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2018/19 Season January - March 2019
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This spring, two of today's greatest Lieder interpreters, the German baritone
Christian Gerhaher and his regular pianist Gerold Huber, return to survey one
of the summits of the repertoire, Schubert’s psychologically intense Winterreise.
Director’s
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen join us with a
programme of odes, written to welcome Charles II back
to London from his visits to Newmarket, alongside
Introduction
excerpts from Purcell's incidental music to Theodosius,
Nathaniel Lee's 1680 tragedy.
Leading Schubert interpreter Christian Zacharias delves
into the composer’s unique melodic, harmonic and thematic
flourishes in his lecture-recital. Through close examination of these musical
hallmarks and idiosyncrasies, he takes us on a journey to the very essence of
Schubert’s style.
With her virtuosic ability to sing anything from new works to Baroque opera and
Romantic Lieder with exceptional quality, Marlis Petersen is one of the most
enterprising singers today. Her residency continues with two concerts, sharing
the stage with fellow singers and accompanists of international acclaim.
This year’s Wigmore Hall Learning festival, Sense of Home, celebrates the
diversity and multicultural melting pot that is London and the borough of
Westminster, reflects on Wigmore Hall as a place many call home, and invites
you to explore what ‘home’ means to you.
One of the most admired singers of the present day, Elīna Garanča, will
open the 2018/19 season at the Metropolitan Opera as Dalila in Saint-Saëns’
Samson et Dalila. Her programme in February – comprising four major
cycles – includes Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, two of which were identified
by the composer himself as studies for Tristan und Isolde.
After witnessing each other perform in Schloss Elmau, Germany, in 2015,
American pianist-composer Brad Mehldau and British tenor Ian Bostridge
met and professed their admiration for each other’s work. Materialising into a
creative spark that resulted in pieces written by Mehldau for Bostridge, they
began to build the original material into a song cycle which revolved around
text and themes of the ‘modern sinuous nature of human desire as it exists
in love and adoration’, and they give its UK première in March.
In the first ever concert to be promoted by Wigmore Hall at the Roundhouse,
Sir George Benjamin conducts his own Palimpsests (2002) this March,
together with an intense work by the Russian Galina Ustvolskaya. This
performance harks back to the days of Boulez’s famous avant-garde
concerts at the iconic Camden venue, and offers a chance to hear large-scale
contemporary works in an inimitable setting. On the previous evening, we will
present Benjamin’s chamber opera Into the Little Hill on the Wigmore stage.
Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva has received exceptional praise for the
Romantic repertory. Works and transcriptions by Rachmaninov, a favourite
composer, appear in a March programme that also includes mazurkas by
Chopin and Skryabin.
There are also many wonderful concerts by our Chamber Ensemble in
Residence, The Nash Ensemble, so do have a look at those. I look forward
to welcoming you to the Hall.
•3 Contents At a Glance 4 Calendar6 January8 February35 March58 Contemporary Music Series 84 Booking Information 88
At a Glance January – March 2019
See pages 8 – 82 for full details of these concerts and page 88 for booking information.
Series and Events to look out for… BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Wed 6 Mar Ensemble Modern Orchestra/ 63
Sir George Benjamin
Ilker Arcayürek 8 Mon 7 Jan Alexander Gavrylyuk 13
Sat 9 Mar Recollections of Hans Keller 64
Alexander Gavrylyuk 13, 67 Mon 14 Jan Juilliard String Quartet 18
Mon 11 Mar Nils Mönkemeyer/ 67
Alexander Melnikov Residency 10, 82 Mon 21 Jan Leila Josefowicz/ 23
William Youn
Schumann Song Series 12, 36 John Novacek
Tue 12 Mar Janine Jansen/ 67
Nash Ensemble: 16, 17, 49, 66, 73 Mon 28 Jan Simon Höfele/Frank Dupree 31 Alexander Gavrylyuk
German Romantics Mon 4 Feb Sophie Pacini 36 Sat 16 Mar Heath Quartet 71
Robin Tritschler 19 Mon 11 Feb François-Frédéric Guy 41 Tue 19 Mar Nash Ensemble 73
Christian Gerhaher 20 Mon 18 Feb Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper 50 Fri 22 Mar Škampa Quartet 75
The Sixteen 22 Mon 25 Feb Quatuor Arod/Timothy Ridout 56 Sat 23 Mar Joshua Bell/Timothy Ridout/ 76
Christian Zacharias 24 Mon 4 Mar Mariam Batsashvili 61 Steven Isserlis/Jeremy Denk
Pekka Kuusisto Residency 25 Mon 11 Mar Belcea Quartet 67 Wed 27 Mar Britten Sinfonia 79
Graham Johnson Songmakers' Almanac 28 Mon 18 Mar Jeremy Denk 73 Fri 29 Mar Kristóf Baráti/István Várdai/ 81
ECMA (European Chamber Music 26, 27 Mon 25 Mar Novus String Quartet 77 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Academy) Showcase Sun 31 Mar Alexander Melnikov/ 82
Marcel Ponseele/
Borodin Quartet 29, 30 Chamber Music Season
Lorenzo Coppola/Javier Zafra/
Christian Blackshaw Residency: 31 Wed 9 Jan Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 13 Teunis van der Zwart
70th Birthday Concert Sat 12 Jan Nash Ensemble 16-17
Russian Song Series 32, 59 Sun 13 Jan Doric String Quartet 18 Sunday Morning Concerts
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie 34 Tue 15 Jan Juilliard String Quartet 18 Sun 6 Jan Rolston String Quartet 11
The Cardinall's Musick 31 Sat 19 Jan Alina Ibragimova/ 21 Sun 13 Jan Hyeyoon Park/Sholto Kynoch 15
Marlis Petersen Residency 33, 56 Cédric Tiberghien Sun 20 Jan Israeli Chamber Project/ 21
American Series: Escher String Quartet 37 Sun 20 Jan The Endellion String Quartet 21 Antje Weithaas
Sonia Prina 37 Wed 23 Jan Pekka Kuusisto 25 Sun 27 Jan Borodin Quartet/ 29
Michael Collins 29, 38 Fri 25 Jan ECMA: Simply Quartet 26 Michael Collins
Wigmore Hall Learning 44, 45 Sat 26 Jan ECMA Masterclass: 26 Sun 3 Feb Zahir Quartet 35
Festival 2019: Sense of Home Professor Johannes Meissl/ Sun 10 Feb Narek Hakhnazaryan/ 39
Stile Antico 46 Simply Quartet Oxana Shevchenko
Sat 26 Jan ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 27 Sun 17 Feb Trio Isimsiz 49
Elīna Garanča 48
Sat 26 Jan Borodin Quartet/ 30 Sun 24 Feb Albion Quartet 55
Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper 51
Alexei Volodin Sun 3 Mar Kronberg Academy 59
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset 52
Sun 27 Jan ECMA: Trio Gaon/ 27 Sun 10 Mar Nash Ensemble 66
Schumann String Quartet Series 54 Cosmos Quartet
Sun 17 Mar David Oistrakh String Quartet 71
