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110TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

SUMMER11Ê APRIL 11 – JULY 11

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This is the final brochure for our celebratory110th anniversary season. Wigmore Hall(then called Bechstein Hall) opened in 1901

with two inaugural concerts on 31 May and1 June, and to mark our anniversary this yearwe are very proud to present two special GalaConcerts on the same dates. The first bringstogether one of the greatest of today’s stringquartets, the Takács Quartet, with pianistStephen Hough, and the following eveningwe have a chamber ensemble to dream of,including Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell, PamelaFrank, Tabea Zimmermann and Jeremy Denk.

Our celebrations continue right up untilSunday 31 July, so do please read thebrochure to learn of all the treats in store!

Vocal recitals have always been central toWigmore Hall’s profile and this summerwe are very pleased to welcome KatarinaKarnéus and Julius Drake (in a programmeof Scandinavian song), Philippe Jaroussky(in both sacred and secular music byMonteverdi and his school), Robert Holland András Schiff ( in Winterreise) andIan Bostridge and Dame Mitsuko Uchidain the same great work. One of the mostprominent baritones to be heard today,Christian Gerhaher, brings a Mahlerprogramme, and John Mark Ainsley returnsfor a BBC lunchtime recital. On 29 MayThomas Quasthoff will be presented with theWigmore Medal in recognition of his servicesto the Hall, and will join András Schiff for aprogramme of late romantic songs by RichardStrauss and Gustav Mahler. Throughout theseason we have recitals and concerts byAnn Murray DBE, Christopher Maltman,Mark Padmore, Simon Keenlyside, AnneSofie von Otter, Thomas Hampson, DianaDamrau, Susan Graham and many others.

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I am particularly pleased to welcome one ofthe new crop of vocal groups in early music,Stile Antico, and do also watch out forJordi Savall and Dimitri Psonis in a rareprogramme of Christian, Sephardic, Turkishand Mediterranean music of the MiddleAges. 2010 Gramophone Award winnersThe Cardinall’s Musick join us with musicby a wonderful array of Italian composers;other chamber music highlights include theconclusion of Thomas Zehetmair’s residency,Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel and Till Fellnerin piano trios by Haydn, Birtwistle andBeethoven, Joshua Bell and Sam Haywoodin recital, and many other celebrated quartets,who will perform for us during the season.

There are numerous highlights in our pianoseries and I anticipate an especially warmwelcome for Daniel Barenboim on 15 Junewith an all -Schubert programme. Paul Lewiscontinues his Schubert series, Imogen Cooperjoins us for a lunchtime recital, piano fanswill be alert to the rise of Danny Driver, whoappears on 9 July, and we will also welcomeElisabeth Leonskaja and the Artemis Quartetin chamber music masterpieces. StevenOsborne plays Schubert’s last three piano

sonatas on 9 April, and on 13 April we welcomeback Maria João Pires, always a specialpleasure. Alexander Melnikov also returnson 26 April after a long absence, and manyother popular pianists appear in the season’slineup – not always playing Schubert!

Our new Friday late night concerts throughoutthe summer, beginning at 10 pm and finishingat 11 pm, promise to be exciting occasions,and include Retrospect Ensemble, Paco Peña,Quatuor Ebène, Joanna MacGregor, Endymionand Exaudi, and the London Handel Players.Watch out also for distinguished jazzmusicians Diana Torto and John Taylor, andKlaus Gesing and Gwilym Simcock, who joinus for concerts later in the series. As always,it is impossible to mention all the great artistswe have coming to us in this anniversaryseason, so I will finish by thanking you allvery warmly for your enthusiastic and vitalsupport during our celebratory year, and bylooking forward to seeing you at the Hallmany times during the summer period.

John GilhoolyDirector

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AT A GLANCE APRIL – JULY 2011

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Song Recital SeriesSun 3 Apr Marcus Farnsworth Page 6

James Baillieu

Wed 6 Apr Renata Pokupic/Alek Shrader 8

Roger Vignoles

Thu 7 Apr Katarina Karnéus/Julius Drake 9

Mon 11 Apr Christopher Maltman 14

Malcolm Martineau

Thu 14 Apr Ian Bostridge/Dame Mitsuko Uchida 16

Wed 27 Apr Robert Holl/András Schiff 22

Sat 14 May Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 35

Mon 23 May Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake 39

Thu 26 May Genia Kühmeier/Bernarda Fink 39

Michael Schade/Thomas QuasthoffMalcolm Martineau/Justus Zeyen

Sun 29 May Thomas Quasthoff/András Schiff 41

Tue 7 Jun Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 48

Fri 10 Jun Daniil Shtoda/Larissa Gergieva 49

Mon 13 Jun Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger 51

Sun 19 Jun Ann Murray DBE/Malcolm Martineau 56

Tue 21 Jun Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis 58

Thu 23 Jun Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis 58

Tue 28 Jun Simon Keenlyside/Malcolm Martineau 61

Fri 1 Jul Ruth Ziesak/Michael Collins 63

András Schiff

Wed 6 Jul Diana Damrau/Malcolm Martineau 66

Fri 8 Jul Songmakers with Graham Johnson 67

Sat 16 Jul Susan Graham/Malcolm Martineau 72

Sat 23 Jul Alice Coote/Julius Drake 75

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JAZZ SERIES 28, 29, 30, 45

LATE NIGHT SERIES 33, 34, 45, 55, 59, 67, 75

WIGMORE HALL MEDAL – THOMAS QUASTHOFF 41

WIGMORE HALL ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERTS 42, 43

PAUL LEWIS/ SCHUBERT SERIES 52, 58

DECADE BY DECADE SERIES– 100 YEARS OF 61, 66, 72

GERMAN SONG

CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN MEMORIAL CONCERT 62

London Pianoforte SeriesSat 9 Apr Steven Osborne 12

Wed 13 Apr Maria João Pires 15

Tue 26 Apr Alexander Melnikov 22

Thu 28 Apr Konstantin Lifschitz 24

Tue 10 May Mikhail Rudy 32

Thu 12 May Charles Owen 33

Fri 27 May András Schiff 40

Sat 11 Jun Stephen Hough 50

Tue 14 Jun Paul Lewis 52

Wed 15 Jun Daniel Barenboim 54

Thu 16 Jun Paul Lewis 52

Fri 24 Jun Joanna MacGregor 34, 59

Thu 7 Jul Lars Vogt 66

Sat 9 Jul Danny Driver 68

Tue 12 Jul Christian Blackshaw 70

Wed 20 Jul David Fray 74

Thu 28 Jul Yevgeny Sudbin 77

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Chamber Music SeasonSat 2 Apr Quatuor Mosaïques Page 5

Sun 3 Apr Quatuor Mosaïques 6

Tue 5 Apr Thomas Zehetmair/Ruth Killius 7

Fri 8 Apr Steven Isserlis/Stephen Hough 9

Sun 10 Apr Lisa Batiashvili/Adrian Brendel 13

Till FellnerTue 12 Apr Quartetto di Cremona/Adrian Adlam 14

Thomas HellWed 13 Apr Britten Sinfonia 15

Sat 16 Apr Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood 17

Tue 19 Apr Elias String Quartet 18

Sat 30 Apr Soloists of the LPO 24

Wed 4 May Razumovsky Young Artist Recital 27

Wed 4 May Razumovsky Ensemble 27

Thu 5 May Michael Collins/Piers Lane 30

Sat 7 May Jerusalem Quartet 31

Wed 11 May The Endellion String Quartet 33

Tue 17 May Artemis Quartet/Elisabeth Leonskaja 36

Tue 31 May Wigmore Hall Gala Concert 1 42

Wed 1 Jun Wigmore Hall Gala Concert 2 43

Fri 3 Jun Paco Peña 34, 45

Sat 4 Jun Vanbrugh Quartet 46

Wed 8 Jun Razumovsky Young Artist Recital 47

Wed 8 Jun Razumovsky Ensemble 47

Thu 9 Jun Vienna Piano Trio 49

Fri 17 Jun Dante String Quartet 55

Fri 17 Jun The Other Ebène 34, 55

Mon 20 Jun Soloists of the LPO 57

Wed 22 Jun Skampa Quartet 58

Sat 25 Jun Philippe Graffin and Friends 60

Fri 8 Jul Exaudi/Endymion 34, 67

Wed 13 Jul Jupiter Quartet 70

Tue 19 Jul Waldstein Ensemble 73

Thu 21 Jul Alexander Chaushian/Yevgeny Sudbin 74

Sat 23 Jul Memorial Concert for Pauline Mara 76

Sat 30 Jul Jack Quartet 78

Sun 31 Jul Jean-Guihen Queyras 79

BBC Lunchtime ConcertsMon 4 Apr Sol Gabetta Page 6

Mon 11 Apr Trio Wanderer 13

Mon 18 Apr Miklós Perényi 18

Mon 25 Apr Nicholas Angelich 21

Mon 2 May Ashley Wass 25

Mon 9 May Alisa Weilerstein 32

Mon 16 May John Mark Ainsley/Roger Vignoles 36

Mon 23 May Quatuor Ebène 38

Mon 30 May Shai Wosner 44

Mon 6 Jun Angela Hewitt 47

Mon 13 Jun Belcea Quartet 51

Mon 20 Jun Benjamin Grosvenor 57

Mon 27 Jun Elisabeth Leonskaja 60

Mon 4 Jul Imogen Cooper 65

Mon 11 Jul Iestyn Davies/Julius Drake 69

Sunday Morning Coffee ConcertsSun 3 Apr Sharon Kam/Lars Vogt 5

Sun 10 Apr Heath Quartet 12

Sun 17 Apr Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/Martin Helmchen 16

Sun 24 Apr Aviv Quartet/Vladimir Mendelssohn 21

Sun 1 May Doric String Quartet 25

Sun 8 May Cuarteto Casals 31

Sun 15 May Anthony Marwood/Aleksandar Madzar 35

Sun 22 May Meta4 38

Sun 29 May Ensemble Pierre Robert 40

Sun 5 Jun Eggner Trio 46

Sun 12 Jun Kit Armstrong 50

Sun 19 Jun Marianne Thorsen/Håvard Gimse 56

Sun 26 Jun Finghin Collins 60

Sun 3 Jul Richard Harwood/Christoph Berner 65

Sun 10 Jul Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva 68

Sun 17 Jul François Chaplin 72

Sun 24 Jul Michelangelo Quartet 77

Sun 31 Jul Jean-Guihen Queyras 79

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Jazz SeriesFri 6 May Diana Torto/John Taylor 28, 29, 30

Thu 2 Jun Klaus Gesing/Gwilym Simcock 28, 29, 45

Guitar SeriesTue 3 May David Russell 27

Late Night SeriesFri 13 May Retrospect Ensemble/Charles Neidich 33, 34

Fri 3 Jun Paco Peña 34, 45

Fri 17 Jun The Other Ebène 34, 55

Fri 24 Jun Joanna MacGregor 34, 59

Fri 8 Jul Exaudi/Endymion 34, 67

Fri 22 Jul London Handel PlayersAlasdair Fraser 34, 75

Wigmore Hall LearningFri 1 Apr Young People’s Concert: Ignite Page 80

Thu 7 Apr Steven Isserlis Lecture Recital 8

Sat 9 Apr RNCM Study Day: Judith Weir 10, 11

Sun 10 Apr Pre-Concert Talk 13

Tue 12 Apr Pre-Concert Performance 14

Wed 13 Apr Pre-Concert Talk 15

Sat 7 May Family Concert: Igor, The Bird Who 30, 80

Couldn’t SingSat 14 May Workshops: Family Jam with Ignite 81

Sat 21 May British Premières at Wigmore Hall 37

Sat 21 May Wigmore Hall – Past and Present 37

Tue 24 May British Premières at Wigmore Hall 37

Wed 25 May British Premières at Wigmore Hall 37

Thu 26 May Voiceworks 39

Thu 2 Jun Introduction to Music 44

Thu 2 Jun Ignite: Post-concert performance 45

Wed 8 Jun Aurora Schools Concert 81

Thu 9 Jun Introduction to Music 44

Thu 16 Jun Artists in Conversation 52

Thu 16 Jun Introduction to Music 44

Fri 17 Jun Wigmore Study Group 53

Tue 21 Jun Wigmore Study Group 53

Thu 23 Jun Introduction to Music 44

Fri 24 Jun Wigmore Study Group 53

Sat 25 Jun Family Day: Around the World 81

in 80 SongsTue 28 Jun Study Afternoon 61

Thu 30 Jun Pre-Concert Talk 63

Wed 6 Jul Community Project Culmination 82

Concert: Decades – A Sense of PlaceFri 15 Jul Pre-Concert Talk 71

Mon 18 Jul Pre-Concert Talk 73

Mon 25 Jul Musical Portraits 82

Tue 26 Jul Musical Portraits 82

Wed 27 Jul Musical Portraits 82

Early Music and Baroque SeriesMon 4 Apr The English Concert Page 7

Maurice Steger/Laurence Cummings 7

Wed 20 Apr Retrospect Ensemble 19

Thu 21 Apr Cappella Mediterranea 19

Anne Sofie von OtterSat 23 Apr L’Arpeggiata/Philippe Jaroussky 20

Sun 1 May London Handel Players 25

Mon 2 May Jordi Savall/Dimitri Psonis 26

Fri 13 May Retrospect Ensemble/Charles Neidich 33, 34

Fri 24 Jun The Cardinall’s Musick 59

Thu 30 Jun Trevor Pinnock and Friends 63

Carolyn SampsonSat 2 Jul Florilegium’s 20th Anniversary 64

Sun 3 Jul Florilegium’s 20th Anniversary 64

Sun 10 Jul The Brook Street Band 69

Fri 15 Jul Stile Antico 71

Mon 18 Jul Academy of Ancient Music 73

Fri 22 Jul London Handel Players 34, 75

Alasdair Fraser

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Sunday 3 April 11.30 am

SHARON KAM clarinet

LARS VOGT piano

DEBUSSY Première rapsodieSCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op. 73

POULENC Sonata for clarinet and pianoBRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1

Acclaimed pianist Lars Vogt teams up withvirtuoso clarinettist Sharon Kam to explore aconspectus of the clarinet’s most challengingrepertoire, ranging from Schumann’s ecstaticlyricism to Poulenc’s brew of piquant melancholy.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee ConcertQUATUOR MOSAÏQUES Marco Borggreve

Saturday 2 April 7.30 pm

QUATUOR MOSAÏQUESHAYDN String Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’MOZART String Quartet in D K575

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1

Three masterpieces spanning the high summer of VienneseClassicism will bring out the best from the Mosaïques, anensemble which has carved a unique niche in the field ofperiod performance. Haydn’s ‘Sunrise’ boasts one of the mostbeautiful openings in the entire quartet repertoire!

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Chamber Music Season

SHARON KAM Maike Helbig

Monday 4 April 1.00 pm

SOL GABETTA cellopianist to be announced

MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2GINASTERA Pampeana No. 2

Gramophone Magazine’s Young Artist of the Year,Sol Gabetta is making a big splash both on discand in concert. Her recording of Elgar’s evergreenCello Concerto has been acclaimed as ‘one of thebest around’ and, never one to rest on her laurels,she is now exploring Baroque performing practiceon a gut-strung instrument. As fearless inperformance as she is compelling on disc, herWigmore Hall recital is sure to be one of theseason’s hot tickets.

