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Home , Belcea Quartet, String Quartet (Debussy)

NOVEMBER 2004

36 Wigmore Street London W1U 2BP

Box Office Tel 020 7935 2141

Online Booking www.wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER 2004

BOOKING DATES Wednesday at 6.00 pm Bechstein Room Friends: Post/fax form to reach Box Office by 17 September 3 Paul Lewis in conversation with Paul Kildea (admission £3) Mailing List: Post/fax form to reach Box Office by 24 September General Public: Telephone/online bookings: 1 October At 7.30 pm ( NB Personal bookings will not be possible until 9 October) London Pianoforte Series Monday at 1.00 pm Paul Lewis piano 1 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Sonata in F, Op. 54; Busoni 2 Elegies: Nach der Wendung; Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu dir; Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Juilliard Quartet Op. 52; Schubert Sonata in Bb, D. 960 76 5 Haydn in D, Op. , No. ; Beethoven String Quartet £22 £18 £14 £12 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ £10 Senior Citizens £8 4 Thursday at 6.00 pm Bechstein Room Monday at 7.30 pm Murray–Mahler Series Olga Neuwirth in conversation with Paul Kildea (admission free) Season At 7.30 pm Belcea Quartet Resident String Quartet Klangforum Wien Ann Murray DBE mezzo soprano Johannes Kalitzke director; Andrew Watts countertenor Simon Keenlyside baritone; Paul Kildea conductor Olga Neuwirth Hommage à Klaus Nomi (final song, world première commissioned by the Anglo-Austrian Music Society); Verfremdung/ Repeat of concert on 30 October Entfremdung; ...morphologische Fragmente...; Salvatore Sciarrino £28 only. All others sold Esplorazione del bianco; Rebecca Saunders Molly’s Song 3 – The Belcea Quartet Residency is supported by an anonymous donor, Shades of Crimson; Roman Haubenstock-Ramati Streichtrio 1 The Clore Duffield Foundation and The Belcea Quartet Residency Syndicate £16 £14 £12 £10 The Murray–Mahler Series is generously supported by André and Rosalie Hoffmann The Austrian Cultural Forum in conjunction with The Anglo-Austrian Music Society as part of the ACF’s platform SOUNDINGS 2 Tuesday at 1.00 pm Lunchtime Concert Klangforum Wien is supported by Julius Bär, Thomastik-Infeld and Erste Bank BBC Young Musician of the Year Wigmore Series Friday at 7.30 pm supported by the Tabor Foundation 5 Maria McGarry piano Benjamin Grosvenor piano 3 Préludes from Book 1: No. 5 ‘Les collines d’Anacapri’; Scarlatti 2 Sonatas; Schumann Abegg Variations, Op. 1; No. 2 ‘’; No. 7 ‘Ce qu’a vu le vent de l’ouest’; Messiaen Le 4 Fantasiestücke from Op. 12; Takemitsu Litany: in memory of Michael baiser from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant Jésus; Schubert/Liszt Vyner; Chopin Nocturne in D , Op. 27, No. 2; Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20 b Gretchen am Spinnrade; Die Forelle; Schumann/Liszt Liebeslied £8 Senior Citizens/Students £6 (Widmung); Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

Tuesday at 7.30 pm £20 £18 £14 £10 Irish Heritage

DIMENSION ; Michael Collins clarinet Saturday at 10.00 am Workshop Day Other artists to be announced 6 Community & Education Event Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1 ‘Ghost’; Joo The Triology Young People’s Jazz for ages 11–15 Dimension (world première); Suk Elegie, Op. 23; Dohnányi Sextet in C, Op. 37 for violin, , cello, clarinet, horn and piano With Richard Michael (minimum standard Grade 3 or equivalent).

