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November 2016

Igor Levit

INSIDE: Le Concert d’Astrée & Emmanuelle Haïm Iestyn Davies & Thomas Dunford Emerson Ensemble Modern Brigitte Fassbaender Masterclasses Kalichstein/Laredo/ Robinson Trio Dorothea Röschmann Sir András Schiff and many more

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Peter Dazeley

2 Tuesday 1 November 1.00pm 1 YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 2016 /17 Daniel Lebhardt

Kaupo Kikkas Bach Italian in F BWV971 Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Hungarian-born Daniel Lebhardt studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with István Gulyás and Gyöngyi Keveházi and, since 2010, at the with Christopher Elton and Pascal Nemirovski. Engagements this season have included recitals at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Merkin Concert Hall in New York, the Usedomer Festival in Finland and the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ‘He brought narrative sweep and youthful abandon to the piece, along with power, poetry and formidable technique’ Anthony Tomassini, The New York Times, March 2016

£13 concs £11 Daniel Lebhardt Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for support from the Fresh Leaf Charitable Foundation, the Paul Woodhouse Fund, the Anthony Nesbitt Fund and the legacy of Richard Oake for this series.

Tuesday 1 November 7.30pm

Rosenblatt Recitals 2016/17

Simone Piazzola baritone

Victor Santiago Giuseppe Vaccaro piano Tosti Non t’amo più!; 2 Chansons: Chanson de l’adieu; A vucchella Liszt Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto (piano solo) Tosti L’ultima canzone; La serenata Verdi L’esule Donizetti Vien, Leonora from La favorite; Cruda, funesta smania from Lucia di Lammermoor Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 S244 No. 2 Gounod Valentine’s Aria from Faust Verdi Il balen del suo sorriso from Il trovatore Awarded second prize in the 2013 Operalia competition, Simone Piazzola is an Italian baritone who displays ‘attractive warm colours and endless vocal lines’ (Bachtrack). With a burgeoning reputation built upon an affinity for the heavier Verdian roles, he makes his UK debut with a programme of predominantly Italian songs and opera. Simone Piazzola ‘Simone Piazzola’s baritone has a gorgeous sound, solid and full, depicting a young and impulsive Don Carlo. He wowed the audience with his tasteful phrasing, revealing a great adherence to the character and acting with authority.’ Bachtrack ‘The young baritone Simone Piazzola, the production’s Rodrigo, was a model of robust tone and sensitive phrasing.’ The New York Times

£30 £26 £22 £18 £16

Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 26 September (Alek Shrader & ) 10 October (Eleonora Buratto & Nazzareno Carusi) 10 January (Maria Katzarava, Stefano La Colla & Simon Lepper)

Giuseppe Vaccaro

3 Wednesday 2 November 7.30 pm 2 40th Anniversary Season Kalichstein/Laredo/RobinsonTrio Beethoven Piano Trio in Bb Op. 11 Christian Steiner Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67 Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version) One of the world’s most distinguished piano trios, founded to perform at the inauguration of US President Carter in 1977, explores strikingly rich works in this programme, beginning with the creative struggles and expressive contrasts of Beethoven and Shostakovich. The Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio closes with Brahms’s youthful Piano Trio Op. 8, heavily revised by the composer in later life.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Season Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio

Thursday 3 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm 3 Friday 4 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Brigitte Fassbaender Masterclasses One of Germany’s greatest singers, Brigitte Fassbaender received early encouragement from her actress mother and formative lessons from her father, the eminent baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender. She made her debut as a Page in Wagner’s Lohengrin in in 1961. During a long and illustrious career, the mezzo-soprano performed at all of the world’s leading opera houses and cultivated exceptional qualities as a Lieder singer. She is also celebrated for masterclass sessions that delve deep into the nature of the expressive art of singing. Brigitte Fassbaender returns to Wigmore Hall to lead two days of masterclasses, working with a company of postgraduate students from UK conservatoires.

£8 concs £6

Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Brigitte Fassbaender

Thursday 3 November 7.30 pm

Alexei Volodin piano SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op. 75 Marco Borggreve Mendelssohn/Rachmaninov Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Medtner Tale in C# minor Op. 35 No. 4 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28 Alexei Volodin’s recital encompasses the unrestrained expressive range of Late Romantic Russian piano music. His Shakespearean- themed first half embraces everything from the fourth of Medtner’s Op. 35 Skazki or ‘Tales’, based on a quote from King Lear, to the vitality and vibrant emotions of Prokofiev’s arrangements of ten pieces from his 1935 ballet Romeo and Juliet.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series Alexei Volodin

4 Friday 4 November 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm 4 Brigitte Fassbaender Masterclasses See 3 November for further details. £8 concs £6

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Friday 4 November 7.30 pm Borodin Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in Eb Op. 117 Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’ The Borodin Quartet’s odyssey through the string quartets of Shostakovich and Beethoven continues with a shrewd combination of works. Shostakovich’s Ninth String Quartet confronts anxiety and despair to discover a final sense of defiance; Beethoven’s first ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, meanwhile, offsets the sorrow of its slow movement with a joyful final hymn of praise.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

CAVATINA Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected Chamber Music Trust concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John www.cavatina.net Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Chamber Music Season

