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January February
2 Jan 7.30pm Sir Simon Keenlyside/Malcolm Martineau 4 1 Feb 11.30am Khatia Buniatishvili/Meta4 20
3 Jan 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov 5 2.00pm Elena Urioste/Eivind Ringstad/ 20
4 Jan 7.30pm Allan Clayton/Timothy Ridout/Sean Shibe/ 4 Andrei Ioniţă/Cédric Tiberghien
James Baillieu 4.30pm Fatma Said/Catriona Morison/ 20
Alessandro Fisher/Ashley Riches/Martin Fröst/
5 Jan 11.30am Phoenix Piano Trio 4 Eivind Ringstad/Joseph Middleton
3.00pm Julien Van Mellaerts/James Baillieu 4 7.30pm Allan Clayton/Martin Fröst/Lawrence Power/ 20
7.30pm Jeremy Denk 6 Elias String Quartet/Christian Ihle Hadland
6 Jan 1.00pm Louise Alder/Joseph Middleton 6 2 Feb 11.30am Chiaroscuro Quartet 19
6.00pm Artist in Conversation: Stephen Hough 6 3.00pm Elsa Dreisig/Jonathan Ware 19
Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/
7.30pm 6 7.30pm Ermonela Jaho/Steven Maughan 22
Castalian String Quartet 3 Feb 1.00pm Katharina Konradi/Eric Schneider 21
7 Jan 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Castalian String Quartet 6 6.30pm Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Prize21
8 Jan 1.00pm Dame Felicity Lott: A Life in French Song 7 4 Feb 1.00pm Jonian Ilias Kadesha/Filippo Gorini21
7.30pm Marianne Crebassa/Fazıl Say 7 7.30pm Kuss Quartet 21
9 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 5 Feb 7.30pm Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 23
6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk: Ian Page 8 6 Feb 7.30pm Concentus Musicus Wien/Stefan Gottfried 23
The Mozartists/Ian Page/
7.30pm 8 7 Feb 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s23
Samantha Clarke/Ida Ränzlöv 7.30pm Beatrice Rana 23
10 Jan 7.30pm Vijay Iyer presents Ritual Ensemble 8 8 Feb 5.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 24
11 Jan 1.00pm Of Musicalities and Musical Experience: 9 7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 24
Vijay Iyer and Georgina Born in conversation 9 Feb 11.30am Heath Quartet 24
7.30pm Stephen Hough/Renaud Capuçon 9 7.30pm Richard Goode 25
12 Jan 11.30am Rachel Podger 9 10 Feb–22 Feb Re:Scale 26
3.00pm Peter Kellner/Pedro Costa 9 10 Feb 1.00pm Lucie Horsch/Thomas Dunford 25
7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio/Radovan Vlatković 10 6.15pm Bechstein Session Special Event: 27
13 Jan 1.00pm Alexander Melnikov 10 Beethoven in the Dark
7.30pm Simon Bode/Graham Johnson 10 7.30pm Paul Laraia/Robert Markham 25
14 Jan 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Beaten Track Ensemble 11 11 Feb 7.30pm Paul Lewis/Steven Osborne 28
7.30pm Elisabeth Leonskaja 11 12 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 28
15 Jan 12.30pm Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 11 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 28
2.00pm Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 11 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 28
7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 11 13 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: Talking Drums 28
16 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 12 7.30pm James Ehnes/Andrew Armstrong 30
12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 12 14 Feb 1.00pm Carolyn Sampson Album Launch 29
4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 7.30pm Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 29
7.30pm Philippe Jaroussky/Jérôme Ducros 12 15 Feb 7.30pm Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 29
17 Jan 3.00pm ECMA: Quatuor Métamorphoses/ 13 16 Feb 11.30am Andreas Brantelid/Christian Ihle Hadland 29
Trio Incendio 7.30pm Nicolas Namoradze 31
7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 12 17 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits 31
18 Jan 3.00pm ECMA: Masterclass with 13 1.00pm Daniel Müller-Schott/Annika Treutler 31
Professor Johannes Meissl and Trio Incendio 7.30pm London Winds/Peter Sparks/Michael McHale 31
5.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 12 18 Feb 11.00am Musical Portraits 31
7.30pm Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert 14 7.30pm Anna Caterina Antonacci/Donald Sulzen 32
19 Jan 11.30am Edgar Meyer 14 19 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Handel & Hendrix 32
3.00pm ECMA: Trio Hélios/Simply Quartet 13 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet/Boris Giltburg 32
7.30pm Dover Quartet/Edgar Meyer 14 20 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: The Bad Mood 32
20 Jan 1.00pm Jerusalem Quartet 14 7.30pm Leif Ove Andsnes/Musicians from 33
7.30pm Dover Quartet 14 the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
21 Jan 7.30pm Jerusalem Quartet 14 21 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 33
22 Jan 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk: Freya Waley-Cohen 14 11.45am Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers 33
1.00pm Britten Sinfonia Principal Musicians/Katie Bray 15 7.30pm The Sixteen/Harry Christophers 33
7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac 15 22 Feb 3.00pm Family Concert: Talking Drums 33
23 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 7.30pm Artemis Quartet 34
