January 2017 Vijay Iyer INSIDE: Arcangelo Cuarteto Casals Alice Coote Julia Fischer Gould Piano Trio Angela Hewitt Elisabeth Leonskaja Soloists of Les Arts Florissants Igor Levit Nash Ensemble Vienna Piano Trio Roderick Williams and many more Box Office 020 7935 2141 Online Booking www.wigmore-hall.org.uk How to Book Wigmore Hall Box Office 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP In Person 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert. By Telephone: 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm. There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration fee for each transaction, which includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits. Online: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge. 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Wigmore Hall • HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Royal Patron The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No.1024838 Cover: Vijay Iyer © Barbara Rigon Peter Dazeley 2 Sunday 1 January 1 No performances Box Office closed Monday 2 January 2 No performances Box Office open 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tuesday 3 January 7.30pm 3 John Chest baritone Marcelo Amaral piano CONCERT CANCELLED Box Office open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Wednesday 4 January 4 No performances Box Office open 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Thursday 5 January 7.30 pm 5 Emmanuel Despax piano Handel Chaconne in G HWV435 Ravel Miroirs Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28 Luca Sage Described as ‘a master colourist with genius like ability’ (Classical Source), French pianist Emmanuel Despax returns to Wigmore Hall beginning with Handel’s majestic Chaconne in G major, followed by the colourful poetry of Ravel’s Miroirs and Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28. ‘Poetry fused with breathtaking technical perfection’ Concertclassic, Louvre auditorium, Paris ’Emmanuel Despax is a formidable talent, fleet of finger, elegant of phrase and a true keyboard colourist’ Gramophone £25 £23 £20 £18 £15 Sponsored by S. W. Mitchell Capital Emmanuel Despax Friday 6 January 6.00 pm 6 Artists in Conversation Vijay Iyer, Wigmore Hall’s Jazz Artist in Residence, discusses his residency and life as a performer with journalist and broadcaster Kevin LeGendre ahead of the evening concert. £4 Wigmore Hall Learning Event Friday 6 January 7.30 pm Vijay Iyer piano Wadada Leo Smith trumpet Jimmy Katz Maarit Kytöharju A COSMIC RHYTHM WITH EACH STROKE Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs with his ‘hero, friend and teacher’, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, who belongs to the first generation of players to come out of Chicago’s hugely influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Vijay Iyer Wadada Leo Smith £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Wigmore Hall Jazz Series 3 Saturday 7 January 2.30 pm NB starting time 7 Alfred Brendel Lecture SCHUBERT’S LAST SONATAS There are, within the output of some composers, triads of compositions Benjamin Ealovega that bring certain classes of works to a conclusion. Schubert’s final three piano sonatas belong to the handful of such peak achievements. It took a long time until players and audiences discovered these pieces. What had kept them away from us until a few decades ago? What are their distinguishing features? What happens when great composers create a number of works next to one another? And are these works, conceived so close to Schubert’s death, documents of a musical farewell? This event will be approximately 75 minutes in duration, without an interval All seats £20 Wigmore Hall Learning Event Alfred Brendel Saturday 7 January 7.30 pm Cuarteto Casals Mozart String Quartet in G K387; String Quartet in D minor K421; Molina Visuals String Quartet in Eb K428 Mozart’s string quartets, informed by close study of Haydn’s music, stand among his highest achievements. Cuarteto Casals performs the first of two programmes devoted to the six majestic works that Mozart dedicated to ‘my dear friend Haydn’, opening with the astonishingly inventive String Quartet in G K387 and encompassing the yearning lyricism of K421. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season Cuarteto Casals Sunday 8 January 11.30 am 8 Novus String Quartet Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Jin-ho Park Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Profound reflections on life’s transience course through the works in the Novus String Quartet’s programme, projected by Schubert from the outset in his Quartettsatz in C minor, explored with romantic intensity by Beethoven in his aptly named ‘Serioso’ Quartet, and evoked throughout the String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80, Mendelssohn’s last substantial composition. Novus String Quartet £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice Sunday Morning Coffee Concert 4 Sunday 8 January 3.00 pm Timothy Fallon tenor piano Ammiel Bushakevitz Ana Paganini Prize winners of the 2013 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca Schubert Nacht und Träume; Die Sternennächte; Liebesrausch II; Rastlose Liebe; Wiegenlied; Nachtstück; Willkommen und Abschied Beach Three Browning Songs Op. 44 Timothy Fallon offers a thoughtful mix of Schubert songs framed by settings of poetry concerned with romantic love and renewal. Amy Beach’s Three Browning Songs, Timothy Fallon Ammiel Bushakevitz a massive hit with audiences a century ago, stand here as fitting companions to Liszt’s Petrarch sonnets, written following the composer’s visit to Italy in 1838–9. All seats £15 Song Recital Series Sunday 8 January 7.30 pm Cuarteto Casals Mozart String Quartet in Bb K458 ‘Hunt’; String Quartet in A K464; String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Molina Visuals Cuarteto Casals turns once more to Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets, works described by their composer as ‘the fruit of a long and laborious effort’. His magnificent creative investment, mirrored in every phrase and nuance of expression, surges through the ‘Hunt’ Quartet and culminates in the exuberant energy and contrapuntal ingenuity of the ‘Dissonance’ Quartet. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Chamber Music Season Cuarteto Casals Monday 9 January 1.00 pm 9 Richard Egarr harpsichord Byrd Fantasia; Pavan and Galliard; The Bells Purcell Suite in G Z660; Ground in C minor ZD221 Marco Borggreve Blow Chaconne in FaUt Purcell Suite in G minor Z661; Suite in D Z667; Ground in D minor ZD222 English keyboard composers in Tudor and Stuart times drew inspiration from the past, looking back to venerable contrapuntal forms to provide fecund models for new pieces. Richard Egarr charts the extraordinary breadth of invention at play in works by Byrd, Blow and Purcell. He crowns his programme with two of Purcell’s virtuosic suites and the mellifluous Ground in D minor. £15 concs £13 BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Richard Egarr 5 Monday 9 January 7.30 pm Danish String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 76 No. 5 Schnittke String Quartet No. 3 Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Schnittke’s Third String Quartet has become an established fixture in the chamber music repertoire thanks not least to its bold allusions to works by Beethoven and tense juxtaposition of diverse styles and influences. The Danish String Quartet sets the Russian composer’s work in company with two landmarks of the Viennese Classical tradition. £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 With grateful thanks to the Supporter, Benefactor and Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall CAVATINA Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected Chamber Music Trust concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John www.cavatina.net Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Chamber Music Season Caroline Bittencourt Danish String Quartet Tuesday 10 January 7.30pm 10 Rosenblatt Recitals 2016/17 Maria Katzarava soprano Stefano La Colla tenor Simon Lepper piano Verdi Sotto il sol di Siria ardente from Aroldo; Salce from Otello Puccini Tu, tu amore tu from Manon Lescaut Massenet O Souverain, ô Juge, ô Père from Le Cid Gounod Dieu cruel frisson Maria Katzarava Stefano La Colla Simon Lepper from Roméo et Juliette Giordano Vicino a te from Andrea Chénier Puccini Recondita armonia and Mario! Mario! Mario! from Tosca; Donde lieta uscì from La bohème; Nessun dorma and Tu che di gel sei cinta from Turandot; Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia from Madama Butterfly Mexican soprano Maria Katzarava joins with Stefano La Colla, a critically renowned tenor in his home country of Italy, for the sole Rosenblatt recital this season featuring two singers.