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Sunday 3 April 4.00 pm

MARCUS FARNSWORTH baritone

JAMES BAILLIEU piano

WIGMORE HALL/KOHN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONALSONG COMPETITION WINNER’S RECITAL

PURCELL/BRITTEN Man is for the woman made; Not all mytorments; Sweeter than Roses,BRAHMS Verzagen; Lerchengesang; Bei dir sind meineGedanken; Unbewegte laue Luft; Willst du, dass ich geh?WOLF Auf einer Wanderung; Schlafendes Jesuskind;Begegnung; Gebet; AbschiedBRITTEN Folksong arrangements: Sally in our Alley;Lord! I married me a wife; Greensleeves; The Plough Boy

Winner of the 2009 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation InternationalSong Competition, Marcus Farnsworth here presents a sequenceof songs from the heart of the 19th-century Romantic tradition,framing them with Britten’s realisations and arrangements ofBritish folksongs and of the touching music of Purcell.

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Song Recital Series

Sunday 3 April 7.30 pm

QUATUOR MOSAÏQUESHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 76 No. 5DAVID String Quartet in ABRAHMS String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1

For their companion concert the Mosaïques pair moremercurial late Haydn with the first of Brahms’s three quartets.The rarity is a work by Ferdinand David, the violinist who wasMendelssohn’s concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus andthe recipient of the composer’s evergreen Violin Concerto.

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Chamber Music Season

MARCUS FARNSWORTH Benjamin Ealovega

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Tuesday 5 April 7.30 pm

THOMAS ZEHETMAIR violin

RUTH KILLIUS viola

SKALKOTTAS DuoMOZART Duo in G K423

HOLLIGER Drei SkizzenMOZART Duo in Bb K424

MARTINU Madrigals for violin and viola

The versatile Thomas Zehetmair concludeshis mini-residency at Wigmore Hall with thisimaginative programme of music for violin andviola ranging from Mozart to the moderns.Be prepared for an evening of intimacy andvirtuosity in equal measure.

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Chamber Music Season

Monday 4 April 7.30 pm

THE ENGLISH CONCERTMAURICE STEGER recorders

LAURENCE CUMMINGS director, harpsichord

CORBETT Alla Milanese from Le bizzarie universali Op. 8CORELLI Sonata in F for alto recorder Op. 5 No. 4SCARLATTI/AVISON Concerto Grosso No. 9 in CCORELLI/CASTRUCCI Concerto in E minor for voice flute Op. 5 No. 8CORELLI/GEMINIANI Chaconne upon a Sarabanda Op. 5 No. 7CORELLI/GEMINIANI Concerto Gross (La Folia) Op. 5 No. 12

CORELLI/BABELL Concerto in F for soprano recorder Op. 5 No. 10

Recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger, with The English Concert ledby Laurence Cummings, performs a dazzling programme ofconcertos fashioned by the English adherents of ArcangeloCorelli from the Italian master’s visionary Violin Sonatas Op. 5,plus a tribute to Domenico Scarlatti by Charles Avison.

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Early Music and Baroque Series

MAURICE STEGER Marco Borggreve

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THOMAS ZEHETMAIR Keith Pattison

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Wednesday 6 April 7.30 pm

RENATA POKUPIC mezzo-soprano

ALEK SHRADER tenor

ROGER VIGNOLES piano

SCHUMANN In der Fremde; Intermezzo; Waldesgespräch;Mondnacht; Schöne Fremde; Gedichte der Königin MariaStuart Op. 135 BARBER O boundless, boundless evening;A nun takes the veil; The secrets of the old; Sure on this shiningnight; Solitary hotel; Nocturne DUPARC L’invitation au voyage;Chanson triste; Extase; Le manoir de RosemondeFAURÉ Aurore; Automne; Le secret; Notre amour ROSSINI La promessa; Il rimprovero; La danza; L’invito;Les amants de Séville

A star of Covent Garden’s recent production of Handel’sTamerlano, Renata Pokupic is already talked about as one ofthe brightest mezzos of the new generation. In partnershipwith lyric tenor Alek Shrader she explores some of the mostrichly evocative jewels of the Romantic song repertoire.

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RENATA POKUPIC Chris Gloag

ALEK SHRADER Peter Schaaf

Thursday 7 April 2.00 pm

STEVEN ISSERLISLECTURE RECITALCellist, author, festival director, teacher andmusical explorer, Steven Isserlis is a truerenaissance man among musicians. For thislecture recital he delves deep into the music of19th-century Romanticism, one of his particularenthusiasms. Brahms’s First Cello Sonata washis first duo sonata and is imbued with his loveof music of the past – especially Bach. Liszt’sDie Zelle in Nonnenwerth is his own arrangementof a song setting a text by Felix Lichnowsky butinspired by the composer’s own sojourns at theCloister of the title, a half-ruined convent on anisland in the Rhine.

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KATARINA KARNÉUS Mats Bäcker

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Thursday 7 April 7.30 pm

KATARINA KARNÉUS mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

GRIEG Spillemaend; En svane; Stam-bogsrim; Med envandlilie; Borte!; En fuglevise RANGSTRÖM Bön till natten; Pan; Flickan under nymånenSIBELIUS Den första kyssen; Lasse liten; Soluppgång;Var det en dröm?; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möteGRIEG Haugtussa Op. 67

Katarina Karnéus is one of the most celebrated alumnae of theCardiff Singer of the World competition. In opera and Liederalike she has explored a richly varied repertoire and thisprogramme brings to Wigmore Hall highlights from her recentwell received disc of Scandinavian song.

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Song Recital Series

Friday 8 April 7.30 pm

STEVEN ISSERLIS cello

STEPHEN HOUGH piano

BACH/SILOTI Adagio from the Toccata in CBUSONI Kultaselle, variations on a FinnishfolksongBRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38

LISZT Elegie No. 1; Die Zelle in NonnenwerthGRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36

Steven Isserlis combines an international careerof solo and chamber music performances withfestival directing and writing children’s books.Artistic Director of the International MusiciansSeminar at Prussia Cove, he has also coachedcountless young musicians and overseen a seriesof children’s concerts in New York. He concludeshis Wigmore Hall residency in partnership withStephen Hough in a characteristically eclecticprogramme ranging from Bach to Busoni.

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STEVEN ISSERLIS Kevin Davis

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JUDITH WEIR STUDY DAYMUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL NORTHERNCOLLEGE OF MUSICCLARK RUNDELL conductor

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Musicreturn to Wigmore Hall for the third in a series ofannual Study Days focusing on the chamber music ofa prominent living composer.

Judith Weir is one of this country’s most distinguishedcomposers. Her broad and varied interests in narrative,folklore and theatre are reflected throughout the day’sprogramme, which begins with a performance of one ofher most important and widely performed works, theopera for solo soprano King Harald’s Saga. Folk music isalso prevalent, with traditional melodies from England,Scotland, Spain and America providing the inspirationfor a number of solo and chamber works performedduring the day. The final concert features works forlarger ensemble – Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, basedon a poem by Emily Dickinson, and The Consolations ofScholarship, a work with a dramatic narrative writtenin the form of an early Chinese opera.

The day comprises three concerts which will beinterspersed with two study events in the presenceof the composer, providing an opportunity to hearJudith Weir speak about her life and music.

Saturday 9 April 10.00 am

10.00 am

JUDITH WEIR King Harald’s SagaJUDITH WEIR The King of FranceJUDITH WEIR Unlocked

11.00 am – Study Event

ANTHONY BURTON in conversation withJUDITH WEIR

12.15 pm

JUDITH WEIR Airs from Another PlanetJUDITH WEIR I’ve turned the page …JUDITH WEIR Piano Trio Two

2.00 pm – Study Event

PIERS HELLAWELL in conversation withJUDITH WEIR

3.15 pm

JUDITH WEIR Musicians Wrestle EverywhereJUDITH WEIR The Consolations of Scholarship

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Saturday 9 April 7.30 pm

STEVEN OSBORNE piano

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A D959

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in Bb D960

Pianist Steven Osborne has rapidly established a reputationas one of the most searching and sensitive artists of hisgeneration. He now turns his focus on a veritable Everest ofthe keyboard literature with this traversal of Schubert’s lastthree piano sonatas. Dating from 1828 and just a few monthsbefore the composer’s death, these astonishing works conveya distillation of Schubert’s blend of poise and passion.

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London Pianoforte Series

Sunday 10 April 11.30 am

HEATH QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2DVORÁK String Quartet in Eb Op. 51

Founded at the Royal Northern College of Musicin 2002, the Heath Quartet has gone on to win astring of awards and is cementing its reputationin concerts throughout the UK. The quartet pairsthe second of Haydn’s ‘Apponyi’ Quartets,composed during his triumphant London period,with a work saturated by the sounds of Dvorák’sCzech heritage.

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Coffee Concert

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STEVEN OSBORNE Benjamin Ealovega

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Sunday 10 April 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKANNETTE MORREAU on Wigmore Hall ‘newness’ – inconversation with JOHN CUMMING and TONY FELL

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Sunday 10 April 7.30 pm

LISA BATIASHVILI violin

ADRIAN BRENDEL cello

TILL FELLNER piano

HAYDN Piano Trio in D HXV:24

BIRTWISTLE New Trio (UK première)BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’

Connoisseurs of chamber music will leap at the chance tohear this group of virtuoso performers, who come togetherfor a special celebrity concert. Haydn’s piano trios – longheinously neglected – are increasingly recognised as atreasure trove of his mature mastery. Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’Trio needs no introduction and these artists will give anew trio by Sir Harrison Birtwistle as persuasive a premièreas possible.

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Monday 11 April 1.00 pm

TRIO WANDERERBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op. 11

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revisedversion)

Long established as one of the most celebratedof international piano trios, the Wanderersreturn to Wigmore Hall with two works whichcan be performed in different versions. The trioopts for the violin version of Beethoven’sdelicious early Clarinet Trio and follows it withthe later revision of Brahms’s youthful andpassionate B major masterpiece.

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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LISA BATIASHVILI

Tuesday 12 April 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCEPre-concert performance by quartets from theLondon String Quartet Foundation/Chetham’sSchool of Music National Young String QuartetsWeekend in March 2011.

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Tuesday 12 April 7.30 pm

QUARTETTO DI CREMONAADRIAN ADLAM violin

THOMAS HELL piano

BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6CHAUSSON Concert in D Op. 21 for violin, pianoand string quartet

Synonymous with the home of incomparablestring instruments, the young Quartetto diCremona came together with Thomas Hell andAdrian Adlam as part of the International FredenFestival in Germany, which has long beenacclaimed for its innovative and excitingprogramming. In this concert, they surroundBeethoven’s early Bb Quartet with the searingpassion of Bartók’s late Violin Sonata, and thenjoin forces for Chausson’s rarely heard Romantictour de force.

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Monday 11 April 7.30 pm

CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

FAURÉ Cinq mélodies de VeniseSCHUMANN Zwei Venetianische Lieder: Leis’ rudern hier, meinGeliebter; Wenn durch die PiazzettaSCHUBERT GondelfahrerMENDELSSOHN Venetianisches GondelliedHAHN Venezia – Chansons en dialecte vénetienSCHUBERT Du bist die Ruh; Lachen und Weinen; Sei mirgegrüßt; L’incanto degli occhi; Il traditor deluso; Il modo diprender moglie MAHLER Five Rückert Lieder

The much-loved baritone Christopher Maltman proves againthat he is one of the most versatile singers of our time with thisravishing programme. His first half is a seductive gondola ridethrough some of the most evocative songs about Venice,starting however with glorious songs simply written there byFauré. After a Schubert bouquet, he concludes with Mahler’sunforgettable Rückert cycle.

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CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN Levon Biss

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Wednesday 13 April 12.15 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKMARCELO NISINMAN talks about tango music

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Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Wednesday 13 April 1.00 pm

BRITTEN SINFONIATHOMAS GOULD violin

CAROLINE DEARNLEY cello

STEPHEN WILLIAMS double bass

HUW WATKINS piano

MARCELO NISINMAN bandoneon

MARCELO NISINMAN Hombre TangoOSVALDO TARANTINO (arr. Nisinman) Ciudad TristeENRICO CHAPELA Nanobots (world première tour)*PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires ‘Las CuatroEstaciones porteñas’*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall

At the heart of this tango-inflected programme is Piazzolla’spassionate and thrilling The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.Piazzolla has taken the vigour and virtuosity of the Italianbaroque and infused the work with jazz textures and Latinpulse. We welcome virtuoso bandoneon player MarceloNisinman who will not only perform in Piazzolla’s work butpresent some of his own stunning tango arrangements. Theprogramme is completed with a new work by rising Mexicanstar Enrico Chapela, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia andWigmore Hall.

£12 concs £10

Chamber Music Season

Wednesday 13 April 7.30 pm

MARIA JOÃO PIRES piano

Programme to be announced

Acclaimed by Gramophone magazine as ‘one ofthe master musicians of our time’, Maria JoãoPires is renowned as much for her unique touchand tone as for the strength and individualityof her interpretations. Her rapturously receiveddiscs of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,Chopin, Schumann and Brahms have swept upall the international awards, making her recitalappearances among the most keenly anticipatedin the concert calendar. This rare Londonappearance is sure to demonstrate hereloquent response to all the expressivenessand inwardness of the repertoire in whichshe excels.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

London Pianoforte Series

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MARIA JOÃO PIRES Eduardo Gagiero/DG

Thursday 14 April 7.30 pm

IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

DAME MITSUKO UCHIDA piano

SCHUBERT Winterreise

In common with many of his colleagues, Ian Bostridge is heredrawn to a partnership with a solo pianist who enjoys a rarereputation for playing Schubert. This collaboration with DameMitsuko Uchida will be eagerly awaited by their many fans andshould prove a highlight of this Wigmore season.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

Song Recital Series

Saturday 16 April 7.30 pm

JOSHUA BELL violin

SAM HAYWOOD piano

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Sunday 17 April 11.30 am

MARIE-ELISABETH HECKER cello

MARTIN HELMCHEN piano

BACH Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1 in G BWV1027

JANÁCEK PohádkaMENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58

Still in her mid-twenties, Marie-Elisabeth Heckeris partnered by the distinguished pianist MartinHelmchen in a fascinating programme whichcouples Bach with his 19th-century championMendelssohn. In between comes Janácek’scharmingly idiosyncratic Fairy Tale.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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IAN BOSTRIDGE Benjamin Ealovega

DAME MITSUKO UCHIDA Roger Mastroianni

Saturday 16 April 7.30 pm

JOSHUA BELL violin

SAM HAYWOOD piano

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100

SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934

GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Op. 13

Joshua Bell has few peersamong today’s phenomenalgeneration of young violinists andhis solo recitals have become red-letterevents. Alongside the autumnal masteryof Brahms and the youthful ardour of alate Schubert masterpiece, he then turnsto the bracing climate of one of Grieg’s stillunderrated chamber works.

£15 £25 £35 £40 (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by the Kohn Foundation

Chamber Music Season

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Monday 18 April 1.00 pm

MIKLÓS PERÉNYI cello

BACH Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012

BRITTEN Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80

Cello aficionados will want to book early for this rare opportunityto hear Hungarian maestro Miklós Perényi in this feast of D majorsolo suites. Bach’s Sixth Suite is renowned as one of the mostdemanding of his set of six, and Mstislav Rostropovich wasable to tempt Benjamin Britten to a veritable conspectus ofcompositional mastery in the fourth of five works speciallywritten for him.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 19 April 7.30 pm

ELIAS STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op. 95

‘Serioso’KURTÁG Officium breve Op. 28

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Eb Op. 127

The Elias String Quartet has drawn plaudits for itsrecordings – including a highly lauded WigmoreHall Live disc – and here cushions two worksby Beethoven, the austere ‘Serioso’ and theApollonian Op. 127, with the terse and ellipticalmusical language of Hungarian contemporarymaster György Kurtág in his 85th year.

