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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk November December 1 Nov 7.30pm Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d’Astrée/ 4 1 Dec 11.30am Beatrice Rana 19 Anna Stéphany 7.30pm Tenebrae/Nigel Short/Olivia Jageurs 20 2 Nov 11.00am Tamsin Waley-Cohen 4 2 Dec 1.00pm Colin Currie/Sam Walton/ 19 1.15pm Freya Waley-Cohen Talk 4 Pavel Kolesnikov/ Tsoy 2.30pm Albion Quartet 4 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 19 7.30pm 5 Quartet 3 Dec 1.00pm Tabea Debus/Alex McCartney 21 3 Nov 11.30am Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen 5 Jonathan Rees 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi 5 7.30pm / 21 4 Nov 1.00pm 5 The Cardinall’s Musick 4 Dec 11.00am Schools Concert: Beethoven and the 22 7.30pm 5 /Sonoko Miriam Welde/ Science of Sound

Johan Dalene/Ludvig Gudim/Amihai Grosz/ 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/Allan Clayton/ 22 Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad/Amalie Stalheim/ Christopher Parkes/Aurora Orchestra/

Jens Peter Maintz Brett Dean 5 Nov 1.00pm Timothy Ridout/Jonathan Ware 6 7.30pm Takács Quartet 6 5 Dec 7.30pm / 22 6 Nov 10.00am Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate 6 Dec 1.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass 22 Competition – Final 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă 23 7.30pm /Iain Burnside 6 7 Dec 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 23 7 Nov 7.30pm Takács Quartet 7 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams 23 8 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 7 8 Dec 11.30am Van Kuijk Quartet 23 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 7 3.00pm Claire Booth/Susan Bickley/Nicky Spence/ 24 7.30pm Simona Mihai/Anna Stéphany/Filipe Manu/ 7 Andrew Matthews-Owen Dominic Sedgwick//Somi Kim 7.30pm Thomas Oliemans/ 24 9 Nov 10.30am Family Day: Journey to the Moon 7 9 Dec 1.00pm 24 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 8 7.30pm Eric Lu 24 10 Nov 11.30am 8 Isang Enders/Sunwook Kim 10 Dec 1.00pm Mario Häring 24 3.00pm 8 Fisher/Ashok Gupta 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 25 7.30pm 8 11 Nov 1.00pm Joanna MacGregor 10 11 Dec 1.00pm Xinyuan Wang 25 7.30pm Lara Melda 9 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Improviso 25 7.30pm Melvyn Tan/Calefax/ 25 12 Nov 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 10 13 Nov 7.30pm 10 12 Dec 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 26 7.30pm / 26 14 Nov 1.00pm The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards 10 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware 11 13 Dec 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar/Céline Scheen/ 26 15 Nov 7.30pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Bell 11 Benedetta Mazzucato/Vincenzo Capezzuto 16 Nov 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 11 14 Dec 7.30pm Jakub Józef Orliński/Il Pomo d’Oro 26 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 11 15 Dec 11.30am Eggner Trio 27 17 Nov 11.30am Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy 12 7.30pm Fretwork/Helen Charlston 27 7.30pm Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy/ 12 16 Dec 1.00pm Elisabeth Kulman/Eduard Kutrowatz 27 Elena Bashkirova 7.30pm Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen 27 18 Nov 1.00pm 12 James Newby/Simon Lepper 17 Dec 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset 28 7.30pm Danny Driver 12 19 Nov 7.30pm EFG London Jazz Festival: 13 18 Dec 7.30pm 28 Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III 19 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 28 20 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 13 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss 28 11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Forest 13 20 Dec 11.00am Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 28 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio 13 with Jonathan Biss 21 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 13 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 30 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 13 21 Dec 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 30 7.30pm Saki Kato 15 22 Dec 11.30am 30 22 Nov 1.00pm Masterclass 15 7.30pm Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov 29 7.30pm Doric 14 23 Dec 7.30pm 30 23 Nov 11.00am The Wagner Society Singing Competition 15 Isabelle Faust/Alois Posch/Lorenzo Coppola/ 7.30pm Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide 15 Javier Zafra/Reinhold Friedrich/ Jörgen van Rijen/Raymond Curfs/ 24 Nov 11.30am 16 Rachel Podger Dominique Horwitz 3.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Interview 16 7.30pm Brenda Rae/Malcolm Martineau 16 27 Dec 7.30pm Schumann Quartet 31 25 Nov 1.00pm The Marian Consort 16 28 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 31 7.30pm The Purcell School Soloists 16 29 Dec 11.30am Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends 31 26 Nov 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 17 7.30pm Tara Erraught/James Baillieu 31 7.30pm Nelson Goerner 17 30 Dec 7.30pm Ensemble Marsyas/Peter Whelan/ 32 27 Nov 7.30pm Dmytro Choni 17 Katie Bray/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Joe Walters 28 Nov 7.30pm /Harry Bicket/ 17 31 Dec 7.00pm Florilegium/Ashley /Rowan Pierce/ 32 Nadja Zwiener Bojan Čičić/David Blackadder 29 Nov 3.00pm Music for the Moment 18 7.30pm Fauré Quartet 18 30 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 18 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 18 3.00pm Family Concert: Beethoven and the 18 Science of Sound 7.30pm /Kathleen Kelly 19 4 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 1 November Saturday 2 November 7.30pm 1.15pm – 2.15pm Emmanuelle Haïm Residency Recollections of Beethoven

