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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk September October 6 Sep 10.00am Song Competition: Come and Sing 5 1 Oct 1.00pm Jamal Aliyev/Can Çakmur 20 7 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5 7.30pm Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/William Hagen/ 20 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5 Clare Finnimore/Zlatomir Fung/Shai Wosner 5.00pm Schläft ein in alle Dingen 5 2 Oct 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: Laurence Osborne 21 8 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 1.00pm /Mahan Esfahani 21 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 21 5.00pm Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs 5 3 Oct 7.30pm Nia Coleman/Filipe Manu/Joel Williams/ 21 9 Sep 3.00pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5 Kyu Choi/Simon Lepper 7.30pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5 4 Oct 7.30pm /Gerold Huber 22 10 Sep 10.00am John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 5 Oct 1.00pm Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire 22 1.00pm John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Sabine Meyer/ 22 6.30pm Maximising Performance & Wellbeing 5 6 Oct 11.30am Dudok Quartet 23 11 Sep 6.00pm Song Competition Final and Prize-Giving 5 12 noon Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 23 13 Sep 7.30pm /Christine Rice/Allan Clayton/ 6 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja/Liza Ferschtman/István Várdai 23 James Newby/James Baillieu 7 Oct 1.00pm Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 23 14 Sep 11.30am /Robert Levin 8 7.30pm Elizabeth Watts/ 24 2.00pm Tim Horton/O/Modernt Soloists 8 8 Oct 7.30pm Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen// 24 4.30pm O/Modernt Soloists 8 Stuart Jackson/Konstantin Krimmel 7.00pm /Kristian Bezuidenhout/ 9 9 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 24 Škampa Quartet/Carolin Widmann/ 10 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24 O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24 10.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 9 7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 25 15 Sep 11.30am Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 10 11 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 25 2.00pm Soraya Mafi/O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 10 12 Oct 3.00pm Family Concert: Giddy Goat 25 4.30pm Cédric Tiberghien/Sam West/ 11 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Katy Hamilton 26 O/Modernt Soloists 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac/ 26 7.00pm Janne Thomsen/Michael Collins// 11 Simon Crawford-Philips Amy Harman/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Benjamin Baker/ 13 Oct 11.30am Endymion 26 Timothy Ridout/Isang Enders/Jordi Carrasco Hjelm/ 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Simon Lepper 26 Aleksandar Madžar 7.30pm Vilde Frang/Michail Lifits 27 10.00pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 11 14 Oct 1.00pm Borodin Quartet/Barry Douglas 27 16 Sep 1.00pm 12 Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 27 7.30pm // 12 15 Oct 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 27 17 Sep 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 12 7.30pm AKMI Duo 27 7.30pm Stephen Waarts/Gabriele Carcano 12 16 Oct 7.30pm Maxim Kinasov 28 18 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 13 17 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 13 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 7.00pm St. Lawrence String Quartet 13 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 28 19 Sep 6.00pm 13 Pre-Concert Talk: Ian Page 18 Oct 11.00am Schools Concert: Giddy Goat 28 7.30pm 13 The Mozartists/Ian Page/Regula Mühlemann 3.00pm Marielou Jacquard/Kunal Lahiry/ 29 20 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14 Alex Rosen/Michał Biel 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14 7.30pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 30 7.30pm /Kristian Bezuidenhout 14 19 Oct 1.00pm Masterclass with Stéphane Degout 29 21 Sep 10.00am Open House 14 & Simon Lepper 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin 14 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 30 22 Sep 11.30am Kuss Quartet 14 20 Oct 11.30am Castalian String Quartet/Isabel Charisius/ 30 7.00pm Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 15 Ursula Smith 10.00pm Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 15 3.00pm Marie-Laure Garnier/Célia Oneto Bensaid/ 29 23 Sep 1.00pm Marlis Petersen/Camillo Radicke 16 Jean-Christophe Lanièce/Romain Louveau 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins 16 7.30pm Rainer Crosett/Daniel King Smith 31 7.30pm Michael Collins/Leonard Elschenbroich/ 16 21 Oct 1.00pm Lawrence Power/Simon Crawford-Phillips 31 Michael McHale 7.30pm Roberto Ruisi/Toby White/Sten Heinoja/ 32 24 Sep 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/Kristian Bezuidenhout 16 Marina Staneva 25 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17 22 Oct 7.00pm Imogen Cooper 32 7.30pm /Raphael Wallfisch/John York 17 23 Oct 7.30pm /Malcolm Martineau 32 26 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17 24 Oct 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio 32 7.30pm Roberta Mameli/Sonia Prina/ 17 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 33 Luigi De Donato/laBarocca/Ruben Jais 25 Oct 7.30pm 33 27 Sep 7.30pm Sasha Cooke/Malcolm Martineau 18 26 Oct 11.30am Linus Roth/José Gallardo 34 28 Sep 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 18 3.00pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/José Gallardo 34 with Jonathan Biss 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch: Daniel Elphick 34 7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque 18 7.30pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/Janusz Wawrowski/ 34 29 Sep 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 19 Danjulo Ishizaka/José Gallardo 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 19 27 Oct 11.30am Esmé Quartet 33 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss 19 7.30pm Jiyeong Mun 35 30 Sep 1.00pm Boris Giltburg 20 28 Oct 1.00pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexandre Tharaud 35 7.30pm /Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 20 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 35 29 Oct 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 35 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 36 30 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 2.00pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 7.30pm Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake 36 31 Oct 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities 36 7.30pm Colin Currie/ 37 4 • SEPTEMBER wigmore-hall.org.uk

This Competition celebrates the art of the song recital and requires contestants to sing in at least three languages. At the same time, it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre.

© Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 5 COMPETITION RELATED EVENTS Saturday 7 September Friday 6 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm 10.00am – 3.30pm Preliminary Round – Day 1 Come and Sing: English Song All day £16 concs £14 Join choral leader Isabelle Adams for a day Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing exploring some of the greatest vocal works by List Subscribers (ticket required) English composers. £25 concs £20 Sunday 8 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm Saturday 7 September Preliminary Round – Day 2 5.00pm – 5.45pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen All day £16 concs £14 (A song sleeps in everything) Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required) and Iain Burnside discuss the art of contemporary song writing. Monday 9 September £5 3.00pm – 6.00pm & 7.30pm – 9.45pm Semi-Final Round Sunday 8 September 5.00pm – 6.00pm All day £20 concs £16 Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs Please note that there will be a supper interval from 6.00pm Britten has been an integral part of Graham to 7.30pm. Please contact the Wigmore Restaurant on 020 7258 8292 to make your supper reservation; advance Johnson’s repertoire since playing piano at reservations only ’ first masterclasses at Snape Maltings in 1972. Wednesday 11 September £5 6.00pm Final and Prize-Giving Tuesday 10 September 10.00am – 12 noon & 1.00pm – 3.00pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 John Mark Ainsley Masterclass Please note that there will be a supper interval from 8.20pm to 9.30pm. Please contact the Wigmore Restaurant on The internationally acclaimed uses his 020 7258 8292 to make your supper reservation; advance vast experience to provide encouragement and reservations only inspiration to eight Semi-Finalists. Book for the first three days at the £10 concs £8 for both masterclass sessions same time for £39 concs £33 Tuesday 10 September 6.30pm – 9.30pm Maximising Performance & Wellbeing Independent , the and Wigmore Hall join forces to host a special event that explores the vital topic of singers’ wellbeing. £10 students £5 6 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 13 September Forthcoming Concerts in the Series 7.30pm Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten Series Britten’s Birthday: Doric String Quartet

Louise Alder soprano Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Britten’s Deathday: mezzo-soprano Christine Rice Allan Clayton tenor soprano Allan Clayton tenor Nicolas Fleury horn Aurora Orchestra James Newby Brett Dean conductor James Baillieu piano Saturday 4 January 2020 7.30pml Allan Clayton tenor Timothy Ridout viola Britten Gala Sean Shibe guitar James Baillieu piano Britten On this Island Op. 11; A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22; Sunday 23 February 2020 3.00pm Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74 Julia Sitkovetsky soprano piano

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Wednesday 22 April 2020 7.30pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Thursday 14 May 2020 7.30pm Vox Luminis

Thursday 21 May 2020 7.00pm NB time Iestyn Davies countertenor Allan Clayton tenor James Newby baritone Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Olivia Jageurs harp James Baillieu piano

Thursday 21 May 2020 10.00pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Monday 13 July 2020 1.00pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano

Louise Alder Christine Rice Allan Clayton James Baillieu © Gerard Collett © Patricia Taylor © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 7

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8 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL OPENING WEEKEND

Leading artists take part in a wide-ranging opening weekend to kick off the season-long Beethoven celebration. Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle

Saturday 14 September

Steven Isserlis © Kevin Davis Tim Horton © Benjamin Ealovega Hugo Ticciati © Marco Borggreve

11.30am 2.00pm 4.30pm

Steven Isserlis cello Tim Horton piano O/Modernt Soloists Robert Levin fortepiano O/Modernt Soloists Hugo Ticciati violin Beethoven 12 Variations Hugo Ticciati violin Priya Mitchell violin in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Priya Mitchell violin Fredrik Paulsson viola Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Gareth Lubbe viola Julian Arp cello Julian Arp cello Die Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello The Convalescent Soul: Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; Cello Giant Marching Along Behind Heiliger Dankgesang Sonata in A Op. 69 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 Bach From Goldberg Returns Only in C Op. 1; Piano Quintet in Variations BWV988 (arr. for F minor Op. 34 string trio): Aria, Variation I, £15 Variation III, Variation XXV, Aria Beethoven 3rd movement from String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 Cage 4’33’’ Schoenberg String Trio Op. 45 £15

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Saturday 14 September

Benjamin Appl © Sony Classical & Uwe Arens Carolin Widmann © Lennard Rühle Alina Ibragimova © Eva Vermandel

7.00pm 10.00pm

Benjamin Appl baritone Alina Ibragimova Kristian Bezuidenhout piano violin Škampa Quartet Cédric Tiberghien piano Carolin Widmann violin Beethoven Violin Sonata O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Hugo Ticciati violin Janáček Violin Sonata Immortal Beloved £15 Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Berg Violin Concerto Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

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Sunday 15 September

Škampa Quartet © Vojtech Havlik Soraya Mafi © Raphaelle Photography O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

11.30am 2.00pm

Škampa Quartet Soraya Mafi soprano Jakub Fišer viola O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra Beethoven String Quartet in F Hugo Ticciati violin Op. 18 No. 1; String Quintet Mozart’s Spirit from Haydn’s Hands in C Op. 29 Mozart Et incarnatus est from Mass in C minor K427 £16 concs £14 inc. coffee/ Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor ‘Farewell’ sherry/juice £15

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Sunday 15 September

Cedric Tiberghien © Jean-Baptiste Millot Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega Elisabeth Leonskaja © Marco Borggreve

4.30pm 7.00pm 10.00pm

Cédric Tiberghien piano Janne Thomsen flute Elisabeth Leonskaja Sam West narrator Michael Collins clarinet piano (subject to availability) Nicholas Daniel oboe Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 O/Modernt Soloists in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata Amy Harman bassoon No. 31 in A flat Op. 110; Piano Hugo Ticciati violin Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Johannes Marmén violin Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Fredrik Paulsson viola £15 Julian Arp cello Benjamin Baker violin Fallen Heroes Timothy Ridout viola Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in Isang Enders cello B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral Jordi Carrasco March’ double Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Hjelm Op. 41 Aleksandar Madžar piano £15 Beethoven Serenade in D Op. 25; Quintet in E flat for piano and winds Op. 16; Horn Sonata in F Op. 17; Septet in E flat Op. 20 £30 £26 £22 £18 £15

