2019 /20 SEASON PREVIEW ‘ adroitly moves forward while appearing to remain the same, this year introducing live streams.’ Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, December 2018

‘ The world’s greatest venue.’ Richard Morrison, The Times, January 2019

2 • SEASON PREVIEW It has been a huge joy and privilege to put the 2019/20 Season together. I am convinced that it is one of our strongest ever. We celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth throughout the year, with a very special opening weekend festival forged around perspectives on Beethoven; everything from music and disability and hearing loss, to John Gilhooly the way composers past and present © Benjamin Ealovega have treated Beethoven’s legacy. Many living composers join us throughout the season, and I am particularly delighted to welcome the pianist and composer, innovator, improviser and Harvard Professor, Vijay Iyer. I invited him to represent the idea of music without borders throughout this very special season. Brahms, Britten and Bach also dominate the season, as well as the Hall welcoming the world’s best song recitalists and pianists. We particularly look forward to recitals from Sir , , , , Philippe Jaroussky, Marianne Crebassa and the pianist , who will perform both a solo recital and a concert with Musicians from the Mahler Chamber . I am very grateful to all our donors for their generosity and encouragement. Donations from our supporters are integral to maintaining the quality and scope of everything we present here, and I hope that we can count on you once again to be part of this ‘ The world’s greatest chamber music venue.’ wonderful new season. Richard Morrison, The Times, January 2019 I look forward to welcoming you during the year ahead.

SEASON PREVIEW • 3 Beethoven Born in 1770 into an age of political turmoil and social unrest, Beethoven wrote music marked by the spirit of revolution. Wigmore Hall’s season-long exploration of the composer’s timeless art (covering all of his instrumental and chamber works) is certain to reveal fresh insights, first and foremost in a special opening weekend festival. Across ten in just two days, the festival places Beethoven in context through the works of his antecedents, his direct successors and those in the twentieth century who still felt his influence. and Robert Levin open the festival with a selection of Beethoven’s sonatas and variations, and they are followed by, among others, Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, the Škampa Quartet, in the final three piano sonatas, and the groundbreaking chamber ensemble O/Modernt.

Elisabeth Leonskaja Alina Ibragimova Jonathan Biss © Marco Borggreve © Eva Vermandel © Benjamin Ealovega

Special Priority Booking for the Opening Weekend of the Beethoven Festival (Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 September) will be available to Friends of Wigmore Hall in late February 2019. Further information will follow soon.

4 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Vijay Iyer © Jimmy Katz

As a musician and educator, Vijay Iyer stands for music made without borders. Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence, hailed by as ‘one of the world’s most inventive new-generation jazz pianists’, will contemplate music’s presence in all human cultures from prehistory to the digital age. He is set to complement the Hall’s Beethoven programme by probing the nature of improvisation and examining humankind’s innate musicality. Oxford-based anthropologist © Marco Borggreve and musician Professor Georgina Born and the Aurora Orchestra are ready to join Iyer’s Throughout the season, further Beethoven highlights include Jonathan Biss, James Ehnes contemplations ‘On Musicality’. and Miklós Perényi in respective surveys of the composer’s complete piano, , and cello sonatas; the complete string quartets from the Belcea Quartet; the complete piano trios from James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega the Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch; and the complete string trios from Jean-Guihen Queyras, Daniel Sepec and . Cédric Tiberghien will begin a two-season series of Beethoven’s piano variations, and and Cédric Pescia will perform Liszt’s arrangement of the Ninth Symphony for two pianos, while there are red-letter Beethoven dates too, from Sir András Schiff, Sir , Michael Collins, Leonidas Kavakos and .

This festival is being made possible in part by a generous grant from the Fondation Hoffmann, with additional funding from members of our Beethoven Circle. For more information on the Beethoven Circle and to become involved with this major celebration, please contact Isabel Harvey-Kelly at [email protected] or call 020 7258 8226. Suggested annual donation of £2,500

SEASON PREVIEW • 5 Brahms Brahms is in the Wigmore Hall spotlight next season with a programme built around the Castalian , fast-rising stars and recipient of the 2018 Merito String Quartet Award and Valentin Erben Prize. The Quartet launches the Hall’s Brahms Series in partnership with violist Isabel Charisius and cellist Ursula Smith, performing two works taken from opposite ends of the composer’s career – the in B flat Op. 18 and the elegiac in G Op. 111. The Castalian Quartet returns later in the season to explore Brahms’s complete string quartets in company with his works for five and six strings and compositions by his friend and mentor, . Musicologist Katy Hamilton will lead study events throughout the season relating to her major new book on Brahms, co-edited with Natasha Loges and published in 2019.

Jonathan Plowright Castalian String Quartet © Diane Shaw © Kaupo Kikkas

6 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Piano Trio © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Nancy Horowitz

Brahms’s chamber music is also at the centre of Stephen Hough’s 2019/20 Season residency, which spans five concerts, and he joins Michael Collins for Brahms’s two sonatas in a concert which also includes the clarinet quintet with the Castalian String Quartet. Other collaborations include performances with Renaud Capuçon, Steven Isserlis and Andrei Ioniţă. The striking tonal richness of Brahms’s chamber music can also be heard in four concerts from the Vienna Piano Trio, embracing everything from his cello sonatas and three piano trios to the Horn Trio and Clarinet Trio, and Brahms’s artistic Michael Collins passions and musical influences surface © Benjamin Ealovega again when pianist Jonathan Plowright concludes his Brahms Plus series.

SEASON PREVIEW • 7 Britten Wigmore Hall played a decisive part in ’s development. In the 1930s, it staged the first performances of several chamber pieces and the UK première of the Variations on a Theme of Frank . During the following decade, the Hall secured its place in the history of Britten when it hosted the world premières of Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, the Second String Quartet and The Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Wigmore Hall reflects on Britten’s legacy in nine concerts and related Learning events during 2019/20. The season opens on 13 September with a Britten gala featuring , Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, and James Baillieu.

