January 2016
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INSIDE:Lisa Batiashvili | James Ehnes | Heath QuartetSimon Keenlyside | La Serenissima | Christopher MaltmanNash Ensemble | Mark Padmore | Luca PisaroniRenaud Capuçon & Nicholas Angelich | and many more
Sir Simon RattleMagdalena Kozena
How to BookWigmore Hall Box Office36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
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TICKETSUnless otherwise stated, tickets aredivided into five prices ranges:
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Stalls A – B, N – P2nd highest price
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Friday 1 January
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Saturday 2 January 7.30 pm
Christian Ihle Hadland piano
Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971Beethoven Piano Sonata in A Op. 2 No. 2Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54Brahms 2 Rhapsodies Op. 79Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 14
Since making his concerto debut with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra at theage of fifteen, Christian Ihle Hadland has gained a reputation for pianism ofthe highest insight and imagination. The young Norwegian artist returns toWigmore Hall with a programme crowned by the fiery passion of Prokofiev’syouthful Second Piano Sonata.
£30 £25 £20 £15 £10
London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 3 January 11.30 am
Johannes Moser cello
Benjamin Moser piano
Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19
The Moser brothers, joint recipients of the 2014 BrahmsPrize, come to Wigmore Hall with a programme ideallymatched to their virtuosity and poetic artistry. Prokofievcreated his Cello Sonata in C against the dark backgroundof his denunciation by the Soviet authorities in 1948.The piece stands with Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata amongthe great masterworks for cello and piano.
£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Sunday 3 January 3.00 pm
Maximilian Schmitt tenor
Gerold Huber piano
Robert Schumann Der arme PeterClara Schumann Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen;Sie liebten sich beide; LoreleiBeethoven Marmotte; Wonne der Wehmut; Der Kuss;Resignation; AdelaideRobert Schumann Dichterliebe
Maximilian Schmitt gained his early musical experience asa member of the famous Regensburger Domspatzen. He moved effortlessly from boy chorister to solo tenor, serving asa member of Bavarian State Opera’s Young Ensemble before launching his solo career a decade ago. His programmeincludes Clara Schumann’s captivating ‘Lorelei’ and her husband’s timeless Dichterliebe.
All seats £15
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series
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Sunday 3 January 7.30 pm
Winner of the 2012 New Orleans International Piano Competition
Viktor Valkov piano
Bach/Busoni Prelude and Fugue in D BWV532Schumann Études symphoniques Op. 13 Wagner Isoldes LiebestodChopin Nocturne in C# minor Op. posth.; Nocturne in F# minor Op. 48 No. 2Liszt Valse-impromptu S213; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in Eb S244
The highly acclaimed young Bulgarian Pianist, Viktor Valkov, studied in the USAat the Juilliard School and at Rice University Houston. A gold medallist at severalinternational piano competitions, he was awarded First Prize at the New OrleansInternational Piano Competition in 2012. This concert marks his London debut.
£20 £18 £14 £12 £10
Nigel Grant Rogers Musical Artists Management
Sponsored by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans
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Monday 4 January 7.30 pm
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Tanja Tetzlaff cello
Ravel Sonata for violin and celloJörg Widmann 24 Duos for violin and celloKodály Duo for violin and cello Op. 7
Jörg Widmann’s artistry as composer andperformer is already familiar to Wigmore Hallaudiences. He began composing as a childand completed his studies with WolfgangRihm in Karlsruhe. Alongside masterworks byRavel and Kodály, Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff present a recent Widmann score. His 24 Duos, completed in 2008, alludeto past styles and weave familiar melodies, the James Bond theme among them, into a richly complex musical tapestry.
£30 £25 £20 £15 £10
Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series
Monday 4 January 1.00 pm
Benjamin Appl* baritone
Graham Johnson piano
Schumann Frühlingsfahrt; Der Einsiedler; Der frohe WandersmannMendelssohn Pagenlied; Nachtlied; WanderliedBrahms In der Fremde; Mondnacht; Parole; AnklängePfitzner In Danzig; Der Gärtner; Zum Abschied meiner TochterWolf Nachruf; Das Ständchen; Der Musikant; Der Scholar; Der Freund
Superlatives are a common feature in reviews of Benjamin Appl’s artistry.The young German baritone, a current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist,first made his mark at Wigmore Hall in recital with Graham Johnson in 2013.They appear together again, directing their artistic partnership to a programmecertain to delight and beguile.
£13 concs £11
*WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N T
Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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Tuesday 5 January 7.30 pm
Heath QuartetJames Baillieu piano
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546; Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
Mozart described the music of his Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414, conceived for performance either with smallorchestra or string quartet, as ‘very brilliant, pleasing to the ear, and natural’. James Baillieu moves from concertosoloist to chamber music partner in the second half, joining the Heath Quartet in Elgar’s Piano Quintet, whichreceived its first public performance at Wigmore Hall in May 1919.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trustwith ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Chamber Music Season/Introducing James Baillieu
Wednesday 6 January 6.00 pm
Birgid Steinberger soprano
Daniel Johannsen tenor
Benjamin Appl* baritone
Graham Johnson piano
SONGS AND BALLADS OF GOTHIC HORROR
Schubert Der Geistertanz (D15) (fragment); Der Geistertanz (D15a)(fragment); Minona; Adelwold und Emma
In 1812 Schubert made two bold attempts to set ‘Der Geistertanz’,Friedrich von Matthisson’s vivid depiction of nocturnal spirits atplay in a graveyard. The young composer’s feeling for supernaturalscenes and Gothic romance also flows through his dramatic settingof the 38 verses of ‘Adelwold und Emma’, remarkable even by thenear-miraculous standards of Schubert’s songs from 1815.