Emmanuelle Haïm director, Freya Waley-Cohen Talk harpsichord, organ Join us in the Bechstein Room between concerts Le Concert d’Astrée where Freya Waley-Cohen will discuss her David Plantier Felix Knecht influences and inspiration behind today’s music. Nicola Dal Maso £5 Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Violoncello Obbligato Saturday 2 November Caldara Sinfonia for solo cello Marcello Salmo 2.30pm – 3.30pm XV ‘Conserva me, Domine’ Gabrielli Cello Sonata No. 1 Merula Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna Recollections of Beethoven Porpora Giusto amor from Gli Orti Esperidi; Sonata Albion Quartet for solo cello Vivaldi Di verde ulivo from Tito Manlio Freya Waley-Cohen New work for string trio* £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 (world première); Coffee Forthcoming Concert in the Series Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133 Tuesday 14 April 2020 7.30pm Freya Waley-Cohen Snap Dragon *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the generous support Saturday 2 November of The Hargreaves and Ball Trust 11.00am – 12 noon £16 Recollections of Beethoven In Memory of Peter Flatter Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Freya Waley-Cohen Unveil Sir George Benjamin Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and 3 Miniatures for solo violin Knussen Secret Psalm quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004 György Kurtág From Játékok: In Nomine – all’ongherese, ...féerie d’automne... & Homage à J.S.B. Freya Waley-Cohen Likeness £16

Emmanuelle Haïm Tamsin Waley-Cohen Freya Waley-Cohen Albion Quartet © Marianne Rosenstiehl © Patrick Allen © Patrick Allen wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 5

Saturday 2 November Monday 4 November 7.30pm 1.00pm The Cardinall’s Musick Ľubica Čekovská The Midsummer Quartet Gibbons O clap your hands Greaves England Schulhoff String Quartet No. 1 receive the rightful King Tomkins O God, the Smetana String Quartet No. 2 in D minor proud are risen against me Hilton As there be Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in three blue beans Byrd The Eagle’s Force East E flat minor Op. 30 O metaphysical tobacco Byrd Deus venerunt £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 gentes Allison O Lord bow down Tomkins The hills stand about Weelkes O Lord God Sunday 3 November Almighty Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer 11.30am £16 concs £14 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for Lucas Jussen piano schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Arthur Jussen piano Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro brillant Op. 92 Monday 4 November Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940 Ravel Ma 7.30pm mère l’oye Fazıl Say Night Janine Jansen violin £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Johan Dalene violin Sunday 3 November Ludvig Gudim violin 7.30pm Amihai Grosz Schubert Cycle: Francesco Piemontesi Eivind Ringstad viola Francesco Piemontesi piano Amalie Stalheim cello Schubert 4 Impromptus D899; Piano Sonata Jens Peter Maintz cello in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20 Forthcoming Concert in the Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Wednesday 27 May 2020 7.30pm In Memory of Peter Flatter Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Albion Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet Lucas and Arthur Jussen Francesco Piemontesi The Cardinall’s Musick © Marco Boggreve © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega 6 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 5 November Wednesday 6 November 1.00pm 10.00am – 3.00pm

Timothy Ridout viola Jaques Samuel Pianos Jonathan Ware piano Intercollegiate Piano YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Competition – Final Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Dichterliebe The competition takes place annually between Op. 48 (arr. Timothy Ridout for viola and piano) the four main London music colleges (Guildhall £14 concs £12 School of Music & Drama, , and Trinity Laban Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) Conservatoire). Finalists perform a 45-50 minute YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art programme of their own choice. The winner is Foundation for this series announced shortly the last performance. £8 Tuesday 5 November Sponsored by Fazioli, SW Mitchell Capital LLP, Tongdean 7.30pm Eye Clinic and C Bechstein Associate Artists Wednesday 6 November Takács Quartet 7.30pm Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Roderick Williams baritone Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Iain Burnside piano Concert repeated on 7 November A Voyage Around Hardy £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Finzi Childhood among the Ferns Schubert Im Haine; Der Wanderer D489; Der Einsame Finzi Amabel Schubert Liebhaber in allen Gestalten; An Rosa II; Die Liebe hat gelogen Finzi Channel Firing Schubert Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall Finzi Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Timothy Ridout Takacs Quartet Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Roderick Williams © Kaupo Kikkas © Amanda Tipton Photography Piano Competition – Final © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 7

Thursday 7 November Friday 8 November 7.30pm 7.30pm Associate Artists Simona Mihai soprano Takács Quartet Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Filipe Manu tenor Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Dominic Sedgwick baritone Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Joseph Middleton piano Repeat of concert on 5 November Somi Kim piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Samling Showcase 2019: Come into the Garden Friday 8 November Programme to include works by Schumann, 10.15am and 11.45am Wolf, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Chausson, Walton, Ireland, Head and Britten. Chamber Tots: Autumn A leading authority in the training of classical Join us on an autumnal musical adventure in voices and piano accompanists nationally and these interactive music sessions for children internationally, Samling Institute for Young aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Artists presents its annual Showcase. exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin we explore, play and move together! Saturday 9 November 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds) 10.30am – 3.30pm

Children £7 Adults £5 Family Day: Journey to the Moon Recommended for families with children aged 7-12 Find your space boots and get ready for a musical adventure to the moon! To celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing, families are invited to join professional musicians and artists in this interactive day of workshops. You can expect singing, prop-making, movement and drama, so come prepared for an energetic day! Children £10 Adults £15

