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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk April 28 Apr 11.00am Family Concert: Aglaia Trio 18 7.30pm Nikolai Lugansky 19 1 Apr 11.30am 4 Zemlinsky Quartet 29 Apr 11.30am Smetana Trio 19 2 Apr 1.00pm Laura van der Heijden/Petr Limonov 4 4.00pm Leslie Howard 19 How to Book 7.30pm Narek Hakhnazaryan/Oxana Shevchenko 4 30 Apr 1.00pm Hille Perl/Lee Santana 19 3 Apr 7.30pm Theatre of the Ayre/Elizabeth Kenny 4 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov 19 4 Apr 1.00pm Llŷr Williams 5 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 5 May 5 Apr 7.30pm Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm/ 5 Sabine Devieilhe/Marianne Crebassa 1 May 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Vivica Genaux/ 20 6 Apr 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 5 Concerto Copenhagen 7.30pm Elias String Quartet/Richard Wigmore 5 2 May 7.30pm Simon Trpčeski 20 7 Apr 1.00pm La Nuova Musica 7 3 May 10.15am Chamber Tots 20 7.00pm O/Modernt Soloists/Hugo Ticciati/ 7 11.45am Chamber Tots 20 Christoph Sommer/Natacha Kudritskaya/ 7.30pm Mauro Peter/Helmut Deutsch 22 Luciana Mancini 4 May 7.30pm Lucy Crowe/Anna Tilbrook 22 10.00pm Svante Henryson/Leandro Mancini-Olivos/ 8 Henrik Måwe/Baba Israel/Samuel West 5 May 10.30am In Focus: Mark-Anthony Turnage 21 12 noon In Focus: Mark-Anthony Turnage Study Event 21 8 Apr 11.30am Atrium Quartet 8 2.00pm In Focus: Mark-Anthony Turnage 21 3.00pm O/Modernt Soloists/Priya Mitchell/ 8 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 23 Karl Nyhlin/Christoph Sommer/ Cecilia Knudsen/Nora Thiele/Luciana Mancini 6 May 11.30am Borodin Quartet 23 6.00pm Study Event 8 7.30pm Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists/ 23 7.30pm O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra/Hugo 10 Rachel Podger Ticciati/Christoph Sommer/Henrik Måwe/ 7 May 1.00pm Sabine Devieilhe/Anne Le Bozec 23 Luciana Mancini/The Cardinall’s Musick 7.30pm Elizabeth Karani/Edmund Whitehead/ 23 9 Apr 1.00pm Javier Perianes 10 Laefer Quartet 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Kristian Bezuidenhout 10 8 May 7.30pm Sacconi String Quartet 24 10 Apr 10.00am Opening Talk: Castalian String Quartet 10 9 May 1.00pm Side by Side 24 11.00am International String Quartet Competition 9 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 24 Preliminary Round commences 6.00pm StringTing 11 10 May 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet 24 7.30pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 11 11 May 7.30pm Andrè Schuen/Gerold Huber 24 11 Apr 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 11 12 May 7.30pm Jörg Widmann/Sir András Schiff 25 7.30pm JACK Quartet 11 13 May 11.30am Kopelman Quartet/Blythe Teh Engstroem 25 12 Apr 10.00am String Quartet Masterclass 11 3.00pm Morgan Pearse/Simon Lepper 25 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 12 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 25 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 12 14 May 1.00pm Schumann Quartet 25 13 Apr 10.00am String Quartet Masterclass 11 7.30pm Phantasm 26 7.30pm Igor Levit 12 15 May 7.30pm Andreas Haefliger 26 14 Apr 2.00pm International String Quartet 12 16 May 1.00pm Lars Vogt 26 Competition Semi-Finals 7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 26 5.00pm Film Screening: 4 12 8.45pm Artists in Conversation 26 7.30pm International String Quartet 12 Competition Semi-Finals 17 May 1.00pm Sunwook Kim 27 7.30pm Thomas Dunford 27 15 Apr 11.30am Arcadia Quartet/Stefan Fehlandt/ 13 Stephan Forck 18 May 1.00pm Alessio Bax 27 2.00pm Family Workshop 13 7.30pm Richard Goode 27 6.00pm International String Quartet 13 19 May 2.00pm Richard Goode Masterclass 27 Competition Final and Prize-Giving 7.30pm Takács Quartet/Louise Williams/Pál Banda 27 16 Apr 1.00pm Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake 13 20 May 11.30am Peter Hill 28 7.30pm Yefim Bronfman 14 7.30pm Tetzlaff Quartet 28 17 Apr 1.00pm Daniel Lebhardt 21 May 1.00pm Sara Mingardo/Francesca Biliotti/ 28 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet 14 Giorgio dal Monte/Giovanni Bellini 7.30pm Takács Quartet/Louise Williams/Pál Banda 28 18 Apr 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 14 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 15 22 May 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/Tim Mead 28 7.30pm Yevgeny Sudbin 15 23 May 1.00pm Lang Lang Young Scholars 29 19 Apr 7.30pm The English Concert 15 7.30pm Karen Cargill/Simon Lepper 29 20 Apr 3.00pm Music for the Moment 15 24 May 3.00pm YCAT Finals 2018 29 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 16 25 May 7.00pm Inon Barnatan 29 21 Apr 7.30pm Venera Gimadieva/Pavel Nebolsin 16 10.00pm The Erlkings 30 22 Apr 11.30am Modigliani Quartet 16 26 May 10.00am Come and Sing 31 7.30pm Leonore Piano Trio 16 7.30pm Doric String Quartet/Sir Thomas Allen 31 23 Apr 1.00pm Sophie Gent/Matthew Truscott/ 17 27 May 11.30am István Várdai/Vikingur Olafsson 31 Jonathan Manson/Trevor Pinnock 7.30pm Simon Keenlyside/Malcolm Martineau 31 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 17 28 May 1.00pm Danish String Quartet 31 24 Apr 7.30pm Matthias Goerne/Seong-Jin Cho 17 7.30pm Trio Tre Voci 32 25 Apr 1.30pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards Semi-Final 17 30 May 10.15am Chamber Tots 32 7.30pm Vertavo String Quartet 18 11.45am Chamber Tots 32 7.30pm Quatuor Mosaïques 32 26 Apr 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 18 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 18 31 May 10.00am RNIB Study Day 33 7.30pm Matthias Goerne/Alexander Schmalcz 18 7.30pm Quatuor Mosaïques 33 27 Apr 6.00pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards Final 17 4 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 1 April Tuesday 3 April 11.30am 7.30pm Zemlinsky Quartet Theatre of the Ayre Mozart String Quartet in E flat K428 Elizabeth Kenny director, lute Dvořák String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106 Rodolfo Richter violin £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Jane Gordon violin sherry/juice Robert Howarth harpsichord Monday 2 April Joanne Lunn soprano 1.00pm Anna Starushkevych mezzo-soprano Laura van der Heijden cello Nicholas Mulroy tenor Petr Limonov piano Nick Pritchard tenor Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 Giles Underwood bass-baritone Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Inventing Bel Canto £15 concs £13 Monteverdi Chiome d’oro from Settimo libro de madrigali Merula Ciaconna 7.30pm Caccini O che felice giorno; Amarilli mia bella Fontana Trio Sonata No. 8 in D minor cello Narek Hakhnazaryan D’India Cruda Amarilli; Ancidetemi pur Oxana Shevchenko piano (Lamento di Giasone) Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op. 70 Uccellini Sonata decima detta La Rinalda Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Monteverdi Chi vole aver felice e lieto il core Tsintsadze Five pieces on Folk Themes Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 Massenet Méditation from Thaïs ‘La Follia’ Albéniz Asturias from Suite española D’India La mia Filli crudel; Voi bacciatrici; Shchedrin In the style of Albéniz Langue al vostro languir Cassadó Requiebros Caccini Lasciatemi qui solo Uccellini Sonata ottava detta La Torella £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 D’India Se tu, Silvio crudel £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Zemlinsky Quartet Laura van der Heijden Narek Hakhnazaryan Elizabeth Kenny © Ilona Sochorová © Sam Trench © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 5

