Thursday 10 July

6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

L’Arpeggiata’s director Christina Pluhar introduces the ensemble’s Purcell programme and offers an insight into their unique approach which combines Baroque music with elements of folk and jazz improvisation.

Pre-Concert Talk Friday 11 July 9.15 pm – 9.45 pm £3 An introduction to the late night performance of Olivier Messiaen’s iconic Quartet for the End of Time with musicologist and writer Nigel Simeone.

Pre-concert performance by quartets that took part in the National Youth String Quartet Weekend earlier in the year at Watford School of Music.

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Colin Currie Masterclass Friday 4 April 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Colin Currie offers the fruits of his long experience as a solo artist and ensemble leader to students from the London colleges in this masterclass session. ‘What really matters is that percussionists encourage the finest composers of all ages to create excellent repertoire’, he observes. Currie’s mission to develop the stock of first-class percussion pieces is sure to be reflected in the choice of works explored in this masterclass.

Menahem Pressler Masterclass Friday 30 May 10.30 am – 1.30 pm Saturday 31 May 10.30 am – 1.30 pm

György Pauk Masterclass

Teaching has been part of Menahem Pressler’s artistic mission for most of his long and distinguished life. In 1955, the year he helped found the Beaux Arts Trio, he joined the piano faculty at Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University and has taught there without interruption for almost sixty years. The legendary musician’s humanity, honesty and wisdom inform his tireless work as masterclass leader, invariably enriching the experience of participants and audience members alike.

Wednesday 14 May 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

£7 concessions £4 per session

£7 concessions £4

Behind The Music

Behind The Music

Masterclasses

Budapest-born violinist György Pauk moved to London in 1961 and made his Wigmore Hall debut the following year.

His influence on the development of British string playing has been immense, exercised for almost five decades as Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and in masterclass sessions around the country. He is presently Ede Zathureczky Professor of Violin at the Academy and remains in demand worldwide as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue.

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Saturday 26 April Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Clark Rundell conductor Wigmore Hall and the Royal Northern College of Music are delighted to focus on the distinguished composer Edwin Roxburgh in this unique study day. With a compositional career spanning half a century, Roxburgh has been at the forefront of British contemporary music as composer, conductor, scholar and as an exceptionally dedicated teacher.

This study day offers the chance to hear Edwin’s beautifully crafted chamber music as well as to meet him in conversation.

10.00 am – 11.00 am Edwin Edwin Edwin Edwin

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Dreamtime for solo flute and string orchestra Cantilena for oboe and piano Soliloquy 4 for solo cello Homage to Debussy for piano duet

11.30 am – 12.30 pm Edwin Roxburgh in conversation with Anthony Payne.

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Edwin Roxburgh Clarinet Quintet Edwin Roxburgh Refractions for ensemble Edwin Roxburgh Elegy for oboe, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion Edwin Roxburgh A Garland for Jane for soprano and ensemble

All tickets £5 concessions £3 (each event) or Day Ticket £10 concessions £7 In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

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Introduction to 20th-Century British Music Thursdays 1, 8, 15, 22 May 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Elgar is perhaps the musician most responsible for reversing England’s unfortunate label of ‘the land without music’, referring to the mysterious void in our musical history between the death of Purcell and the birth of Elgar. Following the birth of the most significant English composer of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten in 1913, we have seen a blossoming of this country’s output with a rich and diverse musical heritage from composers including Delius, Bax, Walton and Tippett, and from Thomas Adès to Harrison Birtwistle. Roy Stratford explores the questions ‘what makes English music distinctive?’ and ‘what is its relationship to its past?’.

Behind The Music

Behind The Music

Edwin Roxburgh Study Day

Series ticket price £24

Come and Sing: Contemporary Music Saturday 17 May 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring an exciting and diverse range of contemporary choral music. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage.

Everyone is welcome and there is no need to read music.

