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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk January February 2 Jan 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 4 1 Feb 7.30pm 2019 Annual Jacqueline du Pré 18 3 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 Charity Concert How to Book 7.30pm Sergio Tiempo 4 2 Feb 7.30pm 19 4 Jan 7.30pm Iestyn Davies/James Hall/ 5 3 Feb 11.30am Zahir Quartet 19 The King’s Consort 3.00pm James Newby/ 19 5 Jan 1.00pm Nobuaki Fukukawa/Eriko Takezawa 5 7.30pm Goldner /Piers Lane 19 7.30pm Christoph Pohl/Marcelo Amaral 5 4 Feb 1.00pm Sophie Pacini 19 6 Jan 11.30am Rolston String Quartet 6 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/ 21 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov/Elīna Bukša/ 6 5 Feb 1.00pm Timothy Ridout/Frank Dupree 21 Hermès Quartet 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 20 7 Jan 1.00pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 6 6 Feb 7.30pm 21 7.30pm Dominic Degavino/Matthew Scott/ 6 7 Feb 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Alina Pogostkina/Dorothee 22 Christine Zerafa Oberlinger/Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca 8 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 8 Feb 7.30pm Llŷr Williams 21 7.30pm Sunwook 6 9 Feb 1.00pm New Elizabethan Award Showcase 23 9 Jan 7.30pm Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 7 7.30pm Michael Collins/Michael McHale 23 10 Jan 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov/Andreas Staier 7 10 Feb 11.30am Narek Hakhnazaryan/Oxana Shevchenko 23 11 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 7 7.30pm Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 23 11.45am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 7 11 Feb 1.00pm François-Frédéric Guy 23 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 7.30pm Sergey Khachatryan/Alisa Weilerstein/ 24 7.30pm Anne Schwanewilms/Malcolm Martineau 8 Inon Barnatan/Colin Currie/ 12 Jan 10.30am Family Day: Chamber Challenge 7 Owen Gunnell/Sam Walton 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 9 12 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 24 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 9 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon Duo 25 7.30pm Leon McCawley 25 13 Jan 11.30am Hyeyoon Park/Sholto Kynoch 9 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 9 13 Feb 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 25 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 25 14 Jan 1.00pm Juilliard String Quartet 9 7.30pm Nikolaj Znaider/Robert Kulek 26 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Graham Johnson 10 14 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 26 15 Jan 7.30pm Juilliard String Quartet 10 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 26 16 Jan 7.30pm /Gerold Huber 10 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 17 Jan 7.30pm The Sixteen/Harry Christophers 10 7.30pm Stile Antico 27 18 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 11 15 Feb 6.00pm Razumovsky Academy Young Artists 27 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 11 7.30pm Razumovsky Ensemble 27 7.30pm Christian Zacharias Lecture-Recital 11 16 Feb 3.00pm Family Concert: 27 19 Jan 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 11 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Lucy Crowe 27 20 Jan 11.30am Israeli Chamber Project/ 11 17 Feb 11.30am Trio Isimsiz 30 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 12 7.30pm Elīna Garanča/Malcolm Martineau 30 21 Jan 1.00pm Leila Josefowicz/John Novacek 12 18 Feb 1.00pm Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper 30 7.30pm Rafał Blechacz 12 6.00pm Home from Home 28 7.30pm Learning Gala Concert 28 22 Jan 1.00pm François Le Roux/Olivier Godin 12 7.30pm Mary Bevan/Marcus Farnsworth/ 14 19 Feb 7.30pm Henk Neven/ 30 20 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 30 23 Jan 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto/Atte Kilpeläinen/ 13 1.00pm Family Sounds 30 Tomas Djupsjöbacka/Jukka Huitila 7.30pm Skride Quartet 31 24 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 14 21 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi 31 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 14 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 7.30pm /Anna Huntley/Benjamin 14 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset/ 31 Appl/William Thomas/Graham Johnson Eugénie Warnier/Emiliano Gonzalez Toro/ Magnus Staveland 25 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Simply Quartet 15 7.30pm Roman Rabinovich 16 22 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Lullabies 32 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 32 26 Jan 11.00am ECMA Masterclass: Johannes Meissl/ 15 Simply Quartet 23 Feb 7.30pm Trio Zimmermann 32 1.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 15 24 Feb 11.30am Albion Quartet 32 7.30pm Borodin Quartet/Alexei Volodin 16 7.30pm Kirill Gerstein 32 27 Jan 11.30am Borodin Quartet/Michael Collins 16 25 Feb 1.00pm Quatuor Arod/Timothy Ridout 33 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Gaon/Cosmos Quartet 15 7.30pm Marlis Petersen// 33 7.30pm Christian Blackshaw 16 Werner Güra/Paul Armin Edelmann/ Christoph Berner/Camillo Radicke 28 Jan 1.00pm Simon Höfele/Frank Dupree 16 7.30pm Sofia Fomina/Oleksiy Palchykov/Rodion 17 26 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 33 Pogossov/Iain Burnside 1.00pm Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 33 7.30pm Quatuor Zaïde 33 29 Jan 7.30pm Les Arts Florissants/William Christie 17 27 Feb 7.30pm Garrick Ohlsson 33 30 Jan 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick 17 28 Feb 1.00pm of St John’s/John Lubbock/ 34 31 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 18 Sir Vince Cable/Paul Blezard 7.30pm Julia Kleiter/Werner Güra/ 18 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 Christoph Berner 7.00pm Dame Emma Kirkby 34 4 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 2 January Wigmore Study Group: 7.30pm Schumann Song Ilker Arcayürek tenor Simon Lepper piano Thursday 3 January 3.00pm – 6.00pm Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Schumann Blondels ; Loreley; Der Tuesday 8 January arme Peter; Nachtlied; Sängers Trost; 3.00pm – 6.00pm Schneeglöckchen Op. 96 No. 2; Ihre Stimme; Friday 11 January Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint; 3.00pm – 6.00pm 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Op. 90 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 ‘Sometimes it seems as though I am embarking on completely new paths in Thursday 3 January music,’ Schumann wrote, during his 7.30pm famous Liederjahr in 1840. He had spent a decade devoting himself to the piano, Sergio Tiempo piano before his legal battle to marry Clara Journey to Debussy Wieck against her father’s wishes led to months of feeling too troubled to compose. Rameau L’enharmonique Turning to song began a period of intense Debussy Hommage à Rameau; Ce qu’a vu le creativity: ‘I want to sing myself to death vent d’ouest; L’isle joyeuse; Golliwogg’s Cake- like a nightingale.’ Come and explore Walk; Des pas sur la neige Schumann’s wonderful song cycles in Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor three afternoons presented by composer Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Julian Philips, with Laura Roberts Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde (arr. and specialist guest speakers and student Kocsis) performers from the Guildhall School of Liszt Nuages gris S199 Music & Drama. Evans Waltz for Debby (arr. Tiempo) Messiaen Regard du Père Series ticket price £70 including three Villa-Lobos From A prole do bebê Book I: study sessions and a ticket for the evening Branquinha, Moreninha, A Pobrezinha & concert on Friday 11 January O Polichinelo Ginastera Malambo Op. 7

