September 2015

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September 2015

Jean-Guihen Queyras INSIDE: Florian Boesch | Borodin Quartet Cuarteto Casals | Michael Collins Iestyn Davies | James Ehnes The English Concert | Pavel Haas Quartet Mark Padmore & Kristian Bezuidenhout Wigmore Hall /Kohn Foundation International Song Competition and many more

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Benjamin Ealovega

2 Wigmore Hall/ Sunday 6 September 11.00 am and 2.30 pm 2015 Kohn Foundation Preliminary Stage – Day 1 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute International programme All day £13 concs £11 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Song Subscribers Competition Monday 7 September 11.00 am and 2.30 pm Preliminary Stage – Day 2 Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997 Candidates will each perform a 15-minute programme JURY John Gilhooly OBE Chair All day £13 concs £11 Iain Burnside | Wolfgang Holzmair | Graham Johnson OBE Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Angelika Kirchschlager | Sir Ralph Kohn FRS non-voting Subscribers Christoph Prégardien | Thomas Quasthoff | Maxine Robertson Asadour Santourian | David Stern | Ailish Tynan Tuesday 8 September 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm This Competition recognises the song tradition Semi-Final as a whole and requires contestants to perform in at least three languages. At the same time it 12 semi-finalists will each perform a 20-minute programme honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean All day £15 concs £12 stature of Schubert in the genre. Please note there will be an interval from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office.

BOOK FOR THE FIRST THREE STAGES AT THE SAME TIME £30 concs £25

Thursday 10 September 6.00 pm Final and Prize-Giving Four singers will each give a recital of 30 minutes

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Please note there will be an interval from 8.20 pm to 9.30 pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please contact the Box Office.

Song Recital Series

Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

3 Wigmore Hall /Kohn Foundation International Song Competition

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Sunday 6 September 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm Wednesday 9 September 2.00 pm – 6.15 pm Aspects of Schubert Masterclass with Graham Johnson OBE, rightly regarded among the Angelika Kirchschlager world’s greatest Schubertians and an inspiration to generations of singers and accompanists alike, and Thomas Quasthoff discusses Schubert’s Lieder, cornerstones of the Leading artists Angelika Kirchschlager and recital repertoire and a major feature of Wigmore Thomas Quasthoff pass on some of the wisdom Hall’s seasons from 2015 – 2017. they have acquired throughout their careers and £4 use their vast experience as internationally acclaimed singers to provide encouragement Wigmore Hall Learning Event and inspiration to eight semi-finalists.

£8 concs £6

Monday 7 September 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Wigmore Hall Learning Event Introduction to Song Wednesday 9 September 5.30 pm – 9.00 pm For those who ‘don’t like song’ but might be persuaded to find out more ... Come and Sing in German Charismatic presenter and pianist Dominic Harlan shares insights and enthusiasm for this rich Isabelle Adams leads a workshop for adults musical world, complete with live examples from exploring a range of German music and song, the Wigmore Hall stage. Delve into the words including some of Schubert’s choral music. and stories which lie at the heart of French, Spend the evening getting to know the music English and German Song, learn how musical from the inside, develop your singing skills and notes can paint vivid pictures, and discover why finish with a performance on the Wigmore so many people are passionate about this Hall stage. multi-faceted art form. £18 concs £13

£12 concs £10 Wigmore Hall Learning Event Wigmore Hall Learning Event Thursday 10 September 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Tuesday 8 September 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Song Study Events Graham Johnson OBE and WHO CALLS THE TUNE? Sir Ralph Kohn FRS Iain Burnside, member of the Competition Jury, Interview pianist, accompanist and composer, talks to fellow Jury member Ailish Tynan, one of the most Sir Ralph Kohn FRS has sponsored the Wigmore colourful and entertaining sopranos singing Hall International Song Competition through today. They will discuss the very special his Foundation since 1997. He recently wrote relationship between singer and pianist with his autobiography, aided and abetted by particular reference to the classic song recital, Graham Johnson OBE, and this interview offers a and with illustrations from their vast repertoire. fascinating insight into Sir Ralph’s extraordinary career in music, science and philanthropy. IS SINGING AN OLYMPIC SPORT?

£4 Iain Burnside chairs a panel including baritone Marcus Farnsworth to discuss the highs and Wigmore Hall Learning Event lows of song competitions, and how they can shape a young artist’s career.