Roderick Williams Takacs Quartet Chamber Tots A Garden in Italy, oil on canvas Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega © Amanda Tipton Photography © Benjamin Ealovega © Julian Vilarrubi © Benjamin Ealovega 8 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Saturday 9 November Sunday 10 November 7.30pm 3.00pm Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations Alessandro Fisher tenor Cédric Tiberghien piano Ashok Gupta piano Beethoven 6 Variations on an Original Theme Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 in F Op. 34 Rachmaninov I Remember that Day; has Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 fallen; Lilacs; I beg for mercy; Again I am alone; Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11 Night is mournful; The Dream; The pied piper Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 £16 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Our Beethoven Celebration has been Sunday 10 November made possible thanks to a lead gift 7.30pm from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, with additional support from the Beethoven Circle Leslie Howard piano Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Mozart Sonata in A K331 Sunday 23 February 2020 7.30pm Beethoven Sonata in B flat Op. 22 Liszt 3 odes funèbres: Les morts S516, La notte Thursday 2 July 2020 7.30pm S516a & Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse S517; Sunday 10 November Réminiscences de l’opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer: Cavatine S412a & Valse infernale S413 11.30am £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Isang Enders cello Sunwook Kim piano Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 N Boulanger 3 pièces for cello and piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Cedric Tiberghien Isang Enders Alessandro Fisher Leslie Howard © Jean-Baptiste Millot © Workroom K © Gerard Collett wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 9

Monday 11 November 7.30pm Lara Melda piano Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3 Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat Op. 33 No. 7; Etude-tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8 Prokofiev From 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op. 75: Masks, Montagues and Capulets,

Leslie Howard Friar Laurence & Mercutio Lyadov Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 44 Rachmaninov Prelude in D Op. 23 No. 4; Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Lara Melda £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 © Emrah Bostan 10 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 11 November Wednesday 13 November 1.00pm 7.30pm

Joanna MacGregor piano Wihan Quartet Birds, Grounds, Chaconnes Klein String Trio Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux Suk String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. 11 Couperin Les fauvétes plaintives Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Messiaen Le merle noir £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Rameau La Poule In Memory of Pamela Majaro Janáček The barn owl has not flown away! Unlimited U25s tickets from On an Overgrown Path Part of the U25s scheme: Free Sir Oockooing Bird tickets for schools and 8-25 year Hossein Alizâdeh Call of the Birds olds at selected concerts, supported Purcell Ground in C minor ZD221 by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Philip Glass Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi Gibbons Whoop, do me no harm, good man Thursday 14 November Byrd 1st Pavane from My Ladye Nevells Booke 1.00pm Philip Glass Knee Play No. 4 from Einstein on the Beach from Trilogy Sonata The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Pachelbel Ciacona in F minor Judging Panel: £16 concs £14 Sir John Tomlinson Emma Bell Michael Dussek Tuesday 12 November Saffron van Zwanenberg chair 7.30pm A competition for young singers and accompanists Christian Tetzlaff violin between the ages of 22 and 30, The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards seeks to recognise piano Lars Vogt potential. The young finalists, selected from the Beethoven No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 preliminary auditions in October, will each present Lutosławski Partita for violin and piano a programme that includes works by Handel, György Kurtág 3 pezzi Op. 14e Peter Wishart and two pieces of their own choice. Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano Approximately 3 hours in duration £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £13 concs £11 Jackdaws Music Education Trust Supported by the Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust, the Oldham Foundation, Cooper Hall Emerging Artists, Geoffrey and Margaret Batten

Joanna MacGregor Christian Tetzlaff Wihan Quartet Sir John Tomlinson © Giorgia Bertazzi © Lukáš Novotný © Robert Workman wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 11

Thursday 14 November Saturday 16 November 7.30pm 5.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Robin Tritschler tenor Jonathan Ware piano Nash Ensemble Fabled Songs Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Schubert Fahrt zum Hades; Der entsühnte Richard Hosford Orest; Der zürnenden Diana; Nachtstück; Marie Lloyd basset horn Memnon; Philoktet; Atys; Orest auf Tauris; Der Alpenjäger; Abendstern; Auflösung Beethoven Quintet in E flat for piano and G Bush Songs of the Zodiac winds Op. 16 Caplet Le loup et l’agneau from 3 Fables of Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor Op. 114 Jean de La Fontaine Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103 Honegger Petits cours de morale Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval Chabrier Villanelle des petits canards £5 Hageman Praise; At the well; Do not go, my love; Into the Silent Land; Miranda Saturday 16 November £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 7.30pm

Friday 15 November Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 7.30pm Nash Ensemble Academy of St Martin in the Fields Richard Hosford clarinet violin Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 ‘The Emperor’ Borodin String Sextet in D minor Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34 Mozart Divertimento in F K247 Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Dvořák String Sextet in A Op. 48 £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Returns Only

Robin Tritschler Joshua Bell Nash Ensemble Wind Quintet Schubertiade © Benjamin Ealovega © Shervin Lainez © Keith Saunders/ArenaPAL © Julius Schmid 12 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 17 November Monday 18 November 11.30am 1.00pm

Young Soloists of the James Newby baritone Kronberg Academy Simon Lepper piano Maciej Kułakowski cello Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Warlock Yarmouth Fair Marc Bouchkov violin Ireland The Three Ravens Bach Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Vaughan Williams Silent Noon from The House Helena Winkelman Ciaconna for solo violin of Life Schnittke Fugue for solo violin Howells King David Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor Britten Oliver Cromwell for solo violin BWV1004 £16 concs £14 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice Monday 18 November Jack Vousden’s 100th birthday 7.30pm Sunday 17 November piano 7.30pm Danny Driver Deirdre McKay Time, Shining Young Soloists of the Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Kronberg Academy Betsy Jolas Pièce Pour Marc Bouchkov violin Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ Sindy Mohamed viola £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Maciej Kułakowski cello Elena Bashkirova piano Beethoven Serenade in D for string trio Op. 8 Dohnányi Serenade in C Op. 10 Schnittke Piano Quintet £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Maciej Kułakowski Elena Bashkirova James Newby Danny Driver © Wojciech Grzędziński © Nikolaj Lund © Ben Mckee © Kaupo Kikkas wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 13