This concert will be approximately 45 minutes in duration,without an interval
All seats £5
* WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N T
Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs
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Wednesday 6 January 7.30 pm
Christopher Maltman baritone
Graham Johnson piano
Schubert Szene aus Goethes ‘Faust’; An den Mond (D193); An dieNachtigall (D196); An die Apfelbäume, wo ich Julien erblickte;Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall (D201); Die Nonne; Die Bürgschaft;Liane; Fragment aus dem Aeschylus; Liedesend; Rückweg;Alte Liebe rostet nie; Zum Punsche
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Schubert An die Leier; Normans Gesang; Das Heimweh (D851);Romanze des Richard Löwenherz; Der Wallensteiner Lanzknechtbeim Trunk
The teenaged Schubert was inspired by the first part of Goethe’s Faust, which appeared in print in 1808, to createan operatic scene depicting Gretchen’s downfall. This programme also includes an exploration of songs of battleand the romance of chivalry, and concludes with a campaign-hardened knight’s rollicking drinking song.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series /Schubert: The Complete Songs
Thursday 7 January 7.30 pm
Michael Roll piano
Beethoven 6 Bagatelles Op. 126Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 76Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960
Michael Roll made his mark as winner of the inaugural Leeds InternationalPiano Competition in 1963 and went on to collaborate with, among others,Adrian Boult, Benjamin Britten and Pierre Boulez. He continues to astonishand delight audiences with a mind keenly aware of the poetic nuances anddramatic contrasts of the works in this programme.
£30 £25 £20 £15 £10
London Pianoforte Series
Friday 8 January 7.30 pm
The English ConcertKristian Bezuidenhoutguest director, fortepiano
J C Bach Symphony in Eb Op. 6 No. 3C P E Bach Concerto in C for fortepiano andstrings Wq. 20Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb K271Mozart Symphony No. 15 in G K124
Described by the Boston Globe as ‘a vigorouslyintelligent musician, well equipped with the technique to back up someextraordinary new ideas about old music’, Kristian Bezuidenhout, virtuosopianist and director, launches The English Concert’s year with a thrillingwhistle-stop tour of Europe in the 1770s, a period of transition and experiment,musically speaking, in which the new classical style was created.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Early Music and Baroque Series
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Saturday 9 January 10.00 am – 3.30 pm
Come and Sing:Early Italian MusicIsabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adultsexploring Italian madrigals, oratorio and early opera.Get to know the music from the inside, developyour singing skills and finish the day with aperformance on the Wigmore Hall stage.
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Saturday 9 January 7.30 pm
A Celebration Concert for Marie Curie
Leonore Piano TrioBenjamin Nabarro violin
Gemma Rosefield cello
Tim Horton piano
Krzysztof Chorzelski viola
Laurène Durantel double bass
Beethoven Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 16Lalo Piano Trio No. 3 in A minorSchubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’
The Leonore Piano Trio joins forces with BelceaQuartet violist, Krzysztof Chorzelski, and Ensemble360 bassist, Laurène Durantel, for A CelebrationConcert for Marie Curie. Featuring Schubert’sTrout Quintet, the concert coincides with therelease of the Trio’s latest recording on Hyperion,of Lalo’s piano trios – its last disc was criticallyacclaimed for their ‘revelatory playing’ (Observer).
£25 £23 £20 £18 £15
All proceeds will go to Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity(Reg. Charity No. 207994)
Sunday 10 January 11.30 am
Daniel-Ben Pienaar piano
Chopin 3 Nouvelles Études; Ballade No. 4 inF minor Op. 52Schubert From Moments Musicaux D780: No. 3 inF minor; Impromptu in Ab D935 No. 2;Piano Sonata in A D959
Rave reviews have followed Daniel-Ben Pienaar’scomplete recordings of the piano sonatas of Mozartand Beethoven and Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues.The South African-born pianist, currently CurzonLecturer in Performance Studies at the Royal Academyof Music, presents a programme rich in romanticimagery, technical virtuosity and sublime invention.
£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
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Sunday 10 January 3.00 pm
Wigmore Hall /Independent Opera Voice Fellowship Recital
Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano
James Baillieu piano
Brahms Ständchen (Op. 106 No. 1); Spanisches Lied;O kühler Wald; Von ewiger Liebe Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Gibbs Five eyes Vaughan Williams The water millTrad (arr. Hughes) She moved through the fairVaughan Williams Silent noon Weill The Saga of JennyFlanders and Swann The WarthogWilliam Bolcom Lime jello marshmallow cottage cheese surpriseGrand What’s a lady like me
Anna Huntley, recipient of the 2011 Wigmore Hall/ Independent Opera Voice Fellowship, has developed a closeartistic partnership with James Baillieu in recent seasons. Their programme embraces everything from songs oflove lost and love found, ‘O kühler Wald’ and ‘The Warthog’ among them, to the taste-bud paralysing excesses ofWilliam Bolcom’s ‘Lime jello marshmallow cottage cheese surprise’.
