APR/ MAY 2018/19 Season

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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk April May 1 Apr 1.00pm Benjamin Beilman/Narek Hakhnazaryan/ 4 1 May 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto/ 19 Louis Schwizgebel Prof Dr Erik Scherder/Jukka Huitila 7.30pm Ekaterina Semenchuk/Semyon Skigin 4 2 May 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Ravel 17 2 Apr 1.00pm Benjamin Baker/Daniel Lebhardt 4 7.30pm Notos Quartett 18 7.30pm Song Circle 4 3 May 7.00pm 18 3 Apr 7.30pm London Handel Orchestra/Anna Dennis/ 5 10.00pm /Bengt Forsberg 20 Anna Huntley/Edward Grint 4 May 10.30am In Focus: Sir George Benjamin – RNCM Soloists 21 4 Apr 10.15am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 5 12 noon In Focus: Sir George Benjamin – In Conversation 21 11.45am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 5 2.00pm In Focus: Sir George Benjamin – 21 7.30pm /Tom Poster 5 RNCM New Ensemble/Callum Smart 5 Apr 7.30pm Arcangelo/Emőke Baráth/ 5 7.30pm Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 22 Anna Reinhold/Callum Thorpe 5 May 11.30am Jan Vogler/Antti Siirala 22 6 Apr 1.00pm JACK Quartet 6 3.00pm Paula Murrihy/ 22 6.00pm Illustrated Pre-Concert Talk 6 7.30pm Aaron Pilsan 22 7.30pm JACK Quartet 6 6 May 1.00pm The King's Singers 23 7 Apr 11.30am Tesla Quartet 7 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Ravel 17 3.00pm Milan Siljanov/Nino Chokhonelidze 7 7.30pm Clara Mouriz// 23 7.30pm Louis Schwizgebel 7 Adam Walker/Guy Johnston/ 8 Apr 1.00pm Katarina Karnéus/ 7 7 May 7.30pm Andreas Staier 23 7.30pm Christina Landshamer/Gerold Huber 7 8 May 7.30pm 24 9 Apr 1.00pm Nikola Avramovic 8 9 May 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 24 7.30pm The Society of Lincoln Center 8 10 May 7.00pm Sir András Schiff 24 10 Apr 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 8 11 May 1.00pm Sumi Jo Masterclass 24 11 Apr 7.30pm Sally Matthews/Simon Lepper 8 7.30pm Alban Gerhardt/ 25 12 Apr 3.00pm Music for the Moment 9 12 May 11.30am Castalian String Quartet 25 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 9 3.00pm Sumi Jo/Gary Matthewman/Krzysztof Meisinger 25 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Claire Booth/ 9 7.30pm Flora Curzon/Benedict Williams/Sally Palmer/ 25 Simone Leona Hueber Leo Nicholson 13 Apr 7.30pm /Saskia Giorgini 10 13 May 1.00pm Gould Piano Trio 26 7.30pm Håkan Hardenberger/Roland Pöntinen 26 14 Apr 11.30am Alexandra Dariescu 10 3.00pm Gavan Ring/Simon Lepper 10 14 May 7.00pm Sir András Schiff 26 7.30pm Lise de la Salle 11 15 May 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 26 15 Apr 1.00pm Tabea Zimmerman/Adam Walker/Agnès Clément 11 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 26 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Saskia Giorgini 11 7.30pm Takács Quartet 27 16 Apr 7.00pm Solomon's Knot 11 16 May 3.00pm YCAT Public Final Auditions 2019 27 7.00pm YCAT Public Final Auditions 2019 27 17 Apr 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Garden 12 11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Garden 12 17 May 11.00am Schools Concert: Heroes and Villains 27 7.30pm The Sixteen/Harry Christophers/ 12 7.30pm Takács Quartet/Garrick Ohlsson 27 Michael Pennington 18 May 11.00am Family Concert: Heroes and Villains 28 18 Apr 7.30pm 12 7.30pm Ema Nikolovska/Dylan Perez 28 20 Apr 1.00pm Parkhouse Award 2019 Finals Concert 12 19 May 11.30am Jonathan Plowright 28 7.30pm Trio Mediæval 13 7.30pm Royal Academy of Music Soloists/Thomas Gould 28 21 Apr 11.30am Kelemen Quartet 13 20 May 1.00pm 28 7.30pm /Adrian Brendel/ 29 22 Apr 1.00pm Pavel Haas Quartet 13 Imogen Cooper 7.30pm Ensemble Correspondances/ 13 Sébastien Daucé/Sophie Karthäuser 21 May 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 29 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet/Anthony Marwood/ 29 23 Apr 7.30pm /Janine Jansen/ 14 Aleksandar Madžar Arisa Fujita/Amihai Grosz/Connie Shih 22 May 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Garden 29 24 Apr 1.30pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards Semi-Final 14 11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Garden 29 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/Robin Tritschler/ 15 7.30pm Igor Levit 30 Malcolm Martineau 23 May 1.00pm Voiceworks 30 25 Apr 7.30pm The Orlando Consort 14 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 30 26 Apr 6.00pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards Final 14 24 May 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Igor Levit 30 27 Apr 10.30am Family Day: Wild River Adventures 16 7.30pm Igor Levit 31 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja/Reto Bieri/ 16 25 May 1.00pm Piatti Quartet 31 Polina Leschenko 7.30pm Narek Hakhnazaryan/Pavel Kolesnikov 31 28 Apr 11.30am Ning Feng/Yukako Morikawa 16 26 May 11.30am Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Isata Kanneh-Mason 31 6.30pm Louis Lortie 16 3.00pm /Alisdair Hogarth 32 29 Apr 1.00pm Julian Prégardien/Eric Le Sage 16 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Simon Lepper 32 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Ravel 17 27 May 1.00pm Kuss Quartet 32 7.30pm Hagen Quartet 17 7.30pm Igor Levit 32 30 Apr 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 17 28 May 7.30pm L'Arpeggiata 33 7.30pm Marcus Farnsworth/James Baillieu 18 29 May 11.00am RNIB Study Day 34 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 34 30 May 1.00pm György Pauk Masterclass 34 7.30pm Hilary Hahn 35 31 May 7.00pm Jason Moran 35 10.00pm Amaan Ali Bangash/Ayaan Ali Bangash/ 35 4 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 1 April Tuesday 2 April 1.00pm 7.30pm