Sophie Bevan Louise Alder Christine Rice © Sussie Ahlburg © Gerard Collett © Patricia Taylor

8 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk This landmark series includes an evening of Britten’s choral music from Vox Luminis and performances of the composer’s complete songs with piano. A starry line-up of artists is set to explore the Canticles, an irresistible programme to be streamed live on Wigmore Hall’s website, while Allan Clayton crowns the series with a late-night date with Britten’s seductive Cabaret Songs.

Doric String Quartet © George Garnier

Allan Clayton © Sim Canetty-Clarke

It continues with two anniversary concerts, the first celebrating the composer’s birthday (also St Cecilia’s Day), the second commemorating his death: the Doric String Quartet marks Britten’s birthday with an evening comprising the three string quartets, and the Aurora Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth are joined on 4 December by Allan Clayton in the Serenade and by Sophie Bevan in Les Illuminations.

SEASON PREVIEW • 9 & Baroque Rachel Podger © Theresa Pewal Wigmore Hall underlines its commitment to Early Music in 2019/20 with a season rich in world-class performers and programmes. concludes her Bach Odyssey while Mahan Esfahani continues his revelatory Bach Harpsichord series with three concerts. The strength of the Hall’s Early Music Series is reflected in the scope and diversity of its residencies, with three concerts from L’Arpeggiata and four from Ensemble Marsyas, virtuoso performers of eighteenth-century music for wind instruments, who will mark the New Year with a musical feast for Hogmanay.

One of the great names in period-instrument performance, Concentus Musicus Wien, comes to Wigmore Hall for the first time, joining a glittering array of performers and ensembles that includes , , Orfeo 55 and Nathalie Stutzmann, Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler, Fretwork, Tenebrae, Akademie für Alte Musik , and Collegium Vocale Gent. The Hall will also Ensemble Marsyas resound to the life-affirming work ofRachel © David Barbour Podger, subject of a 2019/20 artist residency spanning three all-Bach evening concerts and three Sunday Morning Concerts devoted to Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin.

Wigmore Hall’s continually expanding Early Music Series is made possible by the generous contribution of members of our Early Music and Baroque Circle. If you would like to help us promote the performance of this very special repertoire at the Hall, and receive additional insight through special events throughout the season, please contact Isabel Harvey-Kelly at [email protected] or call 020 7258 8226 for further information about the Circle. Suggested annual donation of £1,000-£2,000

10 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Vocal

Over the past decade has , Christoph Prégardien, Stéphane become a firm favourite at Wigmore Hall. The Degout, Dame Sarah Connolly, Franco Fagioli, GRAMMY Award-winning British countertenor, Christiane Karg, Anna Caterina Antonacci, hailed recently by The Guardian for his ‘faultless Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson and Philippe sense of line’ and the Financial Times for his Jaroussky. Brenda Rae, fêted for her title-role ‘technical athleticism’, marks his 40th birthday performance in Berg’s at English National on 16 September with members of The English , returns to Wigmore Hall following the Concert. His residency runs across the 2019/20 success of her Hall debut in December 2018. Season with three further concerts, including a summer evening’s date with the . Wigmore Hall relies on the generous support of Voices at Wigmore to help us keep the unique Next season’s Song Series sees more Schumann tradition of the song recital thriving. If you would from and friends, and Mark like to be involved with this dynamic group of vocal Padmore is joined by Kristian Bezuidenhout for an enthusiasts, and enjoy a selection of special events exploration of Schubert’s song cycles. Look out also throughout the season, please add your voice to theirs! For further information please contact Isabel for the first full recitals from French mezzoMarianne Harvey-Kelly at [email protected] , and American soprano , Crebassa Claron McFadden or call 020 7258 8226. and eagerly awaited returns for , Suggested annual donation of £1,000-£2,000 , Sir Bryn Terfel, ,

Susan Graham Iestyn Davies Christian Gerhaher Roderick Williams © Dario Acosta © Benjamin Ealovega © Thomas Egli © Benjamin Ealovega

Claron McFadden © Erik de Jong

SEASON PREVIEW • 11 Contemporary

Huw Watkins’s new work for percussionist Colin Currie, commissioned by Wigmore Hall, a day devoted to Freya Waley- Cohen’s reflections on Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge for string quartet and violin, and a Study Day and concert to mark Kevin Volans’s 70th birthday are among the standout dates in Wigmore Hall’s Contemporary calendar for 2019/20. The new season will also open minds, with fresh thinking on musicality and cognition from Wigmore Composer in Residence Vijay Iyer, and deliver roller-coaster repertoire adventures with the JACK Quartet and BCMG. Firm Wigmore favourites , Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen join forces for the UK première of Mustonen’s new work Taivaanvalot (‘Heavenly Lights’).

Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve

Vijay Iyer © Lena Adasheva

12 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Piano

Next season’s Pianoforte Series dovetails with the Hall’s focus on Beethoven and Brahms to encompass Jonathan Biss’s vision of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas and the continuation of Jonathan Plowright’s Brahms Plus programmes. Sir András Schiff offers lectures on and performances of Beethoven’s three last sonatas, and his latest thoughts on works by Schubert, while Elisabeth Leonskaja moves from late Beethoven on the Hall’s opening weekend to Francesco Piemontesi continue her Mozart and the Second © Marco Borggreve Viennese School series.