Tuesday 19 November Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm 7.30pm Lars Danielsson Group – Brahms Series Liberetto III Vienna Piano Trio Lars Danielsson bass, cello Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38; Grégory Privat piano Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Piano Trio John Parricelli guitar No. 1 in B Op. 8 (early version) Magnus Öström drums £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at Swedish bassist, cellist, composer and arranger selected concerts, supported by Lars Danielsson teams up with an all-star CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the lineup for the London première of Liberetto. Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Together, the band discovers new musical Thursday 21 November spaces and the freedom of music between 11.00am and 12.30pm chamber jazz, classic and European folk music. £35 £30 £20 For Crying Out Loud! Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and Wednesday 20 November groove to the music or sit back and unwind. 10.15am and 11.45am Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Chamber Tots: In the Forest Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adults £8.50 (babies come free) Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in In partnership with the Royal Academy these interactive music sessions for children of Music aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover exciting instruments, songs, and stories with experienced music leaders and emerging chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as we explore, play and move together! 10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds) 11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds) Children £7 Adults £5

Danny Driver Lars Danielsson Group Chamber Tots Vienna Piano Trio For Crying Out Loud! © Kaupo Kikkas © Thomas Schloemann © Benjamin Ealovega © Nancy Horowitz © Benjamin Ealovega 14 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten Series Doric String Quartet Britten’s Birthday Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25; String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36; String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Doric String Quartet © George Garnier wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 15

Thursday 21 November Saturday 23 November 7.30pm 11.00am

Saki Kato guitar The Wagner Society Trust Concert 2019 Singing Competition Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 The annual singing competition of The Wagner Edward Cowie Streams and Variations (world Society is an opportunity for promising young première) Wagner voices to compete for prizes of tuition Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata ‘Omaggio a and language coaching, as well as for the chance Boccherini’ Op. 77 to attend the student bursary programme at the José Guitar Sonata Bayreuth Festival. Six finalists, chosen from first £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 round auditions, will compete, singing works by Wagner and other composers in front of a Julian Bream Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1130890) distinguished panel of judges. Friday 22 November The panel will be chaired by Nicholas Payne 1.00pm – 4.00pm (director of Opera Europa) and will include Hugh Canning, Graham Clark, Isabel Murphy, Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday and Rachel Nicholls. The prizes will be Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass presented by Dame . The celebrated German baritone’s career took Approximately 4 hours in duration, including a off when he won the Shostakovich Prize in lunch interval 1996 in Moscow and an award at the Edinburgh £30 International Festival. His concert debut was under the baton of Sir with the Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has gone Saturday 23 November on to achieve an acclaimed international career. 7.30pm He will work with students from London music colleges in this afternoon’s masterclass. Andrè Schuen baritone £10 concs £8 Daniel Heide piano Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Schubert An den Mond D259; Im Frühling; Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Der Schiffer D536a; Abendstern; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Musensohn; Sei mir gegrüsst; Du bist die Ruh; Dass sie hier gewesen Mahler Rückert Lieder £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Saki Kato Thomas Quasthoff Dame Anne Evans Andrè Schuen © Zuzana Breznanikova © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment © Guido Werner 16 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 24 November Monday 25 November 11.30am 1.00pm Rachel Podger Residency The Marian Consort Rachel Podger violin Music for the Queen of Heaven Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin Byrd Salve Regina a4 Roxanna Panufnik BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo St Pancras MagnificatDodgson Dormi Jesu violin BWV1002 Tallis Videte miraculum Cecilia McDowall £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Alma Redemptoris Mater Ludford Ave cuius sherry/juice conceptio Tallis Euge caeli porta Britten A Hymn to the Virgin Parsons Ave Maria Sunday 24 November Ave Regina Caelorum 3.00pm £16 concs £14 Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday Thomas Quasthoff Interview Monday 25 November 7.30pm Sara Mohr-Pietsch will interview Thomas Quasthoff in a look back at his international Sofiia Matviienkoflute music career. Olwen Miles violin £20 Lina Juknevičiūtė violin Sunday 24 November Emily Henderson cello 7.30pm Bethany Caswell harp Brenda Rae soprano Milda Daunoraite piano Malcolm Martineau piano Yumeka Nakagawa piano Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Bradley Ng piano Argento 6 Elizabethan Songs The Purcell School Soloists Libby Larsen Try Me, Good King Lowell Liebermann 5 Songs on Poems of Jean Programme to include: Starr Untermeyer Op. 135* (UK première) Bernard Andrès Narthex Chausson Poème Op. 25 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Mozart Rondo in *Co-commissioned by Vocal Arts DC and Wigmore Hall F K494 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £15 concs £10 The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)

Rachel Podger Brenda Rae The Marian Consort The Purcell School © Theresa Pewal © Kristin Hoebermann wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 17