Benjamin Beilman violin Royal Academy of Music Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Song Circle Louis Schwizgebel piano Frances Gregory mezzo-soprano Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 Olivia Warburton mezzo-soprano Rachmaninov Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. Kieran Carrel tenor Gayane Hakhnazaryan for piano trio) Paul Grant baritone Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 Thomas Bennett bass Richard Gowers piano £16 concs £14 Gus Tredwell piano Leo Nicholson piano

Monday 1 April The Songs of Carl Loewe 7.30pm Students from the Royal Academy of Music’s ‘Song Circle’ present a recital of Lieder Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo-soprano devoted entirely to the songs of Carl Loewe Semyon Skigin piano (1796-1869). The students will perform a breadth of Loewe’s repertoire, from comic Glinka A Farewell to gems to celebrated ballads, through lyrical Musorgsky Sunless; The Peep-Show pieces, a song cycle, and much more. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 A whole evening of Loewe Lieder is almost unprecedented, and surtitles will be provided Tuesday 2 April to increase the enjoyment. 1.00pm £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 Benjamin Baker violin Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Daniel Lebhardt piano WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT YCAT Lunchtime Series 2018/19 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121 £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series

Benjamin Beilman Ekaterina Semenchuk and Semyon Skigin Benjamin Baker Royal Academy of Music Song Circle © Giorgia Bertazzi © Irina Tuminene © Kaupo Kikkas © Helen Wills wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 5

Wednesday 3 April Thursday 4 April 7.30pm 7.30pm

Anna Dennis soprano (as Aci) Matthew Rose bass Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano (as Galatea) Tom Poster piano Edward Grint bass-baritone (as Polifemo) Schubert Strophe aus ‘Die Götter London Handel Orchestra Griechenlands’; Fahrt zum Hades; eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren; Im Abendrot; Adrian Butterfield conductor Wandrers Nachtlied II Handel Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV72 Schubert Impromptu in E flat D899 No. 2 Liszt Impromptu (Nocturne) S191 Having staged Handel’s English version of the Liszt Gebet; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Gastibelza Acis and Galatea story in 2018, the London Musorgsky Songs and Dances of Death Handel Orchestra now presents his earlier Musorgsky Impromptu passionné Italian version, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, which he Tom Poster Songs (world première) wrote in Naples in June 1708 as a celebratory Ives 3 Improvisations canatata for a wedding. Ives Ilmenau; The Children’s Hour; Down East; £45 £42 £40 £35 £25 At the River; The Circus Band £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Thursday 4 April Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools 10.15am and 11.45am and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Chamber Tots: Train Ride Interactive music-making sessions for children Friday 5 April aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with 7.30pm songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close. Presented by Arcangelo music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord alongside emerging chamber ensembles. Emőke Baráth soprano 10.15am – 11.15am (1-2 year-olds) mezzo-soprano 11.45am – 12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Anna Reinhold Children £7 Adults £5 Callum Thorpe bass-baritone Vivaldi La Senna festeggiante RV693 Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes in duration, including an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Anna Huntley Chamber Tots Matthew Rose Anna Reinhold © Kaupo Kikkas © Benjamin Ealovega © Lena Kern © Charles Plumey 6 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Complete String Quartets

Saturday 6 April Saturday 6 April 1.00pm 7.30pm JACK Quartet JACK Quartet Carter String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 1 Carter String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, No. 2; String Quartet No. 3 without an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £16 concs £14 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Saturday 6 April 6.00pm Illustrated Pre-Concert Talk Join us for a musically illustrated pre-concert talk with the JACK Quartet ahead of the evening concert. Approximately 45 minutes in duration £5

JACK Quartet © Shervin Lainez wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 7

Sunday 7 April Monday 8 April 11.30am 1.00pm

Tesla Quartet Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano Famous Last Words Julius Drake piano Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135 Gedichte der Königin Maria Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 17 Stuart Op. 135 Britten String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 Alma Mahler Die stille Stadt; Laue Sommernacht; £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Bei dir ist es traut; Der Erkennende sherry/juice Berg 7 frühe Lieder Herzogin Anna Amalia Das Veilchen Sunday 7 April Clara Schumann Liebst du um Schönheit Robert Schumann Widmung from Myrthen; 3.00pm Herzeleid; Singet nicht in Trauertönen Milan Siljanov bass-baritone £16 Nino Chokhonelidze piano Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds Brahms 4 Serious Songs Op. 121 at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office Finzi Let us garlands bring Op. 18 and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Duparc Chanson triste; La vie antérieure Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Monday 8 April £16 7.30pm With grateful thanks to the Voices at Wigmore Circle Christina Landshamer soprano Sunday 7 April Gerold Huber piano 7.30pm Purcell/Britten Sweeter than Roses and other songs Louis Schwizgebel piano Copland From 12 poems of Emily Dickinson: Schubert Allegretto in C minor D915; Nature, the Gentlest Mother; There came a 4 Impromptus D935 wind like a bugle; The world feels dusty; Heart, Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 we will forget him; Dear March, Come In!; Sleep is supposed to be; Going to Heaven!; £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 The Chariot Songs by Schumann A selection of German Baroque songs Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Tesla Quartet Milan Siljanov Louis Schwizgebel Katarina Karnéus © Dario Acosta © Marco Borggreve © Mats Baecker 8 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 9 April Wednesday 10 April 1.00pm 7.30pm American Series Nikola Avramovic piano RCM Piano Fellowship Recital Escher String Quartet Skryabin Mazurka in E minor Op. 25 No. 3; Ives String Quartet No. 2 Mazurka in D sharp minor Op. 3 No. 5; Mazurka in Andrew Norman New work* C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 6; Deux poèmes Op. 32 Copland 2 Pieces for String Quartet Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Barber String Quartet Op. 11 Grieg Ballade in G minor Op. 24 *Co-commissioned by Tuesday Musical Prokofiev Toccata in D minor Op. 11 Association, Chamber Music Society of Palm £10 Beach, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln , London (Reg. Charity No. 309268) Center, Wigmore Hall, and Aspen Music Festival and School Tuesday 9 April £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 7.30pm Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 The Chamber Music Society of year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Lincoln Center and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Tommaso Lonquich clarinet Arnaud Sussmann violin Yura Lee viola Thursday 11 April Nicholas Canellakis cello piano 7.30pm

