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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk January February Tue 2 Jan 7.30pm Miklós Perényi 4 Thu 1 Feb 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Roderick Williams/ 17 Wed 3 Jan 7.30pm Schumann Quartet 4 Julius Drake/Rory Kinnear Thu 4 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 4 Fri 2 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots 18 7.30pm Jörg Widmann/ 4 11.45am Chamber Tots 18 Tabea Zimmermann/Dénes Várjon 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 18 Fri 5 Jan 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 5 Sat 3 Feb 11.00am CAVATINA Family Concert 18 7.30pm Ensemble 360 18 Sat 6 Jan 7.30pm Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/ 5 Carolyn Sampson Sun 4 Feb 11.30am Ensemble 360 18 7.30pm Daniel Behle/Armonia Atenea 19 Sun 7 Jan 11.30am Szymanowski Quartet 5 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 5 Mon 5 Feb 1.00pm Golda Schultz/Jonathan Ware 19 7.30pm Eunsley Park/Maria Tarasewicz/Joy Lisney 19 Mon 8 Jan 1.00pm Isabelle van Keulen/Ronald Brautigam 5 7.30pm Piers Lane 6 Tue 6 Feb 1.00pm Sean Shibe 19 7.30pm Henning Kraggerud/Natalie Clein/ 20 Tue 9 Jan 7.30pm Allan Clayton/James Baillieu 6 Christian Ihle Hadland Wed 10 Jan 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Anne Katharina Schreiber/ 6 Wed 7 Feb 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 20 Yoshiko Morita/Emmanuel Balssa/ 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Christopher Glynn 20 Lorenzo Coppola Thu 8 Feb 7.30pm The English Concert 21 Thu 11 Jan 7.30pm Sonia Prina/ 6 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Fri 9 Feb 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 21 Fri 12 Jan 12.30pm Chamber Tots 7 Sat 10 Feb 6.00pm Nash Ensemble 21 2.00pm Chamber Tots 7 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Sophie Bevan/ 21 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 7 Leslie Caron Sat 13 Jan 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac 7 Sun 11 Feb 11.30am Pavel Haas Quartet 23 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Florian Donderer/ 22 Sun 14 Jan 11.30am Benjamin Beilman/Boris Giltburg 7 Rachel Roberts/Tanja Tetzlaff/ 3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 8 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker/ 7.30pm Modigliani Quartet 8 Martin Helmchen/Julian Prégardien Mon 15 Jan 1.00pm Fatma Said/James Vaughan 8 Mon 12 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits Band commences 25 Tue 16 Jan 7.30pm Midori/Antoine Lederlin/Jonathan Biss 8 1.00pm SCO Winds 23 Wed 17 Jan 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 9 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 23 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov 9 Tue 13 Feb 5.45pm Bechstein Sessions: Fabled 23 Thu 18 Jan 7.30pm Quatuor Diotima 9 7.30pm Jamal Aliyev/Daniel Evans 23 Fri 19 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 9 Wed 14 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Musical Portraits 26 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 9 7.30pm Artemis Quartet 26 7.30pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/ 9 Thu 15 Feb 6.00pm Discussion Panel 26 Alexandre Tharaud 7.30pm Ruby Hughes/Joseph Middleton 26 Sat 20 Jan 1.00pm Anna Huntley/Ben Johnson/ 10 Fri 16 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Heath Quartet 27 Nick Pritchard/Stephan Loges/ 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ 27 Graham Johnson/Singers from GMSD Polina Leschenko 7.30pm Louise Alder/James Baillieu 10 Sat 17 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 27 Sun 21 Jan 11.30am Navarra String Quartet 10 1.00pm Family Sounds 27 3.00pm Royal Academy of Music 11 7.30pm Bartosz Woroch/Enno Senft/Philippe 28 Richard Lewis Song Circle Tondre/Makoto Yoshida/Teunis van der 7.30pm Simon Trpčeski & Friends 11 Zwart/Rie Koyama/Masanori Oishi/ Mon 22 Jan 1.00pm Inon Barnatan 11 Honjo Hidejiro/Mei Yi Foo/Yu Kosuge 7.30pm The Sixteen 12 Sun 18 Feb 11.30am Quatuor Zaïde 28 Tue 23 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 12 7.30pm Škampa Quartet/Melvyn Tan 28 7.30pm The Mozartists/Classical Opera 12 Mon 19 Feb 1.00pm Ashley Riches/Joseph Middleton 29 Wed 24 Jan 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 12 7.30pm Behn Quartet/Neill–Kim Duo 29 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 13 Tue 20 Feb 10.30am Come and Sing 29 7.30pm Julia Fischer Quartet 13 7.30pm Phantasm 30 Thu 25 Jan 7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus & Friends 13 Wed 21 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 30 Fri 26 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Amatis Piano Trio 14 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 30 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 15 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group commences 30 7.30pm Steven Isserlis/Alexander Melnikov 31 Sat 27 Jan 11.00am ECMA: Masterclass 14 1.00pm ECMA: Adorno Quartet/Simply Quartet 14 Thu 22 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: The Empty Chair 31 7.30pm Anna Bonitatibus/Adele D’Aronzo 15 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 31 Sun 28 Jan 11.30am Lara Melda 15 Fri 23 Feb 7.30pm Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert: 31 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 14 All the World’s a Stage 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 15 Sat 24 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 32 Mon 29 Jan 1.00pm Apollon Musagète Quartet 15 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 32 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 16 Sun 25 Feb 11.30am Joseph Moog 32 Tue 30 Jan 7.30pm Hagen Quartet/Jörg Widmann 16 3.00pm Johannes Kammler/Roger Vignoles 32 7.30pm Pieter Wispelwey/Alasdair Beatson 32 Wed 31 Jan 1.00pm Gemma Summerfield/Ferdinand Keller/ 16 Harrison Hintzsche/Graham Johnson Mon 26 Feb 1.00pm Aleksandar Madžar 33 7.30pm Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake 17 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques 33 Tue 27 Feb 7.30pm Louis Lortie 33 Wed 28 Feb 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 33 4 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 1 January No performances Jörg Widmann as Box Office closed Composer-Performer Tuesday 2 January 7.30pm Thursday 4 January 6.00pm Artists in Conversation Miklós Perényi cello Jörg Widmann gives an insight into his Reger Suite No. 1 in G from 3 Suites life as a composer and performer, and for solo cello Op. 131c discusses his new work to be performed Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 in the evening concert. Ligeti Sonata for solo cello György Kurtág A selection from £5 Signs, Games and Messages Thursday 4 January 7.30pm Britten Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Jörg Widmann clarinet Tabea Zimmermann viola Wednesday 3 January Dénes Várjon piano 7.30pm Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Schumann Quartet Jörg Widmann Es war einmal (Funf Stucke Haydn String Quartet Series im Märchenton)* (UK première); Fantasie for solo clarinet Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5; Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat K498 ‘Kegelstatt’ String Quartet in D minor Op. 42; String *Co-commissioned by Tonhalle Zürich; Bozar Music; Quartet in E flat Op. 17 No. 3; String Quartet Musée du Louvre; and by Wigmore Hall with the support in F Op. 77 No. 2 of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Free tickets for schools and 8–25 Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Community Foundation, with additional support and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Jörg Widmann © Marco Borggreve

