Wigmore Hall Diary May 2016

May 2016 Takács Quartet INSIDE: Joshua Bell | Sophie Bevan | Florian Boesch Sarah Connolly | Heath Quartet Angelika Kirchschlager | Elisabeth Leonskaja Robert Levin | Igor Levit | Pavel Haas Quartet Marlis Petersen | Quatuor Mosaïques

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Cover: Takács Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega

London Haydn Quartet Haydn String Quartet in Bb Op. 55 No. 3 Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’

Giorgia Bertazzi

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Sunday 1 May 11.30 am

Haydn’s Op. 55 No. 3, created in 1788, uses turbulent chromatic harmonies to evoke strong inner feelings. The London Haydn Quartet, one of the world’s leading period-instrument chamber groups, performs the work in company with Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ Quartet, written soon after Haydn’s death in 1809 as a tribute to the late composer’s remarkable artistic legacy. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry/juice London Haydn Quartet

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Konstantin Lifschitz piano Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004); Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 Couperin 7e ordre from Second livre de pièces de clavecin Schumann Carnaval Op. 9

Sona Andreasyan

Sunday 1 May 7.30 pm

Born in the Soviet Union in 1976, Konstantin Lifschitz studied at the famous Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow. The recording of a recital he gave shortly after he graduated was nominated for a Grammy Award and helped launch his glittering international career.

This programme reflects the breadth of his pianism, ranging from Brahms’s homages to Bach and Handel, to evocative miniatures by Couperin and Schumann.

Konstantin Lifschitz

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Sibelius Four Pieces Op. 78 Pe¯teris Vasks Maza vasaras muzika (Little Summer Music) Einojuhani Rautavaara Summer Thoughts Nielsen Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 Lauma and Baiba Skride’s lunchtime programme includes a beguiling suite of pieces by their fellow Latvian, Pe¯teris Vasks. The changing moods and sultry lyricism of Maza vasaras muzika serve as a broad bridge between the melodic charms of Sibelius’s Op. 78 and the dark intensity of Nielsen’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in G minor.

Marco Borggreve

Baiba Skride violin Lauma Skride piano

Marco Borggreve

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Monday 2 May 1.00 pm

Baiba Skride

Lauma Skride

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Colin Jackson

Alexander Janiczek violin Llyˆr Williams piano

Benjamin Ealovega

Monday 2 May 7.30 pm

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Alexander Janiczek and Llyˆr Williams’s duo partnership has developed over many years. These strikingly individual artists offer a programme of inspired masterworks, from the songful charms of Brahms’s Second Violin Sonata and dance-infused spirit of Bartók’s Second Violin Sonata to the inspired thematic invention and thrilling energy of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata.

Alexander Janiczek

Llyˆr Williams

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

Vivaldi La Senna festeggiante RV693 Vivaldi’s stylish serenata ‘The Seine rejoicing’ was commissioned for performance at the French Ambassador’s residence in Venice. With its extraordinarily colourful score, La Senna festeggiante mixes Italianate vitality and panache with French elegance in a splendid fusion of European musical styles. David Wilson-Johnson leads a top-rank cast in this performance.

Claire Newman Williams

Raphaelle Photography

Julia Doyle

Hilary Summers

David Wilson-Johnson

Tom Robson

Annelies van der Vecht

The King’s Consort Robert King conductor Julia Doyle soprano (La Virtù) Hilary Summers contralto (L’Età dell’Oro) David Wilson-Johnson bass (La Senna) Tom Robson tenor (Chorus)

Keith Saunders

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Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pm

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series The King’s Consort

The Endellion String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Mozart String Quartet in A K464 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22

Eric Richmond

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Wednesday 4 May 7.30 pm

The Endellion String Quartet explores Haydn’s brilliant and exhilarating ‘Fifths’ quartet before turning to Mozart’s sublime and profound K464, which was lovingly dedicated to Haydn and deeply appreciated by him. The ensemble concludes its Wigmore Hall series this season with Tchaikovsky’s gripping and melodious quartet, which speaks straight to the heart. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

The Endellion String Quartet

The Endellion String Quartet concert series at Wigmore Hall is sponsored by Lark Insurance Group

Chamber Music Season

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Igor Levit piano Busoni Fantasia after J S Bach BV253; Elegien BV249 Bach From The Art of Fugue BWV1080: Contrapunctus 1; Contrapunctus 4; Contrapunctus 11 Busoni Fantasia contrappuntistica BV256

Gregor Hohenberg

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Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm

Igor Levit’s interpretations combine high intelligence and technical mastery with creative imagination and insight. His choice of works embraces the visionary contrapuntal writing of Bach’s The Art of Fugue and concludes with Busoni’s majestic homage to the same. It also includes the free-flowing Fantasia after Bach, written soon after the death of Busoni’s father in 1909. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series /Igor Levit Perspectives Friday 6 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study Group THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BÉLA BARTÓK Immerse yourself in the chamber music works of Béla Bartók, which though few in number contributed greatly to his stature as a composer. Bartók's six string quartets have been compared to late Beethoven in their uncompromising inner logic and rugged beauty, and are often seen as an intimate musical diary of his life.