£18 £16 £12 £10 RP Musical Management Limited All seats sold Sponsored by Shell Gas & Power Supported by the Nyda & Oliver Prenn Foundation Nina Large

Benjamin Grosvenor DIMENSION Paul Lewis Johannes Kalitzke Andrew Watts Maria McGarry Saturday at 5.30 pm Monday at 1.00 pm 6 Community & Education Event 8 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Introduction to Music 1 Noriko Ogawa piano Pick a Part: Understanding notes and clefs with Pauline Greene Debussy Deux Arabèsques; Préludes Book II; All seats sold £10 Senior Citizens £8 In association with the Workers Educational Association (London District) Monday at 7.30 pm Saturday at 7.30 pm Haydn String Quartets Song Recital Series Chamber Music Season Matthias Goerne baritone The Lindsays Eric Schneider piano Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1; String Quartet in D minor, Programme to include Eisler, songs from Hollywood Songbook Op. 76, No. 2 ‘Fifths’; String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3 ‘The Emperor’; and songs by Schubert String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5 £32 £28 £24 only. All others sold All seats sold. Returns only Tuesday at 1.00 pm Lunchtime Concert Sunday at 11.30 am Haydn String Quartets 9 YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 7 Coffee Concert So-Ock Kim violin The Lindsays Chiao-Ying Chang piano Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 74, No. 1; String Quartet in F, Op. 74, Debussy Sonata; Stravinsky Divertimento No. 2; String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 ‘The Rider’ Tchaikovsky Valse Scherzo

All seats sold. Returns only £8 Senior Citizens £6 Supported by The Paul Woodhouse Fund

Sunday at 10.30 am Family Day Tuesday at 7.30 pm Community & Education Event Parkhouse Award Winners Family Jazz for ages 5–10 and their families Fauré Quartett With Richard Michael and his team of tutors (minimum standard Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor; Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb, Op. 47 Grade 2 or equivalent). Dvor˘ák Piano Quartet in Eb, Op. 87

All seats sold Supported by The Rayne Foundation £16 £14 £12 £10 GBZ Management The Parkhouse Award is supported by The Gordon Foundation Sunday at 5.00 pm This concert is sponsored by The Leche Trust

Classical Opera Company Wednesday at 7.30 pm Claire Booth soprano; Ian Page conductor 10 Song Recital Series Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D; Porpora Aria from Oratorio per la baritone piano natività di Gesù Cristo; Haydn Aria from Salve regina; Symphony Matthias Goerne ; Eric Schneider No. 2 in C; Symphony No. 11 in Eb (first movement); Galuppi Aria Schubert Programme from Il mondo alla roversa; Anonymous Arias from Teutsche Postponed from the Director’s Festival in May 2003, this recital Comoedie Arien; Haydn Symphony No. 3 in G includes Lieder to texts by Goethe, Mayrhofer and Schlegel. £22 £18 £14 £10 The Classical Opera Company £32 £28 only. All others sold Jim Four Eric Manas Keith Saunders Sasha Gusov/Decca

