2018/19 Season preview 2 • SEASON PREVIEW

Each season is the result of your collective giving and for that we are very grateful.

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First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our supporters for their generous and loyal support of ’s work. The last year has, financially, beenthe most successful ever for Wigmore Hall, and has enabled us to share truly exceptional performances with the widest possible audience, both in the Hall and around the world thanks to our new digital capabilities. Each season is the result of your collective giving – without your friendship, donations to the Annual Fund and legacy gifts, we would be unable to plan a season as ambitious or as wide-ranging as 2018/19, and for that we are very grateful. The vast majority of concerts in our 2018/19 Season have been built by us and are promoted by the Hall. That gives strength to our artistic identity and means that we can set the highest standards of quality and creativity across the season. Putting this season together has been a source of great joy for me. I am particularly thrilled by the scope of our focus on Schumann’s songs and string quartets, and by our ever-expanding Early Music and Baroque Series. Other highlights include a series of standout performances in our Jazz Series, and the high number of outstanding singers and string quartets that we will hear throughout the season. There is a new generation of singers, dedicated to Lieder and art song, stepping forward now, and I am eager for our audience to discover their work and follow their careers as they develop. This brochure gives you an overview of what we are planning for 2018/19. I hope you enjoy reading it and marking some key dates in your diary, and I look forward to sharing this wonderful programme with you over the course of the season.

John Gilhooly © Kaupo Kikkas 4 • SEASON PREVIEW MAJOR THEMES

Schumann We will explore Schumann’s extensive output with Steven Isserlis () together with world-renowned soloists, as well as presenting all three of Schumann’s string quartets with the Elias . Alongside this, the season will also feature the first year of our in-depth two-year focus on Schumann’s songs, featuring performances by Florian Boesch (baritone), (soprano), Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor) and Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano), all in the company of (). © Tall Wall Media Wall Iain Burnside © Tall

Russian Song Series Pianist Iain Burnside leads our celebration of Russian song at the Hall, joined by a multitude of guest singers including Olena Tokar (soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Pavel Kolgatin (tenor) and Andrey Steven Isserlis © Kevin Davis Zhilikhovsky (baritone) amongst others. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 5

1 2 Sir George Benjamin A focus on the work of one of the outstanding composers of our generation, including a performance of his chamber opera Into the Little Hill and an exciting collaboration with the Roundhouse in Camden, in partnership with Ensemble Modern. 3 4 James Newby © Ben McKee, © Monika Rittershaus, James Newby Miah Persson Williams © Benjamin Ealovega Mouriz © JM Bielsa, Roderick Clara 1 Miah Persson 2 James Newby 3 Clara Mouriz 4 Roderick Williams Ravel Song Series A fresh focus on Ravel’s songs in varied programmes, juxtaposing the composer’s works with those of his contemporaries and influences. The series will feature performances from Miah Persson (soprano), Henk Neven (baritone), James Newby (baritone), Dame (mezzo- soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) and Roderick Williams (baritone), all in the

Sir George Benjamin © Matthew Lloyd George Sir company of pianist Joseph Middleton.

Elliott Carter and an American Series This season will feature an American retrospective including the JACK Quartet performing the complete string quartets by Elliott Carter alongside an American Series with the , featuring works by Charles Ives, Andrew Norman, Philip Glass and Samuel Barber amongst other

repertoire inspired by America. Quartet © Shervin Lainez JACK 6 • SEASON PREVIEW RESIDENCIES Every season, John Gilhooly invites the world’s finest artists for special residencies at Wigmore Hall. These collaborations on artistic projects inject a new energy into our programming, and attract new audiences across multiple appearances in a season. We are delighted to celebrate the following artists in residence during 2018/19: Dame Sarah Connolly © Peter Warren Connolly Dame Sarah Luminis © Ola Renska Vox © Molina Visuals Melnikov Alexander Dame Sarah Connolly Vox Luminis Alexander Melnikov Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly The Belgian early music vocal ensemble, Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov has been a firm favourite with Wigmore led by Lionel Meunier, will start its makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall audiences for almost two decades. three-concert residency in November Hall with a residency featuring Her residency this season includes a with a performance of Heinrich Schütz’s Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor daytime masterclass, a performance Musicalische Exequien and some of the with , a solo recital, with award-winning choir Tenebrae, composer’s other funeral motets. The and a programme of Mozart with and a programme featuring Argento’s residency will also feature works by Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Lorenzo From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. Bach and Charpentier. Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon) and Marcel Ponseele (). www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 7 Pekka Kuusisto © Kaapo Kamu Kuusisto Pekka Christian Blackshaw © Benjamin Ealovega © Yiorgos Mavropoulos Marlis Petersen Pekka Kuusisto Christian Blackshaw Marlis Petersen Virtuoso Finnish star Pekka We are delighted that renowned pianist, The enchanting soprano’s residency Kuusisto will feature throughout the Christian Blackshaw, will celebrate will include performances of Telemann 2018/19 Season, with performances his 70th birthday on the Wigmore with Die Kölner Akademie, and of Bach, Bartók, and a new piece by Hall stage in a special gala concert, Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzer with Anke Finnish composer Perttu Haapanen. including Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor Vondung (alto), Werner Güra (tenor), and Schumann’s Humoreske in B flat Paul Armin Edelmann (baritone), Op. 20. His residency also includes a Christoph Berner (piano) and Camillo recital with musicians from the Berlin Radicke (piano). Philharmonic and a programme of Mahler, Brahms and Schubert with mezzo-soprano . 8 • SEASON PREVIEW

