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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk January February 2 Jan 7.30pm Sir /Malcolm Martineau 4 1 Feb 11.30am Khatia Buniatishvili/Meta4 20 3 Jan 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov 5 2.00pm Elena Urioste/Eivind Ringstad/ 20 4 Jan 7.30pm Allan Clayton/Timothy Ridout/Sean Shibe/ 4 Andrei Ioniţă/Cédric Tiberghien James Baillieu 4.30pm Fatma Said/Catriona Morison/ 20 Alessandro Fisher/Ashley Riches/Martin Fröst/ 5 Jan 11.30am Phoenix Trio 4 Eivind Ringstad/Joseph Middleton 3.00pm Julien Van Mellaerts/James Baillieu 4 7.30pm Allan Clayton/Martin Fröst// 20 7.30pm Jeremy Denk 6 Elias /Christian Ihle Hadland 6 Jan 1.00pm Louise Alder/Joseph Middleton 6 2 Feb 11.30am Chiaroscuro Quartet 19 6.00pm Artist in Conversation: 6 3.00pm Elsa Dreisig/Jonathan Ware 19 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/ 6 7.30pm Ermonela Jaho/Steven Maughan 22 Castalian String Quartet 3 Feb 1.00pm Katharina Konradi/Eric Schneider 21 7 Jan 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Castalian String Quartet 6 6.30pm Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Prize 21 8 Jan 1.00pm Dame : A Life in French Song 7 4 Feb 1.00pm Jonian Ilias Kadesha/Filippo Gorini 21 7.30pm Marianne Crebassa/Fazıl Say 7 7.30pm Kuss Quartet 21 9 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 5 Feb 7.30pm Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 23 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Ian Page 8 6 Feb 7.30pm Concentus Musicus Wien/Stefan Gottfried 23 7.30pm The Mozartists/Ian Page/ 8 7 Feb 1.00pm of St John’s 23 Samantha Clarke/Ida Ränzlöv 7.30pm Beatrice Rana 23 10 Jan 7.30pm Vijay Iyer presents Ritual Ensemble 8 8 Feb 5.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 24 11 Jan 1.00pm Of Musicalities and Musical Experience: 9 7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 24 Vijay Iyer and Georgina Born in conversation 9 Feb 11.30am Heath Quartet 24 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Renaud Capuçon 9 7.30pm Richard Goode 25 12 Jan 11.30am Rachel Podger 9 10 Feb–22 Feb Re:Scale 26 3.00pm Peter Kellner/Pedro Costa 9 10 Feb 1.00pm Lucie Horsch/Thomas Dunford 25 7.30pm /Radovan Vlatković 10 6.15pm Bechstein Session Special Event: 27 13 Jan 1.00pm Alexander Melnikov 10 Beethoven in the Dark 7.30pm Simon Bode/Graham Johnson 10 7.30pm Paul Laraia/Robert Markham 25 14 Jan 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Beaten Track Ensemble 11 11 Feb 7.30pm /Steven Osborne 28 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 11 12 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 28 15 Jan 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 11 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 28 2.00pm Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 11 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 28 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 11 13 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: Talking Drums 28 16 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 12 7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 30 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 12 14 Feb 1.00pm Carolyn Sampson Album Launch 29 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 7.30pm Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 29 7.30pm Philippe Jaroussky/Jérôme Ducros 12 15 Feb 7.30pm Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 29 17 Jan 3.00pm ECMA: Quatuor Métamorphoses/ 13 16 Feb 11.30am Andreas Brantelid/Christian Ihle Hadland 29 Trio Incendio 7.30pm Nicolas Namoradze 31 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 12 17 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits 31 18 Jan 3.00pm ECMA: Masterclass with 13 1.00pm Daniel Müller-Schott/Annika Treutler 31 Professor Johannes Meissl and Trio Incendio 7.30pm London Winds/Peter Sparks/Michael McHale 31 5.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 12 18 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits 31 7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 14 7.30pm Anna Caterina Antonacci/Donald Sulzen 32 19 Jan 11.30am Edgar Meyer 14 19 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Handel & Hendrix 32 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Hélios/Simply Quartet 13 7.30pm /Boris Giltburg 32 7.30pm Dover Quartet/Edgar Meyer 14 20 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: The Bad Mood 32 20 Jan 1.00pm 14 7.30pm Leif Ove Andsnes/Musicians from 33 7.30pm Dover Quartet 14 the Chamber Orchestra 21 Jan 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 14 21 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 33 22 Jan 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: Freya Waley-Cohen 14 11.45am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 33 1.00pm Principal Musicians/Katie Bray 15 7.30pm The Sixteen/Harry Christophers 33 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 15 22 Feb 3.00pm Family Concert: Talking Drums 33 23 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 7.30pm 34 23 Jan 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/David Bates/ 15 23 Feb 11.30am Meccore String Quartet 34 Christopher Lowrey/Nick Pritchard 3.00pm Julia Sitkovetsky/Roger Vignoles 34 24 Jan 1.00pm / 15 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 34 7.30pm Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 16 24 Feb 1.00pm Meta4 34 25 Jan 4.30pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 16 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Beethoven 35 with 7.30pm Adrian Brendel/Joanna MacGregor/ 35 7.30pm MILOŠ 16 Gildas Quartet 26 Jan 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 17 25 Feb 7.30pm The English Concert/Laurence Cummings 35 3.00pm Royal Academy of Music Song Circle 17 26 Feb 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet/Cédric Tiberghien 36 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 17 27 Feb 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Beethoven 35 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss and 17 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 36 Brett Dean with Jonathan Biss 27 Jan 1.00pm Jennifer Pike/Martin Roscoe 18 7.30pm Septura 36 7.30pm Christian Blackshaw 18 28 Feb 6.00pm Bärenreiter Pre-Concert Talk 36 29 Jan 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Malcolm Martineau 18 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 37 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss and 37 30 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 Sally Beamish 7.30pm 18 29 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 37 31 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: In Space 19 11.45am Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 37 11.45am Chamber Tots: In Space 19 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Akademie für Alte 37 7.30pm Mauro Peter/Helmut Deutsch 19 Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck/Xenia Löffler 4 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 2 January Wednesday 22 April 7.30pm 7.30pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano Schumann Song Series Thursday 14 May 7.30pm Vox Luminis Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Thursday 21 May 7.30pm Malcolm Martineau piano Iestyn Davies countertenor Allan Clayton tenor Poulenc Le travail du peintre Britten Songs James Newby baritone Alec Frank-Gemmill and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74 horn Olivia Jageurs harp James Baillieu piano Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Monday 13 July 1.00pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano Saturday 4 January Sunday 5 January 7.30pm 11.30am Britten Series Phoenix Piano Trio Allan Clayton tenor Haydn Piano Trio in E flat HXV:30 Timothy Ridout Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Sean Shibe guitar £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice James Baillieu piano Dowland Preludium; Come again, sweet love doth Sunday 5 January now invite; Away with these self-loving lads; 3.00pm Sleep wayward thoughts; Come, heavy sleep Britten The Second Lute Song of the Earl of Julien Van Mellaerts baritone Essex from ; James Baillieu piano Op. 58; Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen John Dowland Op. 48; Nocturnal after John Gareth Farr Ornithological Anecdotes Dowland Op. 70; Evening, Morning & Night from (UK première) Britten Sally in our Alley; The This Way to the Tomb; Winter Words Op. 52 Plough Boy; The Salley Gardens; O Waly, Waly; £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Oliver Cromwell Poulenc Chansons gaillardes The Britten Series is made possible with support from the £16 Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Sunday 23 February 3.00pm Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Roger Vignoles piano