£12 £16 £22 £26

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N T

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MIKLÓS PERÉNYI

ELIAS STRING QUARTET Benjamin Ealovega

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Wednesday 20 April 7.30 pm

RETROSPECT ENSEMBLEMATTHEW HALLS director

BUXTEHUDE Membra Jesu Nostri BUXWV75

A rare opportunity to hear a performance of the first LutheranOratorio. Buxtehude’s timeless masterpiece consists of a cycleof seven exquisitely-scored cantatas – each taking as its focalpoint a different part of Christ’s crucified body. Breathtakinglybeautiful music for Passiontide.

£12 £16 £22 £24

Early Music and Baroque Series

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LEONARDO GARCIA ALARCÓN

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Mats Bäcker

Thursday 21 April 7.30 pm

CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEAANNE SOFIE VON OTTERmezzo-soprano

LEONARDO GARCIA ALARCÓNdirector, harpsichord, keyboard

Programme to include arias, scenes andinterludes by CHARPENTIER, MONTEVERDIand HANDEL

Anne Sofie von Otter’s most recent recordingfeatured the French Baroque splendour of themusic of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Sure to findits ideal home in the surroundings of WigmoreHall, she couples it this evening with music ofequal splendour by Monteverdi and Handel.

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Early Music and Baroque Series

Saturday 23 April 7.30 pm

PHILIPPE JAROUSSKYcountertenor

L’ARPEGGIATACHRISTINA PLUHARdirectorImprovisation on La dia spagnolaSTROZZI L’Eraclito amorosoCAZZATI CiacconaSANCES Presso l’onde tranquilloImprovisation on Tarantella napoletanaMONTEVERDI Ohimé, ch’io cadoBERTALI ChiaconaMURCIA FandangoFALCONIERI La suave melodiaMONTEVERDI Adagati, PoppeaMELLI Dispiegate, guance amateMURCIA JacarasPANDOLFI MEALLI Sonata Op. 4 No. 6 ‘La Vinciolina’MONTEVERDI Sí dolce è’l tormentoMONTEVERDI Damigella tutta bellaKAPSBERGER L’Arpeggiata SANCES Stabat materMONTEVERDI Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius

Lovers of the countertenor voice are guaranteeda rare thrill as the young French star joins forceswith period ensemble L’Arpeggiata to explore therichly extravagant world of late-Renaissance Italy.Straddling the worlds of basilica and piazza, musicboth sacred and secular by Monteverdi and hisschool will dazzle and delight in equal measure.

£15 £25 £35 £40

Early Music and Baroque Series/The Art of the Countertenor

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Sunday 24 April 11.30 am

AVIV STRING QUARTETVLADIMIR MENDELSSOHN viola

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4BRAHMS String Quintet in G Op. 111

Full of folk-inspired special effects, Bartók’s Fourth Quartetexpanded his exploitation of string writing and changedthe quartet genre forever. Vladimir Mendelssohn joins thequartet for a performance of Brahms’s magisterial yetengagingly relaxed Second Quintet.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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NICHOLAS ANGELICH Stéphane de Bourgies

Monday 25 April 1.00 pm

NICHOLAS ANGELICH piano

SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op. 16

BACH/BUSONI Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm derHeiden Heiland’SCHUMANN Arabeske in C Op. 18

Nicholas Angelich is rapidly developing rarerenown as one of the most substantial andthought-provoking pianists active today. Heeschews the empty virtuosity of so many whoseek the limelight in order to delve deeply intothe most intellectually demanding works inthe repertoire – an approach which RobertSchumann would surely have applauded.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

AVIV STRING QUARTET

Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm

ROBERT HOLL baritone

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

SCHUBERT Winterreise

The dark timbres of Robert Holl’s baritone willbring out a tantalisingly different dimension ofSchubert’s universal portrayal of a journeytowards the abyss. András Schiff similarly hasa unique mastery of this elusive composer’spiano writing and a special insight into theconcept of musical partnership.

£18 £25 £30 £35

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Tuesday 26 April 7.30 pm

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano

SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’BRAHMS 7 Fantasien Op. 116

SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 (Nos. 1–12)

Often seen in partnership with some of the most distinguishedinstrumentalists on the circuit, it will be a special pleasure tohear the Russian virtuoso in a programme which features oneof the monuments of Soviet music, recently recorded byMelnikov to great acclaim.

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Tuesday 26 April 2.00 pmFriday 29 April 6.00 pm

KATHLEEN FERRIERAWARD 2011

The annual auditions forBritain’s foremost singingcompetition regularlyattract capacity houses ofvocal art lovers and studentsof singing, all of whom takeup the challenge ofspotting the successfulcandidate to jointhe list of previoussuperstar winners.

26 April All seats £18 students £10

29 April £18 £24 £28 £32 (not part of subscription scheme)

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV Marco Borggreve

Wednesday 27 April 7.30 pm

ROBERT HOLL baritone

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

SCHUBERT Winterreise

See page 22 for details

Friday 27 May 7.30 pm

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

Variations by MOZART, MENDELSSOHN,HAYDN, SCHUMANN and BEETHOVEN

See page 40 for details

Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm

THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

Programme to include MAHLER and STRAUSS songs

See page 41 for details

Wednesday 29 June 7.30 pm

ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGERmezzo-soprano

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN MEMORIAL CONCERT

See page 62 for details

Friday 1 July 7.30 pm

RUTH ZIESAK soprano

MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

Songs by SCHUMANN, SCHUBERT and LISZT

See page 63 for details

ANDRÁS SCHIFF

Our anniversary celebrations would not becomplete without a visit from Wigmorefavourite, András Schiff, who joins us in songrecitals with Robert Holl, Thomas Quasthoff,Angelika Kirchschlager, Ruth Ziesak andMichael Collins, as well as for an ingeniousprogramme of solo piano variations centredon Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variations.

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Thursday 28 April 7.30 pm

KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ piano

BACH The Art of Fugue BWV1080

Konstantin Lifschitz is rapidly establishing a wide-rangingcareer in which he relishes the challenge of performing rarelyheard masterworks. Concert opportunities to hear Bach’ssummation of a lifetime’s obsession with fugue are rareenough as it is but even rarer is the solo pianist who tacklessuch an Everest of superhuman musicality.

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte SeriesSaturday 30 April 7.30 pm

SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAJOHN RYAN horn

MOZART Horn Quintet in Eb K407

STRAUSS Sextet from CapriccioSCHUBERT String Quintet in C D956

Mozart’s Quintet for horn and strings (with twoviolas) is a miniature showpiece with all themelodic appeal of his full-scale horn concertos:the solo part is taken by the London PhilharmonicOrchestra’s principal horn player, John Ryan. ThePrelude to Richard Strauss’s last opera Capricciois a self-contained movement for string sextet,rich in texture and full of rococo decoration.These two works precede and complement theString Quintet (with two cellos) which Schubertcomposed in the last months of his short life, oneof the greatest and most profound masterpiecesin the entire chamber music repertoire.

£12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music SeasonKONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ Charles Seton

JOHN RYAN Benjamin Ealovega

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Sunday 1 May 11.30 am

DORIC STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and theMaiden’

Haydn’s ‘Sun’ Quartets are his earliest chamber works to enjoyregular outings in the concert hall. The life-affirming C majorwork from the set is contrasted dramatically with the feverishRomanticism of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet,whose slow-movement variations explore every facet of thehaunting song that lends the work its name.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

Sunday 1 May 7.30 pm

LONDON HANDEL PLAYERSADRIAN BUTTERFIELD director, violin

RACHEL BROWN flute

LAURENCE CUMMINGS harpsichord, organ

TELEMANN Flute Concerto in E minor with violin, strings andbasso continuo HANDEL Organ Concerto in B b Op. 4 No. 2CPE BACH Flute Concerto in D minor Wq. 22

LECLAIR Violin Concerto in F Op. 7 No. 4BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050

Adrian Butterfield directs the London Handel Players in a feastof baroque concertos which features rarely heard virtuosomasterpieces for violin and flute by Leclair and CPE Bach andconcludes with the work that first gave the harpsichord thelimelight in a concerto, JS Bach’s deservedly popularBrandenburg Concerto No. 5.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

Monday 2 May 1.00 pm

ASHLEY WASS piano

LISZT Années de pèlerinage, première année,Suisse

Naxos’s first exclusive artist, Ashley Wass built astrong reputation in British piano music but hissympathies and enthusiasms are unusuallywide-ranging and his formidable technique andimagination are sure to find a match in thekaleidoscopic evocations by Liszt based on histravels around Switzerland and which brought anew visual dimension to writing for piano.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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ASHLEY WASS

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Monday 2 May 7.30 pm

JORDI SAVALL lira, vielle, rebab

DIMITRI PSONISsantur, moresca, percussion

MARE NOSTRUM – PLACE FOR DIALOGUEAND DIVERSITY BETWEEN ORIENTAND OCCIDENT

CHRISTIAN, SEPHARDIC, TURKISH,ARABO-ANDALUSIAN andMEDITERRANEAN music

Devotees of Jordi Savall will need no persuasion tojoin him in this rare opportunity to be transportedthrough a range of Christian, Sephardic, Turkish,Arabo-Andalusian and Mediterranean music as heand Dimitri Psonis explore the musical diasporasof the Middle Ages.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Early Music and Baroque Series

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Wednesday 4 May 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL

£6 (not part of subscription scheme)or free with event concert (separate ticket required)

Chamber Music Season

Wednesday 4 May 7.30 pm

RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLEARENSKY String Quartet No. 2 in A minorOp. 35 for violin, viola and 2 cellosKODÁLY Duo for violin and cello Op. 7

BRAHMS String Sextet in G Op. 36

The Razumovsky Ensemble brings together agroup of works for less common combinationsof strings, from Kodály’s rhapsodic Duo for violinand cello to Brahms’s sumptuous Sextet forviolins, violas and cellos in pairs. The concertopens with Arensky’s Second String Quartet, awork conceived for the quirky scoring of singleviolin, viola and two cellos.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm

MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

PIERS LANE piano

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Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pm

DAVID RUSSELL guitar

REGONDI Rêverie nocturne Op. 19

HANDEL (transcr. Russell) Suite No. 7 in G minor HWV:432

BACH (transcr. Russell) Sinfonia from Cantata BWV156;Sinfonia in Eb BWV791; Sinfonia in E BWV792;Sinfonia in G minor BWV797

ROUX Le Bourdon de l’âmeALBÉNIZ (transcr. Russell ) Capricho catalan from España;Cuba from Suite española; Granada, serenata from Suiteespañola; Prelude from 12 piezas características; Rumoresde la Caleta from Recuerdos de vioje

Guitarist David Russell is one of today’s leading ambassadorsfor the instrument and in this concert contrasts Bach andHandel with music by 19th-century guitar master GiulioRegondi, contemporary Canadian composer Patrick Roux andthe authentic Spanish panache of Isaac Albéniz.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Guitar Series

DAVID RUSSELL

BRAD MEHLDAU ATWIGMORE HALLJazz pianist Brad Mehldau is one of the most exciting musicians inhis field today, touring and recording extensively with great success.Having been invited by John Gilhooly to curate Wigmore Hall’s JazzSeries from September 2009, Brad Mehldau brought his inimitablestyle to bear in a series of concerts over the 2009/10 season. Thisincluded a solo performance, appearances with Joshua Redman andthe Brad Mehldau Trio, and a programme of both jazz and classicalmusic with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, including theUK première of a new work co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall,Carnegie Hall and KölnMusik.

Brad Mehldau continues his curatorship this year, inviting friendsfrom across the musical spectrum to participate in a variety of duoperformances which will explore the limits of improvisatory andexperimental contemporary composition, in addition to moreconventional work in the jazz tradition. Italian vocalist Diana Tortojoins renowned British pianist John Taylor on 6 May; whilst Germanreeds player Klaus Gesing joins forces with the ubiquitous Britishpianist Gwilym Simcock on 2 June. In the autumn, Brad Mehldauhimself forms two all-American partnerships, with versatile mandolinplayer Chris Thile on 16 September, and acclaimed singer Joe Henryon 2 December, concluding what promises to be an extraordinaryand thought-provoking series of collaborations. This brings Brad’stenure as Jazz Series Curator to a close.

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Friday 6 May 2011 7.30 pm

DIANA TORTO singer

JOHN TAYLOR piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

(not part of subscription scheme)

Jazz Series

Thursday 2 June 2011 7.30 pm

KLAUS GESING reeds

GWILYM SIMCOCK piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

(not part of subscription scheme)

Jazz Series

Friday 16 September 2011 7.30 pm

CHRIS THILE mandolin

BRAD MEHLDAU piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

(not part of subscription scheme)

Jazz Series

Friday 2 December 2011 7.30 pm

JOE HENRY singer

BRAD MEHLDAU piano

£15 £20 £25 £30

(not part of subscription scheme)

Jazz Series

Booking is also open for the concerts on 16 September and 2 December.

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Saturday 7 May 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

IGOR, THE BIRD WHOCOULDN’T SINGFAMILY CONCERT

For age 5 plus

Join clarinettist MICHAEL COLLINS and friendsfor an hour of musical fun, culminating in thestory of ‘Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing’, withnew music written by LUKE BEDFORD. Basedon the book by Satoshi Kitamura published byAndersen Press.

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The LucilleGraham Trust and The Charities Advisory Trust

Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm

MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

PIERS LANE piano

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2WEBER Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op. 48

BENJAMIN Le Tombeau de RavelMILHAUD Scaramouche Op. 165b (arr. for clarinet and piano)POULENC Sonata for clarinet and piano

To conclude his year-long Wigmore Hall residency, MichaelCollins is in partnership with virtuoso pianist Piers Lane.Their programme concentrates on arguably the three mostoften-heard masterworks for clarinet and piano but it willalso be fascinating to hear the rarely performed tribute toRavel by Arthur Benjamin, perhaps better known as Britten’spiano teacher and composer of Jamaican Rumba.

£15 £20 £25 £30 (not part of subscription scheme)

Chamber Music Season/Michael Collins – Chamber Musicianand Soloist

Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

DIANA TORTO singer

JOHN TAYLOR piano

Born six years ago, the collaboration between Diana Torto andJohn Taylor has gradually developed to a perfect balance,where the blend of both artists in music is beautifully defined.The repertoire is based mainly on their own compositions andmusic by other contemporary composers, such as KennyWheeler and Anders Jormin.

£15 £20 £25 £30 (not part of subscription scheme)

Jazz Series

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Saturday 7 May 7.30 pm

JERUSALEM QUARTETLAWRENCE POWER viola

ADRIAN BRENDEL cello

BRAHMS String Sextet in Bb Op. 18

SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht Op. 4

The Jerusalem Quartet is a favourite at Wigmore Halland for this Chamber Music Season highlight the quartetteams up with friends on viola and cello to perform two ofthe finest works for string sextet. Brahms’s First has awealth of radiant melody while Schoenberg’s originalversion of Transfigured Night is similarly sensuous in itsenjoyment of luxurious textures.