Beethoven String Trio in D Op. 9 No. 2 Sally Matthews soprano Debussy Première rapsodie Brett Dean New work for clarinet, violin, cello Simon Lepper piano and piano* (European première) Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder *Co-commissioned by The Chamber Music Sibelius Demanten på marssnön; Våren flyktar Society of Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall and La hastigt; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte; Jolla Music Society Var det en dröm? Pfitzner Hast du von den Fischerkindern das £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 alte Märchen vernommen?; Venus mater Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Strauss Wiegenlied; Das Rosenband; Morgen; Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Cäcilie Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Nikola Avramovic The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Escher String Quartet Sally Matthews © Tristan Cook © Sarah Skinner © Sigtryggur Ari Jóhannsson wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 9

Friday 12 April Friday 12 April 3.00pm – 4.00pm 7.30pm Music for the Moment Nash Inventions If you are, or someone you know is, living Nash Ensemble with dementia, please join us for this informal Stefan Asbury conductor afternoon concert with musicians from the Claire Booth soprano Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly Simone Leona Hueber reciter invited to join us for tea and coffee from Lawrence Power viola 2.30pm in the Bechstein Room. Adrian Brendel cello Free (ticket required) Ursula Leveaux bassoon In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy Lucy Wakeford harp of Music Focus on Sir Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Birtwistle Fantasia upon all the notes* Carter Mosaic* Sir Harrison Birtwistle 3 Songs from The Holy Forest; Songs by Myself; Duet for 8 Strings for viola and cello* (world première) Friday 12 April Knussen Study for ‘Metamorphosis’ for solo 6.00pm bassoon (UK première) Nash Inventions Sir Harrison Birtwistle The Woman and the Hare* Pre-Concert Talk *Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble This concert is dedicated to the eminent Sir Harrison Birtwistle in conversation with composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, the broadcaster and journalist Tom Service. who died in July 2018. Free (ticket required) £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Music for the Moment Sir Harrison Birtwistle Nash Ensemble © Hope Fitzgerald © Hanya Chlala © K Leighton 10 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 13 April Sunday 14 April 7.30pm 11.30am Schubert Cycles Alexandra Dariescu piano Ian Bostridge tenor Debussy Estampes Saskia Giorgini piano Tailleferre Romance; Pastorale; Impromptu; Larghetto; Valse lente Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795 L Boulanger Prelude in D flat; 3 morceaux pour Joining the pre-eminent Lieder interpreter piano for a traversal of the first of Schubert’s great Messiaen Préludes: No. 1 ‘La colombe’, No. 7 cycles, the Italian-Dutch pianist won the ‘Plainte calme’ & No. 8 ‘Un reflet dans le vent’ Salzburg International Mozart Competition in Fauré Préludes: in G minor Op. 103 No. 3 & 2016 and made her debut at the Musikverein in F Op. 103 No. 4 in Vienna the following year. Composed Debussy L’isle joyeuse in 1823, The Fair Maid of the Mill shows £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Schubert’s mastery of the combination of sherry/juice lyricism with narrative in full flower. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Sunday 14 April without an interval 3.00pm

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Gavan Ring baritone Concert Repeated Simon Lepper piano Monday 15 April 7.30pm Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Seóirse Bodley Stróll; Do bhádhasa Uair; Cré; Forthcoming concerts in this Series Paidir I Tuesday 2 July & Thursday 4 July 7.30pm Larchet Padriac the Fiddiler; The Cormorant; The Philosophy of Love with Lars Vogt £16 Supported by Frances and David Waters

Ian Bostridge Saskia Giorgini Alexandra Dariescu Gavan Ring © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Christine Rechling © Marco Borggreve © Anthony-Riordan wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 11

Sunday 14 April Monday 15 April 7.30pm 7.30pm Schubert Cycles Lise de la Salle piano Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397; Rondo in D Ian Bostridge tenor K485; Rondo in A minor K511; Variations on Saskia Giorgini piano ‘Ah vous dirai-je, maman’ K265 Fauré Barcarolles: No. 4 in A flat Op. 44, Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795 No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66 & No. 6 in E flat Repeat of concert on 13 April Op. 70 Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Chopin Nocturnes: in D flat Op. 27 No. 2, in F without an interval Op. 15 No. 1 & in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 Prokofiev 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Op. 75 Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Tuesday 16 April Monday 15 April 7.00pm NB time 1.00pm Solomon’s Knot Tabea Zimmermann viola Bach St John Passion BWV245 (2nd version, 1725) Adam Walker flute Handl Ecce quomodo moritur Justus Agnès Clément harp Approximately 2 hours 15 minutes, including an interval Bax Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp Debussy Syrinx for solo flute; £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Sonata for flute, viola and harp Stravinsky Elegy for solo viola Sofia Gubaidulina Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten for flute, viola and harp £16 concs £14

Lise de la Salle Tabea Zimmermann Ian Bostridge Solomon’s Knot © Stéphane Gallois © Marco Borggreve © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Gerard Collett 12 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 17 April Thursday 18 April 10.15am and 11.45am 7.30pm Chamber Tots: In the Garden Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey Interactive music-making sessions for children Angela Hewitt piano aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with Bach Toccatas: in C minor BWV911, in G songs, percussion and the chance to meet some BWV916, in F sharp minor BWV910, in exciting instruments up close. Presented by E minor BWV914, in D minor BWV913, in music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever G minor BWV915 & in D BWV912; Chromatic alongside emerging chamber ensembles. Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903 10.15am – 11.15am (1-2 year-olds) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 11.45am – 12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5 Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Thursday 13 June 7.30pm Wednesday 17 April 7.30pm Saturday 20 April The Sixteen 1.00pm Harry Christophers conductor Parkhouse Award 2019 Michael Pennington narrator Finals Concert Music from the Chapel Royal with excerpts from Pepys’ diary Having been selected from international entrants, four ensembles of piano with strings Cooke O Lord, thou hast searched me out will perform their chosen repertoire in an Blow In the time of trouble attempt to win the prestigious Parkhouse Award Humfrey Lord, I have sinned and join a roster of brilliant ensembles, chosen Blow Salvator mundi since 1991. The result will be announced shortly Corbetta Preludio and Chiacona after the last contestant has performed. Humfrey O Lord my God; By the waters of Babylon Pepys/Morelli Beauty retire £5 Free for Friends of Wigmore Hall Cooke Put me not to rebuke, O Lord Humfrey Wilt thou forgive that sin (A Hymne to God the Father) Humfrey/Blow/Turner I will alway give thanks (The ‘Club’ Anthem) £60 £50 £40 £30 £18

