SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2019/20 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 Sunday Morning 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 September October 6 Sep 10.00am Song Competition: Come and Sing 5 1 Oct 1.00pm Jamal Aliyev/Can Çakmur 20 7 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5 7.30pm Sacha Rattle/Irène Duval/William Hagen/ 20 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 1 5 Clare Finnimore/Zlatomir Fung/Shai Wosner 5.00pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen 5 2 Oct 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: Laurence Osborne 21 8 Sep 11.00am Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia/Mahan Esfahani 21 2.30pm Song Competition Preliminary Round – Day 2 5 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 21 5.00pm Graham Johnson Talk: Britten’s Songs 5 3 Oct 7.30pm Nia Coleman/Filipe Manu/Joel Williams/ 21 9 Sep 3.00pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5 Kyu Choi/Simon Lepper 7.30pm Song Competition Semi-Final Round 5 4 Oct 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 22 10 Sep 10.00am John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 5 Oct 1.00pm Inside the Score: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire 22 1.00pm John Mark Ainsley Masterclass 5 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Sabine Meyer/Malcolm Martineau 22 6.30pm Maximising Performance & Wellbeing 5 6 Oct 11.30am Dudok Quartet 23 11 Sep 6.00pm Song Competition Final and Prize-Giving 5 12 noon Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 23 13 Sep 7.30pm Louise Alder/Christine Rice/Allan Clayton/ 6 7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja/Liza Ferschtman/István Várdai 23 James Newby/James Baillieu 7 Oct 1.00pm Jess Gillam/Zeynep Özsuca 23 14 Sep 11.30am Steven Isserlis/Robert Levin 8 7.30pm Elizabeth Watts/Julius Drake 24 2.00pm Tim Horton/O/Modernt Soloists 8 8 Oct 7.30pm Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen/Sandrine Piau/ 24 4.30pm O/Modernt Soloists 8 Stuart Jackson/Konstantin Krimmel 7.00pm Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout/ 9 9 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 24 Škampa Quartet/Carolin Widmann/ 10 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24 O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 24 10.00pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 9 7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 25 15 Sep 11.30am Škampa Quartet/Jakub Fišer 10 11 Oct 7.30pm Borodin Quartet 25 2.00pm Soraya Mafi/O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra 10 12 Oct 3.00pm Family Concert: Giddy Goat 25 4.30pm Cédric Tiberghien/Sam West/ 11 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Katy Hamilton 26 O/Modernt Soloists 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Stéphanie d’Oustrac/ 26 7.00pm Janne Thomsen/Michael Collins/Nicholas Daniel/ 11 Simon Crawford-Philips Amy Harman/Alec Frank-Gemmill/Benjamin Baker/ 13 Oct 11.30am Endymion 26 Timothy Ridout/Isang Enders/Jordi Carrasco Hjelm/ 3.00pm Soraya Mafi/Simon Lepper 26 Aleksandar Madžar 7.30pm Vilde Frang/Michail Lifits 27 10.00pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 11 14 Oct 1.00pm Borodin Quartet/Barry Douglas 27 16 Sep 1.00pm 12 Benjamin Appl/Kristian Bezuidenhout 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 27 7.30pm Iestyn Davies/The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock 12 15 Oct 10.30am Singing with Friends: Come and Sing 27 17 Sep 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 12 7.30pm AKMI Duo 27 7.30pm Stephen Waarts/Gabriele Carcano 12 16 Oct 7.30pm Maxim Kinasov 28 18 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 13 17 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 13 11.45am Chamber Tots: Into Space 28 7.00pm St. Lawrence String Quartet 13 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 28 19 Sep 6.00pm 13 Pre-Concert Talk: Ian Page 18 Oct 11.00am Schools Concert: Giddy Goat 28 7.30pm 13 The Mozartists/Ian Page/Regula Mühlemann 3.00pm Marielou Jacquard/Kunal Lahiry/ 29 20 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14 Alex Rosen/Michał Biel 11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn 14 7.30pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 30 7.30pm Mark Padmore/Kristian Bezuidenhout 14 19 Oct 1.00pm Masterclass with Stéphane Degout 29 21 Sep 10.00am Open House 14 & Simon Lepper 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin 14 7.30pm Miklós Perényi/Dénes Várjon 30 22 Sep 11.30am Kuss Quartet 14 20 Oct 11.30am Castalian String Quartet/Isabel Charisius/ 30 7.00pm Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn 15 Ursula Smith 10.00pm Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd 15 3.00pm Marie-Laure Garnier/Célia Oneto Bensaid/ 29 23 Sep 1.00pm Marlis Petersen/Camillo Radicke 16 Jean-Christophe Lanièce/Romain Louveau 6.00pm Artists in Conversation: Michael Collins 16 7.30pm Rainer Crosett/Daniel King Smith 31 7.30pm Michael Collins/Leonard Elschenbroich/ 16 21 Oct 1.00pm Lawrence Power/Simon Crawford-Phillips 31 Michael McHale 7.30pm Roberto Ruisi/Toby White/Sten Heinoja/ 32 24 Sep 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/Kristian Bezuidenhout 16 Marina Staneva 25 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17 22 Oct 7.00pm Imogen Cooper 32 7.30pm Ailish Tynan/Raphael Wallfisch/John York 17 23 Oct 7.30pm Catriona Morison/Malcolm Martineau 32 26 Sep 1.00pm French Song Exchange Showcase 17 24 Oct 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Laura Jurd Trio 32 7.30pm Roberta Mameli/Sonia Prina/ 17 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 33 Luigi De Donato/laBarocca/Ruben Jais 25 Oct 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 33 27 Sep 7.30pm Sasha Cooke/Malcolm Martineau 18 26 Oct 11.30am Linus Roth/José Gallardo 34 28 Sep 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 18 3.00pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/José Gallardo 34 with Jonathan Biss 5.30pm Pre-Concert Talk and Book Launch: Daniel Elphick 34 7.30pm Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque 18 7.30pm Linus Roth/Ilona Domnich/Janusz Wawrowski/ 34 29 Sep 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 19 Danjulo Ishizaka/José Gallardo 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 19 27 Oct 11.30am Esmé Quartet 33 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss 19 7.30pm Jiyeong Mun 35 30 Sep 1.00pm Boris Giltburg 20 28 Oct 1.00pm Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexandre Tharaud 35 7.30pm Ian Bostridge/Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 20 7.30pm Alisa Weilerstein/Inon Barnatan 35 29 Oct 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 35 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 36 30 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 2.00pm Chamber Tots: In the Forest 36 7.30pm Christoph Prégardien/Julius Drake 36 31 Oct 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Sounding Cities 36 7.30pm Colin Currie/Huw Watkins 37 4 • SEPTEMBER wigmore-hall.org.uk This Competition celebrates the art of the song recital and requires contestants to sing in at least three languages. At the same time, it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre. © Benjamin Ealovega wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 5 COMPETITION RELATED EVENTS Saturday 7 September Friday 6 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm 10.00am – 3.30pm Preliminary Round – Day 1 Come and Sing: English Song All day £16 concs £14 Join choral leader Isabelle Adams for a day Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing exploring some of the greatest vocal works by List Subscribers (ticket required) English composers. £25 concs £20 Sunday 8 September 11.00am – 1.00pm & 2.30pm – 5.00pm Saturday 7 September Preliminary Round – Day 2 5.00pm – 5.45pm Schläft ein Lied in alle Dingen All day £16 concs £14 (A song sleeps in everything) Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Subscribers (ticket required) Judith Weir and Iain Burnside discuss the art of contemporary song writing.