Ny Che/Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center

Borodin Quartet

Saturday 5 November 7.30 pm

5 Dorothea Röschmann soprano piano

Russell Duncan Schubert From Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister: Heiß WDR/Jim Rakete mich nicht reden; So laßt mich scheinen; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Schubert Mignon (Kennst du das Land); Nachtstück; Der König in Thule; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Gretchen im Zwinger (Gretchens Bitte) Songs by Schumann Mahler Rückert Lieder A regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses and Dorothea Röschmann Malcolm Martineau concert halls, Dorothea Röschmann is blessed with the rare receptivity and imagination required to captivate listeners with her profoundly personal interpretations of words and music. She joins Malcolm Martineau to explore the dramatic intensity and compassion of songs by Schubert, Schumann and Mahler.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs

5 Sunday 6 November 11.30 am 6 Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb K493

Brahms Quintet in B minor Op. 115 Eamonn McCabe From new commissions to landmarks of the classical repertoire, Endymion has made its mark as one of Britain’s finest chamber ensembles. This programme pairs Mozart’s high-spirited Piano Quartet No. 2, a pioneering work in the genre created in in 1786, with the lyrical warmth and spaciousness of Brahms’s late Clarinet Quintet.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Endymion Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 6 November 3.00 pm

Roderick Williams baritone piano Joanna Bergin

SCHUBERT IN ENGLISH Benjamin Ealovega Schubert Winter Journey () London première of new English translation The narrative arc of Winterreise, supplied by Wilhelm Müller’s collection of 24 poems, follows a journey deep into the mysterious territory between life and death. Wigmore Hall’s Schubert in English project offers the chance to connect with the visionary imagery of the composer’s late work, performed here in a new translation by Jeremy Sams by two artists celebrated for their poetic empathy. Christopher Glynn

All seats £15

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in duration, without an interval

CAVATINA Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected Chamber Music Trust concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John www.cavatina.net Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Song Recital Series/Wigmore Hall Learning Event /Schubert in English

Sunday 6 November 7.30 pm Borodin Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5; String Quartet Andy Staples in F Op. 135 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 14 in F# Op. 142 The Borodin Quartet begins with the fifth of Beethoven’s ground-breaking Op. 18 quartets, inspired by Mozart yet strikingly original in style and content, before turning to the exquisitely subtle String Quartet in F Op. 135, the composer’s final work in the genre. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 14, another late work, resonates with the subtle humour of Beethoven’s Op. 135. Borodin Quartet

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season/Borodin Quartet: Beethoven and Shostakovich Cycle

6 Monday 7 November 1.00 pm

7 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker Martin Helmchen piano

Russell Duncan

Bach da gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor BWV1029 Benjamin Ealovega Stravinsky Suite italienne for cello and piano Brahms No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Since making her international breakthrough as winner of the 2005 Rostropovich Cello Competition, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has become one of the most sought after performers of her generation. She is joined for this recital of characterful cello masterworks by the young German pianist Martin Helmchen, a former BBC New Generation Artist. Marie-Elisabeth Hecker Martin Helmchen

£13 concs £11 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Monday 7 November 7.30 pm

Igor Levit piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Op. 49 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54; Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ ‘What other composer has covered, within his life, such vast musical distances?’ asks about Beethoven. Igor Levit’s recital underlines the point, encompassing everything from the subtle humour and technical brilliance of the two-movement Piano Sonata in F Op. 54 to the driving intensity of Op. 10 No. 1 and tragic demeanour of the ‘Appassionata’.

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Supported by Simon Ludlam and William de Winton London Pianoforte Series/Beethoven Cycle: Igor Levit

Simon Jay Price

Igor Levit

7 Tuesday 8 November 1.00pm – 3.30 pm 8 Samling 20th Anniversary

Masterclass Paul Gosney

Sussie Ahlburg Russell Duncan Sir baritone Yvonne Kenny soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

with Samling Artists Sir Thomas Allen Yvonne Kenny Malcolm Martineau Samling has a long-established reputation for nurturing embryonic potential and setting a course to professional brilliance through its international Artist Programme. This masterclass showcases some of the brightest of its most recent discoveries. £8 concs £6 Song Recital Series/Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 8 November 7.30pm

Sir Thomas Allen baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Samling Artists Sussie Ahlburg

Raphaelle Photography Kiandra Howarth soprano

Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano Kiandra Howarth Kathryn Rudge David Butt Philip David Butt Philip tenor baritone Andrew Foster-Williams baritone

James Baillieu piano Ian Tindale piano David Jerusalem Actor to be announced Paul-Foster Williams SAMLING 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE Benjamin Appl Andrew-Foster Williams ‘THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN’ INFANCY – Britten A Cradle Song; The Nurse’s Song Warlock My sweet little darling Schubert Wiegenlied (D498)

Kaupo Kikkas CHILDHOOD – Ives The Children’s Hour Schumann Marienwürmchen Poulenc From La courte paille: Ba, be, bi, bo, bu; Les anges musiciens;