ARTISTS IN FOCUS The 2018/19 Season features appearances from many internationally acclaimed artists. Performances to look out for include: The return of firm audience favourite,Igor Levit (piano), performing a series of concerts on variations including Bach’s ‘Goldberg’, Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’, and Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated, his recording of which won Gramophone’s 2016 Recording of the Year Award, alongside new commissions. (tenor) returns to Wigmore Hall to perform Schubert’s three great song cycles with pianists Thomas Adès, Sir Antonio Pappano and Lars Vogt. He also joins us for the première of a new song cycle written by star jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, which has been specially commissioned by Wigmore Hall. Headline appearances from internationally acclaimed artists include Christian Gerhaher (baritone), René Pape (bass), Sir András Schiff (piano), Richard Goode (piano), Emmanuel Ax (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano) and Simon Keenlyside (baritone) amongst many others, as well as a whole day dedicated to and the oboe. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 9

BIG BIRTHDAYS AT THE HALL! We are delighted that so many wonderful artists have chosen to celebrate their big birthdays this season at the Hall. Special concerts include: • Christian Blackshaw’s 70th birthday • Emmanuel Ax’s 70th birthday • Dame ’s 70th birthday • Steven Isserlis’s 60th birthday, including a rare guest appearance from Radu Lupu • Piotr Anderszewski’s 50th birthday

EMERGING VOCAL TALENT As a champion of emerging talent, Wigmore Hall is proud to support and provide a platform for artists as they begin their careers. During the 2018/19 Season, look out for recitals by the following new voices: • Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano) • Louise Alder (soprano) • Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone) • Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) • Christina Landshamer (soprano) • Nicky Spence (tenor) • (baritone) • Manuel Walser (baritone) • Andrè Schuen (baritone)

Igor Levit © Felix Broede • Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) MUSIC &PIANO SONG, CHAMBER 10 • SEASONPREVIEW Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano). Andreas (countertenor) Scholl and Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), (tenor),Ekaterina (soprano), Véronique Gens(soprano), (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi highlights: Dorothea Röschmann as aglittering array ofother vocal from tenor Robin Tritschler, aswell inspired by the changingseasons also include three programmes Ravel, the 2018/19Seasonwill on Schumann, Russian songand Alongside our season-long features Song © HaraldHoffmann Dorothea Röschmann Pavel HaasQuartetandThomas Adès. Quartet, andaJanáčekfocus with the Bartók cycle from the Jerusalem also includeacompleteSeason will variety ofguestartists.The2018/19 featuring performances withawide focus on the chamber musicof Fauré, Schumann, Steven Isserlis also will Alongside his exploration of Chamber Music

Jerusalem Quartet © Felix Broede Jonathan Plowright. as aBrahms focus from Marc-André Hamelin,aswell including Richard Goodeand of the world’s leadingpianists include appearances by some Berg andWebern. Other highlights Sonatas withworks by Schoenberg, Viennese School’–combining Mozart a serieson‘Mozartand the Second Leonskaja back to the Hall to present We are delighted to welcome Elisabeth Piano www.wigmore-hall.org.uk © CarolineBittencourt Danish StringQuartet

Elisabeth Leonskaja © Jo Schwartz CHAMPIONING THE STRING QUARTET Following our focus onHaydn’s string quartetsin2017/18, we will continue our celebration of the repertoire withmany debutrecitals from newquartets throughout the 2018/19Season,including Quatuor Voce, Quatuor Arod and the Rolston StringQuartet.We are also delighted to welcome many Wigmore favourites back to the Hall, including the DanishStringQuartet, the CastalianStringQuartet, the Heath Quartet, the Schumann Quartet andWigmore Associate Hall Artists the Takács Quartet. SEASON PREVIEW •11

12 • SEASON PREVIEW EARLY MUSIC, LEARNING & JAZZ

Early Music We continue our multi-season celebrations of Bach’s keyboard works, with both Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) and Angela Hewitt (piano) returning this season. Alongside Vox Luminis, Ensemble Correspondances has its own residency, celebrating the best of seventeenth-century repertoire, including Marc-Antoine Charpentier and his contemporaries. Across 50 concerts in the 2018/19 Early Music and Baroque Series we welcome the genre’s leading ensembles, including: L’Arpeggiata, Trio Mediæval, Stile Antico, Orlando Consort, The Sixteen, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Early Opera Company, La Nuova Musica, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, and

Ensemble Correspondances © Molina Visuals Ensemble Correspondances Tenebrae with Dame Sarah Connolly.