Sir Simon Keenlyside Allan Clayton Phoenix Piano Trio Julien Van Mellaerts © Robert Workman © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Fran Marshall © Diana Roberts wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 5

Friday 3 January 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov piano Dusk to Dawn Chopin Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op. 66; in F Op. 15 No. 1; Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor Op. 39; Prelude in D flat Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’ Beethoven No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ Schumann Nachtstück Op. 23 No. 1 Debussy Feux d’artifice from Préludes Book II Bartók The Night’s Music from Out of Doors Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Sunday 5 January Monday 6 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Stephen Hough Residency piano Jeremy Denk Brahms Series Bach English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807 Ligeti Etudes Book I Stephen Hough piano Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 S514 Michael Collins clarinet Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959 Castalian String Quartet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 Beethoven Sonata in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’ (arr. Monday 6 January Stephen Hough for clarinet and string quartet) 1.00pm Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2; Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 Louise Alder soprano £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Joseph Middleton piano Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets Grieg 6 songs Op. 48 Medtner Mailied; for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Trust. To book, please contact Meeresstille Tchaikovsky Sérénade; Les larmes the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Britten The Poet’s Echo Op. 76 Rachmaninov Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; How fair Tuesday 7 January this spot Sibelius Säv, säv, susa; Våren flyktar 7.30pm hastigt; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte Stephen Hough Residency £16 concs £14 Brahms Series Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. Stephen Hough piano To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Castalian String Quartet Monday 6 January Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Frühling Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 30 6.00pm £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Stephen Hough Residency Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported Artist in Conversation: by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact Stephen Hough the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ All concerts featuring the Castalian String Quartet in the Ahead of the third concert of his residency, 2019/20 Season are supported by a contribution from Sir Stephen Hough discusses the inspiration Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement behind tonight’s programme. The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund £5

Jeremy Denk Louise Alder Stephen Hough Castalian String Quartet © Michael Wilson © Gerard Collett © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 7

Wednesday 8 January 1.00pm – 2.30pm Introduction to Music: Dame Felicity Lott: A Life in Brahms French Song Thursday 9 January Dame Felicity Lott discusses her lifelong Thursday 16 January passion for French song, both as performer Thursday 23 January and listener, with Wigmore Hall’s Archivist Thursday 30 January Emily Woolf. A unique interview which will All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm interweave these recollections with Wigmore Hall’s rich history as a venue for the mélodie, In many ways, stands illustrated by material from our Archive. outside the mainstream of the Romantic £5 movement. His interest lay far more in abstract music, sonatas, symphonies, Wednesday 8 January variations and rather than opera 7.30pm or program music, although he did of course compose a great number of wonderful Lieder. Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano His music is a fascinating combination of Fazıl Say piano traditional forms and powerful, romantic harmony; the often profound emotional effect Ravel Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera; that his music exerts perhaps arises from Shéhérazade the tension between these two forces. We Debussy From Préludes Book I: La cathédrale will look at the huge range of his output with engloutie & Minstrels particular emphasis on his extraordinary Fauré From Mirages: Cygne sur l’eau & Danseuse contribution to chamber music. Satie 3 Gnossiennes Debussy La mer est plus belle; Le son du cor; Series ticket price £33 L’échelonnement des haies Duparc Chanson triste; Au pays où se fait la guerre Fazıl Say Gezi Park 2 (Sonata for piano); Gezi Park 3 (Ballad for mezzo-soprano and piano) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Johannes Brahms

Dame Felicity Lott Marianne Crebassa © Trevor Leighton © Simon Fowler 8 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 9 January Friday 10 January 6.00pm 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality Conductor Ian Page discusses The Mozartists’ Vijay Iyer presents programme ahead of their evening concert. Ritual Ensemble £5 Vijay Iyer piano Ganavya vocals Thursday 9 January Yosvany Terry saxophone, percussion 7.30pm Rajna Swaminathan mridangam The Mozartists The Ritual Ensemble draws from various musical systems to forge a unity of orchestrated Ian Page conductor and ecstatic expressions. Through emotionally Samantha Clarke soprano resonant collective interpretations of Ida Ränzlöv mezzo-soprano compositions by each of its members, the group combines contrasting energies in pursuit of the 1770 – a retrospective sacred. Celebrated composer- Vijay Iyer Vanhal Symphony in E minor Bryan e1 is joined by GRAMMY-nominated Afro-Cuban Gluck From Paride ed Elena: O del mio dolce ardor composer-saxophonist-percussionist Yosvany & Tutto qui mi sorprende... Le belle immagini Terry, groundbreaking composer-percussionist Haydn Caro Volpino amabile from Lo speziale Rajna Swaminathan, and riveting composer- (2nd version); Già si vede i vezze e vanti from Le vocalist Ganavya. pescatrici £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 JC Bach Guardami in volto, o madre from Gioas, re di Giuda Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Mozart Lungi da te, mio bene from Mitridate, re Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ di Ponto (original version) Jommelli Guardalo, è quell’istesso... Misero pargoletto from Demofoonte JC Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 Mozart Se viver non degg’io from Mitridate, re di Ponto £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Ian Page Samantha Clarke Vijay Iyer Ritual Ensemble © Sheila Rock © Sallie Manford © Barbara Rigon © Vivek Bald wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 9

Saturday 11 January Sunday 12 January 1.00pm 11.30am Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality Rachel Podger Residency