Miklós Perényi Schumann Quartet © Szilvia Csibi © Kaupo Kikkas www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 5

Friday 5 January Sunday 7 January 7.30pm 11.30am Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall Szymanowski Quartet Sir András Schiffpiano Schubert String Quartet in G minor/B flat D18 Schumann Variations on an original Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ theme in E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Schubert String Quartet in G minor D173 Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 £15 concs. £13 Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Brahms 6 Klavierstucke Op. 118 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV869 7.30pm from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall Brahms 4 Klavierstucke Op. 119 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat Sir András Schiffpiano Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ Repeat of concert on 5 January £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by an anonymous donor Monday 8 January Saturday 6 January 1.00pm 7.30pm Isabelle van Keulen violin Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Ronald Brautigam piano director, harpsichord Aapo Häkkinen Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Carolyn Sampson soprano Szymanowski The Fountain of Arethusa from Telemann Ouverture burlesque in B flat Myths Op. 30 TWV55:B8; Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Canarienvogels (Canary Cantata) All seats £15 Bach Concerto in D for harpsichord BWV1054 (from Violin Concerto in E BWV1042); Cantata: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Sir András Schiff Carolyn Sampson Szymanowski Quartet Isabelle van Keulen © Nadia F Romanini ECM Records © Marco Borggreve © Florian Graser © Marco Borggreve 6 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 8 January Wednesday 10 January 7.30pm 7.30pm

Piers Lane piano Isabelle Faust violin Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87; Anne Katharina Schreiber violin Sonata in G K14 Yoshiko Morita viola Bach From The Well-tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp BWV848 Emmanuel Balssa cello & Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor BWV867 Lorenzo Coppola clarinet Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 Chopin Op. 22 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle

Tuesday 9 January Thursday 11 January 7.30pm 7.30pm

Allan Clayton tenor Sonia Prina contralto James Baillieu piano Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin Programme to include: Sonia Prina: A Celebration Purcell/Britten A Morning Hymn; In the black Handel Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 2 dismal dungeon of despair; Evening Hymn Ferrandini Cantata: Il pianto di Maria Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Bach Cantata: Widerstehe doch der Songs by Gurney Sunde BWV54 Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Locatelli Concerto Grosso in E flat £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 ‘Il pianto d’Arianna’ Op. 7 No. 6 Vivaldi Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle

Piers Lane Allan Clayton Isabelle Faust Sonia Prina © Eric Richmond © Laura Harling © Felix Broede © Ribalta Luce Studio www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 7

Friday 12 January Saturday 13 January 12.30pm and 2.00pm 7.30pm Chamber Tots Nash Ensemble On the Farm Lawrence Power viola We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their Ian Brown piano parents/carers to join us as we go to the farm Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano in this interactive music-making workshop. The French Connection 12.30pm (1–2 year olds) & 2.00pm (3–5 year olds) Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Approximately 1 hour in duration (arr. Benno Sachs) Vierne Deux pièces Op. 5 Children £6 Adults £4 Debussy Beau soir (arr. viola and piano) Honnoré Morceau de concert Op. 23 Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé 7.30pm Debussy Trois poèmes de Mallarmé Elias String Quartet (arr. for voice and ensemble by Colin Matthews) Ravel Chansons madécasses; After Beethoven: Melodists String Quartet in F Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 Sunday 14 January ‘Death and the Maiden’ 11.30am £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Benjamin Beilman* violin Free tickets for schools and 8–25 piano year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Boris Giltburg Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice *WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Chamber Tots 2 Elias String Quartet Power Lawrence Benjamin Beilman © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Jack Liebeck © Giorgia Bertazzi 8 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 14 January Monday 15 January 3.00pm 1.00pm

Alessandro Fisher tenor Fatma Said soprano Ashok Gupta piano James Vaughan piano Head On the wings of the wind; Schumann Sechs Gesänge Op. 89; Singet nicht Over the rim of the moon; Money, O! in Trauertönen Op. 98a No. 7; Liebeslied Op. 51 Mendelssohn Der Tag; Reiterlied; No. 5; Requiem Op. 90 No. 7 Abschied; Der Bettler Mendelssohn Die Liebende schreibt; Schubert Der Schiffer Ach, um deine feuchten Schwinge; Hexenlied Chausson Sérénade italienne Poulenc Les chemins de l’amour; Brahms Meerfahrt Op. 96 No. 4 Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon Meyerbeer Mina (Chanson d’un Sherif Mohie El Din Three Poems: Rain; Could gondolier venétien) The River Flow For Ever?; Against Whom? Hahn Venezia – Chansons en dialecte vénitien £15 concs. £13 All seats £15 Fatma Said is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme 7.30pm Modigliani Quartet Tuesday 16 January 7.30pm Haydn String Quartet Series violin Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1; Midori String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 ‘Rider’ Antoine Lederlin cello Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 Jonathan Biss piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Schumann Phantasiestucke Op. 88 Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone 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 ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Alessandro Fisher Modigliani Quartet Fatma Said Midori © Gerard Collett © Marie Staggat © Timothy Greenfield Sanders www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 9

