2019/20 Season
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2019/20 SEASON APRIL - JULY 2020 2 • Director’s Introduction • 3 We are looking forward to a summer packed full of fun, ambitious and exceptional performances. Leading soprano Roberta Invernizzi gathers a host of friends to celebrate women Baroque composers in April, while acclaimed Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns for his second appearance in the season, performing a solo recital for two evenings in a row. Wigmore Hall continues to champion contemporary composers and emerging artists, and in May we combine the two endeavours in a Composer in Focus day featuring musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. Saturday 9 May will spotlight the work of ‘the renaissance woman of contemporary British music’, Errollyn Wallen. Further explorations of the music of Britten, Brahms and Beethoven thread through the summer programme, including the culmination of Jonathan Biss’ Beethoven sonata cycle, a concert dedicated to Britten’s Canticles with Allan Clayton, Iestyn Davies and others, and more Brahms from the Castalian String Quartet, joined in April by Nils Mönkemeyer and Ursula Smith. Sir András Schiff will lecture on and perform Schubert’s D960 in April and Beethoven’s final piano sonatas in June.Rachel Podger continues her focus on Bach in her residency, and the wonderful Concertgebouw Winds with Jeroen Bal on piano presents a BBC lunchtime concert at the end of April. Les Talens Lyriques presents a programme of love songs with renowned tenor Julian Prégardien in May, followed less than a week later by Lionel Meunier’s ensemble Vox Luminis and a programme featuring more Britten – his Hymn to St Cecilia and Sacred and Profane top and tail the performance. On Easter Saturday, Fretwork presents a superb evening of music with vocal ensemble Gallicantus, featuring baritone Charles Daniels as the Evangelist in a programme of Schein and Schütz. ‘No-one could accuse the Quatuor Danel of doing things by halves’, wrote Richard Whitehouse (Classical Opera) after the quartet’s first instalment of their Weinberg/Shostakovich focus in October. The quartet’s ambitious two- season series continues with Weinberg’s fifth and sixth string quartets as well as Shostakovich’s Op. 101. More summer highlights include Solomon’s Knot, pianist Francesco Piemontesi’s Schubert Cycle and a day celebrating the music of Haydn, cultivated by Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich. Contents I am delighted to announce that Angela Hewitt, following the final concert At a Glance 4 in her Bach Odyssey series in May, will be awarded the Wigmore Medal for her outstanding contribution to chamber music both at Wigmore Hall Calendar 8 and internationally. April 10 With further appearances from Sir Bryn Terfel, Leonidas Kavakos and the May 32 JACK Quartet, we have a summer full to the brim with outstanding artists, June 57 and we look forward to welcoming you once again through our doors. July 81 Contemporary Music Series 102 Booking Information 106 April - July 2020 At a Glance See pages 10-99 for full details of these concerts and page 106 for booking information. Series and Events to look out for… Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey 58 Mon 8 Jun Veronika Eberle/Dénes Várjon 62 Leif Ove Andsnes 10 Beethoven Violin