Robert Schumann £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Ilker Arcayürek Sergio Tiempo © Janina Laszlo © Sussie Ahlburg wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 5

Friday 4 January Saturday 5 January 7.30pm 1.00pm

Iestyn Davies countertenor Nobuaki Fukukawa horn James Hall countertenor Eriko Takezawa piano The King’s Consort Avex Recital Series 2019 Rebecca Miles recorder Ian Wilson recorder Britten Prologue from Serenade for tenor, Reiko Ichise bass Lynda Sayce theorbo horn and strings Op. 31 Dai Fujikura harahara Robert King harpsichord, organ (European première) Toshio Hosokawa Kleine Sound the Trumpet Blume Messiaen Appel interstellaire from Des canyons aux étoiles… Jörg Widmann Air for Purcell Sound the trumpet; In vain the am’rous solo horn Miho Hazama Letter from Saturn for flute; O solitude, my sweetest choice; No, horn and piano (European première) Hindemith resistance is but vain; Chaconne (Two in One Sonata for horn and piano Bowen Sonata in Upon a Ground); Sing, sing ye Druids; Since E flat Op. 101 for horn and piano from my dear; O dive custos Blow Ah heav’n! what is’t I hear; Paratum cor meum; An Ode on £18 concs £12 the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Humfrey Lord, This recital is presented by Avex I have sinned; A Hymne to God the Father Classics International Williams Sonata in imitation of birds Avex Recital Series is kindly sponsored by Tarisio – Fine Instruments and Bows £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Saturday 5 January 7.30pm

Christoph Pohl baritone Marcelo Amaral piano Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Bei dir sind meine Gedanken; Sommerabend; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht; O kühler Wald; Über die Heide; Auf dem Kirchhofe; Däm’rung senkte sich von oben; Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen; Kein Haus, keine Heimat; Verzagen; Es schauen die Blumen Wolf 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo Korngold Abschiedslieder Op. 14 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The King’s Consort Iestyn Davies Nobuaki Fukukawa Christoph Pohl © Keith Saunders © Benjamin Ealovega © René Limbecker 6 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 6 January Monday 7 January 11.30am 7.30pm

Rolston String Quartet Dominic Degavino piano Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 Matthew Scott clarinet ‘Sunrise’ Christine Zerafa piano Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Scarlatti Sonata in A minor Kk175; Sonata in £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ D minor Kk141; Sonata in B minor Kk87; sherry/juice Sonata in D Kk224 Debussy Première rapsodie Sunday 6 January Paul Patterson Conversations Op. 25 7.30pm McCabe Scrunch: Omaggio a Berg Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 1 Pavel Kolesnikov piano Ireland Fantasy-Sonata Elīna Buksha Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Hermès Quartet £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 Park Lane Group Music Trust (version for piano and ) Chausson Concert in D for violin, piano and Tuesday 8 January string quartet Op. 21 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sunwook Kim piano Monday 7 January Mozart Piano Sonata in D K311 1.00pm Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’ Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Donghoon Shin New work (world première) Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Mozart Piano Sonata in C K330 Rachmaninov Preludes: in G flat Op. 23 No. 10, £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 & in G sharp minor Op. 32 No. 12 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 £16 concs £14

Pavel Kolesnikov Alexander Gavrylyuk Matthew Scott Sunwook Kim © Eva Vermandel © Mika Bovan © Doh Lee wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 7

Wednesday 9 January Friday 11 January 7.30pm 10.15am and 11.45am

Tasmin Little violin Chamber Tots: On the Farm Piers Lane piano We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Schubert (Sonatina) in A minor parents/carers to join us on the farm! This D385 interactive music-making workshop features Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 songs, percussion and the chance to meet Brahms Scherzo in C minor from F-A-E some exciting instruments up close, led by Sonata (Sonatensatz) our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders Schubert Fantasy in C D934 alongside emerging ensembles. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3-5 year-olds) Thursday 10 January Approximately 1 hour in duration 7.30pm Children £7 Adults £5 Alexander Melnikov Residency Saturday 12 January Alexander Melnikov fortepiano 10.30am – 3.30pm Andreas Staier fortepiano Family Day: Chamber Challenge Schubert March & Trio No. 3 in B minor D819; For ages 5 plus 4 Ländler D814; Polonaise in D minor D824 No. 1; March No. 1 in C D968b; Andantino varié Join music leader Hannah Opstad and the Open D823; Rondo in A D951; Variations on an original Academy/Wigmore Hall Learning Fellowship theme in A flat D813; Fantasie in F minor D940 Ensemble the Bloomsbury Quartet on a marvellous music-making adventure. Take £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 your seat in your very own chamber ensemble, With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall create your own brand new pieces of music and perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage. Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Children £10 Adults £15 Sunday 31 March 7.30pm with Marcel Ponseele oboe Lorenzo Coppola clarinet Javier Zafra bassoon & Teunis van der Zwart horn

