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March Tue 17 Mar 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 13 Sun 1 Mar 11.30am Caroline Goulding/Danae Dörken 4 Wed 18 Mar 5.30pm Zuzana: Music is Life 13 3.00pm Anna Huntley/Graham Johnson 4 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 14 7.30pm Julien Brocal 4 Thu 19 Mar 11.00am CAVATINA Schools Concert: ’s 14 Mon 2 Mar 1.00pm Lise Berthaud/David Saudubray 4 Time-Travelling Musical Adventures 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Beethoven 5 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/ 15 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 5 Malcolm Martineau Tue 3 Mar 1.00pm Giuseppe Guarrera 5 Fri 20 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 14 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 6 11.45am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 14 Wed 4 Mar 10.15am Chamber Tots: In Space 6 7.30pm Joseph Moog 14 11.45am Chamber Tots: In Space 6 Sat 21 Mar 7.30pm Brentano 16 7.30pm Florilegium/Ashley Solomon/ 6 Sun 22 Mar 11.30am 16 Alexandra Bellamy/Bojan Čičić/ 7.30pm Iestyn Davies/Thomas Dunford 16 Reiko Ichise Mon 23 Mar 1.00pm Brentano String Quartet 17 Thu 5 Mar 1.00pm of St John’s 7 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 17 7.30pm Inon Barnatan 7 Tue 24 Mar 5.00pm Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony 17 Fri 6 Mar 1.00pm Nelly Miricioiu/David Gowland 7 Turnage 60th Birthday 7.30pm Sean Shibe 8 6.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: 17 Sat 7 Mar 7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 9 Mark-Anthony Turnage Sun 8 Mar 11.30am Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 9 7.30pm Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony 17 3.00pm Bethan Langford/Sholto Kynoch 9 Turnage 60th Birthday 7.30pm Stéphane Degout/Simon Lepper 9 Wed 25 Mar 1.00pm Side by Side 18 Mon 9 Mar 1.00pm Ruby Hughes/Natalie Clein/ 10 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 18 Julius Drake Thu 26 Mar 7.30pm Dianne Reeves 19 7.30pm Julia Hwang/James Drinkwater/ 10 Fri 27 Mar 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar/ 20 Ben Tarlton/Jâms Coleman Luciana Mancini/ Tue 10 Mar 7.30pm London Handel Orchestra/ 10 Vincenzo Capezzuto Adrian Butterfield/Katie Bray/ Sat 28 Mar 10.30am Family Day: Coastal Adventures 20 Keri Fuge/Charlotte Bowden/ 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 20 Eszter Balogh/Emily Sierra/ Sun 29 Mar 11.30am Jack Liebeck/Katya Apekisheva 21 Annabel Kennedy/John Lee 3.00pm Antisemitism: What It Is. What It 21 Wed 11 Mar 7.00pm Daniel Sepec/Tabea Zimmermann/ 10 Isn’t. Why It Matters. Jean-Guihen Queyras 7.30pm Johannes Kammler/ 21 Thu 12 Mar 7.30pm Early Opera Company/ 11 Roger Vignoles Christian Curnyn/Anna Dennis/ Mon 30 Mar 1.00pm Anastasia Kobekina/ 21 Keri Fuge/Benjamin Appl Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Fri 13 Mar 1.00pm Nelly Miricioiu Masterclass 11 6.00pm Artist in Conversation: 21 7.30pm Martin Mitterrutzner/Gerold Huber 11 Peter Whelan 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas/ 22 Sat 14 Mar 3.00pm CAVATINA Family Concert: Viola’s 12 Peter Whelan/Rachel Redmond/ Time-Travelling Musical Adventures Christopher Lowrey/ 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 12 Nicholas Mulroy/Edward Grint Sun 15 Mar 11.30am Armida Quartet 12 Tue 31 Mar 7.30pm Wye Valley 22 7.30pm Piers Lane 12 Festival 20th Anniversary Mon 16 Mar 1.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Roger Vignoles 13 7.30pm Škampa Quartet 13 4 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 1 March Sunday 1 March 11.30am 7.30pm

