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JUN/ JUL 2018/19 Season

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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk June 26 Jun 1.00pm The Purcell School: Chamber Ensembles 18 7.30pm /Alexander Schmalcz 18 1 Jun 11.00am RNIB Family Day 4 7.30pm Till Fellner 4 27 Jun 4.45pm Introduction to Music: 6 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/Christine Rice/David Bates 18 2 Jun 11.30am Daniel Pioro/Roderick Chadwick/ 4 Charlotte Bonneton/Clare O’Connell 28 Jun 7.00pm Alice Sara Ott 19 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 4 10.00pm Sean Shibe 19 3 Jun 1.00pm Ilya Gringolts/Peter Laul 5 29 Jun 7.30pm Evgeny Kissin 19 7.30pm Doric /Jonathan Biss 5 30 Jun 11.30am Vision String Quartet 19 4 Jun 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 5 7.30pm Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School 20 7.30pm Camilla Tilling/Paul Rivinius 5 5 Jun 7.30pm Maximilian Schmitt/Gerold Huber 6 July 6 Jun 10.15am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 6 1 Jul 1.00pm Colin Currie Quartet 20 11.45am Chamber Tots: Train Ride 6 7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque/ 20 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 6 Marcin Świątkiewicz/Daniele Caminiti 7.30pm Katya Apekisheva 7 2 Jul 7.30pm /Lars Vogt 21 7 Jun 1.00pm Nicholas Daniel Masterclass 7 3 Jul 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 21 7.30pm Cinquecento/Nicholas Todd 7 2.00pm Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles 21 8 Jun 11.30am Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ 8 7.30pm Brett Polegato/Iain Burnside 21 Lucy Wakeford/Wigmore Oboe-Fest Ensemble 4 Jul 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Lars Vogt 22 3.00pm Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ 8 5 Jul 1.00pm 22 /Guildhall School Wind Quintet Elizabeth Kenny 7.00pm 22 7.30pm Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel/ 8 Lucas Debargue Tom Owen/Kyeong Ham/Amy Harman/ 6 Jul 1.00pm HONJOH Hidejiro 22 Jacqueline Shave/Timothy Ridout/ 7.30pm Xavier Phillips/François-Frédéric Guy 23 Guy Johnston/Lynda Houghton// 7 Jul 11.30am Smetana Trio 23 Alexei Watkins/Maggie Cole 3.00pm Julia Boyd: Travellers in the Third Reich Talk 23 9 Jun 11.30am Quartett 7 7.30pm 23 7.30pm Royal College of Music Strings 9 8 Jul 1.00pm Imogen Cooper 24 10 Jun 1.00pm Jean Rondeau 9 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 24 7.30pm /Enno Senft/ 9 7.30pm The Mozartists/Ian Page/Louise Alder/ 24 Boris Giltburg Katy Bircher/Oliver Wass/Gavin Edwards 11 Jun 7.30pm 10 9 Jul 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 24 12 Jun 7.30pm Stile Antico/Rihab Azar 10 10 Jul 7.30pm Benjamin Beilman/Louis Schwizgebel 24 13 Jun 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 10 11 Jul 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 25 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 10 7.30pm Max Emanuel Cenčić/Le Concert 25 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 6 de l’Hostel Dieu/Franck-Emmanuel Comte 7.30pm 10 12 Jul 7.00pm 25 14 Jun 7.00pm Isabelle Faust/Jean-Guihen Queyras/ 11 10.00pm Adam Walker/Sean Shibe 25 Alexander Melnikov 13 Jul 7.30pm Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier 26 10.00pm Viktoria Mullova 11 14 Jul 11.30am Maxim Bernard 26 15 Jun 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Bloomsbury Quartet 11 7.30pm Django Bates Belovèd/Evan Parker 26 7.30pm /Julius Drake 12 15 Jul 1.00pm István Várdai/Sunwook Kim 26 16 Jun 11.30am Heath Quartet 13 7.30pm Dominic Sedgwick/Ceri Owen/ 27 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 13 Marmen Quartet 7.30pm /Anthony Marwood/ 13 16 Jul 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 28 Irène Duval/Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/ Dénes Várjon/Izabella Simon 17 Jul 5.30pm Bloomsbury Quartet 27 7.30pm Alexi Kenney/Orion Weiss 27 17 Jun 1.00pm Nicolas Altstaedt 13 7.30pm /Alban Gerhardt 14 18 Jul 3.00pm Music for the Moment 29 7.30pm Werner Güra/Christoph Berner 29 18 Jun 1.00pm Leeds Lieder Young Artists Masterclass 14 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: BirdWorld 14 19 Jul 7.00pm Kian Soltani/Aaron Pilsan 29 7.30pm Sergei Babayan 14 10.00pm Susan Bullock/Richard Sisson 29 19 Jun 7.00pm Leeds Lieder Fundraising Gala 15 20 Jul 10.00am Come and Sing: Sounds of America 30 7.30pm Ronald Brautigam 30 20 Jun 11.00am Schools Concert: Glitter Bird 15 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Second Viennese School 6 21 Jul 11.30am Calidore String Quartet 30 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick 15 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 30 21 Jun 7.00pm Alexander Rudin/Alexander Melnikov 16 22 Jul 7.30pm Lana Trotovsek/Maria Canyigueral 31 10.00pm Chineke! Ensemble 16 23 Jul 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/ 31 22 Jun 11.00am CAVATINA Family Concert: Thorne Trio 16 24 Jul 7.30pm Mark Padmore/ 31 7.30pm 16 Franz-Josef Selig/Gerold Huber 25 Jul 7.30pm 31 23 Jun 11.30am 17 Andrew Tyson 26 Jul 7.30pm Sir /Howard McGill/ 32 7.30pm 17 Matthias Goerne/Sir Antonio Pappano Gordon Campbell/Richard Pryce/ 24 Jun 1.00pm Christopher Maltman/Graham Johnson 17 Matthew Regan/Mike Smith 7.30pm 17 Ensemble Marsyas 27 Jul 7.30pm Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet 33 25 Jun 7.00pm 17 Emanuel Ax/Sir Simon Keenlyside/ 28 Jul 11.30am Chiaroscuro Quartet 32 Dover Quartet 4 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 1 June Sunday 2 June 11.00am – 4.00pm 11.30am