Of Musicalities and Musical Rachel Podger violin Experience: Vijay Iyer and Bach Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin Georgina Born in conversation BWV1003; Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 Georgina Born, Professor of Music and Anthropology at Oxford University and Professorial £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Fellow of Mansfield College, joinsVijay Iyer for sherry/juice an exchange of ideas traversing the arts, the Forthcoming Concerts in the Series humanities, and the social and natural sciences. 4.00pm & 7.30pm The two musician-scholars will each give a Saturday 18 April brief mini-lecture, Iyer on ‘Musicality’ and Born with Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord on ‘Musical Experience’, followed by a dialogue Sunday 10 May 11.30am considering the intersections of these two concepts. Solo Bach Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Monday 6 July 7.30pm £5 Bach Double and Triple Concertos Forthcoming Concert in the Series Wednesday 10 June 7.30pm Sunday 12 January Vijay Iyer and Aurora Orchestra 3.00pm

Saturday 11 January Peter Kellner bass 7.30pm Pedro Costa piano Stephen Hough Residency Schumann Belsazar Op. 57; 6 Gedichte von Brahms Series N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90 Dvořák Biblické písne Op. 99 piano Stephen Hough Tchaikovsky I bless you, forests; Does the day Renaud Capuçon violin reign?; None but the lonely heart Brahms No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin £16 Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

The Brahms Series is made possible with support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Stephen Hough Renaud Capuçon Rachel Podger Peter Kellner © Jiyang Chen © Simon Fowler © Theresa Pewal 10 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 12 January Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet Brahms Series Saturday 4 July 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms Plus Liszt Vienna Piano Trio Radovan Vlatković horn Monday 13 January Brahms Scherzo in C minor from F-A-E Sonata 1.00pm (Sonatensatz); Horn Trio in E flat Op. 40; Piano Alexander Melnikov fortepiano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87 Clementi Prelude alla Haydn in C from £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Musical Characteristics Haydn Piano Sonata in The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support C sharp minor HXVI:36 Clementi Prelude alla from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Mozart in A from Musical Characteristics Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397 Clementi Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 34 No. 2 Wednesday 26 February 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet £16 concs £14 Cédric Tiberghien piano Tuesday 17 March 7.30pm Monday 13 January Jonathan Plowright: Brahms Plus Chopin 7.30pm

Friday 3 April 7.30pm Simon Bode tenor Castalian String Quartet piano Nils Mönkemeyer viola Graham Johnson Ursula Smith Purcell/Britten I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly; I take no pleasure; Hark the ech’ing air!; Monday 11 May 7.30pm Take not a woman’s anger ill; Music for a while; Takács Quartet A Morning Hymn Roger Tapping viola Weldon (attrib. Purcell)/Britten Alleluia Monday 18 May 7.30pm Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Garrick Ohlsson piano Brahms Botschaft; Sonntag; O liebliche Wangen; Am Sonntag Morgen; An ein Veilchen; Wiegenlied; Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm Wach auf mein Herzensschöne; Es steht ein Lind; Vienna Piano Trio Lerchengesang; In Waldeseinsamkeit Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm Britten On This Island Op. 11 Michael Collins clarinet £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Vienna Piano Trio Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Vienna Piano Trio Radovan Vlatković Alexander Melnikov Simon Bode © Nancy Horowitz © Branko Hrkač © Molina Visuals © Kroeger Photography wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 11

Tuesday 14 January Wednesday 15 January 6.15pm – 7.05pm 12.30pm and 2.00pm Bechstein Sessions: Chamber Tots: Beaten Track Ensemble Growing in the Garden Join us for an informal performance in the Join us on a musical adventure in the garden Bechstein Bar from Beaten Track Ensemble. in these interactive music sessions for children Enjoy percussionists Beth Higham-Edwards, aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Alice Angliss and Rosie Bergonzi’s joyful exciting instruments, songs, and stories with programme and vibrant performances as they experienced music leaders and emerging showcase the musical range and storytelling chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as capabilities of their favourite percussion we explore, play and move together! instruments including the marimba, vibraphone 12.30pm–1.30pm (1-2 year-olds) and handpan in this specially curated 2.00pm–3.00pm (3-5 year-olds) celebration of life in music. Children £7 Adults £5 £5 Wednesday 15 January Tuesday 14 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Mozart and the Second Viennese School Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Mahler From : Der Mozart Piano Sonata in F K280 Einsame im Herbst & Der Abschied; Rückert Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11 Lieder; From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat K570; Rondo in Revelge, Der Tamboursg’sell & Wo die schönen A minor K511; Piano Sonata in F K533/494 Trompeten blasen £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Concert repeated on Monday 8 June 7.30pm Friday 17 January 7.30pm

Graham Johnson Rosie Bergonzi and Beth Higham-Edwards Elisabeth Leonskaja Chamber Tots © Clive Barda © Elisa Spigariol © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega 12 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 16 January Friday 17 January 11.00am and 12.30pm 7.30pm

For Crying Out Loud! Christian Gerhaher baritone

Liselotte Östblom/Rupert Cox Duo Gerold Huber piano Liselotte Östblom voice Mahler From Das Lied von der Erde: Der Rupert Cox piano Einsame im Herbst & Der Abschied; Rückert Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can Lieder; From Des Knaben Wunderhorn: enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians Revelge, Der Tamboursg’sell & Wo die schönen from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and Trompeten blasen groove to the music or sit back and unwind. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Repeat of concert on Approximately 45 minutes in duration Wednesday 15 January 7.30pm Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy Saturday 18 January of Music 5.30pm Thursday 16 January Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 7.30pm Nash Ensemble Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Philippe Jaroussky countertenor Richard Hosford clarinet Jérôme Ducros piano Stephanie Gonley violin Adrian Brendel cello Schubert Du bist die Ruh; Gruppe aus Tartarus; Im Frühling; Des Fischers Moscheles Fantasy, Variations and Finale Op. 46 Liebesglück; Die Sterne; Die Götter Schubert Notturno in E flat D897; Arpeggione Griechenlands; Nacht und Träume; Litanei; Sonata in A minor D821 Herbst; Abendstern; An die Musik; An Silvia; £5 Nachtstück; Seih mir gegrüsst £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

For Crying Out Loud! Philippe Jaroussky Christian Gerhaher Schubertiade © Benjamin Ealovega © Simon Fowler © Gregor Hohenberg © Julius Schmid wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 13 European Chamber Music Academy Showcase 2020

Friday 17 January Sunday 19 January 3.00pm 3.00pm Quatuor Métamorphoses Trio Hélios Trio Incendio Simply Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor Martinů Piano Trio No. 3 in C Op. 44 No. 2 £10 £10

