January – March 2017

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January – March 2017

WELCOMEWelcome to the Spring 2017 Series! We’re excited to present a wealth of events across our programme, starting the year with the first in a very special series of talks by master pianist Alfred Brendel. For families, The Sixteen and puppeteers from Box Tale Soup perform their own retelling of The Fairy Queen, and we’re off to the newly refurbished Handel & Hendrix museum to explore two musicians separated by 200 years and just one wall! For our Community programme, we launch our first event as part of Disabled Access Day, as well as a brand new choir for people living with dementia and their friends, families and carers. We’re also delighted to welcome the Donald Grant Quartet and former Wigmore Hall Trainee Music Leader Lucy Drever for a Key Stage 1 Schools Concert which delves into the stories and landscapes that influence Scottish folk music. We hope you enjoy the series, and look forward to welcoming you to Wigmore Hall. Daisy SwiftHead of Learning

CALENDAR OF E VENT S January – March 2017

We would like to thank the following for their support of the Wigmore Hall Learning programme. Their involvement is greatly appreciated and essential in continuing our work.

Donors and SponsorsThe 29th May 1961 Charitable TrustArts Council EnglandCAVATINA Chamber Music TrustCharities Advisory TrustThe Harold Hyam Wingate

FoundationThe Howard de Walden EstateHyde Park Place Estate CharityJohn Lyon’s CharityThe Emmanuel Kaye FoundationLondon Stock Exchange Group

FoundationGeorge MeyerMichael Watson Charitable Trust

Milton Damerel TrustValerie O’Connor Spencer Hart Charitable TrustThe Peter Stebbings Memorial

CharityStuart and Bianca RodenThe Sampimon TrustSE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3The Stewarts Law FoundationThe Tertis Foundation in memory of

Lillian TertisAnd several anonymous donors

PartnersCentral London Clinical

Commissioning GroupHammersmith and Fulham Clinical

Commissioning GroupHaringey Music ServiceHavering Music SchoolJewish CareTower Hamlets Arts Music and

Education Service Tri-borough Music HubWestminster Adult ServicesWest London Clinical

Commissioning Group

The Wigmore Hall TrustRegistered Charity Number: 1024838Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Kent KG

Fri 6 Jan Artists in Conversation Page 18Sat 7 Jan Alfred Brendel Lecture 18Tue 10 Jan Chamber Tots 4Thu 12 Jan Introduction to Music commences 19Sat 14 Jan Family Concert: The Fairy Queen 6Tue 17 Jan Choir for families living with dementia commences 16Sat 21 Jan Come and Sing: Dido and Aeneas 19Wed 25 Jan Chamber Tots 4Thu 2 Feb For Crying Out Loud! 4Sat 4 Feb Family Day: Handel and Hendrix 7Sun 5 Feb Takács Quartet Masterclass 20Tue 14 Feb Chamber Tots 4 Musical Portraits Band commences 12Sat 18 Feb Chamber Tots 4 Wed 22 Feb Sir András Schiff Masterclass 20Thu 23 Feb National Young String Quartet Weekend commences 12Sat 25 Feb Pre-Concert Talk 20Wed 1 Mar Pre-Concert Performance 12Sat 11 Mar Relaxed Concert 17 Pre-Concert Talk 20Wed 15 Mar Chamber Tots 4Sat 18 Mar CAVATINA Family Concert 7Fri 24 Mar Schools Concert: Folk Up North 8 Wigmore Study Group commences 21Sat 25 Mar Artists in Conversation 21Tue 28 Mar For Crying Out Loud! 4

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Early Years Chamber TotsInteractive music-making sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, presented by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging chamber ensembles.

First Time Booker Offer: Not booked for Chamber Tots before? Buy your tickets for half price, either by phone or in person.