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Monday 16 September Tuesday 17 September 1.00pm 1.00pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Benjamin Appl baritone Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Orchestra of St John’s Schumann Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Wer John Lubbock founder/conductor nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass; An die Türen will Kevin Whately actor ich schleichen Mendelssohn An die Entfernte; Schilflied; Frühlingslied Zelter Harfenspieler Paul Blezard interviewer I-III Loewe Herr Oluf; Hinkende Jamben; Tom Kitty Whately soprano der Reimer Schumann 6 Gedichte von N Lenau Programme to include: und Op. 90 Smetana Die Moldau from Má Vlast £16 concs £14 Howells King David Trad Northumbrian folk songs £16 concs £14 Monday 16 September 7.30pm Tuesday 17 September Iestyn Davies Residency 7.30pm

countertenor Iestyn Davies Stephen Waarts violin The English Concert Gabriele Carcano piano director, harpsichord Trevor Pinnock Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Handel Concerti Grossi: in G Op. 6 No. 1, in Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2; Rhapsody No. 2 G minor Op. 6 No. 6, in F Op. 6 No. 9 & in D £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Op. 6 No. 5; Arias from Agrippina; Arias from Part of the U25s scheme: Free L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Returns Only Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 22 March 2020 7.30pm Saturday 13 June 2020 7.30pm Saturday 25 July 2020 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies Kevin Whately Kitty Whately Stephen Waarts © Benjamin Ealovega © Wikipedia/TwentiethApril1986 © Natalie Watts © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 13

Wednesday 18 September Thursday 19 September 11.00am and 12.30pm 6.00pm For Crying Out Loud! Pre-Concert Talk FIGO Ian Page, who conducts tonight’s concert, Simone Pirri violin introduces the music that will be performed. Alice Poppleton violin, viola £5 Jacob Garside cello, viola da gamba Sergio Bucheli lute, theorbo Thursday 19 September Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can 7.30pm enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians The Mozartists from the . Move and groove to the music or sit back and unwind. Ian Page director Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Regula Mühlemann soprano Approximately 45 minutes in duration Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D ‘Le Matin’ Adults £8.50 (babies come free) Mozart Voi avete un cor fedele; Vorrei In partnership with the Royal Academy spiegarvi, oh Dio; Giunse alfin il momento ... of Music deh vieni non tardar from Le Nozze Di Figaro; Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle Wednesday 18 September Haydn Symphony No. 80 in D minor 7.00pm NB time £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 St. Lawrence String Quartet Haydn String Quartets Op. 20 Approximately 3 hours 15 minutes in duration, including two intervals £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

For Crying Out Loud! St. Lawrence String Quartet Ian Page Regula Mühlemann © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve © Sheila Rock © Shirley Suarez-Padilla 14 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 20 September10.15am and 11.45am Saturday 21 September 10.15am and 11.45am 10.00am – 3.00pm Chamber Tots: Autumn Open House Join us on an autumnal musical adventure in An opportunity to look behind the scenes at these interactive music sessions for children Wigmore Hall, with free performances and aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover workshops taking place throughout the day. exciting instruments, songs, and stories with Everyone is welcome and there are special experienced music leaders and emerging workshops for families with music leaders chamber ensembles. March to your own beat Lucy Drever and Georgia Duncan. Please as we explore, play and move together! sign up for workshops on the day. 10.15am-11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Free (no ticket required) 11.45am-12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)

Children £7 Adults £5 Saturday 21 September 7.30pm Friday 20 September 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin piano Schubert Song Cycles Skryabin Fantasie Op. 28 Prokofiev Sarcasms Mark Padmore tenor Feinberg Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 3 Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Debussy Préludes Book II Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Sunday 22 September without an interval 11.30am £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Kuss Quartet Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Thursday 16 April 2020 7.30pm Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 Tuesday 7 July 2020 7.30pm £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Chamber Tots Mark Padmore Open House Marc-André Hamelin © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve © James Berry © Sim Canetty-Clarke wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 15 Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality The American jazz pianist, trained physicist, Sunday 22 September writer and Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer is 10.00pm Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence for 2019/20. Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics Sunday 22 September7.0 Mike Ladd lyrics, electronics 7.00pm NB time The Evolution Tapes Boston-born, -based Mike Ladd has Vijay Iyer piano collaborated with Vijay Iyer on such albums Craig Taborn piano as In What Language? (2003); Still Life with The Transitory Poems Commentator (2007); and Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (2013). Two renowned jazz pianists who are close contemporaries and equal masters of the keyboard £16 come together for one of their choice duo sessions. Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Forthcoming Events in the Series

Friday 10 January 2020 7.30pm Vijay Iyer presents the Ritual Ensemble

Saturday 11 January 2020 1.00pm Vijay Iyer keynote talk with Professor Georgina Born

Wednesday 10 June 2020 7.30pm Vijay Iyer with Aurora Orchestra

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Monday 23 September Monday 23 September 1.00pm 7.30pm Michael Collins Residency Marlis Petersen soprano Camillo Radicke piano Michael Collins clarinet The Otherworld (Anderswelt) Leonard Elschenbroich cello Pfitzner Lockung Reger Maiennacht Walter Elfe Michael McHale piano Weismann Elfe Brahms Sommerabend Sommer Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat Op. 11 Lore im Nachen Grieg Med en Vandlilje Loewe Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Der Nöck Sinding Ich fürcht’ nit Gespenster Beethoven Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 Genzmer Stimmen im Strom Wolf Elfenlied Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Gulda Elfe Loewe Die Sylphide Schreker Spuk £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Zumpe Liederseelen Nielsen Ariels Sang In Memory of Peter Flatter Sindig Majnat Stenhammar Fylgia Kaldalóns Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year Hamraborgin olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music £16 concs £14 Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 17 February 2020 7.30pm Monday 23 September 6.00pm Tuesday 21 July 2020 7.30pm Michael Collins Residency Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins Tuesday 24 September Michael Collins discusses tonight’s programme 7.30pm ahead of the opening concert in his residency. Carolyn Sampson soprano £5 Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Herbing Montan und Lalage Mozart Das Lied der Trennung WolffAn das Clavier CPE Bach Sonata in E minor Wq. 59 No. 1 Fleischer Das Clavier Mozart An Chloe; Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte; Abendempfindung Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor HXVI:44; Die Verlassene; Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens; Das Leben ist ein Traum Schubert Viola £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Marlis Petersen Camillo Radicke Michael Collins Carolyn Sampson © Y.Mavropoulos © Bettina Stoess © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 17