Wednesday 4 April Thursday 5 April 1.00pm 7.30pm

Llŷr Williams piano Le Concert d’Astrée Beethoven Unbound Emmanuelle Haïm director, Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Op. 10 harpsichord, organ No. 2; 7 Bagatelles Op. 33; Piano Sonata No. Sabine Devieilhe soprano 26 in E flat Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Italian Cantatas £15 concs £13 Handel Dietro l’orme fuggaci (Armida 7.30pm abbandonata) HWV105; Trio Sonata in B minor HWV386b; O numi eterni (La Lucrezia) HWV145; Bertrand Chamayou piano Arresta il passo (Aminta e Fillide) HWV83 Chopin/Liszt Six Polish Songs Op. 74 S480 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Schumann/Liszt Frühlingsnacht S568; Widmung S566 Friday 6 April Wagner/Liszt Feierlicher Marsch zum 6.00pm heiligen Gral from Parsifal; Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Pre-Concert Talk Etudes d’exécution transcendante S139 Liszt Members of the Elias String Quartet discuss £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 their evening programme with writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore. £5

7.30pm Elias String Quartet Richard Wigmore reader After Beethoven: Turning inward György Kurtág 6 Moments Musicaux Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Llŷr Williams Bertrand Chamayou Emmanuelle Haïm Elias String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve © Marianne Rosenstiehl © Benjamin Ealovega 6 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Hugo Ticciati © Marco Borggreve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 7 Purcell from the Ground Up

The past is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists working in every creative field. O/Modernt (Swedish for ‘Un/Modern’) is the concept devised by violinist Hugo Ticciati that celebrates this ‘looking back’, using inventive programming to explore vital connections between old and new. Henry Purcell and his inimitable ground basses are the creative spark for this weekend’s imaginative programmes.

Saturday 7 April Saturday 7 April Forthcoming Concerts in this 1.00pm 7.00pm NB starting time Series La Nuova Musica O/Modernt Soloists Saturday 7 April 10.00pm David Bates director Hugo Ticciati director, violin Rachel Kelly Dido Luciana Mancini mezzo- William Rapped, Henry George Humphreys Aeneas soprano Sampled Anna Dennis Belinda Natacha Kudritskaya piano Emilie Renard Sorceress Christoph Sommer theorbo Sunday 8 April 3.00pm Helen Charlston First Witch Lament and Consolation: Martha McLorinan Second Fourths Down and Up Transforming Spanish Hugo Ticciati Witch Sexuality: The Chaconne © Marco Borggreve Louise Kemény Second Purcell When I am Laid in Woman Earth from Dido and Aeneas Sunday 8 April Nick Pritchard Sailor Rameau L’Enharmonique from 6.00pm Richard Bannan Spirit Pièces de clavecin Purcell The Staircase Study Event Purcell Dido and Aeneas Overture Z614 Sunday 8 April £30 £26 £22 £18 £15 Monteverdi Lamento d’Arianna from Arianna 7.30pm Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Fairest Isle Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

‘The past must be invented The future must be revised’ Hugo Ticciati © Marco Borggreve John Cage 8 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 7 April 3.00pm 10.00pm O/Modernt Soloists Svante Henryson electric guitar, composer Priya Mitchell violin Henrik Måwe piano, composer Luciana Mancini mezzo-soprano Leandro Mancini-Olivos percussion Karl Nyhlin theorbo Baba Israel rapper Christoph Sommer theorbo Samuel West narrator Cecilia Knudsen viola da gamba William Rapped, Henry Sampled Nora Thiele percussion Recompositions by Henrik Måwe and Svante Transforming Spanish Sexuality: Henryson: The Chaconne Purcell If Music be the food of love Z379c Programme to include: Songs by Purcell Original Spanish chaconnes £15 concs £13 Purcell Chacony in G minor Z730; Chaconne in C from The Fairy Queen; Chaconne from Sunday 8 April King Arthur 11.30am Bach Chaconne in D minor BWV1004 Atrium Quartet Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval £15 concs £13 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 6.00pm £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Study Event sherry/juice 2018 Wigmore Hall International StringQuartet Hugo Ticciati hosts this study event followed Competition by questions from the audience: Out of Silence: The Recovery of Ancient Babylonian Music with Dr Irving Finkel Out of the Ground: Overtones with Gareth Lubbe Free (ticket required)

Svante Henryson Atrium Quartet Priya Mitchell Dr Irving Finkel © Mats Bäcker © Maria Budtova © Balazs Borocz www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 9

Wigmore Hall 2018 The 2018 Wigmore Hall International International String Quartet Competition is the fourteenth edition of this prestigious Competition, and a celebration of the StringQuartet art of the string quartet. Competition