In Space Tuesday 10 January 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years)Wednesday 15 March 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years)

On the Farm Wednesday 25 January 12.30pm (1 – 2 years) & 2.00pm (3 – 5 years)Tuesday 14 February 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years)

In the ForestSaturday 18 February 10.15am (1 – 2 years) & 11.45am (3 – 5 years)

All workshops are 1 hour in durationMaximum 3 child, 2 adult tickets per booking

Children £5 Adults £3

For Crying Out Loud!Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and their babies under one to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment.

Thursday 2 February 11.00am – 11.45am12.30pm – 1.15pm

Tuesday 28 March 11.00am – 11.45am12.30pm – 1.15pm

£7.50 per adult (babies come free!)

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Photograph © Benjamin Ealovega

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.

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Saturday 14 January 11.00am – 12 noon

Family Concert : The Fairy QueenFor ages 6 plus Noel Byrne & Antonia Christophers actorsKaty Hill sopranoStuart Young bassDavid Miller archluteDeep in the forest, fairies await...Join puppetry and physical theatre group, Box Tale Soup, and members of world-renowned choir The Sixteen to discover Shakespeare’s enchanting tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Be transported to a world of magic and mishap in which the story is brought to life through puppetry, theatre and music from Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. A Fairy Queen resource pack, featuring creative activities inspired by the story and characters, is available via the Wigmore Hall website.


Saturday 4 February 10.30am – 3.30pm

Family Day: Handel and Hendrix For ages 5 plus Explore the musical worlds of George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix with the help of Handel & Hendrix in London Composer in Residence Hunter Coblentz, and guitarist Jack Ross. Visit the rooms they lived in and discover what inspired them before creating your own music, rounding off the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. In partnership with Handel & Hendrix in London


Saturday 18 March 11.00am – 12 noon

CAVATINA Family Concert : Piatti Quartet For ages 5 plus Join the award-winning Piatti Quartet, one of the UK’s most exciting young string quartets, for an interactive family concert which explores the wonderful world of chamber music, featuring works by some of the best-loved composers of all time, including Haydn, Ravel and Beethoven.


Families

Photograph © Box Tale Soup

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Schools

Summer Preview: Dates for your Diary

Chamber Zone Free concert tickets and pre-concert workshops for school groups – for more information about workshops contact the Learning department on [email protected] or 020 7258 8240. See pages 14 – 15 for forthcoming concerts.

Friday 24 March 11.00am – 12 noon

Key Stage 1 Schools Concert :Folk Up NorthJoin the Donald Grant Quartet and presenter Lucy Drever for a concert exploring Scottish folk music. We delve into exciting and notorious stories, and explore how the unique Scottish landscape influences its music. Designed to support, complement and extend the Key Stage 1 curriculum, bookers also receive a teachers’ resource pack ahead of the concert.£3.50Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240

Tuesday 25 April 11.00am – 12 noon

SEN Schools Concert: JuiceExplore the voice alongside vocal ensemble Juice and presenter Sam Glazer in a dynamic and engaging concert. Expect a wide range of classical, contemporary and folk music, with lots of audience participation in both singing and body percussion. This concert is ideal for SEN students of all ages and bookers will receive a teachers’ resource pack in advance of the concert.

Wednesday 12 July 11.00am – 12 noon

Key Stage 2 Schools Concert: My IrisThis is Trish Clowes’s jazz organ quartet with a twist! Come and experience music that conjures vivid colour and imagery, with links to literature and history, in this concert presented by Pete Letanka. Trish’s pieces juxtapose startling melodies and ethereal whispers with intricate textures and earthy grooves. This is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the school year.

Photograph © Simon Jay Price

Juice, Photograph @ Morag Galloway

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Bring Wigmore Hall Learning to your classroom with interactive workshops linked to concerts. Workshops are available for all key stages and we work closely with your school to tailor the session in order to meet the needs of your pupils and your scheme of work.

We offer workshops linked to:• Chamber Zone concerts (free)

See pages 14 –15 for forthcoming concerts• Schools concerts (there is a charge for these

workshops, but they are free to SEN settings and subsidised for state schools)

Workshops and Training

Early Years Training Sessions in your settingWigmore Hall Learning can design bespoke early years music training sessions to meet the needs of your nursery, centre or school.For more information, email [email protected] or call 020 7528 8240.