Caroline Goulding Julien Brocal Danae Dörken piano Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat K333 Fauré No. 1 in A Op. 13; Morceau Bach English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV808 de lecture for violin and piano Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Monday 2 March 1.00pm In Memory of Peter Flatter Lise Berthaud viola Sunday 1 March piano 3.00pm David Saudubray Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano (transc. Ulrich von Wrochem) Graham Johnson piano Brahms in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 Confinement and Freedom: women abandoned £16 concs £14 and on the open road Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected Schubert Vedi quanto adoro concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Schumann Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Op. 135 Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Berlioz Zaïde from Feuillets d’album Saint-Saëns L’attente Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre Liszt Die drei Zigeuner Tchaikovsky Gypsy Song Dvořák Gypsy Songs Op. 55 £16

Caroline Goulding Anna Huntley Julien Brocal Lise Berthaud © Giorgia Bertazzi © Kaupo Kikkas © Billy Collins © Neda Navaee wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 5

Monday 2 March Wigmore Study Group: 7.30pm Beethoven Cycle Monday 24 February Belcea Quartet Thursday 27 February Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 Monday 2 March No. 4; String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’; All dates 3.00pm – 6.00pm String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’

Come and immerse yourself in the string £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 quartets of Beethoven. To the 18th-century Our Beethoven Celebration has been listener, the four-voice texture of the string made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle quartet was closely associated with both Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle the contrapuntal learned style and the art of conversation. He had always been fascinated Forthcoming Concerts in the Series by the minutiae of the instruments he wrote Tuesday 3 March 7.30pm for, instructing himself in his Tagebuch to ‘share a meal with someone, where one can Friday 5 June 7.00pm NB time discuss this and that, instruments etc., , Sunday 7 June 7.30pm ...’. In this study series, we will look at works from all periods of the composer’s life, exploring his monumental contribution to the Tuesday 3 March genre. The series is presented by composer 1.00pm Julian Philips, with pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers and student performers from Giuseppe Guarrera piano the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Returns Only Chopin Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat Op. 61 Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks Ravel From Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes, Une to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support barque sur l’océan & Alborada del gracioso from the Beethoven Circle Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series © Joseph Karl Stieler

Belcea Quartet Giuseppe Guarrera © Marco Borggreve © Kaupo Kikkas 6 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 3 March Wednesday 4 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Beethoven Quartet Cycle Florilegium Belcea Quartet Ashley Solomon , recorder, director Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 Alexandra Bellamy No. 5; String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 Bojan Čičić violin ‘Razumovsky’; String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 Reiko Ichise viola da gamba £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Our Beethoven Celebration has been L’Europe Galante made possible thanks to a lead gift from Handel Sonata a5 in B flat HWV288 André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle Vivaldi Concerto in C RV87 Abel Pieces for solo viola da gamba in D Wednesday 4 March from the Drexel manuscript: Prelude WK194, 10.15am and 11.45am Andante WK187, Tempo di minuet WK188, Adagio WK189 & Vivace WK190 Chamber Tots: In Space Buffardin Concerto a5 in E minor for flute and strings Join us on a musical adventure in space in Telemann Concerto in A minor for recorder, these interactive music sessions for children viola da gamba and strings TWV52:a1 aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 exciting instruments, songs, and stories with RV63 ‘La follia’ experienced music leaders and emerging Bach Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as BWV1060R (reconst. Wilfried Fischer) we explore, play and move together! £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Belcea Quartet Chamber Tots Florilegium Bojan Čičić © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega © Amit Lennon © Nick Rutter wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 7