£12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music Season

Sunday 8 May 11.30 am

CUARTETO CASALSMOZART String Quartet in Eb K428

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135

This promising young Spanish group couplesone of the most intense of Mozart’s six quartetsdedicated to his mentor Joseph Haydn with thelast of Beethoven’s astonishing late quartets.But those who love the First Viennese masterswill detect more of Haydn than Mozart inBeethoven’s masterly writing.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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JERUSALEM QUARTET Vera Reider

CUARTETO CASALS Felix Broede

Monday 9 May 1.00 pm

ALISA WEILERSTEIN cello

GOLIJOV OmaramorBACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007

KODÁLY Sonata for solo cello Op. 8

The young American cellist enjoyed a rapt Proms debutaudience in 2010 with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto.For this BBC Lunchtime Concert she tackles two of the mostdaunting canvases for solo cello ever composed and prefacesthem with an aperitif by the eclectic contemporary composerOsvaldo Golijov.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 10 May 7.30 pm

MIKHAIL RUDY piano

SKRYABIN 8 Études from Opp. 8, 42 & 65

RAVEL Gaspard de la nuitCHOPIN 2 Nocturnes Op. 27; Nocturne inC# minor Op. posth; Nocturne in C minorOp. 48 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minorOp. 35 ‘Funeral March’

At the centre of his dazzling programme, Russianvirtuoso Mikhail Rudy includes a pinnacle ofthe French piano school, which many anothercomposer has attempted to emulate though nonehas surpassed. A selection of Chopin’s mostintimate, dark-hued Nocturnes will lead naturallyinto the coruscating emotional landscape of theunforgettable ‘Funeral March’ Sonata.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Supported by the Benefactor Friends of Wigmore Hall

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ALISA WEILERSTEIN Christian Steiner

MIKHAIL RUDY

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Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

The Endellions open the final concert in their series withBeethoven’s everlastingly fresh and good-natured Op. 18

No. 3. Mendelssohn’s quartets were profoundly influencedby Beethoven and Op. 80 is one of the most devastatinglyintense works in the repertoire. Op. 131 is unsurpassed inits profundity, extreme inventiveness and range of expressionunified into seven continuously-played movements.

£12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music Season

Thursday 12 May 7.30 pm

CHARLES OWEN piano

BACH Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830

RAVEL Le tombeau de CouperinSCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A minor D845

‘In Bach’s Partita No. 4 we sensed Owen exulting in hisphysical virtuosity: there was a bright brilliance to hissound, an expressive warmth and clarity of articulation;this was a stunning performance’ Independent

For this recital Charles Owen has chosen three keyboardmasterpieces culminating in one of Schubert’s mostdramatic sonatas.

£12 £16 £22 £26

London Pianoforte Series

Friday 13 May 10.00 pm

RETROSPECT ENSEMBLECHARLES NEIDICH clarinet

MATTHEW HALLS director

BACH Goldberg Variations BWV988 (version forsmall ensemble)

Bach’s Goldberg Variations were written,astonishingly, as a cure for his patron’s insomnia.No chance of dropping off during this performance,though, as the Retrospect Ensemble returns toWigmore Hall with the legendary New Yorkclarinettist Charles Neidich for a special chamberpresentation of the work.

£12 concs £10

Early Music and Baroque Series/Late Night Series

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THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET Eric Richmond

LATE NIGHT SERIESFollowing the success of the Artemis Quartet and Jacques Ammon’s sell-outlate night Piazzolla concert in June 2009, Wigmore Hall launches a summerseries of hour-long late night concerts offering a wide range of programmesfrom Bach to Arvo Pärt, classical guitar to hurdy-gurdy, and improvisationson jazz, film and pop music for string quartet, drums and sound engineer.

Friday 13 May 10.00 pm

RETROSPECT ENSEMBLECHARLES NEIDICH clarinet

MATTHEW HALLS director

An arrangement for chamber ensembleof Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

See page 33 for details

Friday 3 June 10.00 pm

PACO PEÑA guitar

A rare opportunity to hear one ofthe most prodigious solo guitaristsof our time.

See page 45 for details

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

THE OTHER EBÈNEAn exciting programme ofarrangements and improvisationson jazz, film soundtracks andpop music.

See page 55 for details

Friday 24 June 10.00 pm

JOANNA MACGREGOR piano

Internationally renowned classical, jazzand contemporary pianist imaginativelycouples preludes and fugues by Bachand Shostakovich.

See page 59 for details

Friday 8 July 10.00 pm

ENDYMIONEXAUDIInstrumentalists of Endymion andvocalists Exaudi come together toexplore a range of works by Arvo Pärt.

See page 67 for details

Friday 22 July 10.00 pm

LONDON HANDEL PLAYERSALASDAIR FRASER fiddle

A typically eclectic and vivaciousselection of music by contemporariesof this ensemble’s namesake.

See page 75 for details

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Saturday 14 May 7.30 pm

CHRISTIAN GERHAHER baritone

GEROLD HUBER piano

MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; from Des KnabenWunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht; Ablösung imSommer; Ich ging mit Lust; Um schlimme Kinder artig zumachen; Rheinlegendchen; Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Lieddes Verfolgten im Turm; Das irdische Leben; Zu Straßburg aufder Schanz; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen;Kindertotenlieder

One of the most prominent baritones to be heard today,Christian Gerhaher’s rich and sensitive instrument will beideally suited to this veritable cornucopia from Mahler’s vocaltreasury. He will frame the early Lieder eines fahrendenGesellen with delights from Des Knaben Wunderhorn but closewith the heart-rending tragedy of Kindertotenlieder which hadsuch a deeply personal relevance for Mahler himself.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital SeriesSunday 15 May 11.30 am

ANTHONY MARWOOD violin

ALEKSANDAR MADZAR piano

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D934

For their third Coffee Concert of the season,Wigmore Hall favourite Anthony Marwood withpianist Aleksandar Madzar conclude theirtraversal of the three violin sonatas of Brahmsand Schumann respectively. Their other featuredcomposer, Schubert, is represented by his lateand glorious Fantasy.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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ANTHONY MARWOOD Sussie Ahlburg

GEROLD HUBER AND CHRISTIAN GERHAHER Alexander Basta/Sony BMG

Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pm

ARTEMIS QUARTETELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano

KANCHELI In I’istesso tempoSHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57

BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

A feast for lovers of piano chamber music!Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Artemis Quartetpair Giya Kancheli’s piano quartet, In l’istessotempo, with one of Shostakovich’s best knownchamber works. This is followed by anothermasterpiece of the chamber music repertoire,Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Chamber Music Season

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ARTEMIS QUARTET Boris Streubel

Monday 16 May 1.00 pm

JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor

ROGER VIGNOLES piano

BRITTEN Let the florid music praise! from On This Island;Canticle I: My beloved is mine PURCELL/BRITTEN Music for a while; Sweeter than rosesPOULENC C; Fêtes galantes; Bleuet; Priez pour paixBRITTEN Winter Words

John Mark Ainsley is now arguably the doyen of British tenorsand a natural successor in repertoire indelibly associated withPeter Pears. This recital pairs some of the earliest music fromhis partnership with Benjamin Britten with the mature WinterWords and music by their great friend Francis Poulenc, writtenfor his vocal partner Pierre Bernac.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Saturday 21 May 1.00 – 2.00 pmTuesday 24 May 1.00 – 2.00 pmWednesday 25 May 1.00 – 2.00 pm

BRITISH PREMIÈRES ATWIGMORE HALLIn celebration of the 110th anniversary seasonand inspired by the Wigmore Hall archive,performers from the Royal College of Musicpresent this series of 3 lunchtime concerts ofBritish works premièred at Wigmore Hall.

£10 concs £5 per concert

In Partnership with the Royal College of Music

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 21 May 3.00 – 6.00 pm

STUDY AFTERNOONWIGMORE HALL – PAST AND PRESENT

For nearly 110 years Wigmore Hall has setthe highest of standards for excellence inperformance, with many of the world’s greatestartists appearing to capacity houses and themost discerning of audiences. The Hall has alsobecome the most noted venue in London forchallenge and innovation. This study afternoonexplores the archive collections of both the Halland the Royal College of Music, offering excitinginsights into its rich history as a concert hall andof concert-going in London. Led by ProfessorPaul Banks, from the Royal College of Music’sCentre for Performance History, and Paula Best,Head of Publications & Archive at Wigmore Hall.

£10 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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Friday 20 May 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm

YCATPUBLIC FINALAUDITIONS 2011

YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS TRUST (YCAT):IDENTIFYING, NURTURING, PROMOTING ANDSUPPORTING EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS

Set up in 1984, YCAT provides a unique steppingstone for exceptional young artists who have thepotential for international performing careers. YCATartists are identified through a rigorous annualaudition process. In this third and final round,outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selectedfrom over 100 applicants in the preliminary andsemi-final rounds, audition before a distinguishedpanel of judges.

At a critical time in their development YCAT offersguidance and advice alongside a full artist manage-ment service to selected artists for 3–5 years. Currentand previous artists include Ian Bostridge (tenor),Joanna MacGregor (piano), Alison Balsom (trumpet),the Belcea and Heath Quartets, O Duo, Leopold StringTrio and Adam Walker (flute).

£10 concs £8 per session

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Sunday 22 May 11.30 am

META4

HAYDN String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’BERG Lyric SuiteKAIPAINEN New work (UK première)**Co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and Royal Philharmonic Society

Finnish string quartet Meta4 is currently wowing audiencesaround the world but most particularly is among the mostimpressive of the current crop of BBC Radio 3 New GenerationArtists. For its Coffee Concert the quartet showcases theViennese schools as represented by Haydn’s glowing‘Emperor’ Quartet and Berg’s richly expressive Lyric Suite.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

Monday 23 May 1.00 pm

QUATUOR EBÈNEMOZART String Quartet in D minor K421

BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in D

The French ensemble Quatuor Ebène wonGramophone magazine’s highly coveted Recordof the Year in 2009 for a disc of core Frenchrepertoire. For its BBC Lunchtime Concert,however, the quartet explores the Sturm undDrang of Mozart’s D minor Quartet alongsidethe Russian nostalgia of Borodin’s ever-popularSecond Quartet.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

META4 Antti Hannuniemi

QUATUOR EBÈNE J. Mignot

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IAN BOSTRIDGE Simon Fowler/EMI

Monday 23 May 7.30 pm

IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano

PURCELL/TIPPETT Music for a whileBACH/BRITTEN Five Spiritual SongsHAYDN Content; Sailor’s song; She never told her love;The wanderer; FidelityPURCELL/BRITTEN The Queen’s EpicediumBRITTEN From Who are these Children? Op. 84: Nightmare;Slaughter; Who are these Children?; The ChildrenWEILL Beat! Beat! Drums!; O captain! My captain!; Come upfrom the fields, father; Dirge for two veterans

This special recital from Ian Bostridge with his regular partnerJulius Drake contains a rich range of song in English, fromPurcell and Bach as sensitively realised by Tippett and Brittento four of the William Soutar settings Britten wrote for PeterPears in 1969. Both Haydn and Weill were away from homewhen they wrote their songs and the evening will have aspecial resonance in marking Sir John Tusa’s last day asChairman of the Wigmore Hall Trust.

£18 £25 £30 £35

Song Recital Series

Thursday 26 May 6.00 pm

VOICEWORKSVoiceworks is a unique collaboration betweenpoets from the Contemporary Poetics ResearchCentre at Birkbeck, University of London, andcomposers, singers and instrumentalists from theGuildhall School of Music & Drama. New worksfor voice have been created through a longprocess of exchange, improvisation and practice.Find out more at www.voiceworks.org.uk

Free (ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 26 May 7.30 pm

GENIA KÜHMEIER soprano

BERNARDA FINK mezzo-soprano

MICHAEL SCHADE tenor

THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

JUSTUS ZEYEN piano

SCHUMANN Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138

BRAHMS Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52; An dieHeimat; Der Abend; O schöne Nacht; Abendlied;Neue Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 65

It would be difficult to construct a starrier cast ofsingers and pianists to bring Brahms’s gloriouswaltzes of love to the stage of Wigmore Hall.These works always invoke a party atmosphereand the sense of being with friends will bedeepened by Schumann’s late Spanish love songs.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

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Friday 27 May 7.30 pm

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

MOZART 12 Variations in Bb on an Allegretto K500

MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54

HAYDN Variations in F minor HXVII:6SCHUMANN Variations on an original theme in Eb Op. posth.‘Geister Variations’ BEETHOVEN 33 Variations in C on a waltz by Diabelli Op. 120

András Schiff’s army of admirers will need no extra persuasionto attend his long-awaited interpretation of Beethoven’s great‘Diabelli’ Variations. With characteristic ingenuity he preparesthe ground with outstanding sets of variations by two groupsof intimate musical friends, Mozart and Haydn, Mendelssohnand Schumann, whose final set of variations was inspired by atheme he thought was dictated to him by the ghost of Schubert.

András Schiff dedicates this concert to the memory ofChristopher Raeburn.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

London Pianoforte Series

See feature on page 23

Sunday 29 May 11.30 am

ENSEMBLE PIERRE ROBERTDE VISÉE Tombeau de Francisque CorbetCHARPENTIER Seconde leçon de ténèbres dumercredi; Répons: ‘Amicus meus’L COUPERIN Tombeau de Monsieur BlancrocherCHARPENTIER Seconde leçon de ténèbres dujeudi; Répons: ‘Seniores populi’MARAIS Tombeau pour Sieur de Sainte-ColombeCHARPENTIER Seconde leçon de ténèbres duvendredi

The celebrated Ensemble Pierre Robert willtake a Coffee Concert audience back to theWednesday, Thursday and Friday of Holy Weekas conjured in the deeply moving Leçons deténèbres of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. TheFrench masters revelled in works of memoryand tribute, and three touching examples willcomplement Charpentier’s Responses.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm

THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

See feature page opposite

Monday 30 May 1.00 pm

SHAI WOSNER piano

See age 44 for full details

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ANDRÁS SCHIFF Birgitta Kowsky/Leipzig

Sunday 29 May 7.30 pm

THOMAS QUASTHOFF baritone

ANDRÁS SCHIFF pianoThe Wigmore Medal, inaugurated in 2007, recognisesmajor international artists and significant figures inthe classical music world. Awarded at the discretionof the Director of the Hall, the medal honours figureswho have made a significant contribution to WigmoreHall, widely regarded as one of the world’s leadingchamber music and song recital venues.

His Excellency the German Ambassador will presentthe medal to Thomas Quasthoff on the stage ofWigmore Hall on 29 May 2011 in recognition of themany wonderful performances he has given there.

Programme to includeMAHLER Rückert LiederSTRAUSS Songs

András Schiff joins the inimitable Thomas Quasthoff,who returns to Wigmore Hall a matter of days aftersinging Schumann and Brahms. For this programmethe two great artists move on to the richer, late-Romanticsongs of Richard Strauss and the Rückert songs of hisfriend and colleague Gustav Mahler.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

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110TH ANNIVERSARY GALATuesday 31 May 7.00 pm NB starting time

TAKÁCS QUARTETSTEPHEN HOUGH piano

HAYDN String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 135

DVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

Wigmore Hall opened with two inauguralconcerts on 31 May and 1 June 1901, whenit was known as Bechstein Hall. To mark our110th anniversary we are proud to presenttwo Anniversary Gala Concerts.