Saturday 18 January The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of 3.00pm Sigmund Elton Masterclass with Professor Johannes Meissl and Trio Incendio Already the winners of the 2017 Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award, the recently formed Czech trio will develop its artistry further as it works in this masterclass on Dvořák’s Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 under the guidance of the vice rector and former Head of the Department of Chamber Music at the University of Vienna, Professor Johannes Meissl. £5

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Saturday 18 January Monday 20 January 7.30pm 1.00pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Jerusalem Quartet Nash Ensemble Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 Rossini Sonata No. 1 in G for strings Spohr No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Bartók String Quartet No. 4 BB95 Octet in E Op. 32 Schubert Octet in F D803 £16 concs £14 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 20 January Saturday 8 February 5.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm Saturday 7 March 7.30pm Dover Quartet Sunday 8 March 11.30am Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 Sunday 19 January ‘Serioso’ Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D 11.30am Op. 25 Hindemith String Quartet No. 3 Op. 16 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 double bass Edgar Meyer In Memory of Peter Flatter Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 Edgar Meyer Work in Progress* Tuesday 21 January *Commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson, the Savannah 7.30pm Music Festival, and San Francisco Performances, and funded by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson Jerusalem Quartet £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 sherry/juice Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Sunday 19 January Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Dover Quartet Wednesday 22 January Edgar Meyer double bass 12.15pm Mozart Divertimento in D K136 Rossini Duetto in D for cello and double bass Ravel String Pre-Concert Talk Quartet in F Edgar Meyer Quintet for strings Join composer Freya Waley-Cohen in conversation with Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of the lunchtime £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 concert, in which musicians from Britten Sinfonia Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets will be performing her new work. for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact Free (ticket required) the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Edgar Meyer Dover Quartet Jerusalem Quartet Freya Waley-Cohen © Jim McGuire © Carlin Ma © Felix Broede © Patrick Allen

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Wednesday 22 January Thursday 23 January 1.00pm 7.30pm Britten Sinfonia Principal Musicians La Nuova Musica Katie Bray mezzo-soprano David Bates conductor Programme to include: Christopher Lowrey countertenor Mahler Rückert Lieder (arr. Freya Waley-Cohen Nick Pritchard tenor for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble) A French Affair Freya Waley-Cohen New work (London première) Purcell Arise my muse (Ode for the birthday £16 concs £14 of Queen Mary) Z320; I was glad when they said unto me Z19 Humfrey Like as the Hart Wednesday 22 January Purcell My beloved spake Z28 Charpentier Le 7.30pm reniement de St Pierre H424 Blow An Ode Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Rameau Laboravi clamans; Tendre amour from Les soprano Soraya Mafi Indes galantes Cassandra Miller New work Ann Murray DBE mezzo-soprano £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Neal Davies bass-baritone Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Adrian Thompson tenor Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Graham Johnson piano Forthcoming Concert in the Series: Gounod and Mrs Weldon Wednesday 8 July 7.30pm In the second half of the 19th century, the Commune of 1871 exacted such terror on Parisian Friday 24 January citizens that a number of French people came to 1.00pm live in London. One of them was Charles Gounod, who came to England for three years and became Mark Padmore tenor caught up with one of the most interesting Sacconi Quartet characters in all Victorian history, Mrs. Georgina Weldon. Songmakers’ Almanac continues with a Rachmaninov Romance for string quartet celebration of Charles Gounod, told through this Jonathan Dove In Damascus little known story of Victorian drama and humour. £16 concs £14 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s 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 ‘UNDER 25s’

Katie Bray Ann Murray DBE Christopher Lowrey Mark Padmore © Tim Dunk © Sian Trenberth © Rebecca Fay © Marco Borggreve 16 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 24 January Saturday 25 January 7.30pm 7.30pm

Andreas Scholl countertenor MILOŠ guitar Tamar Halperin piano Bach Lute Partita (Suite) in C minor BWV997 (arr. Miloš Karadaglic) The Twilight People Granados From 12 danzas españolas: Andaluza Ari Frankel The Rest from Wiping Ceramic Tiles & Orientale (arr. Michael Lewin) Copland From Old American Songs II: The Little Albéniz Asturias from Suite Española (arr. Horses & At the River; I Bought me a Cat from Michael Lewin) Old American Songs I Vaughan Williams In the Villa-Lobos 5 Preludes Spring; Silent Noon from The House of Life; The Lennon/McCartney Blackbird (arr. Sérgio Twilight People; Tired from 4 Last Songs Berg Assad); Yesterday (arr. Sérgio Assad) Wo der Goldregen steht; Abschied; Vielgeliebte Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps (arr. schöne Frau; Ferne Lieder Cage Soliloquy; Jazz Sérgio Assad) Study; In a Landscape (for solo piano) Britten Mathias Duplessy Cavalcade The Ash Grove; Greensleeves; The Salley Gardens Joseph Tawadros Beauty is Life (arr. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Matt McMahon); A Truth (arr. Matt McMahon) In Memory of Peter Flatter Arvo Pärt Es sang vor langen Jahren; Vater Unser Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Saturday 25 January 4.30pm – 5.30pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room, where the pianist will discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. coursera.org/learn/Beethoven-piano-sonatas Free (ticket required) Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Andreas Scholl Tamar Halperin Jonathan Biss MILOŠ © James McMillan Decca © Gregor Hohenberg © Benjamin Ealovega © Lars Borges wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 17

Sunday 26 January Sunday 26 January 11.30am 7.30pm Beethoven Piano Trios Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Jonathan Biss piano Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 15 in D Op. 28 Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 ‘Pastoral’, No. 20 in G Op. 49 No. 2, No. 3 in £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ C Op. 2 No. 3, No. 27 in E minor Op. 90 & sherry/juice No. 28 in A Op. 101 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sunday 3 May 11.30am 9.30pm Saturday 20 June 7.30pm Post-Concert Talk with

Jonathan Biss and Brett Dean Following each concert in the Beethoven sonata cycle, Jonathan Biss will be joined by one of his Sunday 26 January favourite musicians to discuss the repertoire. 3.00pm Free (with evening concert ticket) Royal Academy of Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Music Song Circle Friday 28 February 7.30pm Samantha Quillish soprano Monday 20 April 7.30pm Yuki Akimoto mezzo-soprano Robert Forrest tenor Saturday 9 May 7.30pm Michael Ronan baritone Thursday 25 June 7.30pm Benjamin Mead piano All followed by a post-concert talk at 9.30pm Julia Klimek piano Our Beethoven Celebration has been The complete songs of Clara Schumann made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Approximately 75 minutes in duration without Foundation, and additional support from an interval the Beethoven Circle £16