Chamber Tots The Sixteen Angela Hewitt David Parkhouse © Benjamin Ealovega © Molina visuals © Keith Saunders wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 13

Saturday 20 April Monday 22 April 7.30pm 1.00pm Trio Mediæval Pavel Haas Quartet Lumen de Lumine Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in Anon (16th century) Ecce lignum crucis (an F sharp minor Op. 108; String Quartet No. 2 antiphon for Good Friday) (arr. Trio Mediæval); in A Op. 68 Alleluia: Surrexit Dominus vere (an antiphon £16 concs £14 for Easter) (arr. Trio Mediæval) Trad/Estonian/ Friman Abba, hjärtans Fader god; Pris vare Gud; Nu haver denna dag Sungji Hong From Monday 22 April Missa Lumen de Lumine: Kyrie & Agnus Dei 7.30pm Anon (13th century) De la crudel morte de Ensemble Correspondances Residency Cristo (arr. Trio Mediæval); Plangiamo quel crudel basciar (arr. Trio Mediæval); Oi me lasso Ensemble Correspondances Anon Veni creator Spiritus Trad/Norwegian/ Fuglseth Kyrkjeklokka; Nu solen går ned; Krist Sébastien Daucé conductor, organ er oppstanden; Fryd dig, du Kristi brud Andrew Sophie Karthäuser soprano Smith New work Gavin Bryars Ave regina Leçons des Ténèbres gloriosa (Lauda VII) attr. Pérotin Beata Viscera de Lalande Plainchant: Tristis est anima mea, £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Ecce vidimus eum, Vinea mea electa, Plange Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools quasi virgo & O Mors; Leçons: du Mercredy and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Saint, du Jeudy Saint & du Vendredy Saint; Cantique sur le bonheur des justes; Miserere Sunday 21 April mei Deus Charpentier Salve Regina 11.30am £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Kelemen Quartet Haydn Seven Last Words from the Cross Op. 51 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Trio Mediæval Kelemen Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet Ensemble Correspondances with © Ingvil Skeie Ljones © László Emmer © Marco Borggreve Sébastien Daucé © Molina Visuals 14 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 23 April 7.30pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2019 Fauré/Schumann Project The annual auditions for the famous singing competition, founded in memory Steven Isserlis cello of one of the UK’s best-loved contraltos, Veronika Eberle violin attract capacity houses from both devoted Arisa Fujita violin lovers of vocal art and students of singing. Amihai Grosz viola Wednesday 24 April Connie Shih piano 1.30pm Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Semi-Final Fauré Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89; £19 students £12 Romance Op. 69; Elégie Op. 24 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Friday 26 April £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 6.00pm Final Forthcoming Events in this Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Saturday 16 June 6.00pm

Pre-concert talk with Steven Isserlis Thursday 25 April Saturday 16 June 7.30pm 7.30pm Steven Isserlis cello with Anthony Marwood The Orlando Consort violin Irène Duval violin Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Dénes Várjon piano & Izabella The Secrets of Heaven Simon piano Dunstaple Veni sancte spiritus/Veni creator spiritus; Quam pulchra es; Descendi in ortum meum Anon (13th century) Alleluya Christo iubilemus Anon (14th century) O sponsa Dei electa; Kyrie, Cuthberte prece Power Gloria Bittering En Katerine solennia Henry Sanctus Anon (2nd Fountains Abbey Manuscript) Credo Anon (Trent Codices) Stella celi Pyamour Quam pulcra es Forest Tota pulcra es Plummer Anna mater matris Christi Anon (Egerton Manuscript) Audivi vocem Anon (Ritson Manuscript) Gaude virgo Trouluffe Nesciens mater Lambe Stella caeli £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Steven Isserlis Amihai Grosz Kathleen Ferrier The Orlando Consort © Kevin Davis © Eric Richmond wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 15

Wednesday 24 April 7.30pm Schumann Song Series

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann Myrthen Op. 25 Schumann Duets: Er und Sie; In der Nacht from Spanisches Liederspiel; Liebhabers Ständchen; Unterm Fenster £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Malcolm Martineau © Russell Duncan 16 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 27 April Sunday 28 April 10.30am – 3.30pm 11.30am

Family Day: Wild River Adventures Ning Feng violin For ages 5 plus Yukako Morikawa piano Join music leader Hannah Opstad on a Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor K304 winding adventure as we follow the journey Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano of a river through mountains, waterfalls and Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 wherever our imaginations take us! Together £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ we’ll explore stories and music inspired by sherry/juice rivers and create our own musical journey to share with each other onstage. Sunday 28 April Children £10 Adults £15 6.30pm NB time

Saturday 27 April Louis Lortie piano 7.30pm Liszt Années de pèlerinage: première année, Suisse S160, deuxième année, Italie S161 & violin Patricia Kopatchinskaja troisième année S163 Reto Bieri clarinet Approximately 3 hours 10 minutes in duration, Polina Leschenko piano including two intervals Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Vivier Piece for violin and clarinet Bartók Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano Monday 29 April BB116 1.00pm Leo Dick The Grasshopper and the Ant Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Julian Prégardien tenor Milhaud Jeu from Suite for clarinet, violin and Eric Le Sage piano piano Op. 157b Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Paul Schoenfield Trio for clarinet, violin and Fauré Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63 (solo piano) piano Fauré La bonne chanson Op. 61 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £16 concs £14 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Family Day Patricia Kopatchinskaja Ning Feng Louis Lortie © James Berry © Marco Borggreve © Felix Broede © Elias Photography wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 17