Friday 21 June 7.00pm with Alexander Rudin

Tasmin Little Alexander Melnikov Chamber Tots Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega 8 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 11 January 7.30pm Schumann Song Series

Anne Schwanewilms soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Schoeck Schilflieder Op. 2 Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre; L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé Debussy Proses lyriques £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Events and Concerts in this Series

Thursday 3, Tuesday 8 & Friday 11 January 3.00pm - 6.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song

Monday 4 February 7.30pm with Sophie Bevan soprano

Wednesday 24 April 7.30pm with Robin Tritschler tenor The Schumann Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 9

Saturday 12 January Sunday 13 January 5.30pm NB time 11.30am Nash Ensemble: German Romantics Hyeyoon Park violin Nash Ensemble Sholto Kynoch piano Stephanie Gonley violin Adrian Brendel cello Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Richard Hosford clarinet Ian Brown piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 3 Romances Op. 22 ‘Kreutzer’ Felix Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Op. 17 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor sherry/juice Op. 11 All seats £4 Sunday 13 January 7.30pm Saturday 12 January 7.30pm Doric String Quartet Mozart String Quartet in D K575 ‘Prussian’ Nash Ensemble: German Romantics Bartók String Quartet No. 5 BB110 Nash Ensemble Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Lawrence Power Adrian Brendel cello £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Richard Hosford clarinet Ian Brown piano Monday 14 January Martyn Brabbins conductor 1.00pm Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 Mendelssohn Juilliard String Quartet Song without Words Op. 109 Brahms Serenade in D Op. 11 (original version for wind and string Lembit Beecher New work (European première) nonet, reconstructed by Alan Boustead) Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £16 concs £14

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Saturday 16 February 7.30pm with Lucy Crowe soprano & Jamie Phillips conductor Sunday 10 March 11.30am Tuesday 19 March 7.30pm with Maximilian Schmitt tenor

Moonrise Over The Sea Nash Ensemble Hyeyoon Park Juilliard String Quartet © Caspar David Friedrich © K Leighton © Giorgia Bertazzi © Claudio Papapietro 10 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 14 January Wednesday 16 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Robin Tritschler: The Seasons Christian Gerhaher baritone Robin Tritschler tenor Gerold Huber piano Graham Johnson piano Schubert D911 Schumann’s Spring and Fall Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 without an interval Schumann Frühlingsfahrt; Flutenreicher £60 £50 £40 £30 £18 Ebro; Frühlingsbotschaft; Aufträge; Der Abendstern; Meine Töne still und heiter; Die Thursday 17 January Blume der Ergebung; Loreley; Du bist wie eine 7.30pm Blume; Abends am Strand; Der arme Peter; Des Sennen Abschied; Venetianisches Lied The Sixteen I & II; Mein schöner Stern!; Nachtlied; Der Harry Christophers conductor Einsiedler; Requiem Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Purcell The Lord is my light; From Theodosius: Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Prepare, prepare, the rites begin, Canst thou, Marina, The gate to bliss, Hark! Behold the Sunday 26 May 7.30pm heavn’ly choir & Now the fight’s done; God with Simon Lepper piano save our sov’reign Charles; Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (Welcome Song for King Charles Tuesday 15 January II); From Theodosius: Sad as death, Dream no 7.30pm more & Hail to the myrtle shade; In Nomine a6 Z746; In Nomine a7 Z747; The summer’s Juilliard String Quartet absence unconcerned we bear (Welcome Song Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 for King Charles II) Taverner Benedictus from Bartók String Quartet No. 3 BB93 Missa tibi Trinitas Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in C Op. 61 £60 £50 £40 £30 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Robin Tritschler Juilliard String Quartet Christian Gerhaher The Sixteen © Benjamin Ealovega © Claudio Papapietro © Thomas Egli © Molina Visuals wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 11

Friday 18 January Saturday 19 January 11.00am and 12.30pm 7.30pm

For Crying Out Loud! Alina Ibragimova violin Comalli Consort Cédric Tiberghien piano Hear outstanding performances by musicians Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat Op. 12 from the , in these No. 3 concerts presented especially for parents or Janáček Violin Sonata carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in Cage 6 Melodies for violin and keyboard a relaxed and accommodating environment. Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85 Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) Sunday 20 January In partnership with the 11.30am Royal Academy of Music Israeli Chamber Project Friday 18 January Antje Weithaas violin 7.30pm Mozart Clarinet Quartet in E flat after K380 Bartók Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano Christian Zacharias BB116 Lecture-Recital Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60 ‘Why does Schubert sound like Schubert?’ £16 concs £14 inc. programme ‘A pianist of ideas’, as The New Yorker has and coffee/sherry/juice called him, leading Schubert interpreter Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Christian Zacharias delves into the great composer’s unique melodic, harmonic and thematic flourishes. Through close examination of these musical hallmarks and idiosyncrasies, he takes us on a journey to the very essence of Schubert’s style. Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval All seats £16 Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