23 Jan 7.30pm La Nuova Musica/David Bates/ 15 23 Feb 11.30am Meccore String Quartet 34
Christopher Lowrey/Nick Pritchard 3.00pm Julia Sitkovetsky/Roger Vignoles 34
24 Jan 1.00pm Mark Padmore/Sacconi Quartet 15 7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien 34
7.30pm Andreas Scholl/Tamar Halperin 16 24 Feb 1.00pm Meta4 34
25 Jan 4.30pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 16 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Beethoven 35
with Jonathan Biss 7.30pm Adrian Brendel/Joanna MacGregor/ 35
7.30pm MILOŠ 16 Gildas Quartet
26 Jan 11.30am Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 17 25 Feb 7.30pm The English Concert/Laurence Cummings 35
3.00pm Royal Academy of Music Song Circle 17 26 Feb 7.30pm Castalian String Quartet/Cédric Tiberghien 36
7.30pm Jonathan Biss 17 27 Feb 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Beethoven 35
Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss and
9.30pm 17 3.00pm Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 36
Brett Dean with Jonathan Biss
27 Jan 1.00pm Jennifer Pike/Martin Roscoe 18 7.30pm Septura 36
7.30pm Christian Blackshaw 18 28 Feb 6.00pm Bärenreiter Pre-Concert Talk 36
29 Jan 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Malcolm Martineau 18 7.30pm Jonathan Biss 37
9.30pm Post-Concert Talk with Jonathan Biss and 37
30 Jan 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Brahms 7 Sally Beamish
7.30pm Borodin Quartet 18
29 Feb 10.15am Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 37
31 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: In Space 19 11.45am Chamber Tots: Growing in the Garden 37
11.45am Chamber Tots: In Space 19 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Akademie für Alte37
7.30pm Mauro Peter/Helmut Deutsch 19 Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck/Xenia Löffler
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Thursday 2 January Wednesday 22 April 7.30pm
7.30pm Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano
Schumann Song Series Thursday 14 May 7.30pm
Vox Luminis
Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone
Thursday 21 May 7.30pm
Malcolm Martineau piano
Iestyn Davies countertenor Allan Clayton tenor
Poulenc Le travail du peintre Britten Songs James Newby baritone Alec Frank-Gemmill
and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74 horn Olivia Jageurs harp James Baillieu piano
Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35
Monday 13 July 1.00pm
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Allan Clayton tenor James Baillieu piano
Saturday 4 January
Sunday 5 January
7.30pm 11.30am
Britten Series
Phoenix Piano Trio
Allan Clayton tenor Haydn Piano Trio in E flat HXV:30
Timothy Ridout viola Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
Sean Shibe guitar £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
sherry/juice
James Baillieu piano
Dowland Preludium; Come again, sweet love doth Sunday 5 January
now invite; Away with these self-loving lads; 3.00pm
Sleep wayward thoughts; Come, heavy sleep
Britten The Second Lute Song of the Earl of Julien Van Mellaerts baritone
Essex from Gloriana; Songs from the Chinese James Baillieu piano
Op. 58; Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
John Dowland Op. 48; Nocturnal after John Gareth Farr Ornithological Anecdotes
Dowland Op. 70; Evening, Morning & Night from (UK première) Britten Sally in our Alley; The
This Way to the Tomb; Winter Words Op. 52 Plough Boy; The Salley Gardens; O Waly, Waly;
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Oliver Cromwell Poulenc Chansons gaillardes
The Britten Series is made possible with support from the £16
Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Sunday 23 February 3.00pm
Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Roger Vignoles piano
Sir Simon Keenlyside Allan Clayton Phoenix Piano Trio Julien Van Mellaerts
© Robert Workman © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Fran Marshall © Diana Roberts
wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 5 Friday 3 January 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov piano Dusk to Dawn Chopin Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op. 66; Nocturne in F Op. 15 No. 1; Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor Op. 39; Prelude in D flat Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’ Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ Schumann Nachtstück Op. 23 No. 1 Debussy Feux d’artifice from Préludes Book II Bartók The Night’s Music from Out of Doors Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Pavel Kolesnikov © Eva Vermandel
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Sunday 5 January Monday 6 January
7.30pm 7.30pm
Stephen Hough Residency
Jeremy Denk piano Brahms Series
Bach English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807
Ligeti Etudes Book I Stephen Hough piano
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 S514 Michael Collins clarinet
Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959
Castalian String Quartet
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1
Beethoven Violin Sonata in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’ (arr.