Wednesday 25 September and Wednesday 25 September Thursday 26 September 7.30pm Both dates 1.00pm Ailish Tynan soprano French Song Exchange Showcase Raphael Wallfischcello Wednesday 25 September John York piano Louise Fuller, Jeanne Zaepffel soprano Rebecca Clarke Focus Theo Platt, Olivier Bergeron baritone Sebastian Wybrew piano Clarke Rhapsody for cello and piano Clarke A Dream; Greeting; Infant Joy; Shy One Thursday 26 September Clarke From Irish Country Songs: I know where Regina Freire soprano I’m goin’ & As I was goin’ to Ballynure Natalie Perez mezzo-soprano Herbert 7 Children’s Songs; The Lake Isle of Joël Terrin baritone Innisfree; I think on thee in the night; Jour Guy Elliott tenor des Morts Sebastian Wybrew piano Boulanger Attente; Reflets Join young singers from Wigmore Hall’s French Bloch Suite for cello and piano (transcribed by Song Exchange for two showcase recitals, as Gabor Rejto and Adolph Baller from the Suite they explore the wonderful traditions of the for viola and piano) mélodie. Having been mentored by two of the £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 great exponents of the genre, François Le Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and Roux and Dame , the French Song 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please Exchange singers offer a glimpse of the next contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ generation of French art song recitalists. Thursday 26 September £16 concs £14 for each concert 7.30pm The French Song Exchange is presented in partnership with the École Normale de Musique de Paris Roberta Mameli soprano (as Aci) Supported by Tony and Marion Allen Sonia Prina contralto (as Galatea) Luigi De Donato bass (as Polifemo) laBarocca Ruben Jais conductor Handel Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV72 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Gabriel Fauré Ailish Tynan John York and Raphael Wallfisch Roberta Mameli © Derived from Pierre Petit 1905 – Gallica 2010 © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Richard Dumas 18 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 27 September Saturday 28 September 7.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Schumann Song Series Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Malcolm Martineau piano Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room, Schumann Herbstlied; Die Blume der Ergebung; where the pianist discusses his Coursera Röselein, Röselein!; Ins Freie lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. Brahms Juchhe!; Anklänge; Die Mainacht; coursera.org/learn/beethoven-piano-sonatas Nachtigallen schwingen lustig Returns Only Schumann Das Käuzlein; Der Sandmann; Des Sennen Abschied; Er ist’s; Herzeleid; Der Gärtner; Die Spinnerin Brahms Spanisches Lied; Treue Liebe; Die Saturday 28 September Trauernde; Liebestreu 7.30pm Schumann Erstes Grün; Stille Tränen; Alte Laute Rachel Podger Residency £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Rachel Podger violin Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm Brecon Baroque Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano Bach Concertos Malcolm Martineau piano Bach Concerto in A minor for violin, strings and Sunday 8 December 7.30pm continuo BWV1041; Concerto in E for violin, Thomas Oliemans baritone strings and continuo BWV1042; Concerto in Malcolm Martineau piano G minor for violin BWV1056R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor; Concerto Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm in D minor for violin BWV1052R reconstructed Sir baritone from Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor piano Malcolm Martineau £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sasha Cooke Malcolm Martineau Jonathan Biss Brecon Baroque © Vero Kherian © Russell Duncan © Benjamin Ealovega © Theresa Pewal wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 19

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Sunday 29 September Sunday 24 November 11.30am 7.30pm Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 1 Beethoven Sonata Cycle

Sunday 12 January 2020 11.30am Jonathan Biss piano Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2 Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 1 in F minor Saturday 18 April 2020 4.00pm & 7.30pm Op. 2 No. 1, No. 9 in E Op. 14 No. 1, No. 13 in Violin Sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout E flat Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’, No. 12 in A flat Op. 26 ‘Funeral March’ & No. 21 in C Sunday 10 May 2020 11.30am Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas 3 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Monday 6 July 2020 7.30pm Double and Triple Concertos Sunday 29 September 9.30pm

Sunday 29 September Post-Concert Talk 11.30am with Jonathan Biss Beethoven Piano Trios Returns Only Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op. 1 No. 1; Thursday 19 December 7.30pm Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Sunday 26 January 2020 7.30pm £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Friday 28 February 2020 7.30pm sherry/juice Monday 20 April 2020 7.30pm Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Saturday 9 May 2020 7.30pm Sunday 26 January 2020 11.30am Thursday 25 June 2020 7.30pm Sunday 3 May 2020 11.30am All followed by a post-concert talk at 9.30pm Saturday 20 June 2020 7.30pm

Rachel Podger Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Jonathan Biss © Theresa Pewal © Michael Pavia © Benjamin Ealovega 20 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 30 September Tuesday 1 October 1.00pm 1.00pm

Boris Giltburg piano Jamal Aliyev cello Rachmaninov Preludes: in B flat Op. 23 No. 2, in Can Çakmur piano D Op. 23 No. 4, in C minor Op. 23 No. 7, in A flat YCAT Lunchtimes Series 2019/20 Op. 23 No. 8, in E flat minor Op. 23 No. 9, in G flat Op. 23 No. 10, in C Op. 32 No. 1, in B flat minor Martinů Variations on a Theme of Rossini Op. 32 No. 2, in E minor Op. 32 No. 4, in G Op. 32 Schumann 3 Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Rachmaninov No. 5, in F minor Op. 32 No. 6, in B minor Op. 32 Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 Schumann 3 Romances No. 10, in G sharp minor Op. 32 No. 12 & in D flat Op. 94 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante Op. 32 No. 13 in C Op. 3 Paganini Introduction and Variations on ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’ from Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto £16 concs £14 £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) Monday 30 September YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art 7.30pm Foundation for this series

