Wigmore Hall Concert Diary September 2014

Wigmore Hall Diary September 2014

Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien INSIDE:

Pierre-Laurent Aimard | Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake Joyce DiDonato & Sir Antonio Pappano | Franco Fagioli Martin Fröst | Paul Lewis | Pavel Haas Quartet The Sixteen | And many more

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Benjamin Ealovega

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

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Wigmore Hall • John Gilhooly Director The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No.1024838

Cover: Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien © Sussie Ahlburg

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Sir Antonio Pappano piano Italian songs by Haydn, Bellini, Donizetti and Santoliquido American songs by John Musto, Kern and others

Joyce DiDonato by Josef Fischnaller

Opening Concert of the 2014 /15 Season

Sir Antonio Pappano by Musacchio & Ianniello/EMI Classics

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Saturday 6 September 7.30 pm

Described by Gramophone as a ‘great, brave and inspiring artist’ and hailed as a ‘transformative presence in the arts’, Joyce DiDonato belongs to the pantheon of today’s finest singers. Her ability to connect with audiences and communicate every shade of emotion – from joyful ecstasy to profound sadness – arises from an extraordinary openness Sir Antonio Pappano and Joyce DiDonato to shared human experiences. She launches Wigmore Hall’s 2014 /15 Season with a programme rich in expressive and musical contrasts. The choice of repertoire, which includes elegant bel canto songs, showstoppers by Jerome Kern and exquisite new pieces by John Musto, reflects upon the love that Antonio and Joyce both have for the Italian and American sides of their lives, the music, and how both cultures have formed them as artists and people.

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Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2014 /15 Wigmore Series

Song Recital Series

Dvorˇák Cypresses Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 127

George Garnier

Doric String Quartet The Doric String Quartet’s pursuit of excellence and determination to penetrate deep beneath the surface of the works in their repertoire are allied to two richly expressive scores in this recital. Their programme opens with Dvorˇák’s lyrical Cypresses before entering the spiritually rich terrain of the Beethoven quartet. £12.50 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee /sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Doric String Quartet

Pavel Haas Quartet Bernarda Fink mezzo-soprano Anthony Spiri piano

Marco Borggreve

Sunday 7 September 7.30 pm

Janácˇek String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Songs by Martinu° and Dvorˇák Janácˇek Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (a selection) Pavel Haas Quartet Dorothee Falke

Folksong and the unifying power of traditional culture flowed naturally into the creative lives of the three composers in this concert. The Pavel Haas Quartet launches its Bohemia series at Wigmore Hall in company with Bernarda Fink, among the world’s finest interpreters of Czech song, and her regular duo partner Anthony Spiri.

Dorothee Falke

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Sunday 7 September 11.30 am

£30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/ Bohemia Bernarda Fink

Anthony Spiri

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Monday 8 September 7.30 pm

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Sir Antonio Pappano piano Repeat of concert on 6 September – see page 3 for full details Returns only

Song Recital Series

Russell Duncan

Sir Thomas Allen baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Sussie Ahlburg

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Tuesday 9 September 7.30 pm

70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Please note change of programme Haydn Piercing Eyes; Sympathy; She never told her love; Content Brahms O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück; Geheimnis; Die Kränze – aus Helias; An die Nachtigall; Die Schale der Vergessenheit Wolf Der Gärtner; Nimmersatte Liebe; Bei einer Trauung; Auf ein altes Bild; Gebet; Abschied Sir Thomas Allen Ravel Histoires naturelles Quilter Take, O take those lips away; O Mistress Mine; Brown is my love; My Life's Delight; Damask Roses; Fair House of Joy

Malcolm Martineau

Thomas Allen moved from his native County Durham to London half a century ago to study at the Royal College of Music. The young baritone’s remarkable talent soon flourished on the opera stage, where he swiftly secured international fame as one of the leading artists of his generation. In addition to his long list of operatic roles, Sir Thomas has cultivated a remarkably diverse recital repertoire over the course of his distinguished career and appeared many times at Wigmore Hall. He returns on the eve of his 70th birthday to perform an irresistible programme of works close to his heart. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Mozart Piano Sonata in B b K570 Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:48 Haydn Variations in F minor HXVII:6 Mozart Piano Sonata in C minor K457

Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 10 September 7.30 pm

Kristian Bezuidenhout’s extraordinary sensitivity of touch and understanding of the range of colours available on the fortepiano have become hallmarks of his sublime interpretations of late 18th-century keyboard works. He launches Wigmore Hall’s Mozart series with a programme of works conceived with the characteristic sounds of the early fortepiano in mind. £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series /The Mozart Odyssey Kristian Bezuidenhout

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Eric Richmond

Andreas Balon

Joshua Redman saxophone Wolfgang Muthspiel guitar, vocals Gwilym Simcock piano

Sim Canetty-Clarke/Hyperion Records

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Thursday 11 September 7.30 pm

Joshua Redman’s Jazz Series concludes with a special one-off performance that unites the visionary saxophonist and composer with Gwilym Simcock and Wolfgang Muthspiel, artists acclaimed for the daring and imagination of Joshua Redman Wolfgang Muthspiel Gwilym Simcock their musical invention. This concert offers an unmissable showcase presentation of the talents of three of the most innovative jazz musicians of our time. Echoes of classical and jazz traditions and traces of contemporary composition are certain to inspire their work. £30 £25 £20 £15

Joshua Redman Jazz Series

Alban Gerhardt cello Cecile Licad piano Fauré Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109 Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32 Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19

Sim Cannetty-Clarke/Hyperion Records

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Friday 12 September 7.30 pm

The works in Alban Gerhardt’s programme display contrasting creative paths taken by three composers, beginning with the impassioned drama of Fauré’s Alban Gerhardt Cecile Licad D minor Cello Sonata of 1917 and unfolding with the expressive turbulence of Saint-Saëns’s first essay in the genre. Rachmaninov’s ground-breaking Sonata for cello and piano treats both instruments as equals in pursuit of musical beauty and emotional truths. £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season /Alban Gerhardt Focus

Wolf Gebet; Begegnung; Das verlassene Mägdlein; Erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchens; Lebe wohl; Er ist’s Mahler Five Rückert Lieder Finzi Let us garlands bring Hahn A Chloris; Mai; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; D’une prison; L’heure exquise; Fêtes galantes

Benjamin Ealovega

Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano Roger Vignoles piano

Chris Gloag

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Saturday 13 September 7.30 pm

Croatian mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupic´’s perceptive Renata Pokupic´ Roger Vignoles artistry and expressive voice have delighted audiences at many of the world’s leading opera houses and festivals. She received critical praise for her interpretation of Cherubino in the Royal Opera’s recent revival of Le nozze di Figaro and won countless admirers with her recitals at Wigmore Hall over the past few seasons. £30 £25 £20 £15

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity

Song Recital Series

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Fauré Quartet Volker David Kirchner Piano Quartet No. 3 ‘Der grosse Tango’ Strauss Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 13

Mat Hennek

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Sunday 14 September 11.30 am

Volker David Kirchner’s association with the Fauré Quartet has delivered several new compositions, his third piano quartet Der grosse Tango (2012) outstanding among them. The work, with its intense mix of dance energy and lyrical lines, makes the ideal companion for the youthful exuberance of Richard Strauss’s early Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 13. £12.50 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Fauré Quartet

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 14 September 7.30 pm Marco Borggreve

Nicolas Hodges piano SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE 80TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE CONCERT Debussy Études Book I Sir Harrison Birtwistle Variations from the Golden Mountains* (world première) Mozart / Busoni Gigue, Bolero and Variations Sir Harrison Birtwistle Gigue Machine Debussy Études Book II Wigmore Hall has commissioned a major new work from Sir Harrison Birtwistle to mark his 80th birthday year. Nicolas Hodges, described by Tempo as ‘a refreshing artist’ who ‘plays the classics as if they were written yesterday, and what was written yesterday as if it were already a classic’, presents the first performance of Birtwistle’s score in company with Debussy’s sublime late collection of Études. * Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation £30 £25 £20 £15