Monday 6 January
Stephen Hough for clarinet and string quartet)
1.00pm Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120
No. 2; Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
Louise Alder soprano
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Joseph Middleton piano Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
Grieg 6 songs Op. 48 Medtner Mailied; for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
Meeresstille Tchaikovsky Sérénade; Les larmes the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Britten The Poet’s Echo Op. 76 Rachmaninov
Sing not to me, beautiful maiden; How fair Tuesday 7 January
this spot Sibelius Säv, säv, susa; Våren flyktar 7.30pm
hastigt; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
Stephen Hough Residency
£16 concs £14 Brahms Series
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for
schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts. Stephen Hough piano
To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Castalian String Quartet
Monday 6 January Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
6.00pm Frühling Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 30
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Stephen Hough Residency
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
Artist in Conversation: for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
Stephen Hough the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
All concerts featuring the Castalian String Quartet in the
Ahead of the third concert of his residency, 2019/20 Season are supported by a contribution from Sir
Stephen Hough discusses the inspiration Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement
behind tonight’s programme. The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support
from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund
£5
Jeremy Denk Louise Alder Stephen Hough Castalian String Quartet
© Michael Wilson © Gerard Collett © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Kaupo Kikkas
wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 7
Wednesday 8 January
1.00pm – 2.30pm Introduction to Music:
Dame Felicity Lott: A Life in Brahms
French Song
Thursday 9 January
Dame Felicity Lott discusses her lifelong Thursday 16 January
passion for French song, both as performer Thursday 23 January
and listener, with Wigmore Hall’s Archivist Thursday 30 January
Emily Woolf. A unique interview which will All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm
interweave these recollections with Wigmore
Hall’s rich history as a venue for the mélodie,
In many ways, Johannes Brahms stands
illustrated by material from our Archive.
outside the mainstream of the Romantic
£5 movement. His interest lay far more in
abstract music, sonatas, symphonies,
Wednesday 8 January variations and concertos rather than opera
7.30pm or program music, although he did of course
compose a great number of wonderful Lieder.
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano His music is a fascinating combination of
Fazıl Say piano traditional forms and powerful, romantic
harmony; the often profound emotional effect
Ravel Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera;
that his music exerts perhaps arises from
Shéhérazade
the tension between these two forces. We
Debussy From Préludes Book I: La cathédrale
will look at the huge range of his output with
engloutie & Minstrels
particular emphasis on his extraordinary
Fauré From Mirages: Cygne sur l’eau & Danseuse
contribution to chamber music.
Satie 3 Gnossiennes
Debussy La mer est plus belle; Le son du cor; Series ticket price £33
L’échelonnement des haies
Duparc Chanson triste; Au pays où se fait la guerre
Fazıl Say Gezi Park 2 (Sonata for piano); Gezi
Park 3 (Ballad for mezzo-soprano and piano)
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Johannes Brahms
Dame Felicity Lott Marianne Crebassa
© Trevor Leighton © Simon Fowler
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Thursday 9 January Friday 10 January
6.00pm 7.30pm
Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality
Pre-Concert Talk
Conductor Ian Page discusses The Mozartists’ Vijay Iyer presents
programme ahead of their evening concert.
Ritual Ensemble
£5 Vijay Iyer piano
Ganavya vocals
Thursday 9 January
Yosvany Terry saxophone, percussion
7.30pm Rajna Swaminathan mridangam
The Mozartists The Ritual Ensemble draws from various
musical systems to forge a unity of orchestrated
Ian Page conductor and ecstatic expressions. Through emotionally
Samantha Clarke soprano resonant collective interpretations of
Ida Ränzlöv mezzo-soprano compositions by each of its members, the group
combines contrasting energies in pursuit of the
1770 – a retrospective sacred. Celebrated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer
Vanhal Symphony in E minor Bryan e1 is joined by GRAMMY-nominated Afro-Cuban
Gluck From Paride ed Elena: O del mio dolce ardor composer-saxophonist-percussionist Yosvany
& Tutto qui mi sorprende... Le belle immagini Terry, groundbreaking composer-percussionist
Haydn Caro Volpino amabile from Lo speziale Rajna Swaminathan, and riveting composer-
(2nd version); Già si vede i vezze e vanti from Le vocalist Ganavya.
