Wigmore Hall Learning Brochure April - July 2011

Young People’s Events

Family Events

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For Crying Out Loud!For Crying Out Loud!

Anniversary CelebrationsAnniversary Celebrations


Family Events

Behind the MusicBehind the Music

Pre- & Post-Concert Events

April – July 2011

Pre- & Post-Concert Events

HOW TO BOOKWigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Booking opens on 1 February 2011

IN PERSON7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm

BY TELEPHONE 020 7935 2141

7 days a week: 10 am – 7pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pmThere is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge for each transaction

ONLINE www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. There is a £1 administration charge online

WESTMINSTER RESCARD/STAFFCARD DISCOUNT10% discount for ResCard/StaffCard Discount holders on ticket purchases £3 or above.Two tickets per card. Please state ResCard/StaffCard Discount at time of booking.

BOX OFFICE ENQUIRIES 020 7935 2141

WIGMORE HALL LEARNING ENQUIRIES 020 7258 8240

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING MAILING LISTplease call the Box Office or visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post

Arts Council EnglandA bequest from Dr Patricia L BakerThe Charities Advisory TrustThe City of Westminster Charitable TrustEllerdale TrustThe Elton FamilyEquitable Charitable TrustThe Gordon FoundationMr and Mrs Rex HarbourThe Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationHyde Park Place Estate Charity Peter Jervis

Photo Credits: All images © www.benjaminharte.co.uk, apart from ‘Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing’illustration by Satoshi Kitamura, © Andersen Press; Steven Isserlis by Kevin Davis; Wigmore Hall streetimage by Benjamin Ealovega; Schubert portrait painted by A W Rieder.

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

Thu 9 Jun INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 11

Sat 11 Jun POST-CONCERT TALK & 9

PERFORMANCE: STEPHEN HOUGH FOCUS


Thu 16 Jun ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION 9

Fri 17 Jun WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 12

Tue 21 Jun WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 12

Wed 22 Jun CHAMBER TOTS 4


Fri 24 Jun WIGMORE STUDY GROUP 12

Sat 25 Jun FAMILY DAY: AROUND THE 5

WORLD IN 80 SONGS

Tue 28 Jun STUDY AFTERNOON: 12

DECADE BY DECADE SERIES

Thu 30 Jun PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9

THE RISE OF EARLY MUSIC

Tue 5 Jul CHAMBER TOTS 4

Wed 6 Jul DECADES – A SENSE OF PLACE 2

Fri 15 Jul PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9

PASSION AND RESURRECTION

Mon 18 Jul PRE-CONCERT TALK: 9

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

Mon 25 Jul YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSE: 6

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

Tue 26 Jul YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSE: 6

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

Wed 27 Jul YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSE: 6

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL – JULY 2011

Fri 1 Apr IGNITE – PRESENTED BY Page 6

WIGMORE HALL YOUNGPRODUCERS

Wed 6 Apr FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 3

Thu 7 Apr STEVEN ISSERLIS LECTURE RECITAL 10

Sat 9 Apr JUDITH WEIR STUDY DAY 13

Sun 10 Apr PRE-CONCERT TALK: ‘NEWNESS’ 8

Tue 12 Apr PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE: LSQF 8

Wed 13 Apr PRE-CONCERT TALK: TANGO 8

Thu 5 May CHAMBER TOTS 4

Sat 7 May FAMILY CONCERT: IGOR THE 5

BIRD WHO COULDN’T SING

Sat 14 May FAMILY WORKSHOPS: FAMILY JAM 5

Sat 21 May BRITISH PREMIÈRES AT 10

WIGMORE HALL 1

Sat 21 May STUDY AFTERNOON: WIGMORE 11

HALL – PAST AND PRESENT

Tue 24 May BRITISH PREMIÈRES AT 10

WIGMORE HALL 2

Wed 25 May BRITISH PREMIÈRES AT 10

WIGMORE HALL 3

Thu 26 May PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE: 8

VOICEWORKS

Thu 2 Jun CHAMBER TOTS 4


Thu 2 Jun LATE NIGHT CONCERT WITH 8

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Tue 7 Jun FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 3

Thu 9 Jun CHAMBER TOTS 4

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

John Lyon’s CharityThe Lucille Graham TrustMayfield Valley Arts TrustMilton Damerel TrustValerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntoshThe Rayne FoundationNM Rothschild and Sons LimitedThe Samuel Sebba Charitable TrustThe SE Franklin Charitable Trust No 3Marie-Luise WaldeckAnd several anonymous donors

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Wigmore Hall Learning joins the Hall’s 110 th Anniversary Celebrationsthrough a series of concerts and talks

DECADES – A SENSE OF PLACECOMMUNITY PROJECT CULMINATION CONCERTWednesday 6 July 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Inspired by the ‘Decade by Decade’ concert series, this project explores thelast 110 years with schools and community groups across Westminster. This culmination concert features performances of new music created duringthe project, as well as an array of exciting visual and recorded material.