His chamber music with piano reflects his career as a performer, from the elusive violin sonatas to the much-loved Contrasts, commissioned by Benny Goodman.

Béla Bartók

These sessions (6, 11 and 13 May) are hosted by composer Julian Philips with pianist Laura Roberts and student performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber Music Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

Marlis Petersen soprano Jendrik Springer piano

Y. Mavropoulos

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Igor Levit

Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Strauss Die Georgine; Weisser Jasmin; Die Verschwiegenen; Die Zeitlose; Frühlingsgedränge; Drei Lieder der Ophelia; Mädchenblumen Wolfgang Rihm Das Rot Marlis Petersen studied piano and flute, making her mark with a series of prize-winning performances in Germany’s Jugend musiziert competition. She discovered her passion for singing while studying music education in Stuttgart and subsequently broadened her artistic horizons with lessons in jazz dance and Marlis Petersen and Jendrik Springer tap dancing. Her jaw-dropping coloratura caused a sensation following her operatic debut in 1994, while her vocal and stage presence have since drawn acclaim to roles as diverse as Berg’s Lulu, Mozart’s Susanna, Strauss’s Zerbinetta and Reimann’s Medea. This Wigmore Hall recital surveys nine Strauss songs and probes the vivid psychological worlds of two landmark song-cycles, Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben and Wolfgang Rihm’s Das Rot. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Song Recital Series/Contemporary Music Series

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SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE STUDY DAY Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music; Clark Rundell conductor

Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL

Saturday 7 May 10.30 am – 3.00 pm

The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted to welcome one of the seminal musical figures of our time, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, for a day of concerts and discussions. With masterpieces spanning the full range of genres, from chamber music to grand opera and from music theatre to solo instrumental works, the dramatic power of Birtwistle’s music thrills audiences around the globe and continues to inspire the newest generation of composers to match his daring, challenging and communicative output.

The study day will feature chamber music and songs personally selected

by Sir Harrison for performance by the students from the RNCM. 10.30 am – 11.30 am Sir Harrison Birtwistle Duets for Storab (for two flutes); Five Distances (for wind quintet); Trio (for piano, violin and cello) Sir Harrison Birtwistle

12 noon – 1.00 pm In conversation: a glimpse into the life and works of Sir Harrison Birtwistle with Fiona Maddocks.

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Sir Harrison Birtwistle Pulse Sampler (for oboe and claves); Songs by Myself (for soprano and chamber ensemble); Fantasia upon all the notes (for flute, clarinet, string quartet and harp); The Woman and the Hare (for soprano, reciter and ensemble) All tickets £5 concs £3 (each event) or Day ticket £10 concs £7

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Contemporary Music Series Saturday 7 May 7.30 pm

Quatuor Mosaïques; Robert Levin fortepiano Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1 Beethoven Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 16 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb K449 Since its formation in 1985, Quatuor Mosaïques has pursued the highest technical standards and artistic goals.

The period-instrument ensemble makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall in partnership with fortepianist Robert Levin. Their programme includes the popular and profound musical blend of Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 1 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto K449 in its version for piano and string quartet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Wolfgang Krautzer

Ascherman

Chamber Music Season

Quatuor Mosaïques

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Robert Levin

Jennifer Koh violin Bach Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud) Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Jürgen Frank

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Sunday 8 May 11.30 am

Emotional intensity, technical command and intellectual curiosity belong to Jennifer Koh’s formidable artistic arsenal. The American violinist has garnered critical praise with her readings of Bach’s music and exploration of works inspired by Bach. Her irresistible Coffee Concert programme pairs two of Bach’s solo Partitas with Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata in A minor, which opens with a quote from Bach’s Partita No. 3. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Jennifer Koh

Sunday 8 May 7.30 pm Wolfgang Krautzer

Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 David String Quartet in A minor Op. 32 Mendelssohn String Quartet in Eb Op. 12 Quatuor Mosaïques begins this recital with the fifth of Haydn’s Op. 33 quartets, a winning mix of symphonic grandeur, pathos and high-spirited fun. The period-instrument quartet also offers a rare chance to hear the String Quartet in A minor Op. 32 by Mendelssohn’s friend, the violinist-composer Ferdinand David, a work hallmarked by its lyrical invention and dramatic contrasts.