For Crying Out Loud! Christian Zacharias Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien Israeli Chamber Project © Benjamin Ealovega © Felvegi Andrea © Sussie Ahlburg © Avshalom Levi 12 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 20 January Monday 21 January 7.30pm 7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet Rafał Blechacz piano 40th Anniversary Concert Mozart Rondo in A minor K511; Piano Sonata in Haydn String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 A minor K310 ‘Rider’ Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 Chopin 4 Mazurkas Op. 24; Polonaise in A flat Op. 53 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Sponsored by Lark Music Tuesday 22 January Monday 21 January 1.00pm 1.00pm François Le Roux baritone Leila Josefowicz violin Olivier Godin piano John Novacek piano Dutilleux Birthday Celebration Sibelius Valse Triste Op. 44 No. 1 (arr. Friedrich Hermann) Dutilleux Féerie au clair de lune; Pour une amie Prokofiev Allegro brusco from Violin Sonata perdue; Chanson au bord de la mer; Fantasio; No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 From Au gré des ondes (for solo piano): Prélude Knussen Reflection for violin and piano en berceuse, Improvisation & Hommage à Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arr. Bach; 3 mélodies inédites; Regards sur l’infini; Otto Wittenbecher) Chanson de la déportée; 3 sonnets de Jean Zimmermann Sonata for violin and piano Cassou; La geôle; Petit air à dormir debout (for solo piano); San Francisco Night £16 concs £14 Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration, without an interval All seats £16

The Endellion String Quartet Leila Josefowicz Rafał Blechacz François Le Roux © Eric Richmond © Chris Lee © Marco Borggreve © Paul Montag wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 13

Wednesday 23 January 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto Residency

Pekka Kuusisto violin Atte Kilpeläinen viola Tomas Djupsjöbacka cello Jukka Huitila visual designer Fertility: The Chance of a Lifetime Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Dimitry Sitkovetsky for ) Pekka Kuusisto collaborates with Jukka Huitila and members of the Meta4 quartet in a programme combining photographs of human embryos by Lennart Nilsson and from the BBC’s The First Nine Months with Bach’s variations arranged by Dimitry Sitkovetsky. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Wednesday 1 May 7.30pm

Pekka Kuusisto’s Residency is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Pekka Kuusisto © Kaapo Kamu 14 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 22 January Thursday 24 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Mary Bevan soprano Marcus Farnsworth baritone Ailish Tynan soprano Christopher Glynn piano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano A Goethe Songbook baritone Reichardt Sehnsucht Mozart Das Veilchen William Thomas bass Beethoven Wonne der Wehmut Schubert Der Graham Johnson piano Musensohn; Auf dem See; Liebhaber in allen Celebrating January Gestalten; Ganymed; An Schwager Kronos; Meeres Stille; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Mignon The Turn of the Year Britten A New Year carol (Kennst du das Land); Mignon und der Harfner Tippett Come unto these yellow sands Schumann Liebeslied Grieg Zur Rosenzeit Wolf Epiphanias Mendelssohn Ach, um deine feuchten In The Lap Of The Gods Poulenc Invocation aux Schwingen Brahms Phänomen Pfitzner An den Parques from Chansons Gaillardes Mond Busoni Lied des Mephistopheles Debussy Colloque sentimental from Fêtes galantes Ives Ilmenau Wolf Der Rattenfänger; Anakreons Book II Wolf Grenzen der Menschheit; Ganymed Grab; Die Spröde; Die Bekehrte; Beherzigung The Generation Gap Jensen Edward Foster £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Wilt thou be gone, love? Lehmann You are old, Father William from Alice in Wonderland Thursday 24 January Novello And her mother came too 10.15am and 11.45am A Greek Garland Delibes Myrto Fauré Lydia Op. 4 No. 2 Chabrier L’île heureuse Chausson Hébé Op. 2 Chamber Tots: Under the Sea No. 6 Duparc Phidylé Gounod Maid of Athens We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Intimations Of Mortality Dominick Argento parents/carers to join us under the sea! This Hardy’s Funeral Auric Fantaisie Mozart interactive music-making workshop features Abendempfindung K523 Delius To Daffodils songs, percussion and the chance to meet Schubert Zur guten Nacht D903 some exciting instruments up close, led by Programme interspersed with readings by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders Flecker, Eliot, Eckermann, Poe, Kingsley, alongside emerging ensembles. Churchill, Auden & Landor 10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 11.45am (3-5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Children £7 Adults £5 Sunday 2 June 7.30pm

Mary Bevan Chamber Tots Graham Johnson Ailish Tynan © Victoria Cadisch © Benjamin Ealovega © Clive Barda © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 15 European Academy Showcase Friday 25 January Saturday 26 January 1.00pm 1.00pm Simply Quartet Trio Vitruvi Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ ‘Death and the Maiden’ All seats £10 All seats £10 Sunday 27 January Saturday 26 January 3.00pm 11.00am Trio Gaon Masterclass with Professor Cosmos Quartet Johannes Meissl and Simply Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised Quartet version) Chamber music specialist and ECMA co-artistic Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67 director Johannes Meissl draws from his vast All seats £10 experience as a teacher and quartet player in a masterclass with the -based Simply Quartet, consisting of outstanding Chinese and Norwegian musicians. Free (ticket required)

The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton

Simply Quartet Professor Johannes Meissl Trio Vitruvi Trio Gaon © Nancy Horowitz © Sabine Hauswirth © Tom McKenzie © Bear Beitet 16 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 25 January Sunday 27 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Christian Blackshaw Residency Roman Rabinovich piano Ligeti Musica Ricercata: 11 pieces for piano Christian Blackshaw piano Bach Partita No. 4 in D BWV828 70th Birthday Concert Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958 Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946 In Memory of Peter Flatter Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Schumann Humoreske in B flat Op. 20 Saturday 26 January £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 7.30pm Borodin Quartet Monday 28 January 1.00pm Alexei Volodin piano Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Simon Höfele trumpet Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 Frank Dupree piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Enescu Légende Takemitsu Paths (in memoriam Witold Lutosławski) Sunday 27 January Hindemith Trumpet Sonata 11.30am Savard Morceau de Concours Gaubert Cantabile et Scherzetto Borodin Quartet Charlier Solo de Concours Michael Collins clarinet £16 concs £14 Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Roman Rabinovich Borodin Quartet Christian Blackshaw Simon Höfele © Robin Mitchell © Andy Staples © James Hill © Sebastian Heck wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 17