RNIB Family Day Daniel Pioro For blind and partially sighted children aged Roderick Chadwick 6–12 years and their families with special guests Be inspired by art and music at The Wallace Charlotte Bonneton Collection and Wigmore Hall, and create your Clare O’Connell own masterpieces in this interactive multi- sensory workshop for blind and partially Biber Passacaglia in G minor from the sighted children and their families. Mystery Sonatas Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96 For more information and to book contact Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Sally-Anne Zimmerman, RNIB Music Adviser at [email protected] £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ or on 020 7391 2273. sherry/juice

Free (application required) Sunday 2 June In partnership with RNIB and The Wallace Collection 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac

Soraya Mafisoprano Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Saturday 1 June William Thomas bass 7.30pm Graham Johnson piano Till Fellner piano If Fiordiligi and Dorabella had been Lieder Singers Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Based on the plot of Cosi fan tutte (and containing Sonata in B flat D960 numerous Mozartian echoes), Graham Johnson has devised a programme of Lieder, English songs £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and duets. The interactions between the Neapolitan sisters, and the manipulative Don Alfonso, progress along Da Ponte’s lines: Sisters in love – “Bella vita militar” – Constancy – Weakening – Capitulation and Abandon – Reconciliation. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

RNIB Family Day Till Fellner Daniel Pioro Soraya Mafi © James Berry © Gabriela Brandenstein © Hugh Carswell © Raphaelle Photography wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 5

Monday 3 June Tuesday 4 June 1.00pm 10.30am – 1.30pm

Ilya Gringolts violin Singing with Friends: Peter Laul piano Come and Sing Stravinsky Suite italienne; 3 movements from For families living with dementia The Firebird Suite; Ballade; Divertimento If you are, or someone you know is, living £16 concs £14 with dementia, join us for a session of group singing, exploring a mixture of music old and new, followed by tea and coffee. No previous Monday 3 June experience needed, just an enthusiasm to sing! 7.30pm Free (ticket required) Doric String Quartet Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or Jonathan Biss piano [email protected] Martinů String Quartet No. 3 In partnership with Resonate Arts Dvořák Piano Quartet in D Op. 23 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Tuesday 4 June Supported by Aubrey Adams OBE 7.30pm Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Camilla Tilling soprano year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Trust. To book, please Paul Rivinius piano contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Jugend Korngold Schneeglöckchen; Ständchen; Liebesbriefchen; Sommer Schoenberg 4 Lieder Op. 2 Mahler From Rückert Lieder: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft, Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, Liebst du um Schönheit & Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Zemlinsky Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6 Berg 7 frühe Lieder £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Ilya Gringolts Jonathan Biss Come and Sing Camilla Tilling © Tomasz Trzebiatowski © Benjamin Ealovega © Hope Fitzgerald © Maria Ostlin 6 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 5 June 7.30pm Introduction to Music: Maximilian Schmitt tenor Second Viennese School Gerold Huber piano Thursday 6 June Liszt Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ihr Auge; Thursday 13 June Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Über allen Thursday 20 June Gipfeln ist Ruh; Der du von dem Himmel bist; Thursday 27 June Du bist wie eine Blume; Ein Fichtenbaum steht All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm einsam; Lorelei Schubert Der Musensohn; Des Fischers The transformation of the language Liebesglück; Ganymed; Willkommen und of music from tonality to atonality is Abschied; Der Zwerg; Herbst; Der Wanderer one the most fascinating and shocking an den Mond; Wandrers Nachtlied I; Wandrers manifestations of the modernist movement. Nachtlied II The common chords (triads) that had Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen formed the basis of Western music since £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 the beginning of the 17th century no longer held sway and a new and strange Thursday 6 June soundworld emerged. The father figure 10.15am and 11.45am of this musical maelstrom was , who, along with his pupils Chamber Tots: Train Ride and , represents Interactive music-making sessions for children what is known as the Second Viennese aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with School and a musical style which many songs, percussion and the change to meet some music lovers find rather baffling. exciting instruments up close. Presented by This course led by Roy Stratford seeks music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever to explain the circumstances of the rise alongside emerging chamber ensembles. of this new style, to explore the huge 10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds) differences between the three musicians, 11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds) and most of all to expose some of the music which is both hugely approachable Children £7 Adults £5 and emotionally rewarding. Series ticket price £33

Maximilian Schmitt Chamber Tots Arnold Schoenberg © Christian Kargl © James Berry © Florence Homolka/Schoenberg Archives at USC wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 7

Thursday 6 June Friday 7 June 7.30pm 7.30pm

Katya Apekisheva piano Cinquecento Prokofiev Visions fugitives Op. 22 Terry Wey countertenor Achim Schulz tenor Schubert 4 Impromptus D899 Tore Tom Denys tenor Tim Scott Whiteley baritone Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat HXVI:49 Ulfried Staber bass Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Nicholas Todd tenor Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor Op. 39 Josquin des Prez and his legacy No. 6; Etude-tableau in D Op. 39 No. 9 Gregorian chant Circumdederunt me; De £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 profundis; Absolve, Domine; Libera me Richafort Requiem a6 Friday 7 June des Prez Nymphes, nappés a6; Faulte d’argent; 1.00pm – 4.00pm Stabat mater; Inviolata a5; Nymphes des bois, Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day or Déploration sur la mort d’Ockeghem Appenzeller Musae Iovis a4 Nicholas Daniel Masterclass £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 From the moment he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award in 1980, Nicholas Sunday 9 June Daniel has devoted his career to raising the 11.30am profile of his chosen instrument in every available context. As the creator of many new Hugo Wolf Quartett works for the oboe, he passes on his in-depth Haydn String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3 knowledge of its secrets to students from Komitas From Armenian folk songs: She is London music colleges, ahead of his Oboe Day slender like a plane tree, Oh Nazan, Echmiadzin on 8 June. dance & Clouds (arr. Sergey Aslamazyan) Approximately 3 hours in duration, including Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ an interval £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ £10 concs £8 sherry/juice