Dame Emma Kirkby 70th Birthday 57 Sun 3 Feb oldner String Quartet/
G 36
Sun 24 Mar Dover Quartet 75
Stéphane Degout 58 Piers Lane
Sun 31 Mar Horszowski Trio 81
Brad Mehldau/Ian Bostridge 60 Tue 5 Feb Escher String Quartet 37
Brahms Plus Series: Jonathan Plowright 61 Wed 6 Feb Britten Sinfonia 37
Early Music and Baroque Series
Sir George Benjamin 62, 63 Sat 9 Feb New Elizabethan Award 39
Fri 4 Jan The King’s Consort/ 9
Denis Kozhukhin 65 Showcase
Iestyn Davies/James Hall
Recollections of Hans Keller 64, 67 Sat 9 Feb Michael Collins/ 38
Thu 17 Jan The Sixteen 22
Michael McHale
Marc-André Hamelin 66 Tue 29 Jan Les Arts Florissants/ 34
Mon 11 Feb Sergey Khachatryan/ 41
Dame Sarah Connolly Residency 69 William Christie
Alisa Weilerstein/
Renata Pokupić/La Serenissima 70 Inon Barnatan/Colin Currie/ Wed 30 Jan The Cardinall’s Musick 31
Vox Luminis Residency 72 Owen Gunnell/Sam Walton Thu 7 Feb Sonia Prina/ 37
Wed 13 Feb Britten Sinfonia 43 Alina Pogostkina/
Christoph Prégardien/Pentaèdre 74
Dorothee Oberlinger/
Fauré/Schumann Project 76 Wed 13 Feb Nikolaj Znaider/Robert Kulek 43 Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Paul Appleby 77 Fri 15 Feb Razumovsky Ensemble 47 Thu 14 Feb Stile Antico 46
Zlata Chochieva 78 Sat 16 Feb Nash Ensemble 49 Thu 21 Feb Les Talens Lyriques 52
Kristóf Baráti/István Várdai/ 81 Wed 20 Feb Skride Quartet 53 Thu 28 Feb Dame Emma Kirkby 57
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Fri 22 Feb Elias String Quartet 54 Wed 6 Mar Florilegium 61
Mahan Esfahani 68, 82 Sat 23 Feb Trio Zimmermann 55 Fri 8 Mar The English Concert/ 65
Chamber Zone 83 Tue 26 Feb Quatuor Zaïde 57 Nadja Zwiener/Tuomo Suni/
Contemporary Music Series 84 Tue 5 Mar Ensemble Modern/ 62 Christian Curnyn
Sir George Benjamin/ Wed 13 Mar Die Kölner Akademie/ 68
Anu Komsi/Helena Rasker Mahan Esfahani
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Wed 20 Mar Vox Luminis/ 72 Mon 18 Feb Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper 50 Tue 19 Mar Nash Ensemble/ 73
Reinoud Van Mechelen/ Mon 18 Feb Ailish Tynan/ 44 Royal Academy of Music
A Nocte Temporis Benjamin Appl/Iain Burnside Sun 24 Mar Nathan Gunn/Julie Gunn 75
Wed 27 Mar Carolyn Sampson/ 79 Tue 19 Feb Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper 51 Mon 25 Mar Paul Appleby/ 77
The King's Consort Malcolm Martineau
Mon 25 Feb Marlis Petersen/ 56
Sat 30 Mar Mahan Esfahani 82 Anke Vondung/Werner Güra/ Wed 27 Mar Britten Sinfonia 79
Paul Armin Edelmann/
London Pianoforte Series Christoph Berner/Camillo Radicke Wigmore Hall Learning
Thu 3 Jan Sergio Tiempo 9 Fri 1 Mar Sofia Mchedlishvili/ 59 Thu 3 Jan Wigmore Study Group: 9
Andrey Zhilikhovsky/ Schumann Song
Sun 6 Jan Pavel Kolesnikov/ 11
Iain Burnside
Elīna Bukša/Hermès Quartet Tue 8 Jan Wigmore Study Group: 9
Sat 2 Mar Stéphane Degout/Alain Planès 58 Schumann Song
Tue 8 Jan Sunwook Kim 13
Sun 3 Mar Brad Mehldau/Ian Bostridge 60 Fri 11 Jan Chamber Tots: On the Farm 15
Thu 10 Jan Alexander Melnikov/ 10
Andreas Staier Thu 14 Mar Simon Bode/Igor Levit 68 Fri 11 Jan Wigmore Study Group: 9
Fri 18 Jan Christian Zacharias 24 Fri 15 Mar Dame Sarah Connolly/ 69 Schumann Song
Lecture-Recital Julius Drake/Emily Berrington Sat 12 Jan Family Day: 15
Mon 21 Jan Rafał Blechacz 23 Sun 17 Mar Renata Pokupić/ 70 Chamber Challenge
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler Fri 18 Jan For Crying Out Loud! 19
Fri 25 Jan Roman Rabinovich 29
Thu 21 Mar Christoph Prégardien/ 74 Thu 24 Jan Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 29
Sun 27 Jan Christian Blackshaw 31
Pentaèdre/Joseph Petric
Sat 2 Feb Piers Lane 35 Thu 31 Jan Pre-Concert Talk 33
Sun 24 Mar Nathan Gunn/Julie Gunn 75
Fri 8 Feb Llŷr Williams 39 Sense of Home44
Mon 25 Mar Paul Appleby/ 77
Sun 10 Feb Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 41 Malcolm Martineau
Tue 12 Feb Big Sing! 42
Tue 12 Feb Leon McCawley 42 We are grateful to The Monument Trust for essential
Tue 12 Feb Bechstein Sessions: 42
Sun 24 Feb Kirill Gerstein 55 additional support for our expanded vocal series
Diphonon Duo
Wed 27 Feb Garrick Ohlsson 57
Thu 14 Feb For Crying Out Loud! 47
Mon 4 Mar Jonathan Plowright 61 Jazz Series Sat 16 Feb Family Concert: 49
Thu 7 Mar Denis Kozhukhin 65 Sun 3 Mar Brad Mehldau/Ian Bostridge 60 Nicola Benedetti
Sun 10 Mar Marc-André Hamelin 66 Mon 18 Feb Home from Home 50
Tue 26 Mar Zlata Chochieva 78 Contemporary Music Series Mon 18 Feb Learning Gala Concert: 44
Tue 8 Jan Sunwook Kim 13 Home Sweet Home
Song Recital Series Mon 14 Jan Juilliard String Quartet 18 Wed 20 Feb Family Sounds 51
Wed 2 Jan Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 8 Mon 21 Jan Leila Josefowicz/ 23 Wed 20 Feb Family Day: No Place Like... 51
Sat 5 Jan Christoph Pohl/ 11 John Novacek Thu 21 Feb Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi 53
Marcelo Amaral Tue 22 Jan François Le Roux/ 23 Fri 22 Feb Family Day: Lullabies 53
Fri 11 Jan Anne Schwanewilms/ 12 Olivier Godin
Tue 26 Feb Schools Concert:57
Malcolm Martineau Mon 28 Jan Simon Höfele/Frank Dupree 31 Nicola Benedetti
Mon 14 Jan Robin Tritschler/ 19 Wed 6 Feb Britten Sinfonia 37
Graham Johnson Mon 11 Feb François-Frédéric Guy 41 Thu 14 Feb Introduction to Music: 47
Wed 16 Jan Christian Gerhaher/ 20 Mon 11 Feb Sergey Khachatryan/ 41 Schubert
Gerold Huber Alisa Weilerstein/ Thu 21 Feb Introduction to Music: 47
Tue 22 Jan François Le Roux/ 23 Inon Barnatan/Colin Currie/ Schubert
Olivier Godin Owen Gunnell/Sam Walton
Thu 28 Feb Introduction to Music: 47
Tue 22 Jan Mary Bevan/ 25 Wed 13 Feb Britten Sinfonia 43 Schubert
Marcus Farnsworth/ Mon 18 Feb Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper 50
Christopher Glynn Fri 1 Mar Chamber Tots: 59
Mon 18 Feb Ailish Tynan/ 50 Rivers and Jungles
Thu 24 Jan Ailish Tynan/Anna Huntley/ 28 Benjamin Appl/Iain Burnside
Benjamin Appl/William Thomas/ Thu 7 Mar Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 65
Graham Johnson Fri 22 Feb Elias String Quartet 54 Thu 7 Mar Introduction to Music: 47
Mon 28 Jan Sofia Fomina/ 32 Sun 3 Mar Young Soloists of the 59 Schubert
Oleksiy Palchykov/ Kronberg Academy Wed 13 Mar Side by Side 68
Rodion Pogossov/Iain Burnside Sun 3 Mar Brad Mehldau/Ian Bostridge 60 Fri 15 Mar Schools Concert: 69
Thu 31 Jan Marlis Petersen/ 33 Tue 5 Mar Ensemble Modern/ 62 Stan & Mabel and the Race
Werner Güra/Christoph Berner Sir George Benjamin/ for Space
Sun 3 Feb James Newby/ 35 Anu Komsi/Helena Rasker Sat 16 Mar Family Concert: 71
Joseph Middleton Wed 6 Mar Ensemble Modern Orchestra/ 63 Stan & Mabel and the
Mon 4 Feb Christiane Karg/ 36 Sir George Benjamin Race for Space
Malcolm Martineau Thu 14 Mar Simon Bode/Igor Levit 68 Thu 28 Mar Steven Isserlis Masterclass 79