Quatuor Mosaïques

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano James Sherlock piano Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 Clara Schumann Scherzo No. 2 in C minor Op. 14 Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Schönheit; Lorelei Robert Schumann Blondels Lied; Hoch, hoch sind die Berge; Waldesgespräch Jake Heggie Pablo Picasso: Head of a Woman, 1932; Euclid; The Haughty Snail-King; What the Rattlesnake Said; The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky (What the little girl said); Winged Victory: We’re through

Nikolaus Karlinsky

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Monday 9 May 1.00 pm

Angelika Kirchschlager

James Sherlock

Jake Heggie, born in Florida in 1961, made his international breakthrough as composer of the opera Dead Man Walking.

Angelika Kirchschlager’s lunchtime programme projects the heartfelt melodies and sophisticated harmonic language of Heggie’s songs, together with Grieg’s sublime settings of German poetry and a selection of songs by Clara and Robert Schumann.

All seats £15

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Monday 9 May 7.30 pm

Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School This year’s graduating students and other pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School perform a varied programme of solos and chamber music for string instruments and piano. £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 The Yehudi Menuhin School

Pictured right: The Yehudi Menuhin School graduating students

Tuesday 10 May 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm

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Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric Suite The Tana String Quartet and soprano Julia Sitkovetsky join writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite for string quartet and soprano in this visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital. Composed in 1926 the work was Berg’s love letter to his mistress, Hanna Fuchs. As dramatic as any opera, the quartet features various numerical, musical and textual codes, including a song, concealed within its final movement. This lecture-recital, accompanied by projections from the stage, will read between the ledger lines and unlock the secrets behind one of the Second Viennese School’s most passionate scores.

All seats £15

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Pictured right: Painting of Alban Berg by Arnold Schoenberg

Tuesday 10 May 7.30 pm

Joshua Bell violin Sam Haywood piano Vitali Chaconne in G minor Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Additional works to be announced from the stage Described by The Strad as ‘the one who will be remembered in fifty years’ time’ and praised by the Boston Herald as ‘the greatest American violinist active today’, Joshua Bell has achieved the highest distinction as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and orchestral leader. The breadth of his musical interests is reflected in everything from his vast repertoire and discography of over 40 recordings to his work as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Bell’s mature artistry is directed in this recital to a programme that calls for musical and psychological insight, flights of virtuosity and sustained lyricism.

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Lise Marie Mazzucco

Panos Damaskinidis

Chamber Music Season

Joshua Bell

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Sam Haywood

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Wednesday 11 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study Group THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BÉLA BARTÓK See 6 May for full details.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber Music Béla Bartók

Heath Quartet Bartók String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 5

Kaupo Kikkas

Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm

Bartók blurred the barriers between art and folk music, romanticism and modernism, and diverse cultures of East and West in his six string quartets, among the twentieth century’s greatest musical Heath Quartet creations. The Heath Quartet’s complete cycle opens with the First String Quartet, a modern successor to Beethoven’s late quartets, and goes on to explore the haunting dissonances and striking symmetries of the Fifth, written in 1934. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the American Friends of Wigmore Hall

Chamber Music Season/Bartók Chamber Music

Artists in Conversation Composer and pianist Ryan Wigglesworth joins us in conversation with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly to give an insight into the creation and performance of his new work Echo and Narcissus, which receives its London première in the evening concert. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Mark Padmore tenor Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano Ryan Wigglesworth piano

Matt Smith Photography

Please note change of artist

Benjamin Ealovega

Thursday 12 May 7.30 pm Marco Borggreve

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Thursday 12 May 6.00 pm

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Ryan Wigglesworth Echo and Narcissus* (London première) Janácˇek The Diary of One who Disappeared Mark Padmore

Victoria Simmonds

Ryan Wigglesworth

*Co-commissioned by Aldeburgh Music, Musik im Reisen, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Ryan Wigglesworth, English National Opera’s Composer in Residence, was inspired to write Echo and Narcissus after reading Ted Hughes’s Tales from Ovid. He eventually settled on his ideal setting, complete with dialogue, narrative and reflection, after performing Janácˇek’s The Diary of One who Disappeared. Mark Padmore and Victoria Simmonds join Wigglesworth for the work’s London première. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series /Contemporary Music Series

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Friday 13 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

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Wigmore Study Group THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BÉLA BARTÓK See 6 May for full details.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber Music Béla Bartók

Heath Quartet Bartók String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 6

Kaupo Kikkas

Friday 13 May 7.30 pm

Bartók interrupted work on his Sixth Quartet on hearing news of the Nazi-Soviet pact in August 1939. He returned to it in the early months of the Second World War, creating a composition all the more intense for its simplicity and sense of nostalgia. The Heath Quartet presents the Heath Quartet piece in company with the Second Quartet, inspired by Bartók’s folk music studies, and the oceanic invention of his Fourth Quartet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the American Friends of Wigmore Hall

Chamber Music Season Saturday 14 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

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Roald Reimagined FAMILY DAY For ages 5 plus

Hannah Bishop leads a day in which families are invited to explore the wonderful world of Roald Dahl as we celebrate 100 years since his birth. Step inside the inventing room and create your own musical retelling of your favourite story!