Katya Apekisheva Nicholas Daniel Cinquecento Hugo Wolf Quartett © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Eric Richmond © Theresa Pewal © Andrej Grilc 8 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day Saturday 8 June Saturday 8 June 11.30am 3.00pm

Nicholas Daniel oboe Nicholas Daniel oboe Lucy Wakeford harp Julius Drake piano Wigmore Oboe-Fest Ensemble Guildhall School Wind Quintet John Woolrich Array for 10 oboes Schumann 3 Duos from 6 pieces in canonic Pasculli Omaggio a Bellini for English horn form Op. 56 Jolivet Quintette avec Hautbois and harp Spohr Sonata No. 1 in C minor Principal Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94; WoO. 23 Beethoven Variations in C on ‘La ci Abendlied Op. 85 No. 12 (arr. Joseph Joachim) darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni WoO. 28 Haas Suite Op. 17 Michael Berkeley Second Still Life for oboe All seats £16 and harp James MacMillan Intercession for 3 oboes David Bruce New work for 10 oboes* Saturday 8 June *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall 7.30pm All seats £16 Nicholas Daniel oboe Tom Owen oboe Kyeong Ham oboe Amy Harman bassoon Jacqueline Shave violin Timothy Ridout viola Guy Johnston cello Lynda Houghton Martin Owen horn Alexei Watkins horn Maggie Cole harpsichord and friends Albinoni Concerto for 2 oboes Yun 2 movements from Inventionen Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 Zelenka Sonata No. 5 in F for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo ZWV181 Mark Simpson Oboe Quartet* (world première) Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046 *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Leicester International Music Festival and Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival Nicolas Daniel © Eric Richmond £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 9

Sunday 9 June Monday 10 June 7.30pm 1.00pm

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin Jean Rondeau harpsichord Katherine Yoon violin Bach Prelude from Partita in C minor BWV997; Fantasia in C minor BWV906 Bethan Griffiths harp Scarlatti Sonatas: in C Kk132, in F Kk6, in Jamal Aliyev cello F minor Kk185, in D Kk119, in D minor Kk213, Eirian Lewis guitar in A minor Kk175 & in A Kk208 Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left The Salomé Quartet hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo David Lopez violin violin BWV1004) Juhee Yang violin £16 concs £14 Ana Alves viola Sofia Silva Sousaviola Monday 10 June cello Indira Grier 7.30pm Findlay Spence cello Pavel Haas Quartet Philip Nelson double bass Enno Senft double bass Metamorphosis: Changing Perceptions Boris Giltburg piano Programme to include Strauss Metamorphosen Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Join the string talents from the Royal College Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ of Music as they guide the audience in a musical voyage of discovery and revelation, £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 culminating with ’s transformative Metamorphosen. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 The Royal College of Music

Ana Alves Jamal Aliyev Jean Rondeau Pavel Haas Quartet © Chris Christodoulou © Chris Christodoulou © Edouard Bressy © Marco Boggreve 10 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 11 June Thursday 13 June 7.30pm 11.00am and 12.30pm The English Concert For Crying Out Loud! Orpheus of Princes Hear outstanding performances by musicians Handel Overture from Rodrigo HWV5 from the Royal Academy of Music, in these Legrenzi Sonata for four from La cetra concerts presented especially for parents or Op. 10 carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in Corelli Concerto grosso in D Op. 6 No. 1 a relaxed and accommodating environment. Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. cello Op. 3 No. 11 from L’estro armonico RV565 Approximately 45 minutes in duration Scarlatti Introduction from Cain, overo il primo Adults £8.50 (babies come free) omicidio Vinaccesi Sonata IV Marcello Oboe concerto in C minor Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for 4 violins Op. 3 Thursday 13 June No. 10 from L’estro armonico RV580 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Wednesday 12 June Angela Hewitt piano 7.30pm Bach English Suite No. 1 in A BWV806; English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807; Stile Antico Suite in F minor BWV823; English Suite No. 3 Rihab Azar oud in G minor BWV808; Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894 Songs of Longing and Exile £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Programme to include: White Lamentations a5 Dowland In this trembling shadow; Lachrimae Antiquae (Flow my Tears); Lachrimae Antiquae Novae*; Lachrimae Gementes*; Lachrimae Tristes*; Lachrimae Coactae*; Lachrimae Amantis*; Lachrimae Verae* Interspersed with improvised music for oud *with new texts by Peter Oswald £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The English Concert Rihab Azar For Crying Out Loud! Angela Hewitt © Oliver Rosser @ Feast Creative © Benjamin Ealovega © Keith Saunders wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 11

Friday 14 June Saturday 15 June 7.00pm NB time 11.00am – 12 noon

Isabelle Faust violin Relaxed Concert: Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Bloomsbury Quartet Alexander Melnikov piano This relaxed concert is open to everyone and Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat WoO. 38; Piano provides a special opportunity to hear a live Trio in E flat Op. 70 No. 2; Variations in E flat performance in an informal environment. Enjoy on an Original Theme Op. 44; Piano Trio in D an hour’s music performed by the Bloomsbury Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Quartet, the Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble for 2018/19. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 There is a relaxed attitude to noise and Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and movement, and house lights will remain up. 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Audience members are welcome to move in Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and out of the auditorium as they need to, and and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ there is a designated quiet area. Friday 14 June £5 10.00pm Wigmore Lates