Le carafon; Lune d’avril Ruth Atkinson Photography THE LOVER – Schubert Licht und Liebe Liszt Pace non trovo; James Baillieu Ian Tindale Benedetto sia’l giorno Quilter It was a lover and his lass Britten Foggy Dew; Soldier, won’t you marry me? THE SOLDIER – Schubert Kriegers Ahnung Schumann Der Soldat Wolf Der Soldat I & II Fauré Les berceaux Poulenc Bleuet Barber I hear an army THE JUSTICE – Lehmann Fury Said to a Mouse William Bolcom Amor Gilbert & Sullivan When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar OLD AGE – Brahms O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück; Alte Liebe Barber The Secrets of the Old Copland Going to Heaven! OBLIVION/SECOND INFANCY – Schubert Nachtstück; Des Tages Weihe Readings of selected works by Shakespeare Since its foundation in 1996 Samling has brought together world-class artists with some of the finest emerging singers and . This 20th Anniversary concert, performed by Samling’s Patron Sir Thomas Allen, Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of Samling Artists from over the years, takes Shakespeare’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’ as its theme and explores ‘this strange eventful history’ through song.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 DINE WITH THE ARTISTS There are a limited number of tickets for best concert and masterclass seats with a special post-concert sparkling reception and supper with the artists, priced at £125. Available exclusively from Samling on 01434 602885 or by email to [email protected]. Song Recital Series

8 Wednesday 9 November 7.30 pm

9 Christian Zacharias piano Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D537 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90; Piano Sonata No. 30 Felvégi Andrea in E Op. 109 Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Recognised universally for the perception, sensitivity and heartfelt honesty of his interpretations as pianist and conductor, Christian Zacharias has developed a devoted Wigmore Hall following. This recital comprises works of supreme quality, complete with the intimate introspection of Beethoven’s Op. 109 and Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, contrasting studies of high-spirited impetuosity and poetic reflection.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

With grateful thanks to the Supporter, Benefactor & Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall Christian Zacharias London Pianoforte Series

Thursday 10 November 10.00 am – 3.30 pm 10 Final of the 2016 Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition The four finalists of this year’s competition will perform a 45–50 minute programme of their own choice including the compulsory work, Schumann’s ‘Der Dichter spricht’ from Kinderszenen Op. 15 No. 13. The Jaques Samuel Pianos Competition has taken place annually since 1996 and is open to all students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

All seats £8 (Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall)

There will be a lunch interval at 12.00 noon – 1.00 pm and the winner will be announced at 3.00 pm Sponsored by Fazioli and S.W. Mitchell Capital LLP

Thursday 10 November 7.30 pm

Iestyn Davies countertenor Thomas Dunford lute

Charles Plumey JOHN DOWLAND – ‘A DELIGHTFUL THING’ Benjamin Ealovega Dowland Preludium (for solo lute); All ye whom love or fortune hath betray’d; Mrs Winters Jump (for solo lute); Behold a wonder here; Come away, come sweet love; A fancy (for solo lute); Time stands still; My thoughts are winged with hopes; Say, love if ever thou didst find; I saw my lady weep; Flow my tears; Sorrow, stay, lend true Iestyn Davies Thomas Dunford repentant tears; Shall I strive with words to move; The King of Denmark Galliard (for solo lute); Can she excuse my wrongs; In darkness let me dwell; Semper Dowland semper dolens (for solo lute); Go, crystal tears; Come again, sweet love doth now invite; Now, O now I needs must part Iestyn Davies won the 2014 Gramophone Recital Award for Arise my muse, his second album for . The acclaimed countertenor recently named Thomas Dunford as ‘One to Watch’ in The Spectator. ‘He manages to draw everybody in’, he wrote. ‘That’s a really special talent.’ Their evolving duo partnership holds the power to delight critics and audiences alike.

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Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle Song Recital Series/Early Music and Baroque Series

9 MUSIC IN THE ROUND WEEKEND 11 Based in Sheffield and founded by the late, great Peter Cropper, Music in the Round is the country’s leading chamber music promoter outside of London. Renowned for its innovative, informal and engaging performances, we are delighted to welcome its resident group Ensemble 360 to the Wigmore Hall stage for this special weekend, which explores the highly charged, often turbulent chamber music of and the ever-youthful compositions of Felix Mendelssohn, alongside composers who influenced them, and were influenced by them.

Friday 11 November 7.30 pm Ensemble 360 Saturday 12 November 11.00 am – 12 noon Family Concert Saturday 12 November 5.45 pm – 6.45 pm Pre-Concert Talk Saturday 12 November 7.30 pm Ensemble 360 Sunday 13 November 11.30 am Ensemble 360

Friday 11 November 7.30 pm Ensemble 360 Bach Trio Sonata in C minor from The Musical David Shapiro Offering BWV1079 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 Robert Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 Clara Schumann Romance in Db Op. 22 No. 1; Romance in G minor Op. 22 No. 2 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44 To launch Music in the Round’s weekend at Wigmore Hall, celebrating Leipzig’s potent contribution to creative invention and musical artistry, its resident Ensemble 360 reveals the links between Bach and Mendelssohn, and goes on to explore Robert and Clara Schumann’s profound spiritual and emotional partnership.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Ensemble 360 Chamber Music Season

Saturday 12 November 11.00 am – 12.00 noon 12 The Fantastic City of Music Andrew J Smith presenter Ensemble 360 Simon Jay Price FAMILY CONCERT For ages 5 plus In a concert full of interaction and entertainment, members of the dynamic Ensemble 360 are joined by presenter Andrew J Smith to introduce the whole family to some of the most adored music and musicians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including works by Schumann, Bach and Mendelssohn. With specially designed resources to download and explore before and after the concert, this is a perfect opportunity to discover and enjoy this inspirational music in an informal environment. Children £8 Adults £10 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