Monday 28 January Tuesday 29 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Russian Song Series Les Arts Florissants Sofia Fomina soprano Emmanuelle de Negri soprano Oleksiy Palchykov tenor Anna Reinhold mezzo-soprano Cyril Auvity high tenor Rodion Pogossov baritone Marc Mauillon baritone Iain Burnside piano Lisandro Abadie bass Tami Troman violin Glinka Venetian night; Bolero; I am here, Emmanuel Reschel violin Inezilla; Travelling Song Myriam Rignol viola da gamba Shostakovich The dark-eyed girl; Farewell, Thomas Dunford theorbo Grenada!; From From Jewish Folk Poetry: Before a long separation & The song of misery William Christie director, harpsichord Medtner Spanish Romance; What does my Airs sérieux et à boire Volume 3 name mean to you?; I no longer yearn; Day and Night; The Wagon of Life; The Echo; Airs de cour for one, two, three, four and five Winter evening voices by Moulinié, Le Jeune, Boësset & Guédron Myaskovsky Spanish Lullaby £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Glazunov Spanish Song Supported by Dunard Fund Glière A Berber song Grechaninov O, were I a lake Wednesday 30 January Rimsky-Korsakov I love thee, moon: Melody 7.30pm from the banks of the Ganges Prokofiev Remember Me The Cardinall’s Musick Rachmaninov The Migrant Wind; Twilight has fallen; 6 Songs Op. 38 The Company of Heaven II £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene Gregorian Chant Propers for the Feast of St Forthcoming Concerts in this Series Mary Magdalene Crecquillon Andreas Christi famulus Palestrina Cantantibus organis Friday 1 March 7.30pm Handl Misit Herodes rex manus with Sofia Mchedlishvili soprano & Victoria Descendit angelus Domini Andrey Zhilikhovsky baritone Wert Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris The Russian Song Series is made possible with additional Victoria O decus apostolicum support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Palestrina Magnificat primi toni £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Thursday 31 January Friday 1 February 6.00pm 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk 2019 Annual Jacqueline du Pré Writer, researcher and presenter Katy Charity Concert Hamilton explores the life, chamber music and songs of as part of our The Shanghai Quartet celebrations of the composer’s birthday. Weigang Li violin Approximately 45 minutes in duration Yi-Wen Jiang violin Honggang Li viola £5 Nicholas Tzavaras cello

Thursday 31 January Michael Collins clarinet 7.30pm Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 Julia Kleiter soprano Liu Tieshan & Mao Yuan Yao Dance (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) Werner Güra tenor (UK première) Christoph Berner piano Trad/Chinese/Han-Kun Sha Shepherd’s Song (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) Lieder nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang (UK première) von Goethe Jing-Ping Zhang Harvest Celebration Schubert Wer kauft Liebesgötter?; (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) Schweizerlied; Wonne der Wehmut; Erster (UK première) Verlust; Nähe des Geliebten; An den Mond Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 D296; Rastlose Liebe; Gesänge des Harfners ‘Serioso’ I-III; Mignon und der Harfner; An Mignon; Nur March (world première) wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Heiss mich nicht Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 reden; So lasst mich scheinen; Der Sänger; £38 £35 £30 £20 £18 Jägers Abendlied I; Tischlied; Der Musensohn; Der Goldschmiedsgesell; Versunken; Willkommen The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (Reg. Charity No. 208879) und Abschied; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten This concert is generously supported by J & A Beare and £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Beare’s International Violin Society

Katy Hamilton Julia Kleiter Shanghai Quartet Michael Collins © Apple and Biscuit © Theodora Richter © Shanghai Quartet © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 19

Saturday 2 February Sunday 3 February 7.30pm 3.00pm

Piers Lane piano James Newby baritone Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor Joseph Middleton piano BWV883 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book II Einsamkeit: Solitude in Song Chopin Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp Op. 36; Mazurka in F minor Op. 68 No. 4; Piano Sonata Schubert Gesänge des Harfners I-III No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Fauré Prison; Automne; Les matelots Tchaikovsky 6 Pieces on a Single Theme Op. 21 Barber Hermit Songs Op. 29 Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka Fauré Après un rêve; Le voyageur; Les berceaux Wolf Harfenspieler I–III £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 All seats £16 Sunday 3 February 11.30am Sunday 3 February 7.30pm Zahir Quartet saxophone quartet Goldner String Quartet Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D (arr. Guillaume Berceau for saxophone quartet) Piers Lane piano Glazunov Saxophone Quartet Op. 109 Webern Langsamer Satz £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 sherry/juice Korngold Piano Quintet in E Op. 15 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Monday 4 February 1.00pm

Sophie Pacini piano Wagner/Liszt Tannhäuser Overture S422 Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso in E Op. 14 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 £16 concs £14

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Tuesday 5 February 7.30pm American Series Escher String Quartet American Exploration: Visits to the New World Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83 Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Wednesday 10 April 7.30pm

Escher String Quartet © Sarah Skinner wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 21