Thursday 5 March Friday 6 March 1.00pm 1.00pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Nelly Miricioiu soprano Timothy West CBE actor David Gowland piano Paul Blezard interviewer Felicia Donceanu Balci in Aldebaran; Pasii Orchestra of St John’s Brediceanu Cine m-aude cîntînd…; Cântă puiul cucului John Lubbock conductor Stoia Cînd treci, bade, pe la noi Hannah Davey soprano Dima Și dacă ramuri bat în geam; Ziua bună; Te iubesc o Margareta; Eu simt a ta suflare piano Maki Sekiya Bretan Departe; Somnoroase păsărele; Lord Berners Polka Mozart Ruhe sanft, mein Pribeag; Ce te legeni, codrule? holdes Leben from Zaide Beethoven Bagatelle Enescu Si j’étais Dieu; Languir me fais; Aux in G Op. 126 No. 1 Sullivan Kind sir, you damoyselles paresseuses d’escrire à leurs cannot have the heart from The Gondoliers amys Haydn Finale from Symphony No. 94 in G ‘Surprise’ Donizetti Piangete voi … Al dolce guidami from £16 concs £14 Anna Bolena; Havvi un dio from Maria di Rohan Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106) £16 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Thursday 5 March year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ 7.30pm Forthcoming Related Event Inon Barnatan piano Friday 13 March 1.00pm Mendelssohn Songs without Words: in A Nelly Miricioiu Masterclass Op. 19b No. 3 ‘The Hunt’, in F sharp minor Op. 67 No. 2, in B minor Op. 30 No. 4, in B minor Op. 67 No. 5 ‘The Shepherd’s Complaint’, in G Op. 62 No. 1 ‘Maidüfte’, in E minor Op. 62 No. 3 ‘Trauermarsch’, in E Op. 19b No. 1, in C Op. 67 No. 4 ‘Spinnerlied’, in G minor Op. 19b No. 6 ‘Venetian Gondola Song’, in D Op. 85 No. 4 ‘Elegie’ & in B flat Op. 62 No. 2 Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Britten Gershwin Prelude No. 2 in C sharp minor; I Got Rhythm (arr. Earl Wild) Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat D960 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Timothy West CBE Orchestra of St John’s Inon Barnatan Nelly Miricioiu © Marco Borggreve © Alex Schröder 8 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 6 March 7.30pm Sean Shibe guitar Dowland A selection of fantasies and galliards David Fennessy Rosewood Rautavaara Serenades of the Unicorn Bach Suite in E minor BWV996 Georges Lentz Ingwe £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Sean Shibe © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 9

Saturday 7 March Sunday 8 March 7.30pm 3.00pm Chamber Ensemble in Residence Bethan Langford mezzo-soprano Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Sholto Kynoch piano Nash Ensemble Haydn Arianna a Naxos Elizabeth Watts soprano Schubert From 4 Canzonen: Non t’accostar Roger Vignoles piano all’urna & Guarda, che bianca luna; Die Blumensprache; Der Blumenbrief; An Silvia Alasdair Beatson piano Brahms Sapphische Ode; O kühler Wald; Von Richard Hosford ewiger Liebe Rossini La regata veneziana Marianne Thorsen violin £16 Adrian Brendel Ries Piano Quintet Op. 74 Sunday 8 March Rossini Songs from Les soirées musicales; 7.30pm Songs from Péchés de vieillesse Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; Piano Trio Stéphane Degout baritone No. 2 in E flat D929 Simon Lepper piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Fauré La bonne chanson Op. 61 Tchaikovsky Frenzied nights; At the ball; A tear Sunday 8 March trembles; My genius, my angel, my friend; Why? 11.30am Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Chamber Ensemble in Residence £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Nash Ensemble Schubert in B flat D471 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20 Returns Only

Elizabeth Watts Schubertiade Bethan Langford Stéphane Degout © Marco Borggreve © Julius Schmid © Clive Barda © Jean-Baptiste Millot 10 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 9 March Tuesday 10 March 1.00pm 7.30pm

Ruby Hughes soprano London Handel Orchestra Natalie Clein cello Adrian Butterfielddirector Julius Drake piano Katie Bray mezzo-soprano (as Apollo) Kodály Sonatina for cello and piano Deborah Keri Fuge soprano (as Clio) Pritchard Storm Song Tavener From Charlotte Bowden soprano (as Orfeo) Akhmatova Songs: Boris Pasternak, Couplet & Dante Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Judith Weir Eszter Balogh mezzo-soprano (as Calliope) On palmy beach Schubert Auf dem Strom Emily Sierra alto (as Cloride) £16 concs £14 Annabel Kennedy soprano (as Euterpe) John Lee bass (as Proteo/Mars) Monday 9 March Handel Parnasso in festa HWV73 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Julia Hwang violin Wednesday 11 March James Drinkwater piano 7.00pm NB time Ben Tarlton cello Beethoven String Trios Jâms Coleman piano Daniel Sepec violin Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Tabea Zimmermann viola Janáček Pohádka Debussy Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 Beethoven String Trios: in E flat Op. 3, in G Ravel Pièce en forme de Habanera Op. 9 No. 1, in D Op. 9 No. 2 & in C minor Op. 9 Poulenc Violin Sonata No. 3; Serenade for String Trio in D Op. 8 Debussy Clair de lune from Fêtes galantes Book I Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes in duration, £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 including two intervals The Musicians’ Company & Concordia Foundation Artists Fund £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 In Memory of Peter Flatter Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Ruby Hughes Ben Tarlton Adrian Butterfield Tabea Zimmermann © Phil Sharp © Pam and Cled Lewis Photography © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 11