Free tickets now available to book at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning

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

BRITISH PREMIÈRES AT WIGMORE HALLSaturday 21, Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 May 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm See page 10

STUDY AFTERNOON:WIGMORE HALL – PAST AND PRESENTSaturday 21 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm See page 11

LATE NIGHT CONCERT WITH IGNITEThursday 2 June 10.00 pm

Celebrating Wigmore Hall’s pioneering approach to new music,Ignite presents a late night concert of new works. See page 8

STUDY AFTERNOON:DECADE BY DECADE SERIESSaturday 28 June 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm See page 12

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For Crying Out Loud!For parents and babies up to 1 year old.£6 per adult – babies come for free

A highly popular programme for new parentsand their babies. Each lasting 45 minutes,the concerts provide an opportunity to enjoya programme of beautiful chamber music ina calm and accommodating environment.

Wednesday 6 April 11.00 am – 11.45 am

Wind trio, voice and piano

Tuesday 7 June 11.00 am – 11.45 am

Violin and piano

With musicians from the Royal Academy of Music

IGOR, THE BIRD WHO COULDN’T SINGFAMILY CONCERT For age 5 plusSaturday 7 May 11.00 am – 12 noon

Join clarinettist Michael Collins & friendsfor an hour of musical fun, including thestory of ‘Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing’,with new music written by Luke Bedford.Based on the book by Satoshi Kitamurapublished by Andersen Press.

£7 adults £5 children

FAMILY JAMFAMILY WORKSHOPS Saturday 14 May For age 5 plus

11.00 am – 12 .30 pm; workshop repeated 1.30 pm – 3.00 pmJoin Ignite for a family jam. Play your part in a brand new piece written especially for you andbecome part of the ensemble for these fun music making workshops. Beginners welcome!

£8 adults £6 children for each workshop

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 SONGSFAMILY DAY Saturday 25 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm For age 5 plus

Ahoy there! Bring along your young crew and set sail on this tour of songsfrom across the globe. Sing French folk-songs, perform Russian roundsand dance to Caribbean calypsos. Dock back at Dover after taking part ina ship-shape final performance aboard the Wigmore Hall stage.

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Family EventsFamily Events are supported by The Lucille Graham Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts Trustand The Charities Advisory Trust

NB For children aged 5 plus. Please avoid bringing younger siblings if at all possible.

Chamber TotsFor 2 – 5 year oldsWorkshop leader Natasha Zielazinski and young performersfrom the Guildhall School of Music & Drama present thesepopular music workshops for toddlers and their carers. Sessionsinclude a short performance in the Auditorium and an interactiveworkshop in the Bechstein Room including singing, playingpercussion and a chance to meet the musicians and see theirinstruments close up.

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

Thursday 5 May 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Thursday 2 June 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Thursday 9 June 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

Wednesday 22 June 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2 – 5 year olds

Tuesday 5 July 10.00 am – 11.00 am 2 – 3 year olds11.30 am – 12.30 pm 3 – 5 year olds

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

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FREE CONCERT TICKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!Chamber Zone: Ticket Scheme for 8 – 25 year olds

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing supportfrom John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

We are delighted to offer young people aged 8 – 25 free tickets to the followingselected concerts. Please call the box office on 020 7935 2141 and quoteChamber Zone to book. This offer is also available to school groups, along withaccompanying in-school workshops. For further information about our schoolsprogramme visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/for-schools

Sunday 3 April 7.30 pmQuatuor MosaïquesHaydn, David, Brahms

Friday 8 April 7.30 pmSteven Isserlis celloStephen Hough pianoBach, Busoni, Brahms, Liszt, Grieg

Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pmDavid Russell guitarRegondi, Handel, Bach, Roux, Albéniz

Tuesday 17 May 7.30 pmArtemis QuartetElisabeth Leonskaja pianoKancheli, Shostakovich, Brahms

Saturday 4 June 7.30 pmVanbrugh QuartetHaydn, Auerbach, Schubert

Thursday 9 June 7.30 pmVienna Piano TrioMozart, Bernstein, Brahms

Monday 13 June 1.00 pmBelcea QuartetDvor̆ák, Janác̆ek

Friday 17 June 7.00 pmDante String QuartetHaydn, Schumann, Sibelius

Friday 17 June 10.00 pmThe Other EbèneArrangements and improvisations onjazz, film soundtracks and pop music