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Wednesday 28 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Friday 30 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Wednesday 4 June 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm ‘Chopin is the greatest of them all’ wrote Debussy, ‘for through the piano alone he discovered everything’. Linked to a recital given by Ingrid Fliter on 4 June, this Wigmore Study Group explores Chopin’s musical world, his great love of Bach, his innovative re-interpretation of 18th-century formal procedures, his passion for Italian opera and his extraordinary insight into pianism. Hosted by composer Julian Philips and pianist Laura Roberts, this Wigmore Study Group looks in detail at a selection of Chopin’s compositions over 3 afternoons, with contributions from visiting musicologists and outstanding performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 4 June.

Musical Conversations IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MORLEY COLLEGE Tuesdays 3, 10, 17 June 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm A new study series which gives the opportunity for reflection and discussion around the repertoire from a featured concert. This first series is linked to Trio Jean Paul’s concert on 10 June which features Kirchner’s arrangement of Brahms’s String Sextet in B flat Op. 18 and Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929. Group discussion is at the centre of these sessions and, with the guidance of Pauline Greene, there is the opportunity before the concert to get inside the music, unpicking the different elements and examining each part in detail. Following the performance join in a lively group discussion to share your own perspectives.

No prior musical knowledge is required.

Behind The Music

Behind The Music

Wigmore Study Group: Chopin Preludes

Series ticket price £45 (including 3 study sessions, a ticket to the evening concert on 10 June and an informal post-concert discussion)

Morley College is a leading Adult Education college in London. www.morleycollege.ac.uk

RNIB Study Day PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED MUSICIANS Thursday 3 July 10.00 am – 6.15 pm This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to develop their skills in choral leadership. The day includes talks, practical sessions and the opportunity to work with an experienced choir on the Wigmore Hall stage.

For more information and booking please contact James Risdon, RNIB Music Officer on 020 7391 2273 or email mas@rnib.org.uk Free (application required)

Watercolour of Chopin by Maria Wodzinska, 1836

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Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014 is curated by the Mental Health Foundation.

Over the month of June, the festival will explore various definitions of anxiety and the ways they are lived, perceived and represented by artists, individuals and communities. Anxiety is the most common sign of mental distress and is a mood that permeates our daily life. Since the beginning of the 20th century, anxiety has been associated with art, starting with the close relationship between early modernists and psychoanalysis. Anxiety 2014 showcases a dynamic programme of events, creating new opportunities for dialogue and creative exploration.

Tuesday 3 June 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Wednesday 18 June 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Heath Quartet; Ailish Tynan soprano

Study Afternoon

LIVING MUSIC

PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

A concert for people living with dementia and their friends, family and carers.

Psychotherapist Colin Campbell explores the roots and psychological context of performance anxiety; an issue that affects a great many musicians and other performers regardless of experience or proficiency. He will also explore the subject from a practical perspective and, in conversation with performers who have had to deal with performance anxiety, will look at ways in which it can be addressed. This study afternoon is suitable for musicians, students, or anyone who takes an interest in this area.

If you are, or someone you know is, living with dementia, please join us for this afternoon concert. The concert includes two beautiful programmes by the Heath Quartet and soprano Ailish Tynan, including works by Schubert and Beethoven. After the concert, the audience is invited to an informal reception with representatives from organisations that offer arts projects for people living with dementia, including Wigmore Hall’s Music for Life. £2

£10 concessions £6

Music for Life was founded by Linda Rose in 1993

www.anxiety2014.org

Wednesday 25 June 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Study Afternoon

Thursday 12 June 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Anxiety Arts Festival at Wigmore Hall Music offers a superb barometer for emotion. It can speak of joys and sorrows alike and, through its intricate but eloquent system of textures, timbres and harmonies, it is able to communicate the anxiety we feel when trapped between those poles.

The nightly concerts at Wigmore Hall often tap those feelings, particularly as portrayed in the yearning of so many of the songs written by Schubert and the generation that succeeded him. And when that Romantic era came to an end and the 20th century was unleashed on a seemingly unsuspecting world, rapid social, cultural and political changes made an indelible impression on everyone’s wellbeing.

