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March

1 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 4 23 Mar 7.30pm Dianne Reeves 14 11.45am Chamber Tots 4 24 Mar 10.30am Family Day: Chamber Challenge 14 4.45pm Introduction to Music commences 4 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 14 7.30pm Michelangelo Quartet/Emma Johnson 4 25 Mar 11.30am Andreas Ottensamer 16 2 Mar 7.30pm Mark Viner 5 5.00pm Dunedin Consort 16 3 Mar 11.00am Family Concert: The Empty Chair 5 26 Mar 1.00pm Danny Driver 16 7.30pm Steven Osborne 5 7.30pm Paul O’Dette 15 4 Mar 11.30am Ronan O’Hora 5 27 Mar 7.30pm Les Arts Florissants 16 3.00pm Martin Mitterrutzner/Gerold Huber 5 7.30pm Joshua Bell/Sam Haywood 6 28 Mar 7.30pm Les Folies françoises 17 5 Mar 1.00pm Leon McCawley 6 29 Mar 7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside 17 7.30pm Denis Kozhukhin 6 31 Mar 7.30pm Sylvia Schwartz/Malcolm Martineau 17 6 Mar 1.00pm Savitri Grier/Richard Uttley 6 7.30pm Daniel Hope/Freddy Kempf/ 6 Sacconi String Quartet Wigmore Hall 7 Mar 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio 7 8 Mar 7.30pm Florilegium 7 Restaurant & Bar 9 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 7 11.45am Chamber Tots 7 Join us for dinner before your evening 7.30pm Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau 7 recital. Enjoy a modern menu balanced 10 Mar 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Eleanor Bron 8 11 Mar 11.30am Bennewitz Quartet 8 with a nod to classic favourites, all in the 7.30pm Arditti Quartet/Jake Arditti 8 comfort of Wigmore Hall, and be ready in 12 Mar 1.00pm Calidore String Quartet 8 time for the start of the concert. 7.30pm Nelson Goerner 9 13 Mar 7.30pm John Chest/Marcelo Amaral 9 Table reservations: 020 7935 2141 14 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots 9 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant 11.45am Chamber Tots 9 7.30pm Heath Quartet/Nils Mönkemeyer 9 15 Mar 7.30pm Danish String Quartet 10 16 Mar 7.30pm Kuss Quartet 10 17 Mar 2.00pm Michael Collins Masterclass 10 7.30pm Imogen Cooper 10 18 Mar 11.30am Gould Piano Trio 12 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Graham Johnson 12 7.30pm Gautier Capuçon/Jérôme Ducros 12 19 Mar 1.00pm Stile Antico 12 7.30pm Soloists of the 11 Ensemble intercontemporain 20 Mar 5.30pm Nash Ensemble/Royal Academy of Music 13 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Christine Rice 13 21 Mar 5.45pm Young Producers Present 13 7.30pm The Schubert Ensemble 13 22 Mar 7.30pm London Handel Orchestra 14 4 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 1 March Introduction to French Music 10.15am & 11.45am

Thursday 1 March Chamber Tots 4.45pm – 6.00pm Minibeasts Thursday 8 March We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/ 4.45pm – 6.00pm carers to join us as we explore Minibeasts! This Thursday 15 March interactive music-making workshop features 4.45pm – 6.00pm songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by Thursday 22 March our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders 4.45pm – 6.00pm alongside emerging ensembles. ‘Pleasure in sound’ could perhaps be the 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & motto of French musicians; the extraordinary 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) cuisine, viniculture and romantic inclinations Approximately 1 hour in duration of that unique country would lead to no other Children £6 Adults £4 approach. Join Roy Stratford to explore the distinctive nature of French music, from the Baroque 7.30pm with its emphasis on dance, through to Berlioz and his incredibly forward-looking Michelangelo Quartet orchestral writing, to Debussy, the ultimate Emma Johnson clarinet musical colourist, and on to Boulez, the master of the avant-garde. Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Enescu String Quartet No. 2 in G Op. 22 Series ticket price £33 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