The international roster of recitalists spans the ages, extending from Beatrice Rana, Benjamin Grosvenor and Pavel Kolesnikov to Marc-André Hamelin, Christian Blackshaw and Richard Goode. Other highlights include the start of a new Schubert cycle from Francesco Piemontesi, who will also perform the composer’s complete keyboard works over several seasons at the Schubertiade Hohenems. Leif Ove Andsnes appears with Musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and in a solo recital, and Imogen Cooper celebrates her 70th birthday in October by performing Schubert’s three last sonatas. Leif Ove Andsnes Beatrice Rana © Gregor Hohenberg © Nicolas Bets SEASON PREVIEW • 13 Quatuor Danel Chamber Music © Marco Borggreve

Sheku Kanneh-Mason © Lars Borges © Felix Broede Beethoven’s complete string quartets, violin sonatas and cello sonatas, the complete chamber music for strings by Brahms, a Michael Collins residency and the mature reflections ofStephen Hough and friends on the chamber works of Brahms and his contemporaries flow through next season’s Chamber Music Series. Wigmore Hall also marks the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg with one of the largest ever retrospectives of the Polish-born Soviet composer’s chamber music. Quatuor Danel, the first group to record all seventeen of Weinberg’s string quartets, leads the way with an eleven-concert, two-season survey of the complete string quartet cycle. Violinist Linus Roth will lead Wigmore’s Weinberg Focus Day in October, while Daniel Elphick will launch his new book about Weinberg at the Hall. Other chamber music highlights include recitals from Leonidas Kavakos, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Janine Jansen and the Takács Quartet.

14 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Here is just one example of Learning our partnerships… Solace Women’s Aid is an organisation that In 2019/20 our Learning Festival theme is for more than 40 years has supported women Musical Conversations. But what do we mean by and children in London to build safe and a musical conversation? strong lives and futures free from abuse and violence. We lead workshops with women Our Learning programme is special because it Singing with Friends © Hope Fitzgerald Singing with Friends and children who have experienced domestic draws its core values of equality, creativity and abuse, using music-making to help improve collaboration directly from chamber music, an art their wellbeing and provide a space where form which enables every voice to be heard and women and children can have fun together equally valued. and express themselves creatively. Inherent in chamber music is the idea of We see first-hand the positive effect that conversation; those of you who have listened music can have on participants: over the to a string quartet may well have imagined workshops we witness participants increasing words spoken between instruments. Watching in confidence, and the bond between mothers

Music For Thought © James Berry Music For a string quartet perform is, as Goethe wrote, and children is strengthened. like ‘listening to four rational people conversing among themselves’. ‘Music offers an emotional release for both mother and child, it helps We’ll explore this idea through a range of events strengthen bonds, unlocks across the festival, but it’s something we do year- creativity that has been round with our partnerships; we realise those stifled and suppressed, values of equality, creativity and collaboration because of abuse.’ Solace through co-creation – essentially, through Women’s Aid staff member conversation. We listen to the aims, aspirations and Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega Tots Chamber needs of our partners, which include schools, hospitals and refuges, and we respond to them with music. This music connects people living with dementia with their partners, empowers people who have experienced homelessness, enables children in hospital to enjoy creative activity with friends, and gives people who face barriers to the arts the opportunity to experience some of the very best music-

Partner Schools Celebration © Benjamin Ealovega Schools Celebration Partner School © Benjamin Ealovega Primary gardens Flora making in the world.

SEASON PREVIEW • 15 Creating unforgettable moments: The impact of your giving

Every pound that Wigmore Hall raises and all proceeds from ticket sales are invested back into artistic programming, audience development and the maintenance of the building. The importance of your philanthropy cannot be underestimated and your continued support is deeply appreciated. Thanks to your generosity, last season we: • presented over 500 concerts and a similar number of Learning events both in the Hall and in the community • launched major explorations of repertoire, which are unique within the musical life of the UK • invited the world’s leading artists to take part in the season • promoted hour-long Wigmore Hall concerts from new, emerging artists • gave international exposure, performance opportunities and bespoke mentoring to young artists through our String Quartet and Song competitions • connected people of all ages and abilities with creative music-making and music appreciation • reached diverse worldwide audiences through free live streams, our website, and our continuing regular broadcast and digital partnerships with BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM • redesigned and refreshed our printed programmes For further information on our Circles of Support and the Annual Audience Fund please contact: Isabel Harvey-Kelly • [email protected] • 020 7258 8226

COLLECTIVELY, MAJOR DONORS, TRUSTS AND Help us present the best of today’s musical talent and enable many FOUNDATIONS, FRIENDS AND DONORS TO THE more people to enjoy chamber music and song in the Hall and online. ANNUAL AUDIENCE FUND CONTRIBUTED NEARLY 2019/20 is a season packed with excitement and a wide range of artistic projects, matched by a number of opportunities for our donors £2 MILLION to become closely involved with everything that we do. PROVIDING OVER 37% OF THE REVENUE WE NEED TO FUND A FULL SEASON.

16 • SEASON PREVIEW Registered Charity No. 1024838 wigmore-hall.org.uk Artists 202 artists made their debuts 2,000+ performed at worked with us on our the Hall 131 Learning programmes

Song recitals (the largest song 86 recital series in the world)

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Learning events 500+ (of which 216 in the Hall)

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SEASON PREVIEW • 17 Supporting Wigmore Hall