10 Saturday 12 November 5.45 pm – 6.45 pm Illustrated Pre-Concert Talk ‘Stylistically conservative and expressively reserved.’ Does this assessment of Mendelssohn’s writing, by musicologist and critic Richard Taruskin, stand up in the face of an analysis of the composer’s late, emotionally driven String Quartet Op. 80? Professor Julian Horton considers the arguments with musical illustrations from Ensemble 360. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Saturday 12 November 7.30 pm Ensemble 360 Reinecke Trio in A for , horn and piano Op. 188 Grieg No. 3 in C minor Op. 45

Benjamin Ealovega Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 Versatility and excellence propelled Carl Reinecke’s success as composer, pianist, conductor, administrator, writer and influential teacher. His Trio in A Op. 188, completed in Leipzig in 1887, provides a compelling preface to the Violin Sonata No. 3 by Reinecke’s pupil . Works by Reinecke’s teachers Schumann and Mendelssohn add to the programme’s network of musical and personal connections. Ensemble 360 £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season

Sunday 13 November 11.30 am 13 Ensemble 360 Bach Sonata in E minor BWV1034 Mendelssohn Capriccio in E minor Op. 81 No. 3 Gade Fantasiestücke Op. 43 Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47 Leipzig’s prosperous merchants supported a rich musical culture. Recent scholarship suggests that Bach wrote his in E minor during his early years in the city. Copenhagen-born Niels Gade, who succeeded Mendelssohn as director of the Leipzig Conservatory in 1847, modelled his Fantasiestücke Op. 43 on pioneering ‘fantasy pieces’ by his friend Schumann.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Supported by John and Amy Ford Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Benjamin Ealovega

Ensemble 360

11 Sunday 13 November 7.30 pm 14 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Mark-Anthony Turnage Shroud* (UK première) Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in Eb minor Op. 30 *Co-commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, Chamber Music Houston, Tuesday Musical Association, Segerstom Centre for the Arts, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, and by Wigmore Hall with the generous support of Peter and Sonia Field Beethoven’s ‘Serioso’ Quartet of 1810 earned its nickname by exploring conditions of confrontation, emotional turmoil and deep anxiety. The Emerson String Quartet, recently described as ‘electrifying’ by The New York Times, moves from the ‘Serioso’ to the UK première of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Shroud, specially written for the acclaimed American ensemble. Emerson String Quartet

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

CAVATINA Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected Chamber Music Trust concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John www.cavatina.net Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Monday 14 November 1.00 pm Cuarteto Quiroga Javier Perianes piano Granados Piano Quintet Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Spanish pianist Javier Perianes has attracted rave reviews and prestigious engagements in recent seasons. His collaboration with the Cuarteto Quiroga, strongly forged in performance and the recording studio, continues with a programme complete with the expressive Piano Quintet by Granados, a wonderfully ripe Late Romantic work at times evocative of Franck and Dvorˇák.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Josep Molina Josep Molina

Cuarteto Quiroga Javier Perianes

12 Monday 14 November 7.30 pm

Ian Bostridge tenor Sir Antonio Pappano piano Kaupo Kikkas

Adam Walker flute Sim Canetty-Clarke Michael Collins clarinet

Lawrence Power viola Musacchio & Ianniello/EMI Classics Elizabeth Kenny lute Sir Antonio Pappano Adam Walker SHAKESPEARE SONGS Shakespeare settings for voice and lute by

Johnson, Byrd, Morley and Wilson Giorgia Bertazzi Shakespeare settings for voice and piano by Benjamin Ealovega Benjamin Ealovega Britten, Warlock, Gurney, Poulenc, Tippett, Quilter, Finzi and Korngold Stravinsky Three Songs from William Shakespeare (for voice, flute, clarinet and viola) Michael Collins Lawrence Power Elizabeth Kenny Shakespeare’s peerless feeling for the music of the English language has inspired countless composers, from those who set the Bard’s verse during his lifetime to musicians as diverse as Britten, Finzi, Korngold and Stravinsky. Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano, together with four outstanding chamber musicians, delve into the rich Shakespeare legacy here, marking the playwright’s quarter-centenary with a delectable programme of works written for Jacobean productions, Restoration revivals and the modern concert hall. Returns only Song Recital Series

Monday 14 November 9.45 pm Artists in Conversation Following the concert, Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano discuss the programme as well as their lives and careers as performers, alongside writer and musicologist Nigel Simeone. Free to concert ticket holders (no ticket required for this event) Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Tuesday 15 November 7.30pm 15 Wigmore Hall Debut Le Concert d’Astrée

Emmanuelle Haïm conductor Guillaume Mirand Marianne Rosenstiehl GRAN PARTITA Mozart Selections from Le nozze di Figaro (arr. Alfredo Bernardini) Mozart Serenade in Bb for winds K361 ‘Gran Partita’ Emmanuelle Haïm Le Concert d’Astrée Emmanuelle Haïm’s vocal and period-instrument ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée, owns a collective wealth of understanding and practical experience in the performance of Baroque and early . Above all the group takes its lead from its founder-conductor’s dynamic musicianship, inspired by Haïm’s imaginative engagement with the bold rhetorical gestures of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works, and the absolute conviction of her interpretations. They make their Wigmore Hall debut with a beguiling all-Mozart programme, crowned by the majestic ‘Gran Partita’ for twelve wind instruments and , probably written for the clarinettist Anton Stadler and a dozen other musicians employed by Vienna’s Imperial Court Theatre.