Sun 17 Feb Elīna Garanča/ 48 Fri 15 Mar Dame Sarah Connolly/ 69 Fri 29 Mar Chamber Tots: On the Farm 81
Malcolm Martineau Julius Drake/Emily Berrington
Calendar
January – March 2019
January Sat 26 Jan 11.00am ECMA Masterclass: Johannes Meissl/ 26
Simply Quartet
Wed 2 Jan 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 8
1.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 27
Thu 3 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 9 7.30pm Borodin Quartet/Alexei Volodin 30
7.30pm Sergio Tiempo 9
Sun 27 Jan 11.30am Borodin Quartet/Michael Collins 29
Fri 4 Jan 7.30pm The King’s Consort/Iestyn Davies/ 9 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Gaon/Cosmos Quartet 27
James Hall 7.30pm Christian Blackshaw31
Sat 5 Jan 7.30pm Christoph Pohl/Marcelo Amaral 11 Mon 28 Jan 1.00pm Simon Höfele/Frank Dupree31
Sun 6 Jan 11.30am Rolston String Quartet 11 Sofia Fomina/Oleksiy Palchykov/Rodion 32
7.30pm
7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov/Elīna Bukša/ 11 Pogossov/Iain Burnside
Hermès Quartet Tue 29 Jan 7.30pm Les Arts Florissants/William Christie 34
Mon 7 Jan 1.00pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 13 Wed 30 Jan 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick31
Tue 8 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 9 Thu 31 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk33
7.30pm Sunwook Kim 13 Marlis Petersen/Werner Güra/
7.30pm 33
Wed 9 Jan 7.30pm Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 13 Christoph Berner
Thu 10 Jan 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov/Andreas Staier 10
Fri 11 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 15 February
11.45am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 15 Sat 2 Feb 7.30pm Piers Lane 35
3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 9
Sun 3 Feb 11.30am Zahir Quartet 35
7.30pm Anne Schwanewilms/Malcolm Martineau 12
3.00pm James Newby/Joseph Middleton 35
Sat 12 Jan 10.30am Family Day: Chamber Challenge15 7.30pm Goldner String Quartet/Piers Lane 36
5.30pm Nash Ensemble 16 Mon 4 Feb 1.00pm Sophie Pacini 36
7.30pm Nash Ensemble 17 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Malcolm Martineau 36
Sun 13 Jan 11.30am Hyeyoon Park/Sholto Kynoch 15 Tue 5 Feb 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 37
7.30pm Doric String Quartet 18 Wed 6 Feb 7.30pm Britten Sinfonia 37
Mon 14 Jan 1.00pm Juilliard String Quartet 18 Thu 7 Feb 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Alina Pogostkina/Dorothee 37
7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Graham Johnson 19 Oberlinger/Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Tue 15 Jan 7.30pm Juilliard String Quartet 18 Fri 8 Feb 7.30pm Llŷr Williams 39
Wed 16 Jan 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 20 Sat 9 Feb 1.00pm New Elizabethan Award Showcase 39
Thu 17 Jan 7.30pm The Sixteen 22 7.30pm Michael Collins/Michael McHale 38
Fri 18 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 19 Sun 10 Feb 11.30am Narek Hakhnazaryan/Oxana Shevchenko 39
12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 19 7.30pm Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 41
7.30pm Christian Zacharias Lecture-Recital 24 Mon 11 Feb 1.00pm François-Frédéric Guy 41
Sat 19 Jan 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 21 Sergey Khachatryan/Alisa Weilerstein/
7.30pm 41
Inon Barnatan/Colin Currie/
Sun 20 Jan 11.30am Israeli Chamber Project/Antje Weithaas 21
Owen Gunnell/Sam Walton
7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 21
Tue 12 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 42
Mon 21 Jan 1.00pm Leila Josefowicz/John Novacek23 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon Duo42
7.30pm Rafał Blechacz 23 7.30pm Leon McCawley 42
Tue 22 Jan 1.00pm François Le Roux/Olivier Godin 23 Wed 13 Feb 12.15pm Pre concert Talk 43
Mary Bevan/Marcus Farnsworth/
7.30pm 25 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 43
Christopher Glynn 7.30pm Nikolaj Znaider/Robert Kulek 43
Wed 23 Jan 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto/Atte Kilpeläinen/ 25 Thu 14 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud!47
Tomas Djupsjöbacka/Jukka Huitila 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud!47
Thu 24 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea29 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert47
11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea29 7.30pm Stile Antico 46
7.30pm Ailish Tynan/Anna Huntley/Benjamin 28 Fri 15 Feb 6.00pm Razumovsky Academy Young Artists 47
Appl/William Thomas/Graham Johnson 7.30pm Razumovsky Ensemble 47
Fri 25 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Simply Quartet 26 Sat 16 Feb 3.00pm Family Concert: Nicola Benedetti 49
7.30pm Roman Rabinovich 29 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Lucy Crowe 49
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Sun 17 Feb 11.30am Trio Isimsiz 49 Fri 8 Mar 7.30pm The English Concert/Nadja Zwiener/ 65
7.30pm Elīna Garanča/Malcolm Martineau 48 Tuomo Suni/Christian Curnyn
Mon 18 Feb 1.00pm Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper50 Sat 9 Mar 11.00am Who is Hans Keller?64
Afternoon Home from Home50 2.30pm Music workshop of Mozart K42164
7.30pm Learning Gala Concert44 6.00pm Film Screening: The Keller Instinct64
7.30pm Elias String Quartet64
Tue 19 Feb 7.30pm Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper51
Sun 10 Mar 11.30am Nash Ensemble 66
Wed 20 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 51
7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin 66
10.30am Family Day: No Place Like... 51
1.00pm Family Sounds 51 Mon 11 Mar 1.00pm Belcea Quartet 67
7.30pm Skride Quartet 53 7.30pm Nils Mönkemeyer/William Youn 67
Thu 21 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi53 Tue 12 Mar 7.30pm Janine Jansen/Alexander Gavrylyuk 67
4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert47 Wed 13 Mar 1.00pm Side by Side 68
7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset/ 52 7.30pm Die Kölner Akademie/Mahan Esfahani 68
Eugénie Warnier/Emiliano Gonzalez Toro/ Thu 14 Mar 7.30pm Simon Bode/Igor Levit 68
Magnus Staveland
Fri 15 Mar 11.00am Schools Concert: Stan & Mabel and the 69
Fri 22 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Lullabies 53 Race for Space
7.30pm Elias String Quartet 54 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/Julius Drake/ 69
Sat 23 Feb 7.30pm Trio Zimmermann 55 Emily Berrington
Sun 24 Feb 11.30am Albion Quartet 55 Sat 16 Mar 11.00am Family Concert: Stan & Mabel and the 71
7.30pm Kirill Gerstein 55 Race for Space
7.30pm Heath Quartet 71