Tuesday 10 April Saturday 14 April 2.00pm & 7.30pm – Friday 13 April SEMI-FINALS PRELIMINARY ROUND At the Royal Academy of Music Sunday 15 April 6.00pm Each of the twelve selected FINAL AND PRIZE-GIVING ensembles presents two contrasting During the Competition week, we also host recital programmes, including a wide range of associated Learning events, cornerstones of the repertoire. including pre-concert talks, masterclasses, The first recital consists of Haydn family events and a film screening, as well as alongside The Four Quarters by a small series of lunchtime concerts. For full Thomas Adès, and the second event details, visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/ recital includes a late Mozart work wigmore-series/stringcomp18 paired with any major quartet written between 1918 and 1999. Free (no ticket required) 10 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 8 April 7.30pm 7.30pm Isabelle Faust violin O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord Hugo Ticciati director, violin Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration Luciana Mancini mezzo-soprano Bach Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor BWV1017 Christoph Sommer theorbo Froberger Suite No. 12 in C for harpsichord Bach Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor BWV1018 piano Henrik Måwe Biber Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor C142; The Cardinall’s Musick Passacaglia in G minor from Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas Fairest Isle Bach Violin Sonata No. 2 in A BWV1015 Purcell Overture in G minor Z772; Sweeter £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 than Roses Britten I know a bank Elgar Serenade in E minor Op. 20 ‘Serenade for Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major Strings’ Tavener Mother of God, Here I Stand contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series Gibbons Drop, Drop, Slow Tears Purcell Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Hear my prayer, O Lord; Improvisation on and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by Purcell A New Ground ZT682 Bridge Autumn; CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Music when soft voices die; The Bee Britten Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Tuesday 10 April £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 10.00am Monday 9 April Opening Talk 1.00pm At Royal Academy of Music Javier Perianes piano The Castalian String Quartet discusses The Chopin Prelude in C Op. 28 No. 1 Four Quarters by Thomas Adès, the set work Debussy Danseuses de Delphes for all quartets in the Competition.

Chopin Berceuse in D flat Op. 57 Free (no ticket required) 2018 Wigmore Hall International Debussy Clair de lune; Les sons et les parfums StringQuartet tournent dans l’air du soir Competition Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Debussy La serenade interrompue; La puerta del vino Falla Fantasia baetica

£15 concs £13

Hugo Ticciati Javier Perianes Isabelle Faust Castalian String Quartet © Marco Borggreve © Daniel García Bruno © Felix Broede © Kaupo Kikkas www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 11

Tuesday 10 April Wednesday 11 April 6.00pm – 7.00pm 6.00pm StringTing Pre-Concert Talk At the Royal Academy of Music Julian Anderson discusses the creation of StringTing is a flagship ensemble from his new string quartet, to be premièred in the Tomorrow’s Warriors, the celebrated hothouse evening concert. for young jazz talent in the UK. Blazing a wide £5 trail for women and strings in jazz, StringTing’s musicians are ones to watch as they begin to 7.30pm make an indelible mark on the London jazz scene. JACK Quartet Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Amy Williams Richter Textures All seats £10 2018 Wigmore Hall International Marcos Balter Chambers In partnership StringQuartet Julian Anderson String Quartet No. 3* with Tomorrow’s Competition Warriors (world première) Brian Ferneyhough Dum Transisset 7.30pm *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss Chamber Music Society of grant-making foundation

Lincoln Center All seats £15 2018 Wigmore Hall International violin StringQuartet Alexander Sitkovetsky Competition Paul Huang violin Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April Richard O’Neill viola 10.00am and 2.30pm Paul Watkins cello Masterclasses Gilles Vonsattel piano At the Royal Academy of Music Schubert String Trio in B flat D581 Miguel da Silva (ex-Ysaÿe Quartet) and Huw Watkins Piano Quintet* (world première) Christoph Richter (Faculty Member, European Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Chamber Music Academy) work with quartets *Co-commissioned by Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André from UK conservatoires. Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss Each session is approximately 3 hours 15 minutes in grant-making foundation duration, including an interval

All seats £15 Free (no ticket required) 2018 Wigmore Hall International With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter StringQuartet Friends of Wigmore Hall Competition

StringTing Huw Watkins JACK Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega © Shervin Lainez © Benjamin Ealovega 12 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 12 April Saturday 14 April 6.00pm 2.00pm & 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk Semi-Finals: 2018 Wigmore Evolution of the String Quartet Hall International String Quartet Richard Wigmore and Margaret Faultless Competition explore the evolution of the genre’s form, At least six quartets that have been selected by its instruments and repertoire. the International Jury will each perform their £5 choice of one of Beethoven’s quartets. At the end of the evening, the Jury will select at least 7.30pm three quartets for the Final. Belcea Quartet Each session: £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 2018 Wigmore Hall Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 Book for both semi-final International Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses sessions and receive a StringQuartet Competition nocturnes’ 20% discount Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 2018 Wigmore Hall International StringQuartet 5.00pm Competition Film Screening: 4 Friday 13 April 4, an award-winning independent documentary 7.30pm on Quatuor Ebène, draws viewers into the ambivalent interactions that have come to Igor Levit piano characterise the connections between the Frederic Rzewski 80th Birthday Concert musicians. This piece delves into relationships, Frederic Rzewski New work* and the antagonism between ambition and Mendelssohn Songs without Words (selection): reality. 4 is directed and produced by Daniel in E Op. 19 No. 1; in A Op. 19 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’; Kutschinski. in F sharp minor Op. 19 No. 5; in B minor Op. Approximately 1 hour 35 minutes in duration, without an 30 No. 4; in E Op. 30 No. 3; in E flat Op. 38 interval

No. 3; in A flat Op. 38 No. 6 ‘Duo’ Free (separate ticket required) 2018 Wigmore Hall International Mahler Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (Ronald StringQuartet Stevenson transcription) Competition *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the generous support of Annette Scawen Morreau £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Belcea Quartet Igor Levit Quatuor Ebène © Marco Borggreve © Robbie Lawrence © Benjamin Ealovega © Julien Mignot www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 13