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Royal Academy of Music Song Circle Jonathan Biss © Michael Pavia © Harry Cole © Benjamin Ealovega 18 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 27 January Wednesday 29 January 1.00pm 7.30pm Christiane Karg Focus Jennifer Pike violin Martin Roscoe piano Christiane Karg soprano Dani Howard New work* (world première) Malcolm Martineau piano Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82 R Schumann Seit ich ihn gesehen; Widmung; Rózsa Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Rose, Meer und Sonne; Die Lotosblume; Nun Song Op. 4 hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan *Commissioned by BBC C Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um £16 concs £14 Schönheit; Warum willst du and’re fragen; Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets 6 Lieder Op. 13; Ihr Bildnis; Oh weh des for schools and 8-25 year olds at Scheidens; Lorelei; Das Veilchen; 6 Lieder aus selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Jucunde Op. 23; Die gute Nacht Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Brahms 3rd movement from Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor Op. 2; Liebe und Monday 27 January Frühling II Op. 3 No. 3; An ein Veilchen; Wie 7.30pm Melodien zieht es mir; Mondnacht Christian Blackshaw piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Mozart Revisited Thursday 30 January Mozart Piano Sonatas: in C K279, in G K283, 7.30pm in D K311, in F K332 & in A minor K310 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Borodin Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G Op. 101 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Jennifer Pike Christian Blackshaw Christiane Karg Borodin Quartet © Arno © Benjamin Ealovega © Gisela Schenker © Simon Van Boxtel wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 19

Friday 31 January Sunday 2 February 10.15am and 11.45am 11.30am Chamber Tots: In Space Chiaroscuro Quartet Join us on a musical adventure in space in Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 these interactive music sessions for children Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Op. 13 exciting instruments, songs, and stories with £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ experienced music leaders and emerging sherry/juice chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! Sunday 2 February 10.15am-11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 3.00pm 11.45am-12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Elsa Dreisig soprano Children £7 Adults £5 Jonathan Ware piano Friday 31 January Morgen 7.30pm Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Aux étoiles (for Mauro Peter tenor solo piano); Chanson triste; La vie antérieure Strauss 4 Last Songs; Andante from 5 Helmut Deutsch piano Klavierstücke Op. 3 No. 1 Songs after poems by Johann Wolfgang Rachmaninov Daisies; Etude-tableau in C von Goethe Op. 33 No. 2 (for solo piano); The pied piper; Schubert Der Sänger; D123; In my garden at night; Dreams Rastlose Liebe; Meeres Stille D216; Wandrers £16 Nachtlied II; An den Mond D296; Der Fischer; Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Der Rattenfänger; Der König in Thule; year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Erlkönig; Gesänge des Harfners I-III; Ganymed; Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Erster Verlust; Versunken; Geheimes; An die Entfernte; Wilkommen und Abschied £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Chamber Tots Mauro Peter Chiaroscuro Quartet Elsa Dreisig © Benjamin Ealovega © Christian Felber © Eva Vermandel © Simon Fowler 20 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 20th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday 1 February Saturday 1 February 11.30am* 4.30pm

Khatia Buniatishvili piano Fatma Said soprano Meta4 Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Kaipainen String Quartet No. 6 ‘The Terror Run’ Alessandro Fisher tenor Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Ashley Riches bass-baritone £16 concs £14 Martin Fröst clarinet Saturday 1 February Eivind Ringstad viola 2.00pm* Joseph Middleton piano Elena Urioste violin Brahms 2 Songs with viola Op. 91 Eivind Ringstad viola Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 Plus songs and ensembles by Duparc, Brahms cello Andrei Ioniţă and Robert and Clara Schumann piano Cédric Tiberghien £16 concs £14 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 (version for cello and piano) Saturday 1 February Mozart No. 1 in G minor K478 7.30pm* £16 concs £14 Allan Clayton tenor Martin Fröst clarinet Lawrence Power viola Elias String Quartet Christian Ihle Hadland piano Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Britten String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat K498 ‘Kegelstatt’ Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B flat Op. 87 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Khatia Buniatishvili All four concerts will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 © Gavin Evans *Part of the U25s 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 ‘UNDER 25s’ wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 21

Monday 3 February Tuesday 4 February 1.00pm 1.00pm

Katharina Konradi soprano Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Eric Schneider piano Filippo Gorini piano Schubert Suleika II; An mein Herz; Suleika I YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Rachmaninov Lilacs; Beloved, let us fly; How Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance fair this spot; Vocalise Strauss 3 Lieder der Op. 28 Ophelia Op. 67 Barber Nuvoletta Schubert Im Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Abendrot; Lied des Florio; Lied der Delphine Skalkottas Petite Suite No. 2 for violin and piano £16 concs £14 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 £14 concs £12 Monday 3 February Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) 6.30pm YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Royal Academy of Music Foundation for this series Bicentenary Prize Tuesday 4 February Elise van der Wel baroque violin Samantha Quillish soprano & Julia Klimek piano 7.30pm Qianyu Zhang accordion Kuss Quartet Esther Beyer harp Amy Holyland mezzo-soprano & Benjamin Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135 Mead piano Bruno Mantovani String Quartet No. 6 Ariel Lanyi piano ‘Beethoveniana’* (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor In the approach to its Bicentenary in 2022, the Op. 131 Royal Academy of Music presents the grand final of a prestigious new competition, judged *Co-commissioned by Suntory Hall Tokyo, Philharmonie de Paris, Pro Quartet, Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR Hannover, by a panel of eminent judges with a prize of Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall £10,000. Open to singers and instrumentalists £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 studying at the Academy, six finalists exhibit the breadth of talent across many disciplines on the Marylebone Road. £10, £5 for staff and students of the Royal Academy of Music Presented by the Royal Academy of Music Sponsored by LetterOne

Katharina Konradi Royal Academy of Music Jonian Ilias Kadesha Kuss Quartet © Christoph Gellert © Adam Scott © Kaupo Kikkas © Molina Visuals 22 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Ermonela Jaho © Fadil Berisha

Sunday 2 February 7.30pm Ermonela Jaho soprano Steven Maughan piano An Evening with Rosina Storchio The acclaimed soprano Ermonela Jaho, making an exclusive London concert appearance as well as her Wigmore Hall recital debut, explores music championed by the renowned Italian soprano Rosina Storchio, creator of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Leoncavallo’s Zazà and Mascagni’s Lodoletta.