Ian Bostridge tenor Tuesday 1 October Steven Isserlis cello 7.30pm Olli Mustonen piano Sacha Rattle clarinet Schubert Auf dem Strom Schumann Belsazar; Die Löwenbraut; Ballade vom Haideknaben Irène Duval violin György Kurtág Az hit...; In memoriam Ferenc William Hagen violin Wilheim Marta Kurtág and György Kurtág Clare Finnimore viola For Steven Isserlis 60 György Kurtág Souvenir de Balatonboglár; György Kroó in Memoriam William Coleman viola Bennett Tom O’Bedlam’s Song Sibelius Zlatomir Fung cello Malinconia Op. 20 Olli Mustonen Taivaanvalot piano (a symphony for tenor, cello and piano)* Shai Wosner (UK première) IMS Prussia Cove *Co-commissioned by Muziekgebouw , Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Brugge, Premiere Performances of Hong Fauré Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115 Kong with the support of Camilla & John Lindfors, and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president György Kurtág Hommage à of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation Op. 15d Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Sponsored by Ruffer LLP

Boris Giltburg Olli Mustonen Jamal Aliyev Irene Duval © Sasha Gusov © Outi Montosen © Kaupo Kikkas © B Cruveiller wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 21

Wednesday 2 October Thursday 3 October 12.15pm 7.30pm

Pre-Concert Talk Nia Coleman soprano Laurence Osborn discusses his new work with Filipe Manu tenor Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of its London première Joel Williams tenor in the lunchtime concert. Kyu Choi baritone Free (ticket required) Simon Lepper piano Wednesday 2 October Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2019 1.00pm Handel From : All that is in Hamor mine, Britten Sinfonia Waft her, angels, through the skies & Farewell, ye limpid springs Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Schumann Er und sie; Der Soldat; Der Spielmann CPE Bach Quartet in A minor Wq. 93 Schubert Nacht und Träume; Punschlied; Klage Falla Harpsichord Concerto Mozart From Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Im Laurence Osborn New work for harpsichord Mohrenland gefangen war & Marsch! Marsch! and chamber group (London première) Marsch! trollt euch fort Strauss Suite from Capriccio New work (world première) Bizet The Toreador Song from Carmen; £16 concs £14 Chanson d’avril Wednesday 2 October Donizetti Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! from La Fille du Régiment 7.30pm Bernstein La Bonne Cuisine; From Candide: Glitter Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works and Be Gay & The Best of All Possible Worlds Mahan Esfahani harpsichord £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 £5 tickets for under 35s Bach 15 Inventions BWV772-786; 15 Sinfonias Promoted by Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells BWV787-801; French Suite No. 1 in D minor (Reg. Charity No. 1162432) BWV812; Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 18 March 2020 7.30pm Thursday 11 June 2020 7.30pm

Laurence Osborn Britten Sinfonia Mahan Esfahani Independent Opera Scholars 2019 © Benjamin Ealovega © Bernhard Musil © Benjamin Ealovega 22 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 4 October Saturday 5 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Christiane Karg Focus Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Christiane Karg soprano Purcell/Britten If music be the food of love; A Sabine Meyer clarinet Morning Hymn; Job’s Curse Weldon/Britten Malcolm Martineau piano Alleluia Brahms Sehnsucht Op. 14 No. 8; Vor dem Fenster; Vom verwundeten Knaben; Der Schubert 4 Canzonen D688 Gang zum Liebchen; Vergangen ist mir Glück Lachner Seit ich ihn gesehen from Frauenliebe und Heil Musorgsky Songs and Dances of Death und –leben Brahms Regenlied; Dein blaues Auge hält so Schumann From Frauenliebe und –leben: Seit still; Mein wundes Herz verlangt; Nachklang ich ihn gesehen & Er der Herrlichste von allen Musorgsky Sunless Brahms Meerfahrt; Kücken Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint Anklänge; Verzagen; Über die Heide; An eine Mozart Non temer, amato bene Äolsharfe; Die Kränze; Todessehnen Schumann Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint Kreutzer Das Mühlrad Returns Only Spaeth Alpenlied Spohr Sei still mein Herz; Zwiegesang; Saturday 5 October Sehnsucht; Wach auf 1.00pm – 2.30pm Meyerbeer Hirtenlied Inside the Score: von Lindpaintner Der Hirt und das Meerweib Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien and soprano Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Magdalena Anna Hofmann join writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Arnold Wednesday 29 January 2020 7.30pm Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. This visually and Friday 10 July 2020 7.30pm musically illustrated lecture-recital examines in depth the unique fusion of cabaret, song cycle and chamber music in the composer’s 1912 masterpiece and looks beyond the work’s nightmarish atmosphere to reveal its motifs and methods. £15 concs £10 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’

Christian Gerhaher Christiane Karg Sabine Meyer © Gregor Hohenberg © Florence Homolka/Schoenberg Archives at USC © Gisela Schenker © Steven Haberland wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 23

Sunday 6 October Sunday 6 October 11.30am 7.30pm

Dudok Quartet Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Haydn String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 Liza Ferschtman violin Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor István Várdai cello Op. 80 Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898; £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929 sherry/juice In Memory of Peter Flatter £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year Sunday 6 October olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber 12 noon – 4.30pm Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection Monday 7 October 1.00pm For families living with dementia As part of Silver Sunday, we invite people Jess Gillam saxophone living with dementia and their families, friends Zeynep Özsuca piano and carers to join us for an afternoon exploring Pedro Iturralde Pequeña Czarda art and music together alongside musicians Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor from our Music for Life programme and Anna Clyne (Snake and Ladder) for saxophone students from the Royal Academy of Music. and electronics Free (booking required) Poulenc Sonata for oboe and piano Wiedoeft Valse Vanité Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning John Harle RANT! department on 020 7258 8246 or Milhaud Scaramouche Op. 165b (arr. for [email protected] saxophone and piano) In partnership with The Wallace Collection, Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy of Music £16 concs £14 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’

Dudok Quartet Silver Sunday Elisabeth Leonskaja Jess Gillam © Marco Borggreve © James Berry © Marco Borggreve © Phil Rigby Bay Living 24 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 7 October Wednesday 9 October 7.30pm 7.30pm

