2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW AND APPEAL SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 01 THANK YOU WELCOME THE WIGMORE HALL TRUST WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE 2014/15 SEASON: HONORARY PATRONS DONORS AND SPONSORS Audiences and artists have been coming together at Wigmore Hall for Aubrey Adams Mr Eric Abraham* Charles Green Rothschild André and Rosalie Hoffmann Neville and Nicola Abraham Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Ruth Rothbarth* nearly 115 years. In its intimate and welcoming environment, enthralling Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn Elaine Adair Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Rubinstein Circle performances of supreme musical works are experienced with a unique Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan Tony and Marion Allen* Haringey Music Service The Sainer Charity The Andor Charitable Trust Havering Music School The Sampimon Trust immediacy. As we look forward to the 2015/16 Season, the Hall is SEASON PATRONS David and Jacqueline Ansell* The Headley Trust Louise Scheuer Aubrey Adams* Arts Council England The Henry C Hoare Charitable Trust Julia Schottlander* delighted to present some of the greatest artists in the world today, as well American Friends of Wigmore Hall Anthony Austin Nicholas Hodgson Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Karl Otto Bonnier* The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust André and Rosalie Hoffmann The Shoresh Charitable Trust as talented emerging artists who explore repertoire with skill, curiosity and Cockayne‡ Ben Baglio and Richard Wilson Peter and Carol Honey* Sir Martin and Lady Smith* deeply personal interpretations – and we have you to thank for this. Henry and Suzanne Davis BBC Children in Need Gay Huey Evans* Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* Dunard Fund† David and Margaret Beaton Hyde Park Place Estate Charity Gill and Keith Stella* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Alan Bell-Berry Simone Hyman* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* Graham and Amanda Hutton*† Mr Nicholas J Bez The Idlewild Trust The Stewarts Law Foundation All of us – the Hall’s audiences and supporters as much as its staff – Valerie O’Connor Mrs Arline Blass Peter and Nikki Jeffcote Derek Sugden David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma† David and Mary Bowerman* John Lyon’s Charity Anne and Paul Swain* are guardians of a long and illustrious tradition; but we must ensure the Ian Rosenblatt Alan Bradley* Marc Jourdren* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* Victoria Sharp and Simon Robey* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair In memory of Donald Kahn The Tertis Foundation continued vitality of the Hall by exploring new vistas and possibilities, and Cita and Irwin Stelzer* Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson Su and Neil Kaplan* Allen L Thomas and Jane Simpson* by never ceasing to learn, whether through listening, participating or Alisa and Joshua Swidler* bureauexport Jerome Karet* Tower Hamlets Arts Music and © SIMON JAY PRICE © SIMON JAY William and Alex de Winton* Clive Butler David & Louise Kaye* Education Service John Gilhooly (left), Director of Wigmore Hall, creating. Our starting point always remains the same: an uncompromising And an anonymous donor A bequest from the late Peter Cain The Kobler Trust Professor Christopher Thompson CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Tri-borough Music Hub with tenor Jonas Kaufmann (right) and pianist belief in quality. Informing everything we do, it is embodied in the artists CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE Charities Advisory Trust Lady Zahava Kohn* John and Ann Tusa* Helmut Deutsch (seated), at the Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* City Bridge Trust The Kohn Foundation Robin Vousden* who perform here and shared by all the people who contribute so much Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Colin Clark Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Gerry Wakelin* to each Wigmore Hall event. The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Eric Clause* Maryly La Follette* Andrew and Hilary Walker* Pauline and Ian Howat Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The Leverhulme Trust Professor Janet Walker CD and The Marchus Trust‡ The London Community Foundation‡ Tim Llewellyn Professor Doug Jones AO* Oliver and Helen Prenn Edwin C Cohen Dame Felicity Lott David and Frances Waters* That belief in quality and the preservation of intimate music-making is also Jo and Barry Slavin Nicola Coldstream The Loveday Charitable Trust City of Westminster The Tertis Foundation Sonia and Harvey Cole Simon and Sophie Ludlam* David Evan Williams the starting point for Wigmore Hall’s 2015/16 Season Appeal. Through Marina Vaizey John Crisp* A bequest from the late John Lunn The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Kathleen Verelst* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Julia MacRae* Philip and Emeline Winston* your generous support of the Hall, you have already played a crucial role Tony Wingate Anthony Davis* Simon Majaro MBE and The Wolfson Foundation in creating experiences that are both exhilarating and uplifting. Your And several anonymous donors Pauline Del Mar Pamela Majaro MBE Simon Yates and Kevin Roon Diaphonique Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Youth