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 13 LEARNING IN NUMBERS In the 2016/17 Season we led 715 Learning events, engaging 10,962 people through 35,671 visits to the programme. children, young 4,371 people and teachers took part in the Schools Programme free concert 1,376 tickets for school groups and young people aged Partner Schools Programme © Benjamin Ealovega Schools Programme Partner 8 to 25 were provided through the Chamber Zone scheme Learning children, young people and adults Wigmore Hall’s engagement with people of all ages in the wider community 1,188 took part in our Community through our Learning department remains of central importance. Our wide- Programme, including work with ranging work encapsulates the true values of chamber music – collaboration, Hospital Schools, Cardinal Hume equality and creativity, with every voice being equally heard and valued – and Centre and young people with transposes these into projects in various educational and community settings, Autism Spectrum Conditions including schools, hospitals and care homes. In the 2018/19 Season, our second Learning festival, ‘Sense of Home’, will celebrate and the City of children and Westminster, and its multicultural population, whilst exploring what ‘home’ means 4,804 their parents/ to different people. In a range of events held over the course of the festival, we will carers took part in our Family explore a range of repertoire from composers around the world, as well as creating Programme new music inspired by the concept of home. people living with 349 dementia and their friends, families and carers took Jazz part in Music for Life An exciting and expanded Jazz Series people this year will include performances by 133,515 viewed international jazz stars including saxophonist Learning live streams and videos Joshua Redman and pianists Jason Moran and Django Bates. Brad Mehldau will also be appearing, alongside Ian Bostridge, to perform a specially commissioned song cycle. Joshua Redman PROGRAMME IN OURARTISTIC YOUR INVOLVEMENT are maintainedand stored. well asdemonstrations ofhow our speakers or observingrehearsals, as talks with the artistsandrenowned with our supporters, beit through artistic programme inmore depth We have enjoyed exploring our strands ofour programme. a real difference to the various members ofour Circles have made season asawhole,whilst the a significant contribution to the Season Benefactors have made popular. Our SeasonPatrons and our newCircles have proved so Season andare delighted that have contributed to our 2017/18 We are very grateful who to all 14 • SEASONPREVIEW

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Chamber Music Season FRI 09 NOV 2018 Takács Quartet SUN 11 NOV 2018 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / WED 12 SEP 2018 Schumann String Quartet Joshua Bell (violin) THU 13 SEP 2018 Pekka Kuusisto Residency: TUE 13 NOV 2018 Artemis Quartet Pekka Kuusisto (violin) THU 15 NOV 2018 FRI 21 SEP 2018 James Ehnes (violin) SAT 17 NOV 2018 Fauré / Schumann Project: Andrew Armstrong (piano) Isabelle Faust (violin) / Steven Isserlis (cello) SUN 23 SEP 2018 Heath Quartet Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Rachel Roberts () MON 24 SEP 2018 Christian Blackshaw Residency: WED 21 NOV 2018 Britten Sinfonia Christian Blackshaw (piano) THU 22 NOV 2018 Members of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra SAT 24 NOV 2018 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ TUE 25 SEP 2018 Quartet SUN 25 NOV 2018 Peasmarsh Festival - 20th Anniversary Concert WED 26 SEP 2018 Elena Bashkirova (piano) Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival Ensemble MON 26 NOV 2018 / Paul Cannon (double bass) FRI 28 SEP 2018 Schumann String Quartet Series: FRI 30 NOV 2018 Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Elias String Quartet / Jonathan Biss (piano) Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

SAT 29 SEP 2018 Composers and their Muses: MON 03 DEC 2018 Escher String Quartet Residency Steven Isserlis (cello) / Connie Shih (piano) WED 05 DEC 2018 Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio TUE 02 OCT 2018 Narek Hakhnazaryan Series: Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) SAT 08 DEC 2018 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ FRI 05 OCT 2018 IMS Prussia Cove MON 10 DEC 2018 Janáček Focus: SAT 06 OCT 2018 Pieter Wispelwey (cello) WED 12 DEC 2018 Quatuor Ebène SAT 13 OCT 2018 Veronika Eberle (violin) / Dénes Várjon (piano) MON 17 DEC 2018 Steven Isserlis 60th Birthday Concert

TUE 16 OCT 2018 Danish String Quartet SAT 29 DEC 2018 Trio Wanderer SAT 20 OCT 2018 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ SUN 30 DEC 2018 Castalian String Quartet FRI 26 OCT 2018 The Endellion String Quartet WED 09 JAN 2019 Tasmin Little (violin) / Piers Lane (piano) SAT 03 NOV 2018 Music in the Round SAT 12 JAN 2019 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ WED 07 NOV 2018 Takács Quartet SUN 13 JAN 2019 Doric String Quartet www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 17 TUE 15 JAN 2019 TUE 12 MAR 2019 Janine Jansen (violin) / Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) SAT 19 JAN 2019 Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Cédric Tiberghien (piano) SAT 16 MAR 2019 Heath Quartet SUN 20 JAN 2019 The Endellion String Quartet - TUE 19 MAR 2019 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ 40th Anniversary Concert FRI 22 MAR 2019 Škampa Quartet WED 23 JAN 2019 Pekka Kuusisto Residency: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) SAT 23 MAR 2019 Fauré / Schumann Project: Steven Isserlis (cello) / Joshua Bell (violin) / Jeremy Denk (piano) FRI 25 JAN 2019 ECMA Showcase WED 27 MAR 2019 Britten Sinfonia SAT 26 JAN 2019 ECMA Showcase FRI 29 MAR 2019 Kristóf Baráti (violin) / Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / SAT 26 JAN 2019 István Várdai (cello) SUN 27 JAN 2019 ECMA Showcase SUN 31 MAR 2019 Alexander Melnikov Residency: Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Teunis van der Zwart (horn) / SUN 03 FEB 2019 Piers Lane (piano) / Goldner Quartet Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) / Javier Zafra (bassoon) / Marcel Ponseele (oboe) TUE 05 FEB 2019 Escher String Quartet Residency SAT 06 APR 2019 Complete Elliott Carter String Quartets: SAT 09 FEB 2019 Michael Collins (clarinet) JACK Quartet