Viktoria Mullova violin Bach Allemande and Double from Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 Dai Fujikura line by line Bach Largo and Allegro from Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005 Sir George Benjamin 3 Miniatures for solo violin Bach Tempo di Borea and Double from Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin BWV1002 Misha Mullov-Abbado Brazil Bach Siciliano and Presto from Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001 Prokofiev Sonata in D for solo violin Op. 115 Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 All seats £16

Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov Viktoria Mullova Bloomsbury Quartet © Marco Borggreve © Henry Fair © Christian Maier Smith 12 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 15 June 7.30pm

Gerald Finley bass-baritone Julius Drake piano Schubert Meeres Stille; Willkommen und Abschied; An Den Mond; Wandrers Nachtlied II; Rastlose Liebe; Die Sterne; Der Kreuzzug; Der Winterabend; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Du bist die Ruh; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Erlkönig Rachmaninov Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not; Fate; On the Death of a Linnet; Christ is risen; Spring waters Turnage 3 Animal Songs Britten The red cockatoo; She’s like the swallow; Tit for Tat; The Crocodile £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Gerald Finley © Sim Canetty-Clarke wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 13

Sunday 16 June Sunday 16 June 11.30am 7.30pm Heath Quartet Fauré/Schumann Project Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Steven Isserlis cello Ravel String Quartet in F Anthony Marwood violin £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Irène Duval violin sherry/juice Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Sunday 16 June Dénes Várjon piano 6.00pm Izabella Simon piano Pre-Concert Talk Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121 (arr. Join Steven Isserlis, who will talk about Alfred Cortot for piano 4 hands) (London Fauré’s String Quartet Op. 121 ahead of the première) evening concert. Schumann Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133; Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor (arr. Steven Isserlis); Approximately 45 minutes in duration Langsam from Violin Concerto in D minor £5 WoO. 23 (arr. Steven Isserlis); Variations on an original theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Monday 17 June 1.00pm

Nicolas Altstaedt cello Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007; Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Dutilleux 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher £16 concs £14

Heath Quartet Nicolas Altstaedt Steven Isserlis © Kauko Kikkas © Marco Borggreve © Jean Baptiste Millot 14 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 17 June Tuesday 18 June 7.30pm 6.15pm – 7.05pm Cuarteto Casals Bechstein Sessions: BirdWorld Alban Gerhardt cello Gregor Riddell cello, electronics Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Adam Teixeira drums, percussion Op. 110 Join us for an informal performance in the Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Bechstein Bar from London/Oslo-based duo £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 BirdWorld, who weave between ambient electronic, contemporary classical, world Tuesday 18 June music and jazz improvisation, creating soundscapes both natural and otherworldly. 1.00pm – 4.00pm £5 Leeds Lieder Young Artists Masterclass Tuesday 18 June 7.30pm Leading Dutch soprano Elly Ameling runs a masterclass with alumni from the Leeds Lieder Sergei Babayan piano programme, many of whom have gone on to Chopin Polonaise in C sharp minor Op. 26 become BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists No. 1; Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2; and winners of prestigious awards. Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Waltz in B minor Approximately 3 hours in duration, including Op. 69 No. 2; Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat an interval Op. 61; Impromptu No. 1 in A flat Op. 29; £10 concs £8 Prelude in A flat Op. 28 No. 17; Waltz in A flat Op. 34 No. 1; Mazurkas: in C sharp minor Op. 6 No. 2, in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3, in F minor Op. 63 No. 2, in F minor Op. 7 No. 3, in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4, in B flat Op. 7 No. 1, in G minor Op. 67 No. 2, in C Op. 67 No. 3, in A minor Op. 67 No. 4, in A minor Op. 68 No. 2, in F Op. 68 No. 3, in B flat Op. Posth., in E flat minor Op. 6 No. 4, in A flat Op. 41 No. 4, in C minor Op. 30 No. 1, in B minor Op. 30 No. 2, in B minor Op. 33 No. 4 & in C Op. 56 No. 2; Waltz in F Op. 34 No. 3 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Cuarteto Casals BirdWorld Sergei Babayan © Igor Cat © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 15

Wednesday 19 June Thursday 20 June 7.00pm NB time 11.00am – 12 noon

Guest of Honour Elly Ameling Schools Concert: Glitter Bird Sir reader, baritone WRANGLE! Tim Keasley oboe Mary Bevan, Ruby Hughes, Kate Jess Mollie percussion, electronics Royal, Carolyn Sampson soprano Rosie Bergonzi percussion Jennifer Johnston, Katarina Key Stage 1 Karnéus, Ann Murray DBE, When the Queen hears the most beautiful Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano birdsong in all the world, she knows she must have it for herself. But when Glitter Bird is James Gilchrist, Nicky Spence, trapped away from all he loves, he forgets how Nick Pritchard, David Webb tenor to sing. Come and help us find his voice on this magical journey of empathy and understanding. , Join musical story telling trio WRANGLE! for Marcus Farnsworth baritone this brand new performance written for Key William Thomas bass-baritone Stage 1 pupils and their teachers, drawing on Malcolm Martineau, over 300 years of music! piano Children £4 Accompanying Adults Free (ticket required) Leeds Lieder Fundraising Gala A Serenade to Music: sonnets by William Thursday 20 June Shakespeare read by Sir Thomas Allen, woven 7.30pm around songs by Schubert, Strauss, Brahms, Poulenc, Britten, Bridge, Joseph Horowitz, The Cardinall’s Musick Dankworth, Tippett and Vaughan Williams’ The Company of Heaven III Serenade to Music. Victoria Descendit Angelus Domini Palestrina A limited number of best seats, priced at £200, Missa Ecce ego Johannes Gregorian Chant which include an invitation to a special dinner Propers for Nativity of St John the Baptist with the artists, are available exclusively from Isaac Angeli, Archangeli Handl Michael, the Leeds Lieder office on 0113 234 6956 or by coeli signifer Byrd Propers for the Feast of email to [email protected] All Saints Aichinger Assumpta est Maria Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni £70 £50 £35 £25 £18 All tickets include a glass of wine £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sir Thomas Allen Schools Concert The Cardinall’s Musick © Sussie Ahlburg © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega 16 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 21 June Saturday 22 June 7.00pm NB time 11.00am – 12 noon Alexander Melnikov Residency CAVATINA Family Concert: Alexander Rudin cello Thorne Trio Alexander Melnikov piano For ages 5 plus Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Join CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust for this Op. 22 fun and interactive introduction to the sounds Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 of the orchestra’s reed instruments. Try Golovin Elegy conducting and take a musical trip to Scotland Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 and back as we explore the sights and sounds £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 of the oboe, , and bassoon. Children £10 Adults £12 Friday 21 June CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, 10.00pm renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this Wigmore Lates concert in association with Wigmore Hall