Children £10 Adults £15

Benjamin Ealovega

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Family Day

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Saturday 14 May 7.30 pm Giorgia Bertazzi

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

Takács Quartet Lawrence Power viola Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 14 in A b Op. 105 Webern Langsamer Satz Dvorˇák String Quintet in E b Op. 97

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists, the members of the Takács Quartet are joined for a recital by Lawrence Power, one of the world’s foremost viola players. They will perform Dvorˇák’s String Quintet in E flat Op. 97, written during the composer’s memorable summertime visit in 1893 to Spillville, Iowa. Although homesick for his native Bohemia, Dvorˇák was enchanted by the sights and sounds of the American Lawrence Power countryside and channelled his deep affection for Spillville into his quintet’s tonal warmth and flowing lyricism. The Takács also explores the composer’s final String Quartet, conceived in New York and completed on his return to Prague in 1895, and the yearning expression of Webern’s Langsamer Satz. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by Gerry Wakelin and Ivor Samuels

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Keith Saunders

Chamber Music Season

Takács Quartet

Modigliani Quartet Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1; String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2

Sylvie Lancrenon

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Sunday 15 May 11.30 am

The Modigliani Quartet, formed in 2003, has been praised for its ‘sovereign and extremely supple’ balance and uncanny attention to phrasing, articulation and ensemble. The group turns its collective artistry to two of the three string quartets Schumann wrote in the summer of 1842 following his close study of Beethoven’s late quartets and the quartets of Haydn and Mozart. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Modigliani Quartet

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Clive Barda

Natalie Watts

The world of Greek myth, of gods and mortals, is brought to life in the first of two all-Schubert recitals. Hector’s moving farewell to his wife and son precedes the bloody battles recounted by Homer in The Iliad. Schiller transposed the scene to the eve of the Trojan hero’s ill-fated duel with Achilles in his ‘Hektors Abschied’, the dramatic moment enhanced by the noble dignity of Schubert’s setting.

Kitty Whately Maximilian Van London

Ailish Tynan

Schubert Hektors Abschied; Hermann und Thusnelda; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (1st version, fragment); Philoktet; Antigone und Oedip; Uraniens Flucht; Dithyrambe

Benjamin Hulett Malcolm Crowthers

Ailish Tynan soprano Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor James Platt bass Graham Johnson piano

Benjamin Ealovega

Sunday 15 May 6.00 pm

James Platt

Graham Johnson

All seats £5

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Clive Barda

Sophie Bevan soprano Graham Johnson piano Matthew Hunt clarinet

Sussie Ahlburg

Sunday 15 May 7.30 pm

Schubert Cora an die Sonne; Der Morgenkuss; Abendständchen: An Lina; An die Sonne THE EARLY MIGNON SONGS 1815–16 Schubert Sehnsucht (D310a); Sehnsucht (D310b); Kennst du das Land; Sehnsucht (D359); So lasst mich scheinen Sophie Bevan Graham Johnson Matthew Hunt (2 fragments) (D469); Sehnsucht (D481); Vedi quanto adoro; Pax vobiscum; Das Marienbild; Vom Mitleiden Mariä; Marie; Suleika I & II; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Sophie Bevan and Graham Johnson build their programme around Schubert’s early settings of songs of the enigmatic Mignon from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. They also explore the dramatic contrasts of the aria ‘Vedi quanto adoro’, a highly charged setting of words from Metastasio’s libretto Didone abbandonata, and close with ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’, Schubert’s magisterial blend of German and Italian vocal styles. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Jerusalem Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Bartók String Quartet No. 6

Felix Broede

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Monday 16 May 1.00 pm

Thematic economy and formal unity are common to the works in the Jerusalem Quartet’s lunchtime programme. Beethoven builds the elaborate first and slow movements of his Op. 18 No. 2 from simple melodic ideas; Bartók, meanwhile, prefaces the four movements of his String Quartet No. 6 with the same melancholy theme and uses it as the foundation for the work’s introspective finale.

All seats £15

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Jerusalem Quartet

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Monday 16 May 7.30 pm Jack Liebeck

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

Takács Quartet Lawrence Power viola Repeat of concert on 14 May £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2015 /16 Wigmore Series

Chamber Music Season

Lawrence Power

Tuesday 17 May 11.00 am – 11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

For Crying Out Loud!

FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and their babies to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment.

