Wigmore Hall October 2015 Concert Diary

October 2015 Bertrand Chamayou INSIDE: Ian Bostridge | Sarah Connolly Ehnes Quartet | Thomas Hampson Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien Magdalena Kozˇená & Mitsuko Uchida Steven Isserlis | Robert Levin Sandrine Piau | Christoph Prégardien Stile Antico | Vox Luminis 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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Cover: Bertrand Chamayou © Marco Borggreve

Erich Höbarth violin Maia Cabeza violin Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Thomas Riebl viola Andrea Burger viola Chiara Enderle cello Vashti Hunter cello Susan Tomes piano

Gene Smirnov

IMS Prussia Cove

Wolfgang Krautzer

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Yannick Andrea

Thursday 1 October 7.30 pm

Erich Höbarth

Maia Cabeza

Jonian Ilias Kadesha Jannette Kneisel

Mozart Piano Trio in Bb K502 Brahms String Quintet in F Op. 88 Schubert String Trio in Bb D471 Dvorˇák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

Chiara Enderle Robert Philip

Andrea Burger Irene Zandel

This year’s annual IMS Prussia Cove autumn tour brings together Susan Tomes and Erich Höbarth with young musicians who have Thomas Riebl progressed through the IMS seminars.

Founded over 40 years ago by the great Hungarian violinist Sándor Végh, IMS is now under the artistic directorship of cellist Steven Isserlis and continues to nurture outstanding performers of chamber music. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season Vashti Hunter

Susan Tomes

Friday 2 October 7.30 pm

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Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Mitsuko Uchida piano Schumann Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Wolf Mörike Lieder: Begegnung; Neue Liebe; Nimmersatte Liebe; Das verlassene Mägdlein; Elfenlied; Verborgenheit; Wo find ich Trost?; Auf ein altes Bild; Nixe Binsefuss; Lebe wohl; Abschied Dvorˇák Love Songs Op. 83 Schoenberg Brettl-Lieder Central Europe and the cultural concerns of Romanticism served as the crucibles for the creation of the works in this unmissable recital. Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida launch their programme with Schumann’s compassionate response to poems attributed to Mary Queen of Scots before probing the psychological depths of Wolf’s Lieder. They also explore the lyrical delights of Dvorˇák’s Czech Love Songs and high-octane vitality of Schoenberg’s eight cabaret songs of 1901. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

JustinPumfrey/Decca

Harald Hoffmann/Deutsche Grammophon

Song Recital Series/Celebrating Magdalena Kozˇená

Magdalena Kozˇená

Mitsuko Uchida

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Stile Antico FAMILY CONCERT

Marco Borggreve

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Saturday 3 October 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

For ages 5 plus Join us for this interactive performance for families with vibrant vocal ensemble Stile Antico. Hear some magical music, most of which is over 400 years old, and join in together with some activities alongside presenter Isabelle Adams.

Adults £10 Children £8

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Stile Antico

Llyˆr Williams piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb Op. 22; Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54; Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’; Andante favori WoO. 57

Benjamin Ealovega

Saturday 3 October 7.30 pm

Llyˆr Williams’s acclaimed Wigmore Hall Beethoven exploration resumes. The Guardian praised the Welsh pianist’s ‘commanding technique, cool grasp of the vast intellectual span of the music and sense of wisdom beyond his years’ during his first survey of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas, a view reinforced since by the evolving insights of his interpretations. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series/ Llyˆr Williams Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle Llyˆr Williams

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Sunday 4 October 11.30 am

Vertavo String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 103 (unfinished) Dvorˇák Selection from Cypresses Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Brahms completed his Op. 51 string quartets during a productive summer stay in Tutzing, Bavaria in 1873, effectively breaking his duck as a string quartet composer with two works of extraordinary invention.

The Vertavo String Quartet, founded in Norway in 1984, prefaces the A minor quartet’s performance with the two movements of Haydn’s last adventure in string quartet writing and pieces from Dvorˇák’s lyrical Cypresses. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Supported by Oliver and Helen Prenn

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Pictured right: Vertavo String Quartet

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Silver Sunday: Musical Pictures As part of Silver Sunday, we invite people living with dementia and their family, friends or carers to join us for an afternoon in the beautiful spaces of The Wallace Collection and Wigmore Hall. We will first explore some of the Collection’s works of art and then use this as inspiration to create music together with workshop leader Julian West and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

© Silver Sunday 2014

Sunday 4 October 12.00 noon – 4.00pm

Free (ticket required)

In partnership with The Wallace Collection, Westminster Arts and The Royal Academy of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Sunday 4 October 7.30 pm

Belcea Quartet 20th Anniversary Concert Series

Belcea Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Bartók String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7 Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 Wigmore Hall has played a central part in the Belcea Quartet’s artistic world since the group’s foundation two decades ago. Its twentieth anniversary concert series begins with an essential Belcea programme, comprising the uplifting ingenuity of Haydn’s late String Quartet in G Op. 77 and Bartók’s First String Quartet. The latter’s contrapuntal writing echoes aspects of Beethoven’s Op. 131, among the greatest of all chamber music works.