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Promoted by Opera Rara wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 23

Wednesday 5 February Friday 7 February 7.30pm 1.00pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Max Raabe singer Christoph Israel piano Alexander Armstrong presenter, singer Max Raabe is best known for his unique Paul Blezard interviewer interpretations of songs from the 20s and 30s. Orchestra of St John’s The songs in tonight’s programme stem from Germany’s Weimar Era and in few words they tell John Lubbock conductor little stories; often they are part of a story. Many Bach Erbarme dich, mein Gott from St Matthew have gone on to inspire whole feature films and Passion operettas – these ‘three-minute operas’ tell us Beethoven Third movement from Symphony about the confusion of inter-human relationships. No. 7 in A Op. 92 (excerpt) Most of tonight’s songs will be in German and Dvořák Serenade for Strings (excerpt) some in English. £16 concs £14 Approximately 55 minutes in duration, without Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106) an interval Friday 7 February £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 7.30pm Thursday 6 February Beatrice Rana piano 7.30pm Bach Italian in F BWV971 Concentus Musicus Wien Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14 (1836 version) Stefan Gottfried director, Albéniz Iberia Book 3 harpsichord, organ Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka Biber Sonata No. 1 in C from Sonatae tam aris £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 quam aulis servientes; Sonata No. 11 in C minor from Fidicinium sacro-profanum; Battalia With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall Purcell Suite from King Arthur Vivaldi Concerto in F for violin, strings and continuo RV293 ‘L’autunno’ Telemann Overture in D TWV55:D1 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Max Raabe Concentus Musicus Wien Alexander Armstrong Beatrice Rana © Gregor Hohenberg © Johannes Baumann © Nicolas Bets 24 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 8 February Saturday 8 February 5.30pm 7.30pm Chamber Ensemble in Residence Chamber Ensemble in Residence Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Nash Ensemble Nash Ensemble Simon Crawford-Phillips piano James Gilchrist tenor Richard Hosford clarinet Richard Watkins horn Stephanie Gonley violin Michael Gurevich violin Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Lawrence Power viola Roger Vignoles piano* Adrian Brendel cello Songs by Loewe, Reichardt and Zelter* Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat Op. 11 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Weber Variations on a theme from Silvana J128 Op. 13 Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Schubert Auf dem Strom D943 Approximately 1 hour in duration, without Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898 an interval £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £5 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 7 March 7.30pm Sunday 8 March 11.30am

Sunday 9 February 11.30am Heath Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Schubertiade Nash Ensemble Heath Quartet © Julius Schmid © K Leighton © Simon Way wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 25

Sunday 9 February Monday 10 February 7.30pm 7.30pm

Richard Goode piano Paul Laraia viola Bach Partita No. 5 in G BWV829 Robert Markham piano Mozart Piano Sonata in F K533/494 Lionel Tertis Viola Competition Winner’s Debussy Images Series 2 Recital Chopin Nocturne in E flat Op. 55 No. 2; Mazurkas: in C Op. 56 No. 2, in A minor Rolla Concertant Duo for violin and viola Op. 59 No. 1, in A flat Op. 59 No. 2 & in Op. 5 No. 1 F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3 Atar Arad Caprice 8 ‘Paul’ from 12 Caprices for Debussy Pour les sonorités opposées from Etudes viola Book II; Pour les octaves from Etudes Book I; Pour Hindemith Sonata for viola and piano Op. 11 les arpèges composés from Etudes Book II; La No. 4 soirée dans Grenade from Estampes; L’isle joyeuse Bridge Allegro appassionato Roxanna Panufnik Canto £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Atar Arad Caprice 1 ‘Rebecca’ from 12 Caprices for viola Monday 10 February Clarke Viola Sonata 1.00pm £16 Lucie Horsch recorder Thomas Dunford lute Castello Sonata Seconda in stil moderno Dowland Preludium; Flow my tears Dieupart Suite No. 5 in F Debussy Syrinx Philidor Sonata in D minor Marais Les Voix Humaines Couperin Le rossignol-en-amour Eyck Lavolette Ortiz Recercadas Dalza Calate ala spagnola Marais Couplets de folies (Les folies d’Espagne) £16 concs £14 Part of the U25s 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 ‘UNDER 25s’

Richard Goode Lucie Horsch Thomas Dunford Paul Laraia © Steve Riskind © Dana Van Leeuwen © Charles Plumey 26 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Diphonon Duo © Benjamin Ealovega

Learning Festival: Musical Conversations Our Learning Festival in 2019/20 invites Monday 10 – Saturday 22 February you to explore the many different ways Main Foyer we create, perform, listen to and respond to music. We delve into the concept of Re:Scale musical conversation, a notion at the Explore the sounds of Wigmore Hall and create heart of chamber music, and invite you, your own musical conversations on a miniature your ears and your voices to take part. model of the stage… We mark 250 years since the birth of one This newly commissioned interactive sound of the world’s most celebrated composers, installation by artist and composer Gawain Hewitt , whose own invites you to compose duets using sounds of modes of musical conversation shifted Wigmore Hall performers and participants past when he began to lose his hearing. Yet he and present. continued to make music, and went on to A part of our Beethoven 250 celebrations and Musical Conversations festival, the installation compose some of the greatest works he includes vibrating transducers, enabling D/deaf would ever create. and hearing participants to explore pieces through touch and vibration. Free wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 27

Monday 10 February 6.15pm Bechstein Session Special Wednesday 12 February 11.00am and 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! Event: Beethoven in the Dark Sacconi Quartet Thursday 13 February 11.00am Schools Concert: Talking Drums Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C minor Op. 131 For the first time in London, the award- Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 February 11.00am winning Sacconi Quartet performs one of the Musical Portraits most emotionally demanding pieces in the Wednesday 19 February 10.30am repertoire entirely from memory, in almost Family Day: Handel & Hendrix complete darkness. This unique performance of a deeply moving Thursday 20 February 11.00am piece is made even more profound by the Relaxed Concert: The Bad Mood absence of light, allowing for total focus on 10.15am and 11.45am Beethoven’s extraordinary soundworld. Friday 21 February Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers £5 Our Beethoven Celebration has been made Saturday 22 February 3.00pm possible thanks to a lead gift from André Family Concert: Talking Drums and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle 28 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 11 February Wednesday 12 February 7.30pm 7.30pm