Elizabeth Watts soprano Borodin Quartet Julius Drake piano Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Strauss Einerlei; Meinem Kinde; Rote Rosen; Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 Liebeshymnus; Winterweihe; Die Nacht; Cäcilie Tchaikovsky Album pour enfants Op. 39 (arr. Berg 7 frühe Lieder Rostislav Dubinsky) Chaminade Ronde d’amour; L’anneau d’argent; £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Ma première lettre; Attente (Au pays de Provence); La lune paresseuse; Ecrin; Villanelle Thursday 10 October Rachmaninov Lilacs; Fragment from Musset; 10.15am and 11.45am Dreams; How fair this spot; I wait for thee; They answered; The Isle; What happiness! Chamber Tots: Under the Sea £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Join us on a musical adventure under the sea in these interactive music sessions for children Tuesday 8 October aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover 7.30pm exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging Arcangelo chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord 10.15am-11.15am (1-2 year-olds) Sandrine Piau soprano 11.45am-12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) Stuart Jackson tenor Children £7 Adults £5 Konstantin Krimmel baritone Handel Brockes Passion HWV48 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18

Elizabeth Watts Arcangelo Borodin Quartet Chamber Tots © Marco Borggreve © Adam Swann © Simon Van Boxtel © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 25

Thursday 10 October Saturday 12 October 7.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Beethoven Violin Sonatas Family Concert: Giddy Goat James Ehnes violin Recommended for families with children Andrew Armstrong piano aged 3-7 Beethoven Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in D Op. 12 Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 present a lively No. 1, No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2, No. 3 in E flat concert following the trials and tribulations of Op. 12 No. 3 & No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 Giddy, a young mountain goat who is scared of heights. Based on the book by Jamie Rix £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and Lynne Chapman*, with specially composed With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter music by Paul Rissmann, this tale of facing Friends of Wigmore Hall fears and making friends is an ideal way to Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and introduce children to classical music, with 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office plenty of audience participation and projections and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ of images from the story. *Published by Orchard Books. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Bechstein Room, run on a first come, first served Thursday 13 February 2020 7.30pm basis. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm Thursday 4 June 2020 7.30pm Children £10 Adults £12

Friday 11 October 7.30pm Borodin Quartet Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor Op. 144 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

James Ehnes Andrew Armstrong Borodin Quartet Giddy Goat © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Andy Staples 26 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 12 October Sunday 13 October 6.00pm 11.30am Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Endymion Pre-Concert Talk Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K407 An introduction to the Around Schubert series by Dohnányi Sextet in C Op. 37 writer, lecturer and broadcaster Katy Hamilton. £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Returns Only sherry/juice

Saturday 12 October Sunday 13 October 7.30pm 3.00pm Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence Soraya Mafisoprano Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Simon Lepper piano Nash Ensemble From Dawn Til Dusk Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano Britten Bonny at Morn Finzi As I lay in the early sun Maconchy The Hill Adrian Williams piano Simon Crawford-Phillips Red Kite Flying Head A Piper Vaughan Weber Folksongs for voice, flute, violin, cello Williams Silent Noon Britten To lie flat on and piano Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor the back Warlock Youth Eden What’s in the D703 Spohr Rose softly blooming from Zemire air today? Quilter Dream Valley Clarke June und Azor Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade; Du Twilight Coates Bird songs at Eventide Trad bist die Ruh; An die Musik; Nacht und Träume (Irish) I have a bonnet trimmed with blue; My Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ lagan love (arr. Hamilton Harty) Hugh Wood £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Horizon Maconchy Clothed with Stars Gurney Sleep Britten Nocturne Forthcoming Concerts in the Series £16 Saturday 16 November 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 7 December 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am

Schubertiade Endymion Soraya Mafi Vilde Frang © Julius Schmidmaho © Raphaelle Photography © Marco Borggreve wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 27

Sunday 13 October Tuesday 15 October 7.30pm 10.30am – 1.30pm

Vilde Frang violin Singing with Friends: Michail Lifitspiano Come and Sing Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 For families living with dementia Schubert Fantasy in C D934 If you are, or someone you know is, living Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 in with dementia, join us for a session of group C sharp minor BB84 singing, exploring a mixture of music old and £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 new, followed by tea and coffee. No previous Part of the U25s scheme: Free experience needed, just an enthusiasm to sing! tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Free (ticket required) Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning ‘UNDER 25s’ department on 020 7258 8246 or [email protected] Monday 14 October In partnership with Resonate Arts 1.00pm

Borodin Quartet Tuesday 15 October piano Barry Douglas 7.30pm Tchaikovsky A selection from The Seasons Op. 37b; Andante Cantabile from String AKMI Duo Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Valentine Michaud saxophone Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 Akvile Sileikaite piano £16 concs £14 Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2019 Bernstein Sonata for clarinet and piano Albright Sonata for saxophone and piano Monday 14 October Hindemith Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Kevin Juillerat 7.30pm L’Etang du Patriarche, in memoriam Mikhail Bulgakov Borne Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen Elias String Quartet Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 without an interval Matthew Hindson String Quartet No. 2 Schubert String Quartet in A minor D804 All seats £12 ‘Rosamunde’ Supported by Swiss Cultural Fund UK, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Migros Culture Percentage talent promotion £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 and Presence Switzerland

Barry Douglas Elias String Quartet Singing with Friends: Come and Sing AKMI Duo © Benjamin Ealovega © Kaupo Kikkas © James Berry © AKMI Duo 28 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 16 October Thursday 17 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Beethoven Cello Sonatas Maxim Kinasov piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 Miklós Perényi cello Skryabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in Dénes Várjon piano G sharp minor Op. 19 Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op. 33: in C Beethoven Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1; Cello No. 2, in C minor No. 3 & in C sharp minor Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1; 12 Variations in F on No. 9 ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Sergei Slonimsky Intermezzo in memory Zauberflöte Op. 66; Cello Sonata in A Op. 69 of Brahms £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle Op. 35 Book I Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 Forthcoming Concert in the Series £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Saturday 19 October 7.30pm Kirckman Concert Society

Thursday 17 October 10.15am and 11.45am Friday 18 October Chamber Tots: Into Space 11.00am – 12 noon Join us on a musical adventure in space in Schools Concert: Giddy Goat these interactive music sessions for children EYFS and Key Stage 1 aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 present a lively exciting instruments, songs, and stories with concert following the trials and tribulations of experienced music leaders and emerging Giddy, a young mountain goat who is scared of chamber ensembles. March to your own beat heights. Based on the book by Jamie Rix and as we explore, play and move together! Lynne Chapman*, with specially composed music 10.15am-11.15am (1-2 year-olds) by Paul Rissmann, this is a tale of facing fears and 11.45am-12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) making friends for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children and their teachers. Children £7 Adults £5 *Published by Orchard Books. Children £4 Accompanying adults free (ticket required)