The Belcea Quartet returns to the Hall on 11 October and 19 December with two further concerts in its twentieth anniversary series. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Evy Ottermans

Chamber Music Season

Belcea Quartet

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Sandrine Piau soprano Susan Manoff piano Mendelssohn Neue Liebe; Nachtlied; Hexenlied Bouchot Galgenlieder Strauss Die Nacht; Morgen; Ständchen Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Britten The Salley Gardens; There’s none to soothe; I wonder as I wander

Sandrine Expilly/Naïve

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Monday 5 October 1.00 pm

Sandrine Piau’s crystalline tone, extraordinary attention to detail and ability to respond in an instant to the emotional demands of the music in her repertoire belong to her richly stocked portfolio of artistic attributes. Her programme explores everything from the nocturnal imagery of songs by Mendelssohn and Strauss to the highly charged eroticism of Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis.

Sandrine Piau

Susan Manoff

All seats £15

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Repeat of concert on 2 October

See page 3 for full details £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

JustinPumfrey/Decca

Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Mitsuko Uchida piano

Mathias Bothor/Deutsche Grammophon

Monday 5 October 7.30 pm

Song Recital Series/ Celebrating Magdalena Kožená Magdalena Kozˇená

Tuesday 6 October 1.00 pm

YCAT Lunchtime Concerts 2015 /16

Trio Isimsiz

Kaupo Kikkas

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Mitsuko Uchida

Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Brahms Piano Trio in C minor Op. 101 Formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, during 2015 Trio Isimsiz gives recitals at the Barbican, Peasmarsh Festival with Anthony Marwood, and the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

They have worked with Ferenc Rados at IMS Prussia Cove and with the Gould Piano Trio in Aldeburgh. £13 concs £11 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)

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

Trio Isimsiz

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Schnittke Violin Sonata No. 1 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 Brahms Capriccio in F# minor Op. 76 No. 1; Capriccio in B minor Op. 76 No. 2; Capriccio in C Op. 76 No. 8; Capriccio in C# minor Op. 76 No. 5 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 With total command of his instrument and a limitless supply of intensely focused passion in performance, Vadim Repin ranks in company with the great names in violin playing.

The Russian-born musician’s interpretations, acclaimed for their subtlety of expression and sheer vitality, are sure to project the strength and depth of his artistic personality in this recital.

Irene Zandel

Vadim Repin violin Andrei Korobeinikov piano

KASSKARA /Deutsche Grammophon

Tuesday 6 October 7.30 pm

Vadim Repin

Andrei Korobeinikov

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Free tickets for 8 – 25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity.

To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

Bach Arias: Es dünket mich, ich seh dich kommen from Cantata BWV175; Geliebter Jesu from Cantata BWV16; Woferne du den edlen Friedenn from Cantata BWV41 Britten Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 Bach/Britten Five Spiritual Songs Lachner In die Ferne; Waldvöglein; Nachts in der Kajüte Bennett Tom O’Bedlam’s Song Schubert Auf dem Strom An artistic partnership both inspired and inspiring arrives at Wigmore Hall for this recital. Steven Isserlis, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake evoke the remarkable performing legacy of Mstislav Rostropovich, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten in their choice of repertoire, complete with Schubert’s ‘Auf dem Strom’ and Britten’s exquisite arrangements of Five Spiritual Songs by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Sim Canetty-Clarke

Ian Bostridge tenor Steven Isserlis cello Julius Drake piano

Ian Bostridge

Julius Drake

Jean-Baptiste Millot

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Wednesday 7 October 7.30 pm

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Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season Steven Isserlis

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Stile Antico

Marco Borggreve

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Thursday 8 October 11.00 am – 12 noon

KEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS CONCERT A repeat of the Family Concert on 3 October, for schools. Join us for this interactive performance with vibrant vocal ensemble Stile Antico. Hear some magical music, most of which is over 400 years old, and join in together with some activities alongside presenter Isabelle Adams. £3.50

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Stile Antico

Škampa Quartet Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 7

Ivan Pinkava

Thursday 8 October 7.30 pm

Life’s end and intimations of mortality flow through both works in the Škampa Quartet’s programme. Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ confronts the composer’s dark mood and depression following a stay in Vienna’s General Hospital in 1824, while Shostakovich’s Third Quartet appears to speak for the victims of Stalin’s Great Terror and, in its sublime final Adagio, presents death as a welcome escape from earthly suffering. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

Škampa Quartet

Free tickets for 8 – 25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity.