All seats £15
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series/Introducing James Baillieu
Sunday 10 January 7.30 pm
James Ehnes violin
Andrew Armstrong piano
Bartók Rhapsody No. 2 BB96a; Sonata for solo violin BB124;Sonatina for violin and piano (arr. E. Gertler with Bartók)BB102a; Violin Sonata No. 1 BB84
Bartók created his Violin Sonata No. 1 with the exceptionaltalents of the London-based Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányiin mind. The piece, which boldly evokes Hungarian andRomanian folksong, unleashes just about every string techniquein the book. Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes also performsthe fiendishly difficult Sonata for solo violin, written for YehudiMenuhin in 1944, and the folk-inspired Second Rhapsody and Sonatina.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Chamber Music Season/Bartók Chamber Music
Monday 11 January 1.00 pm
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Debussy Préludes Book I; L’isle joyeuse
Five-star reviews greeted Pavel Kolesnikov’s Wigmore Hall debut recital in 2014,secured not least thanks to his interpretation of Debussy’s first set of Images.The young Russian-born pianist turns to Debussy once again, exploring thedozen characterful pieces of the composer’s Préludes Book I and devoting hishighly developed feeling for tonal colours and textures to L’isle joyeuse.
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Pavel Kolesnikov is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
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Andrew Armstrong
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Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone
Wolfram Rieger piano
Schubert Pensa, che questo istante; Schäfers Klagelied;Erlkönig; An Schwager Kronos; Wie Ulfru fischt; Fahrt zum Hades;Der Schiffer (D536); Auf dem See; Auf der Donau; Das Abendrot(D627); Grenzen der Menschheit; Heliopolis I & II; L’incantodegli occhi; Il modo di prender moglie; Il traditor delusoSchubert From Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; Ihr Bild;Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger
This programme ideally suits the sonorous warmth and operaticintensity of Luca Pisaroni’s voice. The Italian bass-baritone opens with a song in his native language from 1813 beforetackling the tragic drama of ‘Erlkönig’ and addressing mankind’s insignificance in ‘Grenzen der Menschheit’. Therecital ends with six matchless Heine settings from Schwanengesang, completed shortly before Schubert’s death.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs
Tuesday 12 January 7.30 pm
Rosenblatt Recitals 2015 /16
Gianluca Buratto bass
James Baillieu piano
Monteverdi La Morte di Seneca from L’incoronazione di PoppeaCazzati In Calvaria rupe Handel Sorge infausta una procellafrom Orlando Vivaldi Se il cor guerriero from Tito ManiloMozart Madamina, Il catalogo è questo from Don Giovanni;O Isis und Osiris from Die Zauberflöte Rossini La calunniafrom Il barbiere di Siviglia Bellini Cinta di Fiori from I puritaniVerdi Il lacerato spirito from Simon Boccanegra
Following a 2015 season that has included concerts of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Vespers with Sir John Eliot Gardiner andhis Monteverdi Choir in the US, and in London at the BBC Proms, Italian bass Gianluca Buratto gives the first RosenblattRecital of 2016. A former winner of the International Ferruccio Tagliavani Singing Competition, Buratto made his operastage debut in 2009 at the Giuseppe Verdi Theatre in Italy. ‘An Italian bass to watch’ The Sunday Times
Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 1 December (Dorottya Láng),25 February (Bryan Hymel & Irene Roberts), 16 March (Ekaterina Siurina & CharlesCastronovo), 14 April (Javier Camarena) and 14 June (Mariella Devia)
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Wednesday 13 January 7.30 pm
Llyr Williams piano
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab Op. 26 ‘Funeral March’; Piano Sonata No. 8in C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’; Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49 No. 1;Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Op. 49 No. 2; 15 Variations and a Fugue on anOriginal Theme in Eb ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35
In 1805, Beethoven, in search of much-needed income, chose to publish twoearly piano sonatas as his Op. 49. These brief pieces stand at the centre of thelatest recital in Llyr Williams’s Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle, creating spacefor contemplation and repose between the impassioned romanticism of the‘Pathétique’ and the Promethean striving and energy of the ‘Eroica Variations’.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
London Pianoforte Series/Llyr Williams Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
Wolfram Rieger
James Baillieu
Llyr Williams
Gianluca Buratto
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Thursday 14 January 7.30 pm
Quatuor Renaud CapuçonRenaud Capuçon violin
Guillaume Chilemme violin
Adrien La Marca viola
Edgar Moreau cello
THE BUSCH PROJECT
Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131Schubert String Quartet in G D887
Four of today’s exceptional chamber musicians join forcesto perform two of the greatest of all string quartet works,commemorating the concert given at Wigmore Hall in March1933 by the Busch Quartet. Beethoven’s late String Quartetin C sharp minor was written following his nephew’s failedsuicide attempt, its seven movements reflecting on the miracleof life and its fleeting impermanence.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trustwith ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Chamber Music Season
Friday 15 January 7.30 pm
La SerenissimaAdrian Chandler director, violin
Peter Whelan bassoon
VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS
Vivaldi Concerto in D for violin ‘in tromba marina’, strings andcontinuo RV221; Concerto in G minor for bassoon, strings andcontinuo RV496; Concerto in G for violin ‘in tromba marina’,strings and continuo RV311; Concerto in Bb for bassoon,strings and continuo RV501 ‘La notte’ Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni – The Four Seasons (Manchesterversion): Concertos for violin, strings and continuo: in E‘La Primavera’ RV269; in G minor ‘L’Estate’ RV315;in F ‘L’Autumno’ RV293; in F minor ‘L’Inverno’ RV297
Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima have built an all-Vivaldiprogramme complete with ‘ghosts, birds, unrequited love,guns, drunks, dogs … and a pimped-up violin’. Their 21stanniversary concert presents the Venetian composer’s famous‘Four Seasons’ in an edition based on the work’s only survivingmanuscript copy. Vivaldi’s adventurous spirit can also beheard in two concertos for the tromba marina, a single-stringedinstrument that sounds like a trumpet. Adrian Chandler, luthierDavid Rattray and Vivaldi expert Michael Talbot have teamed upto recreate this curious and loud instrument from evidencesurviving in the archives of the Ospedale della Pietà, the famousfoundling institution with which Vivaldi was associated for much of his career.