Nicolas Hodges

London Pianoforte Series /Contemporary Music Series

Marc-André Hamelin piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D935 Godowsky Study No. 44a after Chopin Nouvelle Étude No. 1 (completed by Marc-André Hamelin) (UK première) Godowsky Studies after Chopin études for the left hand alone (Nos. 2, 13, 44 & 22)

Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Monday 15 September 1.00 pm

Marc-André Hamelin’s latest Wigmore Hall recital reflects the French-Canadian pianist’s famous sense of musical adventure and ability to create engrossing imaginary landscapes. His programme contrasts the reflective moods of Schubert’s Impromptus D935 with the febrile atmosphere, emotional intensity and technical wizardry of Leopold Godowsky’s Chopin transcriptions for left hand alone. £12.50 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Marc-André Hamelin

Monday 15 September 7.30 pm

Schubert Das Heimweh; Sehnsucht; Im Freien; Bei dir allein!; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Das Zügenglöcklein; Die Perle; Freiwilliges Versinken; Der zürnenden Diana; Lied des gefangenen Jägers; Normans Gesang; Der Wanderer; Hippolits Lied; An die Laute; An mein Klavier; Der Jüngling an der Quelle; Wie Ulfru fischt; Schlaflied; An die Freunde; Das Lied im Grünen; Der Einsame; Im Abendrot

Marco Borggreve

Benjamin Ealovega

Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake continue their Ian Bostridge Julius Drake ambitious Schubert Lieder series at Wigmore Hall, launched to critical acclaim last season. The first of two concerts in 2014/15, comprises familiar masterworks and rarely heard miniatures that span the vast expressive scope and touching humanity of Schubert’s songs. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series / Ian Bostridge Schubert Lieder

Tuesday 16 September 7.30 pm

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Mats Bäcker

Martin Fröst clarinet Apollon Musagète Quartet Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 Mozart’s fellow freemason, the clarinettist Anton Stadler, inspired the composer to create a series of late masterworks. The Clarinet Quintet in A K581 evokes a delightful celebration of lyrical melody throughout its four movements. Martin Fröst and the Apollon Musagète Quartet also explore another enduring landmark of the chamber music repertoire, Brahms’s elegiac Clarinet Quintet of 1891. £30 £25 £20 £15

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

Martin Fröst

Nicolai Lund

Chamber Music Season / Martin Fröst Artist in Residence / The Mozart Odyssey

Apollon Musagète Quartet

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Wednesday 17 September 6.00 pm

Pre-Concert Talk Renowned Purcell scholar Andrew Pinnock introduces the first concert in our major Purcell series.

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Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra Harry Christophers conductor

Molina Visuals

Wednesday 17 September 7.30 pm

PURCELL: THE INDIAN QUEEN Purcell God save our sov’reign Charles; Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (Welcome Song for King Charles II); O dive custos Auriacae domus (Ode on the death of Queen Mary) Daniel Purcell The Masque of Hymen from The Indian Queen Purcell The Indian Queen (Music for Acts 1– 5) The Sixteen

Londoners gave Charles II a fond welcome following his return to the capital from overseas exile. The Restoration period, although marked by state repression and fears of foreign invasion, gave rise to spectacular theatrical entertainments and patriotic royal celebrations.

Henry Purcell played his part in supplying thrilling compositions for the Stuart court and London stage, not least in the form of the works brought to vivid life in this concert by The Sixteen and Harry Christophers. £50 £40 £30 £20

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2014 /15 Wigmore Series

Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Paul Lewis piano Vertavo String Quartet Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 Dvorˇák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

Josep Molina /Harmonia Mundi

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Thursday 18 September 7.30 pm

Bartók’s Sixth String Quartet, begun shortly before Hitler’s forces invaded Poland in 1939, conveys a heartfelt elegy for its composer’s mother and an overriding sense of sadness at mankind’s inhumanity. Paul Lewis and the Vertavo String Quartet turn towards the better angels of human nature in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A K414, a work of irresistible optimism, and Dvorˇák’s folksong-infused Piano Quintet.

