Wigmore Hall Learning Brochure September - December 2011

September – December 2011

Activities for Early Years Family Events Young People’s Events Pre-Concert Events Behind the Music Come and Sing

HOW TO BOOK Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Booking now open 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 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 visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post

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

Arts Council England The Andor Charitable Trust A bequest from Dr Patricia L Baker The Blue Door Foundation Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust The Ellerdale Trust The Elton Family The Gordon Foundation The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation John Lyon’s Charity Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Milton Damerel Trust The Monument Trust Valerie O’Connor & Jeanette McIntosh The Pidem Fund The Rayne Foundation NM Rothschild and Sons Limited Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3 Sound Connections Marie-Luise Waldeck And several anonymous donors

Photo Credits: All images © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2011 Wed 14 Sep FOR CRYING OUT LOUD Sat 17 Sep

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OPEN HOUSE DAY

Mon 19 Sep PRE- CONCERT TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

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COME AND SING: BYRD

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Sat 1 Oct Thu 6 Oct

FAMILY DAY: A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE

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Thu 10 Nov

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

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Sat 12 Nov

PRE-CONCERT TALK: THOMAS LARCHER

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Wed 16 Nov PRE-CONCERT TALK: CHARLIE PIPER

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Mon 26 Sep PRE-CONCERT TALK: ANCIENT AND MODERN

Sat 24 Sep

Sat 5 Nov

FAMILY DAY: GIANTS, LYRICS AND LIONS

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TODDLER BOP

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Tue 22 Nov

CHAMBER TOTS

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Sat 26 Nov

CAVATINA FAMILY CONCERT

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Fri 2 Dec

CHAMBER TOTS

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Sat 8 Oct

LISZT DISCOVERY DAY

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Fri 2 Dec

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

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Mon 10 Oct

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION

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Thu 8 Dec

WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

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Sat 15 Oct

FAMILY CONCERT: ABRACADABRA AURORA ORCHESTRA

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Wed 14 Dec WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

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Wed 19 Oct

CHAMBER TOTS

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Wed 26 Oct

YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSE: ART AS MUSIC

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Thu 27 Oct

YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSE: ART AS MUSIC

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Tue 1 Nov

CHAMBER TOTS

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Wed 2 Nov

PRE- CONCERT TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

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Sat 17 Dec

STEVEN ISSERLIS 10 LEGENDS INTERVIEW SERIES: IVRY GITLIS

Wed 21 Dec PRE-CONCERT TALK: YEATS AND THE CELTIC REVIVAL

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Activities for Early Years

Activities for Early Years FOR CRYING OUT LOUD For parents and babies up to 1 year old £6 per adult – babies come for free A highly 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.

Wednesday 14 September 11.00 am – 11.45 am Thursday 10 November 11.00 am – 11.45 am With musicians from the Royal Academy of Music

TODDLER BOP For 1 – 2 year olds £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult A new exciting programme of music and movement workshops for toddlers aged 1 – 2 years. Each lasting 45 minutes, these workshops offer young children the opportunity to sing together, interact with musical activities, puppets and parachutes and dance and play percussion. Adults are encouraged to participate fully with their child, involving themselves in all activities.

Thursday 6 October workshop repeated 2

10.15 am – 11.00 am 11.45 am – 12.30 pm

For 2 – 5 year olds Maximum 4 tickets per booking for each event £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult 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.

Activities for Early Years

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.

For details of performers, please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning Wednesday 19 October

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 1 November

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 22 November

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

2 – 5 year olds

10.00 am – 11.00 am 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 – 3 year olds 3 – 5 year olds

Friday 2 December

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Family Events

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

OPEN HOUSE DAY Saturday 17 September 11.30 am – 3.00 pm After exploring this historic concert hall, join workshop leader Rus Pearson in the Bechstein Room to create a new piece inspired by your visit to the Hall: workshops at 12 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm. Then listen to exciting performances by Ignite, Wigmore Hall Learning’s outreach ensemble, at 12.30 pm, 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm. All ages are welcome and no experience is necessary!

Free (no booking required)

GIANTS, LYRICS AND LIONS Saturday 1 October 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

FAMILY DAY For age 7 plus Discover the story of Hercules and his battles with lions, giants and bulls found in sculptures and armour at the Wallace Collection. Weave this inspiration into your own songs to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Please avoid bringing younger children to this workshop – ability to take part in writing workshops is a key element of this family day.