£12 concs £10 (one ticket covers both sessions)

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

4 Saturday 12 September 7.30 pm 12 Opening Concert of the 2015/16 Season The English Concert

Marco Borggreve Iestyn Davies countertenor Richard Haughton Harry Bicket director, harpsichord Handel From Partenope: Overture; Sento amor; Ch’io parta; Furibondo spira il vento Veracini Overture No. 6 in Bb Handel From Rinaldo: Cara sposa; Venti turbini Handel Pompe vane ... Dove sei from Rodelinda Porpora Sinfonia di camera in G Op. 2 No. 1 Iestyn Davies Harry Bicket Handel From Orlando: Ah Stigie larve; Già latra Cerbero; Ma la furia; Vaghe pupille Handel Passacaglia from Radamisto Handel From Orlando: Fammi combattere;

Richard Haughton Già per la man d’Orlando ... Già l’ebro mio ciglio Iestyn Davies invariably sets creative sparks flying. His second recital album for Wigmore Hall Live won Gramophone’s coveted Recital Award in 2014, recognising the British countertenor’s captivating artistry and star status. He opens Wigmore Hall’s

season in company with The English Concert. The English Concert Their close partnership stands for the highest values in performance, free-flowing and generous in spirit, daring, and always ready to touch the sharp edges of emotional expression. This programme invites listeners on a journey into a world of rare and fleeting beauty, fortified with the dramatic energy of arias written by Handel.

Returns only Early Music and Baroque Series

Sunday 13 September 11.30 am 13 Kelemen Quartet Vilde Frang violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36 The Kelemen Quartet, founded in Budapest in 2010, made its mark as winner of the prestigious Premio Borciani International String Quartet Competition. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall with ‘Death and the Maiden’ and is joined by two outstanding colleagues for Brahms’s G major String Sextet, a rich, complex work highly influenced by Schubert’s chamber music. This concert will be approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes in duration, without an interval £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Zsolt Lafferton

Marco Borggreve Marco Borggreve

Kelemen Quartet Vilde Frang Nicolas Altstaedt

5 Sunday 13 September 7.30 pm

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Strauss Songs from Vier Lieder Op. 27 Benjamin Ealovega Sim Canetty-Clarke Strauss Songs from Acht Gedichte aus ‘Letzte Blätter’ Wagner Wesendonck Lieder For over a decade Alice Coote and Julius Drake have directed their mutual empathy and understanding to the interpretation of everything from Schubert and Brahms Lieder to English and American song. Their artistic partnership, cherished by Wigmore Hall’s regular audience, flows from a shared passion for the heightened expression of poetry through music. Alice Coote Julius Drake £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Song Recital Series

Monday 14 September 1.00 pm

14 Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano Donald Sulzen piano

Poulenc La voix humaine Benjamin Ealovega Poulenc’s intense one-act opera La voix humaine, based on Jean Cocteau’s eponymous play, conveys the pain and torment of a woman rejected by her lover as we hear her side of their final phone call. Anna Caterina Antonacci and her regular recital partner Donald Sulzen are sure to convey the work’s heart-breaking emotional power in this recital. £13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Anna Caterina Antonacci Donald Sulzen

Monday 14 September 7.30 pm

The Monday Platform Egmont Piano Trio Sean Shibe guitar Dowland Forlorn Hope Fancy Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in Eb BWV998 (guitar version in D major) Schubert Notturno in Eb D897 Gareth Farr New work for piano trio* (world première) Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70 Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87 *Commissioned by the Royal Over-Seas League Egmont Piano Trio Since winning the Gold Medal and First Prize in the 2011 Annual Music Competition, Sean Shibe has garnered many other prestigious awards and accolades as a guitarist of exceptional musicality. He shares this concert with the Jules Lawrence Egmont Piano Trio, a newly formed group of recent ROSL Music Competition prizewinners, Benjamin Baker, Jonathan Bloxham and James Sherlock. They will undertake an extensive tour of New Zealand for ROSL in November 2015 for which the new work by Gareth Farr, one of New Zealand’s foremost composers, has been commissioned. £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 ROSL Arts (Reg. Charity) Sean Shibe

6 Tuesday 15 September 7.30pm 15 Borodin Quartet 70th Anniversary Series Borodin Quartet

Keith Saunders Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2; String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 in Bb Op. 92 Written soon after the death of Josef Stalin, Shostakovich’s Fifth String Quartet explores complex emotions and profound reflections on the nature of melancholy. The composition, central to the Borodins’ repertoire for six decades, is prefaced here by two early Beethoven masterworks, the witty and exuberant G major String Quartet and the Borodin Quartet expansive String Quartet in C minor, both created around 1800.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