Tuesday 26 November Wednesday 27 November 1.00pm 7.30pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s Dmytro Choni piano Orchestra of St John’s 1st Prizewinner 2018 Santander International John Lubbock conductor Piano Competition Brahms Rhapsody in B minor Op. 79 No. 1; Sir Roy Strong art historian and curator Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2 Paul Blezard interviewer Schumann Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133 Hannah Davey soprano Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage, Elgar From Variations on an original Theme deuxième année, Italie S161 ‘Enigma’ Op. 36: Theme, Variation VIII ‘WN’ & Rachmaninov Daisies Op. 38 No. 3; Lilacs Variation X ‘Dorabella’ Op. 21 No. 5; Moment Musical in E minor Novello We’ll gather lilacs Op. 16 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in Byrd Pavane and 1st Galliard in A minor ‘The B flat minor Op. 36 Earl of Salisbury’ Walton 2 pieces for strings from Henry V £30 £25 £20 £16 £10 Puccini Sì, mi chiamino Mimì from La bohème Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd £16 concs £14 Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106) Thursday 28 November Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm 7.30pm The English Concert Nelson Goerner piano Harry Bicket director, harpsichord Fauré Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Nadja Zwiener violin Op. 73 Fontana Sonata XIV for 2 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Marini Sinfonia Terzo Tuono Op. 22; Balletto Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7; Les jeux d’eaux à la quarto Op. 22 Villa d’Este from Années de pèlerinage, troisième Castello Sonata No. 10 from Sonate concertate année S163; Rhapsodie espagnole S254 in stil moderno, libro secondo £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Steffani Suite from Niobe, Regina di Tebe Locatelli Concerto for 4 violins in F Op. 4 No. 12 Vivaldi The Four Seasons £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

The Purcell School Sir Roy Strong Nelson Goerner Dmytro Choni Nadja Zwiener © Marco Borggreve © Jamila Di © Antje Kroeger 18 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 29 November Saturday 30 November 3.00pm 10.15am and 11.45am Music for the Moment Chamber Tots: Under the Sea If you are, or someone you know is, living Join us on a musical adventure under the sea with dementia, please join us for this informal in these interactive music sessions for children afternoon concert with musicians from the aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly exciting instruments, songs, and stories with invited to join us for tea and coffee from experienced music leaders and emerging 2.30pm in the Bechstein Room. chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as Free (ticket required) we explore, play and move together! In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds) of Music 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)

Children £7 Adults £5 Friday 29 November Saturday 30 November 7.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Fauré Quartet Family Concert: Beethoven and Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op. 39: No. 6 the Science of Sound in A minor & No. 2 in A minor (transcr. Dirk Mommertz) Recommended for families with children aged 7-11 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 26 renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 concert, and discover ’s In Memory of Peter Flatter extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite families to learn more about this revolutionary Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at composer while investigating the science of selected concerts, supported by sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the some of his most loved and famous pieces even Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ after losing his hearing. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm. Children £10 Adults £12

Music for the Moment Faure Quartet Chamber Tots Family Concert © James Berry © Tim Klöcker © Benjamin Ealovega © Belinda Lawley wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 19

Saturday 30 November Sunday 1 December 7.30pm 11.30am

Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Beatrice Rana piano Kathleen Kelly piano Ravel Miroirs Chopin 12 Etudes Op. 25 Remick Warren Heather £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ L Boulanger Attente sherry/juice Beach Ah, love, but a day! from 3 Browning songs N Boulanger S’il arrive jamais from Monday 2 December Les heures claires 1.00pm Haydn Arianna a Naxos Libby Larsen Love After 1950 Colin Currie percussion Ravel Chanson à boire from Don Quichotte Sam Walton percussion à Dulcinée Duparc Phidylé Pavel Kolesnikov piano Strauss Cäcilie Samson Tsoy piano £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Programme to include: Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion BB115 £16 concs £14

Monday 2 December 7.30pm

Bertrand Chamayou piano Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 70 Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66; Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63 Chabrier From 10 pièces pittoresques: Mélancolie & Franck Prélude, choral et fugue Liszt Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel von Handel S181 Klavierstück No. 5 ‘Tombeau’ Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Jamie Barton Beatrice Rana Colin Currie Bertrand Chamayou © Rebecca Fay © Nicolas Bets © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve 20 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 1 December Gregorian chant O come, O come Emmanuel 7.30pm Adrian Peacock Veni, Veni Emmanuel Gregorian chant O Radix Jesse Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Advent ‘O’ Carol Joanna Marsh New work for male voices Tenebrae (world première) Britten A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 James Burton O Thoma! Nigel Short Maxwell Davies 4 Carols from O Magnum Mysterium conductor Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Warlock Benedicamus Domino Bax I sing of a maiden that is makeless Olivia Jageurs harp Sally Beamish In the stillness Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen Gruber/Rathbone Silent night Trad Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. Ian Humphris) Tenebrae © Sim Canetty-Clarke £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 21

Tuesday 3 December Tuesday 3 December 1.00pm 7.30pm Stephen Hough Residency Tabea Debus recorder Brahms Series Alex McCartney theorbo piano Jonathan Rees cello Stephen Hough cello YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Steven Isserlis Anon (14th century) Lamento di Tristano Suk Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1; Serenade Gareth Moorcraft New work in A Op. 3 No. 2 F Caccini Ciaccona Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Anon (16th century) La Monica or Une jeune fillette Stephen Hough Sonata for cello and piano left Caroubel Spagnolette from Terpsichore, hand (Les adieux) Musarum Aoniarum Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99 Falconieri La suave melodia Returns Only Anon (17th century) Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor from A Musicall Banquet Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Freya Waley-Cohen Caffeine for solo recorder Friday 6 December 7.30pm Anon (17th century) When Daphne did from with Michael Collins clarinet Andrei Ioniţă cello Phoebus fly (with diminutions by Jacob van Eyck) Purcell Fairest Isle from King Arthur Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm Handel Lascia ch’io pianga from ; Jig with Michael Collins clarinet Castalian String from , re di Persia Quartet Castrucci Allegro (first movement) from Concerto in D minor Op. 1 No. 10 Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm Marcello/Bach Adagio from Concerto in with Castalian String Quartet D minor SZ799 (with ornaments from Concerto in D minor BWV974) Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm Corelli The Favourite Gigg in Corelli’s 5th Solo with Renaud Capuçon violin with Divisions by Sig. Cateni & Valentini in A minor after Op. 5 No. 5 £14 concs £12 Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series