MON 11 FEB 2019 Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Inon Barnatan (piano) / TUE 09 APR 2019 The Chamber Music Society of Sergey Khachatryan (violin) WED 10 APR 2019 Escher String Quartet Residency WED 13 FEB 2019 Britten Sinfonia FRI 12 APR 2019 Nash Ensemble: Nash Inventions WED 13 FEB 2019 Nikolaj Znaider (violin) / Robert Kulek (piano) TUE 23 APR 2019 Fauré / Schumann Project: SAT 16 FEB 2019 Nash Ensemble 2018/19: ‘German Romantics’ Steven Isserlis (cello) / Janine Jansen (violin) / WED 20 FEB 2019 Skride Quartet Amihai Grosz (viola) / Connie Shih (piano) FRI 22 FEB 2019 Schumann String Quartet Series: SAT 27 APR 2019 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / Elias String Quartet Reto Bieri (clarinet) / Polina Leschenko (piano)

SAT 23 FEB 2019 Trio Zimmermann (string trio) MON 29 APR 2019 Hagen Quartet TUE 26 FEB 2019 Quatuor Zaïde WED 01 MAY 2019 Pekka Kuusisto Residency: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) TUE 05 MAR 2019 Sir George Benjamin Focus: Ensemble Modern / THU 02 MAY 2019 Notos Quartet (piano quartet) Sir George Benjamin (conductor) / WED 08 MAY 2019 Anu Komsi (soprano) / Helena Rasker (contralto) SAT 11 MAY 2019 Steven Osborne (piano) / Alban Gerhardt (cello) WED 06 MAR 2019 Sir George Benjamin Focus / Wigmore at the Roundhouse: Ensemble Modern MON 13 MAY 2019 Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Orchestra / Sir George Benjamin (conductor) Roland Pöntinen (piano) SAT 09 MAR 2019 Hans Keller Day WED 15 MAY 2019 Takács Quartet MON 11 MAR 2019 Nils Mönkemeyer (viola) / William Youn (piano) THU 16 MAY 2019 YCAT Public Final Auditions 2019 18 • SEASON PREVIEW FRI 17 MAY 2019 Takács Quartet / Garrick Ohlsson (piano) London Pianoforte Series SUN 19 MAY 2019 Soloists / Thomas Gould (violin) FRI 14 SEP 2018 Mozart & the 2nd Viennese School: TUE 21 MAY 2019 Castalian String Quartet / Aleksandar Madžar Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) (piano) / Anthony Marwood (violin) SUN 16 SEP 2018 Andreas Staier (piano) THU 23 MAY 2019 Schumann String Quartet Series: THU 20 SEP 2018 Alexander Melnikov Residency: Elias String Quartet Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Cuarteto Casals SAT 25 MAY 2019 Piatti Quartet THU 04 OCT 2018 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) SAT 25 MAY 2019 Narek Hakhnazaryan Series: Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) / SUN 07 OCT 2018 Francois-Frédéric Guy (piano) Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) WED 10 OCT 2018 Sir András Schiff (piano) WED 29 MAY 2019 The Endellion String Quartet FRI 12 OCT 2018 Sir András Schiff (piano) THU 30 MAY 2019 Hilary Hahn (violin) THU 18 OCT 2018 Jeremy Denk (piano) MON 03 JUN 2019 Doric String Quartet / Jonathan Biss (piano) TUE 23 OCT 2018 Martin Helmchen (piano) SAT 08 JUN 2019 Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day: Nicholas Daniel (oboe) TUE 30 OCT 2018 Nicolas Hodges (piano) MON 10 JUN 2019 Pavel Haas Quartet THU 01 NOV 2018 Federico Colli (piano) FRI 14 JUN 2019 Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) / Isabelle Faust SAT 10 NOV 2018 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) (violin) / Alexander Melnikov (piano) MON 19 NOV 2018 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) SUN 16 JUN 2019 Fauré / Schumann Project: Steven Isserlis (cello) TUE 27 NOV 2018 Boris Glitburg (piano) MON 17 JUN 2019 Cuarteto Casals SUN 02 DEC 2018 Brahms Focus: Jonathan Plowright (piano) TUE 25 JUN 2019 Emanuel Ax 70th birthday concert: SUN 09 DEC 2018 Janáček Focus: Thomas Adès (piano) Emanuel Ax (piano) / Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Dover Quartet THU 13 DEC 2018 Bertrand Chamayou (piano) SAT 06 JUL 2019 Xavier Phillips (cello) / SUN 16 DEC 2018 Richard Goode (piano) François-Frédéric Guy (piano) THU 27 DEC 2018 Nick van Bloss (piano) SUN 07 JUL 2019 THU 03 JAN 2019 Sergio Tiempo (piano) WED 17 JUL 2019 Alexi Kenney (violin) TUE 08 JAN 2019 Sunwook Kim (piano) MON 22 JUL 2019 Lana Trotovsek (violin) FRI 11 JAN 2019 Alexander Melnikov Residency: Andreas Staier (piano) / Alexander Melnikov (piano)

FRI 18 JAN 2019 Christian Zacharias lecture-recital: “Why does Schubert sound like Schubert?”