To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

Robert Levin fortepiano Mozart Piano Piece in C (fragment, completed by Robert Levin); Four Preludes K284a: No. 1 in C, modulating to Bb; Piano Sonata in Bb K333; Four Preludes K284a: No. 2 in Bb, modulating to Eb; Piano Sonata in Eb K282; Four Preludes K284a: No. 3 in Eb, modulating to C minor; Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail K384 (piano reduction by Mozart); Four Preludes K284a: No. 4 in C; Piano Sonata in C K330

Ascherman

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Friday 9 October 7.30 pm

Robert Levin’s distinguished work as fortepianist, scholar and conductor has done much to influence modern approaches to the interpretation of Mozart’s compositions. His deep knowledge of the composer’s music and the context in which it was created can be heard in this recital with the inclusion of Mozart’s modulating preludes, carefully connecting one key to the next. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Robert Levin

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Friedrich Cerha Composer Focus Day

Ensemble Modern

Friedrich Cerha

Christian Jungwirth

Irene Zandel

Michael Löwa

Wigmore Hall celebrates the imminent ninetieth birthday of one of Austria’s greatest living composers with a day devoted to the often serene and elegiac work of Friedrich Cerha. The Viennese musician made his mark in the late 1950s as co-founder with Kurt Schwertsik of the pioneering new music ensemble ‘die reihe’. Friedrich Cerha Day presents a major retrospective of the composer’s chamber works performed by close colleagues and musicians steeped in his multi-faceted art.

Boulanger Trio

Jon Super

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Manu Theobald

Saturday 10 October

Andreas Schablas

HK Gruber

11.30 am

6.00 pm

Ensemble Modern

Artists in Conversation

Friedrich Cerha Musik for trombone and string quartet; Gedankensplitter for solo oboe (a selection) (UK première); Bagatellen for string trio

Friedrich Cerha discusses his life and work as part of this day-long celebration marking his imminent ninetieth birthday.

(This interview will be conducted with a translator.)

Ensemble Modern’s association with Friedrich Cerha as composer and conductor dates to the group’s formative years in the early 1980s. The ensemble launches Wigmore Hall’s Friedrich Cerha Day with Musik, completed a decade ago, and explores his miniature Bagatellen, studies in what Cerha calls the ‘togetherness and separateness’ of the string trio’s individual parts.

£4

All seats £10

Friedrich Cerha Konzertante Tafelmusik for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet; Piccola comedia for bassoon, oboe, trumpet, viola and percussion* (world première); Keintate for medium voice (chansonnier) and instruments

3.00 pm

Boulanger Trio Andreas Schablas clarinet Friedrich Cerha Fünf Sätze for piano trio; Drei Stücke for cello and piano (world première); Fünf Stücke for clarinet, cello and piano Andreas Schablas and members of the Boulanger Trio perform Friedrich Cerha’s Fünf Stücke for clarinet, cello and piano, created in 2000 as a fiftieth birthday tribute to Heinrich Schiff. The Boulanger Trio, praised by the Süddeutscher Zeitung for its tonal blend and balance, opens with the composer’s Fünf Sätze, in which Cerha explores the contrasts and textural combinations available to the piano trio.

All seats £10

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

7.30 pm

Ensemble Modern HK Gruber chansonnier

*Co-commissioned by Ensemble Modern, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

With HK ‘Nali’ Gruber taking his customary role as chansonnier, this concert tribute to the work of Friedrich Cerha celebrates the creative energy, diverse historical allusions and originality of contemporary Austrian music.

Keintate, first performed in 1983, recalls Cerha’s early days playing second fiddle in Viennese folk bands, supplied by a stream of popular tunes and intensified by the hyper-real dialect verse of Ernst Kein. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

ALL DAY CONCERT TICKET: £30

Tickets to the Artists in Conversation sold separately.

Chamber Music Season /Contemporary Music Series / Friedrich Cerha Day

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Carducci String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73

Andy Holdsworth Photography

Sunday 11 October 11.30 am

The Carducci String Quartet will perform several complete cycles of Shostakovich’s string quartets in 2015, bringing experiences and discoveries gained during the journey to its interpretation of the Russian composer’s Third Quartet at Wigmore Hall. The ensemble presents his deeply moving work in company with Beethoven’s evergreen String Quartet in C minor, a piece of great charm and confidence.