Wednesday 16 September 7.30 pm

16 Behzod Abduraimov piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D935 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# minor S244 Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition

Benjamin Ealovega/Decca Behzod Abduraimov beguiled his Wigmore Hall audience last year with a typically daring and imaginative programme. The thrilling young Uzbek pianist’s recital includes one of the abiding landmarks of the piano literature, Musorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, a work inspired by the fertile visual imagination of the Russian artist and architect, Viktor Hartmann.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA LE N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

London Pianoforte Series Behzod Abduraimov

Thursday 17 September 7.30 pm 17 Borodin Quartet 70th Anniversary Series Borodin Quartet

Keith Saunders Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49; String Quartet No. 13 in Bb minor Op. 138 Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 ‘In him’, the author Mikhail Zoshchenko observed of his friend and fellow poker-player, Shostakovich, ‘there are great contradictions’. The multiple strands of the composer’s personality surface in his String Quartet No. 13, an eerie and disturbing single-

movement work. Its often bleak take on the human Borodin Quartet condition is offset by the Borodin Quartet’s choice of the composer’s lyrical First String Quartet and Beethoven’s all-encompassing Op. 130.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Chamber Music Circle Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

7 Friday 18 September 6.00 pm 18 Pre-Concert Talk Music critic and writer Paul Griffiths introduces the first concert in our major Bartók series. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber Music

Friday 18 September 7.30 pm

James Ehnes violin Andrew Armstrong piano Olivier Wilkins

Bartók Rhapsody No. 1; Sonata in E minor for violin and piano Benjamin Ealovega BB28; Hungarian Folk Tunes from For Children (transcr. for violin and piano by J. Szigeti & Bartók); Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85 Bartók’s earliest attempts at composition, set down during his school days, include a sonata for violin and piano. James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong join forces to survey a selection of the composer’s chamber works, crowned by the fiendishly difficult James Ehnes Andrew Armstrong second violin sonata. The Grammy Award-winning Canadian violinist also explores the folk influences at work in Bartók’s Hungarian Folk Tunes and the Rhapsody No. 1, written for Joseph Szigeti in 1928.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season/Bartók Chamber Music

CAVATINA Free tickets for 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net and John Lyon’s Charity. To book this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Saturday 19 September 10.30 am – 3.00 pm 19 Open House Day Join us for an opportunity to look behind the scenes and behind the music at Wigmore Hall with free performances and family workshops taking place throughout the day.

www.benjaminharte.co.uk Free (no ticket required) Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 19 September 7.30 pm

Emmanuel Pahud flute Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

Josef Fischnalle Eric Le Sage piano Marco Borggreve Haydn Trio in G for flute, cello and piano HXV:15 Weber Trio in G minor for flute, cello and piano Op. 63 Haydn Trio in D for flute, cello and piano HXV:16 Martinu˚ Trio for flute, cello and piano Haydn, Weber and Martinu invested great creative ˚ Emmanuel Pahud Jean-Guihen Queyras Eric Le Sage energy into their trios for flute, cello and piano. The instrumental combination, strikingly rich if small in repertoire, has rarely been treated with such imagination and insight. Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and two distinguished colleagues are set to cast revealing light on four of the genre’s masterworks.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season/Jean-Guihen Queyras Artist in Residence

8 Sunday 20 September 11.30 am

20 Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin

Huw Watkins piano Patrick Allen Schubert Duo Sonata in A D574 Clara Schumann Drei Romanzen Op. 22 Szymanowski Sonata for violin and piano Op. 9 Tamsin Waley-Cohen’s programme spans almost a century of Romantic art, from Schubert’s Duo Sonata of 1817 to Szymanowski’s youthful Violin Sonata Tamsin Waley-Cohen Op. 9. Clara Schumann created eloquent, atmospheric emotional landscapes within the concise space of her Drei Romanzen, works championed by the great virtuoso Joseph Joachim following their publication in 1855.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TA LE N T Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Huw Watkins

Sunday 20 September 7.00 pm NB Starting time Pupils from The Purcell School Leah Saltoun recorder Ruth Muller violin Yong Jun Lee cello Alim Beisembayev piano Helen Meng piano Anonymous Medieval dance Castello Sonata Prima Hans-Martin Linde Music for a bird Hindemith Sonata for solo cello Op. 25 No. 3 Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso Op. 62 Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B b Op. 83 Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO. 80 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Pupils from The Purcell School The Purcell School is the UK’s oldest specialist music school; alumni include Oliver Knussen CBE, Catrin Finch and BBC Young Musician of the Year winners, Nicholas Daniel, Lara Melda and Martin James Bartlett. ‘It gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of’ Sir Simon Rattle CBE All seats £15 Please note that this concert will be approximately 2 hours 30 minutes in duration, with an interval www.purcell-school.org The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

