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2019/20 SEASON JANUARY - MARCH 2020 2 • Director’s Introduction • 3 We are delighted to welcome the French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa for her Wigmore Hall debut this spring, presenting a programme of her native repertoire alongside two works from the distinguished Turkish pianist, Fazıl Say, who will accompany Crebassa in January. Vijay Iyer continues his contemplations on musicality with two events in January. Ritual Ensemble draws on various musical systems to forge a unity of orchestrated and ecstatic expressions in their music. The following afternoon, Iyer is joined in conversation by Professor Georgina Born for an exchange of ideas traversing the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences. Our Beethoven celebrations continue with the cycles begun in autumn, including Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch’s complete piano trios, Jonathan Biss in the complete piano sonatas, and James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong’s exploration of the composer’s violin sonatas. An evening in March is dedicated to Beethoven’s string trios with Daniel Sepec, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras. The Dover Quartet presents two consecutive concerts in January covering composers from Mozart and Rossini to Hindemith and double bassist Edgar Meyer. Meyer joins the quartet on the Sunday night for a Rossini duet and his own Quintet for strings. In February 2020, Wigmore Hall Learning presents its annual Learning Festival. From Monday 10 to Saturday 22 February, we will explore the concept of Musical Conversations, with a special Bechstein Session event with the Sacconi Quartet to open the festival on 10 February. The celebrated soprano Nelly Miricioiu will be leading what promises to be an insightful masterclass in March, following her lunchtime recital a week before. In February, two evening concerts draw on the talents of many gifted chamber musicians, as they are brought together in new or unusual combinations to form the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. The Hall continues its focus on two more eminent composers, Britten and Brahms. Allan Clayton spearheads our Britten focus in a programme juxtaposing the composer’s works with those of John Dowland. Stephen Hough’s residency culminates in January, collaborating with numerous musicians to highlight Brahms alongside Beethoven and Frühling, and the Vienna Piano Trio brings further works by the composer to the fore. We are pleased to welcome the rising star Katharina Konradi for a BBC lunchtime concert in February. Our Chamber Ensemble in Residence, the Nash Ensemble, continues this season’s series Around Schubert, and Contents presents its annual Inventions concert, this year focussing on Mark- Anthony Turnage. Renowned baritone Christian Gerhaher is joined by his At a Glance 4 long-time pianist Gerold Huber for two concerts in January which are not to be missed. The wonderful Jerusalem Quartet, a Wigmore Hall regular, Calendar 8 joins us for a lunchtime and evening recital in January. January 10 We are looking forward to welcoming you to Wigmore Hall for an exciting February 40 line-up of performances and events this spring. March 68 Contemporary Music Series 94 Booking Information 98 January - March 2020 At a Glance See pages 