Mon 25 Feb 1.00pm Quatuor Arod/Timothy Ridout 56
7.30pm Marlis Petersen/Anke Vondung/ 56 Sun 17 Mar 11.30am David Oistrakh String Quartet 71
Werner Güra/Paul Armin Edelmann/ 7.30pm Renata Pokupić/La Serenissima/ 70
Christoph Berner/Camillo Radicke Adrian Chandler
Tue 26 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 56 Mon 18 Mar 1.00pm Jeremy Denk 73
1.00pm Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 56 Tue 19 Mar 5.30pm Nash Ensemble/Royal Academy of Music 73
7.30pm Quatuor Zaïde 57 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Maximilian Schmitt 73
Wed 27 Feb 7.30pm Garrick Ohlsson 57 Wed 20 Mar 7.30pm Vox Luminis/Reinoud Van Mechelen 72
Thu 28 Feb 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert47 9.30pm Post-Concert Open Mic Q&A 72
7.00pm Dame Emma Kirkby 57 Thu 21 Mar 7.30pm Christoph Prégardien/Pentaèdre/74
Joseph Petric
Fri 22 Mar 7.30pm Škampa Quartet 75
March
Sat 23 Mar 7.30pm Joshua Bell/Timothy Ridout/ 76
Fri 1 Mar 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 59
Steven Isserlis/Jeremy Denk
2.00pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 59
Sun 24 Mar 11.30am Dover Quartet 75
Sofia Mchedlishvili/Andrey Zhilikhovsky/ 59
7.30pm 7.30pm Nathan Gunn/Julie Gunn 75
Iain Burnside
Mon 25 Mar 1.00pm Novus String Quartet 77
Sat 2 Mar 7.30pm Stéphane Degout/Alain Planès 58 7.30pm Paul Appleby/Malcolm Martineau 77
Sun 3 Mar 11.30am Kronberg Academy 59 Tue 26 Mar 7.30pm Zlata Chochieva78
7.30pm Brad Mehldau/Ian Bostridge60 Wed 27 Mar 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 79
Mon 4 Mar 1.00pm Mariam Batsashvili 61 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/The King's Consort 79
7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 61 Thu 28 Mar 1.00pm Steven Isserlis Masterclass79
Tue 5 Mar 7.30pm Ensemble Modern/Sir George Benjamin/ 62 Fri 29 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots: On the Farm81
Anu Komsi/Helena Rasker 11.45am Chamber Tots: On the Farm81
Wed 6 Mar 7.30pm Florilegium 61 7.30pm Kristóf Baráti/István Várdai/ 81
Wigmore at the Roundhouse: Ensemble
7.30pm 63 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Modern Orchestra/Sir George Benjamin Sat 30 Mar 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 82
Thu 7 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 65 Sun 31 Mar 11.30am Horszowski Trio 81
11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea65 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov/Marcel Ponseele/ 82
4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert47 Lorenzo Coppola/Javier Zafra/
7.30pm Denis Kozhukhin 65 Teunis van der Zwart
8 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Wednesday 2 January
7.30pm
Ilker Arcayürek
tenor
Simon Lepper
piano
Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35
Schumann Blondels Lied; Loreley;
Der arme Peter; Nachtlied; Sängers Trost;
Schneeglöckchen Op. 96 No. 2; Ihre Stimme;
Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint; 6 Gedichte
von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90
The Turkish-born, Austrian
rising star, Ilker Arcayürek, is
steadily developing a reputation
for performances in which his
outstanding instrument is placed
at the service of an exceptional
sensibility. Here he explores
Schumann’s cycle setting poems by
the kindred spirit of Justinus Kerner.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Ilker Arcayürek
© Janina Laszlo
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Wigmore Study Group:
Schumann Song Thursday 3 January Friday 4 January
7.30pm 7.30pm
Thursday 3 January
3.00pm – 6.00pm Sergio Tiempo piano Iestyn Davies countertenor
Tuesday 8 January
3.00pm – 6.00pm Journey to Debussy James Hall countertenor
Friday 11 January Rameau L’enharmonique The King’s Consort
3.00pm – 6.00pm Debussy Hommage à Rameau; Rebecca Miles recorder
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest; Des Ian Wilson recorder
‘Sometimes it seems as though I pas sur la neige; L’isle joyeuse; Reiko Ichise bass viol
am embarking on completely new Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk Lynda Sayce theorbo
paths in music,’ Schumann wrote, Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in Robert King harpsichord, organ
during his famous Liederjahr in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’
Sound the Trumpet
1840. He had spent a decade Wagner/Kocsis Prelude from
devoting himself to the piano, before Tristan und Isolde Purcell Sound the trumpet; In vain
his legal battle to marry Clara Wieck Liszt Nuages gris S199 the am’rous flute; O solitude, my
against her father’s wishes led to Evans Waltz for Debby (arr. Tiempo) sweetest choice; No, resistance is
months of feeling too troubled to Messiaen Regard du Père but vain; Chaconne (Two in One
compose. Turning to song began Villa-Lobos From A prole do bebê Upon a Ground); Sing, sing ye
a period of intense creativity: ‘I Book I: Branquinha, Moreninha, Druids; Since from my dear; O dive
want to sing myself to death like A Pobrezinha & O Polichinelo custos Blow Ah heav’n! what is’t I
a nightingale.’ Come and explore Ginastera Malambo Op. 7 hear; Paratum cor meum; An Ode
Schumann’s wonderful song cycles on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
in three afternoons presented by A pupil of his compatriot Martha Humfrey Lord, I have sinned; A
composer Julian Philips, with Argerich, the Argentine pianist Hymne to God the Father Williams
pianist Laura Roberts and specialist presents a programme centred Sonata in imitation of birds
guest speakers and student on works by Claude Debussy,
performers from the Guildhall surrounded by composers who Iestyn Davies and outstanding
School of Music & Drama. influenced him and on whom he young countertenor James Hall
had an influence. explore a programme of duets,
Series ticket price £70 including including Purcell’s heartfelt
three study sessions and a ticket £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 elegy to Queen Mary and Blow’s
for the evening concert on ravishing tribute on the tragic
Friday 11 January death of Purcell.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Robert Schumann Sergio Tiempo The King's Consort
© Sussie Ahlburg © Keith Saunders
10 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Alexander Melnikov
Residency
Admired for his ability to move seamlessly between different
repertoires and for his long-term interest in period instruments
and historical performance practice, Alexander Melnikov is one
of the most stimulating musicians of our time, his prodigious
technique harnessed by an intellectual curiosity that enables
him to chart a rewarding creative path.