pescatrici £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
JC Bach Guardami in volto, o madre from Gioas,
re di Giuda Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box
Mozart Lungi da te, mio bene from Mitridate, re Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
di Ponto (original version)
Jommelli Guardalo, è quell’istesso... Misero
pargoletto from Demofoonte
JC Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6
Mozart Se viver non degg’io from Mitridate,
re di Ponto
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Ian Page Samantha Clarke Vijay Iyer Ritual Ensemble
© Sheila Rock © Sallie Manford © Barbara Rigon © Vivek Bald
wigmore-hall.org.uk JANUARY • 9
Saturday 11 January Sunday 12 January
1.00pm 11.30am
Vijay Iyer Residency: Musicality Rachel Podger Residency
Of Musicalities and Musical Rachel Podger violin
Experience: Vijay Iyer and Bach Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin
Georgina Born in conversation BWV1003; Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo
violin BWV1004
Georgina Born, Professor of Music and
Anthropology at Oxford University and Professorial £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
Fellow of Mansfield College, joins Vijay Iyer for sherry/juice
an exchange of ideas traversing the arts, the Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
humanities, and the social and natural sciences.
Saturday 18 April 4.00pm & 7.30pm
The two musician-scholars will each give a
brief mini-lecture, Iyer on ‘Musicality’ and Born with Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord
on ‘Musical Experience’, followed by a dialogue Sunday 10 May 11.30am
considering the intersections of these two concepts.
Solo Bach
Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Monday 6 July 7.30pm
£5
Bach Double and Triple Concertos
Forthcoming Concert in the Series
Wednesday 10 June 7.30pm Sunday 12 January
Vijay Iyer and Aurora Orchestra 3.00pm
Saturday 11 January Peter Kellner bass
7.30pm Pedro Costa piano
Stephen Hough Residency Schumann Belsazar Op. 57; 6 Gedichte von
Brahms Series N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90
Dvořák Biblické písne Op. 99
Stephen Hough piano Tchaikovsky I bless you, forests; Does the day
Renaud Capuçon violin reign?; None but the lonely heart
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Violin £16
Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100; Violin Sonata No. 3
in D minor Op. 108
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
The Brahms Series is made possible with support from the
Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund
Stephen Hough Renaud Capuçon Rachel Podger Peter Kellner
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Sunday 12 January Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm
7.30pm Castalian String Quartet
Brahms Series Saturday 4 July 7.30pm
Jonathan Plowright: Brahms Plus Liszt
Vienna Piano Trio
Radovan Vlatković horn Monday 13 January
Brahms Scherzo in C minor from F-A-E Sonata 1.00pm
(Sonatensatz); Horn Trio in E flat Op. 40; Piano Alexander Melnikov fortepiano
Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87
Clementi Prelude alla Haydn in C from
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Musical Characteristics Haydn Piano Sonata in
The Brahms Series is made possible with additional support C sharp minor HXVI:36 Clementi Prelude alla
from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund
Mozart in A from Musical Characteristics
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397
Clementi Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 34 No. 2
Wednesday 26 February 7.30pm
Castalian String Quartet £16 concs £14
Cédric Tiberghien piano
Tuesday 17 March 7.30pm Monday 13 January
Jonathan Plowright: Brahms Plus Chopin 7.30pm
Friday 3 April 7.30pm Simon Bode tenor
Castalian String Quartet
Nils Mönkemeyer viola
Graham Johnson piano
Ursula Smith cello Purcell/Britten I attempt from Love’s sickness
to fly; I take no pleasure; Hark the ech’ing air!;
Monday 11 May 7.30pm
Take not a woman’s anger ill; Music for a while;
Takács Quartet
A Morning Hymn
Roger Tapping viola
Weldon (attrib. Purcell)/Britten Alleluia
Monday 18 May 7.30pm Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39
Garrick Ohlsson piano Brahms Botschaft; Sonntag; O liebliche Wangen;
Am Sonntag Morgen; An ein Veilchen; Wiegenlied;
Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm
Wach auf mein Herzensschöne; Es steht ein Lind;
Vienna Piano Trio Lerchengesang; In Waldeseinsamkeit
Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm Britten On This Island Op. 11
Michael Collins clarinet £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Vienna Piano Trio Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Vienna Piano Trio Radovan Vlatković Alexander Melnikov Simon Bode
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Tuesday 14 January Wednesday 15 January
6.15pm – 7.05pm 12.30pm and 2.00pm
Bechstein Sessions: Chamber Tots:
Beaten Track Ensemble Growing in the Garden
Join us for an informal performance in the Join us on a musical adventure in the garden
Bechstein Bar from Beaten Track Ensemble. in these interactive music sessions for children
Enjoy percussionists Beth Higham-Edwards, aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover
Alice Angliss and Rosie Bergonzi’s joyful exciting instruments, songs, and stories with
programme and vibrant performances as they experienced music leaders and emerging
showcase the musical range and storytelling chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as
capabilities of their favourite percussion we explore, play and move together!