Carducci String Quartet

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee /sherry /juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 11 October 7.30 pm

Belcea Quartet 20th Anniversary Concert Series

Belcea Quartet Valentin Erben cello Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Webern Five Movements Op. 5 Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Webern’s Five Movements Op. 5, with their kaleidoscopic range of tone colours, nuanced dynamic shadings and brief breathing spaces, invite listeners to meditate on the nature of sound and silence. The Belcea Quartet surrounds these intense miniatures with Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet and Schubert’s String Quintet, two great masterworks of the First Viennese School. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Ronald Knapp

Karo Strassnik

Chamber Music Season

Belcea Quartet

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Valentin Erben

Monday 12 October 1.00 pm

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Sol Gabetta cello Polina Leschenko piano Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Op. 3 Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Sol Gabetta’s charismatic artistry arises from her quicksilver imagination and winning emotional honesty. Music, she says, ‘provides an opportunity for us to describe life as we feel it’. The Argentine cellist is joined by young pianist Polina Leschenko, renowned for her deep sensitivity and abundant imagination. £13 concs £11

Marco Borggreve

Marco Borggreve

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Polina Leschenko

Sol Gabetta

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo Bach/Kurtág Sonatina from Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV106; Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643; Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV687 Busoni Fantasia contrappuntistica Philippe Manoury Le temps, mode d’emploi (for two pianos and live electronics)* (UK première)

Susanne Diesner

Monday 12 October 7.30 pm

*Co-commissioned by Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2014, SWR Experimentalstudio, and Wiener Konzerthaus, with the support of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and Impuls neue Musik, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

German pianists Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher formed their piano duo in the early 1980s. They were subsequently encouraged by, among others, composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Wolfgang Rihm. The GrauSchumacher Piano Duo presents the UK première of Philippe Manoury’s Le temps, mode d’emploi, a fifty-minute score direct in expression and filled with big, bold musical gestures.

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

London Pianoforte Series /Contemporary Music Series

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Pre-Concert Talk Harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock joins Purcell expert Andrew Pinnock to discuss Dido and Aeneas, before the evening performance of this celebrated opera.

Peer Lindgreen

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Tuesday 13 October 6.00 pm

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Wigmore Hall Learning Event/ Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Trevor Pinnock

DIDO AND AENEAS:

Rowan Hellier mezzo-soprano (Dido) Jonathan McGovern baritone (Aeneas) Pamela Helen Stephen

Benjamin Ealovega

Martin Sigmund

Stuart Jackson

Rowan Hellier

Jonathan McGovern Hanya Chlala

Benjamin Ealovega

Julia Doyle soprano Stuart Jackson tenor Jonathan McGovern baritone

Andy Staples Photography.

THEATRE MUSIC:

Julia Doyle

Pamela Helen Stephen

Michael Chance

Chris O’Donovan

Trevor Pinnock director, harpsichord Matthew Truscott violin Huw Daniel violin Alfonso Leal viola Jonathan Byers cello Pippa Macmillan violone Thomas Dunford theorbo

Raphaelle Photography

Tuesday 13 October 7.30 pm

mezzo-soprano (Sorceress)

Julia Doyle soprano (Belinda and First Woman) Stuart Jackson tenor (Sailor) Michael Chance countertenor (Spirit) Tenebrae Consort (Semi Chorus) Tenebrae Consort

HENRY PURCELL: A RETROSPECTIVE Purcell Theatre Music Overture from The Double Dealer; As soon as the chaos from The Marriage-Hater Match’d; Hornpipe from The Double Dealer; Man is for the woman made from The Mock Marriage; Scocca pur (for solo harpsichord); From rosy bowers from Don Quixote; Scotch tune, Minuet and Hornpipe from Amphitryon; Let the dreadful engines from Don Quixote (Purcell version in F, edited by Timothy Roberts); Chaconne from The Gordion Knot Unty’d; Songs from A Fool’s Preferment (I sigh’d, and I pin’d; ’Tis death alone; I’ll mount to yon blue Coelum; I’ll sail upon the dog-star); Lute solo; Nymphs and Shepherds from The Libertine Purcell Dido and Aeneas The politics of national identity, the royal succession and parliamentary faction, all hot topics in the late 1600s, found their way into the plots of plays and semi-operas intended to delight and entertain London’s theatre-goers.

Purcell’s fine incidental music to pieces such as Shadwell’s The Libertine and D’Urfey’s A Fool’s Preferment set the scene for Dido and Aeneas, one of the most celebrated of all English operas.

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Early Music and Baroque Series/Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

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Malcoilm Crowthers

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Graham Johnson piano

Peter Warren

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Wednesday 14 October 7.30 pm

Schubert Verklärung; Ammenlied; Die Sterbende; Abendlied der Fürstin; Bertas Lied in der Nacht; Die junge Nonne; Ellens Gesänge I, II & III; Die Unterscheidung; Die Männer sind méchant Brahms Ständchen; Da unten im Tale; Feldeinsamkeit; Alte Liebe; Die Mainacht; Von ewiger Liebe Wolf Auch kleine Dinge; Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben; Gesang Weylas; Kennst du das Land; Verborgenheit; Nachtzauber; Die Zigeunerin

Sarah Connolly

Graham Johnson

Schubert arguably set the mark against which all other Lieder composers have since been measured. Sarah Connolly’s delectable programme offers the chance to trace the arc of development of Schubert’s songs, from the remarkably eloquent ‘Verklärung’, written at the age of sixteen, to two of his Four Refrain Lieder of 1828. She also offers a selection of equally fine songs by Brahms and Wolf. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

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

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Pre-Concert Event RAZUMOVSKY ACADEMY YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL The Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which exceptionally gifted young musicians collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers. This concert offers the chance to hear potential future stars at an early stage of their careers.