Thursday 10 January
7.30pm
Alexander Melnikov fortepiano
Andreas Staier fortepiano
Schubert March & Trio No. 3 in B minor D819;
4 Ländler D814; Polonaise in D minor D824;
March No. 1 in C D886; Andantino varié D823;
Rondo in A D951; Variations on an original theme
in A flat D813; Fantasie in F minor D940
The leading German fortepianist joins Melnikov for
a programme exploring Schubert’s varied output
for piano duet, including lighter fare alongside the
intense F minor Fantasie – one of the medium’s
masterpieces.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor
& Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall
Forthcoming Concerts in this Series
Sunday 31 March 7.30pm
with Marcel Ponseele oboe Lorenzo
Coppola clarinet Javier Zafra bassoon
& Teunis van der Zwart horn
Friday 21 June 7.00pm
Alexander Melnikov
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Saturday 5 January Sunday 6 January Sunday 6 January
7.30pm 11.30am 7.30pm
Christoph Pohl baritone Rolston String Quartet Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Marcelo Amaral piano Haydn String Quartet in B flat Elīna Bukša violin
Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’
Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich Hermès Quartet
im Lenze; Bei dir sind meine Brahms String Quartet in A minor
Op. 51 No. 2 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in
Gedanken; Sommerabend; Der Tod, F minor Op. 21 (version for piano
das ist die kühle Nacht; O kühler and string quintet)
Wald; Über die Heide; Auf dem The prize-winning Canadians were
listed in 2016 among CBC’s ’30 Chausson Concert in D Op. 21 for
Kirchhofe; Däm’rung senkte sich piano, violin and string quartet
von oben; Nicht mehr zu dir zu Hot Canadian Classical Musicians
gehen; Kein Haus, keine Heimat; under 30’. Here they pair the
fourth of Haydn’s Op. 76 set – A favourite with Wigmore
Verzagen; Es schauen die Blumen
named after its striking opening audiences since his 2014 debut,
Wolf 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo
gesture – with the second of the Russian pianist plays a Chopin
Korngold Abschiedslieder Op. 14
Brahms’s first published opus in concerto in the composer’s own
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden
the genre. chamber arrangement and is
Gesellen
joined by the Latvian violinist
£16 concs £14 inc. programme for Ernest Chausson’s double
Following his Wigmore debut in concerto for chamber forces.
2017, the German baritone returns and coffee/sherry/juice
for a programme of German and
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Austrian late Romantics, including
Wolf’s final songs and early cycles
by Korngold and Mahler.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Christoph Pohl Rolston String Quartet Pavel Kolesnikov
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Schumann Song Series
Focusing on a figure widely featured
in themed programmes throughout the
season, the Schumann Song Series
is devised by Malcolm Martineau and
musicologist Susan Youens, with
singers chosen by John Gilhooly,
and offers an in-depth exploration of
the great composer’s extraordinary
output, amongst the most rewarding
within the entire Lieder tradition.
Friday 11 January
7.30pm
Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Malcolm Martineau piano
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39
Schoeck Schilflieder Op. 2
Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre;
L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé
Debussy Proses lyriques
The German lyric soprano – a 2018
Grammy Award winner – surveys three
song cycles, beginning with Schumann’s
exploration of Eichendorff, followed
by the three early ‘reed songs’ (1905)
setting Nikolaus Lenau by the Swiss
composer Othmar Schoeck.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Events and Concerts in this Series
Thursday 3, Tuesday 8 and
Friday 11 January 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song
Monday 4 February 7.30pm
with Christiane Karg soprano
Wednesday 24 April 7.30pm
with Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano &
Robin Tritschler tenor
Anne Schwanewilms
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Monday 7 January Tuesday 8 January Wednesday 9 January
1.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Sunwook Kim piano Tasmin Little violin
Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971 Mozart Piano Sonata in D K311 Piers Lane piano
Rachmaninov Preludes: in G flat Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in Schubert Violin Sonata
Op. 23 No. 10, in G minor Op. 23 D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ (Sonatina) in A minor D385
No. 5, in G sharp minor Op. 32 Donghoon Shin New work (world Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D
No. 12, in B flat Op. 23 No. 2 & in première) minor Op. 108
E flat Op. 23 No. 6 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Brahms Scherzo in C minor from
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in minor Op. 58 F-A-E Sonata (Sonatensatz)
B flat Op. 83 Schubert Fantasy in C D934
Winner of the 2006 Leeds Piano
Born in Ukraine but brought up Competition, the South Korean’s The rewarding partnership
in Australia, Alexander Gavrylyuk programme has as its lynchpins between violinist Tasmin Little and
has gone on to enjoy a top-flight three major sonatas alongside a pianist Piers Lane is a familiar
international career in which world première of a new work one to Wigmore audiences. In this
the music of Rachmaninov and by his compatriot Donghoon programme they explore works by
Prokofiev has featured prominently. Shin, a pupil of Julian Anderson Schubert and Brahms, including
Here he adds one of Bach’s most who revels in his diverse the former’s large-scale Fantasy
popular keyboard works. musical influences. and the latter’s dramatic final
violin sonata.