Wednesday 17 January Friday 19 January 6.00pm 11.00am and 12.30pm Artists in Conversation For Crying Out Loud! Alexander Melnikov discusses his evening Hear outstanding performances by musicians programme and the choice of three different from the Royal Academy of Music, in these pianos – a Steinway, a Graf and an Erard – concerts presented especially for parents or each carefully matched to the repertoire. carers and babies under 1. £5 Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adult £8.50 7.30pm (babies come free) Alexander Melnikov piano In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music Many Pianos 7.30pm Schubert Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ Chopin 12 Études Op. 10 Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 Stravinsky 3 Scenes from Petrushka Alexandre Tharaud piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D BWV1028 Thursday 18 January Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 7.30pm Berg 4 Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 (arr. for cello and piano) Quatuor Diotima Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Rebecca Saunders New commission* (world première) Schubert String Quartet in G D887 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation; the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund in the Library of Congress; ECLAT Festival Stuttgart; Festival Musica Strasbourg; Philharmonie Luxembourg; Klangspuren Schwaz

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Alexander Melnikov Quatuor Diotima Jean-Guihen Queyras © Molina Visuals © Jeremie Mazenq © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve 10 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 20 January 7.30pm 1.00pm Louise Alder soprano Nick Pritchard tenor James Baillieu piano Stephan Loges bass-baritone Chants d’amour Graham Johnson piano Mozart An Chloe; Abendempfindung; with Der Zauberer Bizet Chant d’amour; Ouvre ton cœur; Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Ben Johnson tenor Strauss Ruhe, meine Seele; Cäcilie; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen Singers from Guildhall Mendelssohn Gruß Op. 19a No. 5; School of Music Auf Flugeln des Gesanges; Neue Liebe Fauré Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ Op. 58 Schubert Trinklied vor der Schlacht; Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca S270/1: Schwertlied; Punschlied; Das Grab (D330); Pace non trovo; Benedetto sia’l giorno; Trinklied (D356); Das Grab (D377); Beitrag I’ vidi in terra angelici costume zur funfzig jährigen Jubelfeier des Herrn von Salieri; Schlachtlied; Das Grab (D569); Nur £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 wer die Sehnsucht kennt (D656); Gesang der Geister; Bootgesang; Widerspruch; Nachthelle; Sunday 21 January Ständchen (D920); Zur guten Nacht 11.30am Approximately two hours in duration (with interval) Navarra String Quartet £15 concs. £13 Artsybushev Serenade in A from Les vendredis Lyadov Mazurka in D from Les vendredis Blumenfeld Sarabande in G minor from Les vendredis Schubert String Quartet in G D887 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Nick Pritchard Stephan Loges Louise Alder Navarra String Quartet © Nick James © Alexander Barnes © Gerard Collett © Sussie Ahlburg www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 11

3.00pm 7.30pm

Royal Academy of Music Simon Trpčeski piano Richard Lewis Song Circle Aleksandar Krapovski violin Meinir Wyn Roberts soprano Alexander Somov cello Patrick Terry countertenor Hidan Mamudov clarinet, Hiroshi Amako tenor saxophone, kaval Richard Walshe bass-baritone percussion Zuzanna Basinska piano Vlatko Nushev Keval Shah piano Simon Trpčeski Series Programme to include: Makedonissimo Schubert Gondelfahrer Pande Shahov Transcriptions of Schumann Zwei Venetianische Lieder Macedonian traditional music (UK première) Mendelssohn Venetianisches Gondellied £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Head Three songs of Venice Massenet Souvenir de Venise Monday 22 January Gounod Venise 1.00pm Glinka Venetian night Taneyev Venice at Night Inon Barnatan piano Rossini La regata veneziana Bach Toccata in E minor BWV914 Tosti Venetian Song Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue All seats £15 Barber Piano Sonata in E flat minor Op. 26 WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT £15 concs. £13 Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Royal Academy of Music Singers Simon Trpčeski Inon Barnatan Inon Barnatan © Simon Fowler © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve 12 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 22 January 7.30pm 7.30pm The Mozartists/Classical Opera The Sixteen Ian Page conductor PURCELL – Royal Welcome Songs for Katy Bircher flute King Charles II Chiara Skerath soprano Purcell Rejoice in the Lord alway; Chaconne (Two in One Across the Ground) from Haydn Symphony No. 26 in D minor Dioclesian; Close thine eyes and sleep secure ‘Lamentatione’ (Upon a Quiet Conscience) Z184; Blow, Jommelli Ombre che tacite qui sede from Fetonte Boreas, blow; O all ye people, clap your hands; JC Bach Flute Concerto in D WC79 Come, my hearts, play your parts; What shall Haydn From Lo speziale: Amore nel mio petto be done in behalf of the man?; Overture in D & Salamelica, Semprugna cara minor Z771; Thy genius, lo! From The Massacre Mozart From La finta semplice: Overture & of Paris; O praise the Lord, all ye heathen; Amoretti, che ascosi qui siete Retir’d from any mortal’s sight; From those Hasse Perderò l’amato bene from Piramo e Tisbe serene and rapturous joys Vanhal Symphony in D minor £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Tuesday 23 January Wednesday 24 January 6.00pm 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk Pre-Concert Talk discusses his new work with Leading Mozart scholar Richard Wigmore Leo Chadburn provides an overview of the year 1768 and Dr Kate Kennedy. introduces some of the music being performed Free to concert ticket holders in the concert. (separate ticket required) £5

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Ian Page Chiara Skerath © Molinavisuals © Marco Borggreve © Sheila Rock © Capucine de Chocqueuse www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 13