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SEASON PREVIEW • 19 Sun 6 Oct 2019 (violin) / István Várdai (cello) / Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Wed 9 Oct 2019 & friends Listings James Ehnes (violin) / Andrew Armstrong (piano) Thu 10 Oct 2019 Fri 11 Oct 2019 Borodin Quartet & friends Sat 12 Oct 2019 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Chamber Music Season Sun 13 Oct 2019 Vilde Frang (violin) / Michail Lifits (piano) Mon 14 Oct 2019 Elias String Quartet Beethoven Festival Weekend: Thu 17 Oct 2019 Miklós Perényi (cello) / Dénes Várjon (piano) Sat 14 Sep 2019 11.30am Steven Isserlis (cello) / Robert Levin (fortepiano) Sat 19 Oct 2019 Miklós Perényi (cello) / Dénes Várjon (piano) 2.00pm O/Modernt / Hugo Ticciati (violin) / Thu 24 Oct 2019 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle: Quatuor Danel Tim Horton (piano) Sat 26 Oct 2019 Weinberg Focus Day: Linus Roth (violin) 4.30pm O/Modernt / Hugo Ticciati (violin) Mon 28 Oct 2019 Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Inon Barnatan (piano) 7.00pm () / Škampa Quartet / Carolin Widmann (violin) / Kristian Bezuidenhout Tue 29 Oct 2019 The Endellion String Quartet (piano) / O/Modernt / Hugo Ticciati (violin) Thu 31 Oct 2019 (piano) / Colin Currie (percussion) 10.00pm Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Sat 2 Nov 2019 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Sun 15 Sep 2019 11.30am Škampa Quartet / Jakub Fišer () Sat 2 Nov 2019 Albion Quartet 2.00pm Soraya Mafi (soprano) / O/Modernt / Sat 2 Nov 2019 Quartet Hugo Ticciati (violin) Mon 4 Nov 2019 Janine Jansen (violin) / Johan Dalene (violin) / 4.30pm Cédric Tiberghien (piano) / Ludvig Gudim (violin) / Sonoko Miriam Welde (violin) / O/Modernt / Hugo Ticciati (violin) Amihai Grosz (viola) / Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola) / 7.00pm Benjamin Baker (violin) / Timothy Ridout (viola) / Jens Peter Maintz (cello) / Amalie Stalheim (cello) Philip Higham (cello) / Janne Thomsen (flute) / Tue 5 Nov 2019 Takács Quartet () / Michael Collins (clarinet) / Thu 7 Nov 2019 Takács Quartet Amy Harman () / Tue 12 Nov 2019 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Lars Vogt (piano) Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) / Aleksandar Madžar (piano) Wed 13 Nov 2019 10.00pm Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Fri 15 Nov 2019 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / (violin) Sat 16 Nov 2019 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Wed 18 Sep 2019 St. Lawrence String Quartet Sun 17 Nov 2019 Young Soloists of the / Mon 23 Sep 2019 Michael Collins Residency: Michael Collins (clarinet) / Dmitri Bashkirov (piano) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) / Michael McHale (piano) Wed 20 Nov 2019 Vienna Piano Trio Wed 25 Sep 2019 (soprano) / Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Fri 22 Nov 2019 Doric String Quartet John York (piano) Fri 29 Nov 2019 Fauré Quartet (piano quartet) Mon 30 Sep 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Steven Isserlis (cello) / Tue 3 Dec 2019 Stephen Hough Residency: Steven Isserlis (cello) / Olli Mustonen (piano) Stephen Hough (piano) Tue 1 Oct 2019 IMS Prussia Cove Wed 4 Dec 2019 Britten Series: Sophie Bevan (soprano) / Allan Clayton (tenor) / Wed 2 Oct 2019 / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Nicolas Fleury (horn) / Aurora Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

20 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Fri 6 Dec 2019 Stephen Hough Residency: Michael Collins (clarinet) / Mon 2 Mar 2020 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Andrei Ioniţă (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) Tue 3 Mar 2020 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Sat 7 Dec 2019 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Sat 7 Mar 2020 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Tue 10 Dec 2019 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle: Quatuor Danel Wed 11 Mar 2020 Daniel Sepec (violin) / Tabea Zimmermann (viola) / Wed 11 Dec 2019 Kevin Volans 70th birthday: Melvyn Tan (piano) / Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) / Calefax Sat 14 Mar 2020 Doric String Quartet Mon 16 Dec 2019 Martin Fröst (clarinet) / Roland Pöntinen (piano) Mon 16 Mar 2020 Škampa Quartet Wed 18 Dec 2019 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Sat 21 Mar 2020 Fri 20 Dec 2019 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Mon 23 Mar 2020 Mon 23 Dec 2019 The Soldier’s Tale: Isabelle Faust (violin) & friends Tue 24 Mar 2020 Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony Turnage Fri 27 Dec 2019 Schumann Quartett 60th Birthday Concert Mon 6 Jan 2020 Stephen Hough Residency: Castalian String Quartet / Wed 25 Mar 2020 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle: Quatuor Danel Michael Collins (clarinet) / Stephen Hough (piano) Tue 31 Mar 2020 Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival 20th Anniversary Tue 7 Jan 2020 Stephen Hough Residency: Castalian String Quartet / Celebration Stephen Hough (piano) Wed 1 Apr 2020 Britten Sinfonia Sat 11 Jan 2020 Stephen Hough Residency: Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Fri 3 Apr 2020 Castalian String Quartet / Nils Mönkemeyer (viola) / Stephen Hough (piano) Ursula Smith (cello) Sun 12 Jan 2020 Vienna Piano Trio / Radovan Vlatković (horn) Wed 8 Apr 2020 Doric String Quartet / Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Sat 18 Jan 2020 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Sun 19 Jan 2020 Dover Quartet / Edgar Meyer () Mon 13 Apr 2020 Janine Jansen (violin) / Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Mon 20 Jan 2020 Dover Quartet Wed 15 Apr 2020 The Chamber Music Society of Tue 21 Jan 2020 Thu 23 Apr 2020 Joshua Bell (violin) Wed 22 Jan 2020 Britten Sinfonia Sat 25 Apr 2020 Tetzlaff Quartet Sat 25 Jan 2020 Miloš Karadaglić (guitar) Wed 29 Apr 2020 The Endellion String Quartet Thu 30 Jan 2020 Borodin Quartet Fri 1 May 2020 Baroque Soloists / Tue 4 Feb 2020 Kuss Quartet Rachel Podger (violin) Sat 8 Feb 2020 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Sat 2 May 2020 Wed 12 Feb 2020 The Endellion String Quartet Mon 4 May 2020 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) / Enrico Pace (piano) Thu 13 Feb 2020 James Ehnes (violin) Tue 5 May 2020 / Pavel Nikl (viola) / Fri 14 Feb 2020 Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (cello) Takács Quartet / Roger Tapping (viola) Sat 15 Feb 2020 Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Mon 11 May 2020 Takács Quartet Mon 17 Feb 2020 Michael Collins Residency Wed 13 May 2020 Wed 19 Feb 2020 Pavel Haas Quartet / Boris Giltburg (piano) Sat 16 May 2020 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle: Quatuor Danel Thu 20 Feb 2020 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Tue 19 May 2020 Vienna Piano Trio Musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Wed 20 May 2020 Vienna Piano Trio / Michael Collins (clarinet) Sat 22 Feb 2020 Artemis Quartet Sat 23 May 2020 Doric String Quartet Wed 26 Feb 2020 Britten Sinfonia Sun 24 May 2020 JACK Quartet Wed 26 Feb 2020 Castalian String Quartet / Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Sun 31 May 2020 Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day