Maxim Kinasov Chamber Tots Miklós Perényi Giddy Goat © Emil Matveev © Benjamin Ealovega © Kata Schiller wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 29 Académie Orsay-Royaumont The Musee d’Orsay and the Fondation Royaumont have collaborated to create an academy devoted to art song. Together with Wigmore Hall, this collaboration is celebrated in two afternoon concerts and a masterclass. In co-production with Fondation Royaumont and Institut français du Royaume-Uni

Friday 18 October Sunday 20 October 3.00pm 3.00pm

Marielou Jacquard mezzo-soprano Marie-Laure Garnier soprano Kunal Lahiry piano Célia Oneto Bensaid piano Alex Rosen bass Michał Biel piano Jean-Christophe Lanièce baritone Schubert Auf dem See D543b; Romanze; Romain Louveau piano Der Zwerg; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten Debussy Le promenoir des deux amants Massenet Ravel Histoires naturelles Fauré La fleur qui Poème du souvenir Schumann Stirb, Lieb va sur l’eau; Dans la forêt de septembre; und Freud!; Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend; Accompagnement Poulenc Le bestiaire Mondnacht Duparc Le manoir de Rosemonde; Schubert Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Der Schiffer La vie antérieure; Extase; Lamento Wolf From D536b; Der Strom; Fischerweise; Erlkönig Spanisches Liederbuch: Die ihr schwebet, Mühvoll Two duos present mélodies and Lieder they komm ich und beladen & Herr, was trägt der have been working on during the year, under the Boden hier Poulenc La dame de Monte Carlo guidance of masters such as Stéphane Degout, Two more Académie duos perform songs they Simon Lepper, Bernarda Fink and Roger Vignoles. have been working on under the guidance of £16 concs £14 mentors such as Véronique Gens, Susan Manoff, Christian Immler and . Saturday 19 October £16 concs £14 1.00pm – 3.00pm Masterclass with Stéphane Degout & Simon Lepper Marie-Laure Garnier & Célia Oneto Bensaid Marielou Jacquard & Kunal Lahiry Jean-Christophe Lanièce & Romain Louveau Alex Rosen & Michał Biel Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper will work with four duo laureates on a selection of French mélodies. £10 concs £8

Vocal and piano duos from Académie Orsay-Royaumont © Sophie Crépy 30 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 18 October Sunday 20 October 7.30pm 11.30am Brahms Series Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Mozart Piano Sonata in C K545 Castalian String Quartet Brahms Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2; Isabel Charisius viola Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 No. 2; Intermezzo in C sharp minor Op. 117 No. 3 Ursula Smith cello Liszt Grande étude de Paganini No. 6 in Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111; String A minor S141 Sextet in B flat Op. 18 Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz Danse Macabre £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition sherry/juice £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Other Concerts in the Series Saturday 19 October Friday 4 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano Beethoven Cello Sonatas Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano cello Miklós Perényi Malcolm Martineau piano Dénes Várjon piano Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm Beethoven 12 Variations on ‘See the conqu’ring Piano Trio hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO. 45; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2; Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe piano Steven Isserlis cello fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO. 46; Horn Sonata in F Op. 17; Saturday 28 December 7.30pm Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Schumann £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet Michael Collins clarinet

Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Castalian String Quartet

Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm Stephen Hough piano Renaud Capuçon violin

Alexander Gavrylyuk Miklós Perényi Dénes Várjon Castalian String Quartet © Marco Borggreve © Szilvia Csibi © Pilvax Studio © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 31

Sunday 12 January 2020 7.30pm Sunday 20 October Vienna Piano Trio 7.30pm Radovan Vlatković horn Rainer Crosett cello Wednesday 26 February 2020 7.30pm Daniel King Smith piano Castalian String Quartet Cédric Tiberghien piano Pierre Fournier Award Winner’s Recital Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm Webern 3 kleine Stücke Op. 11 Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Chopin Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante Friday 3 April 2020 7.30pm in C Op. 3 Castalian String Quartet Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Nils Mönkemeyer viola Ursula Smith cello Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso Op. 62 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Monday 11 May 2020 7.30pm Pierre Fournier Award (Reg. Charity No. 1062846) Takács Quartet Roger Tapping viola Monday 21 October Monday 18 May 2020 7.30pm 1.00pm Garrick Ohlsson piano Lawrence Power viola, violin Tuesday 19 May 2020 7.30pm Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Vienna Piano Trio A Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel Wednesday 20 May 2020 7.30pm Thomas Adès 3 Berceuses* (UK première) Vienna Piano Trio Short works by Couperin, Ravel & Stravinsky Michael Collins clarinet *Co-commissioned by The Verbier Festival, Moritzburg Festival, BBC, UKARIA and supported by the Viola Commissioning Circle Tuesday 30 June 2020 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet £16 concs £14

Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright: Brahms plus Liszt

Rainer Crosett Daniel King Smith Lawrence Power Simon Crawford-Phillips © Ian Dingle © Jack Liebeck 32 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 21 October Wednesday 23 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Schumann Song Series Roberto Ruisi violin Brahms Series Toby White cello mezzo-soprano Sten Heinoja piano Catriona Morison piano Marina Staneva piano Malcolm Martineau Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48 TILLETT DEBUT Schumann Frauenliebe und –leben Op. 42 Debussy Preludes (arr. Craig White for violin Berg 4 Lieder Op. 2 and piano) Enescu Impromptu Concertant in Viardot 3 Lieder auf Texte von Eduard Mörike G flat Ireland Cello Sonata in G minor Debussy Brahms Da unten im Tale; Die Sonne scheint Nocturne et scherzo for cello and piano Delius nicht mehr; Maria ging aus wandern; Dort in den Romance for cello and piano Moeran Prelude for Weiden steht ein Haus; Feinsliebchen, du sollst cello and piano Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat mir nicht barfuss gehn; Wie komm ich denn zur Op. 18 Tür herein; Es steht ein Lind; Och Moder, ich well £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 en Ding han! Promoted by The Tillett Trust £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Tuesday 22 October Thursday 24 October 7.00pm NB time 11.00am – 12 noon Imogen Cooper piano Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio Imogen Cooper 70th Birthday Concert Laura Jurd trumpet Ruth Goller bass Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958; Piano Corrie Dick drums Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in B flat D960 This relaxed concert is open to everyone and Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes in duration, including provides an opportunity to hear live music in two intervals an informal environment. Join Laura Jurd and her band as they present music by composers £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 from John Dowland to Bill Withers in this exciting jazz trio line-up. Expect folk-infused grooves and glistening melodies. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights remain up. Audience members can move in and out of the auditorium as they wish, and there is a designated quiet area. £5