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Saturday 16 January 10.30 am – 3.30 pm
Musical ExplorersFAMILY DAY
For ages 5 plus
An unmissable opportunity to explore improvisation inspiredby musical genres from around the world, with music leaderand violinist Alison Blunt alongside students from the RoyalAcademy of Music. The day is linked to the centenary of thebirth of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who was himselffascinated with improvisation and music from differentcultures. Work with Alison and create new music to performon the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.
This day is delivered in partnership with the Royal Academy of Musicand with London Music Masters
Children £10 Adults £15
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 16 January 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence
Nash EnsembleRoderick Williams baritone
Boccherini String Quintet in C Op. 28 No. 4Wolf Italian Serenade in G for string quartetMendelssohn Songs with pianoMozart String Quintet in G minor K516
One of the graceful quintets with two cellosby the Italian-born, Spanish-based LuigiBoccherini opens this programme; the mostdramatic and intense of Mozart’s quintetswith two violas closes it. In between come aquartet movement by Hugo Wolf drenched inItalian sunshine and a group of Mendelssohnsongs sung by Roderick Williams.
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Chamber Music Season/Song Recital Series/Nash Ensemble: Mozart, Mendelssohn and the Italians
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Sunday 17 January 11.30 am
EndymionMozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581
Many of Radio 4’s desert island castawayshave named Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet inA K581 among their essential recordings.The work, written to display the talents of thecomposer’s fellow freemason, Anton Stadler,is prefaced by Endymion’s interpretation ofthe Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, amongthe genre’s earliest and finest works.
£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
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Sunday 17 January 3.00 pm
Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle Emily Garland soprano Claire Barnett-Jones mezzo-soprano
Henry Neill baritone Božidar Smiljanic bass-baritone
Jâms Coleman piano Jonathan Lakeland piano
THE BALLADS OF CARL LOEWE AND FRANZ LISZT
Liszt Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Freudvoll und leidvoll Loewe Tom der Reimer; Die wandelnde Glocke;Spirito santo; Gutmann und Gutweib Liszt Comment, disaient-ils; Oh! quand je dorsLoewe Edward; Hinkende Jamben Liszt Es war ein König in Thule; Der du von dem Himmel bistLoewe Meine Ruh ist hin Liszt Die drei Zigeuner; Die Loreley Loewe Erlkönig
Six outstanding young performers from the Royal Academy of Music evoke the vivid images and supernatural narrativesof songs and ballads by Loewe and Liszt. Their programme includes Liszt’s early settings of verse by Goethe and Heine,‘Es war ein König in Thule’ and ‘Die Loreley’ among them, and Loewe’s engrossing ‘Erlkönig’, written in 1817/18during the composer’s student years.
All seats £15
WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA L E N T
Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
Song Recital Series
Sunday 17 January 7.30 pm
Renaud Capuçon violin
Nicholas Angelich piano
THE BUSCH PROJECT
Busoni Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 36a Mozart Violin Sonata in G K379 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2
Acclaimed by the Guardian as ‘one of the world’soutstanding violinists’, Renaud Capuçon appearsin company with his regular chamber music partnerand close friend, Nicholas Angelich, to pay homage to the concert given at Wigmore Hall in March 1934 by AdolfBusch and Rudolf Serkin. In addition to performing masterworks by Mozart and Beethoven, they are set to reveal theexceptional qualities of Busoni’s Violin Sonata No. 2, which includes majestic variations on the melody of a Bach chorale.
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Royal Academy of Music Richard Lewis Song Circle
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Dejan Lazic piano
Haydn Piano Sonata in Eb HXVI:52 Shostakovich Three Fantastic Dances Op. 5Schumann Waldszenen Op. 82 Dejan Lazic 3 Istrian Dances Op. 15a
Zagreb-born pianist Dejan Lazic is increasingly making his name as a composer,recognised not least for the melodic eloquence of his musical language. His trioof Istrian Dances makes a strong companion to the nine short movements ofSchumann’s Waldszenen Op. 82 and ideally complements the breathtakinginvention of Haydn’s final piano sonata, written in London in 1794.