Tabea Debus Alex McCartney Stephen Hough Steven Isserlis © Kaupo Kikkas © Jen Martin © Jiyang Chen © Kevin Davis 22 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Wednesday 4 December Thursday 5 December 11.00am – 12 noon 7.30pm

Schools Concert: Beethoven and Thomas Hampson baritone the Science of Sound Wolfram Rieger piano Key Stage 2 Barber With Rue my Heart is Laden; Night Wanderers; Nocturne; From Despite and Still: In Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world- the Wilderness & Solitary Hotel; 3 Songs Op. 45; renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive 3 Songs Op. 10 concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s Wolf Der Genesene an die Hoffnung; In der Frühe; extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite Fussreise; Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling; Key Stage 2 school groups to learn more about Begegnung; Der Tambour; Der Feuerreiter this revolutionary composer while investigating the science of sound, as we explore how £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Beethoven composed some of his most loved and famous pieces even after losing his hearing. Friday 6 December Returns Only 1.00pm – 4.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass Wednesday 4 December Hailing from America, one of the world’s foremost 7.30pm baritones works with students from London music colleges. Hampson’s award-winning career Britten Series spans opera, song, research and education. Sophie Bevan soprano £10 concs £8 Allan Clayton tenor Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Christopher Parkes horn Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Aurora Orchestra Brett Dean conductor Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18 Josephine Stephenson Une Saison en Enfer* (world première) Pärt Cantus in memoriam Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Schools Concert Allan Clayton Sophie Bevan Thomas Hampson © Benjamin Ealovega © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Sussie Ahlburg © Jiyang Chen wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 23

Friday 6 December Saturday 7 December 7.30pm 7.30pm Stephen Hough Residency Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Brahms Series Nash Ensemble Stephen Hough piano Roderick Williams baritone Michael Collins clarinet Beethoven British folksongs for voice and Andrei Ioniţă cello piano trio Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Rossini Wind Quartet No. 1 in F Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Schubert 6 songs from Schwanengesang (arr. Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor by David Matthews for voice and ensemble) (transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1 (transcr. £38 £33 £27 £20 £15 Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm Saturday 7 December 5.30pm Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm

Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am

Nash Ensemble Sunday 8 December Philippa Davies Richard Hosford clarinet 11.30am Adrian Brendel cello Lucy Wakeford harp Hugh Webb harp Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Van Kuijk Quartet Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 (arr. for flute Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 and piano) Chopin Variations on a theme of Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Rossini (arr. for flute and harp) Schubert The Fountain; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Ständchen £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ D957; Ellens Gesang III (arr. by John Thomas sherry/juice for 2 harps) Ries Clarinet Trio Op. 28 Supported by John and Amy Ford Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval A legacy from the estate of Peter Flatter is helping us subsidise tickets for audiences under the age of 35, as well £5 as supporting our chamber music concerts in general. If you would like to support Wigmore Hall long into the future with a gift in your Will, please contact [email protected]. All gifts, large or small, matter. Thank you.

Andrei Ioniţă Schubertiade Roderick Williams Van Kuijk Quartet © Nikolaj Lund © Julius Schmid © Benjamin Ealovega © Nikolaj Lund 24 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 8 December Monday 9 December 3.00pm 1.00pm

Claire Booth soprano Nicholas Angelich piano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Bach/Busoni Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Nicky Spence tenor Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in Andrew Matthews-Owen piano C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ Jonathan Dove Birthday Concert £16 concs £14 Jonathan Dove Letters from Claude; Out of Winter; Selections from Ariel; Selections from All You Who Sleep Tonight Monday 9 December £16 7.30pm Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Eric Lu piano Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital Sunday 8 December Schumann Variations on an original theme in 7.30pm E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’ Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Schumann Song Series Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 Thomas Oliemans baritone £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Malcolm Martineau piano Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Tuesday 10 December Gade 5 Gedichte aus ‘Bilder des Orients’ Op. 24 1.00pm Brahms From Die schöne Magelone Op. 33: Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, Liebe kam aus Mario Häring piano fernen Landen, Wir müssen uns trennen, Ruhe, Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital Süssliebchen & Wie schnell verschwindet Debussy Estampes; Rêverie £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a Theme of Forthcoming Concert in the Series Schubert Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784 Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm £16 Sir baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Claire Booth Nicky Spence Thomas Oliemans Nicholas Angelich © Sven Arnstein © David Bebber © Marco Borggreve © Jean Francois Leclerc wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 25

Tuesday 10 December Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm 6.15pm – 7.05pm Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle Bechstein Sessions: Improviso Quatuor Danel Join us for an informal performance in the Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Bechstein Bar, featuring dynamic young ensemble , performing chamber music from the Weinberg String Quartet No. 3 Op. 14 Improviso Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 17th and 18th centuries alongside improvisations around styles from the same period. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £5 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by Wednesday 11 December CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the 7.30pm Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Melvyn Tan piano Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Calefax reed quintet Signum Quartet Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm Kevin Volans’ 70th Birthday Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm Kevin Volans Leaping Dance:This is How it Is; Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of piano:string quartet:chopin*1; L’Africaine; x:y:k for the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual reed quintet and string quartet*2 (world première) programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022 *1Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and the Arts Council of Ireland *2Co-commissioned by Calefax Reed Ensemble, Signum Quartet, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam Wednesday 11 December and the Eduard von Beinem Foundation 1.00pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Xinyuan Wang piano Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital Schubert Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’ Bartók 2 Romanian Dances Op. 8a; 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík; Allegro Barbaro BB63; Piano Sonata BB88 £16