Free (ticket required)

Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

Ida Haendel with students from the Razumovsky Academy

Thursday 15 October 7.30 pm

Stravinsky Suite italienne for violin and piano Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50

Sergei Krylov

Felix Broede

Sergei Krylov violin Oleg Kogan cello Michail Lifits piano

Robert Cassen

Razumovsky Ensemble

Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL

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Thursday 15 October 6.00 pm

Oleg Kogan

Michail Lifits

Three fine musicians join forces for a rich all-Russian programme which opens with Stravinsky’s colourful Suite italienne, derived from the score for the ballet Pulcinella, before moving to Shostakovich’s powerful and haunting Piano Trio No. 2, infused with Russian and Jewish folk themes. The first half is complemented by the rich invention and brooding lyricism of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Promoted by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

Chamber Music Season

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Michelangelo Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’

Marco Borggreve

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Friday 16 October 7.30 pm

Passionate commitment, jaw-dropping virtuosity and exquisite tonal refinement belong to the long list of the Michelangelo Quartet’s qualities. The ensemble’s programme includes the second of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, a work of ground-breaking vision and tempestuous emotions. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Michelangelo Quartet

Chamber Music Season

Nash Ensemble Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano

K. Leighton

Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Chris Gloag

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Saturday 17 October 7.30 pm

Mozart String Quintet in D K593 Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet Songs by Bellini and Verdi Mendelssohn String Quintet in A Op. 18 In the opening concert of the Nash Ensemble’s 2015/16 Season, Mozart is represented by a masterly late string quintet, and Mendelssohn by his First Quintet, fresh and youthful in spirit.

Renata Pokupic´ sings Respighi’s Il tramonto, Renata Pokupic´ Nash Ensemble a gorgeous setting of a translated poem by Shelley, and songs by Bellini and Verdi which reveal that their composers were as at home writing for the private salon as for the public stage. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Song Recital Series /Nash Ensemble: Mozart, Mendelssohn and the Italians

Marco Borggreve

Steven Isserlis cello Richard Egarr harpsichord

Satoshi Aoyagi

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Sunday 18 October 11.30 am

Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1 in G BWV1027; Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor BWV1029; Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D BWV1028 Two artists devoted to the art of unveiling deep truths in performance join forces. Steven Isserlis and Richard Egarr share a mutual sense of adventure and a strong desire to give fresh and meaningful life to even the most familiar of works.

Steven Isserlis

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Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

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Richard Egarr

Escher String Quartet Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor Op. 44 No. 2 Janácˇek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2

Sophie Zhai

Sunday 18 October 7.30 pm

Brahms emerged from the experience of writing his String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 ready to tackle the demands of composing symphonic works, thanks not least to his score’s shrewdly balanced blend of warm lyricism, striking thematic contrasts and formal coherence. The Escher String Quartet, formerly of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, prefaces the piece with masterworks by Mendelssohn and Janácˇek. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T Escher String Quartet

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Chamber Music Season

Alexei Ogrintchouk

Boris Brovtsyn

Maxim Rysanov

Kristina Blaumane

Irina Podushko

Haydn Divertissement in Bb HII:B4 Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe and string trio Op. 2 Schubert String Trio in Bb D471 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 Four distinguished artists offer a delightful programme including Mozart’s deeply expressive Oboe Quartet and Britten’s early Phantasy Quartet, written for and dedicated to Léon Goossens. Schubert’s incomplete String Trio, composed in 1816, and Haydn’s high-spirited Divertissement complete a fascinating collection of works.

Daniel Wass

Marco Borggreve

Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe Boris Brovtsyn violin Maxim Rysanov viola Kristina Blaumane cello

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thomas Hampson baritone Wolfram Rieger piano

Daniel Pasche

Monday 19 October 7.30 pm Dario Acosta

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Monday 19 October 1.00 pm

Opera composers in song, including works by Chausson Bizet, Massenet, Meyerbeer, Weber and Kienzl.

Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Thomas Hampson has allied the tonal beauty and flexibility of his baritone voice to the imaginative expression of poetic texts. The American artist’s linguistic skills, innate Thomas Hampson Wolfram Rieger curiosity and feeling for the specific emotional gravity of words and imagery have guaranteed his place among the greatest recitalists of our time, at home in everything from lyrical opera arias and German Romantic song to the music of his native land. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Song Recital Series

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Tuesday 20 October 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Final of the 2015 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition The four finalists of this year’s competition will perform a 45–50 minute programme of their own choice including the compulsory work – Robert Schumann Romance in F# Op. 28 No. 2. The Jaques Samuel Pianos Competition has taken place annually since 1996 and is open to all students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

All tickets £8 (Free to the Friends of Wigmore Hall)

There will be a lunch interval at 12.00 noon – 1.00 pm and the winner will be announced at 3.00 pm.