The first brings together one of the greatestof today’s string quartets with favouritepianist Stephen Hough. Haydn’s D major workwas one of his first to be written for publicperformance in London and is followed hereby the last of Beethoven’s masterpieces ofthe genre. Fun and games for all, finally, in a sunny score by Dvorák.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

Includes interval reception for all audience members

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providingvital support throughout the 2010 –11 season

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JOSHUA BELL violin

PAMELA FRANK violin

TABEA ZIMMERMANN viola

STEVEN ISSERLIS cello

JEREMY DENK piano

BEETHOVEN Duet in Eb WoO. 32 ‘Augengläsern’SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929

DVORÁK Four Romantic Pieces Op. 75

(arr. for 2 violins and viola)ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84

A chamber ensemble to dream of comes together for a richlyimagined feast of works ideally chosen to celebrate WigmoreHall’s 110th anniversary. Beethoven’s ‘Eyeglass’ Duet is ararely heard treat and the same could be said for Dvorák’sRomantic miniatures, here arranged for two violins and viola.Schubert’s last great Trio needs no introduction but perhapsit is worth pointing out that Elgar’s magisterial Piano Quintetwas first performed in this hall in 1919.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

Includes interval reception for all audience members

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providingvital support throughout the 2010 –11 season

Chamber Music Season

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Monday 30 May 1.00 pm

SHAI WOSNER piano

HANDEL Suite in Bb HWV434

KNUSSEN Variations Op. 24

BEETHOVEN 6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Op. 34

BRAHMS Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24

Young pianist-to-watch Shai Wosner brings a beautifullyconstructed programme of themes and variations to this BBCLunchtime Concert. Brahms creates a monumental edificefrom a limpid tune by Handel and it will be good to hear therarely played F major Variations by Beethoven as well as OliverKnussen’s characteristically sinuous set, Op 24.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

SHAI WOSNER Marco Borggreve

A SCHUBERT EVENING painting by Julius Schmid

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INTRODUCTION TOMUSIC

Thursday 2 June 5.00 – 6.15 pmThursday 9 June 5.00 – 6.15 pmThursday 16 June 5.00 – 6.15 pmThursday 23 June 5.00 – 6.15 pm

SCHUBERT’S SONG CYCLES

The early 19th century saw composers beginningto use music to paint the pictures that poetrysuggested. Beethoven was the first to group aset of songs together to tell a story and Schubertwrote two sets which can truly be called songcycles. Through the songs of Die schöneMüllerin this study series will explore how oftensimple vocal tunes and piano accompanimentsdo everything from setting the scene tocommunicating emotions, from joy to despair.With PAULINE GREENE. Linked to the Paul Lewisconcerts on 21 and 23 June.

Series ticket price £24 – Tickets for Paul Lewisconcerts to be purchased separately

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Thursday 2 June 7.30 pm

KLAUS GESING reeds

GWILYM SIMCOCK piano

Original material by GWILYM SIMCOCK and KLAUS GESINGmixed with jazz standards.

Young virtuoso jazz pianist and composer Gwilym Simcockwas born in Bangor, North Wales, and studied at Chetham’sSchool of Music. On becoming a BBC New Generation Artisthis rise to stardom was complete and he has developed anindividual strand of improvised composition which continuesto break new ground and dazzle audiences all over the world.His partnership with reed player Klaus Gesing is sure toexcite all jazz-lovers.

£15 £20 £25 £30

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Jazz Series

See feature on page 28

Thursday 2 June 10.00 pm

IGNITEIgnite is an ensemble created by Wigmore Hall Learning withmusicians from different musical backgrounds including jazzand contemporary classical music. The ensemble presents alate night concert of new works and improvised pieces in theinformal setting of the Wigmore Hall restaurant.

Supported by Arts Council England, a bequest from Dr. Patricia L. Bakerand Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour

Free

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Friday 3 June 10.00 pm

PACO PEÑA guitar

Programme to be announced

Paco Peña has long been established as theking of flamenco guitarists and his multifariousensembles of singers, dancers and otherinstrumentalists have enchanted audiences forseveral decades. He is at the same time one ofthe most prodigious solo guitarists and thisopportunity to hear him in this guise will bewarmly welcomed.

£12 concs £10

Chamber Music Season/Late Night Series

See Late Night Series feature on page 34

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PACO PEÑA

Saturday 4 June 7.30 pm

VANBRUGH QUARTET25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

HAYDN String Quartet in D minor Op. 42

LERA AUERBACH String Quartet No. 3 ‘Cetera desunt’(London première)SCHUBERT String Quartet in G D887

Celebrated Irish ensemble the Vanbrugh Quartet has long beena favourite on the British music scene and this season celebratesits 25th anniversary. The quartet returns to Wigmore Hall witha typically varied and searching programme. Schubert’s G majorfinal Quartet is still all too rarely performed but has a masteryonly surpassed in the later and more popular String Quintet.Haydn’s genial Op. 42 Quartet stands alone between hisgroundbreaking Op. 33 set and the later Op. 50, while the ThirdQuartet by Urals-born but New York-based Lera Auerbach comesto London having been first performed less than five years ago.

£12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music Season

Sunday 5 June 11.30 am

EGGNER TRIOHAYDN Piano Trio in C HXV:27

DVORÁK Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65

The Austrian Eggner Trio is a young and vibrantensemble currently building a formidablereputation in Europe and will be warmlywelcomed at this Wigmore Hall Coffee Concert.Haydn’s piano trios remain among his best-keptsecrets and the late C major Trio is a scoreparticularly rich in surprise and fantasy.The odd touch of rustic Bohemia will thenfind an echo in Dvorák’s powerfully colouredF minor Trio.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

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VANBRUGH QUARTET Miki Barlok

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Monday 6 June 1.00 pm

ANGELA HEWITT piano

BACH French Suite in C minor BWV813; French Suite in B minorBWV814

CHOPIN Nocturne in Ab Op. 32 No. 2; Waltz in Gb Op. 70 No. 1;Mazurka in D Op. 33 No. 2; Mazurka in C Op. 67 No. 3; Preludein A Op. 28 No. 7; Waltz in C# minor Op. 64 No. 2; Grande valsebrillante in Eb Op. 18

It is well documented that Bach was Chopin’s musical god andso Angela Hewitt has coupled their works to make an imaginativeand well contrasted programme. Bach’s French Suites are full ofidealised dances, by turn elegant and melancholy, and similarcharacteristics will surely emerge from a group of dances andidealised salon music which Chopin wrote, appropriately, in theFrench capital – a city Bach however never visited in person!

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm

ANDREAS SCHOLL countertenor

TAMAR HALPERIN piano

For details see feature on page 48

Wednesday 8 June 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT EVENTRAZUMOVSKY YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL

£6 (not part of subscription scheme) or free withevening concert (separate ticket required)

Chamber Music Season

Wednesday 8 June 7.30 pm

RAZUMOVSKY ENSEMBLECHARLES NEIDICH clarinet

MARTINU Serenade for 2 clarinets, violin, violaand celloWEBER Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op. 34

BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

The Razumovsky Ensemble takes its name fromBeethoven’s Russian patron and consists of afluid and versatile group of musicians. Theclarinet is the star of this concert, which openswith the piquancy of Martinu’s Serenade beforejuxtaposing quintets from either end of the19th century, both inspired by the playing ofthe leading clarinettists of their times.

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Chamber Music Season

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ANGELA HEWITT James Cheadle

Tuesday 7 June 7.30 pm

ANDREAS SCHOLL countertenor

TAMAR HALPERIN harpsichord, piano

PURCELL Music for a while; Sweeter than RosesPURCELL Round O (for solo harpsichord)DOWLAND I saw my lady weep; Sorrow, stay, lendtrue repentant tears; Say, love if ever thou didst findPURCELL Suite No. 2 in G minor (for solo harpsichord)JOHNSON Have you seen the bright lily grow?CAMPION I care not for these ladiesPURCELL O solitude, my sweetest choice; Man is forthe woman madeSongs by SCHUBERTHAYDN The Wanderer; Recollection; DespairHAYDN Piano Sonata in A HXVI:12 (for solo piano)Songs by MOZARTMOZART Rondo in F K494 (for solo piano)ANONYMOUS I will give my love an apple; Waly, waly;My love is like a red, red rose

There is surely no more celebrated purveyorof the art of the countertenor than AndreasScholl, so expect an early rush to buy thesetickets! His programme concentrates on theEnglish repertoire and will be punctuated bysuitable works for solo keyboard with awelcome wander into the orchards of Viennabefore returning to England for sometraditional folksongs and a final foray toScotland in the company of Robert Burns.

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Thursday 9 June 7.30 pm

VIENNA PIANO TRIOMOZART Piano Trio in G K496

BERNSTEIN Piano Trio (1937)BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8

Never content to rest on its well-earned laurels, the ViennaPiano Trio explores a rarely heard work by the teenage LeonardBernstein – listen out for melodies he later pressed intoservice on Broadway. It will sit alongside a similarly early trioby the young firebrand Johannes Brahms, a work to which hereturned several decades later to polish and perfect. No needto perfect Mozart’s K496 – perfect already!

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Chamber Music Season

Friday 10 June 7.30 pm

DANIIL SHTODA tenor

LARISSA GERGIEVA piano

GLINKA I remember that wonderful moment;Barcarolle; I am here, Inezilla; To Molly;Venetian night; The conquerorCUI The burnt letter; Desire; I loved you;The fountain statue at Tsarskoye SeloDARGOMÏZHSKY I am sad; I am in love, mymaiden, my beautyBALAKIREV Embrace, kiss; Spanish song TCHAIKOVSKY In the midst of the ball;Again, as before, alone; It was in the earlyspring; We sat together; Does the day reign?RACHMANINOV Sing not to me, beautifulmaiden; Beloved, let us fly; They answered;Night is mournful; Believe me not, friend GLIÈRE O, if my mourning; In an outpouringof kindnessSVIRIDOV My friend has married, but I amnot sad; There is a beautiful song sung bythe little nightingale; The Russian girl

Daniil Shtoda has been described as a‘Wunderkind’ with comparisons to Gedda,Wunderlich and other noted lyric tenors of thepast. He is a principal soloist at the prestigiousMariinsky Theatre and has appeared at manygreat venues such as Metropolitan Opera NewYork, Royal Opera House Covent Garden,Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Festival, BayerischeStaatsoper München, Canadian Opera, BBCProms, Edinburgh Festival, Wigmore Hall andSt John’s, Smith Square.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Song Recital Series

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DANIIL SHTODA

Saturday 11 June 7.30 pm

STEPHEN HOUGH piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor Op. 27 No. 2‘Moonlight’HOUGH Sonata for Piano (broken branches) (world première)SKRYABIN Piano Sonata No. 4 in F# Op. 30; Piano SonataNo. 5 in F# Op. 53

LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178

Who can forget the astonishing painting of Liszt sittingenraptured at the piano and gazing out at the moonsurrounded by adoring females? He was probably playingBeethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, just as Stephen Hough willcast a spell in opening this recital. He will then turn to a brandnew work of his own before plunging into the hallucinatorywhirlwind world of Skryabin. Liszt himself is represented bythe undoubted pinnacle of his piano output.

£18 £25 £30 £35

London Pianoforte Series

Sunday 12 June 11.30 am

KIT ARMSTRONG piano

BACH/LISZT Fantasia and Fugue in G minorBWV542

LISZT Variations on Bach’s Weinen, Klagen,Sorgen, Zagen S. 180; Les cloches de Genèvefrom Années de pèlerinage (Book I);Transcendental Study No. 10 in F minor S. 138;St François d’Assise: la prédication aux oiseauxfrom Deux legends S. 175

Still only in his teens, California piano sensationKit Armstrong was already astonishing audienceshaving composed a number of original worksby the age of ten. Now a piano protégé of AlfredBrendel, he combines a musical career withmathematics studies in Paris and is sure of anenthusiastic welcome at Wigmore Hall.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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KIT ARMSTRONG Künstlersekretariat Schoerke GmbH

STEPHEN HOUGH Grant Hiroshima

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Monday 13 June 1.00 pm

BELCEA QUARTETDVORÁK String Quartet in Eb Op. 51

JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’

Wigmore Hall favourites the Belcea Quartet will surely be oncoruscating form in the emotionally charged atmosphere ofJanácek’s late quartet as imbued by his unrequited infatuationfor Kamila Stösslová. Dvorák’s relatively early Eb Quartet isfar less well known and thus a welcome start to this BBCLunchtime Concert.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Monday 13 June 7.30 pm

THOMAS HAMPSON baritone

WOLFRAM RIEGER piano

Songs by MAHLER

Commemorations marking the centenary ofMahler’s death in 1911 surely come no moreeloquently to London than in this recital bybaritone Thomas Hampson. Although Mahlerwill enjoy blockbuster symphonic presentationsaplenty, it is nevertheless salutary to bereminded that at the heart of his expressionthere will always be song.

£15 £25 £35 £40 (not part of subscription scheme)

Song Recital Series

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THOMAS HAMPSON Dario Acosta

BELCEA QUARTET

Among the highlights of Wigmore Hall’s 110thanniversary season is the beginning of a two-yearSchubert cycle from much-loved pianist Paul Lewis.Presented in eight (repeated) concerts over threeseasons, this series will encompass all of Schubert’spiano works as well as the three great song-cyclesin partnership with Mark Padmore.

Tuesday 14 June 7.30 pm(repeated on 16 June 7.30pm)

PAUL LEWIS piano

SCHUBERT 12 Waltzes D145

SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D899

SCHUBERT Hungarian Melody in B minor D817

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G D894

This second concert in Paul Lewis’s two-year Schubertpilgrimage centres upon the four Impromptus whichcrystallised the composer’s mastery of the miniature.Far from miniature, however, is the astonishing breadthof his great G major Piano Sonata, which was originallypublished as a single first movement with the helpfultitle ‘Fantasy’! But this is as disciplined a structure asSchubert ever conjured and to which Schumann’sinspired term ‘heavenly length’ surely applies.

£18 £25 £30 £35

London Pianoforte Series & Paul Lewis/Schubert Series

Thursday 16 June 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONPAUL LEWIS in conversation with GEOFFREY NORRIS

£3

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 21 June 7.30 pm(repeated on 23 June 7.30pm)

MARK PADMORE tenor PAUL LEWIS piano

SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin

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Forthcoming dates in the Series *

15 & 17 November 2011

PAUL LEWIS14 & 16 February 2012

MARK PADMORE & PAUL LEWIS17 & 19 April 2012

PAUL LEWIS12 & 14 June 2012

MARK PADMORE & PAUL LEWIS13 & 15 November 2012

PAUL LEWIS* Tickets not yet on sale

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PAUL LEWIS/SCHUBERT SERIES

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Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm

DANIEL BARENBOIM piano

For full details see feature on page 54

Thursday 16 June 6.00 pm

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONFor details see feature left

Thursday 16 June 7.30 pm

PAUL LEWIS piano

Repeat of concert on 14 June (see feature left )

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WIGMORE STUDY GROUP

Friday 17 June 3.00 – 6.00 pmTuesday 21 June 3.00 – 6.00 pmFriday 24 June 3.00 – 6.00 pm

DEBUSSY’S ‘PRÉLUDE A L’APRÈS-MIDI

D’UN FAUNE’

To many, Debussy’s Prélude a L’après-midid’un faun composed in 1894 heralds a wholenew era of sonorous and expressive possibility.This final Wigmore Study Group of the seasondevotes three afternoons to exploring itselusive poetry. Tied to Philippe Graffin’s‘Consonances in Miniature’ on 25 June –which features a chamber reorchestration ofthe Debussy by British Composer DavidMatthews – participants will not only explorethe work in relation to the development ofDebussy’s compositional language but alsothe broader context of late 19th-centuryParisian culture. Hosted by composerJULIAN PHILIPS with contributions fromdistinguished musicologists and musiciansfrom the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessionsand a ticket for the evening concert on 25 June.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

‘L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE’ Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer

Wednesday 15 June 7.30 pm

DANIEL BARENBOIM piano

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In Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversarycelebrations, Daniel Barenboim, who firstappeared here at the age of 15, will bewelcomed back with great warmth.Renowned for his Beethoven performances,which have thrilled audiences in Londonand around the world in recent years,he now turns to the fierce German’syounger Viennese contemporary, FranzSchubert. Every bit as much of a pioneerof Romantic pianism as Beethoven,Schubert excelled both in miniaturesand in large-scale sonatas. His late music,composed as he grew aware of his imminentdeath from syphilis, the scourge of theRomantic artist, reaches levels of almostheart-breaking intensity.