MON 21 JAN 2019 Rafał Blechacz (piano) www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 19 FRI 25 JAN 2019 Roman Rabinovich (piano) TUE 18 JUN 2019 Sergei Babayan (piano) SUN 27 JAN 2019 Christian Blackshaw Residency: FRI 21 JUN 2019 Alexander Melnikov Residency: Christian Blackshaw (piano) - 70th Birthday Gala Alexander Melnikov (piano)

SAT 02 FEB 2019 Piers Lane (piano) SAT 29 JUN 2019 Fundraiser concert for Save a Child’s Heart: Evgeny Kissin (piano) FRI 08 FEB 2019 Llŷr Williams (piano) FRI 05 JUL 2019 Lucas Debargue (piano) SUN 10 FEB 2019 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) FRI 12 JUL 2019 Lise de la Salle (piano) TUE 12 FEB 2019 Leon McCawley (piano) TUE 16 JUL 2019 Mozart & the 2nd Viennese School: SUN 24 FEB 2019 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

WED 27 FEB 2019 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) SUN 21 JUL 2019 Brahms Focus: Jonathan Plowright (piano) MON 04 MAR 2019 Brahms Focus: Jonathan Plowright (piano) THU 25 JUL 2019 (piano) THU 07 MAR 2019 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) TUE 26 MAR 2019 Zlata Chochieva (piano) Song Recital and Vocal Series SUN 07 APR 2019 Louis Schwizgebel (piano) SAT 08 SEP 2018 Schumann Song Series: Florian Boesch (baritone) / SUN 14 APR 2019 Lise de la Salle (piano) Malcolm Martineau (piano)

THU 18 APR 2019 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) MON 10 SEP 2018 Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) SUN 28 APR 2019 Louis Lortie (piano) SAT 15 SEP 2018 Ravel Series: Mary Bevan (soprano) / Piotr Anderszewski (piano) FRI 03 MAY 2019 Henk Neven (baritone) / Joseph Middleton (piano) 50th Birthday Concert MON 17 SEP 2018 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Aaron Pilsan (piano) SUN 05 MAY 2019 Thomas Adès (piano) TUE 07 MAY 2019 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) WED 19 SEP 2018 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / FRI 10 MAY 2019 Sir András Schiff (piano) Thomas Adès (piano) TUE 14 MAY 2019 Sir András Schiff (piano) SAT 22 SEP 2018 Russian Series: Olena Tokar (soprano) / Pavel Kolgatin (tenor) / Nikolay Didenko (bass) / MON 20 MAY 2019 (piano) / Adrian Brendel (cello) / Iain Burnside (piano) Henning Kraggerud (violin) SUN 23 SEP 2018 Mary Bevan (soprano) / Nicky Spence (tenor) / WED 22 MAY 2019 Igor Levit Variations Series: Igor Levit (piano) William Vann (piano) FRI 24 MAY 2019 Igor Levit Variations Series: Igor Levit (piano) SUN 30 SEP 2018 Manuel Walser (baritone) / Anano Gokieli (piano) MON 27 MAY 2019 Igor Levit Variations Series: Igor Levit (piano) WED 03 OCT 2018 Robin Tritschler Residency: Robin Tritschler SAT 01 JUN 2019 (piano) (tenor) / Malcolm Martineau (piano)

THU 06 JUN 2019 Katya Apekisheva (piano) SUN 07 OCT 2018 ENO Harewood Artists Recital THU 13 JUN 2019 The Bach Odyssey: Angela Hewitt (piano) TUE 09 OCT 2018 Marlis Petersen Residency: Marlis Petersen (soprano) / Matthias Lademann (piano) 20 • SEASON PREVIEW THU 11 OCT 2018 Benjamin Appl (baritone) / FRI 28 DEC 2018 Nicky Spence (tenor) / Roger Vignoles (piano) Graham Johnson (piano) WED 02 JAN 2019 Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano) FRI 19 OCT 2018 Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 2018 SAT 05 JAN 2019 Christoph Pohl (baritone) / Marcelo Amaral (piano) SUN 21 OCT 2018 Tareq Nazmi (bass) / Gerold Huber (piano) SUN 13 JAN 2019 Royal Academy of Music MON 22 OCT 2018 Piotr Beczała (tenor) Richard Lewis Song Circle THU 25 OCT 2018 Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano) / MON 14 JAN 2019 Robin Tritschler Residency: Robin Tritschler Matthias Veit (piano) (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano)

FRI 26 OCT 2018 Andrew Watts (countertenor) / WED 16 JAN 2019 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) Gerold Huber (piano)

SAT 27 OCT 2018 Yaniv d’Or (countertenor) / Ensemble NAYA TUE 22 JAN 2019 Dutilleux Birthday Celebration: François Le Roux (baritone) / Olivier Godin (piano) FRI 02 NOV 2018 Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) / Roger Vignoles (piano) TUE 22 JAN 2019 Mary Bevan (soprano) / Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) / Christopher Glynn (piano) SUN 04 NOV 2018 Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano) / Juliane Ruf (piano) THU 24 JAN 2019 Graham Johnson - Songmakers’ Almanac: Graham Johnson (piano) TUE 06 NOV 2018 René Pape (bass) / Camillo Radicke (piano) MON 28 JAN 2019 Russian Series: Sofia Fomina (soprano) / FRI 16 NOV 2018 Ravel Series: Oleksiy Palchykov (tenor) / Rodion Pogossov Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) James Newby (baritone) / Joseph Middleton (piano) THU 31 JAN 2019 Marlis Petersen Residency: WED 21 NOV 2018 Samling Showcase Marlis Petersen (soprano) / Werner Güra (tenor) / Christoph Berner (piano) WED 28 NOV 2018 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Gerold Huber (piano) SUN 03 FEB 2019 James Newby (baritone) / Joseph Middleton (piano) THU 29 NOV 2018 Russian Series: Justina Gringyte (mezzo-soprano) / MON 04 FEB 2019 Schumann Song Series: Christiane Karg Dmytro Popov (tenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano)

SAT 01 DEC 2018 Marlis Petersen Residency: FRI 15 FEB 2019 Schumann Song Series: Anne Schwanewilms Marlis Petersen (soprano) / Die Kölner Akademie (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano)