In the Community…Our Partner Schools Programme is a new approach to working with schools; in partnership with our four partner music education hubs we are collaborating with four primary schools keen to develop their cultural offer, co-creating a programme of opportunities over a three-year period which meets their needs and supports them to place music at the heart of their ethos.

In 2016, 180 pupils in Year 2 and Year 5 from Risley Avenue Primary School in Haringey took part in Connecting Tunes, a creative composition project working with composer and music leader Kerry Andrew and the Heath Quartet.

Inspired by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, Kerry, alongside participating children and their families, collected childhood songs from around the world, using them to compose a new piece – featuring seven different languages – called Songchants, which the pupils performed at Wigmore Hall alongside the Heath Quartet.


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Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 February11.00am – 3.30pm

Musical Portraits BandFor young people with Autistic Spectrum DisordersWe invite young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders to be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, and to create their own works of art and music with inspiring visual artists alongside Wigmore Hall Learning Associate Artists Ignite. For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Ceri Black at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email [email protected] (application required)In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts

Young People


Wednesday 1 March 5.45pm – 6.45pm

Pre-Concert PerformanceJoin us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Young String Quartet Weekend with a performance given by quartets that took part this year.Free (ticket required)

Thursday 23 – Sunday 26 February

Chetham’s School of Music, ManchesterThis year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Young String Quartet Weekend, which provides world-class coaching from chamber music experts such as the Carducci String Quartet, as well as workshops and performance opportunities. The Weekend is open to school age and conservatoire level quartets. If you play in a string quartet and would like to take part in this unique event, email [email protected] for more information.

National Young String Quartet Weekend

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Monday 13 February 1.00pm

Kathryn Rudge, James Baillieu & Gary PomeroyHowells, Quilter, Denis Browne, Gurney, Bridge

Sunday 19 February 3.00pm

Louise Alder & Gary MatthewmanSibelius, Huw Watkins, Debussy, Puccini, Verdi


Isabelle Faust & Alexander MelnikovSzymanowski, Fauré, Françaix, Antheil

Thursday 23 February 7.30pm

Artemis Quartet & Maria João PiresBeethoven, Bartók, Schumann

Saturday 25 February 1.00pm

JACK QuartetXenakis


Nicholas Phan & Myra HuangProgramme to include Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Beethoven

Wednesday 1 March 7.30pm

Carducci String QuartetHaydn, Shostakovich, Webern, Beethoven

Tuesday 7 March 7.30pm

Alisa Weilerstein & Inon BarnatanBeethoven, Barber, Britten

Saturday 25 March 1.00pm

Thomas Adès, Nicolas Hodges & Calder Quartet Thomas Adès, Lutosławski, Walton

Monday 27 March 7.30pm

Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Polina Leschenko Webern, Schumann, Bartók, Ravel

Friday 27 January 7.30pm

Alice Coote & Julius DrakeNico Muhly, Dominick Argento, Schumann

Sunday 29 January 3.00pm

Tim Mead & James BaillieuProgramme to include Howells, Vaughan Williams, Britten

Tuesday 31 January 7.30pm

Gould Piano TrioSchubert

Thursday 2 February 7.30pm

Elizabeth Watts & Malcolm Martineau Schubert

Monday 6 February 7.30pm

Takács QuartetBeethoven

Wednesday 8 February 1.00pm

Britten Sinfonia Stravinsky, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Oliver Knussen, Ravel


Belcea QuartetShostakovich, Schubert

Free concert tickets for 8 – 25 year-olds and school groups. Your ticket gets you a free ice cream and free programme for the concert! School groups can also take part in free pre-concert workshops – see page 11 for details. Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone for full details.Supported by the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust

Forthcoming concerts…

Friday 6 January 7.30pm

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith

Monday 9 January 7.30pm

Danish String QuartetHaydn, Schnittke, Beethoven

Saturday 14 January 7.30pm

Vienna Piano Trio Haydn, Ravel, Brahms

Monday 23 January 1.00pm

Roderick Williams & Roger VignolesFauré, Caplet, Honegger, Poulenc

Photograph © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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CommunityStarting Tuesday 17 January 10.30am – 12.30pm

A new choir at Wigmore Hall For families living with dementiaMusic for Life, our programme for people living with dementia and their carers, has been providing creative musical opportunities in care homes since 1993. The Music for Life programme now incorporates growing strands of work for people with dementia still living at home.As part of building our dementia-friendly community, we are very excited to be creating a new choir, taking place on Tuesday mornings, which will be open to people living with dementia and their families, friends or carers. Together members of the choir, led by singer and music leader Isabelle Adams, will decide on the music that they learn, as well as the group’s name, and we will invite family and friends to informal performances. The choir will also be an opportunity to meet new people, including members of Wigmore Hall staff.

If you are, or someone you know is, interested in joining the choir, please call Hermione Jones on 020 7258 8246 or email [email protected] more information on Music for Life see page 17. In partnership with Westminster Arts

Saturday 11 March 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Disabled Access Day: Relaxed ConcertThis relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to explore music in an informal environment. Join presenter Lucy Drever and Open Academy / Wigmore Hall Learning Fellowship Ensemble Cavendish Winds, find out about our 115 years of history, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee after the concert.

Free (ticket required)

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In the Community…We believe that dementia should not stop people from continuing to pursue activities and interests they have enjoyed their whole life, or from trying new things. With the right support people can live well with dementia, and Wigmore Hall is committed to this goal: helping to build a dementia-friendly society and enabling people living with dementia to access high-quality, life-enriching musical experiences.

Music for Life is a pioneering programme that brings together professional musicians, care staff, and people living with dementia through participatory music sessions. Activity takes place in residential homes, extra care settings and day centres, engaging people who can be isolated and disempowered as a result of the advanced stage of their dementia.

Over the course of eight weeks, specially trained musicians use improvisation to create music alongside people living with dementia and their care staff. Through creative communication, participants are given freedom and space to express themselves and make their own musical choices. Music for Life aims to enhance the quality of life of its participants and demonstrate to care staff the emotional, social and physical potential of people in their care.

Photograph © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Behind the MusicStudy Programme

Friday 6 January 6.00pm – 6.45pm

Artists in ConversationVijay Iyer, Wigmore Hall’s Jazz Artist in Residence, discusses his residency and life as a performer with journalist and broadcaster Kevin LeGendre ahead of the evening concert. £4

Saturday 7 January 2.30pm – 3.45pm

Alfred Brendel Lecture: Schubert’s Last Sonatas There are, within the output of some composers, triads of compositions that bring certain classes of works to a conclusion. Schubert’s final three piano sonatas belong to the handful of such peak achievements. It took a long time until players and audiences discovered these pieces. What had kept them away from us until a few decades ago? What are their distinguishing features? What happens when great composers create a number of works next to one another? And are these works, conceived so close to Schubert’s death, documents of a musical farewell?Join master pianist Alfred Brendel to explore this fascinating topic.£20

Introduction to MusicThursday 12 January 4.45pm – 6.00pmThursday 19 January 4.45pm – 6.00pmThursday 26 January 4.45pm – 6.00pmThursday 2 February 4.45pm – 6.00pm

The 48: Bach’s Well –Tempered ClavierThe idea of two books of preludes and fugues, each moving through all the keys, both major and minor, may sound unpromising at first but begin to listen or play and you encounter a universe of wonders. Bach achieves in this music a wonderful synthesis of highly cultivated technique and direct emotional utterance, the variety of styles and expression is simply breath-taking. Join Roy Stratford to explore the techniques of Bach’s extraordinary craft, from double and triple fugue to invertible counterpoint, and unlock a musical treasure that will never cease to delight. Series ticket price £30