Chineke! Ensemble Saturday 22 June Saint-Saëns Septet in E flat Op. 65 7.30pm Errollyn Wallen Nnenna (London première) Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor Op. 2 Franz-Josef Selig bass All seats £16 Gerold Huber piano Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Loewe Odins Meeresritt; Edward; Herr Oluf; and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please Die nächtliche Heerschau; Erlkönig; Der contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Pilgrim von St Just; Archibald Douglas Wolf Harfenspieler I-III Stephan Am Abend; Memento vivere Wolf Grenzen der Menschheit; Abendbilder £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Alexander Melnikov Chineke! Ensemble CAVATINA Family Concert Franz-Josef Selig © Molina Visuals © Eric Richmond © Belinda Lawley © Marion Köll wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 17

Sunday 23 June Monday 24 June 11.30am 1.00pm

Andrew Tyson piano Christopher Maltman baritone Couperin Les baricades mistérieuses; Le dodo, Graham Johnson piano ou L’amour au berceau; Le tic-toc-choc, ou Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Les maillotins Wolf Die Nacht; Nachtzauber Messiaen Le Baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus from Pfitzner Nachts; In Danzig; Das Alter; Der Weckruf Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus Liszt Vallée d’Obermann from Années de All seats £16 pèlerinage: première année, Suisse S160 Respighi Notturno Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Monday 24 June £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ 7.30pm sherry/juice Ensemble Marsyas Sunday 23 June Mozart Serenade in B flat K361 ‘Gran Partita’ 7.30pm Mozart Serenade in C minor K388 ‘Night Music’ Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes in duration, Matthias Goerne baritone including an interval piano Sir Antonio Pappano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Shostakovich 4 Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin Op. 46; 4 Monologues to Tuesday 25 June Poems by Alexander Pushkin Op. 91 7.00pm NB time Martin 6 Monologues from Jedermann Mahler From Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Ablösung Emanuel Ax piano im Sommer, Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz, Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Nicht wiedersehen!, Um schlimme Kinder artig zu Machen, Ich ging mit Lust & Scheiden Dover Quartet und Meiden; Erinnerung; Hans und Grethe; Emanuel Ax 70th birthday concert Frühlingsmorgen; Phantasie aus Don Juan Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47; Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, Fantasiestücke Op. 12; Dichterliebe Op. 48; without an interval Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Andrew Tyson Matthias Goerne Christopher Maltman Emanuel Ax © Sophie Zha © Caroline de Bon © Pia Clodi © Lisa Marie Mazzucco 18 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 26 June Wednesday 26 June 1.00pm 7.30pm

Massimo Martone marimba Matthias Goerne baritone Lewis Isaacs marimba Alexander Schmalcz piano Chindanai Nukulvutthiopas piano Schubert Der Wanderer; Wehmut; Der Jüngling und der Tod; Fahrt zum Hades; Schatzgräbers Sofiia Matviienko Begehr; Grenzen der Menschheit; Das Carmen Sánchez Labrador piano Heimweh; Gesänge des Harfners I-III; Ilai Avni violin Pilgerweise; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Winterabend; Abendstern; Die Sommernacht; flute Francesca Biescas Rue Der liebliche Stern oboe Ellen Wilkinson Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Elissa Street clarinet without an interval Verity Burcombe bassoon £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Ioan-Octavian Pirlea violin Thursday 27 June Rhys Herbert cello Radu Stoica piano 7.30pm Ivan Varchenko saxophone La Nuova Musica Lucia Breslin saxophone Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Lydia Cochrane saxophone David Bates conductor Fiore O’Sullivan saxophone Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat K16 Joseph Longstaff horn Traetta Si diversi sembiante... Giusto amor The Purcell School: Chamber Ensembles from Il Siroe; Adagio espressivo from Overture to Ifigenia in Tauride; Per pietà maggior Matthias Schmitt Flow Poulenc 1st movement tormento; Pur una volta... Chi crederia... Mori, ‘Allegro malinconico’ from Sonata for flute and so mori from Armida piano Grieg 1st movement ‘Allegro molto ed Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D ‘Le Matin’ HI:6 appassionato’ from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Traetta From Ifigenia in Tauride: Deh, con qual Op. 45 Alex Papp New work for wind quintet (world core amica... So che Pietà & Ah qual scopre... première) Mendelssohn 1st movement ‘Allegro Che mai risolvere energico e con fuoco’ from Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Singelée Premier Quatuor Op. 53 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Stefano Ottomano Nihal £10 (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

The Purcell School Saxophone Quartet Matthias Goerne Christine Rice David Bates © Jane Hunt © Caroline de Bon © Patricia Taylor © Nick Rutter wigmore-hall.org.uk JUNE • 19