Monday 4 February Wednesday 6 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Schumann Song Series Britten Sinfonia Sophie Bevan soprano Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Malcolm Martineau piano Skryabin Rêverie Op. 24 (arr. Colin Matthews) (world première) Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Britten Temporal Variations (arr. Colin Schönheit; Warum willst du and’re fragen Matthews) Fanny Mendelssohn Suleika; Über allen Gipfeln Colin Matthews Octet* (world première) ist Ruh; Die Ersehnte Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Marie Hinrichs Hör’ ich das Liedchen; Du bist *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and wie eine Blume; Im Mai; Ihr Bild; Wenn du mich The Radcliffe Trust lieb hast; Eine alte Kunde £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Josephine Lang Sie liebt mich; Traumbild; Wenn zwei von einander scheiden Friday 8 February Robert Schumann Gedichte der Königin Maria 7.30pm Stuart Op. 135 Clara Schumann Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Llŷr Williams piano Sie liebten sich beide; Volkslied; Lorelei Ravel Jeux d’eau; From Miroirs: Noctuelles & £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 La vallée des cloches The Schumann Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund Grieg Lyric Pieces (selection) Britten Holiday Diary Op. 5 Tuesday 5 February Liszt Selection of études 1.00pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Timothy Ridout viola Frank Dupree piano YCAT Lunchtime Series 2018/19 Pensiero; Allegro appassionato Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op. 48 Bowen No. 1 in C minor Op. 18 £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series

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Thursday 7 February Vivaldi - The Muses 7.30pm Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV156; Là, sull’eterna sponda from Motezuma; Ho il contralto Sonia Prina cor già lacero from Griselda; Concerto in C for Alina Pogostkina violin flute RV443; Sol da te mio dolce amore from Dorothee Oberlinger recorder furioso; Concerto in E minor for violin RV277 ‘Il favorito’; Concerto in D for violin Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca RV234 ‘L’inquietudine’; Sovente il sole from Andromeda liberata; Anderò, volerò, griderò from Orlando finto pazzo £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

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Saturday 9 February Sunday 10 February 1.00pm 11.30am

New Elizabethan Award Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Showcase Oxana Shevchenko piano Jesse Flowers guitar Debussy Andrey Lebedev guitar Fauré Elégie Op. 24; Après un rêve Op. 7 No. 1 Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano (arr. for cello) Ayres and Fancies by Dowland and his Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 43 contemporaries Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Houghton Ophelia... a haunted sonata £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Brett Dean Gertrude Fragments sherry/juice Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70; Songs from the Chinese Op. 58 Sunday 10 February Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes in duration, 7.30pm including a 20-minute interval Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano £16 concs £14 Haydn Piano Sonata in A flat HXVI:46 Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14 Boulez 12 Notations Ravel Jeux d’eau; Sonatine; From Miroirs: Une Saturday 9 February barque sur l’océan & Alborada del gracioso 7.30pm Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 28

Michael Collins clarinet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Michael McHale piano Monday 11 February Reinecke Introduzione ed allegro appassionato 1.00pm Op. 256 Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op. 129 François-Frédéric Guy piano Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Debussy Première rapsodie Tristan Murail New work (UK première) Abbie Betinis Rhapsodos (European première) Debussy From Préludes Book II: Brouillards, Franck Sonata in A (arr. for clarinet and piano) La puerta del vino, Les fées sont d’exquises £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 danseuses, La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune & Feux d’artifice £16 concs £14

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Monday 11 February Tuesday 12 February 7.30pm 10.00am – 2.30pm

Sergey Khachatryan violin Big Sing! Alisa Weilerstein cello As part of our Sense of Home festival we invite you to join vocal leader Charles MacDougall to Inon Barnatan piano explore a range of repertoire before having a Colin Currie percussion Big Sing! together on the Wigmore Hall stage. Owen Gunnell percussion The event features special guest soloists as well as Singing with Friends, our community percussion Sam Walton choir for families living with dementia. Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ As part of the day, we will also offer a Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (arr. Eduard Dementia Friends session for those who would Steuermann for piano trio) like to find out more. Rolf Wallin Realismos Mágicos* Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 in A Op. 141 (arr. £20 concs £15 Victor Derevianko for piano trio and percussion) We welcome families living with dementia to join *Co-commissioned by the Bergen International us for this event – for more information contact Festival, Sound Festival, Scotland and by the Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or Wigmore Hall with the support of André [email protected] Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Sergey Khachatryan Alisa Weilerstein Inon Barnatan Big Sing! © Marco Borggreve © Harald Hoffmann © Marco Borggreve © James Berry wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 25

Tuesday 12 February Wednesday 13 February 6.15pm 12.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Pre-Concert Talk Diphonon Duo Edmund Finnis discusses his new work with Michael Iskas viola Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of the lunchtime Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion concert. Join us for the latest of the Bechstein Free (ticket required) Sessions, a series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar. We welcome the Diphonon Wednesday 13 February Duo, a dynamic viola and accordion duo which 1.00pm last year was the Royal Academy of Music/ Britten Sinfonia Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble, to perform a range of pieces inspired by our festival Emer McDonough flute theme of Sense of Home. Thomas Gould violin Caroline Dearnley cello Approximately 50 minutes in duration piano £5 Bach Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV1014 Janáček Pohádka Messiaen Le merle noir Tuesday 12 February Edmund Finnis New work* (world première) 7.30pm Martinů Sonata for flute, violin and piano Leon McCawley piano *Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; the support of donors to the Musically Gifted Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110; Piano campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £16 concs £14