Benjamin Ealovega

Adults £7.50 (babies come free)

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Tuesday 17 May 6.00 pm

Artists in Conversation Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence Jean-Guihen Queyras discusses his residency and life as a performer with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly. £4

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Jean-Guihen Queyras Artist in Residence

Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 Martinu˚ Duo for violin and cello No. 1 H157 Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Piano Quartet in E b Op. 47 ‘I am absolutely crazy about Schumann’, notes Jean-Guihen Queyras, ‘and his Piano Quartet is one of the masterworks of music. So this was the piece I wanted above all to experience with this wonderful group of colleagues.’ Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence shares the stage with three outstanding fellow musicians, and partners Lisa Batiashvili in Martinu˚ ’s exquisite Duo.

Eric Larrayadieu/Naïve

Lisa Batiashvili

Antoine Tamestit Benjamin Ealovega

Lisa Batiashvili violin Antoine Tamestit viola Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Jonathan Biss piano

Sammy Hart/DG

Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pm

Marco Borggreve

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Takács Quartet

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

Jean-Guihen Queyras

Jonathan Biss

This concert is followed by the annual Patron Friends dinner.

To book for the dinner contact the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230.

Chamber Music Season

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Side by Side The Prince Consort and Students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Richard Ecclestone

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Wednesday 18 May 1.00 pm – 2.00pm

Brahms Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52 Stephen Hough Other Love Songs

The Prince Consort is renowned for its imaginative programming, world-class performances and its original approach to commissioning new works. The ensemble is also passionate about helping the next generation of singers and pianists. For this project, members of the The Prince Consort ensemble and Stephen Hough have worked with students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and ensemble perform side by side.

All seats £5

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Lukas Beck

Florian Boesch baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Russell Duncan

Wednesday 18 May 7.30 pm

Schubert Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Der Pilgrim; Die Wallfahrt; Gesänge des Harfners; Hoffnung (Schaff’ das Tagwerk meiner Hände); Auf dem See (D543); Am Flusse; Greisengesang; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Dithyrambe; Rastlose Liebe; Geheimes; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Du liebst mich nicht; Abendstern; Florio; Der Kreuzzug; Das Heimweh; Herbst; Das Grab; Litanei; Seligkeit Florian Boesch

Malcolm Martineau

For his second recital in the Schubert: The Complete Songs series, Florian Boesch surveys the harper’s heart-moving songs from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. The German baritone, among the finest Lieder interpreters of his generation, also explores other settings of verse by Goethe and Schiller, crowned by the latter’s ‘Dithyrambe’, which was first performed the day after Schubert’s death at the Musikverein in Vienna. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

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Thursday 19 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

YCAT Public Final Auditions 2016 YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST (YCAT): DENTIFYING, NURTURING, PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In this third and final round, outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected from YCAT Public Final over 100 applicants in the preliminary and semi-final rounds, audition before Auditions 2016 a distinguished panel of judges. At a critical time in their development YCAT offers guidance and advice alongside a full artist management service to selected artists for 3–5 years. Previous artists include Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom, Joanna MacGregor, Llyˆr Williams and the Belcea, Heath and Doric string quartets. £10 concs £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions) Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)

YCAT is grateful for support from the Paul Woodhouse Fund, the Anthony Nesbitt Fund, and the legacy of Richard Oake for this series

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Louis Lortie piano

ELIAS

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Friday 20 May 7.00 pm NB starting time

Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 According to the Daily Telegraph’s five-star review, Louis Lortie ‘made the walls shake’ with his performances of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ and Liszt’s B minor Sonata at Wigmore Hall in 2015. The French-Canadian artist returns with another richly endowed programme, complete with the minor-keyed turbulence of Mozart’s K310, written in Paris in 1778, and Brahms’s monumental F minor Piano Sonata. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series

Louis Lortie

Szilvia Csibi

Kuss Quartet Miklós Perényi cello

Molina Visuals

Friday 20 May 10.00 pm

Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Wigmore Lates returns with Schubert’s peerless String Quintet in C, given by the Berlin-based Kuss Quartet and Miklós Perényi, an outstanding figure among Hungarian musicians. This event provides the chance to hear one of the greatest of Kuss Quartet all chamber compositions performed by artists deeply immersed in the work’s expressive gestures and spiritual essence.

Miklós Perényi

All seats £15

Wigmore Lates

Akiko Suwanai violin Enrico Pace piano

Marco Borggreve

Avex Recital Series

Takaki Kumada

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Saturday 21 May 1.00 pm

Mozart Violin Sonata in A K305 Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Takemitsu Hika Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano The second of three lunchtime concerts in the Avex Recital Series features violinist, Akiko Suwanai (the youngest ever Akiko Suwanai Enrico Pace winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition) and pianist, Enrico Pace in a programme featuring works by Mozart, Grieg and Franck. The duo will also perform Hika

by Toru Takemitsu marking the 20th anniversary of the composer’s death.