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Chamber Tots Michelangelo Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 5

Friday 2 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Steven Osborne piano Mark Viner piano Prokofiev Sarcasms Keyboard Trust Prizewinner’s 2018 Ravel Miroirs Recital – In memory of Bill Newman Debussy Images, Series 2 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat Op. 84 Liszt Bénédiction et serment, deux motifs de Benevenuto Cellini de Berlioz S396 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Alkan Souvenirs Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique Op. 15 Sunday 4 March Thalberg Fantaisie sur des thèmes de l’opéra 11.30am Moïse de G. Rossini Op. 33 Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 48 Ronan O’Hora piano Liszt Réminiscences de Norma S394 Brahms Intermezzo in A Op. 118 No. 2 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Presented by Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd. Sponsored by The Keyboard Charitable Trust Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor Op. 118 No. 6 Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Saturday 3 March £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ 11.00am – 12 noon sherry/juice

Family Concert 3.00pm TROUPE: The Empty Chair Martin Mitterrutzner tenor For ages 6 plus Gerold Huber piano When the Two Persons find themselves visited Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 by a mysterious empty chair, they are at a Wolf Liederstrauß loss as to what to do. Luckily, the whirling Liszt Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen; Die ThisThat – and one very noisy BLACKHOLE Loreley (S273); Du bist wie eine Blume; Ein – are on hand to help them face their fears. Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Im Rhein, im Explore loss, change and friendship with music schönen Strome (S272/1); Morgens steh’ ich by Debussy, Couperin, Berio, Moondog and auf und frage; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder TROUPE, plus plenty of opportunities to get involved with games and music making. All seats £15 Children £10 Adults £12

Mark Viner Troupe Ronan O’Hora Martin Mitterrutzner © Camilla Whitehall © Emanuel Altenburger 6 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 4 March Tuesday 6 March 7.30pm 1.00pm

Joshua Bell violin Savitri Grier violin Sam Haywood piano Richard Uttley piano Programme to include: Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Messiaen Theme and Variations Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18 Poulenc Violin Sonata Schubert Fantasy in C D934 £13 concs £11 Works to be announced from the stage YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series. Registered Charity Number: 326490.

Monday 5 March 7.30pm 1.00pm Daniel Hope violin Leon McCawley piano Freddy Kempf piano Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor HXVI:20 Gál Three Preludes Op. 65 Sacconi String Quartet Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 37 Jacqueline du Pré Charity Concert Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Chausson Concert in D Op. 21 for violin, piano Theme in C minor WoO. 80 and string quartet All seats £15 Anne Dudley March for the Royal Society of Musicians (world première) Dvořák Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

7.30pm £38 £35 £30 £20 £18 Sponsored by the Oak Foundation Denis Kozhukhin piano Handel Suite in D minor HWV437 Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor HXVI:34 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Debussy Préludes Book I Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Joshua Bell Denis Kozukhin Savitri Grier Sacconi String Quartet © Lisa Marie Mazzuco © Marco Borggreve © Kaupo Kikkas © Emilie Baile www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 7