Thursday 12 March Friday 13 March 7.30pm 7.30pm

Early Opera Company Martin Mitterrutzner tenor Christian Curnyn director Gerold Huber piano Anna Dennis soprano (as Venus) Liszt Comment, disaient-ils; Oh! quand je dors; Enfant, si j’étais roi; S’il est un charmant gazon Keri Fuge soprano (as Cupid) Britten A Poison Tree from Songs and Proverbs Benjamin Appl baritone (as Adonis) of William Blake; When you’re feeling like Locke Selections from Cupid and Death expressing your affection; Not even summer Blow Venus and Adonis yet; The red cockatoo; Wild with passion; If thou wilt ease thine heart; A Cradle Song from £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 A Charm of Lullabies; Birthday Song for Erwin; Um Mitternacht Friday 13 March Schubert Entzückung an Laura I; Als ich sie 1.00pm – 4.00pm erröten sah; Laura am Klavier; Der Jüngling Nelly Miricioiu Masterclass am Bache; Abendstern; An Laura, als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied sang; Der When Nelly Miricioiu fled the repressive regime Jüngling an der Quelle of her native Romania in 1981 to settle in Liszt Kling leise, mein Lied; Freudvoll und Britain, it launched an international career that leidvoll II; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Es has seen her acclaimed as one of the greatest rauschen die Winde; Go not, happy day; Du bist exponents of bel canto singing in our time. wie eine Blume; Was Liebe sei In this masterclass, she works with students £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 from London music colleges. £10 concs £8

Christian Curnyn Anna Dennis Martin Mitterrutzner Gerold Huber © Phil Poynter © Sebastian Alexander Hinds © Altenberger © Marion Köll 12 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 14 March Saturday 14 March 3.00pm – 4.00pm 7.30pm CAVATINA Family Concert: Doric String Quartet Viola’s Time-Travelling Musical Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 33 No. 2 Adventures ‘The Joke’ Britten 3 Divertimenti for string quartet Recommended for families with children aged 5-7 Andrea Tarrodi String Quartet No. 3 ‘Light When a mysterious parcel arrives for our hero, Scattering’ Viola, she finds herself in the centre of an Sibelius String Quartet in D minor Op. 56 epic adventure through space and time. We ‘Voces intimae’ invite you to travel with Viola, explore different £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 musical times and places, and help her find her way home. Sunday 15 March Join presenter Lucy Drever and the dynamic 11.30am Diphonon Duo on this exciting musical journey suitable for children aged 5-7 and their parents Armida Quartet and carers. Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Wolf Italian Arrive early for free arts activities in the Serenade in G Mendelssohn String Quartet Bechstein Room, led on a first come, first served No. 3 in D Op. 44 No. 1 basis. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Children £10 Adults £12 sherry/juice CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music Sunday 15 March to young people and young people to 7.30pm chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall Piers Lane piano Mozart Piano Sonata in C K545; Adagio in B minor K540 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 interspersed with Brett Dean Etude: Hommage à Brahms Schubert Impromptu in G flat D899 No. 3 Schubert/Liszt Ständchen Schubert/Godowsky Rosamunde Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Family Concert Doric String Quartet Armida Quartet Piers Lane © James Berry © George Garnier © Felix Broede © Keith Saunders wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 13