£13 concs £11
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 18 January 7.30 pm
The Endellion String QuartetSchubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Haydn String Quartet in A Op. 20 No. 6Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10
Schubert’s dramatic and lyrical ‘Quartettsatz’ opens this programme, followed by awork charged with Haydn’s inventive mastery, complete with a whispered fugue.The Endellion String Quartet also explores the expressive range and tremendouspower of Beethoven’s Op. 95, before turning, in contrast, to Debussy’s earlymasterpiece and revealing his extraordinary imagination for colour and texture.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
The Endellion String Quartet concert series at Wigmore Hall is sponsored by Lark Insurance Group
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Tuesday 19 January 6.00 pm
Pre-Concert TalkLeading Mozart scholar Cliff Eisen, Professor at King’s College, London and editor of a forthcoming new criticaledition and English-language translation of the Mozart family correspondence, discusses the young Mozart’stravels in 1766 and introduces some of the music being performed in the concert.
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Tuesday 19 January 7.30 pm
Classical OperaAna Maria Labin soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Ian Page conductor
‘MOZART 250’: 1766 – A RETROSPECTIVE
Mozart Symphony No. 5 in Bb K22 Jommelli Ariafrom Il Vologeso Mozart Per pietà, bell’idol mio K78;O temerario Arbace ... Per quel paterno amplesso K79Vanhal Symphony in G minor Haydn Et incarnatus est from Missa Cellensis Guglielmi Aria from Lo spirito dicontradizione Beck Symphony in D Op. 4 No. 1 (1st movement) J C Bach Ah, why shou’d love with tyrant swayMozart Or che il dover ... Tali e cotanti sono K36; Symphony in G K45a ‘Lambach’
Following last season’s triumphant launch of MOZART 250, Classical Opera continues its unique traversal of the fertilemusical landscape of 250 years ago with a fascinating programme of works either written or premièred in the year 1766.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Early Music and Baroque Series
Ana Maria Labin Benjamin Hulett Ian Page
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Pre-Concert TalkAn introduction to the lunchtime concert with composer Anna Clyne and Dr Kate Kennedy.
Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required)
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Wednesday 20 January 1.00 pm
Britten SinfoniaJulia Doyle soprano
Marios Argiros oboe
Jacqueline Shave violin
Miranda Dale violin
Clare Finnimore viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Maggie Cole harpsichord
Bach Gott versorget alles Leben from CantataBWV187; Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not from Cantata BWV21Ligeti ContinuumAnna Clyne This Lunar Beauty* (London première)Arvo Pärt FratresSalvatore Sciarrino Due arie notturne dal campo (arr. of two arias by A. Scarlatti)
Preoccupation with texture permeates this programme, arising with twoarias from J S Bach. Ligeti’s Continuum tests the exhilarating knife-edgebetween identifying individual notes and hearing continuous sound.A London première from Grammy-nominated composer, Anna Clyne,whose music seeks to explore resonant soundscapes and propellingtextures, completes the journey from the baroque to the present.
*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with support from donors to the MusicallyGifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann,president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
£13 concs £11
Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series
Wednesday 20 January 7.30 pm
Trio Shaham Erez WallfischBeethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 32Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posthBrahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87
Beethoven, as with other genres, raised the bar for thepiano trio. ‘Despite the good nature that prevails’, notedE TA Hoffmann in his review of the composer’s Op. 70,‘Beethoven’s genius is in the last analysis serious’. TheTrio Shaham Erez Wallfisch sets the famous ‘Ghost’ Trioin company with Arensky’s formidable First Piano Trioand two contrasting works, Rachmaninov’s early Trioélégiaque and Brahms’s genial Second Piano Trio.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust
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Julia Doyle Marios Argiros
Miranda Dale
Caroline Dearnley
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch
Jacqueline Shave
Clare Finnimore
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Thursday 21 January 7.30 pm
Lawrence Power viola, violin
Adrian Brendel cello
Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Hahn Soliloque et forlaneVierne Le Soir Op. 5 No. 1Büsser Appassionato Op. 34Brahms Trio in A minor for viola, cello andpiano Op. 114 Suk Elegie Op. 23Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8
Technical mastery, tonal warmth and mesmerisingmusicianship are among the many qualities that make Lawrence Power’s artistry so compelling. Revered bychamber music connoisseurs worldwide for the life-enhancing insights and depth of his playing, he stands bothas a wholehearted champion of contemporary work and a grand master of his instrument’s classical repertoire.
£30 £25 £20 £15 £10
Chamber Music Season
ECMA ShowcaseFriday 22 January 1.00 pm Mettis String Quartet and Stratos Quartet (piano quartet)
Saturday 23 January 11.00 am Masterclass: Johannes Meissl with the Mettis String Quartet
Saturday 23 January 3.00 pm Arcis Saxophone Quartet and Stratos Quartet (piano quartet)
Sunday 24 January 3.00 pm Meta4
The European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) was established in 2004 by Hatto Beyerle, co-founder and violistof the Alban Berg Quartet. Its mission is to promote and nurture today’s aspiring chamber music ensembles.The Academy, which stands as an association of leading European music education institutions and festivals,provides ongoing training opportunities for its young ensembles and offers students an inspiring mix oftheoretical tuition and practical instruction.
