NOV/ DEC 2018/19 Season wigmore-hall.org.uk 2 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER wigmore-hall.org.uk How to Book Wigmore Hall Box Office TICKETS 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Unless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into five price ranges: In Person ■ Stalls C – M Highest price 7 days a week: 10.00am - 8.30pm. ■ Stalls A – B, N – P 2nd highest price Days without an evening concert: ■ Balcony A – D 2nd highest price 10.00am - 5.00pm. No advance booking in the ■ Stalls BB, CC, Q – S 3rd highest price half hour prior to a concert. ■ Stalls AA, T – V 4th highest price ■ Stalls W – X Lowest price By Telephone: 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10.00am - 7.00pm. AA AA Days without an evening concert: AA STAGE AA AA AA 10.00am - 5.00pm. BB BB There is a non-refundable £4.00 administration CC CC A A charge for each transaction. B B C C D D Online: wigmore-hall.org.uk E E F FRONT FRONT F STALLS STALLS 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a G G non-refundable £3.00 administration charge. H H I I J J K K Standby Tickets L L M M Standby tickets for students, senior citizens and N N the unemployed are available from one hour O O P P before the performance (subject to availability) Q Q with best available seats sold at the lowest price. R R S S REAR REAR NB standby tickets are not available for T STALLS STALLS T U U Lunchtime and Coffee Concerts. V V W W Group Discounts X X Discounts of 10% are available for groups of A A 12 or more, subject to availability. B B C BALCONY C D D Latecomers Latecomers will only be admitted during a The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary programmes if necessary. suitable pause in the performance. Wigmore Hall • HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Royal Patron The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838 Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER • 3 How to Book Calendar November 26 Nov 1.00pm Tai Murray/Silke Avenhaus 17 7.30pm Arditti Quartet/Paul Cannon 17 1 Nov 11.00am Schools Concert: The King with Donkey Ears 4 7.30pm Federico Colli 4 27 Nov 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: America 18 7.30pm 18 2 Nov 7.30pm Marie-Nicole Lemieux/Roger Vignoles 4 Boris Giltburg 3 Nov 11.00am Family Concert: The King with Donkey Ears 5 28 Nov 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 18 7.30pm Music in the Round 5 29 Nov 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: America 18 4 Nov 11.30am Music in the Round 5 7.30pm Justina Gringytė/Dmytro Popov/ 19 7.30pm Hanna-Elisabeth Müller/Juliane Ruf 5 Iain Burnside 5 Nov 1.00pm Aleksey Semenenko/Inna Firsova 6 30 Nov 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 19 7.30pm Florilegium 6 6 Nov 1.00pm YCAT Lunchtime Series 6 December 7.30pm René Pape/Camillo Radicke 6 1 Dec 7.30pm Marlis Petersen/Die Kölner Akademie 19 7 Nov 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Bear Hunt 7 2.00pm Chamber Tots: Bear Hunt 7 2 Dec 11.30am Vadym Kholodenko 19 7.30pm Takács Quartet 7 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright 21 8 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 7 3 Dec 1.00pm Lara Melda 21 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 7 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: America 18 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 8 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 20 7.30pm Vox Luminis 8 4 Dec 1.00pm YCAT Lunchtime Series 21 9 Nov 3.00pm Music for the Moment 7 7.30pm Soile Isokoski/Ilkka Paananen 21 7.30pm Takács Quartet 9 5 Dec 7.30pm Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio 22 10 Nov 11.30am Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 9 6 Dec 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 22 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 9 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 22 11 Nov 11.30am Daniel Lebhardt 9 7.30pm A Celebration of the life of Neil Black OBE 22 7.30pm 9 Joshua Bell/ 7 Dec 7.30pm Arcangelo 22 Academy of St Martin in the Fields 8 Dec 5.30pm 23 12 Nov 1.00pm Jonathan Biss 11 Nash Ensemble/Sophie Bevan 7.30pm Truls Mørk/Behzod Abduraimov 11 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams 23 13 Nov 7.30pm Artemis Quartet 11 9 Dec 11.30am Benjamin Baker/Daniel Lebhardt 23 7.30pm Thomas Adès 23 14 Nov 7.30pm Baiba Skride/Lauma Skride/ 10 Antonina Suhanova/Trio Palladio 10 Dec 1.00pm Augustin Hadelich/Charles Owen 24 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 24 15 Nov 10.00am Jaques Samuel Pianos Competition 11 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet 24 7.30pm Belcea Quartet 11 11 Dec 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/Lucy Crowe 24 16 Nov 