Friday 28 June Saturday 29 June 7.00pm NB time 7.30pm

Alice Sara Ott piano Evgeny Kissin piano Nightfall Fundraising Concert for Save a Child’s Heart Debussy Suite bergamasque (SACH) Chopin Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in C minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’; 15 Variations and a Op. 48 No. 1; Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Debussy Rêverie Variations’ Op. 35; Piano Sonata No. 17 in Satie Gnossienne No. 1; Gymnopédie No. 1; D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’; Piano Sonata Gnossienne No. 3 No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Ravel Gaspard de la nuit A limited number of seats priced at £250, £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 which include an invitation to join a reception with Evgeny Kissin, are available exclusively Friday 28 June from Save a Child’s Heart. Purchase available at 10.00pm 0203 866 5740 or [email protected]

Wigmore Lates Returns Only Sean Shibe guitar softLOUD Sunday 30 June Anon Music from the Straloch and Rowallan manuscripts c.1700 11.30am Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness Vision String Quartet James MacMillan From Galloway (arr. Sean Shibe); Motet No. 1 from Since it was the Day Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 of Preparation (arr. Sean Shibe) £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint for electric sherry/juice guitar and tape Julia Wolfe LAD (originally for bagpipes, arr. Sean Shibe) David Lang Killer (originally for electric violin, arr. Sean Shibe) All seats £16 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Alice Sara Ott Sean Shibe Evgeny Kissin Vision String Quartet © Jonas Becker © Kaupo Kikkas © F Broede © Tim Klöcker 20 • JUNE Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 30 June Monday 1 July 7.30pm 1.00pm Pupils of The Yehudi Colin Currie Quartet Menuhin School Joseph Pereira Mallet Quartet Programme to include works by Brahms, Kevin Volans 4 Marimbas Prokofiev and Szymanowski Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa (for solo vibraphone) Steve Reich Drumming Part 1 Pupils from The Yehudi Menuhin School including all graduands perform a variety of All seats £16 works for strings and piano. Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ The Yehudi Menuhin School Monday 1 July 7.30pm

Rachel Podger violin, director Brecon Baroque Marcin Świątkiewicz harpsichord Daniele Caminiti lute Vivaldi Sonata a4 al Santo Sepolcro RV130; Concerto in G minor for strings RV157; Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169; Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93 Bach Concerto for harpsichord, strings and continuo BWV972 (after Vivaldi RV230) Vivaldi The Four Seasons Op. 8 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School Colin Currie Quartet Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 21

Tuesday 2 July Wednesday 3 July 7.30pm 7.30pm Schubert Cycles Brett Polegato baritone Ian Bostridge tenor Iain Burnside piano Lars Vogt piano A Transatlantic Voyage: English Songs from Schubert Schwanengesang D957 Here to There Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an Britten Lemady; I was lonely and forlorn; interval O Waly, Waly Gurney The scribe £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Gibbs Silver Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major Robin Holloway Fare Well contribution to the 2018/19 Wigmore Series Finzi The Birthnight Britten Tit for Tat Concert Repeated Sea Fever Thursday 4 July 7.30pm Clarke The Seal Man Vaughan Williams The Infinite Shining Heavens Wednesday 3 July Willan Drake’s Drum Vaughan Williams Joy, Shipmate, Joy! 12.30pm and 2.00pm Somers Look Down, Fair Moon Chamber Tots: Rivers and Jungles From War Scenes: Inauguration Ball & Specimen Case Interactive music-making sessions for children Craig Urquhart Among The Multitude aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers, with Blitzstein Emily (Ballad of the Bombardier) songs, percussion and the chance to meet some Barber Sure on this Shining Night exciting instruments up close. Presented by Duke I ride the great black horses music leaders Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever Ives Charlie Rutlage alongside emerging chamber ensembles. Copland At the river; Zion’s walls; Ching-a-ring 12.30pm–1.30pm (1–2 year-olds) chaw 2.00pm–3.00pm (3–5 year-olds) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Children £7 Adults £5

Ian Bostridge Chamber Tots Brett Polegato Iain Burnside © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Benjamin Ealovega © Peter Phoa © Tall Wall Media 22 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 4 July Friday 5 July 7.30pm 7.00pm NB time Schubert Cycles Lucas Debargue piano Ian Bostridge tenor Scarlatti Sonatas Lars Vogt piano Bach Toccata in C minor BWV911 Medtner Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 5 Schubert Schwanengesang D957 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Repeat of concert on 2 July Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an Saturday 6 July interval 1.00pm

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 HONJOH Hidejiro shamisen Friday 5 July Avex Recital Series 2019 1.00pm Dai Fujikura neo Ryuichi Sakamoto New work (world première) Elizabeth Kenny lute Vijay Iyer Jiva (UK première) Theorbo Fantasy: old and new music for the Kenjiro Urata Hekitan II long-necked lute Yuji Takahashi Hamlet to be or not Kapsberger Toccata; Passacaglia; Capona; £18 concs £12 Canario; Colascione Piccinini Toccata cromatica; Ciaconna James MacMillan Motet No. 1 from Since it was the Day of Preparation Benjamin Oliver Extending from the Inside de Visée Suite No. 6 in C minor Nico Muhly Berceuse with 7 variations £16 concs £14

Lars Vogt Elizabeth Kenny Lucas Debargue HONJOH Hidejiro © Giorgia Bertazzi © Benjamin Ealovega © Xiomara Bender wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 23

Saturday 6 July Sunday 7 July 7.30pm 3.00pm

Xavier Phillips cello Julia Boyd: Travellers in the François-Frédéric Guy piano Third Reich Talk Beethoven Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 Julia Boyd talks about her recent book No. 2; 12 Variations on ‘See the conqu’ring Travellers in the Third Reich in which she hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus explores the experiences of a wide range of WoO. 45; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69; visitors to Nazi through their first 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe hand accounts. The many and diverse tales fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO. 46; she uncovers give a fresh insight into the Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1; Cello Sonata complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes in D Op. 102 No. 2 and its ultimate destruction. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Free (ticket required)

Sunday 7 July Sunday 7 July 11.30am 7.30pm Smetana Trio Wihan Quartet Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat Op. 11 Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Dvořák String Quartet in E Op. 80 sherry/juice Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Pamela Majaro