Monday 20 June 1.00 pmBenjamin Grosvenor pianoScarlatti, Mompou, Liszt, Albéniz,Moszkowski

Wednesday 13 July 7.30 pmJupiter QuartetWebern, Bartók, Kurtág, Beethoven

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

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CAVATINAChamber Music Trustwww.cavatina.net


MUSICAL PORTRAITSFOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUMDISORDERSMonday 25, Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 July 10.30 am – 3.30 pm Free – application required

Be inspired by paintings in the National Portrait Gallery,experience the acoustic of Wigmore Hall and create a brand newpiece with professional musicians from IGNITE. Finish with aperformance on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the course.

For more information and to book, contact Turtle Key Arts on020 8964 5060 or [email protected]

In partnership with the National Portrait Galleryand Turtle Key Arts

Ignite is supported by Arts Council England, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust,Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour and a bequest from Dr Patricia L Baker.

IGNITE – PRESENTED BY WIGMOREHALL YOUNG PRODUCERSYOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTFriday 1 April 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm £3

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 improvisedcontemporary and classical repertoire, especially for youngpeople. Tickets are available to book from Tuesday 1 February.Please call the box office on 020 7935 2141.

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

IGNITE is also presenting a late night concert open to all – see page 8

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POST- CONCERT TALK & PERFORMANCE:STEPHEN HOUGH FOCUSSaturday 11 June following the evening concert, approx. 9.45 pm – 10.30 pm£3 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

Following Stephen Hough’s evening concert, including the world premièreof his Sonata for Piano Broken Branches, Jessica Duchen interviewsStephen Hough about his life, work and music. This will be followedby the world première of Hough’s Other Love Songs cycleperformed by The Prince Consort.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATIONThursday 16 June 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Paul Lewis in conversation with Geoffrey Norris aspart of the Paul Lewis/Schubert series.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: THE RISE OF EARLY MUSICThursday 30 June 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Sir Nicholas Kenyon on Bach, Handel, Purcell andthe rise of early music.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: PASSION AND RESURRECTIONFriday 15 July 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Michael White on ‘Passion and Resurrection – A musicaljourney through the events of Holy Week’.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICMonday 18 July 6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Free (ticket required)

Richard Egarr introduces the Academy of Ancient Music’s evening concertshowcasing Cantatas by J S Bach.

Pre- & Post-Concert EventsPRE-CONCERT TALK: ‘NEWNESS’Sunday 10 April 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3

Annette Morreau on Wigmore Hall ‘newness’ – in conversation withJohn Cumming and Tony Fell.

PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE: LSQFTuesday 12 April 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (ticket required)

Pre-concert performance by quartets from the London StringQuartet Foundation/Chetham’s School of Music NationalString Quartet Weekend in March 2011.

PRE-CONCERT TALK: TANGOWednesday 13 April 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free (ticket required)

Marcelo Nisinman talks about tango music.

PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE: VOICEWORKSThursday 26 May 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm Free (ticket required)

Voiceworks is a unique collaboration between poets from the ContemporaryPoetics Research Centre at Birkbeck, University of London, and composers,singers and instrumentalists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.New works for voice have been created through a long process of exchange,improvisation and practice. Find out more at www.voiceworks.org.uk

LATE NIGHT CONCERT WITH IGNITEThursday 2 June 10.00 pm – 10.45 pm Free (no booking required)

Ignite, an ensemble created by Wigmore HallLearning, presents a late night concert of newworks and improvised pieces in the informalsetting of the Wigmore Hall restaurant.

Ignite is supported by Arts Council England, Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour and a bequest from Dr Patricia L Baker.

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STEVEN ISSERLIS LECTURE RECITALThursday 7 April 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Cellist, author, festival director, teacher and musical explorer, StevenIsserlis is a true renaissance man among musicians. For this lecturerecital he delves deep into the music of 19th-century Romanticism,one of his particular enthusiasms. Brahms’s First Cello Sonata washis first duo sonata and is imbued with his love of music of thepast – especially Bach. Liszt’s Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth is hisown arrangement of a song setting a text by Felix Lichnowsky butinspired by the composer’s own sojourns at the Cloister of the title,a half-ruined convent on an island in the Rhine.