£30 £40 £50 £60 (not part of subscription scheme)

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London Pianoforte Series

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Friday 17 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

DANTE STRING QUARTETHAYDN String Quartet in D minor Op. 103 (unfinished)SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3SIBELIUS String Quartet in D minor Op. 56 ‘Voces Intimae’

The Dante String Quartet has been gathering plaudits for itsrichly varied repertoire on disc and has rapidly gained a widefan base from festival appearances throughout the UK andbeyond. Here, for Wigmore Hall, the quartet opens withHaydn’s very last work in the genre, only the second and thirdmovements of which he completed. Schumann turned to Haydnfor inspiration when he composed three quartets in theremarkable ‘year of chamber music’, 1842. Sibelius’s onlystring quartet is far too rarely heard in public but its intimatesounds come from the heart.

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Chamber Music Season

Friday 17 June 10.00 pm

THE OTHER EBÈNEQUATUOR EBÈNERICHARD HÉRY drums

FABRICE PLANCHAT sound engineer

Gramophone Record of the Year winner QuatuorEbène is nothing if not versatile and vivacious,and this programme presents the group as ‘TheOther Ebène’ in tandem with drummer RichardHéry while Fabrice Planchat engineers a newworld of sound for them in repertoire drawnfrom a plethora of sources. Listen out for jazzimprovisations, film soundtracks and popularmusics of all sorts.

£12 concs £10

Chamber Music Season/Late Night Series

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DANTE STRING QUARTET

THE OTHER EBÉNE J. Mignot

Sunday 19 June 11.30 am

MARIANNE THORSEN violin

HÅVARD GIMSE piano

MOZART Violin Sonata in Bb K454

FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13

Marianne Thorsen will be no stranger to Wigmore Hall regularsfrom her appearances with the Nash Ensemble and theLeopold String Trio. With fellow Norwegian pianist HåvardGimse she moves from one of Mozart’s most genial andambitious violin sonatas to the youthful ardour and lyricalabundance of Fauré’s first instrumental masterpiece.

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Coffee Concert

Sunday 19 June 7.30 pm

ANN MURRAY DBE mezzo-soprano

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

PURCELL Music for a while; I attempt fromlove’s sickness to fly from The Indian Queen;Fairest Isle from King Arthur; One charming nightSCHUMANN Kennst du das Land?; Nur wer dieSehnsucht kennt; Heiß mich nicht reden; Singetnicht in Trauertönen; So laßt micht scheinen BRAHMS Ständchen; Wie Melodien zieht esmir; Der Schmied; Wir wandelten; Dein blauesAuge hält so still; Meine Liebe ist grünFAURÉ Le papillon et la fleur; Au bord del’eau; Chanson d’amour; Après un rêve;Clair de lune; Green POULENC Fancy; La grenouillère; L’anguille;Carte postale; Avant le cinéma; 1904

MOZART Voi che sapete from Le nozze di FigaroHANDEL Ombra mai fu from Serse; Scherzainfida from Ariodante

It is difficult to imagine a singer who inspiresgreater affection and admiration than AnnMurray DBE. With Malcolm Martineau at thepiano, this beautifully balanced programmedelves into every corner of her recital repertoire,from Purcell favourites to a collection of Poulenc’sbest-loved mélodies. But her listeners will beespecially alert to the richly nuanced selectionfrom the Lieder of Schumann and Brahms.As for Fauré, she has chosen some of his veryfinest settings and there are bound to beencores aplenty!

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ANN MURRAY DBE Sian Trenberth

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Monday 20 June 1.00 pm

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR piano

SCARLATTI 2 SonatasMOMPOU Cancion y danza No. 1; Cancion y danza No. 3;Cancion y danza No. 6LISZT Rhapsodie espagnoleALBÉNIZ Iberia (Book 1)MOSZKOWSKI Chanson bohème

Already acclaimed at the age of 18 as a ‘master-pianist’ byGramophone magazine, Benjamin Grosvenor enjoyed earlystardom as winner of the Keyboard final of the BBC YoungMusician competition in 2004. For this BBC Lunchtime Concerthe has constructed an ingenious selection of music by Spanishcomposers and others inspired by the magic of Iberia.

£12 concs £10

Benjamin Grosvenor is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New GenerationArtists scheme

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Monday 20 June 7.30 pm

SOLOISTS OF THE LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRANICHOLAS CARPENTER clarinet

JOHN RYAN horn

KATYA APEKISHEVA piano

BRAHMS Horn Trio in Eb Op. 40

MARTINU Sextet for piano and wind BEETHOVEN Wind Sextet in Eb Op. 71

BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114

The soloists of the London PhilharmonicOrchestra are joined by up-and-coming pianistKatya Apekisheva for two of Brahms’s greatestchamber works, in which his abiding love forthe horn is followed by a later love-affair withRichard Mühlfeld’s clarinet. The versatility ofthis ensemble also enables them to programmerarely heard sextets by Beethoven and Martinu.

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KATYA APEKISHEVA Rosaleen Sarkic

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

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Tuesday 21 June 7.30 pm

MARK PADMORE tenor

PAUL LEWIS piano

SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin

In an increasingly crowded field, there can nevertheless be fewmore welcome partnerships than that of tenor Mark Padmoreand pianist Paul Lewis. Together they bring a masterly andrefreshing insight to the world of Schubert’s groundbreakingsong cycles which continue to cast an unrivalled spell onsingers and audiences alike. This recital forms part of PaulLewis’s two-year Schubert residency at Wigmore Hall.

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Song Recital Series & Paul Lewis/Schubert Series

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Wednesday 22 June 7.30 pm

SKAMPA QUARTETSCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73

DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105

Wigmore Hall regulars the Skampa Quartet fromthe Czech Republic fly their national flag byperforming one of Dvorák’s late masterworks,which is imbued with a natural love of his nativemusic allied to an innate understanding of thegenre. Shostakovich’s Third Quartet has provedto be one of his enduring masterpieces andlovers of Schubert will still regret that he failedto finish his C minor Quartet of which the firstmovement is a tantalising taster.

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Chamber Music Season

Thursday 23 June 7.30 pm

MARK PADMORE tenor

PAUL LEWIS piano

Repeat of concert on 21 June

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MARK PADMORE Marco Borggreve

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Friday 24 June 10.00 pm

JOANNA MACGREGOR piano

BACH 5 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I: in C BWV846;in C minor BWV847; in Eb minor BWV853;in G BWV860; in B minor BWV869

Interspersed withSHOSTAKOVICH 5 Preludes and Fugues fromOp. 87: No. 1 in C; No. 19 in Eb; No. 15 in Db;No. 5 in D; No. 8 in F# minor

Joanna MacGregor is well known for herexploration of the piano’s rich hinterland.On this occasion, however, she turns to thekeyboard ‘Old Testament’ for five preludesand fugues by Bach, which she imaginativelycouples with related selections fromShostakovich’s Bach-inspired collection, Op. 87.

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Friday 24 June 7.00 pm NB starting time

THE CARDINALL’S MUSICKANDREW CARWOOD director

PLAINSONG Antiphon: Assumpta est MariaPALESTRINA Motet: Assumpta est Maria; Missa Assumptaest Maria ALLEGRI Gustate et videteQUAGLIATI Ego dormio ALLEGRI Miserere meiCASCIOLINI Angelus Domini FRESCOBALDI O mors illaPALESTRINA Canite tuba

Fresh from the triumphant conclusion of their Byrd Edition,the final volume of which is Gramophone magazine’s Recordof the Year 2010, The Cardinall’s Musick explore some centralcanonic works of the Italian Renaissance. Palestrina’simmaculate counterpoint will be heard to mellifluous effectin the Mass and motet Assumpta est Maria while Allegri’sheart-stopping Miserere will remind many of Ash Wednesdaybroadcast services from St John’s College, Cambridge, inwhose unique choir Andrew Carwood once sang.

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THE CARDINALL’S MUSICK

JOANNA MACGREGOR Peter Williams

Sunday 26 June 11.30 am

FINGHIN COLLINS piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb Op. 31

No. 3DEBUSSY Images, Series 1; Images, Series 2;L’isle joyeuse

Irish pianist Finghin Collins takes a break fromhis highly acclaimed traversal of Schumann’spiano output to give us a mellow early sonata byBeethoven followed by seven of Debussy’s mostvivid and brilliantly realised musical pictures.

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Coffee Concert

Monday 27 June 1.00 pm

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA piano

SCHUBERT Allegretto in C minor D915

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A D664

SCHUBERT Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’

No BBC Lunchtime Concert series would becomplete without an appearance by ElisabethLeonskaja, protégée and friend of the greatSviatoslav Richter. She is especially renownedfor her interpretations of Schubert and on thisoccasion will follow the lyrical and relaxed‘Little’ A major Sonata with the racy rhetoricof the virtuoso ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy.

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Saturday 25 June 7.30 pm

PHILIPPE GRAFFIN violin

TRULS MØRK cello

JULIETTE HUREL flute

CHEN HALEVI clarinet

STEPHEN KOVACEVICH piano

CLAIRE DÉSERT piano

CONSONANCES IN MINIATURE

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2SCHOENBERG Phantasy Op. 47

SCHOENBERG/WEBERN Kammersymphonie No. 1 Op. 9DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. D Matthews)

Philippe Graffin, Artistic Director of the Consonances de Saint-Nazaire chamber music festival, gathers together a galaxy ofinstrumental stars to join him in a feast of varied repertoire to markthe 20th anniversary of the festival. The programme concludeswith Debussy’s renowned symphonic poem, arranged by DavidMatthews for piano 4 hands, violin, cello, flute and clarinet.

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Tuesday 28 June 2.00 – 5.00 pm

STUDY AFTERNOONDECADE BY DECADE: 100 YEARS OF GERMAN SONG1810–1910

With SUSAN YOUENS and MALCOLM MARTINEAU

In the 1,382 pages of Ernst Challier’s Great Song Catalogue of1885, thousands of 19th-century songs are listed – and it is anincomplete catalogue. The rise of commercial music publishing,great poets who wrote of subjective experience and visionaryworlds, and great composers interested in new relationshipsbetween poetry and music were all factors in the creation of arich and evolving genre. This study afternoon will trace thehistory of familiar and unfamiliar songs, discovering the poetsfavoured by composers from Beethoven to Berg and exploringhow composers responded to one another’s songs over thespan of 100 years.

£10 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 28 June 7.30 pm

SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

1880–1890

BRAHMS Kein Haus, keine Heimat; Schön war,das ich dir weihte; Ständchen; Wir wandelten;Auf dem KirchhofePFITZNER Nachtwanderer; Lockung; Im Herbst;Der KühneSTRAUSS Zueignung; Allerseelen; Winternacht;Heimkehr; Seitdem dein Aug’ in meines schaute;Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne;Ständchen; Wie sollten wir geheim sie haltenWOLF Lieder to texts by Mörike and Goethe

Malcolm Martineau continues his fascinatingtraversal of the 19th-century song repertoire‘Decade by Decade’ and here reaches the1880s. Who better to join him in riches byBrahms, Strauss, Wolf and the lesser-knownPfitzner than one of England’s finest baritones,Simon Keenlyside? Few singers are ascomfortable on operatic stage as well asconcert platform and Keenlyside’s uniquesensitivity to text and nuance allows him arich interpenetration of both.

£18 £25 £30 £35

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SIMON KEENLYSIDE Uwe Arens

CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN MEMORIAL CONCERT

Wednesday 29 June 7.30 pm

ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER mezzo-soprano

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

Programme to includeBRAHMS VolksliederSongs by SCHUMANN to includeDer Nussbaum; Requiem; Der Einsiedler Solo piano works to be announced

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Record-lovers will forever be indebted to the late ChristopherRaeburn whose legacy as a producer is thankfully available forall to hear. Some of his favourite artists continue to revere hismemory and this concert brings together two of today’s stellarperformers to present a memorial concert of solo piano repertoireand song. Wigmore Hall meant a great deal to ChristopherRaeburn and he was held in similarly high affection by all atWigmore Hall, therefore the staff and management are veryproud to be able to honour his memory in this way.

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Thursday 30 June 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKSIR NICHOLAS KENYON on Bach, Handel, Purcell and therise of early music

£3

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Thursday 30 June 7.30 pm

TREVOR PINNOCK harpsichord

CAROLYN SAMPSON soprano

BEATRIX HUELSEMANN violin

JANE GORDON violin

CHRISTIAN GOOSSES viola

RICHARD LESTER cello

JAMES MUNRO violone KATY BIRCHER flute

TREVOR PINNOCK AND FRIENDS WITH CAROLYN SAMPSON

PURCELL Airs and Dances from The Fairy QueenBACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067

HANDEL Ma quando tornerai from Alcina; My father fromHercules; Myself I shall adore from Semele

Trevor Pinnock is one of Britain’s most accomplished harpsichordvirtuosos with an enviable ability to turn his hand to conducting.In this programme he demonstrates both gifts in music by threeBaroque giants in company with the irrepressible CarolynSampson and a group of hand-picked instrumental soloists.

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Friday 1 July 7.30 pm

RUTH ZIESAK soprano

MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

SCHUMANN From Myrthen: Widmung;Der Nußbaum; Jemand; Lied der Braut I & II;Rätsel; Die Hochländer-Witwe; HochländischesWiegenlied; Liederkreis Op. 39

SCHUMANN Kinderscenen (solo piano)SCHUBERT Suleika I; Wonne der Wehmut;Geheimes; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Suleika II LISZT Der du von dem Himmel bist; Du bist wieeine Blume; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Freudvollund leidvoll; Die Loreley SCHUBERT Der Hirt aufdem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock)

András Schiff continues his Wigmore Hallassociation by this welcome teaming-up withclarinettist Michael Collins and soprano RuthZiesak for a concert in his series ‘Songs – Withand Without Words’.

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TREVOR PINNOCK Peer Lindgreen

Saturday 2 July 7.30 pm

FLORILEGIUMASHLEY SOLOMON director, flute, recorder

RACHEL PODGER violin, guest director

JULIAN PODGER tenor

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D BWV1068

BACH Arias from Cantata BWV55 Ich armer MenschBACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D BWV1069

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb BWV1051

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049

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FLORILEGIUM Amit Lennon

RACHEL PODGER Chris Stock Photography

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Sunday 3 July 7.30 pm

FLORILEGIUMASHLEY SOLOMON director, flute,recorder

RACHEL PODGER violin, guest director

ALEXANDRA BELLAMY oboe

RICHARD FOMISON trumpet

DAME EMMA KIRKBY soprano

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV1066

BACH Aria: Ei, wie schmeckt der Coffee süßefrom ‘Coffee Cantata’ BWV211

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067

BACH Aria: Ich habe genug from Cantata BWV82

Ich habe genugBACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046

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FLORILEGIUM’S 20TH ANNIVERSARYTo celebrate Florilegium’s 20th anniversary, the ensemblepresents a weekend of music by JS Bach. Rachel Podger returnsto the ensemble of which she was a founding member as guestdirector in these performances of the complete BrandenburgConcertos and Orchestral Suites. Vocal and instrumental soloistsinclude Dame Emma Kirkby for part of the famous ‘Coffee’Cantata, and tenor Julian Podger in arias from Cantata No. 55.

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Sunday 3 July 11.30 am

RICHARD HARWOOD cello

CHRISTOPH BERNER piano

BEETHOVEN 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oderWeibchen’ from Mozart’s Die ZauberflöteSHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40

BRIDGE Cello Sonata in D minor

Gifted young British cellist Richard Harwood pairs two D minorcello sonatas, one by Frank Bridge, friend and teacher ofBenjamin Britten, who persuaded the great Rostropovich torecord the Bridge sonata; it was for Rostropovich thatShostakovich wrote his equally impassioned Soviet-era Sonata.