SEASON PREVIEW • 21 Mon 1 Jun 2020 (violin) Tue 10 Dec 2019 Mario Häring (piano) Thu 4 Jun 2020 James Ehnes (violin) Wed 11 Dec 2019 Xinyuan Wang (piano) Fri 5 Jun 2020 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Thu 19 Dec 2019 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Sat 6 Jun 2020 Leonore Piano Trio Sat 28 Dec 2019 Brahms Plus Series: Jonathan Plowright (piano) Sun 7 Jun 2020 Beethoven Cycle: Belcea Quartet Fri 3 Jan 2020 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) Mon 15 Jun 2020 Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize 2020 Sun 5 Jan 2020 (piano) Tue 16 Jun 2020 Novus String Quartet Tue 14 Jan 2020 Mozart and the Second Viennese School: Sat 20 Jun 2020 Beethoven Piano Trios: Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Wed 24 Jun 2020 Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Sun 26 Jan 2020 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Fri 26 Jun 2020 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) / Huw Watkins (piano) Mon 27 Jan 2020 Christian Blackshaw (piano) Tue 30 Jun 2020 Castalian String Quartet Fri 7 Feb 2020 Beatrice Rana (piano) Fri 3 Jul 2020 Wihan Quartet Sun 9 Feb 2020 Richard Goode (piano) Sun 5 Jul 2020 (violin) Tue 11 Feb 2020 (piano) / (piano) Thu 9 Jul 2020 Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle: Quatuor Danel Sun 23 Feb 2020 Beethoven Variations: Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Sun 12 Jul 2020 Concert for Parkinson’s UK: Carolin Widmann (violin) / Fri 28 Feb 2020 Amihai Grosz (viola) / Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / Sun 1 Mar 2020 Julien Brocal (piano) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) Thu 5 Mar 2020 Inon Barnatan (piano) Tue 21 Jul 2020 Michael Collins Residency Sun 15 Mar 2020 (piano) Thu 23 Jul 2020 Elias String Quartet / Alice Neary (cello) Tue 17 Mar 2020 Brahms Plus Series: Jonathan Plowright (piano) Sun 26 Jul 2020 Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Fri 20 Mar 2020 Joseph Moog (piano) Sat 28 Mar 2020 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) Wed 1 Apr 2020 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) London Pianoforte Series Thu 2 Apr 2020 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Mon 6 Apr 2020 Leon McCawley (piano) Sat 21 Sep 2019 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Sun 19 Apr 2020 Sir András Schiff Lecture-Recital Sun 22 Sep 2019 Vijay Iyer Residency Mon 20 Apr 2020 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Sun 29 Sep 2019 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Sun 26 Apr 2020 Aleksandar Madžar (piano) Fri 18 Oct 2019 Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) Wed 6 May 2020 Barry Douglas (piano) Tue 22 Oct 2019 Imogen Cooper 70th Birthday Concert Sat 9 May 2020 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Fri 25 Oct 2019 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) Mon 18 May 2020 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Sun 3 Nov 2019 Schubert Cycles: Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Fri 22 May 2020 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Sat 9 Nov 2019 Beethoven Variations: Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Wed 27 May 2020 Schubert Cycles: Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Mon 11 Nov 2019 Lara Melda (piano) Sun 31 May 2020 Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day Mon 18 Nov 2019 Danny Driver (piano) Tue 2 Jun 2020 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) Tue 26 Nov 2019 Nelson Goerner (piano) Mon 8 Jun 2020 Mozart and the Second Viennese School: Mon 2 Dec 2019 Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Mon 9 Dec 2019 Eric Lu (piano) Fri 12 Jun 2020 Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

22 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Sun 14 Jun 2020 Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Mon 7 Oct 2019 (soprano) / (piano) Wed 17 Jun 2020 Philippe Cassard (piano) / Cédric Pescia (piano) Sun 13 Oct 2019 Soraya Mafi (soprano) Sun 21 Jun 2020 Sir András Schiff (piano) Wed 23 Oct 2019 Schumann Song Series: (mezzo-soprano) / Thu 25 Jun 2020 Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Jonathan Biss (piano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Thu 2 Jul 2020 Beethoven Variations: Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Sun 27 Oct 2019 Kristine Opolais (soprano) Sat 4 Jul 2020 Brahms Plus Series: Jonathan Plowright (piano) Wed 30 Oct 2019 Christoph Prégardien (tenor) / Julius Drake (piano) Thu 16 Jul 2020 Steven Osborne (piano) Fri 1 Nov 2019 Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano) / Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord) / Le Concert d’Astrée Sun 19 Jul 2020 Zlata Chochieva (piano) Wed 6 Nov 2019 Roderick Williams (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) Wed 22 Jul 2020 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) Fri 8 Nov 2019 Samling Showcase 2019 Sun 10 Nov 2019 Alessandro Fisher (tenor) / Ashok Gupta (piano) Song Recital & Vocal Series Thu 14 Nov 2019 Robin Tritschler (tenor) / Jonathan Ware (piano) Sat 23 Nov 2019 Wagner Society Singing Competition Sat 7 Sep – Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Sat 23 Nov 2019 Andrè Schuen (baritone) / Daniel Heide (piano) Wed 11 Sep 2019 International Song Competition 2019 Sun 24 Nov 2019 Brenda Rae (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) Fri 13 Sep 2019 Britten Gala: Louise Alder (soprano) / Sat 30 Nov 2019 (mezzo-soprano) / Kathleen Kelly (piano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) / Allan Clayton (tenor) / Wed 4 Dec 2019 Britten Series: Sophie Bevan (soprano) / Christopher Maltman (baritone) / James Baillieu (piano) Allan Clayton (tenor) / Nicolas Fleury (horn) / Mon 16 Sep 2019 Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert: Iestyn Davies Aurora Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) (countertenor) / Thu 5 Dec 2019 Thomas Hampson (baritone) / (piano) Fri 20 Sep 2019 Schubert Song Cycles: (tenor) / Sun 8 Dec 2019 Jonathan Dove Birthday Concert: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) / Nicky Spence (tenor) / Tue 24 Sep 2019 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano) Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Sun 8 Dec 2019 Schumann Song Series: Thomas Oliemans (baritone) / Wed 25 Sep 2019 French Song Exchange Showcase Malcolm Martineau (piano) Wed 25 Sep 2019 Rebecca Clarke Concert: Ailish Tynan (soprano) / Thu 12 Dec 2019 Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / John York (piano) Sat 14 Dec 2019 Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il Pomo d’Oro Thu 26 Sep 2019 French Song Exchange Showcase Sat 21 Dec 2019 Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Thu 26 Sep 2019 Roberta Mameli (soprano) / Sonia Prina (contralto) / Sun 22 Dec 2019 Claron McFadden (soprano) / Alexander Melnikov (piano) Luigi De Donato (bass) / Ensemble laBarocca / Ruben Jais (conductor) Sun 29 Dec 2019 Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) / James Baillieu (piano) Fri 27 Sep 2019 Schumann Song Series: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) / Thu 2 Jan 2020 Schumann Song Series: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Mon 30 Sep 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Steven Isserlis (cello) / Sat 4 Jan 2020 Britten Series: Allan Clayton (tenor) / James Baillieu (piano) / Olli Mustonen (piano) Sean Shibe (guitar) Thu 3 Oct 2019 Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2019 Sun 5 Jan 2020 Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone) / Gamal Khamis (piano) Fri 4 Oct 2019 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / (piano) Wed 8 Jan 2020 Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano) Sat 5 Oct 2019 Christiane Karg (soprano) / Sabine Meyer (clarinet) / Wed 15 Jan 2020 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Thu 16 Jan 2020 Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)