Bechstein Sessions Leon McCawley Edmund Finnis Britten Sinfonia © Benjamin Ealovega © Sheila Rock © Ruth Mayer © Harry Rankin 26 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 13 February 7.30pm Introduction to Music: Nikolaj Znaider violin Schubert Robert Kulek piano Thursday 14 February Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 Thursday 21 February Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Thursday 28 February Shostakovich Preludes: in C sharp minor Op. 34 Thursday 7 March No. 10, in D flat Op. 34 No. 15, in B flat minor Op. 34 No. 16 & in D minor Op. 34 No. 24 All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm (transcr. for violin and piano by Dmitri Tsyganov) Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis Composers are often defined by a genre that seems to most suit their musical £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 character; with Mozart it is , Beethoven the symphony, and with Franz Thursday 14 February Schubert it is song. Schubert was not the 11.00am and 12.30pm first Lieder composer but he arguably made For Crying Out Loud! the greatest contribution, and in doing so became a trailblazer for Romanticism. Hear outstanding performances by musicians Join Roy Stratford as we explore from the Royal Academy of Music, in these Schubert’s experimentation with new concerts presented especially for parents or and daring harmonies and development carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in of radical and unconventional musical a relaxed and accommodating environment. structures. We also explore how Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Schubert’s music exemplifies Romantic Approximately 45 minutes in duration ideas, perhaps the most compelling of Adults £8.50 (babies come free) which is the idea of the wanderer; in Alfred In partnership with the Brendel’s words, ‘in his larger forms, Royal Academy of Music Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker.’ Series ticket price £33

Franz Schubert

Nikolaj Znaider For Crying Out Loud! © Lars Gundersen © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 27

Thursday 14 February Saturday 16 February 7.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Stile Antico Family Concert: Nicola Benedetti Arise, My Love: Sensuous Renaissance For ages 5 plus settings of the Song of Songs Join world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi Lassus Veni and presenter Lucy Drever for an interactive dilecte mi; Osculetur me Gombert Quam pulchra concert inspired by landscapes, stories and es Anon Sicut lilium inter spinas Palestrina people from across the UK. We invite you to Osculetur me Victoria Vadam et circuibo discover a song about home, and to explore Palestrina Nigra sum White Tota pulchra es works by composers who were so inspired by Guerrero Surge propera Rore Descendi in their home that they wrote music to tell the hortum meum Vivanco Veni, dilecte mi Ceballos story of their favourite places. Hortus conclusus Praetorius Tota pulchra es Children £10 Adults £12 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 15 February Saturday 16 February 6.00pm NB time 7.30pm Razumovsky Academy Young Nash Ensemble: German Romantics Artists Recital Nash Ensemble The Razumovsky Academy showcases potential Lucy Crowe soprano future stars at the start of their careers. Jamie Phillips conductor £5 Wagner Siegfried Idyll (original version) Beethoven String Quintet in C Op. 29 Friday 15 February Strauss from Capriccio; 4 7.30pm Last Songs for voice and ensemble (arr. Razumovsky Ensemble James Ledger) £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Kolja Blacher violin Maxim Rysanov viola Oleg Kogan cello Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op. 70 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Sense of Home This year’s Wigmore Hall Learning festival, Sense of Home, celebrates the diversity and multicultural melting pot that is London and the borough of Westminster, reflects on Wigmore Hall as a place many call home, and invites you to explore what ‘home’ means to you. Font 2 Monday 18 February Monday 18 February From 6.00pm 7.30pm Home from Home Learning Gala Concert: We invite you to explore our collective Home Sweet Home home from home, an immersive sound/art Ailish Tynan soprano experience created by people from across the Benjamin Appl baritone Wigmore Hall Learning programme. Iain Burnside piano Led by music technologist Gawain Hewitt, the Three admired artists – an Irish soprano, a Bechstein Room will be transformed through German baritone and a Scottish accompanist objects and sounds that reflect and celebrate – take part in this multi-themed selection of all the people we work with across London. songs from , the UK and the USA, as Join us from 6.00pm and again in the interval the central celebration of this year’s Wigmore during the evening concert. Hall Learning festival, Sense of Home. Free (no ticket required) The concert follows the themes of Where the Heart Is, On the Road Again, Family Values and Bricks and Mortar, featuring songs from composers including Elgar, Brahms, Ives and Bernstein, as well as contemporary composers such as John White and Seóirse Bodley. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Other Events in the Festival: Tuesday 12 February Saturday 16 February Thursday 21 February Big Sing! Family Concert: Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi See page 24 for more Nicola Benedetti See page 31 for more information information See page 27 for more Friday 22 February information Tuesday 12 February Family Day: Lullabies Bechstein Sessions: Wednesday 20 February See page 32 for more Diphonon Duo Family Sounds information See page 25 for more See page 30 for more Tuesday 26 February information information Schools Concert: Thursday 14 February Nicola Benedetti For Crying Out Loud! See page 33 for more See page 26 for more information information 30 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 17 February Tuesday 19 February 11.30am 7.30pm

Trio Isimsiz Henk Neven baritone Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Imogen Cooper piano Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 Brahms Meerfahrt; Der Tod, das ist die kühle £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Nacht; Es schauen die Blumen; Sommerabend; sherry/juice Mondenschein; Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Sunday 17 February Schubert Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Die 7.30pm Liebe hat gelogen; Der Flug der Zeit; Des Fräuleins Liebeslauschen Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Malcolm Martineau piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Schumann From Myrthen: Widmung, Der With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Nussbaum, Jemand & Lied der Braut I & II Friends of Wigmore Hall Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Mahler Rückert Lieder Wednesday 20 February £60 £50 £45 £40 £25 10.00am and 1.00pm

Monday 18 February Family Sounds 1.00pm Join us for this music-making workshop for Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano children aged 0-5 and their parents or carers, which offers the opportunity to create a brand Simon Lepper piano new piece together. Workshop leaders From the Pens of Women Sheridan and Gawain Hewitt lead us in a sound Jonathan Dove From All the future days: exploration encompassing singing, instrumental Autobiography, Penelope & The Siren play and multisensory composition. Vaughan Williams 4 Last Songs Judith Cloud Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration Variations on the Word Sleep from Night Dreams Lori Laitman I Was Reading a Scientific Article Children £7 Adults £5 from Orange Afternoon Lover Dominick Argento Anxiety from From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Rebecca Clarke Lethe Juliana Hall From Letters from Edna: To Harriet Monroe & To Mother Jonathan Dove Nights not spent alone £16 concs £14