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton
Chamber Music Season/ECMA Showcase
Friday 22 January 1.00 pm
European Chamber Music Academy Showcase
Mettis String QuartetStratos Quartet piano quartet
Bartók String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47
Since its foundation in 2004, the European ChamberMusic Academy (ECMA) has forged a fruitfulpartnership with Wigmore Hall. The organisation’sannual showcase opens with performances givenby two strikingly accomplished young ensembles,the Mettis String Quartet from Lithuania and theStratos Quartet, comprising musicians from Austria,the Czech Republic and Finland.
All tickets £5
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift fromthe estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memoryof Sigmund Elton
Chamber Music Season/ECMA Showcase
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Mark Padmore tenor
Paul Lewis piano
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Sommerabend;Mondenschein; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht;Es schauen die Blumen; Meerfahrt Schubert An den Mond (D296); Meeres Stille;Gesänge des Harfners; An Schwager KronosWolf Der Rattenfänger; Spottlied aus Wilhelm Meister;Blumengruss; Gleich und gleich; Phänomen;Anakreons Grab; Ob der Koran von Ewigkeit; Trunkenmüssen wir allen sein!; So lang man nüchtern ist; Sie haben wegen der Trunkenheit; Was in der Schenke waren heute
Described by Gramophone as ‘two deeply thoughtful artists pushing each other ever onwards’, Mark Padmore andPaul Lewis have cultivated one of today’s most visionary and spiritually rewarding Lieder recital partnerships. Theirprogramme charts the development of German romantic song and celebrates the vital relationship between verseand music in works by four of the greatest ever songwriters.
£45 £35 £30 £25 £15
Song Recital Series
Saturday 23 January 11.00 am – Masterclass
European Chamber Music Academy Showcase
ECMA Masterclass Violinist Johannes Meissl, ECMA’s Artistic Director and a member ofVienna’s Artis Quartet, shares his long experience as performer andpedagogue with the Mettis String Quartet in a session that promisesto cast fresh light on the fine art of quartet playing and offer profoundinsights into advanced musical interpretation.
Free admission to masterclass (ticket required)
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton
Chamber Music Season/ECMA Showcase/Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 23 January 3.00 pm
European Chamber Music Academy Showcase
Arcis Saxophone QuartetStratos Quartet piano quartet
Ligeti Six Bagatelles Farkas Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th centuryFabien Lévy Durch, in memoriam G. GriseyStrauss Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 13
This concert rejoices in the diversity of repertoire for two contrastingensembles, the piano quartet and saxophone quartet. Ligeti’s SixBagatelles, originally written for piano, launch the Arcis SaxophoneQuartet’s dynamic programme, while the Stratos Quartet takes onthe young Richard Strauss’s Brahmsian Piano Quartet Op. 13, awork of monumental scope and rousing audacity.
All tickets £5
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of thelate Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton
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Saturday 23 January 7.30 pm
Alexander Melnikov piano
Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28Skryabin Fantasie Op. 28; Deux poèmes Op. 32;Piano Sonata No. 3 in F# minor Op. 23;Cinq préludes Op. 74
Alexander Melnikov’s pianism is securely rooted in adeep knowledge of his instrument and the evolution of itsrepertoire. The Russian artist’s Skryabin interpretationsreflect the composer’s early debt to Chopin as wellas the individuality of his mature musical language.Melnikov opens with one of the great monuments ofnineteenth-century music, Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
London Pianoforte Series
Sunday 24 January 11.30 am
Cecilia String QuartetMozart String Quartet in F K590 ‘Prussian’Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor Op. 44 No. 2
Named after music’s patron saint, the Cecilia StringQuartet has delighted admirers worldwide with thepolish and panache of its artistry. The ensemble,which won the Banff International String QuartetCompetition in 2010, makes a welcome return toWigmore Hall with two works famed for their brilliance,classical poise and life-enhancing energy.
£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Sunday 24 January 3.00 pm
European Chamber Music Academy Showcase
Meta4Webern String Quartet Op. 28Sebastian Fagerlund Scherzic for viola and cello Jouni Kaipainen Sonata for two violins Op. 94(second movement)Jaakko Kuusisto Play IIIBeethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135
Meta4 has consistently broadened the string quartetrepertoire since its foundation almost fifteen years ago.The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall to take part inthis year’s ECMA Showcase, interleaving two Viennesemasterworks with a trio of contemporary pieces byMeta4’s fellow Finns, Sebastian Fagerlund, JouniKaipainen and the violinist-composer Jaakko Kuusisto.