10-92 for full details of these concerts and page 98 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for… Nelly Miricioiu 72 Sun 12 Jan Vienna Piano Trio/ 20 Radovan Vlatković Schumann Song Series 10 Sean Shibe 73 Fri 17 Jan ECMA: Quatuor 25 Pavel Kolesnikov 11 Stéphane Degout/Simon Lepper 74 Métamorphoses/Trio Incendio Britten Series 12 Brahms Plus Series 79 Sat 18 Jan ECMA Masterclass: 25 80 Stephen Hough Residency 14 Mahan Esfahani: Professor Johannes Meissl/ Bach Harpsichord Project Marianne Crebassa/Fazıl Say 16 Trio Incendio Dame Sarah Connolly/ 81 Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality 18 Sat 18 Jan Nash Ensemble: 28 Malcolm Martineau Rachel Podger Residency 17 Around Schubert Brentano String Quartet 83 Brahms Series 20 Sun 19 Jan ECMA: Trio Hélios/ 25 Cuarteto Casals 82 Simply Quartet Alexander Melnikov 19 Iestyn Davies Residency 84 Sun 19 Jan Dover Quartet/Edgar Meyer 27 Mozart and the Second Viennese School 21 Nash Inventions: 86 Mon 20 Jan Dover Quartet 27 Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 22 Mark-Anthony Turnage 60th Birthday Tue 21 Jan Jerusalem Quartet 30 Philippe Jaroussky/Jérôme Ducros 26 85 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle Wed 22 Jan Britten Sinfonia Principal Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 28 L’Arpeggiata 88 Musicians/Katie Bray 29 European Chamber Music Academy 24 Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey 89 Fri 24 Jan Mark Padmore/ 31 Showcase 2020 Johannes Kammler/Roger Vignoles 90 Sacconi Quartet Jerusalem Quartet 30 Ensemble Marsyas Residency 91 Sat 25 Jan MILOŠ 33 La Nuova Musica 31 Thu 30 Jan Borodin Quartet 39 Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 32 Sat 1 Feb Meta4/Khatia Buniatishvili 40 MILOŠ 33 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Sat 1 Feb Elena Urioste/ 41 Mon 6 Jan Louise Alder/ 15 Beethoven Series 34 Eivind Ringstad/Andrei Ioniţă/ Joseph Middleton Beethoven Piano Trios 34 Cédric Tiberghien Mon 13 Jan Alexander Melnikov 19 Beethoven Piano Sonatas 35 Sat 1 Feb Fatma Said/ 41 Mon 20 Jan Jerusalem Quartet 30 Catriona Morison/ Christian Blackshaw 37 Mon 27 Jan Jennifer Pike/ 37 Alessandro Fisher/ Christiane Karg Focus 36 Martin Roscoe Ashley Riches/Martin Fröst/ Mauro Peter/Helmut Deutsch 39 Eivind Ringstad/ Mon 3 Feb Katharina Konradi/ 45 Joseph Middleton BBC New Generation Artists 40 Eric Schneider 20th Anniversary Celebration Sat 1 Feb Allan Clayton/Martin Fröst/ 41 Mon 10 Feb Lucie Horsch/ 47 Lawrence Power/ Elsa Dreisig/Jonathan Ware 43 Thomas Dunford Elias String Quartet/ Kuss Quartet 42 Mon 17 Feb Daniel Müller-Schott/ 55 Christian Ihle Hadland Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 44 Annika Treutler Tue 4 Feb Kuss Quartet 42 Beatrice Rana 46 Mon 24 Feb Meta4 63 Sat 8 Feb Nash Ensemble: 46 Learning Festival: 48 Mon 2 Mar Lise Berthaud/ 71 Around Schubert Musical Conversations David Saudubray Wed 12 Feb The Endellion String Quartet 51 Bechstein Session Special Event: 49 Mon 9 Mar Ruby Hughes/Natalie Clein/ 76 Thu 13 Feb James Ehnes/ 52 Sacconi Quartet Julius Drake Andrew Armstrong Paul Lewis/Steven Osborne 50 Mon 16 Mar Alessandro Fisher/ 79 Fri 14 Feb Kaleidoscope Chamber 54 Roger Vignoles Beethoven Violin Sonatas 52 Collective Mon 23 Mar Brentano String Quartet 83 Carolyn Sampson Album Launch 53 Sat 15 Feb Kaleidoscope Chamber 54 Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 54 Mon 30 Mar Anastasia Kobekina/ 92 Collective Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Michael Collins Residency 57 Mon 17 Feb Michael Collins/ 57 London Winds/Peter Sparks/ Anna Caterina Antonacci/Donald Sulzen 57 Chamber Music Season Michael McHale Leif Ove Andsnes/Musicians from the 58 Mon 6 Jan Stephen Hough/ 14 Wed 19 Feb Pavel Haas Quartet/ 59 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Michael Collins/ Boris Giltburg The Sixteen 60 Castalian String Quartet Thu 20 Feb Leif Ove Andsnes/ 58 Tue 7 Jan Stephen Hough/ 14 Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations 63 Musicians from the Mahler Castalian String Quartet Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 66 Chamber Orchestra Sat 11 Jan Stephen Hough/ 14 Beethoven Quartet Cycle 68 Sat 22 Feb Artemis Quartet 61 Renaud Capuçon Inon Barnatan 73 wigmore-hall.org.uk • 5 Wed 26 Feb Castalian String Quartet/ 64 Fri 21 Feb The Sixteen/ 60 Sat 4 Jan Allan Clayton/ 12 Cédric Tiberghien Harry Christophers Timothy Ridout/Sean Shibe/ Thu 27 Feb Septura 65 Tue 25 Feb The English Concert/ 64 James Baillieu Mon 2 Mar Belcea Quartet 68 Laurence Cummings Sun 5 Jan Julien Van Mellaerts/ 11 James Baillieu Tue 3 Mar Belcea Quartet 68 Sat 29 Feb Isabelle Faust/ 66 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/ Wed 8 Jan Marianne Crebassa/ 16 Fri 6 Mar 73 Sean Shibe Bernhard Forck/Xenia Löffler Fazıl Say Sat 7 Mar 75 Nash Ensemble: Wed 4 Mar Florilegium/Ashley Solomon/ 71 Sun 12 Jan Peter Kellner/Pedro Costa 19 Around Schubert Alexandra Bellamy/ Mon 13 Jan Simon Bode/ 19 Wed 11 Mar 76 Daniel Sepec/ Bojan Čičić/Reiko Ichise Graham Johnson Tabea Zimmermann/ Tue 10 Mar London Handel Orchestra/ 76 Jean-Guihen Queyras Wed 15 Jan Christian Gerhaher/ 22 Adrian Butterfield Gerold Huber Sat 14 Mar Doric String Quartet 78 Thu 12 Mar Early Opera Company/ 77 Thu 16 Jan Philippe Jaroussky/ 26 Mon 16 Mar 79 Škampa Quartet Christian Curnyn/Anna Dennis/ Jérôme Ducros Sat 21 Mar 83 Keri Fuge/Benjamin Appl Brentano String Quartet Fri 17 Jan Christian Gerhaher/ 23 Mon 23 Mar Cuarteto Casals 82 Wed 18 Mar Film Screening: 80 Gerold Huber Zuzana: Music is Life Tue 24 Mar Nash Inventions: 86 Wed 22 Jan Graham Johnson 29 Mark-Anthony Turnage Wed 18 Mar Mahan Esfahani 80 Songmakers’ Almanac 60th Birthday Fri 27 Mar L’Arpeggiata/ 88 Fri 24 Jan Andreas Scholl/ 32 Wed 25 Mar Quatuor Danel 85 Christina Pluhar/ Tamar Halperin Luciana Mancini/ Tue 31 Mar Wye Valley Chamber Music 92 Sun 26 Jan 33 Vincenzo Capezzuto Royal Academy of Music Festival 20th Anniversary Song Circle Mon 30 Mar Ensemble Marsyas/ 91 Wed 29 Jan 36 Peter Whelan/ Christiane Karg/ Sunday Morning Concerts Rachel Redmond/ Malcolm Martineau Christopher Lowrey/ Fri 31 Jan Mauro Peter/ 39 Sun 5 Jan Phoenix Piano Trio 11 Nicholas Mulroy/Edward Grint Helmut Deutsch Sun 12 Jan Rachel Podger 17 Sun 2 Feb Elsa Dreisig/Jonathan Ware 43 Sun 19 Jan Edgar Meyer 27 London Pianoforte Series Sun 2 Feb Ermonela Jaho/ 45 Sun 26 Jan Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 34 Steven Maughan Fri 3 Jan Pavel Kolesnikov 11 Sun 2 Feb Chiaroscuro Quartet 43 Wed 5 Feb Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 44 Sun 5 Jan Jeremy Denk 15 Sun 9 Feb Heath Quartet 47 Fri 14 Feb Carolyn Sampson 53 Tue 14 Jan Elisabeth Leonskaja 21 Sun 16 Feb Andreas Brantelid/ 53 Album