The LindsaysFamily Jazz Day Claire Booth So-Ock Kim Fauré Quartett Matthias Goerne Thursday at 7.30 pm Sunday at 5.00 pm 11 Endellion String Quartet 14 Chamber Music Season Haydn 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 7th movements from Seven Last Words from Vienna String Sextet 8 110 the Cross; Shostakovich String Quartet No. in C minor, Op. Brahms String Sextet in G, Op. 36 132 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 £24 £22 £16 £12 Event and Artist Management by Hazard Chase Ltd £24 £22 £16 £12 12 Friday at 7.30 pm Monday at 1.00 pm The Purcell School Soloists’ Recitals 15 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Manon Ablett piano; Daniel Beer horn Quatuor Mosaïques Amir Bisengaliev violin; Jessie Ann Richardson cello Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5 Christopher Ross piano Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 475 1 Mozart Fantasie in C minor, K. ; Chopin Ballade No. in G minor, £10 Senior Citizens £8 Op. 23; Beethoven Horn Sonata in F, Op. 17; Schumann Violin 1 105 Sonata No. in A minor, Op. ; Shchedrin In the style of Albéniz; Monday at 7.30 pm Humoresque; Fauré Après un rêve; Glazunov Chant du ménestrel Song Recital Series £13 £11 £9 £8 The Purcell School Alice Coote mezzo soprano Saturday at 10.00 am Jazz Study Day Julius Drake piano 13 Community & Education Event Berlioz Les nuits d’été Quit Before You’re Done Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Songs by Bizet, Chausson and Fauré A study of the music of Miles Davis with Richard Michael All seats sold. Returns only £16 adult £8 children Tuesday at 1.00 pm Lunchtime Concert Saturday at 7.30 pm 16 BBC Young Musician of the Year Wigmore Series Leslie Howard piano supported by the Tabor Foundation Beethoven ‘Eroica’ Variations, Op. 35; Grieg Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 Adam Walker flute 311; 3 59 Mozart Sonata in D, K. Chopin Mazurkas, Op. Max Ritchie piano Rachmaninov Corelli Variations, Op. 42 Burton Sonatina; Messiaen Le merle noir; Widor Suite, Op. 34 £22 £18 £14 £10 BW Associates Sibelius Flute solo from Scaramouche; Doppler Airs valaques £8 Senior Citizens/Students £6 Sunday at 11.30 am 14 Coffee Concert Tuesday at 5.30 pm Vienna Brahms Trio Community & Education Event Schumann 6 pieces in canonic form, Op. 56 Introduction to Music 2 Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87 Striking the Right Chord with Pauline Greene Haydn Piano Trio in G, HXV: 25 ‘Gypsy Rondo’ All seats sold £10 including programme & coffee/sherry/juice In association with the Workers Educational Association (London District) Richard Holt Jason P. Tailby

Endellion String Quartet Leslie Howard Vienna Brahms Trio Vienna String Sextet Adam Walker Tuesday at 7.30 pm Saturday at 3.00 pm Family Concert for ages 5 plus 16 Chamber Music Season 20 Community & Education Event Quatuor Mosaïques Piers Adams recorders; Howard Beach piano

Beethoven String Quartet in Bb, Op. 18, No. 6; Haydn String The Recorder’s Revenge Quartet in E , Op. 20, No. 1; Brahms String Quartet in C minor, b £6 adult £3 children Supported by The Rayne Foundation Op. 51, No. 1 £22 £18 £14 £12 Saturday at 7.00 pm Nash Ensemble 40th Anniversary Season Chamber Music Season Wednesday at 7.30 pm 17 Jazz Series Nash Ensemble Brad Mehldau piano Celebrations! A rare opportunity to hear Brad Mehldau perform solo, demonstrating Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Anthony Burton his fascination with the classical forms as well as his jazz roots. Maxwell Davies Seven Skies of Winter for flute, oboe, bassoon, £26 £22 £16 £12 In association with Serious horn, violin, viola and double bass (London première); Mozart 452; 803 Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3 Quintet in Eb for piano and wind, K. Schubert Octet in F, D. £22 £18 £14 £10 Thursday at 11.00 am Key Stage 3 Concert 18 Community & Education Event Sunday at 11.30 am Scanning the Century 21 Coffee Concert Chamber Domaine with Helen Lederer

£2 Supported by John Lyon’s Charity Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 in Bb, Op. 92 Thursday at 7.30 pm Winners of the 2003 London International String Quartet Competition Jazz Series £10 including programme & coffee/sherry/juice Brad Mehldau Trio A unique acoustic concert from Brad Mehldau’s long-standing trio Sunday at 2.30 pm with Larry Grenadier (bass) and Jorge Rossy (drums). Community & Education Event £26 £22 £16 £12 In association with Serious Introduction to Music 3 Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3 Unlocking Keys with Roy Stratford Friday at 7.30 pm All seats sold 19 A YCAT Evening In association with the Workers Educational Association (London District) Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo soprano Sunday at 5.00 pm Lindy Tennent-Brown piano Chamber Music Season Schubert 5 Lieder; Debussy Chansons de Bilitis; Hahn Trois jours de vendange; L’énamourée; Le printemps; Strauss Liebeshymnus; 5 Lieder, Op. 15; Bolcom From 12 Cabaret Songs: Fur (Murray Joan Tower Incandescent; Beethoven String Quartet in Eb, Op. 74 the Furrier); Toothbrush Time; George; Blue ‘Harp’; Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73