Paul Lewis

Vertavo String Quartet

£35 £30 £25 £18

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity

Chamber Music Season / Paul Lewis: A Celebration

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Parkhouse Award Winner’s Concert

Fournier Trio Beethoven Variations in E b on an Original Theme Op. 44 Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 32 Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version) The Fournier Trio gives its last concert as winner of the 2013 Parkhouse Award at Wigmore Hall on 19 September with a glorious programme celebrating 19th-century writing for piano trio from the beginning to the end of the 1800s. This is a superb young ensemble, not to be missed.

Jonathan H Williams Photography

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Friday 19 September 7.30 pm

£20 £17 £14 £10

GBZ Management

Fournier Trio

Sponsored by the Gordon Foundation and the Tertis Foundation (Reg. Charity)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book I Nos. 1–24 BWV846–869 The first book of The Well-tempered Clavier probably began life during Bach’s time as a musician serving the Weimar court.

It contains two dozen preludes and fugues in all the keys, major and minor, and stands today as one of the great monuments of western classical music, a supreme combination of tradition and innovation. Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s interpretation flows from his recent total immersion in the music during a prolonged study residency at Berlin’s Wissenschaftskolleg.

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 50 minutes in duration, without an interval

Marco Borggreve

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Saturday 20 September 7.30 pm

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

£30 £25 £20 £15 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity

London Pianoforte Series

Cuarteto Casals Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Haydn String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 Beethoven String Quartet in E b Op. 74 ‘Harp’

Molina Visuals

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Sunday 21 September 11.30 am

Cuarteto Casals opens its programme with the extreme contrasts of Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor, a work that has lost none of its power to trigger vivid emotions. The acclaimed Spanish musicians, regular guests at Wigmore Hall, also examine the intense expression of Haydn’s Op. 20 No. 5 and the restrained beauty of Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ Quartet, perhaps written as a memorial work following Haydn’s death in 1809. £12.50 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Cuarteto Casals

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Sunday 21 September 7.30 pm Julian Laidig

Franco Fagioli countertenor Academia Montis Regalis Porpora Overture from Germanico in Germania; Se tu la reggi al volo from Ezio; Overture from Agrippina; Vorrei spiegar l’affanno from Semiramide; Overture from Meride e Selinunte; Già si desta la tempesta from Didone Abbandonata; Torbido intorno al core from Meride e Selinunte Corelli Trio Sonata in E minor Op. 3 No. 7 – Grave Porpora Il pastor se torna aprile from Semiramide; Overture from Il Trionfo di Camilla; Nell’attendere il mio bene from Polifemo Born in San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina, Franco Fagioli developed his exquisite countertenor voice at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Buenos Aires. He made his international breakthrough in 2003 as winner of the Bertelsmann NEUE STIMMEN Competition and underlined his status as one of the most exciting singers of his generation with a succession of critically acclaimed operatic debuts. Fagioli’s vocal artistry and charismatic stage presence have been ideally matched to lead roles in everything from Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Ariodante to rarely heard Baroque operas. He makes his Wigmore Hall debut in works by the Neapolitan composer and singing teacher Nicola Porpora, whose pupils included Haydn and the legendary castrato Farinelli.

Wim Valcke

Franco Fagioli

£40 £35 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series

Monday 22 September 1.00 pm

Calefax reed quintet Cora Burggraaf mezzo-soprano

Mani Moreton

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Academia Montis Regalis

Copland Sentimental Melody (arr. J Althuis) Britten Cabaret Songs (arr. J Althuis) Gershwin An American in Paris (arr. R Hekkema) Weill (arr. R Hekkema): Youkali; Die Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen; Surabaya Johnny Repertoire diversity, tonal variety and sheer virtuosity belong to the special qualities cultivated by Calefax.