Xavier Phillips Smetana Trio Travellers in the Third Reich book Wihan Quartet © Caroline Doutre © Martin Kubica © Lukáš Novotný 24 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 8 July Tuesday 9 July 1.00pm 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Imogen Cooper piano Brahms Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1; Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 No. 2 Bach Sonata in D BWV963; Aria variata Liszt Gretchen – 2nd movement from A Faust BWV989; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor Symphony S513 BWV944; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £16 concs £14 Wednesday 10 July 7.30pm Monday 8 July 6.00pm Benjamin Beilman violin Pre-Concert Talk Louis Schwizgebel piano Ian Page sets the scene for the evening concert. Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Poulenc Violin Sonata £5 Mozart Violin Sonata in D K306 Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Monday 8 July Op. 75 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 The Mozartists Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and Ian Page conductor 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA soprano Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Louise Alder and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Katy Bircher flute Oliver Wass harp Gavin Edwards horn Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat K16; O temerario Arbace... Per quel paterno amplesso K79; Concerto in C for flute and harp K299; Se iI padre perdei from Idomeneo; Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat K495; Bella mia fiamma... Resta, o cara K528; Symphony No. 10 in G K74 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Imogen Cooper Louise Alder Mahan Esfahani Benjamin Beilman © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Gerard Collett © Bernhard Musil © Giorgia Bertazzi wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 25

Thursday 11 July Friday 12 July 6.00pm 7.00pm NB time Pre-Concert Talk Silesian String Quartet The Chief Executive of the Royal Philharmonic Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 Society, James Murphy, will interview Bacewicz String Quartet No. 4 conductor and musicologist Jane Glover about Stravinsky 3 Pieces for string quartet her recent book Handel in London: The Making Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3 of a Genius. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Approximately 45 minutes in duration Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 £5 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Thursday 11 July Friday 12 July 7.30pm 10.00pm Max Emanuel Cenčić countertenor Wigmore Lates Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu Adam Walker flute Franck-Emmanuel Comte director, Sean Shibe guitar harpsichord Piazzolla Histoire du Tango Orlando Debussy Syrinx Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV156; Takemitsu Toward the Sea Sol da te mio dolce amore from Orlando furioso Poulenc Sarabande Handel Fammi combattere from Orlando Shankar L’Aube Enchantée sur Le Raga ‘Todi’ Porpora Sinfonia da camera in E minor Op. 2 All seats £16 No. 5; Ombre amene from Angelica e Medoro Handel Venti turbini from Rinaldo; Giá l’ebro mio ciglio from Orlando Vivaldi Sorge l’irato nembo from Orlando furioso; Concerto in D for flute and strings Op. 10 No. 3 ‘Il gardellino’ Handel Cielo! se tu il consenti from Orlando Vivaldi Nel profondo, cieco mondo from Orlando furioso £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Jane Glover Max Emanuel Cenčić Silesian String Quartet Adam Walker © John Batten © Anna Hoffman © Magda Górecka © Christa Holka 26 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 13 July Sunday 14 July 7.30pm 7.30pm Vox Luminis Residency Django Bates Belovèd Vox Luminis Django Bates piano Lionel Meunier artistic director Petter Eldh double bass Bach Motets: Der Geist hilft unser Peter Bruun drums Schwachheit auf BWV226; Ich lasse dich Evan Parker saxophone nicht BWV159a; Jesu, meine Freude BWV227; Fürchte dich nicht BWV228; Komm, Jesu, Following its much-praised 2018 visit to Komm! BWV229; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Wigmore Hall, Belovèd returns to present BWV225 Django’s highly detailed arrangements of Charlie Parker compositions with interludes Interspersed with organ interludes, played by from master improviser Evan Parker, who Bart Jacobs celebrates his 75th birthday this year. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 14 July Monday 15 July 11.30am 1.00pm

Maxim Bernard piano István Várdai cello Chopin in all his states Sunwook Kim piano Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58; Falla 7 canciones populares españolas (for Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp Op. 36; Mazurka cello and piano) in C Op. 67 No. 3; Mazurka in D Op. 33 No. 2; Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 41 No. 1; Kodály Hungarian Rondo Polonaise in B flat Op. 71 No. 2; Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23; Ballade No. 3 in A flat £16 concs £14 Op. 47 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Vox Luminis Maxim Bernard Django Bates Belovèd István Várdai © David Samyn © Kelly Kruse © Nick White © Balazs Borocz wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 27

Monday 15 July Wednesday 17 July 7.30pm 5.30pm – 6.15pm

Dominic Sedgwick baritone Bloomsbury Quartet Ceri Owen piano The Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Marmen Quartet Fellowship Ensemble, Bloomsbury Quartet, performs a range of repertoire including the The Musicians’ Company Concerts 2019 world première of a new work by the 2018/19 and Concordia Artists Fund RPS/Wigmore Hall Apprentice Composer, Ireland Great things Daniel Fardon. Bridge Come to me in my dreams Free (ticket required) Butterworth Bredon Hill and Other Songs Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ Debussy La mer est plus belle; Le son du cor; L’échelonnement des haies Wednesday 17 July Schubert Wanderers Nachtlied II 7.30pm Wolf Ihr seid die Allerschönste; Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben; Abschied Alexi Kenney violin Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 50 No. 1 Orion Weiss piano £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Ives Violin Sonata No. 4 ‘Children’s Day at the The Musicians’ Company & Concordia Camp Meeting’ Foundation Artists Fund Stravinsky Airs du rossignol & Marche chinoise Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96 Paul Wiancko X Suite for Solo Violin (world première) Strozzi L’Eraclito amoroso (arr. A Kenney) Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Dominic Sedgwick Marmen Quartet Bloomsbury Quartet Alexi Kenney © Clare Park © Marco Borggreve © Christian Maier Smith © Yang Bao 28 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 16 July 7.30pm Mozart and the Second Viennese School