1.00pm Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards 12 7.30pm Dame Sarah Connolly/James Newby/ 12 12 Dec 7.30pm Quatuor Ebène 25 Joseph Middleton/Adam Walker/ 13 Dec 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 25 Amy Harman 14 Dec 7.30pm Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Gala 25 17 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 12 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 12 15 Dec 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 25 7.30pm Steven Isserlis/Isabelle Faust/ 13 16 Dec 11.30am Novus String Quartet 26 Katharine Gowers/Rachel Roberts/ 7.30pm Richard Goode 26 Alexander Melnikov 17 Dec 1.00pm Ensemble Zefiro 26 18 Nov 11.30am Parker Quartet 13 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk 26 7.30pm Young Musicians of The Purcell School 13 7.00pm Steven Isserlis 60th Birthday Concert 26 19 Nov 1.00pm Roberta Invernizzi/Rodney Prada/ 14 18 Dec 7.30pm Fatma Said/James Vaughan 27 Craig Marchitelli/Franco Pavan 7.30pm Alexandre Tharaud 14 19 Dec 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Simon Lepper 27 20 Nov 7.30pm The English Concert 14 20 Dec 7.30pm Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 27 21 Nov 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 15 21 Dec 7.30pm Alice Coote/Christian Blackshaw 28 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 15 22 Dec 7.30pm Avi Avital/Venice Baroque Orchestra 29 7.30pm Samling Showcase 15 23 Dec 11.30am Quatuor Arod 28 22 Nov 7.30pm Hagen Quartet 16 7.30pm Brenda Rae/Jonathan Ware 28 23 Nov 7.30pm EFG London Jazz Festival: Richard Galliano 16 27 Dec 7.30pm Nick van Bloss 28 24 Nov 10.00am Come and Sing: Vivaldi’s Gloria 16 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 16 28 Dec 7.30pm Nicky Spence/Roger Vignoles 30 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Christine Rice 16 29 Dec 7.30pm Trio Wanderer 30 25 Nov 11.30am Aquinas Piano Trio 17 30 Dec 11.30am RTÉ Contempo Quartet/Arcadia Quartet 30 7.30pm Anthony Marwood/Richard Lester/ 17 7.30pm Castalian Quartet 30 Susan Tomes/Aleksandar Madžar/ Doric String Quartet 31 Dec 7.00pm Dunedin Consort 30 4 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Thursday 1 November Friday 2 November 11.00am – 12 noon 7.30pm Schools Concert: Marie-Nicole Lemieux contralto The King with Donkey Ears Roger Vignoles piano Key Stage 2 Schumann Kennst du das Land?; Lied der Pssst! Did you hear? The King has donkey ears! Suleika from Myrthen Don’t let anyone know… Schubert Der Musensohn; Ganymed; Gretchen am Spinnrade The Royal Barber has an important job, an Beethoven Wonne der Wehmut; Die Trommel important pair of scissors and a VERY important gerühret from Egmont secret to keep. But sometimes, secrets have a Fanny Mendelssohn Harfners Lied; Über allen way of coming out into the open… Gipfeln ist Ruh Join the impeccably-coiffedCastalian Quartet Wolf Blumengruss; Frühling übers Jahr; and hairy presenter Sam Glazer for a morning Mignon IV - Kennst du das Land? of musical storytelling for Key Stage 2 Chausson L’albatros students and their teachers, inspired by this Fauré Chant d’automne traditional Somali folk tale. de Séverac Les hiboux Fauré Hymne Children £4 / Accompanying Adults Free Charpentier La mort des amants (ticket required) Debussy Le jet d’eau; Recueillement Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Thursday 1 November La vie antérieure 7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Federico Colli piano Scarlatti Sonatas: in F minor Kk481, in E Kk380, in G minor Kk450, in F minor Kk69, in D minor Kk32, in D minor Kk396, in D Kk492, in D minor Kk9, in A Kk208, in D minor Kk1 & in A Kk39 Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397 Brahms Theme and Variations in D minor Op. 18b Bach/Busoni Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Schools Concert Federico Colli Marie-Nicole Lemieux © Benjamin Ealovega © Sarah Ferrara © Denis Rouvre wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 5 Saturday 3 November Sunday 4 November 11.00am – 12 noon 11.30am Family Concert: Music in the Round The King with Donkey Ears Ensemble 360 For ages 5 plus Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ Pssst! Did you hear? The King has donkey ears! Brahms Horn Trio in E flat Op. 40 Don’t let anyone know… £16 concs £14 incl. programme and coffee/ The Royal Barber has an important job, an sherry/juice important pair of scissors and a VERY important secret to keep. But sometimes, secrets have a Sunday 4 November way of coming out into the open… 7.30pm Join the impeccably-coiffedCastalian Quartet Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano and hairy presenter Sam Glazer for a morning piano of musical storytelling for ages 5 plus, inspired Juliane Ruf by this traditional Somali folk tale.