NOVEMBER DECEMBER 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 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/Samson Tsoy 2.30pm Albion Quartet 4 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou 19 7.30pm 5 Pavel Haas 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 Stephen Hough/Steven Isserlis 21 4 Nov 1.00pm 5 The Cardinall’s Musick 4 Dec 11.00am Schools Concert: Beethoven and the 22 7.30pm 5 Janine Jansen/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 Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger 22 6 Nov 10.00am Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate 6 Dec 1.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass 22 Piano Competition – Final 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă 23 7.30pm Roderick Williams/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/Joseph Middleton/Somi Kim 7.30pm Thomas Oliemans/Malcolm Martineau 24 9 Nov 10.30am Family Day: Journey to the Moon 7 9 Dec 1.00pm Nicholas Angelich 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 Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta 7.30pm Quatuor Danel 25 7.30pm Leslie Howard 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/Signum Quartet 25 12 Nov 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt 10 13 Nov 7.30pm Wihan Quartet 10 12 Dec 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 26 7.30pm Alice Coote/Julius Drake 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/Joshua 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 Belcea Quartet 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 Modigliani Quartet 30 22 Nov 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass 15 7.30pm Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov 29 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 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 The English Concert/Harry Bicket/ 17 31 Dec 7.00pm Florilegium/Ashley Solomon/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 Jamie Barton/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 violin Felix Knecht cello influences and inspiration behind today’s music. Nicola Dal Maso double bass £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 Chamber Music 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 Pavel Haas Quartet The Cardinall’s Musick Ľubica Čekovská The Midsummer Quartet Gibbons O clap your hands Greaves England Schulhoff String Quartet No.