£16 concs £14 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Alexander Gavrylyuk Sunwook Kim Tasmin Little
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PARTNER SCHOOLS
PROGRAMME
We are delighted to be We are working in partnership
embarking on the next phase of to make their schools musical
our Partner Schools Programme places, co-creating a programme
from September 2018 until July of opportunities which meets
2021 with three partner Music their needs and places music
Education Hubs and at the heart of their ethos, and
three schools: empowering them to become
Chestnuts Primary School culturally engaged, proactive
and Haringey Music Service schools. With the Hubs, we’ll share
the learning and activity across
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School the boroughs, developing music
and Havering Music School leadership across the local areas.
Weald Rise Primary School
and Harrow Music Service
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Friday 11 January Saturday 12 January Sunday 13 January
10.15am and 11.45am 10.30am – 3.30pm 11.30am
Chamber Tots: Family Day: Hyeyoon Park violin
On the Farm Chamber Challenge Sholto Kynoch piano
For ages 5 plus Szymanowski Myths Op. 30
We invite children aged 1 to 5 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in
and their parents/carers to join Join music leader Hannah Opstad A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
us on the farm! This interactive and the Wigmore Hall Learning/
music-making workshop features Open Academy Fellowship Making a welcome return to
songs, percussion and the chance Ensemble, the Bloomsbury Quartet, Wigmore Hall, Korean Hyeyoon Park
to meet some exciting instruments on a marvellous music-making has established herself as a violinist
up close, led by our experienced adventure. Take your seat in your of outstanding gifts and expressive
Chamber Tots music leaders very own chamber ensemble, power. Her programme precedes
alongside emerging ensembles. create your own brand new pieces one of Beethoven’s most challenging
of music and perform together on works for the instrument with
10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & the Wigmore Hall stage. Szymanowski’s subtle and elusive
11.45am (3-5 year-olds) myth-based poems.
Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £10 Adults £15
£16 concs £14 inc. programme
Children £7 Adults £5 and coffee/sherry/juice
First Time Booker Offer
New to Family events at
First Time Booker Offer Wigmore Hall? Buy your
New to Early Years events tickets for half price, either
at Wigmore Hall? Buy your by phone or in person.
tickets for half price, either
by phone or in person.
Chamber Tots Family Day Hyeyoon Park
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Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence
Nash Ensemble
Saturday 12 January
5.30pm
German Romantics Nash Ensemble
Stephanie Gonley violin
19th-century Romanticism offered German music new
Adrian Brendel cello
relationships with literature, fine art and nature, with
Richard Hosford clarinet
an emphasis on drama and first-person expressivity,
Ian Brown piano
all couched in language and forms that broke free of
earlier precedents. Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Ensemble Clara Schumann 3 Romances Op. 22
in Residence presents a season-long exploration of Felix Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D Op. 17
the German repertoire of the era, from Beethoven Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D Op. 11
and Weber, via Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms
and Wagner to Max Bruch and Richard Strauss. The Two long-neglected composers receive a revival of
interest and variety of the ensemble’s programmes are some of their fine works. Clara Schumann’s romances
enhanced by the collaboration of a cohort of leading and Fanny Mendelssohn’s trio are featured alongside
singers of our time. Felix Mendelssohn’s cello variations, written for his
and Fanny’s brother, Paul.
All seats £4
Caspar David Friedrich �Moonrise over the sea’wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 17
Saturday 12 January Forthcoming Concerts in this Series
7.30pm
Saturday 16 February 7.30pm
Nash Ensemble with Lucy Crowe soprano & Jamie Phillips conductor
Lawrence Power viola Sunday 10 March 11.30am
Adrian Brendel cello
Richard Hosford clarinet Tuesday 19 March 7.30pm
Ian Brown piano
with Maximilian Schmitt tenor
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132
Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111
Mendelssohn Song without Words Op. 109
Brahms Serenade in D Op. 11 (original version for wind
and string nonet, reconstructed by Alan Boustead)
Robert Schumann’s ‘Fairy Tales’ – composed for
a combination which he felt would have ‘a very
Romantic effect’ – and Felix Mendelssohn’s Song
without Words preface late and early works by the
former’s protégé Brahms, his richly-coloured Second
String Quintet and the engaging Serenade, restored to
its original chamber colours.
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Sunday 13 January Monday 14 January Tuesday 15 January
7.30pm 1.00pm 7.30pm
Doric String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in D K575 Lembit Beecher New work Beethoven String Quartet in D
‘Prussian’ (European première) Op. 18 No. 3
Bartók String Quartet No. 5 BB110 Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 Bartók String Quartet No. 3 BB93
Schubert String Quartet in G D887 ‘American’ Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in
C Op. 61
Acclaimed for its excellence over Founded in 1946 at New York’s
a wide repertoire, the Doric String Juilliard School, the eponymous The Juilliards explore an early
Quartet ranges from the first quartet’s personnel has Beethoven quartet alongside
of Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ quartets, necessarily seen changes while Bartók’s concentrated third, a
composed in 1789 for the cellist its artistic aims have remained work premièred at Wigmore Hall in
king of that country, to Bartók’s constant. Here it matches Dvořák’s 1929. It crowns the performance
Fifth Quartet of 1934, with its two US-inspired work with a new with Dvořák’s dramatic Opus
‘night-music’ slow movements. piece by the admired Estonian- 61, notable for its emotionally
American, Lembit Beecher. and harmonically unsettled
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 atmosphere.
£16 concs £14
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Doric String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet
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Robin Tritschler
The Seasons Friday 18 January
A searching artist who combines insight with expressive eloquence, 11.00am and 12.30pm
the Irish tenor has chosen ‘The Seasons’ as the overall theme of his
series, exploring autumn, winter, spring and summer through the For Crying Out Loud!
creative minds of some of the greatest Lieder poets and composers. Comalli Consort
Monday 14 January Hear outstanding performances
7.30pm by musicians from the Royal
Academy of Music, in these
Robin Tritschler tenor concerts presented especially for
parents or carers and babies under
Graham Johnson piano
1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and
Schumann’s Spring and Fall accommodating environment.
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Approximately 45 minutes in duration
Schumann Frühlingsfahrt; Flutenreicher Ebro; Frühlingsbotschaft;
Aufträge; Der Abendstern; Meine Töne still und heiter; Die Blume Adults £8.50 (babies come free)
der Ergebung; Loreley; Du bist wie eine Blume; Abends am Strand;
Der arme Peter; Des Sennen Abschied; Venetianisches Lied I & II; In partnership with the Royal
Mein schöner Stern!; Nachtlied; Der Einsiedler; Requiem Academy of Music
Collaborating with one of the most experienced of all
accompanists, Robin Tritschler selects from the 138 songs
Schumann composed during 1840 as well as others dating from
his final period.
First Time Booker Offer
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 New to Early Years events
at Wigmore Hall? Buy your
tickets for half price, either
Forthcoming Concerts in this Series by phone or in person.
Sunday 26 May 7.30pm
with Simon Lepper piano
Robin Tritschler For Crying Out Loud!
© Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega20 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Wednesday 16 January 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Schubert Winterreise D911 Acclaimed as two of today’s greatest Lieder interpreters, the German baritone and his regular pianist return to survey one of the summits of the repertoire, Schubert’s psychologically intense cycle recounting a solitary journey through a harsh, wintry landscape. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval £60 £50 £40 £30 £18 Christian Gerhaher © Thomas Egli
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Saturday 19 January Sunday 20 January Sunday 20 January
7.30pm 11.30am 7.30pm
Alina Ibragimova violin Israeli Chamber Project The Endellion
Cédric Tiberghien piano Antje Weithaas violin String Quartet
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in Mozart Clarinet Quartet in E flat 40th Anniversary Concert
E flat Op. 12 No. 3 after K380 Haydn String Quartet in G minor
Janáček Violin Sonata Bartók Contrasts for violin, Op. 74 No. 3 ‘Rider’
Cage 6 Melodies for violin and clarinet and piano BB116 Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75
keyboard Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in Beethoven String Quartet in
Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85 C minor Op. 60 C sharp minor Op. 131
Individual artists whose duo A 10-year-old ensemble described This date marks the anniversary
appearances have drawn a as ‘a hive mind in which egos of the very first Endellion String
devoted Wigmore following, Alina dissolve and players think, breathe Quartet rehearsal 40 years ago:
Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien and play as one’ is joined by the 20 January 1979. This programme
here present major sonatas by German violinist for a programme celebrates some of the key
Beethoven, Janáček and Bartók, including a transcription of one repertoire eagerly performed by the
plus a collection of six pieces from of Mozart’s violin sonatas for Quartet ever since. Haydn’s ‘Rider’,
the avant-garde composer and clarinet quartet. with its sublime slow movement, is
music theorist, John Cage. followed by a Bartók quartet known
£16 concs £14 inc. programme for its melodious and wild, yet highly
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and coffee/sherry/juice expressive and accessible, music.
Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Beethoven closes the celebration
Charitable Trust with his Opus 131, widely regarded
as one of the pinnacles of music
and one of his own favourites.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Sponsored by Lark Music
Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien Israeli Chamber Project The Endellion String Quartet
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Monday 21 January Monday 21 January Tuesday 22 January
1.00pm 7.30pm 1.00pm
Leila Josefowicz violin Rafał Blechacz piano François Le Roux baritone
John Novacek piano Mozart Rondo in A minor K511; Olivier Godin piano
Sibelius Valse triste Op. 44 (arr. Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Dutilleux Birthday Celebration
Friedrich Hermann) Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28
in A Op. 101 Dutilleux 4 mélodies; From Au
Prokofiev Allegro brusco from gré des ondes (for solo piano):
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in
G minor Op. 22 Prélude en berceuse, Improvisation
Op. 80 & Hommage à Bach; 3 mélodies
Knussen Reflection for violin and Chopin 4 Mazurkas Op. 24;
Polonaise in A flat Op. 53 inédites; Regards sur l’infini;
piano Chanson de la déportée; 3 sonnets
Mahler Adagietto from Symphony de Jean Cassou; La geôle; Petit air
No. 5 (arr. Otto Wittenbecher) The Polish pianist won an
extraordinary success at the 2005 à dormir debout (for solo piano);
Zimmermann Sonata for violin San Francisco Night
and piano International Frederick Chopin
Competition in Warsaw, taking first
prize as well as all the special prizes; A fastidious craftsman with a unique
Keen advocates of 20th-century voice, the distinguished French
and contemporary music, his 2014 Gilmore Artist Award
confirmed the extensive recognition composer Henri Dutilleux was born
the duo offers one of the last exactly 103 years ago; a selection
compositions by British-born he subsequently received.
of his songs and solo piano works
Oliver Knussen, alongside Bernd are performed by artists who have
Alois Zimmermann’s powerfully £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
recorded them to considerable
expressive sonata. acclaim. As part of this concert,
François Le Roux and Olivier Godin
£16 concs £14 will discuss how they approach
Dutilleux’s captivating music, giving
a unique insight into the relationship
between composer and performer.
All seats £16
Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in
duration, without an interval
Leila Josefowicz Rafał Blechacz François Le Roux
© Chris Lee © Marco Borggreve © Paul Montag24 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Friday 18 January 7.30pm Christian Zacharias Lecture-Recital ‘Why does Schubert sound like Schubert?’ ‘A pianist of ideas’, as The New Yorker has called him, leading Schubert interpreter Christian Zacharias delves into the great composer’s unique melodic, harmonic and thematic flourishes. Through close examination of these musical hallmarks and idiosyncrasies, he takes us on a journey to the very essence of Schubert’s style. All seats £16 Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Christian Zacharias © Felvegi Andrea
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Pekka Kuusisto Residency
Tuesday 22 January Classical violinist and improviser, composer and orchestral director,
7.30pm the versatile Pekka Kuusisto brings extraordinary levels of energy
and commitment to all his projects. During his residency, he will
Mary Bevan soprano work with a variety of other artists to develop innovative and
thought-provoking programmes that will both challenge and delight.
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Christopher Glynn piano Wednesday 23 January
7.30pm
A Goethe Songbook
Reichardt Nur wer die Sehnsucht
kennt Mozart Das Veilchen
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Beethoven Wonne der Wehmut Atte Kilpeläinen viola
Schubert Der Musensohn; Auf Tomas Djupsjöbacka cello
dem See; Liebhaber in allen
Gestalten; Ganymed; An Schwager Jukka Huitila visual designer
Kronos; Meeres Stille; Gretchen Fertility: The Chance of a Lifetime
am Spinnrade; Mignon (Kennst du
Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Sitkovetsky for string trio)
das Land); Mignon und der Harfner
Schumann Liebeslied Grieg Zur
Pekka Kuusisto collaborates with Jukka Huitila and members of
Rosenzeit Mendelssohn Ach, um
Meta4 quartet in a programme combining photographs of human
deine feuchten Schwingen Brahms
embryos by Lennart Nilsson and from the BBC’s The First Nine
Phänomen Pfitzner An den Mond
Months, with Bach’s variations arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
Busoni Lied des Mephistopheles
Ives Ilmenau Wolf Der Rattenfänger;
Anakreons Grab; Die Spröde; Die £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Bekehrte; Beherzigung Forthcoming Concerts in this Series
Soprano Mary Bevan, baritone Wednesday 1 May 7.30pm
Marcus Farnsworth and pianist
Christopher Glynn make a
generous selection from the works
of countless composers inspired
by the giant literary figure of
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Mary Bevan Pekka Kuusisto
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European Chamber Music Academy
Simply Quartet Johannes Meissl
© Nancy Horowitz © Sabine Hauswirth
Friday 25 January Saturday 26 January
1.00pm 11.00am
Simply Quartet Masterclass with Professor
Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Johannes Meissl and Simply Quartet
Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and
the Maiden’ Chamber music specialist and ECMA co-artistic director
Johannes Meissl draws from his vast experience as a
Presenting some of the finest new musicians teacher and quartet player in a masterclass with the
selected by ECMA founder Hatto Beyerle in Vienna-based Simply Quartet, consisting of outstanding
collaboration with Europe’s leading musical Chinese and Norwegian musicians.
organisations, the first concert in this year’s series
focuses on an ensemble that currently studies in Free (ticket required)
Vienna with violinist Johannes Meissl.