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Wednesday 20 February Thursday 21 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Skride Quartet Les Talens Lyriques Baiba Skride violin Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord Lise Berthaud viola Harriet Krijgh cello Eugénie Warnier soprano Lauma Skride piano Emiliano Gonzalez Toro tenor Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478 Magnus Staveland tenor Bridge Phantasie Piano Quartet in F sharp minor Guerrieri e amorosi Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25 Monteverdi Chiome d’oro; Quel sguardo £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 sdegnosetto; Sì dolce è’l tormento; From Thursday 21 February Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, libro ottavo: O sia tranquillo il mare, Ardo e scoprir & Mentre vaga 11.00am – 12 noon angioletta; Ohimè ch’io cado, ohimè; Lamento Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi d’Arianna from Arianna Monteverdi Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides an opportunity to explore music in an £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 informal environment. Join soprano Soraya Mafi With grateful thanks to the and Baroque Circle for a concert exploring our festival theme of home, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. 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

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Friday 22 February Saturday 23 February 10.30am – 3.30pm 7.30pm Family Day: Lullabies Trio Zimmermann For ages 5 plus Schoenberg String Trio Op. 45 Join music leader and sound artist Duncan Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Trio Chapman, along with South Asian arts Zimmerman for string trio) organisation Manasamitra, to take part in a £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 musical workshop, share your memories of lullabies, and create night time sounds and songs. Sunday 24 February Finish the day with an immersive and restful 11.30am performance from The Lullaby Project, a Albion Quartet musical exploration of night time sounds interspersed with lullabies from India, and Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 featuring your very own pieces from the day. Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Children £10 Adults £15 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Friday 22 February Sunday 24 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Schumann String Quartet Series Kirill Gerstein piano Elias String Quartet Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 Purcell Fantasias (selection) Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7 Sally Beamish New work* (world première) Debussy Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 Komitas 2 Armenian Dances *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Harvard Musical Association £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Thursday 23 May 7.30pm

The Schumann String Quartet Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Family Day Elias String Quartet Trio Zimmermann Albion Quartet © Belinda Lawley © Pete Checchia © Mats Bäcker © Steve Gullick wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 33

Monday 25 February Tuesday 26 February 1.00pm 11.00am and 1.00pm Quatuor Arod Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti Timothy Ridout viola Key Stage 2 Mozart Divertimento in D K136; String Quintet Join world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti and in G minor K516 presenter Lucy Drever for an interactive concert £16 concs £14 inspired by landscapes, stories and people from across the UK. We invite you to discover a song about home, and to explore works by composers Monday 25 February who were so inspired by their home that they wrote music to tell the story of their favourite places. 7.30pm Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration Marlis Petersen Residency Children £4 Accompanying Marlis Petersen soprano Adults Free (ticket required) Anke Vondung mezzo-soprano Tuesday 26 February tenor Werner Güra 7.30pm Paul Armin Edelmann baritone Quatuor Zaïde Christoph Berner piano Bach The Art of Fugue BWV1080 (extracts) piano Camillo Radicke Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5 Schubert Des Tages Weihe (Schicksalslenker); Franck String Quartet in D Licht und Liebe; Hymne an den Unendlichen; Gebet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Haydn Alles hat seine Zeit; Die Beredsamkeit; Der Augenblick; Die Harmonie in der Ehe Schubert Wednesday 27 February Die Geselligkeit (Lebenslust); Der Hochzeitsbraten 7.30pm Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52; Zum Schluss from Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 65 Garrick Ohlsson piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 76; Variations on an With grateful thanks to the Voices at Wigmore Circle Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1; Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21 No. 2; 4 Ballades Op. 10; Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book I) Op. 35 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Thursday 28 February Thursday 28 February 1.00pm 7.00pm NB time My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Dame Emma Kirkby soprano Orchestra of St John’s Miriam Allan soprano John Lubbock founder/conductor Steven Devine harpsichord lute Sir Vince Cable Liberal Democrats Members of Dowland Works Party Leader and MP for Twickenham Chelys Consort Paul Blezard journalist Fieri Consort Programme to include works by Bach and 70th Birthday Concert Mozart Dowland Awake sweet love; Can she excuse Orchestra of St John’s is thrilled to present my wrongs; Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant My Music, a popular lunchtime series, now at tears; Would my conceit that first enforced my Wigmore Hall. woe; Disdain me still, that I may ever love Byrd All as a Sea; Constant Penelope In each concert, a famous person will talk about Gibbons Daintie fine bird; What is our life their lives, share their opinions, and discuss the East You meaner beauties of the night music that has meant the most to them in their Marenzio Se quel dolor che va inanzi al morire lives. OSJ will play their chosen pieces live in (excerpt) the Hall – often brand-new arrangements of D’India Dove potro mai gir tanto lontano an eclectic programme – conducted by John Lawes 3 Dialogues Lubbock. Hear about our guests’ prominent Purcell Music for a while; Sweeter than Roses; careers and find out what they feel passionate How blest are Shepherds about during their interviews with talented Works by Notari journalist Paul Blezard. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £16 concs £14

Sir Vince Cable John Lubbock and the Orchestra of St John’s Dame Emma Kirkby Chelys Consort © Peter Byrne © Orchestra of St John’s © Allan Watson © Andrew Mason Latest Release from Elias String Quartet Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 6 Release date: 28 September 2018

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