Wednesday 7 March Friday 9 March 7.30pm 10.15am & 11.45am Vienna Piano Trio Chamber Tots Haydn Piano Trio in B flat HXV:20 On the Farm Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Join us as we go to the farm in this interactive Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 music-making workshop for children ages 1 to £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 5 and their parents or carers. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & Thursday 8 March 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) 7.30pm Approximately 1 hour in duration Florilegium Children £6 Adults £4 Ashley Solomon director Robin Blaze countertenor 7.30pm Handel Concerto Grosso in G Op. 3 No. 3 baritone Pergolesi Salve Regina in F minor Florian Boesch Corrette Concerto comique in G Op. 25 Malcolm Martineau piano ‘Les Sauvages et la Furstemberg’ Schubert From Schwanengesang: Telemann Trio Sonata in C minor TWV42:c2 Liebesbotschaft; Kriegers Ahnung; Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 Frühlingssehnsucht; Ständchen; Aufenthalt; ‘La Follia’ In der Ferne & Abschied Bach Cantata: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Schubert Der Fischer; Meeres Stille; Der Zwerg Seelenlust BWV170 Schubert From Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer & Der Doppelgänger £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Vienna Piano Trio Florilegium Chamber Tots Florian Boesch © Nancy Horowitz © Amit Lennon © Benjamin Ealovega © Lukas Beck 8 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 10 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Arditti Quartet Nash Ensemble Jake Arditti countertenor Martyn Brabbins conductor Salvatore Sciarrino 6 quartetti brevi Ian Brown and Simon Crawford- Mark Andre iv 13 miniatures for string quartet (2017) (UK première) piano duet Phillips Philippe Hurel Entre les lignes (UK première) Eleanor Bron narrator* Salvatore Sciarrino Cosa resta (UK première) Malcolm Sinclair Soldier and Devil† £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Nash Ensemble: and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please The French Connection contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Fairy Tales Monday 12 March Ravel Mother Goose Suite 1.00pm Milhaud Caramel Mou Poulenc The story of Babar the little Elephant Calidore String Quartet for the narrator and piano* Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale*† Caroline Shaw First Essay: Nimrod £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 £15 concs £13 Sunday 11 March The Calidore String Quartet is a member of 11:30am BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Bennewitz Quartet and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Martyn Brabbins Bennewitz Quartet Jake Arditti Calidore String Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega © Kamil Ghais www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 9

7.30pm Wednesday 14 March 10.15am & 11.45am Nelson Goerner piano Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Chamber Tots Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini Minibeasts (Books I & II) Op. 35 We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Debussy Préludes Book II parents/carers to join us as we explore £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Minibeasts! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the Tuesday 13 March chance to meet some exciting instruments up 7.30pm close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles. John Chest baritone 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & Marcelo Amaral piano 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) A Winter Journey Approximately 1 hour in duration Finzi O mistress mine Children £6 Adults £4 Schubert An mein Herz Wolf Verschwiegene Liebe Duparc Extase 7.30pm Brahms Verzagen Roussel Le jardin mouillé Heath Quartet Schubert Der Winterabend Nils Mönkemeyer viola Finzi Childhood among the Ferns Duparc Chanson triste Haydn String Quartet Series/ Schumann Wehmut Jörg Widmann as Composer-Performer Wolf Verborgenheit Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1 Britten Winter Words Op. 52 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 4 Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Bruckner String Quintet in F Strauss Winternacht £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Wolf Im Frühling Gurney Sleep With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 This concert will be followed by the annual Patron Friends dinner – to book for the dinner please contact the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230 (additional costs apply)

Nelson Goerner John Chest Chamber Tots Nils Mönkemeyer © Jean-Baptiste Millot © Andrey Stoycher © Benjamin Ealovega © Irène Zandel 10 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 15 March Saturday 17 March 7.30pm 2.00pm – 5.00pm Danish String Quartet Michael Collins Masterclass Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 33 No. 4 Hailed by BBC Music Magazine for his Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ ‘gorgeous-toned musicianship’, Michael Collins Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67 No. 3 shares insights and artistic ideas with a group £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 of outstanding young clarinettists. Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: £10 concessions £8 Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Saturday 17 March Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. 7.30pm

Friday 16 March Imogen Cooper piano 7.30pm Beethoven 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat HXVI:52; Variations Kuss Quartet in F minor HXVII:6 Haydn String Quartet Series Julian Anderson She Hears (mvt from Sensation) Liszt Bagatelle sans tonalité S216a Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 33 No. 2 Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an ‘The Joke’; String Quartet in B flat Op. 50 No. 1; Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 String Quartet in F sharp minor Op. 50 No. 4; String Quartet in D Op. 50 No. 6 ‘The Frog’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Danish String Quartet Kuss Quartet Michael Collins Imogen Cooper © Caroline Bittencourt © Molina Visuals © Benjamin Ealovega © Sim Canetty-Clarke www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 11 Ensemble intercontemporain Monday 19 March 7.30pm

Sophie Cherrier flute Jérôme Comte clarinet Jens McManama horn Didier Pateau oboe Paul Riveaux bassoon Sir Harrison Birtwistle Five Distances for five instruments Carter Retracing for bassoon; Retracing II for horn Heinz Holliger Sonata for oboe Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux for flute and clarinet Cage Music for Wind Instruments Blaise Ubaldini New commission (world première) £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’.