TUE 04 DEC 2018 Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Ilkka Paananen (piano) SUN 17 FEB 2019 Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) FRI 14 DEC 2018 Foundation Gala TUE 19 FEB 2019 Henk Neven (baritone) / Imogen Cooper (piano) WED 19 DEC 2018 Mark Padmore (tenor) / Simon Lepper (piano) MON 25 FEB 2019 Marlis Petersen Residency: THU 20 DEC 2018 Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Marlis Petersen (soprano) / Anke Vondung (alto) / Tamar Halperin (piano) Werner Güra (tenor) / Paul Armin Edelmann FRI 21 DEC 2018 Christian Blackshaw Residency: Alice Coote (baritone) / Christoph Berner(piano) / (mezzo-soprano) / Christian Blackshaw (piano) Camillo Radicke (piano)

SUN 23 DEC 2018 Brenda Rae (soprano) FRI 01 MAR 2019 Russian Series: Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano) / Dmytro Popov (tenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 21 SAT 02 MAR 2019 Stéphane Degout (baritone) SUN 12 MAY 2019 Sumi Jo (soprano) / Gary Matthewman (piano) SUN 03 MAR 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Brad Mehldau (piano) SUN 26 MAY 2019 Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) / Alisdair Hogarth (piano) THU 14 MAR 2019 Simon Bode (tenor) / Igor Levit (piano) SUN 26 MAY 2019 Robin Tritschler Residency: Robin Tritschler FRI 15 MAR 2019 Dame Sarah Connolly Residency: Dame Sarah (tenor) / Simon Lepper (piano) Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / (piano) SUN 02 JUN 2019 Graham Johnson - Songmakers’ Almanac: SUN 17 MAR 2019 Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano)

THU 21 MAR 2019 Christoph Prégardien (tenor) / TUE 04 JUN 2019 Camilla Tilling (soprano) / Paul Rivinius (piano) Ensemble Pentaèdre WED 05 JUN 2019 Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) / Gerold Huber (piano) SUN 24 MAR 2019 Nathan Gunn (baritone) / Julie Gunn (piano) SUN 09 JUN 2019 Julia Kleiter (soprano) MON 25 MAR 2019 Paul Appleby (tenor) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) SAT 15 JUN 2019 (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) THU 04 APR 2019 (bass) / Tom Poster (piano) WED 19 JUN 2019 Leeds Lieder Fundraising Gala SUN 07 APR 2019 Milan Siljanov (bass baritone) / Nino Chokhonelidze (piano) SAT 22 JUN 2019 Franz-Josef Selig (bass) / Gerold Huber (piano) MON 08 APR 2019 Christina Landshamer (soprano) / MON 24 JUN 2019 Matthias Goerne (baritone) Gerold Huber (piano) WED 26 JUN 2019 Matthias Goerne (baritone) THU 11 APR 2019 Sally Matthews (soprano) / Simon Lepper (piano) TUE 02 JUL 2019 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / SAT 13 APR 2019 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Lars Vogt (piano) Sir Antonio Pappano (piano) WED 03 JUL 2019 Brett Polegato (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) SUN 14 APR 2019 Gavan Ring (baritone) / Simon Lepper (piano) THU 04 JUL 2019 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / MON 15 APR 2019 Schubert Cycles: Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Lars Vogt (piano) Sir Antonio Pappano (piano) WED 10 JUL 2019 Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) / Simon Lepper (piano) WED 24 APR 2019 The Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2019 Semi-Final THU 18 JUL 2019 Werner Güra (tenor) / Christoph Berner (piano) WED 24 APR 2019 Schumann Song Series: Robin Tritschler (tenor) / Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano) / TUE 23 JUL 2019 Dame Sarah Connolly Residency: Malcolm Martineau (piano) Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) FRI 26 APR 2019 The Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2019 Final WED 24 JUL 2019 Mark Padmore (tenor) / Paul Lewis (piano) TUE 30 APR 2019 Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) / James Baillieu (piano) FRI 26 JUL 2019 Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Matthew Regan (piano) / Howard McGill (woodwind) / SUN 05 MAY 2019 Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano) / Richard Pryce (double bass) Gordon Campbell Malcolm Martineau (piano) () / Mike Smith (drums)

MON 06 MAY 2019 Ravel Series: Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) / Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joseph Middleton (piano) 22 • SEASON PREVIEW Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts SUN 03 MAR 2019 Kronberg Academy SUN 10 MAR 2019 Nash Ensemble SUN 09 SEP 2018 Doric String Quartet SUN 17 MAR 2019 Esther Yoo (violin) SUN 16 SEP 2018 Wihan Quartet SUN 24 MAR 2019 Dover String Quartet SUN 23 SEP 2018 (cello) SUN 31 MAR 2019 Horszowski Trio SUN 30 SEP 2018 Hermès Quartet SUN 07 APR 2019 Tesla String Quartet SUN 07 OCT 2018 Adrian Brendel (cello) / Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) SUN 14 APR 2019 Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