Monday 16 March Tuesday 17 March 1.00pm 7.30pm Brahms Plus Series Alessandro Fisher tenor Roger Vignoles piano Jonathan Plowright piano Schumann 5 Lieder on texts by Hans Christian Brahms Plus Chopin Andersen Op. 40 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor Grieg From Hjertets melodier: To brune øjne Op. 2 Chopin Berceuse in D flat Op. 57Brahms & Jeg elsker dig; En svane; Med en vandlilie; Scherzo in E flat minor Op. 4 Chopin Fantaisie Prinsessen; Fra Monte Pincio in F minor Op. 49 Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 Delius Evening Voices; Sweet Venevil; The Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 Nightingale; Longing Frumerie Hjärtats Sånger Op. 27 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support £16 concs £14 from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Wednesday 18 March Monday 16 March 5.30pm 7.30pm Zuzana: Music is Life Škampa Quartet Preceding the evening’s concert, Wigmore Suk Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale Hall will screen the short film Music is Life. (St Wenceslas) Op. 35a It follows the dark and triumphant story told Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ by Zuzana Růžičková, who died in 2017 aged Dvořák String Quartet No. 13 in G Op. 106 90, about how she became the world-famous harpsichordist and interpreter of Bach under £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 the Communist regime in Czechslovakia, after surviving three concentration camps during her teenage years. Despite constant surveillance, marginal employment and confiscation of foreign currency wages by the Czech Communist Party, Zuzana became the only person worldwide to record all the keyboard works of Bach. Approximately 83 minutes in duration £10 Directed/produced by Getzels Gordon Productions

Alessandro Fisher Škampa Quartet Jonathan Plowright Zuzana Růžickova © Gerard Collett © Vojtěch Havlík © Diane Shaw © Getzels Gordon Productions 14 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 18 March Friday 20 March 7.30pm 10.15am and 11.45am Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Project Chamber Tots: Jungles and Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Rivers Bach French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV813; Join us on a musical adventure in the jungle in Prelude in A minor BWV922; Fugue in B minor these interactive music sessions for children BWV951; French Suite No. 3 in B minor aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover BWV814; Suite in A minor BWV818a; French exciting instruments, songs, and stories with Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV815 experienced music leaders and emerging £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)

Thursday 19 March Children £7 Adults £5 11.00am – 12 noon Friday 20 March CAVATINA Schools Concert: 7.30pm Viola’s Time-Travelling Musical Joseph Moog piano Adventures Schubert Adagio and Rondo in E D506 Key Stage 1 Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor S178 Fauré Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor Op. 26; When a mysterious parcel arrives for our hero, Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat Op. 42 Viola, she finds herself in the centre of an epic Ravel Gaspard de la nuit adventure through space and time. We invite you to travel with Viola, explore different musical times £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and places, and help her find her way home. Join presenter Lucy Drever and the dynamic Diphonon Duo on this exciting musical journey suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and their teachers. Children £4 Accompanying adults free (ticket required) CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall

Mahan Esfahani Schools Concert Chamber Tots Joseph Moog © Bernhard Musil © James Berry © Benjamin Ealovega © T Mardo wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 15

Thursday 19 March 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Beethoven 6 Lieder von Gellert Op. 48 Webern 8 frühe Lieder Songs by Schoenberg Roussel Le bachelier de Salamanque; Le jardin mouillé; Invocation; Nuit d’automne Debussy Le promenoir des deux amants Chaminade Ne souviens-tu?; Attente (Au pays de Provence); Viens! mon bien-aimé!; Si j’étais jardinier A selection of English songs £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Dame Sarah Connolly © Peter Warren 16 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 21 March Sunday 22 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Brentano String Quartet Iestyn Davies Residency Songs of Thanksgiving Iestyn Davies countertenor Palestrina Gloria Patri (arr. Mark Steinberg) Thomas Dunford lute Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 England’s Orpheus Mario Davidovsky String Quartet No. 5 (Dank an Op. 132) Purcell Lord, what is man?; Sweeter than Roses Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Marais Les Voix Humaines Op. 13 Visée Chaconne Handel Hendel, non può mia musa £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Dowland Preludium; Behold a wonder here; Flow my tears; Can she excuse my wrongs; Sunday 22 March Lachrimae; Frog Galliard 11.30am Handel Ombra cara di mia sposa from Cuarteto Casals Radamisto Purcell Music for a while Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546; Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007, String Quartet in D K499 ‘Hoffmeister’; String interspersed with: Quartet in B flat K589 ‘Prussian’ Dowland Come again, sweet love doth now invite £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Purcell O solitude, my sweetest choice sherry/juice Handel Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless from Saul Purcell Evening Hymn Returns Only Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 13 June 7.30pm Saturday 25 July 7.30pm

Brentano String Quartet Cuarteto Casals Iestyn Davies Thomas Dunford © Jürgen Frank © Igor Cat © Chris Sorensen © Julien Benhamou wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 17