Sunday 15 April 6.00pm 11.30am Final and Prize-Giving: Arcadia Quartet 2018 Wigmore Hall International Stefan Fehlandt viola String Quartet Competition Stephan Forck cello The selected finalists will each play their chosen Brahms String Sextet in B flat Op. 18 work from the Romantic repertoire, which could Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 include works by Brahms, Debussy, Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Schumann, Schubert and £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Smetana. The concert will be followed by the sherry/juice 2018 Wigmore Hall International Awards Ceremony at about 9.00pm. StringQuartet Competition £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 2018 Wigmore Hall International StringQuartet 2.00pm – 5.00pm Competition Family Workshop Monday 16 April Discover Strings 1.00pm For ages 5 plus Christoph Prégardien tenor Join us for an afternoon of music making Julius Drake piano and exploration of the string quartet in this Loewe Der Nöck; Erlkönig interactive workshop for all the family. Schumann Belsazar Children £8 Adults £10 2018 Wigmore Hall Liszt Die Loreley S273 International StringQuartet Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Competition All seats £15 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’

Arcadia Quartet Family Workshop Christoph Prégardien © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve 14 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 16 April 7.30pm 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet Yefim Bronfman piano Haydn String Quartet Series Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1; String Schumann Arabeske in C Op. 18; Humoreske in Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’; String B flat Op. 20 Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’ Jörg Widmann Eleven Humoresques £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Prokoviev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 Supported by an anonymous donor £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 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’. Tuesday 17 April 1.00pm Wednesday 18 April 12.15pm Daniel Lebhardt piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Pre-Concert Talk Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Caroline Shaw discusses her new work with Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Dr Kate Kennedy £13 concs £11 Free to concert ticket holders YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial (separate ticket required) Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series. Registered Charity Number: 326490.

Jörg Widmann Daniel Lebhardt Castalian String Quartet Caroline Shaw © Marco Borggreve © Kaupo Kikkas © Kaupo Kikkas © Dashon Burton www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 15

1.00pm Thursday 19 April Britten Sinfonia 7.30pm Thomas Gould violin The English Concert Clare Finnimore viola Harry Bicket director, harpsichord Caroline Dearnley cello Nadja Zwiener violin Tom Poster piano A European Grand Tour Caroline Shaw New work* (world première tour) London: Arne Overture to The Judgement of Paris Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25 Paris: Rameau Suite from Dardanus *Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of Venice: Tartini Violin Concerto in B minor donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore D125 ‘Lascia ch’io dica addio’ Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Dresden: Zelenka Simphonie a8 ZWV189 Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 £15 concs £13 Friday 20 April 7.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Yevgeny Sudbin piano Music for the Moment Haydn Piano Sonata in B minor HXVI:32 Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 126 A concert for people living with dementia and Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 their friends, family and carers Skryabin Nocturne for the left hand Op. 9 If you are, or someone you know is, living No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 53; Mazurka in with dementia, please join us for this informal E minor Op. 25 No. 3 afternoon concert with musicians from the Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre (arr. Sudbin) Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 invited to join us for tea and coffee from 2.30pm. Free (ticket required) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music and Resonate Arts

Britten Sinfonia Yevgeny Sudbin Harry Bicket Music for the Moment © Harry Rankin © Peter Rigaud © Richard Haughton © Benjamin Harte 16 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 20 April Sunday 22 April 7.30pm 11.30am

Alina Ibragimova violin Modigliani Quartet Cédric Tiberghien piano Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ String Quartet No. 1 in E minor Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin Saint-Saëns Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 112 in D minor Op. 108 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 sherry/juice Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: 7.30pm 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 Leonore Piano Trio ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Haydn Piano Trio in E flat HXV:29 Parry Piano Trio No. 1 in E minor Saturday 21 April Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898 7.30pm £25 £23 £20 £18 £15 Venera Gimadieva soprano The London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund gives financial support to LPO musicians unable to work due to Pavel Nebolsin piano illness or injury. Registered Charity Number 238045 Glière Wake up, child; Rusalka Rimsky-Korsakov London’s only Marie Curie hospice offers both residential and day-care for people living with any terminal illness and their The nymph; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; families. Registered Charity Number 207994 Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Tchaikovsky Dumka: Russian rustic scene; Tell me, what in the shadow of branches; Lullaby; Serenade (O child, beneath thy window); Pimpinella Glière Will live Rachmaninov Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2; The Dream; Daisies; They answered; In my garden at night; The Migrant Wind; The pied piper Skryabin Étude in D sharp minor Op. 8 No. 12 Prokofiev True Tenderness; Greetings; Chatterbox Skryabin Étude in C sharp minor Op. 42 No. 5 Banevich Song of Gerda £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 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’

Ibragimova Tiberghien Duo Venera Gimadieva Modigliani Quartet Leonore Piano Trio © Sussie Ahlburg © Leonid Semenyuk © Sylvie Lancrenon © Eric Richmond www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 17

Monday 23 April Tuesday 24 April 1.00pm 7.30pm

Sophie Gent violin Matthias Goerne baritone Matthew Truscott violin Seong-Jin Cho piano Jonathan Manson bass viol, cello Wolf Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo Pfitzner Sehnsucht; Ist der Himmel dann so Trevor Pinnock harpsichord blau im Lenz; Es glänzt so schön die sinkende Hacquart Sonata No. 6 in D minor from Sonne; Wasserfahrt; Abendrot; Stimme der Harmonia Parnassia Op. 2 Sehnsucht; Nachts; An die Mark Buxtehude Trio Sonata in G minor BuxWV261 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Froberger Suite No. 12 in C for harpsichord Strauss Traum durch die Dämmerung; Morgen; Handel Trio Sonata in B flat HWV388 Ruhe, meine Seele; Freundliche Vision; Im All seats £15 Abendrot from Four Last Songs £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

7.30pm Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2018 Cédric Tiberghien piano The annual auditions for the famous Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 singing competition, founded in memory Schumann Arabeske in C Op. 18; Fantasie in C of one of the UK’s best loved contraltos, Op. 17 attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to the Piano Circle Wednesday 25 April 1.30pm Semi-Final All seats £15 Students £10

Friday 27 April 6.00pm Final £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Sophie Gent Cédric Tiberghien Matthias Goerne © Marco Borggreve © Jean-Baptiste Millot © Marco Borggreve 18 • APRIL Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 25 April 7.30pm 7.30pm Matthias Goerne baritone Vertavo String Quartet Alexander Schmalcz piano Haydn String Quartet Series Schubert Einsamkeit (D620); Der Taucher Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 71 No. 1; (D111); Die Bürgschaft (D246) String Quartet in B flat Op. 55 No. 3; String Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Quartet in D minor Op. 103 (unfinished); String £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Quartet in F Op. 74 No. 2 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Saturday 28 April Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: 11.00am – 12 noon Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Family Concert Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. For ages 5 plus