The Dutch reed ensemble, established in the late 1980s, joins forces for this BBC Lunchtime recital with Cora Burggraaf, recipient of the prestigious 2009 /10 ECHO Rising Star Award. The mezzo-soprano’s career has expanded in recent years to embrace acting roles and works that explore the exciting boundary spaces between music theatre, cabaret and drama.

Calefax

£12.50 concs £10

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Supported by The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cora Burggraaf

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Cuarteto Casals Mozart String Quartet in G K387 Schubert String Quartet in Bb D112 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’

Molina Visuals

Monday 22 September 7.30 pm

The last of Mozart’s so-called ‘Haydn’ Quartets is commonly known as the ‘Dissonance’, thanks to the daring harmonic clashes present in its slow introduction. The work, composed in Vienna in 1785, includes a slow movement graced by one of the most poignant of all Mozart’s melodies.

Cuarteto Casals prefaces its interpretation with Mozart’s first ‘Haydn’ Quartet and Schubert’s early String Quartet in B flat. £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

For Crying Out Loud!

FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD 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.

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Tuesday 23 September 11.00 am – 11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

£7.50 per adult – babies come free

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 23 September 7.30 pm Rosenblatt Recital Series 2014 /15

Stephen Costello tenor Danielle Orlando piano

Dario Acosta

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Cuarteto Casals

Songs and arias by Jake Heggie, Donizetti, Mozart, Tosti and Puccini ‘A prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact’ (Associated Press), Stephen Costello is the tenor of the moment. In demand from the Metropolitan Opera to the Royal Opera House for his beautiful soundand elegant vocal style, Costello provides a world-class opening to the new Rosenblatt Recitals season.

Stephen Costello

Danielle Orlando

‘A tenor of ineffable sensitivity, with unfailing elegance in singing and a disconcerting ease in producing notes in head-voice’ Opera magazine £30 £25 £20 £15

Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 6 October (Carmen Giannattasio), 6 November (Belén Elvira & Jorge de León) and 3 December (Aida Garifullina)

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Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano Donald Sulzen piano Orff Klage der Ariadne after Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna Respighi O falce di luna; Van li effluvi de le rose; Au milieu du jardin; Acqua; Crepuscolo; Stornellatrice; Pioggia Tosti Quattro canzoni d’Amaranta Poulenc La fraîcheur et le feu Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; Deux mélodies hebraïques Falla From 7 canciones populares españolas: Seguidilla murciana; Asturiana; Jota; Nana; Canción; Polo

Benjamin Ealovega

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Wednesday 24 September 7.30 pm

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Donald Sulzen

Anna Caterina Antonacci and Donald Sulzen present a programme rooted in ancient myth, dream-states and folk archetypes. The simplicity of many of these songs, Ravel’s settings of Greek and Hebrew melodies and Respighi’s sublime liriche among them, belie their power to focus minds on thoughts of transcendence and extraordinary beauty. £35 £30 £25 £18

Song Recital Series

Chloë Hanslip violin Igor Tchetuev piano

Marco Borggreve

Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases

Benjamin Ealovega

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Thursday 25 September 1.00 pm

Schnittke Suite in Old Style Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1 Medtner Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor Op. 21 British violinist Chloë Hanslip has established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. She made her Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003.

Igor Tchetuev Chloë Hanslip Igor Tchetuev was the winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in 1998 and his career takes him to all the major concert halls around the world.

Chloe and Igor have recorded Medtner’s Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 for Hyperion and Julian Haylock wrote in Sinfini: ‘The magical final section of the opening movement … is impossible to imagine it better played.’ £12.50 concs £10 10% discount when you book for 3 or more concerts in this series (see further dates below)

Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals on 16 October (Avi Avital), 27 November (Kotaro Fukuma), 5 February (Lisa Friend & Mark Kinkaid), 19 March (Madeleine Mitchell & Nigel Clayton) and 16 April (Alexei Grynyuk ) Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd

Sponsored by Krios

Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 3 ‘Jagdquartett’ Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Schubert String Quartet in G D887