Sponsored by Fazioli and S.W. Mitchell Capital LLP

The Endellion String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in Eb Op. 76 No. 6 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

Eric Richmond

Tuesday 20 October 7.30 pm

The Endellion String Quartet ends the first concert in its Wigmore Hall series with Beethoven's Op. 130, a towering masterwork given here with its original finale, the endlessly rewarding Grosse Fuge. Haydn’s utterly delightful late Op. 76 No. 6 and Shostakovich’s intense and autobiographical Eighth String Quartet form the programme’s rich first half. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season The Endellion String Quartet

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Wednesday 21 October 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study Group SCHUBERT’S SONGS As Wigmore Hall embarks on a major series offering the chance to hear the complete songs of Schubert, Wigmore Study Group invites you to immerse yourself with three afternoons (21, 27 & 29 October) devoted to his Lieder. Summarising his friend’s towering achievement in this sphere Joseph Spaun wrote: ‘Every one of his songs is in reality a poem on the poem he set to music’. Schubert turned to a variety of poets at different times in his life and for specific musical purposes, some great, some lesser-known writers and some his own personal friends. These sessions examine the complex layers of meaning in his writing, the many stylistic references, the innovative integration of voice and piano and the harmonic language which at times anticipates Wagner. These sessions are hosted by composer Julian Philips with pianist Laura Roberts and contributing musicologists and musicians. They include live performances by students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

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Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Schubert: The Complete Songs

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Franz Schubert

Painting by Wilhelm August Rieder

The King’s Consort Robert King conductor Julie Cooper soprano Rebecca Outram soprano Robin Blaze countertenor Charles Daniels tenor Matthew Brook bass-baritone

Taco van der Werf

Wednesday 21 October 7.30 pm

PURCELL AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL Purcell Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; How long, great God; It is a good thing to give thanks; Let mine eyes run down with tears; Rejoice in the Lord alway; Hosanna to the highest; Remember not, Lord, our offences; Full of wrath, his threat’ning breath; I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord The King’s Consort turns to a programme of Purcell’s delectable anthems for the Chapel Royal, including his deeply moving setting of lachrymose words from the Book of Jeremiah, Let mine eyes run The King’s Consort down with tears. A stellar line-up of singers and instrumentalists perform some of the composer’s finest sacred compositions. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Early Music and Baroque Series/Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Lisa Peacock Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals

Stefan C´iric´ piano

Rob Brimson

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Thursday 22 October 1.00 pm

Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331 Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16 Ravel La valse British-based pianist Stefan C´ iric´ is recognised as an exceptional talent, receiving glowing reviews and critical acclaim for his supremely accomplished performances in some of the world’s leading venues. A winner of several major international competitions, he was awarded first prize at the 60th Viotti International Piano Competition in Vercelli, Italy. Stefan C´ iric´’s engagements with the Sofia Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony and the London Philharmonic, received critical acclaim. Future performances include a tour of Japan and a return performance with the London Philharmonic.

‘Burnished perfection … idiomatic and authoritative’ International Piano

Stefan C´iric´

£13 concs £11 20% 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 24 September (Amir Katz), 26 November (Konstantin Scherbakov), 28 January (Thomas Gould & Diana Ketler), 25 February (Rivka Golani & Michael Hampton) and 17 March (Hélène Dautry & Bruno Rigutto) Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd

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Thursday 22 October 7.30 pm

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2015

Viviane Chassot accordion David Pia cello Helena Winkelman Präludium (world première) Bach Sonata in D BWV1028 (version for cello and accordion) Helena Winkelman Intermezzo 1 (world première) Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Helena Winkelman Intermezzo 2 (world première) Piazzolla Le Grand Tango for cello and accordion The Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert was established in 1998 with the aim of presenting some of the most talented young Swiss musicians in the UK. Exciting new duo Viviane Chassot and David Pia are the winners of this year’s Award.

Their unusual combination of instruments represents a new venture for this concert series. The prize-winning pair, who both graduated in Switzerland, currently work with eminent conductors and are frequent guests at international festivals. An exclusive programme has been put together for this tour, including the world première of several pieces written for the duo by Swiss composer Helena Winkelman.

Irène Zandel

£12 incl. programme & glass of Swiss sparkling wine at the interval This concert will be approximately 1 hour 40 minutes in duration, including an interval Supported by the Swiss Cultural Fund UK, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Presence Switzerland and JTI

Viviane Chassot

Friday 23 October 7.30 pm

Bertrand Chamayou

piano

Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte; Jeux d’eau; Sonatine; Gaspard de la nuit; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin

Marco Borggreve

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David Pia

Rave reviews followed Bertrand Chamayou’s Wigmore Hall debut recital, praising his technical wizardry, superb musicianship and bravura pianism. In the five years since, he has established a major international career and is widely regarded to be among the finest pianists of his generation.