All tickets £5
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from theestates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory ofSigmund Elton
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Alexander Melnikov
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Sunday 24 January 7.30 pm
Lisa Batiashvili violin
Valeriy Sokolov violin
Gérard Caussé viola
Gautier Capuçon cello
Frank Braley piano
DUTILLEUX 100TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Dutilleux Trois Strophes sur le nom de SacherDutilleux 3 Préludes: D’ombre et de silence; Sur un même accord;Le jeu des contraires Ravel Piano Trio in A minorDebussy Violin Sonata in G minor Dutilleux String Quartet ‘Ainsi la nuit’
Henri Dutilleux, who died in May 2013, nearly lived to celebrate hishundredth birthday. This concert marks the French composer’scentenary almost to the day, its contents chosen to chart the exquisitebeauty and refinement of his feeling for sound and to open windows into his radiant imaginary world. The programmebegins with Dutilleux’s tribute to the Swiss conductor and musical philanthropist Paul Sacher and includes his3 Préludes of 1973–88, works that probe the usually hidden recesses of silence and musical simplicity. Five artistswith an innate empathy for tonal light and shade offer their tribute to Dutilleux and also explore the influences ofDebussy and Ravel on his distinctive music.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series
Monday 25 January 1.00 pm
Armida QuartetMozart String Quartet in G K80Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1‘Razumovsky’
The Berlin-based Armida Quartet captivatedthe hall at the ARD International MusicCompetition in 2012, where it receivedfirst prize, the audience prize and sixother special awards. Its successes since,including selection for BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artist scheme, rest onthe group’s intense preparation and theenchanting spontaneity of its performances.
£13 concs £11
The Armida Quartet is a member ofBBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Lisa Batiashvili Valeriy Sokolov Gérard Caussé Gautier Capuçon Frank Braley
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Pre-Concert TalkMozart scholar Professor John Irving introduces the first concert in Francesco Piemontesi’s complete cycle of Mozart’spiano sonatas.
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event/The Mozart Odyssey
Monday 25 January 7.30 pm
Francesco Piemontesi piano
THE MOZART ODYSSEY
Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397; Piano Sonata in D K284;Rondo in A minor K511; Piano Sonata in A K331
Francesco Piemontesi launches his Wigmore Hall survey of Mozart’spiano sonatas and solo keyboard works with the Fantasia in D minor,a work charged with dramatic pauses, sudden silences and fieryoutbursts. The programme also pairs the Rondo in A minor of 1787,audacious and forward-looking in its harmonies, with the equallyunconventional Piano Sonata in A K331, famed for its iconoclasticMinuet and ‘Turkish’ Rondo.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
London Pianoforte Series/The Mozart Odyssey
Tuesday 26 January 11.00 am –11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm –1.15 pm
For Crying Out Loud!FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD
Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music presented especially for parents orcarers and their babies in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Although these concerts are not interactive,the programmes are designed for adults and babies to enjoy together.
£7.50 per adult – babies come free
In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music
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Tuesday 26 January 6.00 pm
Pre-Concert TalkWriter Nigel Simeone introduces Simon Keenlyside’s evening programme of popular song from themid-twentieth century.
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Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Tuesday 26 January 7.30 pm
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Howard McGill woodwind
Gordon Campbell trombone
Richard Pryce double bass
Mike Smith drums
Matthew Regan piano
Songs by Emmerich Kalman, Irving Berlin,Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin
The patterns of music history show that the mostcreative artists often cluster in particular placesat particular times. Simon Keenlyside and fiveBritish jazz musicians unlock the energy andheart of songs penned for New York’s Broadwaystages and reflect their debt to Europeantraditions of operetta and cabaret.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £15
Song Recital Series
Wednesday 27 January 7.30 pm
Michael Collins director, clarinet
City of London SinfoniaLondon Winds Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
MOZART BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Mozart Serenade in Bb for 13 windinstruments K361 ‘Gran Partita’;Parto, parto from La clemenza di Tito; Clarinet Concerto in A K622
Michael Collins and friends celebrateMozart’s birthday in style, startingwith the ‘Gran Partita’, perhapscommissioned by Anton Stadler, forwhom Mozart later composed hisClarinet Concerto. Christine Ricejoins the party to perform ‘Parto,parto’, one of the glories of Mozart’sfinal opera, La clemenza di Tito.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £15
Chamber Music Season/Michael Collins Series/The Mozart Odyssey
City of London Sinfonia London Winds
Christine RiceMichael Collins
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Thursday 28 January 1.00 pm
Lisa Peacock Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals
Thomas Gould violin
Ana-Maria Vera piano
Mozart Violin Sonata in Bb K454Ravel Violin Sonata
Thomas Gould performs as soloist with orchestras worldwideand with many of the leading conductors of today. He appearsregularly at the main UK venues, and in recent seasons hasperformed in London at the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Centreand Royal Festival Hall; in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall andManchester Evening News Arena, and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and National Indoor Arena. Ana-Maria Vera hasappeared as soloist with Orchestras including the Philadelphia, London Philharmonic, Australian Chamber, RotterdamPhilharmonic and Tokyo Symphony, under conductors including Muti, Zinman, de Waart, Inbal and Conlon. She hasperformed in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, Salle Gaveau and Wigmore Hall, and maintainsclose duo partnerships with Ivry Gitlis, Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis. Ana-Maria Vera is the founder and director ofBolivia Clásica, a charitable organization which promotes cultural exchanges between Bolivia and the rest of the world.