£10 £6 concessions

BRITISH PREMIÈRES ATWIGMORE HALLSaturday 21, Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 May

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

In celebration of the 110th anniversary season andinspired by the Wigmore Hall archive, performersfrom the Royal College of Music present this seriesof 3 lunchtime concerts of British works premièredat Wigmore Hall.

£10 £5 concessions per concert

In Partnership with the Royal College of Music

STUDY AFTERNOON:WIGMORE HALL – PAST AND PRESENTSaturday 21 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

For nearly 110 years Wigmore Hall has set the highest of standards for excellence inperformance, with many of the world’s greatest artists appearing to capacity houses andthe most discerning of audiences. The Hall has also become the most likely venue inLondon for challenge and innovation. This study afternoon explores the archive collectionsof both the Hall and the Royal College of Music, offering exciting insights into its richhistory as a concert hall and of concert-going in London. Led by Professor Paul Banks,from the Royal College of Music’s Centre for Performance History, and Paula Best,Head of Publications and Archive at Wigmore Hall.


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INTRODUCTION TO MUSICThursdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 June 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm

SCHUBERT’S SONG CYCLESThe early 19th century saw composers beginning to use musicto paint the pictures that poetry suggested. Beethoven wasthe first to group a set of songs together to tell a story andSchubert wrote two sets which can truly be called song cycles.Through the songs of Die schöne Müllerin this study series willexplore how often simple vocal tunes and piano accompanimentsdo everything from setting the scene to communicating emotions,from joy to despair. With Pauline Greene.

Linked to the Paul Lewis concerts on 21 and 23 June

Series ticket price £24 – Tickets for Paul Lewis concertsto be purchased separately

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WIGMORE STUDY GROUPFriday 17, Tuesday 21 & Friday 24 June 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

DEBUSSY’S ‘PRÉLUDE A L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE’To many, Debussy’s Prélude à L’après-midi d’un faune composed in1894 heralds a whole new era of sonorous and expressive possibility.This final Wigmore Study Group of the season devotes threeafternoons to exploring its elusive poetry. Tied to Philippe Graffin’s‘Consonances in Miniature’ on 25 June – which features a chamberreorchestration of the Debussy by British Composer David Matthews –participants will not only explore the work in relation to the developmentof Debussy’s compositional language but also the broader context oflate 19th-century Parisian culture. Hosted by composer Julian Philipswith contributions from distinguished musicologists and musiciansfrom the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket forthe evening concert on 25 June.

STUDY AFTERNOON:DECADE BY DECADE SERIESTuesday 28 June 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

With Susan Youens and Malcolm Martineau

In the 1,382 pages of Ernst Challier’s Great Song Catalogue of 1885,thousands of 19th-century songs are listed – and it is an incompletecatalogue. The rise of commercial music publishing, great poets whowrote of subjective experience and visionary worlds, and greatcomposers interested in new relationships between poetry and musicwere all factors in the creation of a rich and evolving genre. This studyafternoon will trace the history of familiar and unfamiliar songs,discovering the poets favoured by composers from Beethoven to Bergand exploring how composers responded to one another’s songs overthe span of 100 years.


10.00 amJudith Weir King Harald’s Saga; The King of France; Unlocked

11.00 am – Study EventAnthony Burton in conversation with Judith Weir

12.15 pmJudith Weir Airs from Another Planet; I’ve turned the page ...; Piano Trio Two

2.00 pm – Study EventPiers Hellawell in conversation with Judith Weir

3.15 pmJudith Weir Musician Wrestle Everywhere; The Consolations of Scholarship

All tickets £3 concessions £2 (each event)or Day Ticket £10 concessions £5

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Judith Weir Study DaySaturday 9 April 10.00 am

MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL NORTHERNCOLLEGE OF MUSIC; CLARK RUNDELL conductor

Judith Weir is one of this country’s most distinguished composers.Her broad and varied interests in narrative, folklore and theatreare reflected throughout the day’s programme, which begins witha performance of one of her most important and widely performedworks, the opera for solo soprano King Harald’s Saga. Folk music isalso prevalent, with traditional melodies from England, Scotland,Spain and America providing the inspiration for a number of solo andchamber works performed during the day. The final concert featuresworks for larger ensemble – Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, basedon a poem by Emily Dickinson, and The Consolations of Scholarship,a work with a dramatic narrative written in the form of an early Chineseopera. The day comprises three concerts which will be interspersedwith two study events in the presence of the composer, providing anopportunity to hear Judith Weir speak about her life and music.

WIGMORE HALL 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BPBox Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 • www.wigmore-hall.org.ukElizabeth McCall Acting Head of LearningLearning Tel: 020 7258 8240

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