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Monday 4 July 1.00 pm

IMOGEN COOPER piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in D Op. 10 No. 3CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49; Nocturne inDb Op. 27 No. 2; Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Imogen Cooper revisits an early Beethovensonata which she recorded at the outset of hercareer and then turns her attention to some ofChopin’s most Beethovenian inspirations. Eventhough Chopin was a little grudging in hisadmiration for the Viennese giant, his shadownevertheless can be felt in the powerful rhetoricof the G minor Ballade and the wondrousstructure of the F minor Fantaisie.

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

IMOGEN COOPER Sussie Ahlburg

RICHARD HARWOOD Paul Mitchell/EMI Classics

Wednesday 6 July 7.30 pm

DIANA DAMRAU soprano

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

1890–1900

WOLF From Italienisches Liederbuch: Du denkst mit einemFädchen mich zu fangen; Wie lange schon; Mein Liebster ist soklein; Ihr jungen Leute, die ihr zieht ins Feld; Mein Liebster hatzu Tische mich geladen; Schweig’ einmal still; Verschling derAbgrund; Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten ZEMLINSKY Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen VolksliedernHUMPERDINCK Die Lerche; Romanze; Wiegenlied; Die Schwalbe;Unter der LindenSTRAUSS Schlagende Herzen; Cäcilie; Hat gesagt – bleibt’s nichtdabei; Traum durch die Dämmerung; Leises Lied; Das Rosenband;Ruhe, meine Seele; Herr Lenz; Leise Lieder; Die sieben Siegel;Ich trage meine Minne; Himmelsboten; Nachtgang

Malcolm Martineau continues his song recital series ‘Decadeby Decade: 100 Years of German Song’ with this compendiumfrom the 1890s. Dominated by the full flowering of RichardStrauss’s genius and Wolf’s final decade of tragic expression,the programme also finds space for some gems by EngelbertHumperdinck and Alexander von Zemlinsky.

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Thursday 7 July 7.30 pm

LARS VOGT piano

JANÁCEK In the MistsSCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G D894

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minorOp. 111

Lars Vogt begins with Janácek’s impressionisticpiano cycle In the Mists, which leads intoSchubert’s most serene Sonata in G major, andthe concentrated mastery of Beethoven’s lastpiano sonata.

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DIANA DAMRAU Tanja Niemann

LARS VOGT Felix Broede

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Friday 8 July 7.00 pm NB starting time

YOUNG SONGMAKERS

MARTHA GUTH soprano

JOANNE THOMAS mezzo-soprano

BEN JOHNSON tenor

MARCUS FARNSWORTH baritone

GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

A NIGHT IN VENICE – A SERENADE TO SERENISSIMA

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music (excerpts)MONTEVERDI Ardo e scoprirVIVALDI Laudamus te from GloriaROSSINI Scene e barcarola from OtelloSCHUBERT GondelfahrerSCHUMANN Zwei Venetianische LiederJ STRAUSS II Duets from Eine Nacht in VenedigMENDELSSOHN Venetianisches GondelliedSULLIVAN When a merry maiden marries from The GondoliersROSSINI Anzoletta co passa la regatta; La regata venezianaOFFENBACH Barcarolle from Les contes d’HoffmannGOUNOD VeniseFAURÉ A ClymèneMASSENET Souvenir de VenisePOULENC Toréador; FancyBRITTEN Fancie; Excerpts from The Turn of the Screw andDeath in VeniceSTRAVINSKY Baba the Turk scene from The Rake’s ProgressHEAD St. Mark’s Square

Venice or ‘La Serenissima’ has long been regarded as one ofthe most romantic cities in the world and provided a sourceof inspiration for numerous composers. In this programme,specially devised by Graham Johnson, he brings together fourYoung Songmakers in a musical salute to Venice.

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Song Recital Series

Friday 8 July 10.00 pm

ENDYMIONEXAUDIPÄRT FratresPÄRT SummaPÄRT Ein Wallfahrtslied (Pilgrims’ Song)PÄRT Stabat mater

Luxury casting brings together the instrumentalistsof Endymion and vocalists Exaudi to explore arange of Arvo Pärt’s output. Fratres and Summaexemplify his unique brand of mesmeric repetitionand will be known to many from films andtelevision, while the Stabat mater combinesvoices and strings to hypnotic effect.

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GRAHAM JOHNSON Clive Barda

Saturday 9 July 7.30 pm

DANNY DRIVER piano

C PE BACH Piano Sonata in Bb H25

SCHUMANN Symphonic Studies Op. 13

DEBUSSY Images, Series 2DALE Night Fancies – Impromptu in Db for piano Op. 3BOWEN Piano Sonata in Bb minor Op. 160

Piano-fanciers will already be alert to the starry rise of DannyDriver, partly through his championing on disc of the pianomusic of York Bowen. For this Wigmore Hall recital he leads upto a performance of Bowen’s Bb minor Sonata by way of afather of classical keyboard music in C PE Bach and Schumann’smonumental Symphonic Studies. Germanic fantasy then givesway to some of Debussy’s most evocative musical paintingsand with typical imagination Driver gives us a sampling ofBenjamin Dale’s piano music.

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London Pianoforte Series

Sunday 10 July 11.30 am

JACK LIEBECK violin

KATYA APEKISHEVA piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in Eb Op. 12 No. 3SZYMANOWSKI Three Myths Op. 30

SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105

With his regular partner Katya Apekisheva on thepiano, rising violin star Jack Liebeck consolidateshis classical reputation with the iconic sonatasby Beethoven and Schumann. In between heturns to the heady, perfumed world of Polishgenius Karol Szymanowski, whose Three Mythsare rapidly becoming part of the establishedviolin repertoire.

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Coffee Concert

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JACK LIEBECK Tim Meara

DANNY DRIVER Richard Haughton

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Sunday 10 July 7.30 pm

THE BROOK STREET BANDProgramme to includeLECLAIR Première recréation de musique d’une exécutionfacile Op. 6; Sonata in D Op. 2 No. 8COUPERIN 8e concert dans le goût théatralHANDEL Trio Sonata in G Op. 5 No. 4 HWV399

In anticipation of Bastille Day, The Brook Street Band travels toFrance, delving into its rich and distinct musical heritage andexploring the impact Handel and his French contemporaries hadon each other. Join the Band on its sensual Gallic chamber musicjourney with composers including Handel, Leclair and Couperin.

‘... the Band is as deliciously poised and pertinent as ever ’BBC Music Magazine

£12 £16 £22 £24

Early Music and Baroque Series

Monday 11 July 1.00 pm

IESTYN DAVIES countertenor

JULIUS DRAKE piano

MACRAE The Lif of this worldPOULENC Le bestiaireKINDSDOTTIR HaikuFAURÉ Clair de lunePHIBBS The moon’s funeralDOWLAND In darkness let me dwellMAHLER Um Mitternacht VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Orpheus with his lute;The water mill; The sky above the roofFAURÉ PrisonROE To GodDUNHILL The Cloths of HeavenRUBBRA Psalm 150

Iestyn Davies’s mellifluous voice first came togeneral prominence as a member of the Choirof St John’s College, Cambridge, from where heimmediately graduated to the top grade in hisprofession. Acclaimed in the opera house, heis an equally powerful presence on the concertplatform. This programme will surprise manyin tackling repertoire rarely heard from acountertenor and includes two new works fromStuart MacRae and Joseph Phibbs.

£12 concs £10

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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THE BROOK STREET BAND Kate Mount

Tuesday 12 July 7.30 pm

CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW piano

MOZART Piano Sonata in F K533/494

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C minor D958

SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Op. 17

Christian Blackshaw has enjoyed a long and varied career,studying both in Leningrad and later with Sir Clifford Curzonin London. He brings three pillars of the piano repertoire tothis Wigmore Hall recital. When Schumann heard the news ofSchubert’s death in 1828 he was reputed to have wept allnight. The C minor Sonata was one of Schubert’s final triptychand Schumann’s Fantasy, although designed originally as atribute to Beethoven, also seems haunted by Schubert’slyrical genius.

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Wednesday 13 July 7.30 pm

JUPITER QUARTETWEBERN Langsamer SatzBARTÓK String Quartet No. 3KURTÁG Hommage à Mihály András(12 Microludes) Op. 13

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 withGrosse Fuge Op. 133

The Jupiter Quartet is so named because theplanet dominated the skies when it was formedten years ago and is also an astrological symbolfor the number four. They tackle a work which isarguably the brightest in the quartet repertoire’sconstellation of masterworks – Beethoven’s lateBb Quartet, which they will perform as originallyintended, with the Grosse Fuge as finale. Thechallenge of late Beethoven was suitably metin Bartók’s pioneering single-movement ThirdQuartet and will also echo through the pages ofWebern and Kurtág.

£12 £16 £22 £26

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JUPITER QUARTET Merri Cyr

CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW Herbie Knott

Friday 15 July 6.00 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKMICHAEL WHITE on ‘Passion andResurrection – A musical journeythrough the events of Holy Week’

£3

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Friday 15 July 7.30 pm

PASSION AND RESURRECTIONCORNYSH Woefully arrayed GIBBONS Hosanna to the son of DavidTALLIS O Sacrum convivium DE LASSUS In monte OlivetiVICTORIA O vos omnes MORALES O crux, aveMCCABE Woefully arrayed TAVERNER Dum transisset sabbatumGOMBERT Tulerunt Dominum meum LOBO Maria MagdaleneGIBBONS I am the resurrection CRECQUILLON Congratulamini mihiLHÉRITIER Surrexit pastor bonus BYRD In resurrectione tua

£15 £20 £25 £30

Early Music and Baroque Series

One of the brightest of the new crop of vocal groups specialising in early music, Stile Antico won aGramophone Award in 2009 for its collection ‘Song of Songs’. This typically resourceful programmefor Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series contrasts English sacred masterpieces from theElizabethan and Stuart eras with contemporary works from the European continent, and will alsodemonstrate rare versatility in introducing a piece by leading British composer John McCabe.

STILE ANTICO

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Saturday 16 July 7.30 pm

SUSAN GRAHAM mezzo-soprano

MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano

1900–1910

Songs by REGER and LEHÁRMAHLER Rückert LiederBERG Sieben frühe LiederSCHOENBERG Cabaret songs

To conclude the survey ‘Decade by Decade: 100 Years ofGerman Song’, American diva Susan Graham joins MalcolmMartineau for a programme which finds Europe on the cusp of anew century and a new style. Mahler was to die in 1911 andwas a powerful influence on a group of Viennese composersled by Schoenberg, who would eventually take them over theabyss of World War I into serialism and beyond. Such concerns,however, left Reger and Lehár untouched.

£18 £25 £30 £35

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Song Recital Series/Decade by Decade:100 Years of German Song 1810–1910

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SUSAN GRAHAM Dario Acosta

FRANÇOIS CHAPLIN

Sunday 17 July 11.30 am

FRANÇOIS CHAPLIN piano

CHOPIN Nocturne in Bb minor Op. 9 No. 1FAURÉ Nocturne No. 1 in Eb minor Op. 33 No. 1CHOPIN Barcarolle in F# Op. 60; Nocturne inC# minor Op. posth; Étude in Ab Op. 25 No. 1DEBUSSY No. 11 from Études Book II: Pour lesarpèges composés; from Préludes Book 1: Lessons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir;La cathédrale engloutie; from Préludes Book II:Feux d’artifice CHOPIN Waltz in Ab Op. 69 No. 1;Waltz in Ab Op. 34 No. 1 DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse

The exciting young French pianist FrançoisChaplin brings together some of Chopin’s mostmemorable pieces and extends his hands acrossthe decades to embrace the contrasted worldsof Fauré and Debussy.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

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Monday 18 July 6.30 pm

PRE-CONCERT TALKWith RICHARD EGARR

Free (ticket required)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Monday 18 July 7.30 pm

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICRICHARD EGARR director

THE BACH DYNASTY: J S BACH’S CANTATAS

BACH Cantata BWV20 ‘O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort’BACH Cantata BWV126 ‘Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort’BACH Cantata BWV146 ‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’

The AAM and Choir of the AAM bring some of J S Bach’s mostinspirational music to the stage of Wigmore Hall as part of TheBach Dynasty series. In the words of Richard Egarr: ‘JS Bach’scantatas represent the true kernel of his compositional life –they contain simply everything.’

£18 £24 £28 £32

Early Music and Baroque Series

Tuesday 19 July 7.30 pm

WALDSTEIN ENSEMBLEMOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478

FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

Composers of piano quartets seem for somereason to love the key of G minor and Mozart,Brahms and Fauré alike have conjured someof their most felicitous textures for thisinstrumental combination in this key. And yetthis extraordinary musical canvas will touchupon three completely contrasted musicalaesthetics, from Viennese Classicism to FrenchImpressionism via the Hungarian-inspiredfantasy of Brahms.

£15 £20 £25 £30

Chamber Music Season

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Marco Borggreve

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Wednesday 20 July 7.30 pm

DAVID FRAY piano

MOZART Piano Sonata in D K311

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Op. 28 ‘Pastoral’MOZART Fantasia in C minor K475

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’

When the young Beethoven travelled from Bonn to Vienna in1787 with the intention of pressing Mozart into giving himpiano lessons, the mercurial maestro was too busy finishingDon Giovanni to give him more than a cursory listen and toproclaim that one day he would make a great noise in theworld. The two halves of this recital from David Fray will showhow prescient were his remarks.

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

Thursday 21 July 7.30 pm

ALEXANDER CHAUSHIAN cello

YEVGENY SUDBIN piano

STRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella arr.for cello & pianoSCHNITTKE Cello Sonata No. 1 (dedicated toNatalia Gutman)RACHMANINOV VocalisePROKOFIEV Cello Sonata in C Op. 119

The formidable collaboration of two of today’smost highly acclaimed young performers,Armenian cellist Alexander Chaushian andRussian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, has attractedmuch attention and superlative reviews. Theyreturn to Wigmore Hall with a programme ofRussian masterpieces for cello and piano.

‘Two talents in glorious harmony’ Geoffrey Norris,Daily Telegraph

£12 £16 £22 £26

Chamber Music Season

DAVID FRAY Paolo Roversi/Virgin Classics

ALEXANDER CHAUSHIAN

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Friday 22 July 10.00 pm

LONDON HANDEL PLAYERSALASDAIR FRASER fiddle

CLARE SALAMAN hurdy-gurdy

Programme to includeOSWALD Airs for the SeasonsVIVALDI/CHÉDEVILLE Spring from The Four Seasonsfor hurdy-gurdy LECLAIR Violin Sonata in A Op. 1 No. 5OSWALD Trio SonatasGEMINIANI Trio SonatasScottish Airs by MCGIBBON and OSWALDMusic by RAMEAU, LECLAIR and BARSANTI

An exciting collaboration between period-instrument ensemblethe London Handel Players and the renowned Scottish fiddler,Alasdair Fraser. Fraser’s irrepressible folk-playing together withthe stylishness and refinement of the London Handel Playersrecreates the fusion of these two styles which was so fashionablein the late Baroque and early Classical periods. James Oswald’stercentenary is celebrated with his popular Airs for the Seasonsalongside Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Chédeville’sintriguing arrangement for hurdy-gurdy, featuring Clare Salaman.Celtic verve and folk-inspired music by Rameau, Leclair andBarsanti add to the rich tapestry of this unique partnership.