‘The orchestra seemed to wrap itself around soloist Akiko Suwanai, a wonderful player who seemed rather more wonderful with the Philadelphians framing her.’ (David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, May 2014) All seats £20

This concert will be 90 minutes in duration, without an interval.

Presented by Avex Classics International.

Avex Recital Series is kindly sponsored by Tarisio – Fine Instruments and Bows Tickets also on sale for concerts in the Avex Recital Series on 16 April (Nobuyuki Tsujii piano) and Saturday 18 June (Sayaka Shoji violin & Jonathan Gilad piano).

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Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 David Lang Mystery Sonatas* (excerpts) (UK première) Janácˇek Violin Sonata André Previn Tango Song and Dance

Rosalie O’Connor

Augustin Hadelich violin Charles Owen piano

John Batten

Saturday 21 May 7.30 pm

*Commissioned by Carnegie Hall

Music’s mystical nature and power to move in ways not available to other art forms inform Augustin Hadelich’s Augustin Hadelich Charles Owen programme. The German violinist’s recital includes movements from David Lang’s Mystery Sonatas, which Hadelich first performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014, and Janácˇek’s Violin Sonata, created as the composer’s response to the carnage of World War One. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Antonio Meneses cello Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008 Piatti 12 Caprices Op. 25 (Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 5) Cassadó Suite for solo cello

Clive Barda

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Sunday 22 May 11.30 am

Born into a family of musicians in Brazil, Antonio Meneses achieved his international breakthrough as winner of the first prize and gold medal at the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He returns to Wigmore Hall to perform a group of works drawn from the heart of his repertoire, including the high-spirited Suite by the Spanish cellist-composer Gaspar Cassadó. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Antonio Meneses

Mikael Wiberg

Jan Northoff

Danusha Waskiewicz

Malin Broman Fritz Kok

Veronika Eberle

Quirine Viersen

Rick Stotijn Branko Hrkacˇ

Schubert Salve Regina in A D676 Webern Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben Pergolesi Salve Regina in C minor Schubert Octet in F D803

Anna Prohaska Marco Borggreve

Anna Prohaska soprano Veronika Eberle violin Malin Broman violin Danusha Waskiewicz viola Quirine Viersen cello Rick Stotijn double bass Pascal Moraguès clarinet Marco Postinghel bassoon Radovan Vlatkovic´ horn

Holger Hage/DG

Sunday 22 May 7.30 pm

Webern described ‘Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben’, the Pascal Moraguès Marco Postinghel Radovan Vlatkovic´ second of his Three Pieces for string quartet, as a response to the appearance of an angel. Webern’s contemplative miniature for voice and strings serves in this recital as a bridge between two settings of the ancient Salve Regina text and points to the blissful mood of Schubert’s six-movement Octet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season

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Monday 23 May 1.00 pm

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Pekka Kuusisto violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello Bach Two-part inventions BWV772– 86 transcribed for violin and cello (a selection) Jörg Widmann 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2) a selection) Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and former BBC New Generation Artist Nicolas Altstaedt span almost three centuries of music for violin and cello. A selection of Bach’s Two-Part Inventions are interwoven with excerpts from Jörg Widmann’s aphoristic 24 Duos for violin and cello, completed in 2008. The programme is completed with Ravel’s Sonata, dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy. £13 concs £11

Marco Borggreve

Kaapo Kamu

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Pekka Kuusisto

Nicolas Altstaedt

Classical Opera Ian Page conductor Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano

Nancy Glor

Monday 23 May 7.30 pm

CHE PURO CIEL

Ann Hallenberg performs a beguiling selection of arias by Gluck and Mozart, culminating in Sesto’s magnificent ‘Deh, per questo istante solo’ from La clemenza di Tito. Classical Opera’s programme also includes two superb yet rarely performed minor-key symphonies from Hallenberg and Page’s homelands – the intense and fiery C minor Symphony by Kraus, ‘the Swedish Mozart’, and a G minor Symphony by Mozart’s friend and mentor, ‘the London Bach’.

Ann Hallenberg Sheila Rock

Gluck Resta, o cara from Il trionfo di Clelia; O del mio dolce ardor from Paride ed Elena Kraus Symphony in C minor Gluck Che puro ciel from Orfeo ed Euridice; Misera dove son ...