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by Dunard Fund Early Music and Baroque Series

13 Wednesday 16 November 11.00 am – 12.00 noon 16 Van Kuijk Quartet and Rachel Leach: Melodies KEY STAGE 3 SCHOOLS CONCERT

Join the members of the Van Kuijk Quartet, www.benjaminharte.co.uk winners of the first prize (The Harry M Weinrebe Prize) at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International Van Kuijk Quartet Rachel Leach String Quartet Competition, as they perform a dynamic concert exploring the string quartet and its vast and varied repertoire. Alongside presenter Rachel Leach, the quartet performs a wide range of pieces by composers ranging from Ravel to Smetana. Designed to support, complement and extend the Key Stage 3 curriculum, bookers also receive a teachers’ resource pack ahead of the concert.

£3.50 Book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240 Wigmore Hall Learning Event

Wednesday 16 November 7.30 pm

Tim Garland saxophone Thomas Gould violin Aga Tomaszek Yuri Goloubev double bass

Asaf Sirkis drums Tim Garland Thomas Gould Yuri Goloubev Asaf Sirkis Programme to include: Chick Corea Crystal Silence; Continuance Tim Garland Re-Focus for saxophone and strings (world première) TIM GARLAND CELEBRATES STAN GETZ AND CHICK COREA In his 50th birthday year, saxophonist and composer Tim Garland performs Venetia van Hoorne Alkema a host of world premières for the EFG London Jazz Festival. Chick Corea recognised Tim’s talent 17 years ago, and since then they have Sacconi Quartet toured the world together. In this concert Tim will perform his own arrangements of classic Chick Corea pieces such as ‘Crystal Silence’. We will also be treated to a reinvented version of Stan Getz’s 1961 underground hit ‘Focus’ through Tim’s own suite ‘Re-Focus’, created in response to Stan Getz’s personal favourite release. This version for saxophone and strings will feature Thomas Gould, the Sacconi Quartet, Asaf Sirkis and Yuri Golobev alongside Tim, and includes a completely transcribed piece which is faithful to Stan’s original solo. ‘Sure footed virtuosity … a dazzling standard’ The Times; ‘Formidable and devastatingly creative’ Guardian; ‘His level of genius is rare’ Chick Corea £25 £23 £20 £18 £15 Presented by EFG London Jazz Festival

Thursday 17 November 7.30 pm

17 Imogen Cooper piano Janácˇek From On an Overgrown Path Book 1: No. 5 ‘They Chattered Like Swallows’; No. 4 ‘The Madonna of Frydek’ & No. 10 ‘The barn owl has not Sussie Ahlburg flown away!’ Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Debussy La puerta del vino from Préludes Book II; La soirée dans Grenade from Estampes Falla Homenaje pour ‘Le Tombeau de ’ Albéniz From Iberia: El Albaicín; Evocación; El Puerto & Fête-Dieu à Séville Hailed by as ‘a pianist who has [always] put the music before Imogen Cooper technique’, Imogen Cooper offers a programme shot through with poetic nuance. She opens with three folksong-inspired miniatures from Janácˇek’s On an Overgrown Path, moves through the striking emotional contrasts of Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, and closes with Albéniz’s virtuoso evocations of Spain. £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 London Pianoforte Series

14 Friday 18 November 7.30 pm 18 Young Musicians from The Purcell School Joe Parks percussion Polina Makhina violin Daniel Swani recorder Francesca Lauri piano Mackenzie Kavanagh piano Toshimitsu Tanaka Two movements for marimba Ricardo Coelho de Souza Canções Infantis 2nd and 3rd movements only Ysaÿe Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 ‘Ballade’ Shostakovich Four Preludes Op. 34 (arr. Tsyganov) Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe Caprice after a study ‘En forme de valse’ Op. 52 No. 6 Anon Medieval Dances Messiaen Le merle noir A pupil of The Purcell School Ian Clarke The Great Train Race Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 György Kurtág From Játékok Book I: Prelude and Waltz in C; Little Chorale I; Hommage à Paganini Dohnányi Rhapsody in G Op. 11 No. 3 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D537 Kreisler/Rachmaninov Liebesleid This solo showcase recital is given by talented Young Musicians from The Purcell School, the UK’s oldest specialist music school. The school holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture; alumni include CBE, Yevgeny Sudbin, Catrin Finch and BBC Young Musician of the Year winners, , and . ‘It gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of’ Sir CBE All seats £15

The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

Saturday 19 November 6.00 pm 19 Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Nash Ensemble K Leighton Schubert Three Marches Militaires D733 for piano duet Bartók Duos for 2 violins (selection) Kodály Duo for violin and cello Op. 7 The Nash Ensemble’s Austro-Hungarian evening double bill begins with Schubert’s three Marches Militaires for piano duet – the first of which features one of the composer’s best-known tunes – followed by folk-inspired string duos by the two fathers of modern Hungarian music, Bartók and Kodály.