Monday 29 April Wigmore Study Group: Ravel 7.30pm Hagen Quartet Monday 29 April Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Thursday 2 May Shostakovich String Quartet No. 13 in Monday 6 May B flat minor Op. 138 Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor All dates 3.00pm – 6.00pm Op. 131 Crossing the divide: Ravel’s music for £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 voice and chamber ensemble Tuesday 30 April Ravel pushed boundaries in his song 1.00pm writing, blurring the lines between natural spoken and sung French in ways that My Music with Orchestra of St John’s scandalised his contemporaries. In 1913, Stravinsky introduced him to Schoenberg’s Orchestra of St John’s Pierrot Lunaire and his own 3 Japanese John Lubbock founder/conductor Lyrics. Ravel was inspired to bring an Sir Trevor McDonald newsreader, instrumental quality to his vocal writing journalist & interviewee and this led to his Chansons madécasses. Explore Ravel’s superlative mastery of Paul Blezard journalist instrumentation alongside his unique Hannah Davey soprano imaginative approach to setting the French language, in these sessions presented Derek Paravicini piano by composer Julian Philips, with pianist Gershwin Someone to watch over me from Oh, Laura Roberts, visiting speakers and Kay! (as performed by Ella Fitzgerald) student performers from the Guildhall Elgar Slow movement from Serenade for School of Music & Drama. strings in E minor Op. 20 Series ticket price £70 including 3 study Cohen Hallelujah sessions and a ticket for the evening Barber Adagio for strings Op. 11 concert on Monday 6 May Puccini Sì, mi chiamano Mimì from La bohème Tchaikovsky Last movement from Serenade for strings in C Op. 48 £16 concs £14 Maurice Ravel Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)

Hagen Quartet Sir Trevor McDonald © Harald Hoffmann 18 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 30 April Thursday 2 May 7.30pm 7.30pm

Marcus Farnsworth baritone Notos Quartett James Baillieu piano Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60 Françaix Divertissement for string trio and piano Lines from a Wanderer Bartók Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 20 Schubert Der Wanderer an den Mond; Auf der (UK première) Donau; Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’; Auf der Bruck (Auf der Brücke) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Fauré L’horizon chimérique Op. 118 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Mahler From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Scheiden und Meiden & Ich ging mit Lust; Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Ging heut’ morgen from Lieder eines fahrenden and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Gesellen; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Rückert Lieder Friday 3 May John Casken Lines from a Wanderer 7.00pm NB time (London première) Britten Lemady; The False Knight upon the Piotr Anderszewski piano Road; The Soldier and the Sailor; At the mid 50th Birthday Concert hour of night; The Crocodile Programme to include: £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Bach Preludes and Fugues from The Well- Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Tempered Clavier Book II and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a waltz by contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Diabelli Op. 120 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Marcus Farnsworth James Baillieu Notos Quartett Piotr Anderszewski © Andy Staples © Kaupo Kikkas © Uwe Arens © MG de Saint Venant licenced to Virgin Classics wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 19

Wednesday 1 May 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto Residency

Pekka Kuusisto violin Prof Dr Erik Scherder neuropsychologist Jukka Huitila visual designer Programme to include music by JS Bach, Kreutzer, Thomas Adès, Jörg Widmann and Paganini. Pekka Kuusisto and Professor Scherder demonstrate the strength and beauty of music when experienced by human brains in different conditions and explore the neural systems involved with musicians’ brains. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2018/19 Wigmore Series

Pekka Kuusisto © Kaapo Kamu 20 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wigmore Lates Forthcoming Events in this Series Wigmore Lates, firm fixtures in the Hall’s Friday 31 May 10.00pm summer calendar, make the ideal start to the Amaan Ali Bangash sarod weekend. Join us for a late-night concert, Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod followed by live music in the bar. Kicking off Jennifer Pike violin with a wonderful mezzo-soprano and piano Friday 14 June 10.00pm duo, highlights include the Chineke! Orchestra, Europe’s first majority-BME orchestra, Sean violin Shibe’s ‘bracingly original concert programme’ Friday 21 June 10.00pm softLOUD (Gramophone), and sarod virtuosi Chineke! Orchestra Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Friday 28 June 10.00pm Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates for full details. Sean Shibe guitar – softLOUD All seats £16 (including entry to the bar after the concert) Friday 12 July 10.00pm The Wigmore Lates Series is supported by The Hargreaves Adam Walker flute and Ball Trust Sean Shibe guitar Friday 3 May Friday 19 July 10.00pm 10.00pm Susan Bullock soprano Wigmore Lates Richard Sisson piano

Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano Bengt Forsberg piano Purcell/Thomas Adès By Beauteous Softness Britten Voici le Printemps; La belle est au jardin d’amour; Fileuse; The Plough Boy; The Foggy, Foggy Dew; At the mid hour of night; Come you not from Newcastle?; The Salley Gardens Grainger Peace and Saxon Twiplay and other piano solos Shostakovich 6 Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva Op. 143 £16 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Anne Sofie von Otter Viktoria Mullova Chineke! Orchestra Sean Shibe © Mats Bäcker © Henry Fair © Eric Richmond © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 21 In Focus: Sir George Benjamin Musicians from the Royal Saturday 4 May Northern College of Music 10.30am – 11.20am RNCM soloists Clark Rundell artistic director The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Maria Luc, Luke Jones, Anna Hall are delighted to present a day of music Denisova piano to celebrate the work of composer Sir George Katie Hyland flute Benjamin. Benjamin is truly one of the musical giants of our time, composing music that must be Sir George Benjamin Meditation on Haydn’s Name; heard live. The visceral quality of the music he Relativity Rag; Flight; Sortilèges; Piano Figures creates absorbs the listener in constantly shifting Saturday 4 May layers of sound, from the startling to the touching 12 noon and from the virtuosic to the beautifully simple. In conversation Music broadcaster and curator Sara Mohr- Pietsch (BBC Radio 3) leads an informal conversation with today’s featured composer Sir George Benjamin. Saturday 4 May 2.00pm – 3.00pm RNCM New Ensemble Mark Heron, Jack Sheen, Laurent Zufferey conductors Callum Smart violin Sir George Benjamin Octet; 3 Miniatures for solo violin; Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell; At First Light £5 (each event) or day ticket £12 In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Sir George Benjamin © Matthew Lloyd 22 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 4 May Sunday 5 May 7.30pm 3.00pm