Roberto Ruisi Imogen Cooper Catriona Morison Malcolm Martineau © Sussie Ahlburg © John Cooper © KK Dundas wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 33

Thursday 24 October Friday 25 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey

Quatuor Danel Angela Hewitt piano Weinberg String Quartet No. 1 Bach English Suite No. 4 in F BWV809; English Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49 Suite No. 5 in E minor BWV810; Sonata in D Weinberg String Quartet No. 2 BWV963; English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year Sunday 27 October olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote 11.30am ‘UNDER 25s’ Esmé Quartet Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Tuesday 10 December 7.30pm Competition Winner’s Concert Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Mozart String Quartet in G K387 ‘Spring’ Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 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

Laura Jurd Quator Danel Angela Hewitt Esmé Quartet © Dave Stapleton © Marco Borggreve © Bernd Eberle © Sihoo Kim 34 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Weinberg Focus Day Throughout the day, the German violinist Linus Roth, who has become one of Weinberg’s leading advocates, champions his work, with introductions and a book launch by Daniel Elphick. Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Saturday 26 October Saturday 26 October 11.30am 7.30pm

Linus Roth violin José Gallardo piano Linus Roth violin Weinberg Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano Op. 12 Ilona Domnich soprano Shostakovich Violin Sonata Op. 134 Janusz Wawrowski violin Weinberg Sonata No. 1 for violin solo Op. 82; Largo for violin and piano Danjulo Ishizaka cello £16 José Gallardo piano Weinberg Sonata for 2 violins Op. 69 Saturday 26 October Shostakovich 7 Romances on poems by 3.00pm Alexander Blok Op. 127 Weinberg Piano Trio Op. 24 Linus Roth violin £30 £26 £22 £18 £15 Ilona Domnich soprano José Gallardo piano Weinberg Sonata No. 2 for violin solo Op. 95; Jewish Songs Op. 17; Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano Op. 39 £16 Part of the U25s scheme: 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 ‘UNDER 25s’

Saturday 26 October 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch Daniel Elphick is a musicologist and researcher writing on east-European music and music analysis. Join us before the evening concert as he talks about his book which examines how Weinberg’s works written in Soviet Russia compare with those of his Polish colleagues. Linus Roth £5 © Dan Carabas wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 35

Sunday 27 October Monday 28 October 7.30pm 7.30pm

Jiyeong Mun piano Alisa Weilerstein cello The Keyboard Charitable Trust Prizewinners’ Inon Barnatan piano Concert Series Brahms Cello Sonata Op. 78 (transcription of Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78) Schumann Humoreske Op. 20 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Ravel Miroirs Songs by Brahms (arr. Weilerstein/Barnatan Albéniz From Iberia Book 2: Almería & Triana for cello and piano) £30 £26 £22 £18 £15 Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano Op. 147 (arr. for cello and piano) Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd. Keyboard Charitable Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1017036) £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Monday 28 October Tuesday 29 October 1.00pm 1.00pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexandre Tharaud piano Orchestra of St John’s Bach Sonata in D for cello and piano BWV1028 John Lubbock founder/conductor Marais Suite in D minor Nicholas Parsons CBE actor, presenter Poulenc Suite française Paul Blezard interviewer Debussy Cello Sonata £16 concs £14 Beethoven Second movement from Symphony No. 6 in F Op. 68 Porter Just One of Those Things as performed by Ella Fitzgerald Vivaldi The Four Seasons Tchaikovsky Three movements from The Nutcracker Grover Washington Jr Just the Two of Us £16 concs £14

Jiyeong Mun Jean-Guihen Queyras Alisa Weilerstein Nicholas Parsons CBE © Jino Park © François Sechet © Marco Borggreve © Radio Times 36 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 29 October Wednesday 30 October 7.30pm 7.30pm

The Endellion String Quartet Christoph Prégardien tenor Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6 Julius Drake piano Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From Beethoven Adelaide; An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 my life’ Schubert Selections from Schwanengesang Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 Interspersed with Schubert Im Walde D708; Dass with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 sie hier gewesen £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Wednesday 30 October Thursday 31 October 12.30pm and 2.00pm 6.15pm – 7.05pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest Bechstein Sessions: Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in Sounding Cities these interactive music sessions for children aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Luke Newby clarinet exciting instruments, songs, and stories with Naomi Sullivan saxophone experienced music leaders and emerging Join us for the latest of the Bechstein chamber ensembles. March to your own beat Sessions, a series of informal performances in as we explore, play and move together! the Bechstein Bar. 12.30pm-1.30pm (1-2 year-olds) We welcome Sounding Cities, a clarinet 2.00pm-3.00pm (3-5 year-olds) and saxophone duo which aims to explore urban spaces through music and art. The Children £7 Adults £5 duo has collaborated with exciting artists and musicians in Johannesburg and Birmingham, commissioning new works that explore the lived experience of urban spaces. £5

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Thursday 31 October 7.30pm

Colin Currie percussion Huw Watkins piano Dave Maric Predicaments Britten Holiday Diary Op. 5 Joe Duddell Parallel Lines Tansy Davies Dark Ground Helen Grime Harp of the North Huw Watkins New work for piano and percussion* (England première) *Co-commissioned by East Neuk Festival, Wigmore Hall and Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, with the support of the PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders programme, and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

£35 £30 £26 £22 £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’

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