£13 £11 £9 £8 Sponsored by S. J. Berwin £26 £22 £16 £12 Supported by the Bluff-Field Charitable Trust Andrew Eccles Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL

Quatuor Mosaïques Brad Mehldau Wendy Dawn Thompson Atrium String Quartet Emerson String Quartet Monday at 1.00 pm Thursday at 7.30 pm

22 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 25 Zeynep Ucbasaran piano Emerson String Quartet Mozart Sonata in C, K. 330 25 Mozart String Quartet in G, K. 387 Saygun Anadolu’dan (From Anatolia), Op. 7 33 Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 Beethoven Bagatelles, Op. Muczynski 6 Preludes, Op. 6 All seats: £12 Liszt Vallée d’Obermann and Les cloches de Genève from Années de pèlerinage Book 1; Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata Monday at 6.00 pm Michael Nyman Celebration £20 £17 £14 £10 Michael Nyman in conversation (admission £3) At 7.30 pm 26 Friday at 7.30 pm Song Recital Series Remus Azoitei violin Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo soprano Nicola Eimer piano tenor; Ronan Collett baritone* Brahms Scherzo in C minor from ‘FAE Sonata’ Lindy Tennent-Brown piano* Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 ‘Spring’ Pärt Fratres Programme to include Nyman 6 Celan Songs; New Work; Bach Arias Strauss Violin Sonata in Eb, Op. 18 £28 £24 £12 only. All others sold *Wigmore Young Artists Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe Caprice after a study ‘En forme de valse’, The Wigmore Young Artists Scheme is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Op. 52, No. 6

£18 £16 £12 £10 In aid of RoadPeace (registered charity) Tuesday at 7.30 pm

23 Onyx Brass Saturday at 7.30 pm Handel Eternal source of light divine; Holborne Dance Suite 27 Early Music & Baroque Series MacMillan Adam’s Rib; Bozza Sonatine; Duddell Still Life; Jackson Sonnerie Anything But; Schwertsik Blechpartie, Op. 43; Jazz Selection The Glorious Mysteries £16 £14 £12 £10 Margaret Murphy Management Biber The 5 Glorious Mysteries from the 15 Sonatas based on Wednesday at 6.00 pm the Mystery of the Rosary; Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin Bach 2 Sonatas for violin and harpsichord: No. 4 in C minor, 24 Community & Education Event BWV. 1017; No. 3 in E, BWV. 1016; Sonata No. 2 in D for viola Pre-concert talk da gamba and harpsichord, BWV. 1028 Arnold Whittall discusses the music of Elliott Carter £20 £18 £14 £10 £3 Sunday at 11.30 am Nash Ensemble 40th Anniversary Season Wednesday at 7.30 pm 28 Coffee Concert Chamber Music Season Nash Ensemble Pacifica Quartet Celebrations! 13; Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op. Carter String Mozart Horn Quintet in Eb, K. 407 Quartet No. 5; Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131 Dvor˘ák String Sextet in A, Op. 48

£18 £16 £12 £10 Supported by the Bluff-Field Charitable Trust £10 including programme & coffee/sherry/juice Tina Foster Robin Holland Denbry Repros Orkney Photographic

Ronan Collett Lindy Tennent-Brown Pacifica QuartetZeynep Ucbasaran Remus Azoitei & Nicola Eimer Nash Ensemble information