instruments including the marimba, vibraphone 12.30pm–1.30pm (1-2 year-olds)
and handpan in this specially curated 2.00pm–3.00pm (3-5 year-olds)
celebration of life in music.
Children £7 Adults £5
£5
Wednesday 15 January
Tuesday 14 January
7.30pm
7.30pm
Mozart and the Second Viennese School Christian Gerhaher baritone
Gerold Huber piano
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Mahler From Das Lied von der Erde: Der
Mozart Piano Sonata in F K280
Einsame im Herbst & Der Abschied; Rückert
Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11
Lieder; From Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat K570; Rondo in
Revelge, Der Tamboursg’sell & Wo die schönen
A minor K511; Piano Sonata in F K533/494
Trompeten blasen
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Forthcoming Concert in the Series
Concert repeated on
Monday 8 June 7.30pm
Friday 17 January 7.30pm
Graham Johnson Rosie Bergonzi and Beth Higham-Edwards Elisabeth Leonskaja Chamber Tots
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Thursday 16 January Friday 17 January
11.00am and 12.30pm 7.30pm
For Crying Out Loud! Christian Gerhaher baritone
Liselotte Östblom/Rupert Cox Duo Gerold Huber piano
Liselotte Östblom voice Mahler From Das Lied von der Erde: Der
Rupert Cox piano Einsame im Herbst & Der Abschied; Rückert
Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can Lieder; From Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians Revelge, Der Tamboursg’sell & Wo die schönen
from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and Trompeten blasen
groove to the music or sit back and unwind. £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. Repeat of concert on
Approximately 45 minutes in duration Wednesday 15 January 7.30pm
Adults £8.50 (babies come free)
In partnership with the Royal Academy Saturday 18 January
of Music 5.30pm
Thursday 16 January Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
7.30pm Nash Ensemble
Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Philippe Jaroussky countertenor Richard Hosford clarinet
Jérôme Ducros piano Stephanie Gonley violin
Adrian Brendel cello
Schubert Du bist die Ruh; Gruppe aus
Tartarus; Im Frühling; Des Fischers Moscheles Fantasy, Variations and Finale Op. 46
Liebesglück; Die Sterne; Die Götter Schubert Notturno in E flat D897; Arpeggione
Griechenlands; Nacht und Träume; Litanei; Sonata in A minor D821
Herbst; Abendstern; An die Musik; An Silvia; £5
Nachtstück; Seih mir gegrüsst
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
For Crying Out Loud! Philippe Jaroussky Christian Gerhaher Schubertiade
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European Chamber Music
Academy Showcase 2020
Friday 17 January Sunday 19 January
3.00pm 3.00pm
Quatuor Métamorphoses Trio Hélios
Trio Incendio Simply Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in C Op. 59 Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3
No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor
Martinů Piano Trio No. 3 in C Op. 44 No. 2
£10 £10
Saturday 18 January The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the
estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of
3.00pm Sigmund Elton
Masterclass with
Professor Johannes
Meissl and Trio
Incendio
Already the winners of
the 2017 Gianni Bergamo
Classic Music Award, the
recently formed Czech
trio will develop its artistry
further as it works in this
masterclass on Dvořák’s
Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65
under the guidance of the vice
rector and former Head of the
Joseph Haydn Department
of Chamber Music at the
University of Vienna,
Professor Johannes Meissl.