1.00pm Thursday 25 January Britten Sinfonia 7.30pm Jacqueline Shave violin Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano Caroline Dearnley cello Serena Farnocchia soprano Huw Watkins piano Jeremy Ovenden tenor Biber Mystery Sonata No. 1 ‘The Annunciation’ Philip Glass Orbit Riccardo Novaro baritone Leo Chadburn New work* (London première) Vincenzo Scalera piano Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Crescentini Il primo amore Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K502 Perucchini Vieni, t’appressa all’urna; *Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of Col labbro, o Nice; Se i sospiri degli amanti; donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Odi d’un uom che muore Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. Gordigiani Il trovatore; La notte; La lacrima; Elisa Mazzucato Il lago; Il bacio; Il pensiero della £15 concs. £13 sera; Il canto d’amore Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Verdi Guarda che bianca luna and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Mercadante Virginia: Cantata for soprano and piano 7.30pm Verdi Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo Gabussi La luna Julia Fischer Quartet Donizetti Il giuramento Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’ Rossini L’ultimo ricordo Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Costa Ecco quel fiero istante Schubert String Quartet in A minor Malibran Nel cor più non mi sento D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Rossini I gondolieri £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Britten Sinfonia Julia Fischer Quartet Anna Bonitatibus © Harry Rankin © Irene Zandel © Frank Bonitatibus 14 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 European Chamber Music Academy Showcase Wigmore Hall’s annual European Chamber Music Academy Showcase spotlights the next generation of top-flight chamber musicians. Its young performers have been chosen by ECMA’s founder Hatto Beyerle in collaboration with Europe’s leading universities, conservatoires and festivals.

The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton

Amatis Piano Trio Simply Quartet Adorno Quartet Trio Vitruvi © Marco Borggreve © Gerard Spee © Studio Fotografico GC © Tom McKenzie

Friday 26 January 1.00pm 1.00pm Adorno Quartet Amatis Piano Trio Simply Quartet Schumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Op. 110 Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 All seats £5 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1 All seats £5 Saturday 27 January 11.00am Sunday 28 January Masterclass with 3.00pm Professor Johannes Meissl Trio Vitruvi & Professor Hatto Beyerle Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat D929; Notturno in E flat D897 with Simply Quartet All seats £5 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Free admission (ticket required) www.wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 15

Friday 26 January Sunday 28 January 7.30pm 11.30am

Angela Hewitt piano Lara Melda piano Angela Hewitt: The Bach Odyssey Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book I Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 BWV846–869 Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage S161 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 £15 concs. £13 Saturday 27 January incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice 7.30pm 7.30pm

Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano Ilker Arcayurek tenor Adele D’Aronzo piano Simon Lepper piano Anna Bonitatibus: Lirica Italiana Schubert Fruhlingsglaube; Lied eines Schiffers Rossini Or che di fiori adorno; Farò come an die Dioskuren; Rastlose Liebe; Abendstern; colui che piange e dice; Ave Maria su due Der Jungling an der Quelle; Am Flusse; Der sole note; A ma belle mère; Arietta all’antica; Jungling auf dem Hugel; Der Schiffer (D536); Une caresse à ma femme Der Doppelgänger; An den Mond (D193); Sgambati Visione; Care luci; Tu sei proprio Über Wildemann; Nachtstuck; Der Einsame; come un fiore & Prière An die Laute; Der Musensohn; Sehnsucht Martucci Scherzo in E Op. 53 No. 2 from (D879); Schäfers Klagelied; Die Liebe hat Tre Scherzi; Pagine sparse Op. 68 gelogen; Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde; Bossi La serenata; Sul prato; Aprile & Che spera Schwanengesang (D744); Gesänge des Harfners: Mancinelli Le Ondine Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Wer nie sein Brot Respighi Tempestoso; Quanta invidia mi fai bel mit Tränen aß & An die Turen will ich schleichen gelsomino; Cantata £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Pilati 2 Madrigali del Guarini Supported by an anonymous donor Mix Due Preludi; Omaggio a Stravinsky Berio 4 Canzoni populari Monday 29 January Carpi Il Filo Strappato; Portami un fiore 1.00pm £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Apollon Musagète Quartet Sibelius Andante Festivo Puccini Crisantemi Grieg String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 £15 concs. £13

Angela Hewitt Anna Bonitatibus Lara Melda Ilker Acrayürek © Keith Saunders © Frank Bonitatibus © Benjamin Harte 16 • JANUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 29 January Wednesday 31 January 7.30pm 1.00pm

Escher String Quartet Gemma Summerfield soprano Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Ferdinand Keller tenor Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Harrison Hintzsche baritone Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11 Graham Johnson piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Schubert: The Complete Songs

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Schubert Entra l’uomo allor che nasce; and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by Serbate, o dei custodi; Misero pargoletto; CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Szene aus Goethes ‘Faust’; Die Mondnacht; Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. An die Sonne (D272); Wer sich der Einsamkeit Tuesday 30 January ergibt (D325); Lodas Gespenst; Klage an den Mond; Die Gestirne; Wer nie sein Brot 7.30pm mit Tränen aß (Gesänge des Harfners) Hagen Quartet D478/2 (first & second settings); Klage um Ali Bey (D496a); Klage um Ali Bey (D140); Jörg Widmann clarinet Zufriedenheit II (D501); Herbstlied; Sehnsucht Jörg Widmann as Composer–Performer (D516); Memnon; Abend (fragment) (D645); An mein Herz; Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid); Webern String Quartet (1905) Mignon und der Harfner from ‘Gesänge aus Jörg Widmann Quintet for clarinet and string Wilhelm Meister’; Wolke und Quelle (sketch) quartet – lento assai* (UK première) D896b; Sie in jedem Liede (sketch) D896a; Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Lebensmut (fragment) (D937); Glaube, Hoffnung *Co-commissioned by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Madrid; Muziekgebouw Amsterdam; Strijikkwartet und Liebe (D955); Die Taubenpost D965a Biennale Amsterdam; Lugan Musica; Carnegie Hall New £15 concs. £13 York; Cité de la Musique Paris; Mozartwoche Salzburg; Philharmonie Essen; and by Wigmore Hall with the support Approximately two hours in duration (with interval) of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Escher String Quartet Hagen Quarte Gemma Summerfield Graham Johnson © Sophie Zhai © Harald Hoffmann © Arno Photography © Clive Barda www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 17