Monday 23 March Tuesday 24 March 1.00pm 6.15pm Brentano String Quartet Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony Turnage 60th Birthday Shostakovich String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122 Bruce Adolphe Coiled Mendelssohn Pre-Concert Talk String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 Join composer Mark-Anthony Turnage in £16 concs £14 conversation with broadcaster and journalist Tom Service. Free (ticket required) Monday 23 March 7.30pm Tuesday 24 March Cuarteto Casals 7.30pm Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony Turnage Mozart Serenade in G K525 ‘Eine kleine 60th Birthday Nachtmusik’; String Quartet in F K590 ‘Prussian’; String Quartet in D K575 ‘Prussian’ Nash Ensemble £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Jonathan Berman conductor In Memory of Peter Flatter Claire Booth soprano Tuesday 24 March Benjamin Nabarro violin 5.00pm Timothy Ridout viola Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony Turnage Lawrence Power viola 60th Birthday Adrian Brendel cello Martin Robertson soprano saxophone students Mark-Anthony Turnage 60th Birthday Concert Side by Side with Stravinsky 3 Pieces for string quartet Mark- Members of the Nash Ensemble Anthony Turnage Sarabande Knussen Songs without Voices Op. 26 Mark-Anthony Turnage Programme to include: Slide Stride Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Knussen Cantata for oboe and string trio Op. 15 Sir George Benjamin Viola, Viola Mark-Anthony Mark-Anthony Turnage 5 Processionals for Turnage Owl songs* (world première) piano, clarinet, violin and cello. Two newly- *Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and the Nash Ensemble commissioned works by RAM Student Composers £35 £30 £25 £20 £15 £5

Brentano String Quartet Mark-Anthony Turnage Nash Ensemble Claire Booth © Juergen Frank © Philip Gatward © K Leighton © Sven Arnstein 18 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 25 March Wednesday 25 March 1.00pm – 2.00pm 7.30pm Side by Side Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle The Prince Consort is renowned for its Quatuor Danel imaginative programming, world-class Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83 performances and its original approach to Weinberg String Quartet No. 4 Op. 20 commissioning new works. The ensemble Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 in B flat Op. 92 is also passionate about supporting the development of the next generation of singers £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and pianists. Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 For this project, members of the ensemble year olds at selected concerts, supported have worked with students from Guildhall by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ School of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and The Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund ensemble perform side by side. Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of £5 the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODŁEGLA 2017–2022. Organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music and POLSKA 100, the international cultural programme celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining independence.

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 16 May 7.30pm Thursday 9 July 7.30pm

Timothy Ridout Side by Side Quatuor Danel © Kaupo Kikkas © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 19

Thursday 26 March 7.30pm Dianne Reeves vocals Peter Martin piano Romero Lubambo guitar Reginald Veal bass Terreon Gully drums One of the most admired jazz singers of our time, Dianne Reeves has been described as the successor to such other distinguished artists as Dinah Washington and Carmen MacRae. Five of her albums have received a GRAMMY Award for Best Female Vocal Jazz Performance, while in addition she has been awarded honorary doctorates from Juilliard and Berklee. Here she returns to Wigmore Hall with her band for what is sure to be an unforgettable night. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Dianne Reeves © Jerris Madison 20 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 27 March Saturday 28 March 7.30pm 10.30am – 2.30pm L’Arpeggiata Family Day: Coastal Adventures Christina Pluhar theorbo, director Recommended for families with children aged 5-7 Luciana Mancini mezzo-soprano Come and take to the seas with music leader Freya Wynn-Jones in our coastal family Vincenzo Capezzuto alto adventure! Join professional musicians and Pájarillo y duende artists in this interactive day of workshops. Cazzati Ciaccona From fisherman’s coves to secret caves, Trad/Carpino La Carpinese (Tarantella) discover sounds and sights that inspired some Trad/Venezuelan Montilla; Zumba che zumba of the greatest music about the seaside! Kapsberger Canario with improvisation Children £10 Adults £15 Trad/Mexican La Llorona (arr. Christina Pluhar) Matteis La Dia Spagnola (arr. Christina Pluhar) Saturday 28 March with improvisation 7.30pm Trad/Venezuelan Pájarillo Ribayas Jácaras (arr. Christina Pluhar) Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey Ramones La embarazada del viento (Gaita Angela Hewitt piano Margariteña) Rivera La Cocoroba (Joropo Oriental) Bach 4 Duettos from Clavier-Ubung (Book Improvisation - Follia III) BWV802-805; 18 Little Preludes: in C Trad/Venezuelan Pájarillo Verde BWV924, in G minor BWV930, in D BWV925, Soler Fandango in D minor BWV926, in F BWV927, in F Plaza El Curruchá BWV928, 6 Little Preludes BWV933-938, Trad/Mexican El Guapo 5 Preludes BWV939-943 & in C minor BWV999; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor Approximately 85 minutes in duration without BWV944; Ouvertüre nach französischer Art an interval BWV831; Italian Concerto in F BWV971 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Events in the Series Tuesday 2 June 7.30pm Wednesday 3 June 1.00pm Angela Hewitt Masterclass