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Showcase
Trio Vitruvi Trio Gaon
© Tom McKenzie © bearbeitet
Saturday 26 January Sunday 27 January
1.00pm 3.00pm
Trio Vitruvi Trio Gaon
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 Cosmos Quartet
Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version)
Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67
Founded in 2013, the Denmark-based Trio Vitruvi
– named after the Roman architect and philosopher The Cosmos Quartet offers Brahms’s ebullient Third
Vitruvius – has garnered the highest praise in its Quartet (1875) while the Trio Gaon – deriving its
international appearances. Here it explores a volatile name from a Korean word meaning both ‘centre of
student work by Shostakovich alongside Dvořák’s the world’ and ‘generating warmth’ – performs his
example alternating sombre and light-hearted sections. expansive First Piano Trio (1854) in its 1889 revision.
All seats £10 All seats £1028 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac John Gilhooly asked Graham Johnson for a new Songmakers’ Almanac series, and this first concert lives up to its name as a source of information pertaining to anniversaries and special days of the year – inspired by Robert Chambers’ famous The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character of 1863. Thursday 24 January 7.30pm Ailish Tynan soprano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Benjamin Appl baritone William Thomas bass Graham Johnson piano Celebrating January Songs by Mozart, Schubert, Poulenc, Tippett, Novello and many other January luminaries These January red letter days – the birthdays of ten composers, five poets, and two great songs, and the deaths of two composers and nine poets – represent as random a selection of unlikely bedfellows as only chance can select. The secret of any anthology, however, is to make the progression of information, in this case music, pleasing enough to appear logical, even inevitable, and for the whole to be more than the sum of its many parts. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Sunday 2 June 7.30pm Graham Johnson © Clive Barda
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Thursday 24 January Friday 25 January Sunday 27 January
10.15am and 11.45am 7.30pm 11.30am
Chamber Tots: Roman Rabinovich piano Borodin Quartet
Under the Sea Ligeti Musica Ricercata: 11 pieces Michael Collins clarinet
for piano Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 in
We invite children aged 1 to 5 Bach Partita No. 4 in D BWV828 F Op. 92
and their parents/carers to join Schubert Piano Sonata in Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581
us under the sea! This interactive C minor D958
music-making workshop features Written during a period of
songs, percussion and the chance In 2008 the Israeli pianist jointly evacuation in 1941, in his Second
to meet some exciting instruments won the Arthur Rubinstein Quartet Prokofiev made use of
up close, led by our experienced International Piano Master folk material from the area of
Chamber Tots music leaders Competition, launching a career Kabardino-Balkaria, even imitating
alongside emerging ensembles. that has seen him warmly received the sound of the kamancheh,
on the global circuit. Alongside a Caucasian stringed folk
10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & Bach and a late Schubert sonata, instrument, in the slow movement.
11.45am (3-5 year-olds) he explores an early collection
by Ligeti.
Approximately 1 hour in duration £16 concs £14 inc. programme
and coffee/sherry/juice
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Children £7 Adults £5
In Memory of Peter Flatter
First Time Booker Offer
New to Early Years events
at Wigmore Hall? Buy your
tickets for half price, either
by phone or in person.
Chamber Tots Roman Rabinovich Borodin Quartet
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Saturday 26 January
7.30pm
Borodin Quartet
Alexei Volodin piano
Mozart String Quartet in C K465
‘Dissonance’
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in
G minor Op. 57
Originally founded in 1945 and
given its present name ten
years later, the Borodin Quartet
continues to be closely associated
with the works of Shostakovich,
though his passionate Piano
Quintet (1940) predates the
ensemble’s founding.
Alexei Volodin
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 © Marco Borggreve
Borodin Quartet
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Christian Blackshaw
Residency Monday 28 January Wednesday 30 January
A pianist of exceptional qualities, 1.00pm 7.30pm
Christian Blackshaw turns 70
during a season when his artistry Simon Höfele trumpet The Cardinall’s Musick
is celebrated in a series of Frank Dupree piano The Company of Heaven II
concerts, in which he is featured as
soloist as well as being partnered Enescu Légende Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene
by distinguished colleagues. Takemitsu Paths (in memoriam Gregorian Chant Propers for the
Witold Lutosławski) Feast of St Mary Magdalene
Sunday 27 January Hindemith Trumpet Sonata Crecquillon Andreas Christi
7.30pm Savard Morceau de Concours famulos
Gaubert Cantabile et Scherzetto Palestrina Cantantibus organis
Charlier Solo de Concours Handl Misit Herodes rex manus
Christian Blackshaw piano Victoria Descendit angelus
70th Birthday Concert A BBC Radio 3 New Generation Domini
Artist, here joined by a regular Wert Saule, Saule, quid me
Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475
keyboard partner, the young persequeris
Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946
German trumpeter Simon Höfele Victoria O decus apostolicum
Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue
is already an experienced player Palestrina Magnificat primi toni
Schumann Humoreske in B flat
Op. 20 whose wide command of his
instrument’s repertoire is reflected Works connected to individual
in his diverse programme. saints inform this programme
Increasingly recognised for his
by a vocal ensemble whose
authority as well as his individuality,
£16 concs £14 performances of the Renaissance
Christian Blackshaw celebrates
repertoire have won consistent
his 70th birthday by prefacing a
acclaim. Initially focusing on St
characteristically freeform piece by
Mary Magdalene, the concert
Schumann with shorter works by
closes with the Magnificat, the
Mozart and Schubert, and César
Virgin Mary’s hymn of thanksgiving.
Franck's masterly triptych.
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Christian Blackshaw Simon Höfele The Cardinall’s Musick
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Russian Song Series
One of the most widely experienced and knowledgeable
accompanists of our time, Iain Burnside has explored
the repertoire for voice and piano with extraordinary
diligence. He continues his Russian Song Series,
traversing the outputs of leading Russian composers
from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries.
Monday 28 January
7.30pm
Sofia Fomina soprano
Oleksiy Palchykov tenor
Rodion Pogossov baritone
Iain Burnside piano
Glinka Venetian night; Bolero; I am here,
Inezilla; Travelling Song Shostakovich
The dark-eyed girl; Farewell, Grenada!;
From From Jewish Folk Poetry: Before
a long separation & The song of misery
Medtner Spanish Romance; What does my
name mean to you?; I no longer yearn;
Day and Night; The Wagon of Life; The
Echo; Winter evening Myaskovsky Spanish
Lullaby Glazunov Spanish Song Glière A
Berber song Grechaninov O, were I a lake
Rimsky-Korsakov I love thee, moon: Melody
from the banks of the Ganges Prokofiev
Remember Me Rachmaninov The Migrant
Wind; Twilight has fallen; 6 Songs Op. 38
Russians Rodion Pogossov and Sofia
Fomina join with Ukrainian Oleksiy
Palchykov in this programme of 19th- and
20th-century examples ranging from Glinka
and Rimsky-Korsakov through to Prokofiev
and Shostakovich.
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Forthcoming Concerts in this Series
Friday 1 March 7.30pm
with Sofia Mchedlishvili soprano &
Andrei Zhilikhovsky baritone
Sofia Fomina
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