7.30pm Thursday 1 February 7.30pm Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Mark Padmore tenor Julius Drake piano Roderick Williams baritone Schubert: The Complete Songs Julius Drake piano Final concert in Schubert series Rory Kinnear actor Schubert Namenstagslied; Fruhlingsglaube; Songs of the Sea Das Echo; Augenlied; Bei dir allein!; Ireland Sea Fever Lambertine; Geheimes; Wiegenlied (D498); Haydn Sailor’s song An den Mond (D193); In der Mitternacht; Stanford Drake’s Drum Erlkönig; Suleika I & II; Der Ungluckliche; Finzi Channel Firing Heimliches Lieben; Ruckweg; Gesang der Fauré Au cimetière Norna; Rosamunde; Der liebliche Stern; Duparc La vie antérieure Der Jungling an der Quelle; Lied des Florio; Fauré Les berceaux Abschied von der Erde Clarke The Seal Man £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Tippett Full fathom five Elgar Sea Slumber Song from Sea Pictures Mendelssohn Wasserfahrt Schubert Der Schiffer (D536); Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Meeres Stille (D216) Brahms Meerfahrt; Die Meere Wolf Seemanns Abschied Elgar Where corals lie from Sea Pictures Britten Tom Bowling; Sail on, sail on Hely Hutchinson The Owl and the Pussycat £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Graham Johnson Angelika Kirchschlager Mark Padmore Roderick Williams Julius Drake © Clive Barda © Nikolaus Karlinsky © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega © Marco Borggreve 18 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 2 February Saturday 3 February 10.15am & 11.45am 11.00am – 12 noon Chamber Tots CAVATINA Family Concert: Bear Hunt Barbican Piano Trio We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their For ages 5 plus parents/carers to join us as we go on a Bear Join the award-winning Barbican Piano Trio for Hunt! This interactive music-making workshop an interactive family concert which explores the features songs, percussion and the chance wonderful world of chamber music. to meet some exciting instruments up close, Children £10 led by our experienced Chamber Tots music Adults £12 leaders alongside emerging ensembles. CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing 10.15am (1–2 year olds) & chamber music to young people and young people to 11.45am (3–5 year olds) chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall. Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4 7.30pm Ensemble 360 7.30pm Janáček Concertino The Endellion String Quartet Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20 Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2 Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Sunday 4 February Op. 30 11.30am £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Ensemble 360 Martinů Nonet for wind quintet, string trio and double bass Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Chamber Tots Ensemble 360 Barbican Piano Trio © Benjamin Ealovega © Sam Pearce www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 19

7.30pm 7.30pm

Daniel Behle tenor The Monday Platform Armonia Atenea Eunsley Park violin Markellos Chryssicos Maria Tarasewicz piano director, harpsichord Joy Lisney solo cello Opera Arias Schubert Sonata (Sonatina) in D D384 Gluck Qual ira... Oggi per me non sudi from Britten Suite No. 3 for solo cello La contesa de’ numi; Son lungi e non mi brami Joy Lisney ScordaturA for solo cello from Le cinesi; Trio Sonata in G minor Wq. 53 Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 No. 2; Bel piacer saria d’un core from La in D minor BWV1004 Semiramide riconosciuta; Non hai cor per Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano un’impresa fro Ipermestra; Io veggo in £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 lontananza from Semiramide riconosciuta; Park Lane Group (Reg. Charity No. 252205) Quercia annosa sull’erte pendici from Antigono; Trio Sonata in F Wq. 53 No. 6; Cruelle, non, Tuesday 6 February jamais from Iphigénie en Aulide; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice from Orphée et Eurydice 1.00pm £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 2017/18 Sean Shibe guitar Monday 5 February 1.00pm Bach Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV997 Villa-Lobos A selection of Preludes and Études Golda Schultz soprano £13 concs. £11 Jonathan Ware piano Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) Mozart An Chloe; Das Lied der Trennung YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Schubert Heimliches Lieben; Romanze zum Charity, Help Musicians UK and the International Music and Drama Rosamunde; Suleika I & II Art Foundation for this series. Beach Three Browning Songs Op. 44 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Carter Cantata and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact £15 concs. £13 the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Danie Behle Golda Schultz Eunsley Park Sean Shibe © Julian Laidig © Gregor Rohrig © Kaupo Kikkas 20 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 6 February 7.30pm 7.30pm Robin Tritschler tenor Henning Kraggerud violin Christopher Glynn piano Natalie Clein cello A Heine Songbook Christian Ihle Hadland piano Meyerbeer Komm du schönes Fischermädchen Clarke Dumka (Duo Concertante for violin and Brahms Sommerabend viola with piano) transcribed for violin and cello C Schumann Sie liebten sich beide Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87 Loewe Der Asra Henning Kraggerud Victimae Paschali for piano trio Mendelssohn Reiterlied Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ Brahms Meerfahrt Jensen Lehn deine Wang an meine Wang £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Mendelssohn Auf Flugeln des Gesanges Liszt Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen Wednesday 7 February Brahms Mondenschein; Es schauen die Blumen 1.00pm – 4.00pm Bruckner Fruhlingslied Thomas Quasthoff Mendelssohn Neue Liebe Saint-Saëns Clair de lune Masterclass Rimsky-Korsakov The pine and the palm £10 concs. £8 Grieg Eingehullt in graue Wolken Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Rachmaninov Child! you are as fair as a flower and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Bridge All things that we clasp Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and Tchaikovsky Otchevo? quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Schumann Dichterliebe £38 £33 £27 £20 £15

Henning Kraggerud Natalie Clein Thomas Quasthoff Robin Tritschler © Robert Romik © Neda Navaee © Bernd Brundert © Sussie Ahlburg www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 21