Sunday at 5.00 pm From Sweden TICKETS Unless otherwise stated, tickets A–D 28 Chamber Music Season are divided into four price ranges: BALCONY Martin Fröst clarinet; Mats Lidström cello Stalls C–M: Highest price T–X Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Stalls A–B, N–P: 2nd price Q–S Balcony A–D: 2nd price Crusell Quartet in C minor; Ireland Sonata for cello and piano Stalls BB, CC, Q–S: 3rd price N–P Hillborg Tampere Raw; Sivelöf Twist ’n’ Shout Stalls AA, T–X: Lowest price £24 £22 £16 £12 STALLS BOX OFFICE C–M 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP A–B Monday at 1.00 pm 020 7935 2141 CC CC Tel: BB BB 29 3 PLATFORM BBC Radio Lunchtime Concert Fax: 020 7935 3344 AA AA The Schubert Ensemble Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Box Office hours: Mon–Sat:10am– 8.30 pm. Sun: 10.30 am–6 pm (Oct–13 Mar) Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor or 10.30 am–8 pm (20 Mar–July). Days without concerts Mon–Fri: 10 am–5pm. Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Telephone Bookings: Mon–Sat: 10am–7pm. Sun:10.30 am–5pm (Oct–13 Mar) £10 Senior Citizens £8 or 10.30am–6.30pm (20 Mar–July). There is a non-refundable £1.50 administration charge for each transaction. This includes the return of your Monday at 7.30 pm Monday Platform tickets by first class post if time permits. Mei Yi Foo piano Credit Cards: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners, JCB, Switch, Solo Elizabeth Cooney violin; Daniel Hill piano accepted (minimum £6). Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Postal Bookings: Please make cheques payable to with the Op. 105; Poulenc Violin Sonata, Op. 119; Shchedrin In the style of amount left open but stating an upper limit, and add a handling charge of 1 Albéniz; Humoresque £ (or enclose SAE). Tickets will then be sent by first class post. SUBSCRIPTION BOOKINGS Tickets for concerts in the Wigmore Series, £13 £11 £9 £8 The Worshipful Company of Musicians BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Series and Coffee Concert Series may be purchased at special discount rates. Tel: 020 7935 2141 for details Tuesday at 4.00 pm 30 STANDBY TICKETS Best available tickets at lowest price for students, Community & Education Event unemployed and senior citizens (on production of appropriate cards), András Schiff Lecture-Recital one ticket per person. On sale from one hour before performance, subject always to availability and House Manager’s discretion. 1 András Schiff captivated a full house in his st lecture-recital in February Standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime or Coffee Concerts. 2004, and here further explores the great cycle of Beethoven Sonatas. PARTY BOOKINGS 10% discount for parties of twelve or more, subject All seats sold. Returns only to availability. Tuesday at 7.30 pm WESTMINSTER RESCARDS 10% discount for ResCard holders on purchases of £3 or above. Two tickets per card (not applicable to subscription Chamber Music Season bookings or Coffee Concerts). Storioni Trio Amsterdam TRANSPORT Tubes: Bond Street (Central, Jubilee Lines), Oxford Circus Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op. 1, No. 2; Shostakovich Piano Trio, (Bakerloo, Central, Victoria Lines). Buses: Oxford Street. Street parking 6.30 No. 1, Op. 8; Kerry Piano Trio No. 2 ‘Im Winde’; Chausson Piano available after pm Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday. Trio in G minor, Op. 3 LATECOMERS only admitted during a suitable pause in the performance £20 £18 £14 £10 RESTAURANT/BAR For Restaurant/Bar Opening Hours Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle please telephone: 020 7487 4874; fax: 020 7486 9222 THE TEXT IN THIS LEAFLET IS AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT. TO ORDER A COPY, PLEASE CONTACT THE PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT. TELEPHONE: 020 7258 8275;FACSIMILE: 020 7258 8201 EMAIL: [email protected]

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Artistic Director: Paul Kildea • Executive Director: John Gilhooly Martin Fröst Mats Lidström Storioni Trio Amsterdam The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity N0. 1024838