Ah, non son io from Ezio Mozart Che scompiglio, che flagello from La finta semplice; Dunque sperar poss’io ... Il tenero momento from Lucio Silla JC Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 Mozart Se l’augellin sen fugge from La finta giardiniera; Deh, per questo istante solo from La clemenza di Tito

£40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series Ian Page

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Cédric Tiberghien piano

Jean-Baptiste Millot

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Tuesday 24 May 7.30 pm

Bartók 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op. 20; Piano Sonata; Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík György Kurtág Hommage à Bartók; All’ongherese (Hommage à Gösta Neuwirth) Bartók Sonatina György Kurtág Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (3) (Evocation of Petrushka); Five-finger play – chromatic exercise; Pen Drawing, Valediction to Erzsébet Schaár; Orosz Tánc (Russian Dance) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 122–127 György Kurtág La fille aux cheveux de lin – enrage; A flower for Márta; Face to Face (Demény János in memoriam) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 128 –133 György Kurtág Perpetuum mobile; ... et encore une fois: Fleurs nous sommes ...; Cédric Tiberghien Gallop; Knots (2); Les Adieux (in Janácˇek’s Manier) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 134–139 György Kurtág Flower and Thistle to S.W.; András Hajdú is 60; The very last conversation with László Dörnyei Bartók 6 Romanian Folk Dances Bartók’s systematic knowledge of Hungarian and Romanian folk music shaped the development of his own musical language. He collected thousands of melodies during field trips and incorporated many of them in works such as 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs and 6 Romanian Folk Dances. Cédric Tiberghien’s recital also includes selections from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos and Kurtág’s Játékok, educational pieces also intended for performance. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series/Contemporary Music Series/Bartók Chamber Music

Sing a Story RECEPTION & KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS CONCERT All aboard the story train! Music leader John Webb returns with actor Charlotte Mafham and a cast of marvellous musicians for a journey through songs and stories, bringing both well-loved and new tales to life in this musical train ride for Reception and Key Stage 1 children and their teachers.

Benjamin Ealovega

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Wednesday 25 May 11.00 am – 12 noon Repeated 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

£3.50 Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Jack Liebeck violin Katya Apekisheva piano

John Batten

Wednesday 25 May 7.30 pm

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Bridge Violin Sonata Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor; Clair de lune from Fêtes galantes Book I John Corigliano Violin Sonata Frank Bridge’s bitter-sweet Violin Sonata, the fine product of prolonged creative struggle, received its first performance in London in January 1934. Jack Liebeck pairs the piece here with Beethoven’s C minor Violin Sonata, a work filled with Jack Liebeck Katya Apekisheva defiance, anxiety and pathos. The recital closes with John Corigliano’s youthful Violin Sonata, winner of the 1964 Festival of Two Worlds chamber music prize. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season

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Voiceworks A CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE Now in its tenth 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.

www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Thursday 26 May 1.00 pm – 1.50 pm

Visit www.voiceworks.org.uk for more details Free (ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Martinu˚ String Quartet No. 3 Dvorˇák String Quartet in D minor Op. 34 Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44

Marco Borggreve

Pavel Haas Quartet Denis Kozhukhin piano

Marco Borggreve

Thursday 26 May 7.30 pm

Over the past decade the Pavel Haas Quartet has attracted an international following to its award-winning recordings, and has beguiled audiences with performances acclaimed for their freshness and insight. The Czech ensemble is joined by Denis Kozhukhin, winner of the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition, in Schumann’s evergreen Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44.

Pavel Haas Quartet

Denis Kozhukhin

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

Melanie Paul

Miah Persson soprano Joseph Breinl piano

Mina Artistbilder

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Friday 27 May 7.30 pm

Schubert Die abgeblühte Linde; Der Flug der Zeit; Vier Canzonen; Am See; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Lied der Delphine; Wiegenlied (D867); Im Freien Sjögren Sechs Lieder aus Julius Wolff’s Tannhäuser Songs by Strauss Schubert’s high regard for Italian music surfaces in many of his songs and is clearly present in his Vier Canzonen, written as singing exercises for the future wife of one of his dearest friends. Miah Persson’s recital also includes songs dealing Miah Persson with the flow of time and water, reminders of life’s transience, together with the delightful ‘Wiegenlied’ and intimate communication of ‘Im Freien’.

Joseph Breinl

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

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Saturday 28 May

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH SONG Join us for this special event to mark the recent publication of Richard Stokes’s new book, The Penguin Book of English Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden (Allen Lane, March 2016).

Each of the 100 chapters – arranged chronologically from Chaucer to Auden – is devoted to a single poet, and opens with information about his or her work, life and, often, approach to song. This is followed by a choice of poems that have inspired musical settings, arranged chronologically according to composer. Copious footnotes provide information about the more abstruse Classical and learned references, difficult syntax and vocabulary, and biographical details relevant to either composer or poet. The Penguin Book of English Song is a highly original anthology of English verse that will be indispensable to all singers, pianists and lovers of song.

10.00 am

Study Event Richard Stokes will discuss many of the 100 poets mentioned in his new book, will read some of their poems and comment on the multifarious settings. This event is a must for anyone interested in words and music.