Thursday 8 February Saturday 10 February 7.30pm 6.00pm The English Concert Nash Ensemble Harry Bicket director, organ Stephanie Gonley violin Lawrence Power viola Nadja Zwiener violin Adrian Brendel cello Jonathan Manson viola da gamba Philippa Davies flute Dorothee Mields soprano Ian Brown piano Buxtehude: Bach’s Hero Nash Ensemble: The French Connection Buxtehude Sonata in C BuxWV266; Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet BuxWV5; Trio Sonata Duruflé Prélude, Récitatif et Variations in D minor BuxWV257; Herr, auf Dich traue for flute, viola and piano Op. 3 ich BuxWV35; Gen Himmel zu dem Vater Sein Debussy Sonata for cello and piano BuxWV32; Trio Sonata in G minor BuxWV261; Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Trio Sonata in D BuxWV267; O fröhliche All seats £3 Stunden BuxWV84 7.30pm £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Nash Ensemble Friday 9 February Sophie Bevan soprano 7.30pm Leslie Caron reciter Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Nash Ensemble: Mahan Esfahani: The French Connection Bach Harpsichord Works Ravel Sonatine Bach Sonata in A minor after Reinken (arr. for flute, viola and harp by Salzedo/Kanga) BWV965; English Suite No. 3 in G minor Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics; BWV808; English Suite No. 4 in BWV809; Two Poems by Konstantin Balmont Toccata in D BWV912 Debussy Chansons de Bilitis (arr. Boulez) Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Dorothee Mields Mahan Esfahani Adrian Brendel Sophie Bevan © Harald Hoffmann © Bernhard Musil © Jack Liebeck © Sussie Ahlburg 22 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Christian Tetzlaff Focus Wigmore Hall celebrates the work of Christian Tetzlaff, bold and independent in his interpretations of music of all periods and pioneer of innovative chamber music projects.

Sunday 11 February Forthcoming Events in this Series 7.30pm Sunday 20 May 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff violin Tetzlaff Quartet Florian Donderer violin Sunday 10 June 7.30pm Rachel Roberts viola Tetzlaff Quartet Jörg Widmann clarinet Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Tanja Tetzlaffcello Martin Helmchen piano Julian Prégardien tenor Schubert Schwanengesang Schubert String Quintet in C D956 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

Christian Tetzlaff © Giorgia Bertazzi www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 23

Sunday 11 February Tuesday 13 February 11.30am 5.45pm – 6.45pm Pavel Haas Quartet Bechstein Sessions: Fabled Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ We’re delighted to launch Bechstein Sessions, Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From a new series of informal performances in the my life’ Bechstein Bar. £15 concs. £13 incl. Sam Rapley saxophone & clarinet programme and coffee/sherry/juice Alex Munk guitar Matt Robinson piano Monday 12 February Conor Chaplin double bass 1.00pm Will Glaser drums SCO Winds Fabled explores a wealth of textures, harmonies and grooves, taking inspiration Beethoven Wind Sextet in E flat Op. 71 from Debussy, Sarah Vaughan and Bon Iver. Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and bassoon £5 Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103 £15 concs. £13 7.30pm

7.30pm Jamal Aliyev cello Jerusalem Quartet Daniel Evans piano Eccles Violin Sonata in G minor (transcription Haydn String Quartet Series for cello and piano by Jawher Matmati) Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 ‘The Bird’; String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 ‘The Lark’; String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Martinů Variations on a theme by Rossini £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Kirckman Concert Society Supported by LankellyChase Foundation

Pavel Haas Quartet SCO Winds Jerusalem Quartet Fabled © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve © Felix Broede 24 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wigmore Hall Learning is thrilled to launch its first ever Festival. Seven Ages is an exploration of the stories and stages of our lives, and the different journeys we all take, reflecting on life and experience in its many and varied forms. Taking our Learning programme strands as inspiration, we invite you to explore with us the path from birth to older age, and everything in between.

Seven Ages Journeys through Life Tuesday 13 February Tuesday 20 February 5.45pm 10.30am – 1.30pm Bechstein Sessions Come and Sing

Wednesday 14 February Wednesday 21 February 10.30am – 3.30pm 11.00am – 11.45am and 12.30pm – 1.15pm Musical Portraits: Family Day For Crying Out Loud!

Thursday 15 February Thursday 22 February 6.00pm Panel Discussion: Parenthood 11.00am – 12 noon 7.30pm Helen Grime world première Schools Concert: The Empty Chair

Friday 16 February Friday 23 February 11.00am – 12 noon 7.30pm Relaxed Concert All the World’s a Stage concert

Saturday 17 February Saturday 24 February 10.00am – 12 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm 10.00am – 3.30pm Family Sounds Big Sing www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 25

Seven Ages Journeys through Life Musical Portraits Band Musical Pathways For young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions Drop in to the Bechstein Room to explore Monday 12 February 11.00am – 3.30pm your own musical journey with Wired4Music, Tuesday 13 February 11.00am – 3.30pm a community of young creatives. We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Monday 12 February Conditions to be inspired by paintings in the National Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Portrait Gallery, and to create their own works of Wednesday 14 February art and music with inspiring visual artists alongside Between 4.00pm and 5.30pm Wigmore Hall Learning Associate Artists Ignite. Friday 16 February For more information, and to apply for a place, Between 10.00am and 1.00pm contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email Monday 19 February [email protected]. Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm

Free (application required) Free (no ticket required) In partnership with the National In partnership with Wired4Music, Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts led by Sound Connections 26 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 14 February Thursday 15 February 10.30am – 3.30pm 6.00pm Family Day: Musical Portraits Discussion Panel The families of Musical Portraits participants Helen Grime and Fiona Benson discuss the come together with Ignite at Wigmore Hall topic of parenthood. to take part in their own music making and £5 explore the creative process of the Musical Portraits Band. 7.30pm Children £12 Adults £16 Ruby Hughes soprano In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery Joseph Middleton piano For more information, and to apply for a Songs for New Life and Love place, contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Schumann Prelude from Jugendlieder 1827; Key Arts on 020 8964 5060 or Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 email [email protected] Mahler Kindertotenlieder Ives Serenity; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; 7.30pm Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather Sad; Songs my mother taught me Artemis Quartet Helen Grime New work* (world première) Mozart String Quartet in F K590 ‘Prussian’ Britten Ca the Yowes; At the mid hour of night; Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Come you not from Newcastle?; O Waly, Waly Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Op. 44 No. 1 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 grant-making foundation Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Helen Grime, Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, is Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the supported by The Marchus Trust Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Family Day Artemis Quartet Helen Grime Ruby Hughes © Benjamin Ealovega © Nikolaj Lund © Amy Barton © Barry Hale www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 27