£5
Simply Quartet
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Saturday 18 January Monday 20 January
7.30pm 1.00pm
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Jerusalem Quartet
Nash Ensemble Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76
Rossini Sonata No. 1 in G for strings Spohr No. 2 ‘Fifths’ Bartók String Quartet No. 4 BB95
Octet in E Op. 32 Schubert Octet in F D803 £16 concs £14
£38 £33 £27 £20 £15
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Monday 20 January
Saturday 8 February 5.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
Sunday 8 March 11.30am
Dover Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95
Sunday 19 January ‘Serioso’ Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D
11.30am Op. 25 Hindemith String Quartet No. 3 Op. 16
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Edgar Meyer double bass In Memory of Peter Flatter
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007
Edgar Meyer Work in Progress* Tuesday 21 January
*Commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson, the Savannah 7.30pm
Music Festival, and San Francisco Performances, and funded
by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson
Jerusalem Quartet
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421
sherry/juice
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68
Sunday 19 January Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1
7.30pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Dover Quartet Wednesday 22 January
Edgar Meyer double bass 12.15pm
Mozart Divertimento in D K136 Rossini Duetto
in D for cello and double bass Ravel String
Pre-Concert Talk
Quartet in F Edgar Meyer Quintet for strings Join composer Freya Waley-Cohen in conversation
with Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of the lunchtime
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
concert, in which musicians from Britten Sinfonia
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets will be performing her new work.
for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact Free (ticket required)
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Edgar Meyer Dover Quartet Jerusalem Quartet Freya Waley-Cohen
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Name
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Wednesday 22 January Thursday 23 January
1.00pm 7.30pm
Britten Sinfonia Principal Musicians La Nuova Musica
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano David Bates conductor
Programme to include: Christopher Lowrey countertenor
Mahler Rückert Lieder (arr. Freya Waley-Cohen Nick Pritchard tenor
for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble)
A French Affair
Freya Waley-Cohen New work (London première)
Purcell Arise my muse (Ode for the birthday
£16 concs £14
of Queen Mary) Z320; I was glad when they
said unto me Z19 Humfrey Like as the Hart
Wednesday 22 January
Purcell My beloved spake Z28 Charpentier Le
7.30pm
reniement de St Pierre H424 Blow An Ode
Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Rameau
Laboravi clamans; Tendre amour from Les
Soraya Mafi soprano Indes galantes Cassandra Miller New work
Ann Murray DBE mezzo-soprano £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Neal Davies bass-baritone Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
Adrian Thompson tenor year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Graham Johnson piano Forthcoming Concert in the Series:
Gounod and Mrs Weldon Wednesday 8 July 7.30pm
In the second half of the 19th century, the Paris
Commune of 1871 exacted such terror on Parisian Friday 24 January
citizens that a number of French people came to 1.00pm
live in London. One of them was Charles Gounod,
who came to England for three years and became Mark Padmore tenor
caught up with one of the most interesting Sacconi Quartet
characters in all Victorian history, Mrs. Georgina
Weldon. Songmakers’ Almanac continues with a Rachmaninov Romance for string quartet
celebration of Charles Gounod, told through this Jonathan Dove In Damascus
little known story of Victorian drama and humour. £16 concs £14
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Katie Bray Ann Murray DBE Christopher Lowrey Mark Padmore
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Friday 24 January Saturday 25 January
7.30pm 7.30pm
Andreas Scholl countertenor MILOŠ guitar
Tamar Halperin piano Bach Lute Partita (Suite) in C minor BWV997
The Twilight People (arr. Miloš Karadaglic)
Granados From 12 danzas españolas: Andaluza
Ari Frankel The Rest from Wiping Ceramic Tiles & Orientale (arr. Michael Lewin)
Copland From Old American Songs II: The Little Albéniz Asturias from Suite Española (arr.
Horses & At the River; I Bought me a Cat from Michael Lewin)
Old American Songs I Vaughan Williams In the Villa-Lobos 5 Preludes
Spring; Silent Noon from The House of Life; The Lennon/McCartney Blackbird (arr. Sérgio
Twilight People; Tired from 4 Last Songs Berg Assad); Yesterday (arr. Sérgio Assad)
Wo der Goldregen steht; Abschied; Vielgeliebte Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps (arr.
schöne Frau; Ferne Lieder Cage Soliloquy; Jazz Sérgio Assad)
Study; In a Landscape (for solo piano) Britten Mathias Duplessy Cavalcade
The Ash Grove; Greensleeves; The Salley
Gardens Joseph Tawadros Beauty is Life (arr. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Matt McMahon); A Truth (arr. Matt McMahon) In Memory of Peter Flatter
Arvo Pärt Es sang vor langen Jahren; Vater Unser Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Saturday 25 January
4.30pm – 5.30pm
Exploring Beethoven’s Piano
Sonatas with Jonathan Biss
Join Jonathan Biss in the Bechstein Room,
where the pianist will discuss his Coursera
lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.