£13 concs £11 20% discount when you book for 3 or more concerts in this series (see further dates below)
Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals on 26 November (Konstantin Scherbakov),25 February (Rivka Golani & Michael Hampton) and 17 March (Hélène Dautry & Bruno Rigutto)
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Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Sir Simon Rattle piano
Daishin Kashimoto violin
Rahel Maria Rilling violin
Amihai Grosz viola
Dávid Adorján cello
Kaspar Zehnder flute
Andrew Marriner clarinet
CELEBRATING MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ
Chausson Chanson perpétuelle Stravinsky Three Songs from William ShakespeareRavel Chansons madécassesStrauss Drei Lieder der OpheliaBrahms Ophelia-Lieder; 2 Songs with viola Op. 91Janácek Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes)Dvorák My song of love rings through the dusk; The gypsy songman;In pain, my heart often broods; When a maiden was a-mowing;Songs my mother taught me; Come and join the dancing
Sir Simon Rattle makes his Wigmore Hall debut as pianist in companywith Magdalena Kožená and outstanding musicians from Berlin, Bernand London. Their programme opens with Chausson’s last completedwork, offers contrasting responses to Shakespeare’s troubled Ophelia, and embraces songs of Kožená’s Czechhomeland, Dvorák’s evergreen ‘Songs my mother taught me’ and Janácek’s irresistible ‘Rikadla’ among them.
£100 £75 £50 £30 £15
Booking limited to two tickets per person.We expect exceptionally high demand for this concert.
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Saturday 30 January 11.00 am – 12.00 noon
CAVATINA Family ConcertMagnard EnsembleFor ages 5 plus
Formed in 2012 at the Royal Academy of Music, the Magnard Ensemble is a vibrant young chamber group committedto delivering high-quality performances and inspirational Learning projects. In this interactive family concert, theensemble takes you on a tour around the wind quintet, exploring the colours and textures of the different instrumentsthrough the music of Haydn, Ibert, Hindemith, Malcolm Arnold and Paul Patterson.
Children £8 Adults £10
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and youngpeople to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.
Wigmore Hall Learning Event
Saturday 30 January 7.30 pm
Alina Ibragimova violin
Cédric Tiberghien piano
Mozart Violin Sonata in Eb K380; Violin Sonata in A K12;Violin Sonata in G K11; Sonata in Bb K570 (version for violinand piano); Violin Sonata in Eb K302; 12 Variations in G K359‘La bergère Célimène’; Violin Sonata in A K526
Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien complete their five-concertsurvey of Mozart’s sonatas for violin and piano, presenting two ofhis earliest works in the genre together with the dramatic twists andturns of the Violin Sonata in E flat K380. They conclude with theViolin Sonata in A K526, widely considered to be the greatest ofMozart’s works for violin and piano.
This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes in duration,including an interval
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trustwith ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity.
To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.
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Sunday 31 January 11.30 am
Alexandra Dariescu piano
Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54Fauré Prélude in F Op. 103 No. 4; Prélude in G minor Op. 103 No. 3;Prélude in C# minor Op. 103 No. 2Chopin Prelude in C# minor Op. 45Szymanowski Prelude in C minor Op. 1 No. 7; Prelude in Eb minorOp. 1 No. 8; Prelude in B minor Op. 1 No. 9Tchaikovsky/Pletnev The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 31
International Piano Magazine recently named Alexandra Dariescu as ‘one of 30 pianists under 30 destined for a spectacular career’,an accolade underpinned by the Romanian-born artist’s increasinglybusy schedule. She returns to Wigmore Hall with a programmedesigned to project her technical brilliance, open-heartedcommunication and sensitivity to poetic nuance.
£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
Sunday 31 January 7.30 pm
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Malcolm Martineau piano
SCHUBERT BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Schubert Alinde; Geheimes; Seligkeit; Bei dir allein!; Nachtstück; Der Wanderer (D649); An den Mond ineiner Herbstnacht; Herbstlied; Im Haine; Im Walde (D708); L’incanto degli occhi; Pensa, che questo istante;Der Jüngling und der Tod; Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’; Des Fischers Liebesglück (2 verses);Die Sterne (D939); Herrn Josef Spaun, Assessor in Linz; Fischerlied; Der Wanderer an den Mond;Abschied from Schwanengesang
More than two decades have passed since Simon Keenlyside made his solo recording debut in partnership withMalcolm Martineau with an album of Schubert songs. He was hailed by Gramophone at the time as ‘the bestbaritone singer and interpreter of Schubert this country has ever had’. This programme offers an unmissablefeast for anyone eager to hear Schubert interpretation at its best.
£36 £30 £25 £20 £15
Voices at Wigmore Supporting Schubert: The Complete Songs 2015/16 and 2016/17
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Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s WestEnd and is easily accessible by public transport or car.
Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and OxfordCircus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stationsare both close by.
Buses A large number of buses travel along OxfordStreet, which is approximately five minutes walk fromWigmore Hall.
Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30pm(Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas.Alternatively there are public car parks in CavendishSquare, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all ofwhich are less than a five minute walk from the Hall.Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland ParkingScheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50%discount on their parking. Please contact the box officefor further details or visit our website.
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Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshmentscan be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurantor by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations canbe made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.
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