Wigmore Hall Learning Brochure Jan - Mar 2011

January – March 2011

For Crying Out Loud!

Chamber Tots Family Events Young People’s Events Pre-Concert Events Behind the Music Schools’ Programme

HOW TO BOOK Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Booking opens on 2 November 2010 IN PERSON 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm

BY TELEPHONE 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge for each transaction ONLINE www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. There is a £1 administration charge online WESTMINSTER RESCARD/STAFFCARD DISCOUNT 10% discount for ResCard/StaffCard Discount holders on ticket purchases £3 or above.

Two tickets per card. Please state ResCard/StaffCard Discount at time of booking.

BOX OFFICE ENQUIRIES 020 7935 2141 WIGMORE HALL LEARNING ENQUIRIES 020 7258 8240 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING MAILING LIST please call the Box Office or email learning@wigmore-hall.org.uk

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

Arts Council England A bequest from Dr Patricia L Baker The Charities Advisory Trust The City of Westminster Charitable Trust Ellerdale Trust The Elton Family Equitable Charitable Trust The Gordon Foundation Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Hyde Park Place Estate Charity Peter Jervis

John Lyon’s Charity The Lucille Graham Trust Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Milton Damerel Trust Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntosh The Rayne Foundation NM Rothschild and Sons Limited The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust The SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3 Marie-Luise Waldeck And several anonymous donors

Photo Credits: All images © www.benjaminharte.co.uk, apart from Iestyn Davies by Marco Borggreve; Thea Musgrave by Christian Steiner; Brett Dean by Noosa Weekender Magazine; Simon Holt by Frank Scheler; Steven Isserlis by Kevin Davis; O Duo by Sussie Ahlburg.

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY – MARCH 2011 Page 8

Wed 23 Feb

INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE MUSIC

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

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Thu 24 Feb

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S HALF-TERM COURSE: JUICE IT UP!

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CHAMBER TOTS

Sun 27 Feb

PRE-CONCERT TALK: MOZART PIANO QUARTETS

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Wed 2 Mar

PRE-CONCERT TALK: BRITTEN SINFONIA

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Wed 2 Mar

INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE MUSIC

Thu 13 Jan

PRE-CONCERT TALK: COUNTERTENORS

Wed 19 Jan Fri 21 Jan Wed 26 Jan

PRE-CONCERT TALK: J S BACH’S COMPOSER SONS

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Thu 27 Jan

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION

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Fri 28 Jan

KEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT: 12 STRING STORIES

Sat 29 Jan

FAMILY CONCERT: STRING STORIES

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Wed 2 Feb

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

Thu 3 Feb

CHAMBER TOTS

Fri 4 Feb

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

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Wed 9 Feb

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

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Sat 12 Feb

FAMILY DAY: SOUND EXPERIMENT

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Wed 16 Feb

CHAMBER TOTS

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Thu 17 Feb

KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS’ CONCERT: 13 O DUO: RHYTHMS OF THE WORLD

Sat 19 Feb

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION

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Tue 22 Feb

YOUNG PEOPLE’S HALF-TERM COURSE: JUICE IT UP!

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Wed 23 Feb

YOUNG PEOPLE’S HALF-TERM COURSE: JUICE IT UP!

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Tue 8 Mar

CHAMBER TOTS

Wed 9 Mar

INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE MUSIC

Sat 12 Mar

FAMILY DAY: PLAYING TRICKS

Wed 16 Mar PRE-CONCERT TALK: HANDEL’S TRAGIC ARIAS Wed 16 Mar INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE MUSIC

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Thu 17 Mar

CHAMBER TOTS

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Sat 19 Mar

FAMILY CONCERT: TRAVELS WITH MY GUITAR

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Wed 23 Mar PRE-CONCERT TALK: COMPOSERS IN FOCUS

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FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

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Fri 25 Mar

For Crying Out Loud!

For Crying Out Loud!

For parents and babies up to 1 year old. £6 per adult – babies come for free A continuation of our popular programme for new parents and their babies. Each lasting 45 minutes, the concerts provide an opportunity to enjoy a programme of beautiful chamber music in a calm and accommodating environment.

With musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

Wednesday 19 January 11.00 am – 11.45 am Friday 25 March

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11.00 am – 11.45 am

For 2 – 5 year olds Workshop leader Natasha Zielazinski and young performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama present these popular music workshops for toddlers and their carers. Sessions include a short performance in the Auditorium and an interactive workshop in the Bechstein Room including singing, playing percussion and a chance to meet the musicians and see their instruments close up.

Chamber Tots

Chamber Tots

Please note: These workshops are for parents/carers and their toddlers to make music together. Please avoid bringing younger siblings if at all possible.

Friday 21 January

10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Thursday 3 February

10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Wednesday 16 February 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds Tuesday 8 March Thursday 17 March

10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2 – 5 year olds

Maximum 4 tickets per booking for each event £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult

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Family Events

Family Events Family Events are supported by The Lucille Graham Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Charities Advisory Trust Please note: Family concerts are aimed at children aged 5 plus.

Please avoid bringing younger siblings if at all possible.

STRING STORIES: STEVEN ISSERLIS FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus Saturday 29 January 11.00 am – 12 noon Join world-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and friends for an exciting programme including Little Red Violin – an exquisite children’s story written by Steven Isserlis based on Little Red Riding Hood, but with a very musical twist! Narrated by Samuel West, with music by Anne Dudley. £7 adults £5 children

SOUND EXPERIMENT FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Saturday 12 February 10.30 am – 3.30 pm Discover exciting new ways to play with music in this technology-focussed family day. Join composer and sound-artist Duncan Chapman to create new sounds and make some innovative music to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day. £10 adults £8 children 4

FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Saturday 12 March 10.30 am – 3.30 pm Discover the trickery and magic in the story of Pulcinella: hear how Stravinsky brought the characters to life and devise your own music for the story. With workshop leader Sam Glazer and students from the Royal Academy of Music.

Family Events

PLAYING TRICKS

This workshop will be repeated at the Royal Academy of Music on Sunday 20 March. £10 adults £8 children

TRAVELS WITH MY GUITAR FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus Saturday 19 March 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm South American guitarist Álvaro Pierri takes families on an inspiring journey to sun drenched Spain and South America – a musical treat for all the family, especially budding guitarists. £7 adults £5 children 5

Young People’s Events

Young People’s Events JUICE IT UP! HALF - TERM COURSE For ages 11 – 16 Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 February 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Join experimental vocal trio, Juice, and explore your vocal potential. From unusual traditional songs to vocal and body percussion, from harmony singing to animated scores, discover a new world of vocal sounds. £30 per ticket Supported by Arts Council England

FOR STRING QUARTETS WITH SCHOOL- AGE PLAYERS: School-age string quartets can apply to join the National Young String Quartet Weekend on 4 – 6 March 2011; a development course put on by the London String Quartet Foundation with Chetham’s School of Music.

For more information on how to apply and costs, contact Ruth Wheal, LSQF General Manager on 020 7258 8244 or rwheal@wigmore-hall.org.uk.

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Chamber Zone: Ticket Scheme for 8 – 25 year olds Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust and Britten Sinfonia (2 March) with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

We are delighted to offer young people aged 8 – 25 free tickets to the following selected concerts. Please call the box office on 020 7935 2141 and quote Chamber Zone to book.

This offer is also available to school groups: please see page 13 for more information.

Sunday 16 January 7.30 pm Leonidas Kavakos violin Enrico Pace piano Prokofiev, Auerbach, Korngold, Schubert Tuesday 18 January 7.30 pm Julian Rachlin violin, viola Charles Owen piano Beethoven, Brahms, Fauré Tuesday 1 February 7.30 pm Heath Quartet Haydn, Britten, Beethoven Sunday 13 February 7.30 pm Zehetmair Quartet Beethoven, Shostakovich

Tuesday 8 March 7.30 pm Wihan Quartet Mendelssohn, Janác˘ek, Dvor˘ák

Young People’s Events

FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!