Friday 16 February Saturday 17 February 11.00am – 12 noon 10.00am and 1.00pm Relaxed Concert Family Sounds Heath Quartet Join us for this music-making workshop for This relaxed concert is open to everyone and children aged 0–5 and their parents or carers, provides a special opportunity to explore music which offers the opportunity to co-create a new in an informal environment. Join the dynamic piece inspired by the music of our Composer Heath Quartet for a concert exploring the in Residence, Helen Grime. Workshop leaders Seven Ages theme, and enjoy a cup of tea or Esther Sheridan and Lucy Drever lead us in coffee afterwards. There is a relaxed attitude exploration of singing, play and poetry, and our to noise and movement, and house lights will new piece will be shared online! remain up. Audience members are able to Repeated 1.00pm – 3.00pm move in and out of the auditorium as they need £6 Children £8 Adults to, and there is a designated quiet area. £5

7.30pm

Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Polina Leschenko piano Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Poulenc Violin Sonata Mozart Violin Sonata in E flat K380 György Kurtág Tre pezzi Op. 14e Enescu Impressions d’enfance Op. 28 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

Ruby Hughes Heath Quartet Patricia Kopatchinskaja Polina Leschenko Family Sounds © Barry Hale © Simon Way © Marco Borggreve © Marc Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega 28 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 17 February Sunday 18 February 7.30pm 11.30am Avex Classics Quatuor Zaïde International Wigmore Series Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Bartosz Woroch violin Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Enno Senft double bass £15 concs. £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Philippe Tondre oboe Makoto Yoshida clarinet 7.30pm Teunis van der Zwart horn Škampa Quartet Rie Koyama bassoon Melvyn Tan piano Masanori Oishi saxophone Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Honjo Hidejiro shamisen Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Korngold Piano Quintet in E Op. 15 Mei Yi Foo piano £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Yu Kosuge piano Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Dai Fujikura Portrait Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Dai Fujikura Rubi(co)n for clarinet; Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Milliampere for solo toy piano; Es for solo Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. double bass; Sakana for solo saxophone; Deepened Arc (Piano Etude No. 2) for solo piano; Frozen Heat for solo piano; Neo for solo shamisen (UK première); SekSek and Ayatori for solo piano; Following for solo bassoon; Breathless for toy piano and violin; Samarasa for solo violin; Go for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (UK première) £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Dai Fujikura Quatuor Zaïde Škampa Quartet Melvyn Tan © Milena Mihaylova © Neda Navaee www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 29

Monday 19 February Tuesday 20 February 1.00pm 10.30am – 1.30pm

Ashley Riches bass-baritone Come and Sing Joseph Middleton piano For families living with dementia A Musical Zoo As part of our Seven Ages festival, join Isabelle Schubert Die Forelle; Die Vögel; Der Alpenjäger Adams for a session of group singing exploring Fauré Le papillon et la fleur a mixture of music from across the ages, Saint-Saëns La coccinelle followed by tea and coffee. We welcome people Massenet La mort de la cigale living with dementia and their family, friends Ravel Histoires naturelles and carers to attend. No previous experience Vernon Duke Ogden Nash’s Musical Zoo needed, just an enthusiasm to sing!

£15 concs. £13 Free (booking required) Book through the Ashley Riches is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8246 7.30pm or [email protected]. The Monday Platform In partnership with Westminster Arts Behn Quartet Neill–Kim Duo: Henry Neill baritone Somi Kim piano Shostakovich Two pieces for string quartet: Elegy and Polka Maxwell Davies Quartet Movement Loewe Tom der Reimer; Hinkende Jamben; Freibeuter; Meeresleuchten Wolf Der Feuerreiter; Fußreise; An die Geliebte; Lied eines Verliebten; Der Tambour Judith Weir Songs from the Exotic Ravel String Quartet in F £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Supported by The Musicians’ Company & Concordia Foundation Artists Fund

Ashley Riches Henry Neill Somi Kim Come and Sing © Debbie Scanlan © James Berry 30 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm Wigmore Study Group: Phantasm Haydn String Quartets Laurence Dreyfus director, treble viol Wednesday 21 February Emilia Benjamin treble viol, tenor viol 3.00pm – 6.00pm Jonathan Manson tenor viol Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol Monday 26 February Emily Ashton tenor viol 3.00pm – 6.00pm Jonathan Rees bass viol Wednesday 28 February The world of Byrd: consorts, hymns, 3.00pm – 6.00pm divisions & dances Witness the birth of the string quartet Byrd Five Fantasias a 3 and a 4; Fantasia a 5 and trace its development to the height of (‘Two parts in one’); Two Fantasias a 6 (‘to invention. Haydn’s quartets from his time the vyolls’); Kyrie, Sanctus & Agnus Dei from at the Esterházy estate are associated with Missa a 4; Miserere; Sermone Blando; Christe the freedom he enjoyed in Vienna and the redemptor omnium; Browning (‘The Leaves friendships he formed there, most famously be green’); Queen’s Goodnight (Prelude and with Mozart. Delve into these works, which Ground); La Virginella; Though Amaryllis have never been surpassed in their intimacy dance in green; In fields abroad; Susanna fair; of interaction between four equal yet My Mistress had a little dog; In Nomines: a 4 independent instruments, with composer and a 5; Galliard a 5, Pavan and Galliard a 6 Julian Philips alongside pianist Laura Roberts, guest speakers, and performers £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Wednesday 21 February Series ticket price 11.00am and 12.30pm £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for For Crying Out Loud! the evening concert on 28 February Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Phantasm For Crying Out Loud! © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega

Joseph Haydn © Thomas Hardy www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 31