Paul Lewis piano The Endellion String Quartet Steven Osborne piano Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6 Fauré Dolly Suite Op. 56 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119 Poulenc Sonata for Piano Four Hands Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor Op. 44 Debussy 6 épigraphes antiques; Petite Suite No. 2 Stravinsky 3 pièces faciles £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Thursday 13 February 11.00am – 12 noon Wednesday 12 February Schools Concert: Talking Drums 11.00am and 12.30pm Key Stage 2 For Crying Out Loud! Join percussionists Owen and Toby, otherwise Orix Duo known as O Duo, for a whistle stop tour through Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can 350 years of music all played on percussion enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians instruments. From Bach to bongos and beyond! We invite Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers to from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and groove to the music or sit back and unwind. explore a magical soundworld of marimbas, Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. vibraphones, glockenspiels and drums a-plenty. This will be an exciting musical experience Approximately 45 minutes in duration with music from films, stage and bygone years Adults £8.50 (babies come free) presented in an interactive concert. In partnership with the Royal Academy Approximately 1 hour in duration of Music Children £4 Accompanying adults free (ticket required)

Paul Lewis © Josep Molina For Crying Out Loud! The Endellion String Quartet Schools Concert Steven Osborne © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Eric Richmond © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 29

Friday 14 February Saturday 15 February 1.00pm 7.30pm

Carolyn Sampson soprano Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Joseph Middleton piano Mark Simpson clarinet Amy Harman bassoon Elena Urioste violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez Album Launch Recital viola Laura van der Heijden cello Joseph Walton A Song for the Lord Mayor’s table Conyers double bass Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Quilter My Life’s Delight; By a Fountainside; Tom Poster piano Dream Valley; Arab Love Song; Fair House of Joy Huw Watkins 5 Larkin Songs Bridge When Mozart Bassoon Quartet in B flat (after most I wink; Go not happy day; Adoration; Bassoon Sonata K292) (arr. Iain Farrington) Come to me in my dreams; Love went a-riding Dohnányi Sextet in C Op. 37 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20 £16 concs £14 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Friday 14 February Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported 7.30pm by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Mark Simpson clarinet Amy Harman bassoon Sunday 16 February Elena Urioste violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez 11.30am viola Laura van der Heijden cello Joseph Conyers double bass Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Andreas Brantelid cello Tom Poster piano Christian Ihle Hadland piano Strauss Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders (arr. Myaskovsky No. 1 in D Op. 12 Franz Hasenöhrl) Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Fanny Mendelssohn Fantasia in G minor for £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ cello and piano sherry/juice Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op. 70 In Memory of Peter Flatter Glinka Trio pathétique Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s 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 ‘UNDER 25s’

Carolyn Sampson Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Andreas Brantelid © Marco Borggreve © Marios Taramides 30 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 13 February 7.30pm Beethoven Violin Sonatas James Ehnes violin Andrew Armstrong piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’; Violin Sonata in A Op. 30 No. 1; Violin Sonata in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Thursday 4 June 7.30pm

Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Part of the U25s 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 ‘UNDER 25s’

James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 31

Sunday 16 February Monday 17 February 7.30pm 1.00pm

Nicolas Namoradze piano Daniel Müller-Schott cello Skryabin Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68 ‘Black Mass’ Annika Treutler piano Bach Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor BWV795; Dvořák 4 Romantic Pieces Op. 75 (arr. Daniel Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Müller-Schott) York Bowen 12 Studies Op. 46 Webern 3 kleine Stücke Op. 11 Nicolas Namoradze Etudes I-VI (UK première) Franck Sonata in A (arr. Jules Delsart for cello £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 and piano) Presented by Honens International Piano Competition £16 concs £14 Debut series supported by The Azrieli Foundation

Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 February Monday 17 February 11.00am – 3.30pm 7.30pm Musical Portraits Michael Collins Residency For young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions London Winds We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Philippa Davies flute Conditions to be inspired by paintings in the Gareth Hulse oboe National Portrait Gallery, and to create their Michael Collins clarinet, director own works of art and music with inspiring Robin O’Neill bassoon visual artists alongside Ignite ensemble. Richard Watkins horn For more information, and to apply for a place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Peter Sparks bass clarinet Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email Michael McHale piano [email protected] Ligeti 6 Bagatelles Free (application required) Janáček Mládi In partnership with the National Thuille Sextet in B flat for piano and winds Op. 6 Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Events in the Series Tuesday 19 May 1.00pm Michael Collins Masterclass

Tuesday 21 July 7.30pm

Nicolas Namoradze Musical Portraits Daniel Müller-Schott London Winds © Brian Slater © Uwe Arens © Eric Richmond 32 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 18 February Wednesday 19 February 7.30pm 7.30pm

Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano Pavel Haas Quartet Donald Sulzen piano Boris Giltburg piano Prokofiev Sonata in C for 2 Op. 56; Respighi Deità silvane N Boulanger Versailles; Suite from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64 (arr. Jiří Cantique; Soleils couchants; Chanson: Elle a Kabát for string quartet) vendu mon cœur; Mon cœur; From Les heures Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 claires: Vous m’avez dit & C’était en juin Britten On This Island Op. 11 Poulenc Le travail du peintre £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Thursday 20 February Wednesday 19 February 11.00am – 12 noon 10.30am – 3.30pm Relaxed Concert: The Bad Mood Family Day: Handel & Hendrix For ages 6 plus Recommended for families with children aged 7-11 TROUPE invites sound-makers everywhere to join them for an afternoon at Sonic HQ. Explore the musical worlds of George Frideric HQ does its best to keep the world ticking tidily Handel and Jimi Hendrix with the help of Handel along, but when a Bad Mood arrives on the grid, & Hendrix in London. Visit the rooms they lived HQ’s sound-makers find they haven’t a clue how in, discover what inspired them, and imagine to reach it. the musical conversations between them before Join TROUPE in a playful musical adventure, creating your own music, rounding off the day featuring movement, storytelling and music by with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. Bach, Ravel and Cage. Weaving together brand Children £10 Adults £15 new poetry and music from across the ages, TROUPE presents an eclectic performance of humour, colour and invention. This relaxed concert is open to everyone aged 6 and over and provides an opportunity to hear live music in an informal environment. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights remain up. Audience members can move in and out of the auditorium as they wish, and there is a designated quiet area. £5

Anna Caterina Antonacci Donald Sulzen Pavel Haas Quartet TROUPE © JD Shaw © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 33