Alexandra Vosding

Thursday 25 September 7.30 pm

With its pervasive echoes of Schumann’s Papillons, sparky humour and wild conclusion, Jörg Widmann’s ‘Jagdquartett’ has secured a lasting place in the contemporary chamber music repertoire since its first performance in 2003. The Tetzlaff Quartet Tetzlaff Quartet’s programme also includes the second of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets and Schubert’s mighty G major String Quartet, a work that spans the gamut of human emotions. £30 £25 £20 £15 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Free tickets for 8 – 25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, The Monument Trust and John Lyon’s Charity

Chamber Music Season / Contemporary Music Series

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Friday 26 September 7.30 pm

Young Musicians from The Purcell School Kenny Fu piano Bohena Wang piano Calla Randall flute Seo-Jin Lee voice Kai Kim double bass Juhee Yang violin Prokofiev March and Gavotte from Ten Pieces for Piano Op. 12; March from The Love for Three Oranges Op. 33 Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B minor S171 Chopin Prelude in C # minor Op. 45 Ravel Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole S254 Hüe Fantaisie pour flûte et piano CPE Bach Hamburger Sonata in G H550 David Heath Out of the cool Mozart Ridente la calma Durante Danza, danza Marcello Quella fiamme Mozart Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia K582 Eccles Sonata in G minor Bottesini Reverie Mišek Concert polonaise Ysaÿe Sonata for solo violin ‘Ballade’ in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo for violin and piano Op. 34

Pupils of The Purcell School

Solo recitals given by senior pupils at The Purcell School, one of the UKs leading specialist music schools.

The School holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture. ‘... it gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of ’ Sir Simon Rattle CBE £13 £11 £9 £8

www.purcell-school.org

Sitkovetsky Trio WIGMORE HALL LIVE CD LAUNCH CONCERT Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E b D929

Benjamin Ealovega

Saturday 27 September 1.00 pm

The members of the Sitkovetsky Trio discovered their mutual passion for chamber music during their formative years at the Yehudi Menuhin School and have cultivated it with conspicuous success since the ensemble’s foundation in 2007. Their perceptive musicianship has beguiled Wigmore Hall audiences in recent seasons and inspired critics to praise the vision and maturity of their interpretations.

All seats £15, including a free copy of the CD

Chamber Music Season

Sitkovetsky Trio

Saturday 27 September 7.30 pm

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Sussie Ahlburg

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The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

Mozart Violin Sonata in G K301; Violin Sonata in Bb K10; Violin Sonata in E b K481; Violin Sonata in G K379; Violin Sonata in F K30; Violin Sonata in C K14; Violin Sonata in E minor K304 Mozart’s output as a child prodigy included over a dozen short sonatas for keyboard, ‘which can be played with violin accompaniment’. The composer went on to create a remarkable group of sonatas in which the violin and piano form an equal alliance. Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien explore the creative brilliance of his violin sonatas as part of Wigmore Hall’s The Mozart Odyssey.

Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien

£35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Music Season/ The Mozart Odyssey

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Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Nash Ensemble NASH ENSEMBLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Martinu˚ La Revue de Cuisine (The Kitchen Revue) Dvorˇák Piano Quartet in E b Op. 87

Hanya Chlala /Arena PAL

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Sunday 28 September 11.30 am

The Nash Ensemble’s 50th Anniversary Series begins with a programme reflecting the group’s expertise in Czech music: the Suite from Martinu˚ ’s 1927 ‘jazz ballet’ La Revue de Cuisine, with its Tango and Charleston, followed by Dvorˇák’s Second Quartet for piano and strings, with its variegated colours and warm melodies. £12.50 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Nash Ensemble

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert / Nash Ensemble 50th Anniversary Season