Saturday 12 March 7.30 pm Pavel Haas Quartet Danjulo Ishizaka cello Schulhoff, Prokofiev, Schubert Monday 14 March 1.00 pm Florestan Trio Haydn, Dvor˘ák Saturday 19 March 7.30 pm Pacifica Quartet Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Schubert

Thursday 24 February 7.30 pm Doric String Quartet Haydn, Mendelssohn, Berg Wednesday 2 March 1.00 pm Britten Sinfonia Huw Watkins piano Simon Holt, Schubert ‘Trout’ Quintet

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

For full programme listings please see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Pre-Concert Events

Pre-Concert Events PRE-CONCERT TALK: COUNTERTENORS Thursday 13 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Preceding Iestyn Davies’ evening concert, Michael White discusses countertenors and their vocal technique.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: J S BACH’S COMPOSER SONS Wednesday 26 January 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (ticket required) Richard Egarr introduces the Academy of Ancient Music’s evening concert which showcases the work of J S Bach’s composer sons, as part of The Bach Dynasty series.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION Thursday 27 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Thea Musgrave talks to Christopher Cook about her piece Towards the Blue, inspired by a Francis Bacon painting, which will be premièred in the evening concert.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION Saturday 19 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Australian composer Brett Dean in conversation with Tom Service, as part of a day of concerts showcasing Dean’s chamber music works.

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Sunday 27 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 David Cairns explores Mozart’s Piano Quartets, prior to the Fauré Quartet’s evening performance of these works.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: BRITTEN SINFONIA Wednesday 2 March 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)

Pre-Concert Events

PRE-CONCERT TALK: MOZART PIANO QUARTETS

Simon Holt introduces his new work, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall, prior to its performance in the lunchtime concert.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: HANDEL’S TRAGIC ARIAS Wednesday 16 March 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (ticket required) Leading Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie introduces the evening concert with the Academy of Ancient Music, featuring some of Handel’s greatest tragic arias.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: COMPOSERS IN FOCUS Wednesday 23 March 6.00 pm – 6.30 pm Free (ticket required) Anthony Burton in conversation with composers featured in the ‘Nash Inventions’ evening concert, including Richard Rodney Bennett, Simon Holt, David Matthews and Michael Berkeley.

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Behind the Music

Behind the Music

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP KURTÁG’S GHOSTS Wednesday 2, Friday 4 and Wednesday 9 February 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm The extraordinary scope of the chamber music by Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, and the breadth of composers who have influenced his work, from the 14th to the 20th centuries, will be explored in this second Wigmore Study Group of the season. Hosted by composer Julian Philips, participants will explore this rich repertoire with contributions from distinguished musicologists and postgraduate chamber musicians from the Guildhall Music & Drama.

Linked to the performance of Kurtág’s Ghosts by Marino Formenti on Wednesday 9 February.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 9 February.

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Wednesday 23 February 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 2 March 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 9 March 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Wednesday 16 March 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Over 4 study sessions, discover Baroque Music with Roy Stratford and explore what is so distinctive about its style, form and techniques. Explore the clash of musical ideas in the 16th Century, the distinctive European styles which amalgamated into a new and dynamic language in the music of Bach and Handel and the new techniques and musical forms developed during this period.

Behind the Music

INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE MUSIC

Linked to the Academy of Ancient Music evening concert on Wednesday 16 March.

Series ticket price £24 (concert tickets must be purchased separately )

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Schools’ Programme

Schools’ Programme The Schools’ programme is supported by John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust Chamber Zone is also supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust and Britten Sinfonia.

Friday 28 January 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

STRING STORIES: STEVEN ISSERLIS Key Stage 2 Schools’ Concert Join world-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and friends for an exciting programme including Little Red Violin – an exquisite children’s story written by Steven Isserlis based on Little Red Riding Hood, but with a very musical twist!

Narrated by Samuel West, with music by Anne Dudley. £2.50 per ticket

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O DUO: RHYTHMS OF THE WORLD Key Stage 1 Schools’ Concert Join inspirational percussionists O Duo for this rhythmic extravaganza. Samba and salsa your way to Wigmore Hall for this interactive concert featuring music from Africa, South America and Europe. Accompanied by a teachers’ pack full of musical classroom activities.

Schools’ Programme

Thursday 17 February 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

£2.50 per ticket

CHAMBER ZONE: Free Concert Tickets for Schools Schools can also take part in our Chamber Zone free ticket scheme. As well as free tickets for one of our specially selected concerts, schools also receive a workshop, free programmes and interval ice creams. A £50 deposit is required for all school bookings, which will be reimbursed on arrival. See page 7 for a list of concerts; full details at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk.

To book, or to find out more about our diverse schools’ programme, please call 020 7258 8240.

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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