L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar Family Day Angela Hewitt © Michael Kneffel © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Harte © Keith Saunders wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 21

Sunday 29 March Monday 30 March 11.30am 1.00pm

Jack Liebeck violin Anastasia Kobekina cello Katya Apekisheva piano Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano R Schumann Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 Debussy Cello Sonata C Schumann 3 Romances Op. 22 Juon Fairy Tale in A minor Op. 8; Cello Sonata Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Op. 54 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12 sherry/juice £16 concs £14

Sunday 29 March 3.00pm – 4.00pm Monday 30 March Antisemitism: What It Is. 6.00pm What It Isn’t. Why It Matters. Ensemble Marsyas Residency At John Gilhooly’s invitation, Rabbi Baroness Artist in Conversation: Julia Neuberger DBE gives a talk on her Peter Whelan 2019 book Antisemitism: What It Is. What It , founder and director, discusses Isn’t. Why It Matters., exploring the troubling Peter Whelan the Ensemble Marsyas Residency ahead of the recent rise in antisemitism and how building evening concert. a shared understanding can help challenge discrimination. Cellist Jamal Aliyev and pianist £5 Jâms Coleman join to perform Bloch’s From Jewish Life. Free (ticket required)

Sunday 29 March 7.30pm

Johannes Kammler baritone Roger Vignoles piano Strauss 5 Lieder Op. 15 Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Jack Liebeck Baroness Julia Neuberger Johannes Kammler Anastasia Kobekina © Kaupo Kikkas © Derek Tamea © Besim Mazhiqi © Evgeny Evtyukhov 22 • MARCH Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 30 March Tuesday 31 March 7.30pm 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas Residency David Adams violin Ensemble Marsyas Malin Broman violin Peter Whelan director Tom Hankey violin Rachel Redmond soprano Matthew Truscott violin Christopher Lowrey countertenor Tom Dunn viola Nicholas Mulroy tenor Lawrence Power viola Edward Grint bass Malin William-Olsson viola Purcell - ‘Come, Ye Sons of Art’ Kate Gould cello Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen (Clifford Robin Michael cello Bartlett edition); Great Parent, Hail (Ode for Alice Neary cello the Centenary of Trinity College Dublin, 1694) Z327; Come, ye sons of art away (Ode for the Robert Plane clarinet birthday of Queen Mary, 1694) Z323 Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Cousser Overture to Les Festins des Muses Suite No. 1 in G minor Daniel Tong piano £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival 20th Anniversary With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor Supported by Dunard Fund Piano Quartet Purcell Selection of Fantasias Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op. 48 Howells Rhapsodic Quintet Op. 31 Piano Trio No. 2 ‘Hidden Agenda’ Bridge Piano Quintet £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Ensemble Marsyas Christopher Lowrey Simon Crawford-Phillips Daniel Tong © Mirjam Devriendt © Rebecca Fay © Nikolaj Lund © Benjamin Harte wigmore-hall.org.uk MARCH • 23 How to get to Wigmore Hall W H A I M R P L W O E E L Y T L E

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Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West Restaurant and Bars End and is easily accessible by public transport or car. Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by Tubes calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141. Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by. Disabled Access and Facilities Full details from 020 7935 2141 Buses or [email protected] A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately a five-minute walk from Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall has been awarded the Car Parking Bronze Charter Mark from Attitude is Everything There is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Mon–Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square and Harley Street, both of which are less than a five-minute walk This brochure is available in alternative formats. from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland If this would be of assistance to you, please Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers email [email protected] or call 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the Box 020 7935 2141. Office for further details or visit our website.

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