Monday 21 September 1.00 pm

21 Tine Thing Helseth trumpet Kathryn Stott piano Cicconi Massi

Nordheim Den Første Sommerfugl Shostakovich Regeneration; Paul Marc Mitchell A Jealous Maiden, Sobbing Bitterly; Premonition Glazunov Albumblatt Puccini Storiella d’amore; Sole e amore; E l’uccellino; Canto d’anime; Avanti Urania! Piazzolla From History of the Tango: Café 1930; Nightclub 1960 Kreisler Miniature Viennese March; Toy Soldiers March Following their acclaimed recital in 2013, Tine Thing Helseth and Kathryn

Stott make a much-anticipated return to Wigmore Hall. The Norwegian Tine Thing Helseth Kathryn Stott trumpeter’s lyrical phrasing, dazzling virtuosity and adventurous repertoire have placed her among an elite group of young brass players. Her approach to programming, she explains, is driven by a desire ‘to create a blend that is interesting for an audience and displays different aspects of the trumpet’.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

9 Monday 21 September 7.30 pm

Rosenblatt Recitals 2015/16

Russell Thomas tenor Josh Bryant Simon Lepper piano Beethoven Gott! Welch dunkel hier from Fidelio Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht; Wir wandelten; Meine Liebe ist grün Berlioz Merci, doux crépuscule! from La damnation de Faust Halévy Rachel, quand du seigneur from La Juive Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Verdi L’esule; Stornello Donaudy O del mio amato bene Tosti L’alba sepàra dalla luce l’ombra Russell Thomas Simon Lepper Praised as a ‘superb singer’ by The New York Times, Miami-born tenor Russell Thomas has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting vocal and dramatic talents on the international opera and concert scene. Having made notable debuts at London’s Royal Opera House and ENO in previous seasons, he returns to London to make his debut at Rosenblatt Recitals.

£30 £26 £22 £18 £16 Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 28 October (Sumi Hwang), 1 November (Quinn Kelsey) and 1 December (Dorottya Láng)

Tuesday 22 September 7.30pm

22 Florian Boesch baritone Graham Johnson piano Schubert Lebenstraum (D1a); Der Fischer; Erster Verlust; Der Gott und die Bajadere; An Chloen; Hochzeit-Lied; In der Mitternacht; Trauer der Liebe; Die Perle; Lied des Orpheus, als er in die Hölle ging; An die Nachtigall (D497); Der Tod und das Mädchen; Täglich zu singen; Der Schiffer (D536); Memnon; Auf der Donau; Heliopolis I & II; Der Sieg; Der blinde Knabe; Totengräbers Heimweh; Das Lied im Grünen Schubert’s passion for poetry drew him to set verse by well over 100 different poets. Florian Boesch launches Wigmore Hall’s landmark Schubert: The Complete Songs series with a selection of Lieder that reflects the composer’s inspired response to words. The programme stretches from ‘Lebenstraum’, likely to have been written when Schubert was aged just 12 or 13, to such majestic Goethe settings as ‘Der Fischer’ and ‘Erster Verlust’, and the springtime radiance of ‘Das Lied im Grünen’.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Voices at Wigmore Supporting Schubert: The Complete Songs 2015/16 and 2016/17 Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

Malcolm Crowhers

Lukas Beck/ Wiener Konzerthaus

Florian Boesch Graham Johnson

10 Wednesday 23 September 11.00 am –11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm –1.15 pm 23 For Crying Out Loud! FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the

Royal Academy of Music presented especially for parents www.benjaminharte.co.uk or carers and their babies in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Although these concerts are not interactive, the programmes are designed for adults and babies to enjoy together.