SEASON PREVIEW • 23 Fri 17 Jan 2020 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Sat 13 Jun 2020 Iestyn Davies Residency Wed 22 Jan 2020 Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Sun 14 Jun 2020 Cyrille Dubois (tenor) / Tristan Raës (piano) Fri 24 Jan 2020 Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / Mon 29 Jun 2020 Roderick Williams (baritone) / (piano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Tue 7 Jul 2020 Schubert Song Cycles: Mark Padmore (tenor) / Sun 26 Jan 2020 Royal Academy of Music Song Circle Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Wed 29 Jan 2020 Christiane Karg (soprano) / Louis Lortie (piano) Fri 10 Jul 2020 Christiane Karg (soprano) Fri 31 Jan 2020 Mauro Peter (tenor) Wed 15 Jul 2020 Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) Sun 2 Feb 2020 Elsa Dreisig (soprano) / Jonathan Ware (piano) Sat 18 Jul 2020 Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Mahler Day Wed 5 Feb 2020 Max Raabe (singer) / Christoph Israel (piano) Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano) / Sholto Kynoch (piano) Tue 18 Feb 2020 Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) Sat 18 Jul 2020 Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Mahler Day Sun 1 Mar 2020 Anna Huntley (mezzo-soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) Sat 18 Jul 2020 Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Mahler Day Julius Drake (piano) Fri 6 Mar 2020 Nelly Miricioiu (soprano) Oxford Lieder at Wigmore Hall: Mahler Day Sun 8 Mar 2020 Stéphane Degout (baritone) Sat 18 Jul 2020 Birgid Steinberger (soprano) / Fri 13 Mar 2020 Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor) / Gerold Huber (piano) Stephan Loges (bass-baritone) / Sholto Kynoch (piano) Thu 19 Mar 2020 Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Mon 20 Jul 2020 Ailish Tynan (soprano) / Iain Burnside (piano) Sun 22 Mar 2020 Iestyn Davies Residency Sun 29 Mar 2020 Johannes Kammler (baritone) / (piano) Sat 4 Apr 2020 (countertenor) / Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien Sunday Morning Concerts Sun 5 Apr 2020 Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) Sun 15 Sep 2019 Beethoven Weekend: Škampa Quartet / Jakub Fišer (viola) Tue 7 Apr 2020 Gerald Finley (baritone) Sun 22 Sep 2019 Kuss Quartet Thu 16 Apr 2020 Schubert Song Cycles: Mark Padmore (tenor) / Sun 29 Sep 2019 Beethoven Piano Trios: Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Sun 6 Oct 2019 Dudok Quartet Wed 22 Apr 2020 Britten Series: Allan Clayton (tenor) / Sun 13 Oct 2019 Endymion James Baillieu (piano) Sun 20 Oct 2019 Castalian String Quartet / Isabel Charisius (viola) / Sun 26 Apr 2020 Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano) Ursula Smith (cello) Tue 28 Apr 2020 Franco Fagioli (countertenor) / Il Pomo d’Oro Sun 27 Oct 2019 WHISQC Winner’s Concert: Esmé Quartet Thu 30 Apr 2020 Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Sun 3 Nov 2019 Lucas Jussen (piano) / Arthur Jussen (piano) Natalia Katyukova (piano) Sun 10 Nov 2019 Isang Enders (cello) / Sunwook Kim (piano) Sun 3 May 2020 Ronan Collett (baritone) / Nicholas Rimmer (piano) Sun 17 Nov 2019 Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy Sun 3 May 2020 Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone) / Sun 24 Nov 2019 Rachel Podger Residency Nino Chokhonelidze (piano) Sun 1 Dec 2019 Beatrice Rana (piano) Thu 7 May 2020 Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Sun 8 Dec 2019 Quatuor Van Kuijk Sun 10 May 2020 Matthias Goerne (baritone) / (piano) Sun 15 Dec 2019 Eggner Trio Thu 21 May 2020 Britten Series: Iestyn Davies (countertenor) / Allan Clayton (tenor) / James Newby (baritone) / Sun 22 Dec 2019 Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) / Olivia Jageurs (harp) / Sun 29 Dec 2019 Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) & friends James Baillieu (piano) Sun 5 Jan 2020 Phoenix Piano Trio