He returns to Wigmore Hall with a recital sure to probe the full range of his artistic imagination, not least in the three fantasy pieces of Ravel’s fiendishly difficult Gaspard de la nuit.

Chamayou is blessed with the rare ability to cast fresh light on even the most familiar works in this unmissable programme. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Bertrand Chamayou

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Saturday 24 October 7.30 pm

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Scottish Ensemble Jonathan Morton leader, artistic director Maxim Rysanov viola Sergey Akhunov 6:36 in Schubert’s company for viola and strings; Erlkönig for viola and strings Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 (arr. for viola and strings by Dobrinka Tabakova) Dobrinka Tabakova Fantasy Homage to Schubert Schubert/Mahler String Quartet in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’ (for string ensemble) Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov joins the Scottish Ensemble and Jonathan Morton for a programme informed by Schubert’s lasting influence on composers past and present. The sublime sounds of British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Fantasy Homage to Schubert and two strikingly inventive pieces by Sergey Akhunov mark the way to Mahler’s rich-toned arrangement of ‘Death and the Maiden’. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Irina and Pavel Kozhevnikov

Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Scottish Ensemble

Sunday 25 October 11.30 am

Clio Gould violin Jonathan Morton violin, viola MOZART, MADRIGALS AND MAVERICKS

Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

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Maxim Rysanov

Martinu˚ Three madrigals for violin and viola Selections from Léonin Organum from Viderunt Omnes (transcr. Morton), Lassus Textless Bicinia (transcr. Morton), Bach 15 Inventions BWV772–786 (arr. Ferdinand David) and Bartók Duos for two violins Mozart Duo in G K423 Husband and wife, Scottish Ensemble’s Artistic Director Jonathan Morton and Director Emeritus Clio Gould present a rich programme of string Clio Gould Jonathan Morton duos full of contrasts. Bookended by Martinu˚ ’s Three Madrigals, written for the brother and sister duo Joseph and Lilian Fuchs, and Mozart’s Duo in G composed over a century and a half earlier, the recital is completed with a series of short works by Léonin, Lassus, Bach and Bartók. £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

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Sunday 25 October 7.30 pm

Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier artistic director EVENING AND MORNING Blow My God, my God, look upon me Purcell An Evening Hymn; In Guilty Night (Saul and the Witch of Endor) Purcell Sonata in Three Parts No. 8 in G Purcell Close thine eyes and sleep secure; No stars again shall hurt you from The Tempest Blow God spake sometime in visions Purcell Thou wakeful shepherd (A Morning Hymn) Blow God is our hope and strength Locke Curtain Tune from The Tempest Purcell Rejoice in the Lord alway; Sound the trumpet; My heart is inditing Lionel Meunier’s Vox Luminis brings a wealth of fresh ideas and insights to its Purcell interpretations, informed by extensive experience of performing works by the composer’s Central European contemporaries and deep immersion in his music. The ensemble presents a programme of sacred songs and anthems by Henry Purcell and his teacher John Blow, concluding with the majestic verse anthem My heart is inditing, written for and first performed at the Coronation of James II in 1685. £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Supported by the Hargreaves and Ball Trust

Early Music and Baroque Series / Henry Purcell: A Retrospective

Vox Luminis

Liszt Enfant, si j’étais roi; S’il est un charmant gazon; Comment, disaient-ils; La tombe et la rose; Quand tu chantes bercée; Oh! quand je dors Debussy Ariettes oubliées Hahn Rêverie; Si mes vers avaient des ailes; L’incrédule; Fêtes galantes Elizabeth Watts has forged an outstanding artistic partnership with Julius Drake over the past decade.

Their lunchtime recital explores three distinctive responses to the poetry of Paul Verlaine and Victor Hugo, complementing the seductive soundworld of Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées with an exquisite selection of songs by Hahn, and Liszt’s impassioned Hugo settings. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Sim Canetty-Clarke

Elizabeth Watts soprano Julius Drake piano

Marco Borggreve

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Monday 26 October 1.00 pm

Elizabeth Watts

Julius Drake

Ehnes Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Sibelius String Quartet in D minor Op. 56 ‘Voces intimae’ Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Jerry Davis

Monday 26 October 7.30 pm

Canadian violinist James Ehnes and his eponymous string quartet present a programme of works underpinned by the highest values in chamber music composition, strikingly refined in craft and rich in invention. In honour of Sibelius’s 150th anniversary year, the quartet includes ‘Voces intimae’, a major landmark in the composer’s artistic development. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season Ehnes Quartet

Wigmore Study Group SCHUBERT’S SONGS See 21 October for full details Returns only

Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Schubert: The Complete Songs