£12 concs £10

Early Music and Baroque Series/Late Night Series

See Late Night Series feature on page 34

Saturday 23 July 11.00 am

MEMORIAL CONCERT FORPAULINE MARASee feature on page 76

Saturday 23 July 7.30 pm

ALICE COOTE mezzo-soprano

JULIUS DRAKE piano

LOVE AND LIFE IN FRENCH MÉLODIES

Programme to include songs byHAHN, SATIE, POULENC, DEBUSSY and FAURÉ

Alice Coote has, over the past decade or so,become one of the country’s best-loved singers, admired as much for her penetratingidentification with the characters she portraysas for her rich, handsome mezzo-soprano voice.The recital platform is central to her musical life,though, and this evening’s sequence of Frenchmélodies is sure to demonstrate her wonderfultalents to the full.

£18 £25 £30 £35 (not part of subscription scheme)

Song Recital Series

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ALICE COOTE Anne-Marie Le Blé

Saturday 23 July 11.00 am

MEMORIAL CONCERT FOR PAULINE MARAMARK PADMORE tenor JOSHUA BELL violin

STEVEN ISSERLIS cello DAVID WATERMAN cello

WILLIAM BENNETT flute MAGGIE COLE harpsichord

THOMAS ADÈS piano ANDRÁS SCHIFF piano

STEPHEN HOUGH piano

Steven Isserlis is joined by musical friends and luminaries for a concert in memoryof his wife, Pauline, who died last year following a long battle with cancer.The programme will include works by BACH, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT and FAURÉ,and the London première of ADÈS’s Lieux retrouvés (for cello and piano).

£15 £25 £35 £40

In aid of the Marie Curie Hospice, Hampstead

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Sunday 24 July 11.30 am

MICHELANGELO QUARTETBEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’DVORÁK String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’

The Michelangelo Quartet has recently begun a project torecord the complete Beethoven string quartets, and for thisCoffee Concert pairs the Russian-tinged third ‘Razumovsky’Quartet with Dvorák’s best known work in the genre, whichmakes explicit use of the sounds he heard in America, rangingfrom rousing Spirituals to the rattle of the train that conveyedhim to his Iowa retreat.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Coffee Concert

Thursday 28 July 7.30 pm

YEVGENY SUDBIN piano

BEETHOVEN 6 Bagatelles Op. 126

LISZT 3 Petrarch Sonnets SHOSTAKOVICH 4 PreludesRACHMANINOV 4 PreludesMEDTNER Sonata tragica Op. 39 No. 5

Yevgeny Sudbin has consolidated hisinternational reputation as one of the mostsignificant of today’s young pianists. His recentrecordings of Haydn sonatas and Beethovenconcertos have met with the acclaim of hisprevious recordings, and his many recitalsthroughout the world have included recent debutsin the Southbank International Piano Series andthe Master Pianist series at Het Concertgebouw,Amsterdam. He returns to Wigmore Hall with atypically varied and interesting programme.

‘Any chance to hear him should be snapped up’Daily Telegraph

£15 £20 £25 £30

London Pianoforte Series

MICHELANGELO QUARTET Marco Borggreve

YEVGENY SUDBIN Mark Harrison

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Saturday 30 July 7.30 pm

JACK QUARTETThe JACK Quartet has made a splash with its recording of the complete quartets ofIannis Xenakis and its championing of works that exist at the cutting edge of quartetrepertoire. They preface Xenakis’s Tetras with modern classics by Ligeti and Cage,along with Matthias Pintscher’s new – and beguilingly hushed – Study IV.

LIGETI String Quartet No. 2 MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Study IV for Treatise on the Veil

CAGE String Quartet in 4 Parts XENAKIS Tetras

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BACH CELLO SUITES

A cloud of Icelandic volcanic ash preventedJean-Guihen Queyras from performing Bach’ssix Solo Cello Suites when originally slatedto do so – but at last London audiences willhave the chance to hear these monumentsof the repertoire performed by the youngFrench cellist, who recorded them to greatacclaim in 2008.

Sunday 31 July 11.30 am

BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007

BACH Cello Suite No. 4 in Eb BWV1010

BACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011

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Coffee Concert

Sunday 31 July 2011 4.00 pm

BACH Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008

BACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009

BACH Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012

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Chamber Music Season

JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAScello

Photo by Marco Borggreve

Final Concerts of the 2010 –11 Season

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Saturday 7 May 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

IGOR, THE BIRD WHOCOULDN’T SINGFAMILY CONCERT

For age 5 plus

Join clarinettist MICHAEL COLLINS and friendsfor an hour of musical fun, culminating in thestory of ‘Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing’, withnew music written by LUKE BEDFORD. Basedon the book by Satoshi Kitamura published byAndersen Press.

Adults £7 Children £5 (not part of subscription scheme)

All bookable events on pages 80 to 82 will open for booking on 1 February, with the exception of the familyconcert on 7 May which will go on sale alongside the other concerts in the April – July Wigmore series.

Friday 1 April 5.30 – 6.15 pm

IGNITE – PRESENTED BY WIGMORE HALLYOUNG PRODUCERSYOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT

15 young people from St Marylebone School have been workingas young producers with Wigmore Hall and the IGNITE ensembleto prepare a unique and exciting concert of improvised anddevised material, especially for young people. Regular updateson the process and the final concert programme are available onwww.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/schools/youngproducers.

Ticket price to be announced (not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.Ignite is supported by Arts Council England, Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour anda bequest from Dr. Patricia L. Baker

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Book cover illustration by Satoshi Kitamura © Andersen Press

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES ANDYOUNG PEOPLE

Family Events are supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust,The Lucille Graham Trust and The Charities Advisory Trust.

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Saturday 14 May 11.00 am – 12.30 pmWorkshop Repeated 1.30 – 3.00 pm

FAMILY JAMFAMILY WORKSHOPS

For age 5 plus

Join IGNITE for a family jam. Play your part in a brand new piecewritten especially for you and become part of the ensemble forthese fun music making workshops. Beginners welcome!

Adults £8 Children £6 for each workshop(not part of subscription scheme)

Supported by Arts Council England, Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour and abequest from Dr. Patricia L. Baker

Wednesday 8 June 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

AURORA SCHOOLS CONCERTINVITED SCHOOLS ONLY

Students will join presenter RACHEL LEACH and musicians fromthe AURORA ORCHESTRA for this interactive concert forspecial needs schools.

Tickets by invitation only

Supported by John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

Saturday 25 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

AROUND THE WORLD IN80 SONGSFAMILY DAY

For age 5 plus

Ahoy there! Bring along your young crew andset sail with singer and animateur KATE MAPPon this colourful tour of songs from across theglobe. Sing French folk-songs, perform Russianrounds, dance to Caribbean calypsos, and playalong on percussion as you travel. Dock backat Dover after taking part in a ship-shape finalperformance aboard the Wigmore Hall stage.

Adults £10 Children £8

(not part of subscription scheme)

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Wednesday 6 July 1.00 – 2.00 pm

DECADES – A SENSE OF PLACECOMMUNITY PROJECT CULMINATION CONCERT

Inspired by the ‘Decade by Decade’ concert series, this projectexplores the next 110 years with schools and community groupsacross Westminster. Exploring local history and culture, WigmoreHall archives and changing music through this period, projectparticipants have worked with a team of composers andworkshop leaders to create new music. This concert featuresnew compositions alongside live and recorded performances.

Tickets by invitation only

Supported by John Lyon’s Charity, The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trustand The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation.

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Monday 25, Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 July

10.30 am – 3.30 pm

MUSICAL PORTRAITSFOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTICSPECTRUM DISORDERS

Be inspired by paintings in the National PortraitGallery, experience the acoustic of Wigmore Halland create a brand new piece with professionalmusicians from IGNITE. Finish with a performanceon the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of this3-day course.

For more information, contact Turtle Key Arts on020 8964 5060 or ruth@turtlekeyarts.org.uk

Free, application required

Supported by Arts Council England, Mr and Mrs RexHarbour and a bequest from Dr. Patricia L. Baker

In partnership with the

National Portrait Gallery

and Turtle Key Arts

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SUBSCRIPTION BOOKINGS

WIGMORE SERIES SUBSCRIPTIONS(excludes Coffee Concerts, BBC LunchtimeConcerts and other events where stated)

Subscription I: Book 9 – 11 concerts at a5% discount

Subscription II: Book 12 or more concertsat a 10% discount

BBC LUNCHTIME CONCERTSUBSCRIPTIONSBook 10 or more concerts at a 5% discountBook all concerts in any one booking periodat a 10% discount

COFFEE CONCERT SUBSCRIPTIONSBook 10 or more concerts at a 5% discountBook all concerts in any one booking periodat a 10% discount

To qualify for a subscription, the samenumber of tickets need to be booked foreach event.

Any tickets bought in addition to asubscription series must be paid for atthe full rate.

Discounts cannot be combined.

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BOOKING DATES

BOOKING PERIOD 3

Friday 1 April – Sunday 31 July 2011

FriendsPriority booking form to reach the Box Office by 7 January

Mailing ListPriority booking form to reach the Box Office by 21 January

General PublicBy telephone/online from 1 February

Booking Information

Benjamin Ealovega

WIGMORE HALL BOX OFFICE36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Tel: 020 7935 2141

Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Email: (not for bookings)boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk

TICKETS

Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided intofour price ranges

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Balcony A – D: 2nd highest price

Stalls BB, CC, Q – S: 3rd price

Stalls AA, T – X: Lowest price

BOX OFFICE HOURS

7 days a week: 10.00am–8.30pm.Days without an evening concert10.00am–5.00pm. No advance bookingduring the half-hour prior to performance.

TELEPHONE BOOKINGS

7 days a week: 10.00am–7.00pm.Days without an evening concert10.00am–5.00pm. There is a non-refundable£2.00 administration charge for eachtransaction. This includes the return of yourtickets by post if time permits.

POSTAL BOOKINGS

Please make cheques payable to WigmoreHall with the amount left open but statingan upper limit, and add an administrationcharge of £2.00. Tickets will then be sentby post.

ONLINE BOOKINGS

Online booking is available 24 hours a day,7 days a week. There is a £1.00 administrationcharge online. You can select your own seatand make subscription bookings online.

TICKETS FOR CONCESSIONS

Where a concession (concs) ticket price islisted these are available to students,senior citizens and the unemployed.

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GROUP BOOKINGS

Discounts of 10% are available for groupsof 12 or more, subject to availability.

WESTMINSTER RESCARD

Westminster ResCard holders may obtain a 10% discount on ticket purchases of £3 orabove. Two tickets per card (not applicableto subscription bookings).

TRANSPORT

Tubes: Bond Street (Central, Jubilee lines),Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central andVictoria lines).

Buses: A number of bus routes pass alongOxford Street.

Car Parking: There is limited street parkingafter 6.30 pm Monday to Saturday and allday Sunday in permitted areas. Alternativelythere are public car parks in CavendishSquare, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane,all of which are less than a five minute walkfrom the hall.

RESTAURANT/BAR

Wigmore Hall has its own restaurant and barsserving pre-concert and interval refreshments.Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurantor call 020 7258 8292 for further information.

FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

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Wigmore Hall Live releaseEarly Opera CompanyChristian Curnyn, DirectorSoloists: Lucy Crowe, Anna Stephany,Hilary Summers & Andrew Staples

HANDEL Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Priced £19.98(Double CD)

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Wigmore Hall’s size brings an unparalleled sense of intimacy to every performance and is loved by audiences andmusicians alike. However, the limitation that this places on audience numbers means that ticket sales alonecannot meet all our costs. Additional support from individuals, companies and charitable foundations is vitalin order to ensure that the world’s finest musicians, together with promising young performers, continue toappear at Wigmore Hall. If you would like to support the Hall by becoming a Friend, or by sponsoring a concertor Learning event, please call 020 7258 8230 or email friends@wigmore-hall.org.uk for more information.

The Wigmore Hall Trust is very grateful to the individuals and organisations listed below who have madean investment in our concert, learning and community programmes this season:

HONORARY PATRONS

Aubrey AdamsDonald Kahn OBESir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady KohnMr and Mrs Paul Morgan

DONORS AND SPONSORS

Eric Abraham*Aubrey Adams*Lady Alexander of Weedon*Tony and Marion Allen*American Friends of Wigmore Hall†

The Anniversary PatronsArts Council EnglandAnthony AustinBequest from Dr Patricia BakerAlan Bell-BerryMr Nicholas J BezIn memory of Martin Paul BlakeArline BlassKarl Otto Bonnier*†

David and Mary Bowerman*Alan Bradley*Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson*Rainer and Doreen Burchett*Gwen and Stanley Burnton*

Clive ButlerCafé de ColombiaCharities Advisory TrustEric Clause*The late John CoblenzEdwin C Cohen*Sonia and Harvey ColeComplete CoffeeJohn Crisp*Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch*Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning*Anthony Davis*Decade by Decade Song SyndicatePauline Del MarThe D’Oyly Carte Charitable TrustThe Dunard FundThe Ellerdale TrustAnnette Ellis*Vernon and Hazel Ellis†

The Elton FamilyDr C A Endersby & Prof D CowanThe Equitable Charitable TrustMrs Susan FeakinThe Fidelio Charitable Trust†

Peter and Sonia FieldJohn and Amy FordFoyle Foundation

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Supporting Wigmore Hall

Friends of Wigmore HallJonathan Gaisman*John and Lauren Goldsmith*The Gordon FoundationC H G GreenThe Milton Grundy Foundation*Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour*The Hobson CharityAndré and Rosalie HoffmannGay Huey Evans*Graham and Amanda Hutton*Hutton Collins Partners LLPHyde Park Place Estate CharitySimone Hyman*Peter JervisJohn Lyon’s CharityMarc Jourdren*Donald and Jeanne Kahn*Jerome Karet*David & Louise Kaye*Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn*The Kohn FoundationChristian Kwek and David Hodges*Maryly La Follette*Joy and Geoffrey LawrenceLloyds TSB Private BankingThe Lucille Graham TrustSimon and Pamela MajaroStanley and Eithné MannMartin Randall Travel LtdMayfield Valley Arts TrustMilton Damerel TrustMr and Mrs Paul MorganAmyas and Louise Morse*Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntoshLionel and Lynn Persey*The Piano FundThe Porter FoundationDr Clive Potter*Oliver Prenn

Nick and Claire Prettejohn*The Rayne FoundationDavid B Rockwell*†

Conchita Romero*Charles Rose*Rosenblatt RecitalsJackie Rosenfeld OBE Hon RCM*Ruth Rothbarth*†

N M Rothschild and Sons LimitedThe Rubinstein CircleS E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3The Samuel Sebba Charitable TrustRichard Sennett and Saskia Sassen*Lois Sieff OBEMartin and Elise Smith*Victoria and Richard Sharp*Cita and Irwin StelzerJohn Stephens OBE, Hon FTCL*The Tertis FoundationAllen Thomas and Jane Simpson’Scilla and Tony Thornton*†

John and Ann Tusa*†

Marina Vaizey*Kathleen Verelst*Robin Vousden*Marie-Luise WaldeckDavid and Frances Waters*Michael Watson†

Anne and David Weizmann*City of WestminsterMrs Mary WestonTony Wingate†

The Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationThe Wolfson FoundationWorshipful Company of Information TechnologistsSimon Yates and Kevin Roon*and several anonymous supporters

*also Rubinstein Circle members†also Anniversary Patron

The Wigmore Hall Trust, registered charity number 1024838

DIRECTOR JOHN GILHOOLY

36 WIGMORE STREET LONDON W1U 2BP

WWW.WIGMORE-HALL.ORG.UKBOX OFFICE 020 7935 2141

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