SUN 14 OCT 2018 (violin) SUN 21 APR 2019 Kelemen String Quartet SUN 21 OCT 2018 Quatuor Voce SUN 28 APR 2019 Ning Feng (violin) / Thomas Hoppe (piano) SUN 28 OCT 2018 Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Finghin Collins (piano) SUN 05 MAY 2019 Jan Vogler (cello) SUN 04 NOV 2018 Music in the Round SUN 12 MAY 2019 Castalian String Quartet SUN 11 NOV 2018 Daniel Lebhardt SUN 19 MAY 2019 Brahms Focus: Jonathan Plowright (piano) SUN 18 NOV 2018 Parker String Quartet SUN 26 MAY 2019 Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) SUN 25 NOV 2018 Aquinas Piano Trio SUN 02 JUN 2019 Daniel Pioro (violin) / Roderick Chadwick (piano) SUN 02 DEC 2018 Vadym Kholodenko (piano) SUN 09 JUN 2019 Hugo Wolf Quartett SUN 09 DEC 2018 Benjamin Baker (violin) / Daniel Lebhardt (piano) SUN 16 JUN 2019 Heath Quartet SUN 16 DEC 2018 Novus String Quartet SUN 23 JUN 2019 Andrew Tyson (piano) SUN 23 DEC 2018 Quatuor Arod SUN 30 JUN 2019 Vision String Quartet SUN 30 DEC 2018 RTÉ Contempo Quartet / Arcadia Quartet SUN 07 JUL 2019 Harriet Krigh (cello) SUN 06 JAN 2019 Rolston String Quartet SUN 14 JUL 2019 Maxim Bernard (piano) SUN 13 JAN 2019 Hyeyoon Park (violin) SUN 21 JUL 2019 Calidore String Quartet SUN 20 JAN 2019 Israeli Chamber Project / Antje Weithaas (violin) SUN 28 JUL 2019 Chiaroscuro Quartet SUN 27 JAN 2019 Borodin Quartet

SUN 03 FEB 2019 Zahir Quartet (saxophone quartet) SUN 10 FEB 2019 Narek Hakhnazaryan Series: Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)

SUN 17 FEB 2019 Trio Isimsiz SUN 24 FEB 2019 Albion String Quartet www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 23 THU 28 FEB 2019 Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano) Early Music & Baroque Series 70th Birthday Concert

SUN 09 SEP 2018 La Serenissima / WED 06 MAR 2019 Florilegium Adrian Chandler (director, violin) FRI 08 MAR 2019 The English Concert TUE 18 SEP 2018 Classical Opera WED 13 MAR 2019 Die Kölner Akademie / THU 27 SEP 2018 The Cardinall’s Musick Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) MON 01 OCT 2018 Bach Harpsichord Works: WED 20 MAR 2019 Vox Luminis Residency Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) WED 27 MAR 2019 The King’s Consort MON 08 OCT 2018 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Sandrine Piau (soprano) SAT 30 MAR 2019 Bach Harpsichord Works: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) MON 15 OCT 2018 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) WED 03 APR 2019 London Handel Players SUN 21 OCT 2018 Ensemble Correspondances Residency FRI 05 APR 2019 Arcangelo WED 24 OCT 2018 Dame Sarah Connolly Residency: Tenebrae Consort / TUE 16 APR 2019 Solomon’s Knot Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) WED 17 APR 2019 The Sixteen SUN 28 OCT 2018 The English Concert SAT 20 APR 2019 Trio Mediæval WED 31 OCT 2018 L’Arpeggiata THU 25 APR 2019 Orlando Consort MON 05 NOV 2018 Florilegium SAT 04 MAY 2019 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin THU 08 NOV 2018 Vox Luminis Residency TUE 28 MAY 2019 L’Arpeggiata TUE 20 NOV 2018 The English Concert TUE 11 JUN 2019 The English Concert FRI 07 DEC 2018 Arcangelo WED 12 JUN 2019 Stile Antico TUE 11 DEC 2018 La Nuova Musica / Lucy Crowe (soprano) THU 20 JUN 2019 The Cardinall’s Musick SAT 15 DEC 2018 Bach Harpsichord Works: SUN 23 JUN 2019 Ensemble Marsyas Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) THU 27 JUN 2019 La Nuova Musica MON 31 DEC 2018 Dunedin Consort MON 01 JUL 2019 Rachel Podger (violin) FRI 04 JAN 2019 The King’s Consort / (countertenor) MON 08 JUL 2019 Classical Opera THU 17 JAN 2019 The Sixteen TUE 09 JUL 2019 Bach Harpsichord Works: TUE 29 JAN 2019 Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (director) Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

WED 30 JAN 2019 The Cardinall’s Musick THU 11 JUL 2019 Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor) / Ensemble THU 07 FEB 2019 Sonia Prina (contralto) Desmarest / Ronan Khalil (harpsicord, organ, leader) THU 14 FEB 2019 Stile Antico SAT 13 JUL 2019 Vox Luminis Residency THU 21 FEB 2019 Les Talens Lyriques SAT 27 JUL 2019 Le Concert Spirituel 24 • SEASON PREVIEW BBC Lunchtime Concerts MON 04 MAR 2019 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) MON 11 MAR 2019 Belcea String Quartet MON 10 SEP 2018 Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) / Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) MON 18 MAR 2019 Jeremy Denk (piano)

MON 17 SEP 2018 Trio Mediæval MON 25 MAR 2019 Novus String Quartet MON 24 SEP 2018 Lucy Crowe (soprano) / Joseph Middleton (piano) MON 08 APR 2019 Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) / Julius Drake (piano) MON 01 OCT 2018 Chiaroscuro Quartet / Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet) MON 15 APR 2019 Tabea Zimmerman (viola)