All seats £5

Chamber Music Season/Nash Ensemble: Vienna and its Empire Nash Ensemble

Saturday 19 November 7.30 pm

Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Nash Ensemble Clive Barda

Sussie Ahlburg Keith Saunders Ian Brown piano Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Lawrence Power viola

Richard Hosford clarinet Ian Brown Simon Crawford-Phillips Lawrence Power Brahms Hungarian Dances for piano duet Liszt Elégie for cello, piano, harp and harmonium S130; Romance oubliée (for viola and piano) S132 Dohnányi in C Op. 37 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

Keith Saunders This programme includes music by two Hungarian pianist-composers, complete with Liszt’s rarely heard chamber works and Erno˝ Dohnányi’s extrovert Sextet, framed with a selection of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances, arrangements of gypsy tunes that he knew and loved from childhood, and his masterly late Clarinet Quintet, with its gypsy-influenced slow movement. Richard Hosford £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season/Nash Ensemble: Vienna and its Empire

15 Sunday 20 November 11.30 am 20 Wigmore Hall Debut* Maximilian Hornung* cello

Hirofumi Isaka Hisako Kawamura piano Marco Borggreve Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Webern Two Pieces for cello and piano; Drei kleine Stücke Op. 11 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Prestigious record prizes and other honours, the Young Artist Award 2015 of the European Foundation for Culture among

them, have come to Maximilian Hornung in recent years. Maximilian Hornung Hisako Kawamura The young German cellist traces the creative lines and points of contrast between Schumann and Webern, and Webern and Brahms in his Wigmore Hall debut recital.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 20 November 7.30 pm

Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone piano Maciej Pikulski Cate Pisaroni Schubert Der Schiffer (D536); Memnon; Fahrt zum Hades; Auf der Donau Beethoven aus der Ferne; Der Kuss; Ich liebe dich; Adelaide Mendelssohn Neue Liebe; Gruß! (Op. 19a No. 5); Morgengruß; Allnächtlich im Traume; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Reiselied (Op. 34 No. 6) Schubert From Schwanengesang: Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger Schubert Schäfers Klagelied; Grenzen der Menschheit; Luca Pisaroni Maciej Pikulski Ganymed; Erlkönig; Willkommen und Abschied The charismatic power and poise of Luca Pisaroni’s voice have inspired audiences at the world’s leading opera houses, concert halls and festivals. The Venezuelan-born Italian bass-baritone is joined by pianist Maciej Pikulski to explore the dialogue between voice and piano in works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Song Recital Series

Monday 21 November 1.00 pm

21 Garrick Ohlsson piano Smetana Czech Dances: Polka in A minor; Hulán (Lancer); Mark McBeth Obkrocˇ ák (Stepping Dance); Slepicˇka (The Little Hen); Furiant Falla 4 piezas españolas: Aragonesa; Cubana; Montañesa; Andaluza Falla Fantasia baetica Smetana and Falla’s keyboard compositions harbour strong flavours of the folk music of their respective homelands. Garrick Ohlsson offers an exquisitely balanced menu of pieces from Smetana’s second book of Czech Dances, written not long after the composer realised his deafness was incurable, and Falla’s Cuatro piezas españolas of 1906–09, key works in the revival of Spanish nationalism.

£13 concs £11

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Garrick Ohlsson

16 Monday 21 November 7.30 pm

The Monday Platform Pelléas Ensemble: Henry Roberts flute Luba Tunnicliffe viola Oliver Wass harp

Hannah Morgan oboe Daniel King Smith piano Dubois Terzettino Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts Britten Suite for harp Op. 83 Poulenc Sonata for oboe and piano Silvestrini From Six Études for Oboe: Hôtel des Roches noires Pelléas Ensemble à Trouville; Scène de Plage – Ciel d’orage Telemann Fantaisie No. 7 in D Clara Schumann Die gute Nacht Vaughan Williams Orpheus with his lute Schubert Nacht und Träume Damase Rhapsodie for oboe and piano Misha Mullov-Abbado Three Meditation Songs (London première) Ravel Sonatine (arr. for flute, viola and harp by Salzedo) This concert showcases artists selected by audition earlier in the year to join the Young Artists’ Platform scheme. The Pelléas Ensemble, formed Hannah Morgan Daniel King Smith at GSMD in 2011, has achieved success in many competitions in the last year, including both the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition, 1st Prize at the British Harp Chamber Music Competition and finalists in the ROSL Chamber Music Competition. Oboist Hannah Morgan, a graduate of RAM, has been a member of the Academy of the Philharmonic since 2014, with whom she has performed regularly under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle and other eminent conductors. Her work with the orchestra has included European tours, recordings, and live television and cinema broadcasts.

£20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Promoted by The Friends of Young Artists Platform Supported by the Tillett Trust and the Milton Grundy Foundation

Tuesday 22 November 7.30pm 22 Dunedin Consort

John Butt director Andy Staples

Andrew Redpath

Joanne Lunn soprano Richard Shymansky Tim Mead countertenor tenor Nicholas Mulroy Joanne LunnTim Mead Nicholas Mulroy Matthew Brook Matthew Brook bass-baritone ODE FOR SAINT CECILIA’S DAY

David Barbou Purcell Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day) Z339 Purcell Selections from The Tempest: Neptune Masque interspersed with Locke Selections fromThe Tempest Purcell Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day) Z328

Wigmore Hall celebrates St Cecilia on her annual festival with the greatest of Purcell’s Odes. Hail, bright Cecilia, the Ode for St Cecilia’s Day 1692, belongs to a distinctive John Butt and the Dunedin Consort English tradition of honouring music’s patron saint. Purcell here enriches Nicholas Brady’s sonorous verse with music packed with expressive subtleties, tonal variety and compelling textural contrasts. John Butt and his Dunedin Consort, acclaimed for their interpretations of masterworks by Bach and Handel, invariably find fresh ways of bringing Baroque music to life. They recently added Hail, bright Cecilia to their repertoire and developed their interpretation with a series of concerts in 2015.