Thursday 20 February Friday 21 February 7.30pm 7.30pm

Leif Ove Andsnes piano The Sixteen Musicians from the Mahler Harry Christophers conductor Chamber Orchestra Byrd and Dowland Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478; Byrd Retire, my soul; Come woeful Orpheus; Piano Trio in B flat K502; Fantasia in C minor Come, let us rejoice unto our Lord; How vain the K475; Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat K493 toils; Arise Lord into thy rest; Make ye joy to God; This day Christ was born; Sing we merrily; Come £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 jolly swains; Crowned with flowers and lilies; This sweet and merry month of May a4; Praise our Friday 21 February Lord, all ye Gentiles; Turn our captivity, O Lord 10.15am and 11.45am Dowland Disdain me still, that I may ever love; Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers Welcome black night/Cease these false sports; Thou mighty God; In darkness let me dwell; Up Join us on a musical adventure in the jungle in merry mates; Sweet stay awhile; Galliard to these interactive music sessions for children Lachrimae; Shall I strive with words to move aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover £60 £50 £40 £30 £18 exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging Saturday 22 February chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 3.00pm – 4.00pm 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Family Concert: Talking Drums 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Recommended for families with children aged 7-11 Children £7 Adults £5 Join percussionists Owen and Toby, otherwise known as O Duo, for a whistle stop tour through 350 years of music all played on percussion instruments. From Bach to bongos and beyond! Recommended for children aged 7-11 and their parents and carers to explore a magical soundworld of marimbas, vibraphones, glockenspiels and drums a-plenty. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room, run on a first come, first served basis. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm. Children £10 Adults £12

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Saturday 22 February Sunday 23 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Artemis Quartet Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 Cédric Tiberghien piano Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 7 ‘Studie über Beethoven 5 Variations on ‘Rule Britannia’ in D Beethoven’ (UK première) Beethoven String WoO. 79 Feldman Last Pieces in B flat Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 6 Variations on an Original Theme in G £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 WoO. 77 Cage 7 Haiku Beethoven 9 Variations Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets on a March by Dressler in C minor WoO. 63 for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported George Crumb Processional Beethoven 12 by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Variations on ‘Menuet à la Viganò’ from Haibel’s Le nozze disturbate in C WoO. 68 Cage In a Sunday 23 February Landscape Beethoven 7 Variations on ‘God 11.30am save the King’ in C WoO. 78 Meccore String Quartet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series String Quartet No. 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’ Smetana String Thursday 2 July 7.30pm Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Our Beethoven Celebration has been £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, sherry/juice the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from Sunday 23 February the Beethoven Circle 3.00pm Monday 24 February Britten Series 1.00pm Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Meta4 Roger Vignoles piano Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Debussy Clair de lune from Fêtes galantes Bartók String Quartet No. 1 BB52 Book I; Apparition; Le jet d’eau £16 concs £14 Britten The Poet’s Echo Op. 76 Strauss Einerlei; O wärst du mein; Rachmaninov 6 Songs Op. 38 £16

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Monday 24 February Wigmore Study Group: 7.30pm Beethoven Adrian Brendel cello Monday 24 February Joanna MacGregor piano Thursday 27 February Gildas Quartet Monday 2 March All dates 3.00pm – 6.00pm 25th Annual Jacqueline du Pré Charity Concert Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 Come and immerse yourself in the string Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor quartets of Beethoven. To the 18th-century Freya Waley-Cohen New work (world première) listener, the four-voice texture of the string Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 quartet was closely associated with both the contrapuntal learned style and the art of £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 conversation. He had always been fascinated The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (Reg. Charity No. 208879) by the minutiae of the instruments he wrote for, instructing himself in his Tagebuch to Generously sponsored by Tarisio ‘share a meal with someone, where one can discuss this and that, instruments etc., violins, Tuesday 25 February ...’. In this study series, we will look at 7.30pm works from all periods of the composer’s life, exploring his monumental contribution to the The English Concert genre. The series is presented by composer Nadja Zwiener violin Julian Philips, with pianist Laura Roberts, flute guest speakers and student performers from Lisa Beznosiuk the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Tabea Debus recorder Series ticket price £70 including Sarah Humphrys recorder 3 study sessions and a ticket for the Laurence Cummings director, evening concert on Monday 2 March harpsichord Our Beethoven Celebration has been Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D BWV1069; made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, Sinfonia from Geist und Seele wird verwirret; the Foyle Foundation, and additional Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050; support from the Beethoven Circle Sinfonia from Gott soll allein mein Herze haben; Concerto in D for 3 violins BWV1064R; Ludvig van Beethoven © Joseph Karl Stieler Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Wednesday 26 February Thursday 27 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Brahms Series Septura Castalian String Quartet G Gabrieli Exultavit cor meum (arr. Simon Cox) Cédric Tiberghien piano Strozzi Il Primo Libro de Madrigali (a selection) (arr. Matthew Knight) Schumann String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2 Lassus Lagrime di San Pietro (arr. Matthew Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67 Knight) Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in C minor Op. 65 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 No. 2 (arr. Simon Cox) Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle C Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor (arr. Simon Cox) The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 All concerts featuring the Castalian String Quartet in the Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets 2019/20 Season are supported by a contribution from for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Thursday 27 February 3.00pm Friday 28 February 6.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Bärenreiter Pre-Concert Talk Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Ever since conductor and musicologist Jonathan Join Jonathan Biss in the Restaurant, where Del Mar embarked on his edition of the nine the pianist will discuss his Coursera lectures Beethoven symphonies in 1996, Bärenreiter has on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. become, step by step, the premier Beethoven coursera.org/learn/Beethoven-piano-sonatas publishing house. Join Jonathan in the launch and presentation of the new Bärenreiter Urtext Free (ticket required) Edition of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas. Free (ticket required) Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Castalian String Quartet Jonathan Biss Septura Jonathan Del Mar © Kaupo Kikkas © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 37

Friday 28 February Saturday 29 February 7.30pm 10.15am and 11.45am Beethoven Sonata Cycle Chamber Tots: Jonathan Biss piano Growing in the Garden Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 6 in F Op. 10 No. 2, Join us on a musical adventure in the garden No. 10 in G Op. 14 No. 2, No. 18 in E flat Op. 31 in these interactive music sessions for children No. 3 & No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging 9.30pm chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan we explore, play and move together! Biss and Sally Beamish 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Following each concert in the Beethoven sonata 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) cycle, Jonathan Biss will be joined by one of his Children £7 Adults £5 favourite musicians to discuss the repertoire. Free (with evening concert ticket) Saturday 29 February Our Beethoven Celebration has been made 7.30pm possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Isabelle Faust violin Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Bernhard Forck violin, leader Xenia Löffler oboe JS Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins BWV1043 CPE Bach Symphony in C Wq. 182 No. 3 JS Bach Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor BWV1060R (reconst. Wilfried Fischer); Violin Concerto in G minor BWV1056R reconstructed from Concerto in F minor for harpsichord; Trio Sonata in C BWV529 for 2 violins and continuo; Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052R £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

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