Thursday 26 April Jessie Maryon Davies presenter 11.00am and 12.30pm Aglaia Trio For Crying Out Loud! Gudrún Ólafsdóttir mezzo-soprano Elena Jáuregui violin Holly Cook flute Francisco Javier Jáuregui guitar Helen Nicholas piano Join the Aglaia Trio on a musical journey Hear outstanding performances by musicians through Spain’s rich cultural, historical and from the Royal Academy of Music, in these natural landscape. In this interactive family concerts presented especially for parents or concert, the trio performs some of Spain’s most carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in beloved songs in a range of languages and styles, a relaxed and accommodating environment. as presenter Jessie Maryon Davies invites you Approximately 45 minutes in duration to sing, dance, create your own bird-song chorus Adults £8.50 (babies come free) and even have a go at some conducting. In partnership with the Children £10 Adults £12 Royal Academy of Music

Vertavo String Quartet Matthias Goerne Family Concert © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk APRIL • 19

7.30pm Monday 30 April 1.00pm Nikolai Lugansky piano Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Hille Perl viola da gamba Debussy Suite bergamasque Lee Santana theorbo Rachmaninov Preludes Op. 23: No. 1 in F sharp Dreams and Dances of the Sun King minor, No. 3 in D minor, No. 4 in D, No. 5 in G minor, No. 6 in E flat & No. 7 in C minor L Couperin Prelude in D minor Rachmaninov Preludes Op. 32: No. 1 in C, No. 2 Sainte-Colombe Les Couplets in B flat minor, No. 3 in E, No. 4 in E minor, No. 5 Marais Suite from Troisième livre de pièces in G, No. 12 in G sharp minor & No. 13 in D flat de viole Forqueray La Leclair Marais Le Badinage & Le Labyrinth from £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Quatrième livre des pièces de viole Sunday 29 April de Visée Prélude; Les Silvains de Mr Couperin; Muzette Marais Les folies d’Espagne from 11.30am Deuxième livre de pièces de viole Smetana Trio £15 concs £13 Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ Smetana Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ 7.30pm sherry/juice Pavel Kolesnikov piano 4.00pm Lachenmann Schattentanz from Ein Kinderspiel Debussy Children’s Corner: Doctor Gradus ad piano Leslie Howard Parnassum; Jimbo’s Lullaby; Serenade for the 70th Birthday Concert Doll; The Snow is Dancing; The Little Shepherd; Liszt Sarabande und Chaconne über Themen Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk aus dem Singspiel Almira von Händel S181; Chopin Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 30 No. 4; Aïda di Verdi Danza sacra e duetto finale S436; Étude in F minor Op. 25 No. 2 Fantasie über Themen aus Mozart’s Figaro und L Couperin Tombeau de Monsieur de Blancrocher Don Giovanni; Réminiscences des Huguenots Lachenmann Filter-Schaukel from Ein Kinderspiel de Meyerbeer – Grande Fantaisie dramatique Debussy Feux d’artifice from Préludes Book II S412ii; Les adieux – Rêverie sur un motif de Chopin Nocturne in F sharp minor Op. 48 No. 2 l’opéra Roméo et Juliette de Gounod S409; Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17 Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini – Grande £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Fantaisie S394 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

Nikolai Lugansky Smetana Trio Leslie Howard Hille Perl © Marco Borggreve © Richard Sklar © Foppe Schut 20 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 1 May Wednesday 2 May 7.30pm 7.30pm

Sonia Prina contralto Simon Trpčeski piano Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano Simon Trpčeski Series Concerto Copenhagen Grieg Holberg Suite Op. 40 Mendelssohn Songs without Words (selection): Lars Ulrik Mortensen director in E Op. 19 No. 1; in A Op. 19 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’; Sonia Prina: A Celebration in F sharp minor ‘Venetianisches Gondellied’ TITANS Op. 30 No. 6; in C minor Op. 38 No. 2; in E flat Op. 53 No. 2; in G Op. 62 No. 1; in F sharp Porpora Sinfonia from Festa d’Imeneo; Quel cor minor Op. 67 No. 2 che mi donasti Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade Op. 35 Vinci Sento due fiamme in petto Porpora Vanne e vivi con la speranza £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Bononcini Sinfonia & Dell’offesa vendicarti from Griselda Thursday 3 May Handel Rompo i lacci e frango i dardi 10.15am and 11.45am Bononcini La costanza, il timore, l’affetto Gasparini Se non temi il mio furore Chamber Tots Giacomelli Mi par sentir la bella Under the Sea Porpora Quel vasto, quel fiero We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Giacomelli Placide a miglior vita parents/carers to join us as we dive deep Ariosti Sinfonia from Vespasiano under the sea! This interactive musicmaking Hasse Mi lusinga il dolce affetto workshop features songs, percussion and the Sellitto Scenda dal cielo irato chance to meet some exciting instruments up Bononcini Mai non potrei goder close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots £60 £50 £40 £30 £15 music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. 10.15am (1–2 year olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Sonia Prina Vivica Genaux Simon Trpčeski Chamber Tots © Ribalta Luce Studio © Ribalta Luce Studio © Simon Fowler © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 21

In Focus: Mark-Anthony Turnage

Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music Saturday 5 May 10.30am Clark Rundell conductor Mark-Anthony Turnage The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall present Two Elegies Framing a a day of music to celebrate the work of composer Mark-Anthony Shout; Sleep On: Three Turnage, one of the best known and most prolific British composers. Lullabies; True Life Stories Turnage has a distinctive musical personality, and is known for combining jazz, popular and classical elements in his music. This 12 noon study day features chamber music and orchestral works performed Study Event by students from the RNCM. A discussion of Mark- Anthony Turnage’s music. 2.00pm Mark-Anthony Turnage Release; Col; Two Baudelaire Songs for soprano and ensemble; Eulogy All seats £5 concs £3 (each event) or Day ticket £10 concs £7 In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Mark-Anthony Turnage © Philip Gatward 22 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 3 May Friday 4 May 7.30pm 7.30pm