Ensemble intercontemporain © Christophe Urbain 12 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 18 March 7.30pm 11.30am Gautier Capuçon cello Gould Piano Trio Jérôme Ducros piano Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 Debussy Cello Sonata Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat Op. 97 Massenet Méditation from Thaïs ‘Archduke’ Fauré Elégie Op. 24 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Saint-Saëns Le Cygne from The Carnival sherry/juice of the animals Piazzolla Le grand tango 3.00pm Ducros Encore Dvořák Klid (Silent Woods) Op. 68 No. 5 Soraya Mafi soprano Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile from String Graham Johnson piano Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 The Lure of the East Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Schumann Aus den hebräischen Gesänge Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Wolf Epiphanias Monday 19 March Schubert Suleika I & II 1.00pm Schumann Lied der Suleika Stile Antico Wolf Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte; Hochbeglückt in deiner Liebe Oriana, Fairest Queen: Bizet Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Music celebrating the life and times Fauré Les roses d’Ispahan of Elizabeth I Saint-Saëns Tournoiement Byrd O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth our Roussel Réponse d’une épouse sage Queen; Attollite portas Tallis Absterge Domine Gilbert & Sullivan The Sun Whose Rays Lassus Madonna, mia pietà Willaert Vecchie Coward Mad dogs and Englishmen letrose Sandrin Doulce memoire Ferrabosco All seats £15 Exaudi Domine orationem meam; Ad Dominum cum tribularer Dowland Now, O now I needs must part; Can she excuse my wrongs Wilbye The Lady Oriana Weelkes As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending All seats £15

Gould Piano Trio Soraya Mafi Gautier Capuçon Stile Antico © Jake Morley © Christina Haldane © Gregory Batardon © Marco Borggreve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 13

Tuesday 20 March Wednesday 21 March 5.30pm 5.45pm Nash Ensemble Young Producers Present… Musicians from the Bechstein Room Royal Academy of Music What happens when a group of young Nash Ensemble: people produce their own performance in The French Connection the Bechstein Bar at Wigmore Hall? What theme will inspire them? What music will Introduction to the concerts by they choose? Visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/ Gillian Moore MBE young-producers to find out more about this Stravinsky Three Pieces for string quartet unique project. Debussy Première rapsodie Free (ticket required) Poulenc Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone Wigmore Hall Learning is a proud Milhaud La cheminée du roi René (suite for supporter of Arts Award. wind quintet) Op. 205 Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano 7.30pm All seats £3

7.30pm The Schubert Ensemble Farewell Concert Nash Ensemble Chausson Piano Quartet in A Op. 30 Ian Brown piano Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Judith Weir Piano Quintet (2018)* (world première) Nash Ensemble: *Commissioned by The Schubert Ensemble Trust The French Connection £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Saint-Saëns Caprice sur des airs danois et russes Op. 79 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chants populaires (selection) Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Delage Quatre poèmes hindous Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Nash Ensemble Ian Brown Christine Rice The Schubert Ensemble © K Leighton © Clive Barda © Patricia Taylor © Jack Liebeck 14 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 22 March Saturday 24 March 7.30pm 10.30am – 3.30pm London Handel Orchestra Family Day: Chamber Challenge Adrian Butterfielddirector Join music leader Hannah Opstad and the Erica Eloff Esther Diphonon Duo (viola and accordion), on a Josep-Ramon Olivé Haman marvelous music-making adventure. Take your William Wallace Ahasverus seat in your very own chamber ensemble, create your own brand new pieces of music and Handel Esther HWV50 perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Children £12 Adults £16