Eric Lu Quatuor Danel Improviso Kevin Volans © Marco Borggreve © José Pedro Salinas 26 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Thursday 12 December Friday 13 December 1.00pm 7.30pm My Music with Orchestra of St John’s L’Arpeggiata Orchestra of St John’s Christina Pluhar director, theorbo John Lubbock conductor Céline Scheen soprano Alan Titchmarsh gardener, broadcaster Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano Paul Blezard interviewer Vincenzo Capezzuto alto Hannah Davey soprano Far la ninnananna Jan Peter Schmolck violin Anon Ninna nanna al Bambin Giesù Theile Der Singers to be announced Sionitin Wiegenlied: Nun ich singe, Gott, ich knie Trad/Italian Ninna nanna sopra la Romanesca; Mozart Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Ninna nanna ri la rosa; Ninna nanna delle donne dei Herzen from Die Zauberflöte Vaughan Williams marinai di Trapani; Stu’ criatu Kapsberger Figlio The Lark Ascending Beethoven Symphony dormi Merula Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla No. 6 in F Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’ (excerpt) nanna Rossi Dormite, begl’occhi from Orfeo Bennet Mozart Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte Venus’ birds Allegri Canario Cazzati Ciaccona Tchaikovsky Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty Monteverdi Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius £16 concs £14 Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106) without an interval £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Thursday 12 December 7.30pm Saturday 14 December Alice Coote mezzo-soprano 7.30pm Julius Drake piano Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor Take these songs I have sung to you, my love Il Pomo d’Oro Programme to include: Facce d’amore Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 The young Polish countertenor has risen Schoenberg A selection from Das Buch der speedily to stardom: earlier this year he made his hängenden Gärten Glyndebourne debut and recently released his Songs by Berg and Weill debut album with Il Pomo d’Oro. This programme £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 focusses on different aspects of love, ranging from joy to madness, anger and even craziness. Returns Only

Alan Titchmarsh Alice Coote Celine Scheen Jakub Jozef Orlinski © Jiyang Chen © Dina Köttgen © Jiyang Chen wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 27

Sunday 15 December Monday 16 December 11.30am 1.00pm

Eggner Trio Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Eduard Kutrowatz piano Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Schubert Der Flug der Zeit; Gretchen am £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Spinnrade; Du bist die Ruh sherry/juice Liszt Go not, happy day!; Die drei Zigeuner; Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher Sunday 15 December Britten 2 strophes from ‘Tell me the truth 7.30pm about love’; Johnny; Funeral Blues Porter Miss Otis regrets Fretwork: Musick’s Monument Weill Pirate Jenny from The Threepenny Opera Fretwork £16 concs £14 Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano An Elizabethan Christmas Monday 16 December Byrd In Nomine a5 No. 3; Out of the orient 7.30pm crystal skies; In Nomine a5 No. 4; From virgin’s womb; In Nomine a5 No. 5; An earthly tree Martin Fröst clarinet Holborne The Cradle; Lullabie Roland Pöntinen piano Byrd Lullaby Holborne As it Fell on a Holie Eve French Beauties and Swedish Beasts Peerson Upon my lap my soveraigne sits Debussy Première rapsodie Gibbons In Nomine a5 No. 1 Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano Anon Sweet was the song Anders Hillborg Tampere Raw Peerson Attendite Ravel From Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan & Weelkes To shorten winters sadnesse Alborada del gracioso Gibbons Fantasy a4 for ‘great dooble basse’ Roland Pöntinen Mercury Dream Holborne The New-Yeeres Gift Chausson Andante and Allegro Byrd O God that guides the cheerful sun £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Friday 17 July 2020 7.00pm

Eggner Trio Fretwork Elisabeth Kulman Martin Fröst © Keith Saunders © Nick White © Stephan Polzer © Sony Music Entertainment 28 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 17 December Thursday 19 December 7.30pm 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques Beethoven Sonata Cycle Christophe Rousset director Jonathan Biss piano Charpentier Litanies de la Vierge H84; Pour la Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 4 in E flat Op. 7, Vierge (‘Felix namque es’) H360; Antiennes O de No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’, l’Avent H36-43; From Noëls sur les instruments: No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1 & No. 23 in Joseph est bien marié, Or nous dites Marie & Où F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’ s’en vont ces gais bergers; Antiphona in honorem £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum (‘Beata es Maria’) H25; In circumcisione Domini: Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (‘Xenia, xenia pastores’) H406; Noëls pour les instruments Thursday 19 December H531; Magnificat H73 9.30pm £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss with Antoine Lederlin and Krzysztof Chorzelski Wednesday 18 December of the Belcea Quartet 7.30pm Free (with evening concert ticket) Belcea Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets Belcea Quartet Friday 20 December Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; 11.00am – 12 noon String Quartet in F Op. 135; String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Returns Only Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Lecture-meeting with Jonathan Biss in the Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Bechstein Room to discuss his Coursera Friday 20 December 7.30pm lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas coursera.org/learn/beethoven-piano-sonatas Monday 2 March 2020 7.30pm Returns Only Tuesday 3 March 2020 7.30pm

Friday 5 June 2020 7.30pm

Sunday 7 June 2020 7.30pm

Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Belcea Quartet Jonathan Biss © cargocollective.com-vermeesch © Ignacio Barrios Martinez © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 29