Mauro Peter tenor Lucy Crowe soprano Helmut Deutsch piano Anna Tilbrook piano Schubert An Silvia; Stimme der Liebe (D412); Female Portraits Dass sie hier gewesen; Über Wildemann; Die Purcell Bess of Bedlam Liebe hat gelogen; Wandrers Nachtlied I; Im Schubert An Silvia; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Frühling; Die Sterne (D939); Hoffnung (D637); Marie; Suleika I Fischerweise; Auf der Brücke Mendelssohn Suleika Liszt S’il est un charmant gazon; Enfant, si Schumann Kennst du das Land?; Lied der j’étais roi; Comment, disaient-ils; Oh! quand je Suleika dors; Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (S272/1); Wolf Philine Es war ein König in Thule; Über allen Gipfeln ist Strauss Drei Lieder der Ophelia; Cäcilie Ruh (S306/2); Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Die Hahn A Chloris stille Wasserrose; Ihr Glocken von Marling; Die Fauré Lydia; Sylvie; Nell drei Zigeuner Debussy Jane £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Duparc Phidyle Paladilhe Psyché Walton Daphne; Beatriz’s Song Britten Sweet Polly Oliver; Sally in our Alley Hoagy Carmichael Georgia Cole Porter Miss Otis Regrets £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 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’

Mauro Peter Helmut Deutsch Lucy Crowe Anna Tilbrook © Christian Felber © Shirley Suarez © Marco Borggreve © Nobby Clark www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 23

Saturday 5 May Monday 7 May 7.30pm 1.00pm

Borodin Quartet Sabine Devieilhe soprano Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1; Anne Le Bozec piano String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Les Salons de Pauline Viardot Wolf Italian Serenade in G Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A Berlioz Villanelle Viardot Hai luli! £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Bizet Pastorale Fauré Au bord de l’eau Sunday 6 May Berlioz La mort d’Ophélie 11.30am Bizet Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Borodin Quartet C Schumann Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen R Schumann Widmung; Der Nussbaum Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 Mendelssohn Neue Liebe Schubert String Quartet in E flat D87 Viardot Aime-moi £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Debussy Romance sherry/juice Hahn Le printemps £15 concs £13 7.30pm Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists 7.30pm Rachel Podger violin Elizabeth Karani soprano L’Amour Triomphe Edmund Whitehead piano Rameau Platée RCT53 (excerpts) Laefer Quartet Telemann Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Rachmaninov Six Romances Op. 4 Comacho (excerpts) Rimsky-Korsakov The nymph; A Midsummer Gluck Don Juan Wq. 52 (excerpts) Night’s Dream Rameau Pigmalion RCT52 Richard Rodney Bennett Saxophone Quartet £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Giles Swayne Leapfrog for saxophone quartet Menotti Five Songs Berners Three English Songs Mendelssohn Four Pieces Op. 81 (arr. Trillaud) £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Park Lane Group (Registered Charity No. 252205)

Borodin Quartet Rachel Podger Sabine Devieilhe Elizabeth Karani © Andy Staples © Theresa Pewal © Caroline Doutre © Raphaelle Photography 24 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 8 May 7.30pm 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Sacconi String Quartet Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Haydn String Quartet Series Bach 6 Little Preludes BWV933–938; Sonata Jonathan Dove Out of Time in C BWV966; Toccata in G minor BWV915; Haydn String Quartet in E Op. 54 No. 3; String Toccata in C minor BWV911; English Suite Quartet in F minor Op. 55 No. 2 ‘The Razor’ No. 5 in E minor BWV810 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Thursday 10 May Wednesday 9 May 7.30pm 1.00pm – 2.00pm Pavel Haas Quartet Side by Side Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp The Prince Consort minor Op. 108; String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Musicians from Guildhall School Op. 110; String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 of Music & Drama £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 The Prince Consort is renowned for its Friday 11 May imaginative programming, world-class 7.30pm performances and its original approach to commissioning new works. The ensemble Andrè Schuen baritone is also passionate about supporting the Gerold Huber piano development of the next generation of singers and pianists. For this project, members of the Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35; Fünf Lieder ensemble have worked with musicians from Op. 40 Guildhall School of Music & Drama towards Dapoz Ben danter mile steres; A la net this performance, in which the students and Frontull Nos salvans ensemble perform side by side. Verginer Salüć dal frostì Dapoz Alalt a ci £5 Schumann Sechs Gedichte und Requiem Op. 90 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Sacconi String Quartet The Prince Consort Mahan Esfahani Pavel Haas Quartet © Emilie Bailey © Richard Eccleston © Bernhard Musil / DG © Marco Borggreve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 25

Saturday 12 May 3.00pm 7.30pm Morgan Pearse baritone Jörg Widmann clarinet Simon Lepper piano Sir András Schiffpiano Brahms Wir wandelten; Meine Liebe ist grün; Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Von ewiger Liebe; An die Nachtigall; Wie rafft ich mich auf; Die Mainacht Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2 Strauss Vier Lieder Op. 27 Berg 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 Barber Nocturne; Solitary Hotel; Rain has Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 fallen; Sleep now; I hear an army Jörg Widmann Intermezzi Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 All seats £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 7.30pm

Sunday 13 May The Endellion String Quartet 11.30am Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’ Kopelman Quartet Tippett String Quartet No. 2 Blythe Teh Engstroem viola Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Shostakovich Two pieces for string quartet (1931): Elegy and Polka Monday 14 May Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 1.00pm £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Schumann Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108 Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ £15 concs £13

Jörg Widmann Kopelman Quartet Morgan Pearse The Endellion String Quartet © Marco Borggreve © Eric Melear © Eric Richmond 26 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

7.30pm Wednesday 16 May Phantasm 1.00pm Laurence Dreyfus director, treble viol Lars Vogt piano Emilia Benjamin treble viol Leeds Piano Festival Jonathan Manson tenor viol Janáček On an overgrown path (Book I) Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ Heidi Gröger tenor viol £15 concs £13 Emily Ashton bass viol

Leading Lights before the English Civil War 7.30pm Lawes Consort Setts: IV a5 in F, I a5 in G minor, IX a6 in B flat & VIII a6 in F Roderick Williams baritone Jenkins Fantasies a5: No. 15 in D, No. 3 in G Iain Burnside piano minor, No. 8 in C minor, No. 9 in C minor, Roderick Williams: No. 1 in G & No. 17 in C Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles Jenkins Fantasies a6: No. 8 in A minor, No. 10 in E minor & No. 5 in D minor Schubert Schwanengesang Jenkins Pavans a5: in F & in G minor Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Jenkins In nomine in E minor; The Bell Pavan £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please Tuesday 15 May contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ 7.30pm 8.45pm Andreas Haefligerpiano Artists in Conversation Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 Roderick Williams reflects on his experience Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 of performing the three major Schubert song Mozart Adagio in B minor K540 cycles over the season. Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Free with evening concert ticket Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Phantasm Andreas Haefliger Lars Vogt Roderick Williams © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve © Giorgia Bertazzi © Simon van Boxtel www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 27