7.30pm Friday 23 February 7.30pm Steven Isserlis cello Lord Mayor’s Gala Concert Alexander Melnikov piano Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Ailish Tynan soprano Mikhail Pletnev Sonata for cello and piano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Evgeny Kissin Sonata-Ballade for cello and piano tenor Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Ilker Arcayurek bass-baritone £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Stephan Loges Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle Graham Johnson piano All the World’s a Stage Thursday 22 February Joseph Phibbs New Commission* 11.00am – 12 noon Haydn Der Greis Schubert Der Knabe; Schools Concert Die Knabenzeit; An die Laute; Greisengesang; Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk TROUPE: The Empty Chair Schumann Schlusslied des Narren; Key Stage 2 Die wandelnde Glocke; Er und Sie Featuring music by Debussy, Couperin, Brahms O wusst ich doch den Weg zuruck; Berio, Moondog and TROUPE, get involved Ich sah als Knabe Blumen bluhn with games and music making. Wolf Sie blasen zum Abmarsch; Ihr jungen Leute, die ihr zieht ins Feld; Der Soldat I Children £4 Adults Free Mahler Lob des hohen Verstandes from (ticket required) Des Knaben Wunderhorn Gilbert & Sullivan 7.30pm When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar from Trial by Jury Duparc Au pays où se fait Doric String Quartet la guerre Poulenc Le sommeil; Le retour du Haydn String Quartet Series sergent from Chansons villageoises Britten A Charm from A Charm of Lullabies; Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 64 No. 1; String Black Day from Who are these Children? Quartet in B minor Op. 64 No. 2; Coward Bronxville Darby and Joan String Quartet in B flat Op. 64 No. 3 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 of Nicholas and Judith Goodison £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Steven Isserlis Doric String Quartet Ailish Tynan Anna Huntley © Joanna Bergin © George Garnier © Benjamin Ealovega © Kaupo Kikkas 32 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 24 February 3.00pm 10.00am – 3.00pm Johannes Kammler baritone Big Sing! Roger Vignoles piano Join Isabelle Adams for a Big Sing! celebration Schubert An Schwager Kronos; Wonne of our Seven Ages festival, with this special der Wehmut; Schäfers Klagelied; Wandrers opportunity to develop your singing skills and Nachtlied I; An die Entfernte; Gruppe aus dem explore new music with Wigmore Hall Learning. Tartarus Wolf Peregrina I & II £25 concs. £19 Schoeck Peregrina: Aufgeschmuckt ist der Freudensaal; Ein Irrsaal kam in die Mondscheingärten; Die Liebe, sagt man, 7.30pm steht am Pfahl gebunden Wihan Quartet Mendelssohn Der Mond; Venetianisches Gondellied; Pagenlied; Nachtlied Mozart String Quartet in B flat K458 ‘Hunt’ Wolf Der Gärtner; In der Fruhe; Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 Der Tambour; Verborgenheit; Selbstgeständnis ‘Razumovsky’ All seats £15 Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Op. 105 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 7.30pm Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 Pieter Wispelwey cello year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Alasdair Beatson piano Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Reger Suite No. 2 in D minor Op. 131c Brahms Sonata Op. 78 (cello transcription Sunday 25 February of Violin Sonata) 11.30am Brahms arr. Wispelwey Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 (arr. for cello and piano); Joseph Moog piano Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2 Haydn Fantasia in C HXVII:4 (arr. for cello and piano) Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Debussy L’isle joyeuse Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor Free tickets for schools and 8–25 £15 concs. £13 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Wihan Quartet Joseph Moog Johannes Kammler Pieter Wispelwey © Lukas Novotny © Thommy Mardo © Michael Haggenmüller © Caroline Sikkink www.wigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 33

Monday 26 February Tuesday 27 February 1.00pm 7.30pm

Aleksandar Madžar piano Louis Lortie piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Schubert Fantasy Sonata in G D894 Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 1 All seats £15 Chopin Mazurka in F minor Op. 7 No. 3; Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 7.30pm Thomas Adès Mazurka Op. 27 No. 2 Les Talens Lyriques Chopin Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3; Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. 44 Christophe Rousset director £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Gilone Gaubert-Jacques violin Gabriel Grosbard violin Wednesday 28 February Emmanuel Jacques cello 7.30pm Jodie Devos soprano Judith Van Wanroij soprano Doric String Quartet Love and death in Venice Haydn String Quartet Series Monteverdi Chiome d’oro; O come sei gentile; Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 64 No. 4; Ahi sciocco mondo e cieco String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’; Castello Seconda Sonata from Sonata String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6 Concertante in Stil Moderno, Libro Primo Monteverdi From L’incoronazione di Poppea: £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Prologue & Sinfonia; Signor, deh non partire; Signor oggi rinasco & Pur ti miro, pur ti godo; Sento un certo non so che Rossi A che tanto spavento; Che può far Citherea; Vi renda Amor mercè; Lasciate, Averno Rosenmuller Sonata Sesta a 3 Cavalli Lamento di Cassandra & Lamento di Didone £50 £40 £30 £25 £15

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L T N 36 Wigmore Street, OXFORD ST BOND OXFORD London W1U 2BP STREET CIRCUS Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 A musician who smiles shares their love of music with the audience 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 If you are not smiling enough Tubes can be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or do visit us. We are located a by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be short walk from Wigmore Hall, Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141. Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube where our outstanding team stations are both close by. Disabled Access and Facilities of highly qualified specialists lead the way in dental implant Buses Full details from 020 7935 2141 or [email protected] practice. A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately a five-minute walk from 45 Wimpole Street Wigmore Hall. London, W1G 8SB Wigmore Hall has been awarded the www.dawoodandtanner.co.uk 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. To book a consultation, Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish please ring: 020 7935 0080 Square, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all of which This brochure is available in alternative formats. are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore If this would be of assistance to you, please Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme email [email protected] or call which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount 020 7935 2141. on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website.

Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Shiry Rashkovsky, Violist How to get to Wigmore Hall THE SPECIALIST DENTAL PRACTICE is proud to support Wigmore Hall’s 2017/18 Season

A musician who smiles shares their love of music with the audience

If you are not smiling enough do visit us. We are located a short walk from Wigmore Hall, where our outstanding team of highly qualified specialists lead the way in dental implant practice.

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To book a consultation, please ring: 020 7935 0080

Shiry Rashkovsky, Violist Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM, HonFRIAM 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

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