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano Georg Kallweit leader Malcolm Martineau piano Handel Concerti Grossi Op. 3: No. 4 in F, No. 5 The Mendelssohns and the Schumanns in D minor, No. 2 in B flat, No. 6 in D, No. 3 Programme to include: in G & No. 1 in B flat Felix Mendelssohn 6 Gesänge Op. 99 Telemann From Canons Mélodieux: Piacevole Robert Schumann 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und non Largo from Sonata No. 4 in D minor Requiem Op. 90 TWV40:121, Presto from Sonata No. 2 in Selection of Lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn and G minor TWV40:119, Adagio from Sonata No. 1 Clara Schumann in G TWV40:118 & Soave from Sonata No. 6 in A minor TWV40:123 £16

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Sunday 5 May 7.30pm Sunday 5 May 11.30am Aaron Pilsan piano Jan Vogler cello Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Op. 10 No. 3 Antti Siirala piano Szymanowski Metopes Op. 29 Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op. 70 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca No. 47 from Années Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161; Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Mephisto Waltz No. 1 S514 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 sherry/juice

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Jan Vogler Paula Murrihy Aaron Pilsan © Uwe Arens © Jim Rakete © Barbara Aumüller © Marie Staggat wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 23

Monday 6 May Monday 6 May 1.00pm 7.30pm The King’s Singers Ravel Song Series An unconventional journey from Moscow to Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano London in one hour Roderick Williams baritone Alexander Levine New work (part one) Adam Walker flute Kedrov Otche Nash Sibelius Rakastava (The Lover) Guy Johnston cello Tormis Ratas Joseph Middleton piano Zieleński In monte oliveti Basque blood and the folksong Kodály Esti dal Tučapský Slough Fauré Vocalise-étude Ravel Vocalise-étude en Comedian Harmonists Eins, zwei, drei und vier forme de habanera; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Brahms Abendständchen Op. 42 No. 1 5 mélodies populaires grecques; From Chants Poulenc Quatre petites prières de Saint populaires: Chanson française, Chanson François d’Assise espagnole, Chanson italienne, Chanson Alexander Levine New work (part two) hébraïque & Chanson ecossaise Guridi 6 Music from Home – songs in The King’s Canciones Castellanas Britten Il est quelqu’un Singers’ signature close-harmony style from sur terre Falla Asturiana from 7 canciones The British Isles populares españolas Scarlatti Son tutta duolo Schumann Aus den hebräischen Gesängen £16 concs £14 from Myrthen Trad/Scottish Ca’ the yowes Ravel Chansons madécasses £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Tuesday 7 May 7.30pm

Andreas Staier fortepiano Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in B flat D960 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter

The King’s Singers Clara Mouriz Roderick Williams Andreas Staier © Marco Borggreve © Jose Manuel Bielsa © Benjamin Ealovega © Josep Molina 24 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 10 May Complete Bartók 7.00pm NB time String Quartets Sir András Schiff piano Wednesday 8 May Bach Partita No. 5 in G BWV829; Partita No. 3 7.30pm in A minor BWV827; Partita No. 1 in B flat BWV825; Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826; Jerusalem Quartet Partita No. 4 in D BWV828; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Bartók String Quartet No. 1 BB52; String Quartet No. 3 BB93; String Quartet No. 5 Approximately 3 hours in duration, including BB110 an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £50 £45 £40 £35 £25

Thursday 9 May Concert Repeated 7.30pm Tuesday 14 May 7.00pm Jerusalem Quartet Saturday 11 May Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75; String Quartet No. 4 BB95; String Quartet No. 6 1.00pm BB119 Sumi Jo Masterclass £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 For more than 30 years, the consummate artistry of the lyric coloratura soprano and bel canto specialist has enchanted audiences the world over. Working here with students from the London colleges, she passes on her insights into vocal technique and interpretation in a repertoire in which she has few peers. Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8

Jerusalem Quartet © Felix Broede

Sir András Schiff Sumi Jo © Yutaka Suzuki © Youngho Kang wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 25

Saturday 11 May Sunday 12 May 7.30pm 3.00pm

Alban Gerhardt cello Sumi Jo soprano Steven Osborne piano Gary Matthewman piano Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Krzysztof Meisinger guitar Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Rossini La fioraia fiorentina; Sombre forêt from Falla 7 canciones populares españolas (arr. Guillaume Tell Villa-Lobos Melodia Sentimental Maurice Marechal for cello and piano) from Floresta do Amazonas; Aria (Cantilena) Debussy Estampes from Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 Tárrega Rosita Ravel Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs (arr. Chabrier España (arr. Krzysztof Meisinger for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco); Pièce en forme voice, piano and guitar) Debussy Nuit d’étoiles; de habanera (arr. Paul Bazelaire); Tzigane Rondel chinois; L’âme évaporée; La romance (arr. Laszlo Varga) d’Ariel Ravel Vocalise-étude en forme de £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 habanera Lecocq O Paris, gai séjour de plaisir from Les cent vierges Sunday 12 May £16 11.30am Castalian String Quartet Sunday 12 May 7.30pm Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 Flora Curzon violin ‘Rosamunde’ Benedict Williams harpsichord £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Sally Palmer fluteLeo Nicholson piano sherry/juice Royal Academy of Music Patron Award Winners’ Recital Corelli Excerpts from Violin Sonata in C Op. 5 No. 3 Böddecker Violin Sonata in D minor from Sacra Partitura Bach Violin Sonata in G BWV1021 Pandolfi Mealli Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 3 No. 2 ‘La cesta’ Bach Violin Sonata No. 2 in A BWV1015 Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D Op. 94 Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 Jolivet Chant de Linos £16

Alban Gerhardt Castalian String Quartet Gary Matthewman Benedict Williams © Kaupo Kikkas © Kaupo Kikkas © Johan Persson 26 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 13 May Tuesday 14 May 1.00pm 7.00pm NB time