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2016 /17 Wigmore Series Early Music and Baroque Series

17 Wednesday 23 November 7.30 pm

23 Truls Mørk cello Håvard Gimse piano Grieg Intermezzo in A minor for cello and piano Janácˇek Pohádka Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor Sibelius Four Pieces Op. 78 Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36 Two of Norway’s foremost artists join forces for this recital of masterworks for cello and piano, including the folk music-influenced substance of Grieg’s Cello Sonata of 1882–83 and Janácˇek’s Pohádka. Their programme also includes the light-hearted melodic lines of Grieg’s early Intermezzo and joyful charm of Sibelius’s Four Pieces Op. 78 of 1915–17.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season

Johs Boe

Jon Andersen

Truls Mørk Håvard Gimse

Thursday 24 November 1.00 pm 24 Lisa Peacock Presents Thursday Lunchtime Showcases Trio from London International Players Daniel Röhn violin Ana de la Vega flute Lauma Skride piano Bach Trio Sonata in C minor BWV1079 for flute, violin & piano from The Musical Offering Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano Debussy Prélude a l’après-midi d’une faune for flute, violin & piano (arr. Jascha Heifetz) Brahms Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata; Hungarian Dance No. 17 (arr. Kreisler) Bizet Carmen Fantasy for flute, violin & piano (arr. D. Röhn) Members of the dynamic London International Players, Daniel Röhn, one of the leading violinists of his generation, who was awarded the ‘Rising Star’ award in 2005, is joined by the ensemble’s founder and artistic director, flautist Ana de la Vega, and highly acclaimed pianist Lauma Skride; all three perform worldwide as soloists with orchestras and in chamber music venues. Trio from London International Players ‘Rendered in vivid colours, brilliantly placed and combining striking individual virtuosity …’ The Strad ‘Outstanding ... out of the top drawer’ Musical Opinion (Wigmore Hall debut)

£15 concs £13 20% discount when you book for 3 or more concerts in this series (see further dates below)

Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd Tickets also on sale for Thursday Lunchtime Showcases on 15 September (Australia Piano Quartet), 13 October (Florian Heinisch), 19 January (Mariam Batsashvili), 16 February (Trio Gewandt) and 16 March (Sophie Rosa & Benjamin Powell)

18 Thursday 24 November 7.30 pm

Stuart Jackson tenor Marcus Farnsworth baritone

Martin Sigmund James Baillieu piano Benjamin Ealovega Schubert Leichenfantasie; Das war ich (D174a); Das war ich (D174b) (fragment); Der Morgenstern (D172) (fragment); Die erste Liebe; Jägers Abendlied I; Grablied; Der Fischer; Abends unter der Linde I & II; Lob des Tokayers; Punschlied: im Norden zu singen;

Der Vatermörder; An Rosa I & II; Fischerlied (D351); Stuart Jackson Marcus Farnsworth Die Einsiedelei (D393); Lied (Ins stille Land); Fischerlied II; Die Einsiedelei (D563); Des Fräuleins Liebeslauschen; Doch im Getümmel der Schlacht; Wenn ich dich, Holde, sehe; Totengräber-Weise; Fischerweise

Kaupo Kikkas Two ballads from 1811, ‘Leichenfantasie’ and ‘Der Vatermörder’, introduce each half of this programme, setting the scene for Stuart Jackson and Marcus Farnsworth’s shared Schubert recital. The chosen songs include a strong storytelling element, present not least in the two settings of ‘Das war ich’ and of Goethe’s captivating ‘Jägers Abendlied’ and ‘Der Fischer’.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs James Baillieu

Friday 25 November 7.30 pm 25 Ensemble Modern Jonathan Berman conductor

Maurice Foxall George Garnier Manere 1, 2, 3 (world première) Stockhausen Zeitmasze Oliver Knussen Ophelia Dances Book I Op. 13 Alexander Goehr Verschwindendes Wort Alexander Goehr’s family moved from Germany to Britain soon after his birth in 1932. His formative musical and

cultural experiences were provided by his father, the Alexander Goehr Jonathan Berman conductor and Schoenberg pupil Walter Goehr, and his mother, an accomplished pianist. He attracted attention in the 1950s as a founding member of the Manchester New Music Group, together with fellow students , and John Ogdon. Goehr’s influence as composer and teacher runs deep in the musical life of Britain and beyond. Ensemble Modern celebrates his compelling synthesis of modernist and traditional ideas in a programme that includes the world première of Manere 1, 2, 3.