Friday 23 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Dianne Reeves singer with Cuarteto Casals Peter Martin piano Cuarteto Casals: Romero Lubambo guitar Beethoven Cycle Reginald Veal double bass Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; Terreon Gully drums String Quartet in F, Hess 34 (arr. of Piano Wigmore Hall Jazz Series Sonata Op. 14 No. 1) For her Wigmore Hall debut, Dianne Reeves Aureliano Cattaneo String Quartet ‘Neben’ performs a selection from her five GRAMMY (UK première) Award-winning albums, together with new songs. Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 An expert scat singer and skilled interpreter No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ of lyrics, she received the Best Jazz Vocal £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Performance for three consecutive recordings, Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: including her most recent release, Beautiful Life, Free tickets for schools and 8–25 a GRAMMY first in any vocal category. year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. £40 £30 £25 £20 £15 Cuarteto Casals: Beethoven Cycle is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement

London Handel Players Dianne Reeves Family Day Cuarteto Casals © Susan Porter-Thomas © Benjamin Ealovega © Molina Visuals www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 15 Paul O’Dette lute

Monday 26 March 7.30pm The 3 Orfeos dall’Aquila Ricercar No. 18; Saltarello ‘La Traditora’ No. 2; Ricercar No. 26; Nous bergiers (Janequin); La Battaglia (Janequin); Ricercar No. 6; Il est bel e bon (Passereau); Ricercar No. 19; Cara Cossa No. 10 Ripa da Mantova Fantasie II; O Passi Sparsi (Festa); Fantasie IX ‘Faulte d’argente’; Or vien ça vien mamie Perrette (Janequin); Fantasia XXII; L’eccho (Gentian); Fantasia VIII da Milano Fantasias: No. 28; No. 8; No. 3; No. 38; No. 64; No. 33; No. 34; Fantasia (App. 31) da Milano Vignon vignetta (Sermisy); O bone Jesu (Antonio de Ribera); Tu discois que je mourroye (Sermisy)

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by American Friends of Wigmore Hall

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Sunday 25 March Monday 26 March 11.30am 1.00pm

Andreas Ottensamer clarinet Danny Driver piano José Gallardo piano Messiaen Prelude No. 5 ‘Les sons impalpables Widor Introduction et rondo du rêve’ Saint-Saëns Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 167 Kaija Saariaho Ballade Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations in Ligeti Etude No. 6 ‘Automne à Varsovie’ B flat Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16 Alexey Shor Verdiana £15 concs £13 Giampieri Il Carnevale di Venezia £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Tuesday 27 March 5.00pm NB starting time 7.30pm Dunedin Consort Les Arts Florissants John Butt director Paul Agnew director, tenor Big Ideas for a Small Stage JS Bach Komm Jesu Komm BWV229; Ich lasse dich nicht BWV159a Bach St Matthew Passion BWV244 JC Bach Fürchte dich nicht Approximately 3 hours in duration, including an interval JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude BWV227; £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden BWV230 Kuhnau Tristis est anima mea JL Bach Das ist meine Freude JS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15Wedn

Andreas Ottensamer Dunedin Consort Danny Driver Paul Agnew © Anatol Kotte Mercury Classics DG © David Barbour © Richard Haughton © Denis Rouvre www.wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 17

Wednesday 28 March Saturday 31 March 7.30pm 7.30pm

Les Folies françoises Sylvia Schwartz soprano Patrick Cohën-Akenine director, violin Malcolm Martineau piano Bach the European Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor Wolf From Italienisches Liederbuch: O wär BWV1067; Harpsichord Concerto in D minor dein Haus durchsichtig; Gesegnet sei das BWV1052; The Musical Offering BWV1079 Grün; Heut’ Nacht erhob ich mich; Mein (excerpts); Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Liebster singt am Haus; Mein Liebster ist so BWV1050 klein; Nein, junger Herr; Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen; Wie lange schon; Du £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen; Wer rief dich denn?; Schweig einmal still; Ich Thursday 29 March hab in Penna einen Liebsten 7.30pm Guridi Seis Canciones Castellanas Turina Tres Poemas Op. 81 baritone Roderick Williams Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras Iain Burnside piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Roderick Williams: Exploring Schubert’s Song Cycles Schubert Winterreise Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Returns only

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