£7.50 per adult – babies come free Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Wednesday 23 September 7.30 pm Eggner Trio Haydn Piano Trio in Bb HXV:20; Piano Trio in G HXV:25 ‘Gypsy Rondo’ Mischa Nawrata Dvorˇák Piano Trio in Bb Op. 21 Haydn’s piano trios delivered great works to a buoyant market, one supported by accomplished amateur players and aristocratic consumers. The composer, as ever, developed the genre, notably through the keyboard virtuosity present in the Piano Trio in B flat and the irresistible Hungarian melodies that give the ‘Gypsy Rondo’ its name. Dvorˇák’s lyrical Piano Trio in B flat, with its contemplative slow movement, completes the Eggner Trio’s seductive programme.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Eggner Trio Supported by the Benefactor Friends of Wigmore Hall Chamber Music Season/Eggner Trio: Haydn and Dvorˇák

Thursday 24 September 1.00 pm 24 Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases Amir Katz piano Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Schubert 4 Impromptus D935 Amir Katz’s mastery of the piano is internationally beyond dispute. In recent seasons, his intimate relationship to the cantabile works of romantic piano literature has been reflected in four great cycles performed worldwide: the complete Sonatas and Impromptus by Franz Schubert, the 48 Songs without Words by Felix Mendelssohn, as well as Fryderyk Chopin’s 21 Nocturnes. His Wigmore Hall recital in July 2014 received critical and audience acclaim. ‘Playing of great suppleness, strength and sensitivity’ Guardian, April 2015 £13 concs £11 20% discount when you book for 3 or more concerts in this series (see further dates below) Amir Katz Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcase Recitals on 22 October (Stefan C´iric´), 26 November (Konstantin Scherbakov), 28 January (Thomas Gould & Diana Ketler), 25 February (Rivka Golani & Michael Hampton) and 17 March (Hélène Dautry & Bruno Rigutto) Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd

11 Thursday 24 September 7.30 pm

Florian Boesch baritone

Malcolm Martineau piano Lucas Beck

Russell Duncan Schubert Quell’innocente figlio; Pensa, che questo istante…; Amphiaraos; Gebet während der Schlacht; Das war ich; Liebeständelei; Die drei Sänger (fragment); Lebensmelodien; Das Heimweh (D456); Der Wanderer (D489); Der Wanderer (D649); Die Vögel; Der Schiffer (D694); Im Walde (D708); Widerspruch; L’incanto degli occhi; Il traditor deluso; Il modo di prender moglie; Bei dir allein!; Irdisches Glück

As part of his education at Vienna’s Stadtkonvikt, young Florian Boesch Malcolm Martineau Schubert received lessons from Antonio Salieri. The veteran court composer directed his pupil to study Italian opera, an instruction that led Schubert to set Pietro Metastasio’s ‘Quell’innocente figlio’. Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau trace the lyrical lines that connect Schubert’s early work to his mature Italian songs of 1827 and the comic Lieder ‘Bei dir allein!’ and ‘Irdisches Glück’ of 1828.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Voices at Wigmore Supporting Schubert: The Complete Songs 2015/16 and 2016/17

Friday 25 September 7.30 pm 25 Cuarteto Casals Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Molina Visuals Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Since its foundation in 1997, Cuarteto Casals has risen to international prominence thanks to its tonal richness and devoted pursuit of expressive variety. The quartet returns to Wigmore Hall to perform a trio of Viennese masterworks, from the magical opening and bird-calls of Haydn’s Op. 33 No. 3 to the genial warmth of Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season Cuarteto Casals

Saturday 26 September 10.30 am – 3.30 pm 26 Behind Closed Doors FAMILY DAY For ages 6 plus

When the doors are locked and the visitors have gone home, www.benjaminharte.co.uk what mischief do lords and ladies of The Wallace Collection get up to? Come and meet the quirky characters in the paintings, make up some spooky stories and compose your own music to perform onstage at Wigmore Hall at the end of the day.

Adults £15 Children £12

In partnership with The Wallace Collection Wigmore Hall Learning Event

12 Saturday 26 September 7.30 pm

Michael Collins clarinet

Michael McHale piano Leon Gerald

Howells Clarinet Sonata Benjamin Ealovega Brahms Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2 Debussy Première rapsodie Saint-Saëns Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op. 167 Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Few players have done more to raise their instrument’s profile than Michael Collins, who joins us at Wigmore Hall for a three-concert series this season. His

consummate musicianship and artistic eloquence are Michael Collins Michael McHale directed in this recital to some of the clarinet’s finest chamber compositions, including the delicious pairing of Brahms’s amiable Clarinet Sonata in E flat and the Clarinet Sonata by Herbert Howells.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Chamber Music Season/Michael Collins Series

Sunday 27 September 11.30 am 27 Pavel Haas Quartet Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Following the success of its Bohemia series last season, the Pavel Haas Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall to perform the compelling coupling of two Viennese masterworks. Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet, written at a time of personal despair, reflects its composer’s creative resilience against adversity, while Beethoven’s ‘Serioso’ Quartet projects and ultimately transcends tragedy and despair.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Marco Borggreve