Adults £12 Children £8 In partnership with the Wallace Collection

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Family Events

ABRACADABRA: AURORA ORCHESTRA Saturday 15 October 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

FAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plus Join musicians from the fabulous Aurora Orchestra and magician Neil Henry for this magical concert of live music, illusion and trickery. You won’t believe your eyes!

Adults £7 Children £5

A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE Saturday 5 November 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus Join composer James Redwood and director Hazel Gould for a stormy voyage and discover the music and madness of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Explore the shipwrecks and magic in the story, be inspired by songs by Vaughan Williams and even write your own music to bring the story to life. £12 adults £8 children

CAVATINA FAMILY CONCERT Saturday 26 November 11.00 am – 12 noon For age 5 plus Join the Sacconi Quartet as they play music from across the centuries including pieces

by Beethoven, Haydn and Janac˘ék – be inspired, take part in musical games and meet the musicians in this interactive concert full of family fun. £7 adults £5 children CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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Young People’s Events

Young People’s Events ART AS MUSIC Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 October 10.00 am – 3.30 pm

HALF TERM COURSE For ages 11 – 16 years For instrumentalists grade 3 and up.

Join creative ensemble Ignite to explore a new sound world inspired by art. Find out how composers such as Björk, John Cage and Morton Feldman have used abstract art in exciting new ways; design your own graphic scores and discover the music of chance! Compose your own pieces and perform them on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this half-term course. £40 per ticket Supported by Arts Council England Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Become a Hall Wigmore ducer Young Pro See page

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

Please call the box office on 020 7935 2141 and quote Chamber Zone to book. This offer is also available to schools groups with accompanying workshops. For further information about our schools programme visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/for-schools Sunday 11 September 11.30 am Fauré Quartet Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns Monday 3 October 7.30 pm Belcea Quartet Beethoven Friday 14 October 7.30 pm Pacifica Quartet Menahem Pressler piano Shostakovich Thursday 20 October 7.30 pm Janine Jansen violin Itamar Golan piano Grieg, Messiaen, Ravel

Thursday 10 November 7.30 pm Martin Fröst clarinet Roland Pöntinen piano Chausson, Hillborg, Weber, Berg, Bartók, Brahms Wednesday 16 November 1.00 pm Britten Sinfonia Strauss, Charlie Piper, Bruch Tuesday 22 November 7.30 pm Stile Antico Victoria, Morales, Janequin, Palestrina, Guerrero Saturday 3 December 7.30 pm Artemis Quartet Haydn, Bartók, Ravel

Tuesday 25 October 7.30 pm Pavel Haas Quartet Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Dvor˘ák

Saturday 10 December 7.30 pm Nash Ensemble Mendelssohn, Schoenberg, Schubert

Friday 4 November 7.30 pm English Chamber Orchestra Katya Apekisheva piano John Thurgood horn Schubert, Mozart

Monday 12 December 7.30 pm Quatuor Ebène Prokofiev, Debussy, Brahms

NB Tickets on sale from 10 August

Tuesday 8 November 7.30 pm Vienna Piano Trio Haydn, Schubert, Dvor˘ák

Young People’s Events

FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!

For full programme listings please see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net

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Pre-Concert Events

Pre - Concert Events PRE-CONCERT TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Monday 19 September 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (ticket required) Richard Egarr introduces the Academy of Ancient Music’s evening concert ‘Musical Revolutions: Birth of the Symphony’ which features works by Mozart, Bach, Haydn and others.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: ANCIENT AND MODERN Monday 26 September 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Author Jonathan Keates introduces the first concert in Ian Bostridge’s project ‘Ancient and Modern’ featuring period and modern instruments and music alongside one another.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION Monday 10 October 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Writer and broadcaster David Nice talks to the Pacifica Quartet prior to their evening concert which launches their cycle of Shostakovich’s String Quartets.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Wednesday 2 November 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (ticket required) Pavlo Beznosiuk introduces the Academy of Ancient Music’s evening concert, which focuses on the theme of ‘Witches and Devils’.