Gould Piano Trio Sir András Schiff piano Kirchner From Bunte Blätter Op. 83: Novellette, Bach Partita No. 5 in G BWV829; Partita No. 3 Lied ohne Worte, Barcarola, Capriccio & in A minor BWV827; Partita No. 1 in B flat Abendmusik BWV825; Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826; Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 Partita No. 4 in D BWV828; Partita No. 6 in £16 concs £14 E minor BWV830 Repeat of concert on 10 May Approximately 3 hours in duration, including Monday 13 May an interval 7.30pm £50 £45 £40 £35 £25 Håkan Hardenberger trumpet Wednesday 15 May Roland Pöntinen piano 11.00am and 12.30pm Antheil Trumpet Sonata Staffan Storm Three Autumns For Crying Out Loud! Berio Sequenza X for solo trumpet; Wasserklavier Hear outstanding performances by musicians Salvatore Sciarrino Anamorfosi from the Royal Academy of Music in these Gershwin Swanee concerts presented especially for parents or Roland Pöntinen L’éléphant rose carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in Jan Lundgren The Seagull a relaxed and accommodating environment. Thomson At the Beach Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Approximately 45 minutes in duration Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Adults £8.50 (babies come free) Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Gould Piano Trio Håkan Hardenberger Sir András Schiff For Crying Out Loud! © Jake Morley © Marco Borggreve © Nadia F Romanini © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 27

Wednesday 15 May Friday 17 May 7.30pm 11.00am – 12 noon Takács Quartet: Associate Artists Schools Concert: Takács Quartet Heroes and Villains Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1 Key Stage 2 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119 Join countertenor Patrick Terry, presenter Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 Isabelle Adams and characters from 18th- £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 century opera for a concert of glorious arias With grateful thanks to The String Quartet Circle and diva behaviour. Travel on a marvellous musical journey and explore the costumes, Thursday 16 May drama and characters of the time. 3.00pm and 7.00pm Children £4 Accompanying Adults Free YCAT Public Final Auditions 2019 (ticket required) Young Classical Artists Trust: the destination Friday 17 May point for emerging talent 7.30pm YCAT Artists are selected through a rigorous Takács Quartet: Associate Artists annual auditions process. In this third and final round, outstanding young soloists and chamber Takács Quartet ensembles, selected from over 100 applicants Garrick Ohlsson piano in the preliminary rounds, audition before a panel of distinguished judges. Beach 5 Improvisations Op. 148 Elgar May Song; Serenade for piano Both sessions (3.00pm and 7.00pm): £20 Beach Piano Quintet Op. 67 Individual session: £12 concs £10 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84 YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Art Foundation for this series

Takács Quartet YCAT Schools Concert Takács Quartet © Amanda Tipton © Kaupo Kikkas © Benjamin Ealovega © Amanda Tipton photography 28 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 18 May Sunday 19 May 11.00am – 12 noon 11.30am

Family Concert: Jonathan Plowright piano Heroes and Villains Paderewski From Humoresques de Concert Op. 14: Menuet célèbre, Sarabande & Caprice For ages 5 plus (genre Scarlatti) Join countertenor Patrick Terry, presenter Tchaikovsky The Seasons Op. 37b Isabelle Adams and characters from 18th- century opera for a concert of glorious arias £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ and diva behaviour. Travel on a marvellous sherry/juice musical journey and explore the costumes, drama and characters of the time. Sunday 19 May 7.30pm Children £10 Adults £12 Royal Academy of Music Saturday 18 May Soloists Ensemble 7.30pm conductor mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska Thomas Gould violin, leader Dylan Perez piano Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize 2019 Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Józef Purcell Sweeter than Roses; From Silent Koffler) (UK première) Shades (Bess of Bedlam) Schubert Auflösung; £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Abendstern; Der Musensohn; An die Entfernte Wolf Auf einer Wanderung; Lied vom Winde; Monday 20 May Verschwiegene Liebe; Nimmersatte Liebe Mahler 1.00pm Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?; Phantasie aus Don Juan; Erinnerung; Frühlingsmorgen; Andreas Haefliger piano Selbstgefühl Medtner Twilight; The Raven; Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Sleeplessness Rodrigo En Jerez de la Frontera; Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Adela; De ronda; Canción del cucú; ¡Un Home, San Antonio! What Sparks and Wiry £16 concs £14 Cries; A Journey; A Birthday; Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair; Visits to St Elizabeth’s £16 concs £14

Family Concert Ema Nikolovska Jonathan Plowright Andreas Haefliger © Belinda Lawley © Lazar Nikolovski © Diane Shaw © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 29

Monday 20 May Tuesday 21 May 7.30pm 7.30pm

Henning Kraggerud violin Castalian String Quartet Adrian Brendel cello Anthony Marwood violin Imogen Cooper piano Aleksandar Madžar piano Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op. 1 No. 1; Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82; String Piano Trio in B flat Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ Quartet in E minor Op. 83; Piano Quintet in £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 A minor Op. 84 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Tuesday 21 May With grateful thanks to the Patron, 1.00pm Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by Orchestra of St John’s CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ John Lubbock founder/conductor Dame Mary Archer scientist & Wednesday 22 May interviewee 10.15am and 11.45am Paul Blezard journalist Chamber Tots: In the Garden Hannah Davey soprano Interactive music-making sessions for children Derek Paravicini piano aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with Helen Grime Into the faded air songs, percussion and the chance to meet some Bach Excerpts from The Art of Fugue exciting instruments up close. Presented by BWV1080 music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever Coleridge-Taylor Onaway! Awake, beloved! alongside emerging chamber ensembles. from Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast 10.15am – 11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Butterworth The lads in their hundreds from 6 11.45am – 12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Songs from A Shropshire Lad Lerner & Loewe On the Street Where You Live Children £7 Adults £5 from My Fair Lady Stephen Adams The Holy City £16 concs £14 Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)

Henning Kraggerud Dame Mary Archer Castalian String Quartet Chamber Tots © Robert Romik © Kaupo Kikkas © Benjamin Ealovega 30 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 22 May Thursday 23 May 7.30pm 7.30pm Igor Levit: Variations Schumann String Quartet Series

Igor Levit piano Elias String Quartet Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 Bach Excerpts from The Art of Fugue BWV1080 Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ without an interval RNCM composition competition winner New work (companion piece to Schumann String Quartet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 No. 3) Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3

Forthcoming Events in this Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 24 May 6.00pm Friday 24 May Artists in Conversation: Igor Levit 6.00pm Friday 24 May 7.30pm Igor Levit: Variations Monday 27 May 7.30pm Artists in Conversation: Igor Levit Join pianist Igor Levit in conversation ahead of Thursday 23 May his evening concert. 1.00pm – 2.00pm Approximately 45 minutes in duration Voiceworks £5 Join us for this lunchtime concert featuring brand new works for the voice, the result of a unique collaboration between writers, composers, singers and instrumentalists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Free (ticket required)