Pavel Haas Quartet

13 Sunday 27 September 7.30 pm

Henk Neven baritone James Baillieu piano Kaupo Kikkas Schubert Der Jüngling am Bache (D30); Sehnsucht Marco Borggreve (D52); Der Taucher; Klage; An den Tod; Augenlied; Frohsinn; Fahrt zum Hades; Am Strome; Ganymed; Der Goldschmiedsgesell; Erlafsee; Über allen Zauber Liebe; Des Fräuleins Liebeslauschen; Des Sängers Habe; Totengräber-Weise; Fischerweise Two exceptional artists of the younger generation travel through fourteen years of Schubert’s song-writing career, from his first setting of Schiller’s ‘Der Jüngling am Bache’ – one of the first songs Schubert ever wrote – to the delightful, strikingly inventive ‘Fischerweise’ of 1826. Along the way Henk Neven and James Baillieu survey the mythical landscapes of Goethe’s ‘Ganymed’ and Mayrhofer’s ‘Fahrt zum Hades’. Henk Neven James Baillieu

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs/Introducing James Baillieu

Monday 28 September 1.00 pm

28 Anthony Marwood violin Lawrence Power viola Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Rebecca Clarke Dumka (Duo Concertante for violin and viola with piano) Martinu˚ Three Madrigals for violin and viola Brahms Piano Trio in Eb Op. 40 Three exceptional artists, seasoned chamber musicians and close friends, join forces for this lunchtime recital. Lawrence Power’s rich tone, agile technique and individual artistry have won admirers worldwide, often for his recitals and recordings with Simon Crawford-Phillips. The trio is completed by Anthony Marwood, recently praised by the Washington Post for his ‘golden tone and surefire musicianship’.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Pia Johnson

Sussie Ahlburg Giorgia Bertazzi

Anthony Marwood Lawrence Power Simon Crawford-Phillips

14 Monday 28 September 7.30 pm

Nelson Goerner piano

Handel Chaconne in G HWV435 Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17 Brice Toul Chopin Ballade No. 3 in Ab Op. 47; Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1; Nocturne in Eb Op. 55 No. 2; Scherzo No. 3 in C# minor Op. 39 Skryabin Deux poèmes Op. 32; Piano Sonata No. 5 in F# Op. 53 Since making his debut as a prodigiously talented youngster thirty-five years ago, Nelson Goerner has developed to become one of the most gifted all-round pianists of his generation. The Argentine artist’s tonal richness and expressive invention are sure to reveal fresh perspectives on the works in this programme, complete with Schumann’s monumental Fantasie in C and Chopin’s ravishing Ballade in A flat.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Nelson Goerner

Tuesday 29 September 7.30pm

29 Benjamin Baker violin Petr Limonov piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2 Chopin Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 Ravel Violin Sonata Ernst The Last Rose of Summer (Étude No. 6) Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano Benjamin Baker Benjamin Baker studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. He was selected by YCAT in 2013, and went on to make his debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2015 his CD for Champs Hill Records was released. It was highlighted on Classic FM who reviewed it as ‘demonstrating an impressive talent and huge promise for the future’.

£20 £18 £14 £12 £10

Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management

Supported by LankellyChase Foundation Petr Limonov

Wednesday 30 September 7.30 pm

30 Mark Padmore tenor Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Haydn She never told her love; The Spirit’s Song; Marco Borggreve Marco Borggreve Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens Mozart Das Veilchen; Abendempfindung Beethoven Adelaide Schubert Viola Beethoven Mailied; Neue Liebe, neues Leben; Aus Goethes Faust: Es war einmal ein König; Selbstgespräch; Resignation; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel Schubert An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Am Fenster; Im Freien Mark Padmore Kristian Bezuidenhout Radical developments in German poetry, especially those created by Goethe’s boundless imagination, soon found expression in song and attracted great champions in the form of Beethoven and Schubert. Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout recreate the soundworld and spirit of the age in their recital, exploring the sensibility of Lieder inspired by the poetry of powerful emotions, individual psychological states, dramatic irony and wit.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Song Recital Series

15 How to get to Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 John Gilhooly OBE Director The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity No. 1024838

Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.

Buses A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a five minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website.

Restaurant and Bars Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

OXFORD CIRCUS

BOND STREET

Benjamin Ealovega