Anxiety and neurosis became part of daily life, pulsing through the music of those early decades. This series of concerts and events looks at the

causes of these feelings, their manifestation in our culture and the respite and resolution that music can offer to the anxious.

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Aurora Orchestra; Loré Lixenberg Melanie Pappenheim mezzo-soprano The Mind and Soul Choir

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ANXIETY FANFARE CONCERT Michael Berkeley Three Rilke Sonnets Jocelyn Pook Anxiety Fanfare and Variations for Voices (world première) Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 This concert features the world première of Anxiety Fanfare and Variations for Voices, a new work by acclaimed composer Jocelyn Pook commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation for Anxiety 2014. The new work extends Pook’s interest in the experience of mental illness, which she explored in her ground-breaking 2012 work Hearing Voices. £7 concessions £5

ANXIETY AND MODERNISM Writer and musicologist Gavin Plumley explores the theme of anxiety and modernism through key works from Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century, including Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony and his Second String Quartet. Looking at the heady brew of social and artistic influences present in the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this study afternoon asks whether modernism was ultimately a vicious circle or a point of catharsis for the anxious Viennese. £10 concessions £6 The following concerts are linked to the festival events: Britten Sinfonia Wednesday 7 May 1.00 pm London Conchord Ensemble Monday 12 May 1.00 pm Veronika Eberle, Steven Isserlis, Michael Collins, Alexander Melnikov Friday 11 July 10.00 pm

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Schools Concerts

A CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE

The Schools Programme is supported by The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust, The Monument Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust

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

Search for the Starlight Squid

Free (ticket required)

Living Music Tuesday 3 June 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

A CONCERT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CARERS

Thursday 22 May 11.00 am – 12.00 noon KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS CONCERT Dive down into the deep blue sea and join the Lawson Piano Trio and presenter Jessie Maryon Davies for an aquatic adventure to find the starlight squid!

This underwater journey features music from Sibelius to sea shanties, and even a stormy piece created by you, the audience. £2.50 Please book through the Learning team on 020 7258 8240

For details see page 19

Westminster 100

Aperitif with Ignite

A COMMUNITY CHAMBER PERFORMANCE Wednesday 16 July

with the Heath Quartet and Ailish Tynan

EARLY EVENING CONCERT Thursday 12 June 6.00 pm – 6.30 pm Ignite, Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble, works primarily through improvisation to deliver both innovative community programmes and dynamic performances. Drop in after work to hear this vibrant ensemble perform a collection of brand new pieces from leading contemporary composers.

Free (ticket required)

Schools

Performances

Thursday 29 May 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Voiceworks

2.00 pm – Schools & Community Groups Matinee 6.30 pm – Evening Performance For details see overleaf

Chamber Zone Ticket Scheme Free tickets and workshops for schools to selected concerts – see pages 8 – 9 for details.

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and The Andor Charitable Trust

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Westminster 100 A COMMUNITY CHAMBER PERFORMANCE Wednesday 16 July

2.00 pm – Schools & Community Groups Matinee 6.30 pm – Evening Performance

Following the resounding success of Woodwose last season, this year’s Community Chamber Performance will again bring together over 140 people from across Westminster to perform together with baritone Marcus Farnsworth and Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble, Ignite. As we commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War, this year’s piece will look back to Westminster 100 years ago, uncovering personal histories and stories, sensitively exploring themes of conflict and remembrance.

2.00 pm – Free (Please book through the Learning Office on 020 7258 8240) 6.30 pm – £5 concessions £3

Supported by City Bridge Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust, The Andor Charitable Trust and The Loveday Charitable Trust.

WIGMORE HALL 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP • Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 • www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Ursula Crickmay Director of Learning • Learning Tel: 020 7258 8240 The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838 Facilities for Disabled People For full details please call 020 7258 8210