Igor Levit Voiceworks Elias String Quartet © Robbie Lawrence © Benjamin Ealovega © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 31

Friday 24 May Saturday 25 May 7.30pm 7.30pm Igor Levit: Variations Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Igor Levit piano Pavel Kolesnikov piano Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a waltz by Beethoven 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, Diabelli Op. 120 welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Frederic Rzewski Variations on ‘The People Zauberflöte WoO. 46; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 United’ Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73; Träumerei Approximately 2 hours 25 minutes in duration, from Kinderszenen Op. 15 No. 7 including an interval Chopin Introduction and polonaise brillante in C Op. 3; Etude in C sharp minor Op. 25 No. 7 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36 Forthcoming Events in this Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Monday 27 May 7.30pm Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Saturday 25 May and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ 1.00pm Piatti Quartet Sunday 26 May 11.30am Purcell/Britten Chacony in G minor Mark-Anthony Turnage Quartet No. 4 Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello ‘Winter’s Edge’* (UK première) Isata Kanneh-Mason piano Walton String Quartet in A minor Beethoven 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen *Co-commissioned by The Piatti String Quartet, oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Flagey Festival and Wigmore Hall Op. 66 £16 concs £14 Lutosławski Grave (Metamorphoses) Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Igor Levit Piatti Quartet Narek Haknazaryan Sheku Kanneh-Mason © Robbie Lawrence © Viktor Erik Emanuel © Marco Borggreve © Lars Borges 32 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 26 May Monday 27 May 3.00pm 1.00pm

Jacques Imbrailo baritone Kuss Quartet Alisdair Hogarth piano Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 Sibelius From 5 Christmas Songs Op. 1: Nu står Enno Poppe Freizeit (UK première) jul vid snöig port, Det mörknar ute & Giv mig ej £16 concs £14 glans, ej guld, ej prakt; På verandan vid havet; Norden; Svarta rosor; Säv, säv, susa; Den första kyssen; Lasse liten; Soluppgång; Var det Monday 27 May en dröm?; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte 7.30pm Rachmaninov Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky; Lilacs; How fair this spot; On the Death of a Igor Levit: Variations Linnet; Christ is risen; To the children; In the Igor Levit piano silence of the secret night; Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Spring waters Stevenson Passacaglia on DSCH £16 Written between 1960 and 1963 and characteristically ambitious, Ronald Sunday 26 May Stevenson’s vast Passacaglia, based on 7.30pm Shostakovich’s musicalisation of his name in the form DSCH, is perhaps the largest single Robin Tritschler: The Seasons span of piano music ever composed. Robin Tritschler tenor Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval Simon Lepper piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Transitional Seasons Brahms 9 Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32; Von waldbekränzter Höhe; Wir wandelten; Schön war, das ich dir weihte; Botschaft Wolf Er ist’s; Frage und Antwort; Zitronenfalter im April; Der Gärtner; Der Jäger; Lied eines Verliebten; Jägerlied; Verborgenheit; Auftrag; Peregrina I; Peregrina II; Nimmersatte Liebe; Begegnung; Zur Warnung; Im Frühling; Storchenbotschaft £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Jacques Imbrailo Robin Tritschler Simon Lepper Kuss Quartet © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Benjamin Ealovega © Robert Workman © Molina Visuals wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 33

Tuesday 28 May Time Stands Still 7.30pm Dowland Time stands still; Flow my tears; Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears; L’Arpeggiata I saw my Lady weep Céline Scheen soprano Johnson Care-charming sleep; Doron Sherwin cornetto Have you seen the bright lily grow? Judith Steenbrink violin Bennet Venus’ birds Francesco Turrisi harpsichord, organ Brade Scottish Dance Josep María Martí Duran lute, baroque guitar Trad/English The Three Ravens; The Christina Pluhar director, theorbo Tailor and the Mouse; The Oak and the Ash; The Frog and the Mouse Playford Stanes Morris; Parson’s Farewell; Paul’s Steeple; Newcastle; An Italian Rant Purcell Music for a while Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Christina Pluhar © Michal Novak 34 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 29 May Wednesday 29 May 11.00am – 4.30pm 7.30pm RNIB Study Day The Endellion String Quartet Professional Development Day for blind, Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 partially sighted and sighted musicians New short commissioned works by Sally This practical study day is an opportunity for Beamish, Prach Boondiskulchok, Jonathan blind and partially sighted musicians to focus Dove & Giles Swayne in celebration of the on career development and explore pathways quartet’s 40th Anniversary into the classical music industry. The day will Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 include discussion, talks and the opportunity to ‘Death and the Maiden’ perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 For more information and to book contact Sponsored by Lark Music, Turner Sims Southampton Sally-Anne Zimmerman, RNIB Music Adviser and Brompton’s Auctioneers at [email protected] or on 020 7391 2273. Thursday 30 May Free (application required) 1.00pm In partnership with RNIB György Pauk Masterclass Since his London debut at Wigmore Hall in 1962, the leading Hungarian violinist has travelled the world to perform with renowned orchestras and conductors, boasting a wide, rich repertoire and several award-winning recordings to his name. Today, Pauk will be working with violin-piano duos and piano trios from London’s music colleges. Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval £10 concs £8

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Thursday 30 May Friday 31 May 7.30pm 10.00pm Wigmore Lates Hilary Hahn violin Bach Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV1003; Amaan Ali Bangash sarod Partita No. 3 in E BWV1006; Sonata No. 3 in C Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod BWV1005 Jennifer Pike violin Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes in duration, including an interval Bach Partita No. 3 Amjad Ali Khan Sacred Evening (Raga Yaman); £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 By the Moon (Raga Behag); Romancing Earth (Raga Pilu); Temple of Hope (Raga Kirwani) Friday 31 May 7.00pm NB time £16 Wigmore Hall Jazz Series

Jason Moran piano The American jazz pianist, composer and multimedia performer has recorded some 40 albums to date, either as a soloist, as part of his trio The Bandwagon, or as a member of larger ensembles, working in a variety of fields from post-bop to avant-garde jazz, from stride piano to hip-hop. Presenting original compositions and jazz standards, Jason Moran will announce the programme from the stage. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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