Music annual gifts make all the difference and I hope that you will once again CORPORATE SUPPORTERS The Dorset Foundation George Meyer Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Kate Dugdale Milton Damerel Trust join us and support the 2015/16 Season. Clifford Chance LLP Dunard Fund Michael and Lynne McGowan* Complete Coffee Ltd In memory of Robert Easton The Monument Trust * Rubinstein Circle Members Duncan Lawrie Private Banking Douglas and Janette Eden Amyas and Louise Morse* † Early Music and Baroque Series Lloyds Banking Group Annette Ellis* Deborah Finkler and supporters Martin Randall Travel Ltd The Elton Family Allan Murray-Jones ‡ Contemporary Music Series Rosenblatt Solicitors Dr C A Endersby & Prof D Cowan A C and F A Myer supporters Rothschild The Ernest Cook Trust The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust Caroline Erskine Valerie O’Connor and BACK OF HOUSE Mrs Susan Feakin Jeanette McIntosh REFURBISHMENT The Fidelio Charitable Trust Hamish Parker SUMMER 2015 Peter and Sonia Field The Piano Fund John Gilhooly OBE, Hon FRAM, HonRCM Arts Council England A bequest from the late Dr Clive Potter* Director of Wigmore Hall Fidelity UK Foundation Miss Margaret Flatman Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Foyle Foundation John and Amy Ford The Radcliffe Trust The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3 Edith Randall Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Friends of Wigmore Hall The Rayne Foundation Settlement Jonathan Gaisman* Gifts to honour Rick Rogers from Garfield Weston Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust Beryl McAlhone and friends The Wolfson Foundation John and Lauren Goldsmith* Charles Rose* And an anonymous donor Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, Hon. RCM* The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered Charity No. 1024838 02 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 1 A REVIEW CONNECTING PEOPLE WIGMORE HALL IS FAMED FOR ITS INTIMACY, BUT ITS AUDIENCES AND THE SCOPE OF THE ARTISTIC PROGRAMME JUST KEEP GROWING. WITH MUSIC OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2014/15 SEASON, THE HALL PRESENTS SOME 920 EVENTS – 460 CONCERTS AND 460 LEARNING EVENTS. OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING PROGRAMME HAS EVOLVED AND EXPANDED TO REACH A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE THROUGH CREATIVE PROJECTS, CONCERTS AND EVENTS. THE 2014/15 SEASON Perhaps one of the things we value most when authorities on Schubert, and a Wigmore podcasts, digital streaming and resources we see a performance on the Wigmore Hall Study Group will focus on this rich topic in are available to support the programme. The number of concerts presented by Wigmore stage is the sense of connection and immediacy autumn 2015. We also have the inspirational The schools project will also feature online Hall has grown by 12% over the past 2 years, of communication. These values also lie at the Dominic Harlan presenting Schubert Lieder films telling the stories behind the songs delivering a better quality and breadth of heart of our Learning programme and can be to people of all ages who are new to this and with performances by leading artists. programme to our audiences than ever before. seen reflected throughout our work, from the musical world, including an event entitled Inspired by these films, pupils will take part non-verbal link between parents and their new Lieder for the Terrified at the very start of the in specially designed activities to create their The energy, imagination and impact of the babies at our For Crying Out Loud! concerts, to 2015/16 Season, and a project for schools own responses to Schubert’s work, writing 2014/15 Season is exemplified by two landmark baritone Marcus Farnsworth singing alongside designed to inspire creative activity around their own ‘Story Songs’ which will be shared projects that will extend into 2015/16 – primary school pupils on the Wigmore Hall song and storytelling. All of this work is fully through live performances and also online The Mozart Odyssey and Henry Purcell: stage, or the bond and empathy experienced by integrated with our website, and talks and via the website. A Retrospective. Superb performances have musicians, residents and care staff taking part captivated listeners in the Hall itself, and are in a Music for Life session in a care home. inspiring a myriad of learning projects, engaging people of all ages. Neither of these ambitious In these difficult times for music education and enterprises would have been possible without the the arts in general, the breadth and scale of investment made by you, the Hall’s supporters, Wigmore Hall Learning’s programme is striking, notably in the form of the Endowment Fund and with 460 events and over 20,000 visits to our sponsored concerts, and also with the gifts which projects and events each season. Partnerships support the season as a whole. are key to sustaining our Learning activities – working with organisations including schools, colleges and conservatoires, funders and other THE 2014/15 SEASON arts organisations, and the community and IN NUMBERS health sectors, and building strong connections with artists, young people, music leaders, 200,000 attendances teachers, care staff, community leaders, audience members and indeed any other 2,000+ artists performing individual who believes in the power of Our new, music to change and enrich our lives.