Tuesday 27 October 7.30 pm

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Sussie Ahlburg

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Tuesday 27 October 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Mozart Violin Sonata in F K377; Violin Sonata in Bb K8; 6 Variations in G minor ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360; Violin Sonata in C K303 (K293c); Violin Sonata in C K403; Violin Sonata in F K13; Violin Sonata in C K28; Violin Sonata in E b K26; Violin Sonata in B b K378 Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien return to Mozart’s complete violin sonatas as part of Wigmore Hall’s Mozart Odyssey. Their programme includes two of the so-called Auernhammer Sonatas, K377 and K378, published in Vienna in 1781 and dedicated to an exceptionally gifted amateur violinist, and the delightful variations on the popular French aria ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall This concert will be approximately 2 hours 20 minutes in duration, including an interval

Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien

Chamber Music Season / The Mozart Odyssey

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Wednesday 28 October 7.30 pm

Rosenblatt Recitals 2015/16

Sumi Hwang soprano Helmut Deutsch piano Mozart Aria: Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro Schubert Ganymed; Erster Verlust; Die Liebe (Klärchens Lied); Rastlose Liebe Strauss Nichts; Die Nacht; Wiegenlied; Morgen; Cäcilie Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Puccini Aria: Signore Ascolta from Turandot Rachmaninov Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Dreams; Here it’s so fine Puccini Aria: Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La bohème

Sumi Hwang

Helmut Deutsch

Sumi Hwang makes her Rosenblatt Recitals debut this season. With a voice described as having ‘pearly clarity, the intonation just, and the tone even and pretty across its range’ (Washington Post ), the Korean soprano has gone on to perform across the world on the concert and opera platforms following her first prize win at the 2014 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium.

‘Not only did people hear a singer, they also saw a performer who lived the music … though she is still young, she has a mature, well-tuned, and light voice’ La Scena £30 £26 £22 £18 £16

Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 21 September (Russell Thomas), 11 November (Quinn Kelsey) and 1 December (Dorottya Láng)

Musical Portraits HALF TERM COURSE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Benjamin Ealovega

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Thursday 29 October 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Friday 30 October 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Following the success of our long-running summer course, we have introduced more opportunities for young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders to be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, and create art works and music with Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite.

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)

In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 29 October 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study Group SCHUBERT’S SONGS See 21 October for full details Returns only

Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Schubert: The Complete Songs

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Thursday 29 October 7.30 pm Rosa Frank

Christoph Prégardien tenor Christoph Schnackertz piano Schubert An Emma; Der Jüngling am Bache (D192); Der Liebende; Der Traum; Die Laube; Hoffnung (D251); Ritter Toggenburg; Edone; Die Liebesgötter; Der Hirt; Bei dem Grabe meines Vaters; Der Alpenjäger (D524); Nach einem Gewitter; Trost; Nachtstück; Nachtviolen; Auflösung

Schubert has occupied the centre ground of Christoph Prégardien’s recital repertoire for over three decades.

The German tenor’s penetrating interpretations flow from Christoph Prégardien Christoph Schnackertz his sophisticated engagement with words and music.

He and Christoph Schnackertz present such familiar songs as ‘Der Hirt’ and ‘Nachtviolen’ in company with rarely performed early treasures, ‘An Emma’ and ‘Der Liebende’ outstanding among them. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Jan Lisiecki piano Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331 Liszt Trois études de concert S144 Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 Chopin 12 Études Op. 25 Born in Canada in 1995 to Polish parents, Jan Lisiecki has been described by The New York Times as ‘a pianist who makes every note count’. He returns to Wigmore Hall to perform Mozart’s famous Piano Sonata in A K331, best known for its concluding Rondo ‘Alla Turca’, and crowns his programme with the work he recently recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Chopin’s Études Op. 25.

Mathias Bothor/Deutsche Grammophon

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Friday 30 October 7.30 pm

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

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

London Pianoforte Series

Tina Foster

Lucy Crowe soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Lucy Wakeford harp

Russell Duncan

Saturday 31 October 7.30 pm Marco Borggreve

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Jan Lisiecki

Schubert An den Mond (D193); Heidenröslein; An die Sonne (D439); Iphigenia; Lob der Tränen; Marie; Der Fluss; Nachtviolen; Du bist die Ruh; Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria); Die Männer sind méchant Debussy Rondel chinois; Jane; La fille aux cheveux de Lucy Crowe Malcolm Martineau Lucy Wakeford lin; Rondeau; Flots, palmes et sables; Les papillons; Séguidille; Coquetterie posthume; Tragédie; Mandoline; En sourdine; Fantoches; Clair de lune; Pantomime Lucy Crowe’s charismatic stage presence, dazzling musicianship and pristine vocal clarity have won admirers worldwide and made her a firm favourite with Wigmore Hall’s audience. The lyric soprano, recently described as ‘astonishing’ by The New York Times, joins Malcolm Martineau for a recital in the Hall’s Schubert song series. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.

To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

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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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Benjamin Ealovega

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