Sonatas 59 Mon 15 Jun NGA: Elisabeth Brauss 68 Brahms Series 12 Beethoven Quartet Cycle 60 Mon 22 Jun Giuliano Carmignola/ 75 Riccardo Doni Tim Mead/Les Musiciens de 11 Mozart and the Second Viennese School 62 Mon 29 Jun Vision String Quartet 79 Saint-Julien/François Lazarevitch Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality 64 Mon 6 Jul Nicky Spence/ 84 Kitty Whately/Joseph Middleton 13 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Project 63 Václava Housková/ Leon McCawley 14 Marc-André Hamelin 65 Julius Drake/Singers from Guildhall School of Music Fretwork/Gallicantus/Charles Daniels 15 Iestyn Davies Residency 66 & Drama Janine Jansen/Denis Kozhukhin 17 Duo Contraste 67 Mon 13 Jul Allan Clayton/James Baillieu 90 Emmanuelle Haïm Residency 19 Benjamin Grosvenor 68 The Chamber Music Society 21 Philippe Cassard/Cédric Pescia 71 of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Season Django Bates 71 Sir András Schiff 18, 72 Fri 3 Apr Castalian String Quartet/ 12 Jordi Savall/Le Concert des Nations 74 Schubert Song Cycles 21 Nils Mönkemeyer/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 76 Ursula Smith Rachel Podger Residency 20 Steven Osborne 79 Wed 8 Apr Doric String Quartet/ 15 Beethoven 250 22 Cédric Tiberghien / Roderick Williams/Christopher Glynn 80 Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle 23 Alina Ibragimova Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations 82 Mon 13 Apr 17 Roberta Invernizzi and friends 24 Janine Jansen/Denis Kozhukin Anne Sofie von Otter/Bengt Forsberg 83 Wed 15 Apr 21 Britten Series 26 The Chamber Music Brahms Plus Series 83 Society of Lincoln Center Tetzlaff Quartet 27 Nicola Benedetti/Alexei Grynyuk 85 Thu 23 Apr Joshua Bell/Alessio Bax 27 Franco Fagioli/Il Pomo d’Oro 28 Janáček: The Diary of One 84 Sat 25 Apr Usha Kapoor/Edward Leung 27 Arditti Quartet 31 who Disappeared Sat 25 Apr Tetzlaff Quartet 27 Sir Bryn Terfel/Malcolm Martineau 30 La Nuova Musica 87 Wed 29 Apr Arditti Quartet 31 Beethoven Piano Trios 33 Christiane Karg Focus 87 Fri 1 May RAM Baroque Soloists/ 32 Milan Siljanov/Nino Chokhonelidze 35 Jean-Guihen Queyras/Arcangelo 88 Rachel Podger Leonidas Kavakos/Enrico Pace 34 Concert for Parkinson’s UK 89 Sat 2 May Artemis Quartet/ 33 Eckart Runge Pavel Haas Quartet/Pavel Nikl/ 36 Fretwork: Musick’s Monument 93 Danjulo Ishizaka Mon 4 May Leonidas Kavakos/ 34 Dame Sarah Connolly/Andrew Staples/ 93 Enrico Pace Les Talens Lyriques 38 Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon Tue 5 May Connaught Brass 36 RNCM Composer in Focus: Errollyn Wallen 40 Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Mahler Day 94 Tue 5 May 36 Takács Quartet 42 Pavel Haas Quartet/ Zlata Chochieva 95 Pavel Nikl/Danjulo Ishizaka Vox Luminis 43 Ailish Tynan/Iain Burnside 95 Sat 9 May RNCM Composer in Focus: 40 Collegium Vocale Gent 44 Charles Richard-Hamelin 96 Errollyn Wallen Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle 45 Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Isata Kanneh-Mason 99 Mon 11 May Takács Quartet/Roger Tapping 42 Solomon’s Knot 46 Wed 13 May Takács Quartet 42 Garrick Ohlsson 47 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Sat 16 May Quatuor Danel 45 Michael Collins Residency 47 Tue 19 May Vienna Piano Trio 47 Mon 6 Apr Emily Beynon/Andrew West 14 Britten Canticles 49 Wed 20 May Vienna Piano