coursera.org/learn/Beethoven-piano-sonatas
Free (ticket required)
Our Beethoven Celebration has been
made possible thanks to a lead gift
from André and Rosalie
Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation,
and additional support from the
Beethoven Circle
Andreas Scholl Tamar Halperin Jonathan Biss MILOŠ
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Sunday 26 January Sunday 26 January
11.30am 7.30pm
Beethoven Piano Trios Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Jonathan Biss piano
Beethoven Piano Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 15 in D Op. 28
Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 ‘Pastoral’, No. 20 in G Op. 49 No. 2, No. 3 in
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ C Op. 2 No. 3, No. 27 in E minor Op. 90 &
sherry/juice No. 28 in A Op. 101
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Sunday 3 May 11.30am 9.30pm
Saturday 20 June 7.30pm
Post-Concert Talk with
Jonathan Biss and Brett Dean
Following each concert in the Beethoven sonata
Sunday 26 January cycle, Jonathan Biss will be joined by one of his
favourite musicians to discuss the repertoire.
3.00pm
Free (with evening concert ticket)
Royal Academy of Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Music Song Circle Friday 28 February 7.30pm
Samantha Quillish soprano Monday 20 April 7.30pm
Yuki Akimoto mezzo-soprano
Robert Forrest tenor Saturday 9 May 7.30pm
Michael Ronan baritone Thursday 25 June 7.30pm
Benjamin Mead piano
All followed by a post-concert talk at 9.30pm
Julia Klimek piano
Our Beethoven Celebration has been
The complete songs of Clara Schumann made possible thanks to a lead gift from
André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle
Approximately 75 minutes in duration without Foundation, and additional support from
an interval the Beethoven Circle
£16
WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALENT
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Royal Academy of Music Song Circle Jonathan Biss
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Monday 27 January Wednesday 29 January
1.00pm 7.30pm
Christiane Karg Focus
Jennifer Pike violin
Martin Roscoe piano Christiane Karg soprano
Dani Howard New work* (world première) Malcolm Martineau piano
Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82 R Schumann Seit ich ihn gesehen; Widmung;
Rózsa Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Rose, Meer und Sonne; Die Lotosblume; Nun
Song Op. 4 hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
*Commissioned by BBC C Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um
£16 concs £14 Schönheit; Warum willst du and’re fragen;
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets 6 Lieder Op. 13; Ihr Bildnis; Oh weh des
for schools and 8-25 year olds at Scheidens; Lorelei; Das Veilchen; 6 Lieder aus
selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Jucunde Op. 23; Die gute Nacht
Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Brahms 3rd movement from Piano Sonata
No. 2 in F sharp minor Op. 2; Liebe und
Monday 27 January Frühling II Op. 3 No. 3; An ein Veilchen; Wie
7.30pm Melodien zieht es mir; Mondnacht
Christian Blackshaw piano £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Mozart Revisited
Thursday 30 January
Mozart Piano Sonatas: in C K279, in G K283, 7.30pm
in D K311, in F K332 & in A minor K310
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Borodin Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G Op. 101
Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1
Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Jennifer Pike Christian Blackshaw Christiane Karg Borodin Quartet
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Friday 31 January Sunday 2 February
10.15am and 11.45am 11.30am
Chamber Tots: In Space Chiaroscuro Quartet
Join us on a musical adventure in space in Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421
these interactive music sessions for children Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Op. 13
exciting instruments, songs, and stories with £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
experienced music leaders and emerging sherry/juice
chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as
we explore, play and move together! Sunday 2 February
10.15am-11.15am (1-2 year-olds) 3.00pm
11.45am-12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)
Children £7 Adults £5
Elsa Dreisig soprano
Jonathan Ware piano
Friday 31 January Morgen
7.30pm
Duparc L’invitation au voyage; Aux étoiles (for
Mauro Peter tenor solo piano); Chanson triste; La vie antérieure
Strauss 4 Last Songs; Andante from 5
Helmut Deutsch piano Klavierstücke Op. 3 No. 1
Songs after poems by Johann Wolfgang Rachmaninov Daisies; Etude-tableau in C
von Goethe Op. 33 No. 2 (for solo piano); The pied piper;
Schubert Der Sänger; Sehnsucht D123; In my garden at night; Dreams
Rastlose Liebe; Meeres Stille D216; Wandrers £16
Nachtlied II; An den Mond D296; Der Fischer; Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
Der Rattenfänger; Der König in Thule; year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Box
Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Erlkönig; Gesänge des Harfners I-III; Ganymed;
Erster Verlust; Versunken; Geheimes; An die
Entfernte; Wilkommen und Abschied
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Chamber Tots Mauro Peter Chiaroscuro Quartet Elsa Dreisig
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BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists
20th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday 1 February Saturday 1 February