24 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Sun 12 Jan 2020 Rachel Podger Residency Wed 2 Oct 2019 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Sun 19 Jan 2020 Edgar Meyer () Tue 8 Oct 2019 Arcangelo Sun 26 Jan 2020 Beethoven Piano Trios: Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Wed 16 Oct 2019 The King’s Consort Sun 2 Feb 2020 Chiaroscuro Quartet Fri 1 Nov 2019 Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano) / Sun 9 Feb 2020 Heath Quartet Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord) / Le Concert d’Astrée Sun 16 Feb 2020 Andreas Brantelid (cello) Wed 27 Nov 2019 Orfeo 55 / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor, contralto) Sun 23 Feb 2020 Meccore String Quartet Thu 28 Nov 2019 The English Concert Sun 1 Mar 2020 Caroline Goulding (violin) Sun 1 Dec 2019 Tenebrae Sun 8 Mar 2020 Nash Ensemble: ‘Around Schubert’ Series Fri 13 Dec 2019 L’Arpeggiata Sun 15 Mar 2020 Armida Quartet Sat 14 Dec 2019 Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il Pomo d’Oro Sun 22 Mar 2020 Cuarteto Casals Sun 15 Dec 2019 Fretwork: Musick’s Monument Trio Dali Sun 29 Mar 2020 Tue 17 Dec 2019 Les Talens Lyriques Sun 5 Apr 2020 Samson Tsoy (piano) / Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) Mon 30 Dec 2019 Ensemble Marsyas Residency Sun 12 Apr 2020 Zemlinsky Quartet Tue 31 Dec 2019 Florilegium Sun 19 Apr 2020 Thu 9 Jan 2020 Classical Opera/The Mozartists Sun 26 Apr 2020 Elias String Quartet Thu 23 Jan 2020 La Nuova Musica Sun 3 May 2020 Beethoven Piano Trios: Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Tue 28 Jan 2020 Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord) / Le Concert d’Astrée Sun 10 May 2020 Rachel Podger Residency Thu 6 Feb 2020 Concentus Musicus Wien Sun 24 May 2020 Jupiter String Quartet The Sixteen Sun 31 May 2020 Roman Rabinovich Haydn Day Fri 21 Feb 2020 Sun 7 Jun 2020 Tue 25 Feb 2020 The English Concert Sun 14 Jun 2020 Andrew Brownell (piano) / Benjamin Frith (piano) Sat 29 Feb 2020 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Isabelle Faust (violin) / Bernhard Forck (violin) / Xenia Löffler (oboe) Sun 21 Jun 2020 Danish String Quartet Wed 4 Mar 2020 Florilegium Sun 28 Jun 2020 Jack Liebeck (violin) Sun 5 Jul 2020 Wihan Quartet Tue 10 Mar 2020 London Handel Orchestra Sun 12 Jul 2020 Vadim Gluzman (violin) Thu 12 Mar 2020 The King’s Consort Sun 19 Jul 2020 Aquinas Piano Trio Wed 18 Mar 2020 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Sun 26 Jul 2020 Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) Fri 27 Mar 2020 L’Arpeggiata Mon 30 Mar 2020 Ensemble Marsyas Residency Sat 4 Apr 2020 Tim Mead (countertenor) / Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien Early Music & Baroque Series Sat 11 Apr 2020 Fretwork / Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) / Peter Harvey (bass) / Silas Wollston (harpsichord) Mon 16 Sep 2019 Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert: Tue 14 Apr 2020 Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ) / Le Concert d’Astrée Iestyn Davies (countertenor) / The English Concert Sat 18 Apr 2020 Rachel Podger Residency Classical Opera/The Mozartists Thu 19 Sep 2019 Tue 21 Apr 2020 Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Claudia Combs (violin) / Thu 26 Sep 2019 Roberta Mameli (soprano) / Sonia Prina (contralto) / Rosella Croce (violin) / Alberto Guerrero (cello) / Luigi De Donato (bass) / Ensemble laBarocca / Rodney Prada (viola da gamba) / Craig Marchitelli Ruben Jais (conductor) (archlute & baroque guitar/lute) / Franco Pavan (lute & Sat 28 Sep 2019 Rachel Podger Residency theorbo) / Flora Papadopoulos (harp)