Saturday 21 January 10.00am – 3.30pm

Come and Sing: Dido and AeneasIsabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring Henry Purcell’s well-loved opera Dido and Aeneas. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. £25 Concessions £19

Photograph © Barbara Rigon Photograph © www.benjaminharte.co.uk

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Sunday 5 February 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Takács Quartet MasterclassIn his book about Beethoven’s sixteen string quartets, the Takács Quartet’s first violinist Edward Dusinberre describes the exhilaration and spiritual rewards of performing these great works. He and his colleagues pass on their experience and insights into Beethoven’s art to two postgraduate student ensembles in a masterclass certain to enlighten and inspire.£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Wednesday 22 February 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Sir András Schiff MasterclassSir András Schiff’s eloquence as a teacher and profound insights as a thinker about music make his masterclass sessions irresistible to participants and audiences alike. For each of his three masterclasses, which run throughout the season, an outstanding young musician chosen by Sir András himself explores repertoire featured in the previous evening’s concert. £20

Saturday 25 February 6.00pm – 6.45pm

Xenakis Day: Pre-Concert TalkJoin Tom Service in an exploration of the unique sound world of Iannis Xenakis before hearing works for strings and piano in the evening concert. £4


Pre-Concert TalkPianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano technician Peter Salisbury and composer Julian Anderson discuss the ways in which a repertoire, an instrument and an acoustic are inextricably linked, as well as the relationship between Wigmore Hall and an old Bechstein concert grand in terms of history, aesthetics and artistry.£4

Photograph © Brian VocePhotograph © Benjamin Ealovega

Wigmore Study GroupFriday 24 March 3.00pm – 6.00pm Wednesday 29 March 3.00pm – 6.00pmFriday 31 March 3.00pm – 6.00pm

Haydn Piano TriosExplore some of Haydn’s unjustly neglected masterpieces in three afternoons devoted to his piano trios. Reflecting Haydn’s mature genius, these works are full of his finest keyboard writing, improvisatory in style, both playful and profound. Haydn’s piano trios were dedicated to several of the most talented female pianists of his day, demanding exceptional artistry and skill. Composer Julian Philips investigates these wonderful works with pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers and students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.Series ticket price £60 Includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Eggner Piano Trio on 31 March.


Artists in ConversationAs part of a day celebrating his work, Thomas Adès is joined by Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly to discuss his inspiration and life as a composer. £4

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Public booking opens on Tuesday 8 November(booking for schools concerts already open) We recommend early booking for Chamber Tots and Behind the Music events.

Wigmore Hall Box Office36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BPTel: 020 7935 2141Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Box Office Hours7 days a week: 10.00am – 8.30pmDays without an evening concert: 10.00am – 5.00pm No advance booking during the 30 minutes prior to performance.

Telephone Bookings7 days a week: 10.00am – 7.00pmDays without an evening concert: 10.00am – 5.00pm

Postal BookingsPlease make cheques payable to Wigmore Hall with the amount left open but stating an upper limit. Tickets will then be sent by post.

Online BookingsOnline booking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and you can select your own seat.

Booking FeeSchools concerts and events with a ticket price of more than £4 incur a £1 booking fee.

Tickets for Children and ConcessionsWhere a concession ticket price is listed these are available to students, senior citizens and the unemployed. A child is anyone under the age of 16.

RestaurantFull information about restaurant opening hours can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

TransportTubes: The closest underground stations are Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines).Buses: A number of bus routes pass along Oxford Street.

Car ParkingThere is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore event participants and ticket-buyers a 50% discount on their parking when using the Cavendish Square (Q Park Oxford Street) car park. Please contact Box Office or visit our website for further details.

Facilities for FamiliesThere is space to leave buggies and scooters aswell as baby-changing.Wigmore Hall is proud to meet the Family Arts Standards, reflecting its commitment to offering family-friendly events and spaces.

Booking Information

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Information in this brochure was correct at the time of printing. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

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