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Saturday 12 November 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm £3 Thomas Larcher talks about his works, including his Piano Quintet which will receive its world première in the evening concert.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: CHARLIE PIPER Wednesday 16 November 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to lunchtime concert ticket holders (separate ticket required) Charlie Piper introduces his new work which will receive its London première in the Britten Sinfonia lunchtime concert.

Pre-Concert Events

PRE- CONCERT TALK: THOMAS LARCHER

PRE-CONCERT TALK: YEATS AND THE CELTIC REVIVAL Wednesday 21 December 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Professor Roy Foster addresses themes in the evening concert performance, ‘Old and New Elizabethans’, part of Ian Bostridge’s ‘Ancient and Modern’ series.

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Behind the Music

Behind the Music WIGMORE STUDY GROUP Friday 2, Thursday 8 & Wednesday 14 December 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

THE MUSIC OF MAURICE RAVEL Shadowing the themes of the Ravel 75th Anniversary concert series, this first Wigmore Study Group of the season explores the music of Maurice Ravel. Hosted by composer Julian Philips, the three afternoons will offer three approaches: a masterclass on Ravel’s piano music, a performance-analysis of his piano music and, finally, an exploration of his song settings and the historical context in which they were written. With contributions from distinguished musicologists and postgraduate musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Linked to the evening concert ‘Une Rare Emotion’ with Bernada Fink on 14 December.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 14 December.

STEVEN ISSERLIS LEGENDS INTERVIEW SERIES Saturday 17 December 11.00 am – 12.30 pm All seats £15

STEVEN ISSERLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH IVRY GITLIS In this series, the prodigious Steven Isserlis talks to three legendary musicians who have had a major influence on him, about their lives and artistry. The first of these conversations is with the violinist Ivry Gitlis, who has a long association with Wigmore Hall having made a triumphant return to the London stage in 1996, after a long absence, to mark the 50th anniversary of his Wigmore Hall debut. More recently he has performed here as a chamber musician with IMS Prussia Cove and Steven Isserlis. For the other two conversations in the series, Steven Isserlis will be joined by Ida Haendel and Marta Casals Istomin.

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As we approach the actual day of the bicentenary of Liszt’s birth on 22 October 1811, so we reach the climax of Wigmore Hall’s celebration of this multifaceted Romantic master. Leslie Howard has done more than any living pianist to explore the breathtaking totality of Liszt’s output for the instrument, which encompasses all of 99+ CDs. Together with several equally enthusiastic friends, Leslie will curate this day of pianistic delight.

Saturday 8 October 10.00 am

TALK Dr Leslie Howard on Liszt the man and musician £3

11.30 am

EVA THORARINSDOTTIR violin JORIS VAN DEN BERG cello TRISTAN LEE piano LISZT Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth S382; La lugubre gondola S134; Die drei Zigeuner S383; La notte S377a; Tristia from Vallée d’Obermann; Le carnaval de Pesth (Rhapsodie hongroise No. 9) S379

2.30 pm

BBC SINGERS DAVID HILL conductor COADY GREEN piano LISZT Pax vobiscum! S64; Cinq Choeurs; Salve Regina S66; Psalm; Das deutsche Vaterland II (Was ist das deutsche Vaterland?) S74; Es war einmal ein König S73; Magyar király-dal S93; Weimar’s Volkslied S87/5 £12 concs £10

6.00 pm

TALK Michael Short on Liszt’s heritage £3

7.30 pm

£12 concs £10

LESLIE HOWARD piano BOBBY CHEN piano

1.00 pm

LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies; Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust S599; Hungarian Rhapsodies; Rákóczi-Marsch S608

TALK Dr Meiron Hughes on Liszt the public introvert, the secular priest, the nationalist cosmopolitan £3

Behind the Music

Liszt Discovery Day

£12 concs £10 ALL DAY CONCERT TICKET £20 (tickets for the talks to be purchased separately)

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Come and Sing

Come and Sing Join us for the first in this series of singing workshops for adults – no experience required!

COME AND SING: BYRD Saturday 24 September 10.00 am – 3.30 pm £18 concessions £10 Isabelle Adams leads a day of singing workshops for adults, inspired by the William Byrd Festival at Wigmore Hall. Learn some new songs, join in with fun vocal warm-ups and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall Stage. Open to everyone – no experience required! All activities will be inclusive and music will be taught by ear.

Linked to the concert on 7 October by The Cardinall’s Musick; concert tickets to be purchased separately

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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 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