Sunday 28 September 4.00 pm

Leslie Howard piano Sibelius Piano Sonata in F Op. 12 Glazunov Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 75 Liszt Quatre valses oubliées S215; Petite Valse ‘Nachspiel zu den drei vergessenen Walzer’ S695e; Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l’opéra Les Huguenots (Réminiscences des Huguenots) S412iii Leslie Howard has devised another fascinating programme from the less-trammelled reaches of the Romantic piano repertoire, including marvellous sonatas by Sibelius and Glazunov – exact contemporaries (and great drinking buddies!), wistful and prophetic waltzes from Liszt’s final years, and a powerful operatic fantasy from Liszt’s time as a travelling virtuoso and musical missionary.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, with an interval £30 £25 £20 £15 Leslie Howard

London Pianoforte Series

Robert Levin fortepiano Mozart Piano Sonata in F K533/494 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90 Mozart Piano Sonata in D K576

Ascherman

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Monday 29 September 1.00 pm

Robert Levin’s insightful interpretations are supported by tireless scholarship and long experience. His BBC Lunchtime recital offers the chance to hear his latest thoughts on three Viennese masterworks.

The harmonic daring of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in F and contrapuntal ingenuity of his final work in the genre, the Piano Sonata in D, are presented in company with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27, known for its dialogue between cool logic and unrestrained emotion. £12.50 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Robert Levin

Monday 29 September 7.30 pm Jonas Sack

The English Concert Rachel Podger director, violin Bach Sinfonia from Cantata BWV42 ‘Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats’ Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 9 No. 12 Telemann Sonata in E minor Vivaldi Concerto in D minor RV566 Bach Concerto in A minor for violin BWV1041 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for violin, oboe, recorder, bassoon and continuo RV105 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049 Following its 40th Anniversary Season, when illustrious founding members Trevor Pinnock and Simon Standage were welcomed back, The English Concert continues its series of reunions by inviting former leader Rachel Podger to direct the orchestra. Podger’s joyful virtuosity ideally suits this programme, combining solo concertos by Bach and Vivaldi with ensemble pieces that offer principal players of The English Concert the chance to shine. £35 £30 £25 £18

Early Music and Baroque Series Richard Haughton

Rachel Podger

The English Concert

Wigmore Series Debut

Behzod Abduraimov piano Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23; Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38; Ballade No. 3 in A b Op. 47; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Debussy Children’s Corner Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

Benjamin Ealovega /Decca Classics

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Tuesday 30 September 7.30 pm

Behzod Abduraimov’s jaw-dropping technical brilliance is complemented by the subtle eloquence of his musicianship. The Uzbek artist, born in 1990, stormed to spectacular success as winner of the 2009 London International Piano Competition. Behzod’s programme contains some of the most demanding works in the keyboard repertoire, crowned by the mysterious poetic soundworld of Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit. £30 £25 £20 £15

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

London Pianoforte Series

Behzod Abduraimov

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Family Concerts this autumn at Wigmore Hall Imaginative and inspiring performances to engage adults and children alike …

Dominic Harlan: Solitary Hotel Thursday 30 October 11.00 am – 12.00 noon For ages 7 plus Pianist and presenter Dominic Harlan takes you on a thrilling journey into the world of song with stories of convicts, smugglers, young violinists, hotel guests and a nine year-old boy.

Adults £9 Children £7

In the lead up to his concert above, join Dominic and singers from the Royal Academy of Music for a Family Sing ( ages 7 plus) on Saturday 18 October 10.30 am – 12.30 pm, repeated 1.30 pm – 4.00 pm.

Adults £9 Children £7

Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives: Stan and Mabel Saturday 8 November 11.00 am – 12.00 noon repeated 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm For ages 4 plus Join music-loving dog and cat, Stan and Mabel for another irresistible adventure based on the book by Jason Chapman and with music by BASCA award-winning composer Paul Rissman alongside pieces by Rossini, Mozart and Delibes.

Adults £9 Children £7

Wigmore Hall Box Office www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Tel: 020 7935 2141 Family concerts are supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust Background image: www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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New Release on Wigmore Hall Live

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How to get to Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 John Gilhooly OBE Director The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity No. 1024838 Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.

Buses A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas.

Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five minute walk from the Hall.

Wigmore Hall par ticipates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website.

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

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