Thursday 17 May 7.30pm 1.00pm Richard Goode piano Sunwook Kim piano Byrd 2 Pavians and Galliardes from My Ladye Leeds Piano Festival Nevells Booke Bach English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811 Bach Toccata, adagio and fugue in C BWV564 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110 (trans. Busoni) Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in Debussy Préludes Book II C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’ Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 £15 concs £13 Saturday 19 May 2.00pm – 5.00pm 7.30pm Richard Goode Masterclass Thomas Dunford lute ‘Every time we hear him’, notes Gramophone, Bach Suite in G minor BWV995; Suite in G ‘he impresses us as better than we remembered, BWV1007; Chaconne in D minor BWV1004 surprising us, surpassing our expectations and Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration, without an interval communicating perceptions that stay in the mind’. Richard Goode’s artistry rests on studies £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 with, among others, Elvira Szigeti and Rudolf Serkin. Outstanding postgraduate students from Friday 18 May the UK’s conservatoires have the chance to gain 1.00pm from the American pianist’s vast experience with this landmark masterclass. Alessio Bax piano £10 concs £8 Leeds Piano Festival Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor SD935 Saturday 19 May (arr. Bach BWV974) 7.30pm Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42 Takács Quartet Dallapiccola Quaderno musicale di Annalibera Louise Williams viola Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage S161 Pál Banda cello £15 concs £13 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op. 70 Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Sunwook Kim Thomas Dunford Alessio Bax Richard Goode © Marco Borggreve © Gerard Collett © Lisa-Marie Mazzucco © Steve Riskind 28 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 20 May 7.30pm 11.30am Takács Quartet Peter Hill piano Louise Williams viola Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 Pál Banda cello £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Repeat of concert on 19 May sherry/juice £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 7.30pm Tuesday 22 May Tetzlaff Quartet 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff Residency La Nuova Musica Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 with Grosse Fugue Op. 133; String Quartet in David Bates director A minor Op. 132 Tim Mead countertenor £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Bach Cantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV54; Concerto in C minor BWV1060 Monday 21 May for oboe and violin (reconst.); Concerto for 1.00pm 2 violins in D minor BWV1043; Cantata: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV170 Sara Mingardo contralto £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Francesca Biliotti contralto Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series Giovanni Bellini theorbo Giorgio Dal Monte harpsichord Monteverdi Romanesca; Con che soavità, labbra odorate Frescobaldi Toccata nona Monteverdi Vorrei baciarti; Voglio di vita uscir Monteverdi From Settimo libro de madrigali: Non è di gentil core & O come sei gentile Kapsberger Canzone prima Monteverdi Zefiro torna £15 concs £13

Peter Hill Sara Mingardo Takács Quartet Tim Mead © Carlo Coppitz © Ellen Appel © Andy Staples www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 29

Wednesday 23 May Thursday 24 May 1.00pm 3.00pm & 7.00pm Lang Lang International Music YCAT Public Final Auditions 2018 Foundation – Young Scholars Young Classical Artists Trust: the destination Leeds Piano Festival point for emerging talent YCAT Artists are selected through a rigorous This year the Leeds International Piano annual auditions process. In this final round Competition has launched a new partnership outstanding young soloists and chamber with the Lang Lang International Music ensembles audition before a panel of Foundation Young Scholars programme, to inspire a new generation of pianists through distinguished judges. Celebrate the very best a diverse range of significant performance emerging talent in the UK at this unique event. opportunities. Wigmore Hall is delighted £16 for both sessions, to welcome three Young Scholars for this or £10/£8 (concs) for lunchtime recital. individual sessions All seats £5 YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Art In partnership with Leeds International Foundation for this event. YCAT Registered Charity No. 326490 Piano Competition

7.30pm Friday 25 May 7.00pm NB starting time Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Inon Barnatan piano Simon Lepper piano Schubert 6 Moments Musicaux D780 Hahn A Chloris; Le rossignol des lilas; Avner Dorman 2 Moments Musicaux L’énamourée; Infidélité; Les fontaines Rachmaninov 6 Moments Musicaux Op. 16 Debussy Trois chansons de Bilitis Chausson Le charme; Sérénade italienne; £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Le colibri; Les papillons Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Chanson triste; Extase; Phidylé Wagner Wesendonck Lieder £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 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’

Wigmore Hall Karen Cargill YCAT Inon Barnatan © Benjamin Ealovega © K K Dundas © Kaupo Kikkas © Marco Borggreve 30 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wigmore Lates Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Wigmore Lates make the ideal start to the Friday 1 June 10.00pm weekend. This season’s run kicks off with the Chineke! Orchestra genre-defying Erlkings, and includes a jazz Friday 8 June 10.00pm date with Onyx Brass, praised by BBC Music Magazine as ‘the classiest brass ensemble in Onyx Brass Britain’, an intimate concert of Scottish folk Friday 22 June 10.00pm music, a celebration of ‘The Class of 1938’, and violin much more! Donald Grant 10.00pm Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates Friday 29 June for full details. Lucy Schaufer mezzo-soprano The Wigmore Lates series is made possible with additional Huw Watkins piano support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund and an anonymous donor Friday 6 July 10.00pm David Orlowsky Trio Friday 25 May 10.00pm 10.00pm Friday 13 July The Prince Consort The Erlkings Alisdair Hogarth artistic director, piano Bryan Benner voice Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Ivan Turkalj cello Nicholas Mulroy tenor Gabriel Hopfmüller tuba, trombone Jason Rebello piano Thomas Toppler drums, vibraphone Friday 20 July 10.00pm Schubert Der Musensohn; Auf dem Wasser zu Heath Quartet singen; Die Forelle; Der Jüngling am Bache (D192); Erlkönig; Der König in Thule; Drang Ruth Gibson viola in die Ferne; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Marie Bitlloch cello Totengräbers Heimweh; Fischerweise Schubert From Die schöne Müllerin: Das Wandern, Halt!, Der Neugierige, Mein! & Trockne Blumen All seats £15