Sunday 22 December 7.30pm Claron McFadden soprano Alexander Melnikov piano Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35 Cage Aria Berio Sequenza III Berberian Stripsody Knussen Whitman Settings Op. 25 Schnittke Improvisation and Fugue for solo piano Schulhoff Sonata Erotica George Crumb Apparition: Elegiac Songs and Vocalises £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Jonathan Biss Claron McFadden © Benjamin Ealovega © Erik de Jong 30 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 20 December Sunday 22 December 7.30pm 11.30am Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle Modigliani Quartet Belcea Quartet Mozart Divertimento in F K138 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 E flat minor Op. 30 No. 6; String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 sherry/juice

Saturday 21 December Monday 23 December 7.30pm 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Isabelle Faust violin double bass soprano Alois Posch clarinet Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Lorenzo Coppola Theodore Platt baritone Javier Zafra trumpet Graham Johnson piano Reinhold Friedrich A Winter Birthday Jörgen van Rijen trombone Graham Johnson continues his Songmakers’ Raymond Curfs drums Almanac series by celebrating the most famous Dominique Horwitz narrator birthday of all. With a selection of songs by The Soldier’s Tale composers from Wolf and Strauss to Vaughan Williams and Britten, the line-up of talented singers Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124 explores the Christmas story from numerous Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale characters’ perspectives through the ages. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 £35 £30 £26 £22 £18

Ailish Tynan Graham Johnson Modigliani Quartet Isabelle Faust © Benjamin Ealovega © Clive Barda © Luc Braquet © Felix Broede wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 31

Friday 27 December Sunday 29 December 7.30pm 11.30am

Schumann Quartet Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 1 No. 1 and friends ‘La chasse’ Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op. 81 Op. 117 Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor Returns Only ‘From my life’ £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Sunday 29 December 7.30pm Saturday 28 December Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano 7.30pm James Baillieu piano Brahms Plus Series Loewe Meine Ruh ist hin; Ach neige, du Jonathan Plowright piano Schmerzenreiche; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Brahms plus Schumann Der du von dem Himmel bist; Irrlichter, die Knaben; Hinkende Jamben; Herr Pfarrer hat Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 zwei Fraeulchen; Süsses Begräbnis; O süsse Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Mutter; Frauenliebe Brahms Variations on a Theme by Robert Mahler Bald gras ich am Neckar; Hast gesagt, Schumann in F sharp minor Op. 9; du willst mich nehmen; Hans und Grethe; 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Rückert Lieder £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Trad/Irish Róisín Dubh; The lark in the clear air Harty Lane o’ the thrushes; Sea Wrack Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Brahms plus Chopin year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm Brahms plus Liszt

Schumann Quartet Jonathan Plowright Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends Tara Erraught © Kaupo Kikkas © Diane Shaw © Daniel Stroud © Kristin Hoebermann 32 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 30 December Tuesday 31 December 7.30pm 7.00pm NB time Ensemble Marsyas Residency Florilegium Ensemble Marsyas Ashley Solomon director, flute Peter Whelan director Rowan Pierce soprano Katie Bray mezzo-soprano Bojan Čičić violin Alec Frank-Gemmill horn David Blackadder trumpet Joe Walters horn JS Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51 Baroque Hogmanay – Music from the CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq. 22 Edinburgh Musical Society Giornovichi Concerto No. 13 in A for violin and orchestra Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie Overture in C Op. 1 JS Bach Non sa che sia dolore BWV209 No. 2 Arne 2 arias from Artaxerxes Handel Trio Sonata in G HWV399 Barsanti Concerto grosso £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Op. 3 No. 3; Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel Qual leon from ; Concerto in F for 2 horns HWV331; Pena tiranna from ; Son contenta di morire from Barsanti Songs from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes Handel From : Verdi prati & Sta nell’Ircana Barsanti Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 5 £50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’

Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 30 March 2020 7.30pm

Tuesday 26 May 2020 7.30pm with Sophie Gent violin

Wednesday 1 July 2020 7.30pm with soprano

Peter Whelan Katie Bray Rowan Pierce Florilegium © Roni Sidhu © Tim Dunk © Gerard Collett © Amit Lennon wigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 33

TO BOOK £5 TICKETS: Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk/u35 Lara Melda Or call the Box O ce on 020 7935 2141 © Mark Woods-Nunn 34 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER wigmore-hall.org.uk How to get to Wigmore Hall W H A I M R P L W O E E L Y T L E

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Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s West Restaurant and Bars End and is easily accessible by public transport or car. Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshments can be found at wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant or by Tubes calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations can be Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and Oxford made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141. Circus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations are both close by. Disabled Access and Facilities Full details from 020 7935 2141 Buses or [email protected] A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, which is approximately a five-minute walk from Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall has been awarded the Car Parking Bronze Charter Mark from Attitude is Everything There is limited street parking after 6.30pm (Mon–Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternatively there are public car parks in Cavendish Square and Harley Street, both of which are less than a five-minute walk This brochure is available in alternative formats. from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland If this would be of assistance to you, please Parking Scheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers email [email protected] or call 50% discount on their parking. Please contact the Box 020 7935 2141. Office for further details or visit our website.

Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk Become a Friend of Wigmore Hall • Be the fi rst to know with advance information • Enjoy the advantages of priority booking • Join us at exclusive events

Be involved from just £50 a year Visit wigmore-hall.org.uk/friends Call the Friends Offi ce on 020 7258 8230

Registered Charity No. 1024838 Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonRCM, HonFGS, HonFRIAM 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP wigmore-hall.org.uk Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

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