SEASON PREVIEW • 25 Tue 28 Apr 2020 Franco Fagioli (countertenor) / Il Pomo d’Oro Mon 2 Dec 2019 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) / Samson Tsoy (piano) / Fri 8 May 2020 Les Talens Lyriques / Julian Prégardien (tenor) Colin Currie (percussion) / Sam Walton (percussion) Tue 12 May 2020 La Serenissima Mon 9 Dec 2019 (piano) Thu 14 May 2020 Vox Luminis Mon 16 Dec 2019 Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano) / Eduard Kutrowatz (piano) Fri 15 May 2020 Collegium Vocale Gent Mon 6 Jan 2020 Louise Alder (soprano) / (piano) Sun 17 May 2020 Solomon’s Knot Mon 13 Jan 2020 Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) Tue 26 May 2020 Ensemble Marsyas Residency Mon 20 Jan 2020 Jerusalem Quartet Thu 28 May 2020 L’Arpeggiata Mon 27 Jan 2020 (violin) / (piano) Wed 3 Jun 2020 The English Concert Mon 3 Feb 2020 Katharina Konradi (soprano) Tue 9 Jun 2020 The Sixteen Mon 10 Feb 2020 Lucie Horsch (recorder) / Thomas Dunford (lute) Thu 11 Jun 2020 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Mon 17 Feb 2020 Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Annika Treutler (piano) Tue 23 Jun 2020 Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) & friends Mon 24 Feb 2020 Meta4 (string quartet) Sat 27 Jun 2020 The King’s Consort 40th Anniversary Concert Mon 2 Mar 2020 Lise Berthaud (viola) / David Saudubray (piano) Wed 1 Jul 2020 Ensemble Marsyas Residency Mon 9 Mar 2020 Ruby Hughes (soprano) / (cello) / Mon 6 Jul 2020 Rachel Podger Residency Julius Drake (piano) Wed 8 Jul 2020 La Nuova Musica Mon 16 Mar 2020 Alessandro Fisher (tenor) / Ashok Gupta (piano) Sat 11 Jul 2020 Arcangelo / Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Mon 23 Mar 2020 Brentano String Quartet Tue 14 Jul 2020 Classical Opera/The Mozartists Mon 30 Mar 2020 Anastasia Kobekina (cello) / Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula (piano) Fri 17 Jul 2020 Fretwork: Musick’s Monument Mon 6 Apr 2020 Winds Sat 25 Jul 2020 Iestyn Davies Residency Mon 13 Apr 2020 Mon 20 Apr 2020 ATOS Trio Mon 27 Apr 2020 Emily Beynon (flute) / Andrew West (piano) BBC Lunchtime Concerts Mon 4 May 2020 Christian Lindberg (trombone) / Roland Pöntinen (piano) Mon 11 May 2020 Stuart Skelton (tenor) / Richard Peirson (piano) Mon 16 Sep 2019 Benjamin Appl (baritone) / Mon 18 May 2020 Aris Quartet Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Mon 25 May 2020 Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba) Mon 23 Sep 2019 Marlis Petersen (soprano) / Camillo Radicke (piano) Mon 1 Jun 2020 Daniel Hope (violin) / Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Mon 30 Sep 2019 Boris Giltburg (piano) Mon 8 Jun 2020 Veronika Eberle (violin) / Dénes Várjon (piano) Mon 7 Oct 2019 Jess Gillam () / Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Mon 15 Jun 2020 Elisabeth Brauss (piano) Mon 14 Oct 2019 Borodin Quartet / Barry Douglas (piano) Mon 22 Jun 2020 Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Mon 21 Oct 2019 Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Riccardo Doni (harpsichord) Mon 28 Oct 2019 Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) / Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Mon 29 Jun 2020 Vision String Quartet Mon 4 Nov 2019 The Cardinall’s Musick Mon 6 Jul 2020 Václava Krejčí Housková (mezzo-soprano) / Mon 11 Nov 2019 Joanna MacGregor (piano) Nicky Spence (tenor) / Julius Drake (piano) / Mon 18 Nov 2019 James Newby (baritone) / Simon Lepper (piano) 3 female singers from Guildhall School of Music & Drama Mon 25 Nov 2019 Marian Consort Mon 13 Jul 2020 Britten Series: Allan Clayton (tenor)

26 • SEASON PREVIEW wigmore-hall.org.uk Contemporary Music Series Autumn Learning Events

Mon 30 Sep 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Steven Isserlis (cello) / Wed 18 Sep 2019 For Crying Out Loud! Olli Mustonen (piano) Fri 20 Sep 2019 Chamber Tots Mon 7 Oct 2019 Jess Gillam (saxophone) / Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Sat 5 Oct 2019 Inside the Score: Pierrot Lunaire Mon 14 Oct 2019 Elias String Quartet Thu 10 Oct 2019 Chamber Tots Thu 31 Oct 2019 Huw Watkins (piano) / Colin Currie (percussion) Sat 12 Oct 2019 Family Concert Pavel Haas Quartet Sat 2 Nov 2019 Thu 17 Oct 2019 Chamber Tots Joanna MacGregor (piano) Mon 11 Nov 2019 Fri 18 Oct 2019 Schools Concert Tue 12 Nov 2019 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Lars Vogt (piano) Thu 24 Oct 2019 Relaxed Concert Sun 17 Nov 2019 Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy Fri 25 Oct 2019 Musical Portraits Mon 18 Nov 2019 Danny Driver (piano) Wed 30 Oct 2019 Chamber Tots Wed 11 Dec 2019 Kevin Volans 70th birthday: Melvyn Tan (piano) / Thu 31 Oct 2019 Bechstein Sessions Signum Quartet / Calefax Fri 8 Nov 2019 Chamber Tots Mon 16 Dec 2019 Martin Fröst (clarinet) / Roland Pöntinen (piano) Wed 20 Nov 2019 Chamber Tots Sun 22 Dec 2019 Claron McFadden (soprano) / Alexander Melnikov (piano) For Crying Out Loud! Fri 24 Jan 2020 Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) Thu 21 Nov 2019 Sat 25 Jan 2020 Miloš Karadaglić (guitar) Fri 22 Nov 2019 Masterclass Tue 4 Feb 2020 Kuss Quartet Sun 24 Nov 2019 Thomas Quasthoff Talk Sun 23 Feb 2020 Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations Fri 29 Nov 2019 Music for the Moment Mon 9 Mar 2020 Ruby Hughes (soprano) / Natalie Clein (cello) / Sat 30 Nov 2019 Chamber Tots Julius Drake (piano) Sat 30 Nov 2019 Family Concert Sat 14 Mar 2020 Doric String Quartet Fri 6 Dec 2019 Thomas Hampson Masterclass Tue 24 Mar 2020 Nash Inventions: Mark-Anthony Turnage Sat 7 Dec 2019 Come & Sing 60th Birthday Concert Wed 11 Dec 2019 Bechstein Sessions Sat 2 May 2020 Artemis Quartet Fri 22 May 2020 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Wed 24 Jun 2020 Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Fri 26 Jun 2020 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) / Huw Watkins (piano)

Jazz Series

Sun 22 Sep 2019 Vijay Iyer Residency Tue 19 Nov 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival Fri 10 Jan 2020 Vijay Iyer Residency Thu 26 Mar 2020 Dianne Reeves (singer) Wed 10 Jun 2020 Vijay Iyer Residency Thu 18 Jun 2020 Django Bates (piano) SEASON PREVIEW • 27 Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonRCM, HonFGS, HonFRIAM 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP wigmore-hall.org.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7258 8200

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