MON 08 OCT 2018 Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano) / MON 22 APR 2019 Pavel Haas Quartet Yuka Beppu (piano) MON 29 APR 2019 Julian Prégardien (tenor) MON 15 OCT 2018 Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / (piano) MON 06 MAY 2019 The King’s Singers MON 22 OCT 2018 Karina Gauvin (soprano) / MON 13 MAY 2019 Gould Piano Trio Maciej Pikulski (piano) MON 20 MAY 2019 Andreas Haefliger (piano) MON 29 OCT 2018 Thibaut Garcia () MON 27 MAY 2019 Kuss Quartet MON 05 NOV 2018 Aleksey Semenenko (violin) / Inna Firsova (piano) MON 03 JUN 2019 Ilya Gringolts (violin) / Peter Laul (piano) MON 12 NOV 2018 Jonathan Biss (piano) MON 10 JUN 2019 Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) MON 19 NOV 2018 Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Craig Marchitelli (lute) / Franco Pavan (lute) / Rodney Prada MON 17 JUN 2019 Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) (viola da gamba) MON 24 JUN 2019 (baritone) MON 26 NOV 2018 Tai Murray (violin) / Silke Avenhaus (piano) MON 01 JUL 2019 Colin Currie Quartet MON 03 DEC 2018 (piano) MON 08 JUL 2019 Imogen Cooper (piano) MON 10 DEC 2018 (violin) / Charles Owen (piano) MON 15 JUL 2019 István Várdai (cello) / Sunwook Kim (piano) MON 17 DEC 2018 Ensemble Zefiro MON 07 JAN 2019 Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) MON 14 JAN 2019 Juilliard String Quartet Wigmore Lates

MON 21 JAN 2019 Leila Josefowicz (violin) / John Novacek (piano) FRI 03 MAY 2019 (mezzo-soprano)

MON 28 JAN 2019 Simon Höfele (trumpet) / Frank Dupree (piano) FRI 31 MAY 2019 Amaan Bangash (sarod) / Ayaan Ali Bangash (sarod) MON 04 FEB 2019 Sophie Pacini (piano) FRI 14 JUN 2019 Viktoria Mullova (violin) MON 11 FEB 2019 François-Frédéric Guy (piano) FRI 21 JUN 2019 Chineke! Orchestra MON 18 FEB 2019 Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) / FRI 28 JUN 2019 Sean Shibe (guitar) Simon Lepper (piano) FRI 05 JUL 2019 Ensemble Correspondances Residency MON 25 FEB 2019 Quatuor Arod (string quartet) FRI 19 JUL 2019 Susan Bullock (soprano) www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEASON PREVIEW • 25 Jazz Series: MON 26 NOV 2018 Silke Avenhaus (piano) / Tai Murray (violin) MON 26 NOV 2018 Arditti Quartet / Paul Cannon (double bass) TUE 11 SEP 2018 Joshua Redman (saxophone) FRI 30 NOV 2018 Alina Ibragimova (violin) / SUN 03 MAR 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Brad Mehldau (piano) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) FRI 31 MAY 2019 Jason Moran (piano) MON 10 DEC 2018 Augustin Hadelich (violin) / Charles Owen (piano) SUN 14 JUL 2019 Django Bates (piano) THU 20 DEC 2018 Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / FRI 26 JUL 2019 Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Howard McGill Tamar Halperin (piano) (woodwind) / Gordon Campbell (trombone) / Richard Pryce (double bass) / Matthew Regan SAT 19 JAN 2019 Alina Ibragimova (violin) / (piano) / Mike Smith (drums) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) MON 21 JAN 2019 Leila Josefowicz (violin) / John Novacek (piano)

Contemporary Music Series TUE 22 JAN 2019 François Le Roux (baritone) / Olivier Godin (piano) THU 13 SEP 2018 Pekka Kuusisto (violin) MON 28 JAN 2019 Simon Höfele (trumpet) FRI 21 SEP 2018 James Ehnes (violin) / Andrew Armstrong (piano) MON 11 FEB 2019 François-Frédéric Guy (piano) SUN 23 SEP 2018 Heath Quartet FRI 22 FEB 2019 Elias String Quartet SUN 30 SEP 2018 Hermès Quartet SUN 03 MAR 2019 Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Brad Mehldau (piano) SUN 7 OCT 2018 François-Frédéric Guy (piano) TUE 05 MAR 2019 Sir George Benjamin Focus: Ensemble Modern / MON 15 OCT 2018 Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Charles Owen (piano) Sir George Benjamin (conductor) / Anu Komsi (soprano) / Helena Rasker (contralto) THU 18 OCT 2018 Jeremy Denk (piano) WED 06 MAR 2019 Sir George Benjamin Focus / Wigmore at the SUN 21 OCT 2018 Quatuor Voce Roundhouse: Ensemble Modern Orchestra / Sir George Benjamin (conductor) FRI 26 OCT 2018 Andrew Watts (countertenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) MON 25 MAR 2019 Paul Appleby (tenor) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) MON 29 OCT 2018 Thibaut Garcia (guitar) SAT 06 APR 2019 JACK Quartet TUE 30 OCT 2018 Nicolas Hodges (piano) TUE 09 APR 2019 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center TUE 13 NOV 2018 Artemis Quartet WED 10 APR 2019 Escher String Quartet

WED 14 NOV 2018 Baiba Skride (violin) / Lauma Skride (piano) / FRI 12 APR 2019 Nash Ensemble / Claire Booth (soprano) Trio Palladio (piano trio) / Antonina Suhanova (piano) MON 13 MAY 2019 Gould Piano Trio THU 15 NOV 2018 Belcea Quartet FRI 24 MAY 2019 Igor Levit (piano) SUN 25 NOV 2018 Anthony Marwood (violin) / Susan Tomes (piano) / MON 27 MAY 2019 Kuss Quartet Aleksandar Madžar (piano) / Richard Lester (cello) / Doric String Quartet MON 27 MAY 2019 Igor Levit (piano) 26 • SEASON PREVIEW Supporting Wigmore Hall

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