Chineke! Orchestra Onyx Brass Donald Grant Lucy Schaufer © Eric Richmond © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 31

Saturday 26 May 7.30pm 10.00am – 3.30pm Simon Keenlyside baritone Come and Sing: European Folk Malcolm Martineau piano Join us at Wigmore Hall for a day of group Schubert From Schwanengesang: singing exploring European Folk music. Get Liebesbotschaft, Kriegers Ahnung, Der Atlas, to know the music from the inside, develop Am Meer, Der Doppelgänger, Ständchen, Die your singing skills and finish the day with a Stadt & Das Fischermädchen performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. Interspersed with £25 concs £19 Schubert An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Dass sie hier gewesen; Im Abendrot; Abschied 7.30pm (D475) Doric String Quartet Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit; Pavane from Suite française (solo piano); Mazurka; Paganini; Sir Thomas Allen narrator L’anguille; Carte postale; Avant le cinema; 1904 Haydn String Quartet Series Fauré Rêve d’amour; Spleen; Poème d’un jour Haydn Seven Last Words from the Cross £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes in duration, without an interval Monday 28 May £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 1.00pm Sunday 27 May Danish String Quartet 11.30am Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 1 No. 1 István Várdai cello ‘La chasse’ Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor piano Vikingur Olafsson Op. 13 Rhapsody No. 1 (arr. for cello and piano) Bartók £15 concs £13 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Come and Sing Doric String Quartet Simon Keenlyside Danish String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega © George Garnier © Robert Workman © Caroline Bittencourt 32 • MAY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

7.30pm Wednesday 30 May Trio Tre Voci 10.15am and 11.45am Marina Piccinini flute Chamber Tots Kim Kashkashian viola Bear Hunt Sivan Magen harp We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Rameau Cinquième Pièces de clavecin en concert: parents/carers to join us on a bear hunt! This Fugue, La Forqueray; La Cupis; La Marais interactive music-making workshop features Takemitsu And then I knew ’twas wind for songs, percussion and the chance to meet flute, viola and harp some exciting instruments up close, led by Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders Ravel Sonatine (arr. for flute, viola and harp alongside emerging ensembles. by Salzedo) Toshio Hosokawa New work* (world première) 10.15am (1–2 year olds) & Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet 11.45am (3–5 year olds) (arr. Cohen) Approximately 1 hour in duration *Commissioned by Trio Tre Voci Children £6 Adults £4 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: 7.30pm Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Quatuor Mosaïques Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 33 No. 6; String Quartet in E flat Op. 71 No. 3 Mozart String Quartet in E flat K428 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to The Haydn String Quartet Circle

Marina Piccinini Kim Kashkashian Chamber Tots Quatuor Mosaïques © Marco Borggreve © Steve Riskind © Benjamin Ealovega © Wolfgang Krautzer www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MAY • 33

Thursday 31 May 10.00am – 4.30pm Wigmore Hall RNIB Study Day Professional Development Day for Blind and Restaurant & Bar Partially Sighted Musicians Join us for our Express Lunch This practical study day is an opportunity for blind and partially sighted musicians to focus Menu, with a range of modern on career development and explore pathways and traditional options. into the classical music industry. The day will include discussion, talks and the opportunity to 2 or 3 course menus available perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. For more Weekdays 12 noon – 2.30pm information and to book contact Sally-Anne Zimmerman, RNIB Music Adviser at Table reservations: 020 7935 2141 [email protected] or on www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant 020 7391 2273. Free (application required) In partnership with RNIB

7.30pm Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn String Quartet Series Haydn String Quartet in C minor Op. 17 No. 4 Wölfl String Quartet in G Op. 10 No. 4 Haydn String Quartet in F Op. 74 No. 2 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

RNIB Study Day Quatuor Mosaïques © Benjamin Ealovega © Wolfgang Krautzer 34 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBERMARCH www.wigmore-hall.org.ukBox Office: 020 7935 2141 KIRKER MUSIC HOLIDAYS How to get to Wigmore Hall FOR DISCERNING TRAVELLERS Kirker Holidays provide a range of carefully crafted escorted holidays, with fascinating itineraries W H designed for those with an interest in art, architecture, history, archaeology and gardens. A I M R P L W O E

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Back cover photo: Speak to an expert or request a brochure: Wigmore Hall © Benjamin Ealovega 020 7593 2284 quote code GWS Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk www.kirkerholidays.com KIRKER MUSIC HOLIDAYS FOR DISCERNING TRAVELLERS Kirker Holidays provide a range of carefully crafted escorted holidays, with fascinating itineraries designed for those with an interest in art, architecture, history, archaeology and gardens. We also offer an extensive range of music holidays, including opera weekends in Milan, Venice, Vienna and New York, tours to leading music festivals and events, and exclusive chamber music festivals throughout Europe & the UK, featuring highly acclaimed musicians in elegant surroundings.

THE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVAL ON LAKE COMO A SEVEN NIGHT HOLIDAY | 15 APRIL 2018 The destination for our new Kirker Music Festival is one of the most beautiful corners of Italy. Lined with villas, cypress trees and low-arching mountains, Lake Como has a peaceful timelessness like no other. The lake has inspired many composers, most notably Franz Liszt, whose works feature in our music programme, performed by a renowned group of international soloists, including Melvyn Tan, Benjamin Appl and sopranos Katherine Broderick and Rosa Feola. There will be an optional excursion to see Rosa on stage at La Scala, Milan in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, before she gives her recital which will close our Festival. We stay at the 4* Imperiale in the village of Moltrasio at the southern tip of the lake. Price from £2,645 per person (single supp. £598) for seven nights including flights, accommodation with breakfast, one lunch, five dinners, five concerts and one talk, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader.

THE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MALLORCA A SIX NIGHT HOLIDAY | 31 MAY 2018 The works of Frédéric Chopin are central to our Festival in Mallorca and for our sixth visit we will be joined by the Castalian String Quartet, Melvyn Tan, piano and Oliver Condy, organ. Based in the village of Banyalbufar, we will discover the glorious unspoilt north coast of Mallorca, including visits to Deia, Palma and the villa of San Marroig. Our series of private concerts includes a recital in the monastery at Valldemossa where Chopin spent three months with his lover the aristocratic Baroness Dudevant, better known as the writer George Sand.

Price from £2,197 per person (single supp. £180) for six nights including flights, accommodation with breakfast, two lunches, six dinners, five concerts, all sightseeing and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader.

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