Trio/ 49 Mon 13 Apr Escher String Quartet 17 Kirill Gerstein 51 Michael Collins Mon 20 Apr ATOS Trio 25 Wigmore Lates 48 Sat 23 May Doric String Quartet 51 Mon 27 Apr Concertgebouw Winds/ 31 Sun 24 May JACK Quartet 50 JACK Quartet 50 Jeroen Bal Sat 30 May Jess Gillam/Ollie Howell/ 54 Ensemble Marsyas Residency 53 Mon 4 May Christian Lindberg/ 35 Musicians from the Roland Pöntinen Francesco Piemontesi: Schubert Cycle 52 Tri-borough Music Hub Mon 11 May Stuart Skelton/Richard Peirson 41 L’Arpeggiata 55 Sun 31 May Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day 56 Mon 18 May NGA: Aris Quartet 45 Hear Our Voices: HarrisonParrott 54 Mon 1 Jun Trio Gaspard 57 Foundation Fundraising Concert Mon 25 May Paolo Pandolfo 53 Thu 4 Jun James Ehnes/ 59 Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day 56 Mon 1 Jun Daniel Hope/ 57 Andrew Armstrong Simon Crawford-Phillips wigmore-hall.org.uk • 5 Fri 5 Jun Belcea Quartet 60 Early Music and Baroque Series Wed 27 May Francesco Piemontesi 52 Sat 6 Jun Leonore Piano Trio 61 Sat 4 Apr Tim Mead/Les Musiciens 11 Tue 2 Jun Angela Hewitt 58 Sun 7 Jun Belcea Quartet 60 de Saint-Julien Mon 8 Jun Elisabeth Leonskaja 62 Tue 16 Jun Novus String Quartet 69 Sun 5 Apr The English Concert 13 Fri 12 Jun Marc-André Hamelin 65 Sat 20 Jun Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 73 Sat 11 Apr Fretwork 15 Sun 14 Jun Benjamin Grosvenor 68 Wed 24 Jun Britten Sinfonia/Iestyn Davies 77 Tue 14 Apr Emmanuelle Haïm/ 19 Wed 17 Jun Philippe Cassard/Cédric Pescia 71 Le Concert d’Astrée Wed 24 Jun Birmingham Contemporary 76 Fri 19 Jun Sir András Schiff Lecture 72 Music Group Sat 18 Apr Rachel Podger/ 20 Kristian Bezuidenhout Fri 19 Jun Mishka Rushdie Momen 72 Fri 26 Jun Tamsin Waley-Cohen/ 78 Sun 21 Jun Sir András Schiff 72 Huw Watkins Tue 21 Apr Roberta Invernizzi and friends 24 Thu 25 Jun Jonathan Biss 78 Tue 30 Jun Castalian String Quartet 81 Tue 28 Apr Franco Fagioli/Il Pomo d’Oro 28 Sat 27 Jun Steven Osborne 79 Fri 3 Jul Wihan Quartet 82 Fri 8 May Les Talens Lyriques/ 38 Julian Prégardien Thu 2 Jul Cédric Tiberghien 82 Sun 5 Jul Nicola Benedetti/ 85 Alexei Grynyuk Tue 12 May La Serenissima 42 Sat 4 Jul Jonathan Plowright 83 Thu 9 Jul Quatuor Danel 87 Thu 14 May Vox Luminis 43 Sun 19 Jul Zlata Chochieva 95 Sun 12 Jul Concert for Parkinson’s UK 89 Fri 15 May Collegium Vocale Gent 44 Wed 22 Jul Charles Richard-Hamelin 96 Thu 16 Jul The Endellion String Quartet 91 Sun 17 May Solomon’s Knot 46 Fri 24 Jul Alexei Volodin 97 Tue 21 Jul Michael Collins/ 97 Tue 26 May Ensemble Marsyas 53 Isabelle Van Keulen/ Thu 28 May L’Arpeggiata 55 Laura Samuel/Veronica Hagen/ Song Recital Series Wed 3 Jun The English Concert 58 Torleif Thedeen/Katy Wolley/ Sun 5 Apr Kitty Whately/Joseph Middleton 13 Gustavo Nuñes Tue 9 Jun The Sixteen 63 Tue 7 Apr Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 14 Thu 23 Jul Elias String Quartet/ 97 Thu 11 Jun Mahan Esfahani 63 Alice Neary Thu 16 Apr Mark Padmore/ 21 Tue 23 Jun Jordi Savall/ 74 Kristian Bezuidenhout Le Concert des Nations Tue 21 Apr Kathleen Ferrier Awards 25 Sunday Morning Concerts Wed 1 Jul Ensemble Marsyas 81 2020: Semi-final Sun 5 Apr Navarra String Quartet 13 Mon 6 Jul Rachel Podger/ 86 Wed 22 Apr Allan Clayton/James Baillieu 26 Brecon Baroque Sun 12 Apr Zemlinsky Quartet 17 Fri 24 Apr Kathleen Ferrier Awards 25 Wed 8 Jul La Nuova Musica