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Katrin Schilling

Ensemble Modern

19 Saturday 26 November 7.30 pm 26

Lutosławski String Quartet Iñigo Ináñez Hanna Kulenty String Quartet No. 6* (world première) Philippe Manoury String Quartet No. 4 ‘Fragmenti’ (UK première) Donatoni La Souris sans Sourire *Co-commissioned by De Doelen Rotterdam, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation The Arditti Quartet adds the work of Hanna Kulenty to its extensive repertoire list with the world première of the Polish composer’s Sixth String Quartet. The Ardittis also introduce Philippe Manoury’s ‘Fragmenti’ to the UK, presented alongside Arditti Quartet the playful musical gestures of Franco Donatoni’s La Souris sans Sourire. £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series

Sunday 27 November 11.30 am

27 Tai Murray violin

Susie Knoll Silke Avenhaus piano Julia Wesely Tartini Sonata in G minor ‘The Devil’s Trill’ (arr. Kreisler) Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Suk Four pieces for violin and piano Op. 17 Tai Murray, a BBC New Generation Artist from 2008 to 2010, is known for the subtlety and nuance of her phrasing and a tone that explores the full spectrum of violin colours. The Chicago-born musician has been described by The New York Times as ‘superb’, a judgement echoed widely in superlative reviews of her concert performances and recordings. Tai Murray Silke Avenhaus £13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 27 November 7.30 pm

Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition Winner’s Recital

Gen Li piano Bach Prelude and Fugue in F BWV880 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book II Debussy Images Series 2 Albéniz El Albaicín from Iberia Book 3 Liszt Au lac de Wallenstadt from Années de pèlerinage S160; Waltz No. 1 S514 Tchaikovsky Dumka: Russian rustic scene Op. 59 Lowell Liebermann Gargoyles Op. 29 Stephen Montague Mira Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in Bb Op. 83 This debut recital is the winner’s prize for the 2015 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition. Described as ‘the golden fingers’ by BBC Radio 3 presenter Sean Rafferty, Gen has won numerous prizes in piano competitions and has performed at some of the world's finest venues, receiving high praise from both public and critics alike. Gen Li All seats £15

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20 Monday 28 November 1.00 pm 28 Wigmore Hall Debut* tenor Ilker Arcayürek* Josh Bryant

Carreon Lopez Simon Lepper piano Schubert Ganymed; Schäfers Klagelied; Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; Am Flusse (D766); Auf dem See; Der Musensohn Schumann A memorable finalist in the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Ilker Arcayürek has been selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for 2015 to 2017. The Turkish tenor makes his Wigmore Hall debut with an irresistible programme of songs by Schubert and the emotionally turbulent world of Schumann’s Dichterliebe. Ilker Arcayürek Simon Lepper

£13 concs £11

Ilker Arcayürek is a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Monday 28 November 7.30 pm La Nuova Musica David Bates director

Lucy Crowe soprano (Calisto) Graeme Robertson James Platt bass (Giove) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano (Diana) Tim Mead countertenor (Endomione) Rachel Kelly mezzo-soprano (Giunone) La Nuova Musica James Newby baritone (Mercurio) Andrew Tortise tenor (Pane) Sam Furness tenor (Linfea)

Marco Borggreve countertenor (Satirino) Benjamin Ealovega Jake Arditti Maximilian Van London Edward Grint bass-baritone (Sylvano) David Bates Lucy Crowe James Platt Cavalli La Calisto Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto, first

Andy Staples performed in Venice in 1651, blends Gerard Collett

comedy and tragedy with music of Benjamin Ealovega sensuous beauty and irresistible charm. The opera’s libretto is based on the ancient Greek myth of the nymph Pamela Helen Stephen Tim Mead Rachel Kelly James Newby Callisto as related by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Its modern revival at the 1970 Glyndebourne Festival

Jan Rebuschat created a wave of interest in Baroque Hayden Phoenix

opera that continues to grow today, Maximilian Van London driven by the energy and artistic vision of groups such as La Nuova Musica Andrew Tortise Sam Furness Jake Arditti Edward Grint and its director David Bates, who made his critically acclaimed US debut in 2014 La Calisto with Cincinnati Opera.

£50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Early Music and Baroque Series

21 Tuesday 29 November 7.30pm

29 Sir András Schiff piano BACH, SCHUMANN, JANÁCˇEK AND BARTÓK Bach 15 Inventions BWV772–786 Bartók 10 pieces from For Children BB53 Bartók Three Rondos on folktunes BB92; Three Burlesques for solo piano BB55 Janácˇek On an overgrown path (Book I) Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Bach’s Inventions, intended for teaching purposes, stand as a monument to the creation of musical ideas and their development. Sir András Schiff’s recital also explores the breath-taking range of creativity in Bartók’s folksong-inspired miniatures, the first volume of Janác˘ek’s On an overgrown path (Book I) and the eighteen peerless character pieces of Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze.

Returns only

Supported by an anonymous donor and the Chamber Music Circle London Pianoforte Series

Yutaka Suzuki

Sir András Schiff

Wednesday 30 November 7.30 pm 30 Sir András Schiff Masterclass Wigmore Hall’s Learning programme enters the evening concert mainstream with a masterclass led by Sir András Schiff, working Nadia F Romanini with outstanding students chosen by Sir András himself on repertoire featured in the previous evening’s concert. Participants and their audience can expect to discover profound interpretative insights from one of the world’s great musicians, recently hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his ‘impeccable technique’, ‘intense concentration’ and ‘acute sense of being’.

All seats £20

Supported by an anonymous donor Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event Sir András Schiff

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How to get to Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM, HonFRIAM The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity No. 1024838

Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by.

Buses A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Street and Lane, all of which are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the box office for further details or visit our website.

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