Copies of the book will be on sale at a reduced price

Garreth Wong

Returns only

Peter Warren

This event will be two hours in duration, with a short interval

1.00 pm

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Joseph Middleton piano Robin Tritschler

Sarah Connolly and Robin Tritschler, two celebrated singers both renowned for their interpretations of English Song, present a programme of repertoire which is central to The Penguin Book of English Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden.

Sussie Ahlburg

Sarah Connolly

Songs by Ireland and Quilter Gurney Sleep; By a Bierside; Most Holy Night; The fields are full Britten Winter Words

All seats £15

Song Recital Series/Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Joseph Middleton

Serban Mestecaneanu

Eric Richmond

Eric Richmond

Michael Collins

Robin O’Neill

Laura Samuel

Krzysztof Chorzelski

Richard Watkins

Alexander Sitkovetsky

Leonard Elschenbroich

Lynda Houghton Marco Borggreve

Felix Broede

Michael Collins clarinet Robin O’Neill bassoon Richard Watkins horn Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Laura Samuel violin Krzysztof Chorzelski viola Leonard Elschenbroich cello Lynda Houghton double bass Michael McHale piano Lucy Crowe soprano

Benjamin Ealovega

Saturday 28 May 7.30 pm

Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Schubert Octet in F D803 Michael McHale

Lucy Crowe

Michael Collins closes his series at Wigmore Hall this season in fine style, joined by friends and colleagues in a programme of three indisputable masterworks, crowned by Schubert’s Octet. The concert opens with ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’, which reflects the influence of Italian opera and musical style on Schubert’s mature melodic invention, and also includes the sublime lyricism of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season /Michael Collins Series

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Sunday 29 May 11.30 am

Kopelman Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Founded by four outstanding names in Russian chamber music, the Kopelman Quartet is celebrated for its exquisite refinement, artistic insight and expressive power. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall to explore the melodic glories of Haydn’s ‘Lark’ Quartet and Shostakovich’s Second String Quartet of 1944, a wartime work of symphonic proportions and intensity. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Kopelman Quartet

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Louis Schwizgebel piano Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Liszt From 12 Lieder von Schubert S558: Ständchen; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Du bist die Ruh; Erlkönig Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D845

Marco Borggreve

Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm

Swiss-Chinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel, praised by The New York Times as an ‘insightful musician’, attracted global attention in 2012 when he won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme complete with four of Liszt’s transcriptions of Schubert songs and Haydn’s grand Piano Sonata in C. Louis Schwizgebel

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust In association with Leeds International Piano Competition With grateful thanks to Dame Fanny Waterman

London Pianoforte Series

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’ Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17

Fran Kaufman

Till Fellner piano Till Fellner’s penetrating Beethoven interpretations have been ranked among the finest, underlining his status as one of the leading pianists of his generation.

His lunchtime programme explores the notion of fantasy in music, moving through the light and shade of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 13 and entering the romantic mindscape of Schumann’s Beethoven-inspired Fantasie. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Till Fellner

Monday 30 May 7.30 pm

Marina Koka piano GUILDHALL WIGMORE RECITAL PRIZE

Shigeto Imura

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Monday 30 May 1.00 pm

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Op. 2 No. 3 Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27; Ballade No. 3 in A b Op. 47 Ravel La valse The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Japanese pianist Marina Koka is the recipient of this year’s award, and her recital promises to be a special occasion. £13 concs £11

Marina Koka

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Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960 Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Well-known songs by Schubert

Allan Clayton

Benjamin Ealovega

Alice Coote

Henk Neven

Molina Visuals

The great Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, whose musical development was influenced by her close collaboration with Sviatoslav Richter, makes a welcome return to the stage for the first of three gala concerts to mark Wigmore Hall’s 115th Anniversary. Cuarteto Casals then joins the celebration with a cornerstone of the repertoire, before we immerse ourselves in the captivating world of Schubert’s finest Lieder.

Sophie Bevan Marco Borggreve

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Kaupo Kikkas

WIGMORE HALL115TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT

Sussie Ahlburg

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Cuarteto Casals Sophie Bevan soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Henk Neven baritone James Baillieu piano

Julia Wesely

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Jack Liebeck

Tuesday 31 May 6.30 pm NB starting time

This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals.

Returns only (including a drink at the intervals)

In honour of the Friends of Wigmore Hall

There will be two further Anniversary Gala Concerts on 1 June (Arcangelo) and 2 June (JACK Quartet).

Cuarteto Casals

Benjamin Ealovega

Chamber Music Season /Song Recital Series /London Pianoforte Series /Introducing James Baillieu

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James Baillieu

How to get to Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM 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.

OXFORD CIRCUS

Benjamin Ealovega

BOND STREET