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Mozart Piano Sonata in F K280 Herschkowitz Klavierstück in 4 Sätzen Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310; Piano Sonata in E flat K282 Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Mozart Piano Sonata in D K284 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 29

Thursday 18 July Friday 19 July 3.00pm 7.00pm NB time

Music for the Moment Kian Soltani cello If you are, or someone you know is, living Aaron Pilsan piano with dementia, please join us for this informal Debussy Cello Sonata afternoon concert with musicians from the Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119 Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 invited to join us for tea and coffee from Chopin Introduction and polonaise brillante 2.30pm in the Bechstein Room. in C Op. 3 Free (ticket required) £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: of Music Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Friday 19 July Thursday 18 July 10.00pm 7.30pm Wigmore Lates Werner Güra tenor Susan Bullock soprano Christoph Berner piano Richard Sisson piano Schubert Der blinde Knabe; Im Walde D834; Songs my father taught me Auf der Bruck (Auf der Brücke); Das Heimweh Arlen I’ve Got the World on a String D851; Fülle der Liebe; Wiedersehn; Abendlied Rodgers & Hammerstein Hello Young Lovers für die Entfernte; Alinde; An mein Herz; Rodgers & Hart My Funny Valentine Sehnsucht D879; Im Freien; Im Frühling; David Shire What about today? Lebensmut; Um Mitternacht Kern Bill; All the Things You Are £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Arlen One for my baby T Wolf The Ballad of the Sad Young Men Gershwin ‘S Wonderful; Someone To Watch Over Me Burt Bacharach A House is not a Home M Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim The Boy From… Stephen Sondheim Losing my Mind All seats £16

Music for the Moment Werner Güra Kian Soltani Susan Bullock © Benjamin Ealovega © Monika Rittershaus © Holger Hage & Deutsche Grammophon © Christina Raphaelle 30 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 20 July Sunday 21 July 10.00am – 3.30pm 11.30am Come and Sing: Calidore String Quartet Sounds of America Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Join choral leader Charles MacDougall for a day exploring some of the greatest vocal works Op. 80 by American composers including George £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. sherry/juice £25 concs £20 Sunday 21 July Saturday 20 July 7.30pm 7.30pm Brahms Plus Series

Ronald Brautigam fortepiano Jonathan Plowright piano Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33; Piano Sonata Brahms Plus Schubert No. 18 in E flat Op. 31 No. 3; Piano Sonata Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’; Brahms Waltzes Op. 39; 4 Klavierstücke Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Op. 119; Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Come and Sing Ronald Brautigam Calidore String Quartet Jonathan Plowright © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve © Sophie Zhai © Diane Shaw wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 31

Monday 22 July Wednesday 24 July 7.30pm 7.30pm

Lana Trotovsek violin Mark Padmore tenor Maria Canyigueral piano Paul Lewis piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Škerjanc Intermezzo romantique Sommerabend; Es schauen die Blumen; Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Meerfahrt; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht Op. 80 Mahler Rückert Lieder Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 ‘Kreutzer’ £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by an anonymous donor Thursday 25 July 7.30pm Tuesday 23 July piano 7.30pm Kit Armstrong Dame Sarah Connolly Residency Mozart Suite in C K399 Bach Chorale Preludes: Schmücke dich, o Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano liebe Seele BWV654, Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV605, Erbarm dich mein, o piano Malcolm Martineau Herre Gott BWV721, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Schumann 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Ehr BWV715 & Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Requiem Op. 90 BWV666 Mahler Kindertotenlieder Mozart Fantasia in F minor for mechanical Bridge Day after Day; Speak to me my love organ K608 Britten Winter Words Op. 52 Byrd Sellenger’s Round; Prelude, Pavan and £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Galliard (Sir William Petre); The Bells Mozart Piano Sonata in A K331 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by an anonymous donor

Lana Trotovsek and Maria Canyigueral Dame Sarah Connolly Mark Padmore Kit Armstrong © Boris Bizjak © Jan Capinski © Marco Borggreve © Neda Navae 32 • JULY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 26 July Sunday 28 July 7.30pm 11.30am

Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone Chiaroscuro Quartet Howard McGill woodwind Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4 Gordon Campbell trombone Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 Richard Pryce double bass ‘Death and the Maiden’ Matthew Regan piano £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Mike Smith drums sherry/juice Blue Skies: Songlines to American Music Isn’t this a lovely day? Kálmán Lichtreklamen (first verse only) Weill Johnny Johnson’s Song Kálmán Cowboy Song Weill Song of the bigshot Ory Muskrat Ramble Weill Lonely House Rodgers & Hammerstein Soliloquy Ellington Mood Indigo Berlin Call me up some rainy afternoon Kern Let’s begin Strayhorn Lush Life Lerner & Loewe On the street where you live Carmichael Stardust Gershwin Our love is here to stay Porter What is this thing called love? Martin & Blane The Girl next door Porter So in love Ellington Do Nothin’ till You Hear from Me Kern She didn’t say yes £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sir Simon Keenlyside Chiaroscuro Quartet © Uwe Arens © Eva Vermandel wigmore-hall.org.uk JULY • 33

Saturday 27 July 7.30pm Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet director Mozart in Salzburg Mozart Missa brevis in F K192; Missa brevis in D K194; Church Sonata in C K328; Church Sonata in A K225; Ave verum corpus K618 Offertorium ‘Non nobis, Domine’; Alleluia from O coelitum beati; Adagio from Keyboard Concerto No. 8 in C HXVIII:8; Te Deum in C HXXIIIc:1 Michael Haydn Sub tuum praesidium in C; Ave verum in F The founder-director of one of ’s most durable and expert period-instrument ensembles leads a programme that simulates the musical experience of the Mass in the time of Mozart and Haydn. Le Concert Spirituel £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 © Guy Vivien 34 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER wigmore-hall.org.uk How to get to Wigmore Hall W H A I £5 TICKETS M R P L W O E E L Y T L E

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