11.30am* 4.30pm
Khatia Buniatishvili piano Fatma Said soprano
Meta4 Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano
Kaipainen String Quartet No. 6 ‘The Terror Run’ Alessandro Fisher tenor
Franck Piano Quintet in F minor
Ashley Riches bass-baritone
£16 concs £14
Martin Fröst clarinet
Saturday 1 February Eivind Ringstad viola
2.00pm*
Joseph Middleton piano
Elena Urioste violin Brahms 2 Songs with viola Op. 91
Eivind Ringstad viola Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965
Plus songs and ensembles by Duparc, Brahms
Andrei Ioniţă cello and Robert and Clara Schumann
Cédric Tiberghien piano £16 concs £14
Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Schumann
Fantasiestücke Op. 73 (version for cello and piano) Saturday 1 February
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478 7.30pm*
£16 concs £14
Allan Clayton tenor
Martin Fröst clarinet
Lawrence Power viola
Elias String Quartet
Christian Ihle Hadland piano
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge
Britten String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94
Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat K498 ‘Kegelstatt’
Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B flat Op. 87
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Khatia Buniatishvili All four concerts will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
© Gavin Evans
*Part of the U25s scheme: Free
tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds
at selected concerts, supported by
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book,
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Monday 3 February Tuesday 4 February
1.00pm 1.00pm
Katharina Konradi soprano Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
Eric Schneider piano Filippo Gorini piano
Schubert Suleika II; An mein Herz; Suleika I YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20
Rachmaninov Lilacs; Beloved, let us fly; How
Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance
fair this spot; Vocalise Strauss 3 Lieder der
Op. 28
Ophelia Op. 67 Barber Nuvoletta Schubert Im
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3
Abendrot; Lied des Florio; Lied der Delphine
Skalkottas Petite Suite No. 2 for violin and piano
£16 concs £14 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108
£14 concs £12
Monday 3 February Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)
6.30pm
YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker
Royal Academy of Music Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art
Foundation for this series
Bicentenary Prize
Tuesday 4 February
Elise van der Wel baroque violin
Samantha Quillish soprano & Julia Klimek piano 7.30pm
Qianyu Zhang accordion
Esther Beyer harp
Kuss Quartet
Amy Holyland mezzo-soprano & Benjamin Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135
Mead piano Bruno Mantovani String Quartet No. 6
Ariel Lanyi piano ‘Beethoveniana’* (UK première)
Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor
In the approach to its Bicentenary in 2022, the
Op. 131
Royal Academy of Music presents the grand
*Co-commissioned by Suntory Hall Tokyo, Philharmonie de
final of a prestigious new competition, judged
Paris, Pro Quartet, Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR Hannover,
by a panel of eminent judges with a prize of Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall
£10,000. Open to singers and instrumentalists
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
studying at the Academy, six finalists exhibit
the breadth of talent across many disciplines
on the Marylebone Road.
£10, £5 for staff and students
of the Royal Academy of Music
Presented by the Royal Academy of Music
Sponsored by LetterOne
Katharina Konradi Royal Academy of Music Jonian Ilias Kadesha Kuss Quartet
© Christoph Gellert © Adam Scott © Kaupo Kikkas © Molina Visuals22 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Ermonela Jaho © Fadil Berisha Sunday 2 February 7.30pm Ermonela Jaho soprano Steven Maughan piano An Evening with Rosina Storchio The acclaimed soprano Ermonela Jaho, making an exclusive London concert appearance as well as her Wigmore Hall recital debut, explores music championed by the renowned Italian soprano Rosina Storchio, creator of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Leoncavallo’s Zazà and Mascagni’s Lodoletta. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Promoted by Opera Rara
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Wednesday 5 February Friday 7 February
7.30pm 1.00pm
My Music with Orchestra of St John’s
Max Raabe singer
Christoph Israel piano Alexander Armstrong presenter, singer
Max Raabe is best known for his unique Paul Blezard interviewer
interpretations of songs from the 20s and 30s. Orchestra of St John’s
The songs in tonight’s programme stem from
Germany’s Weimar Era and in few words they tell John Lubbock conductor
little stories; often they are part of a story. Many Bach Erbarme dich, mein Gott from St Matthew
have gone on to inspire whole feature films and Passion
operettas – these ‘three-minute operas’ tell us Beethoven Third movement from Symphony
about the confusion of inter-human relationships. No. 7 in A Op. 92 (excerpt)
Most of tonight’s songs will be in German and Dvořák Serenade for Strings (excerpt)
some in English. £16 concs £14
Approximately 55 minutes in duration, without Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)
an interval
Friday 7 February
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
7.30pm
Thursday 6 February
Beatrice Rana piano
7.30pm
Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971
Concentus Musicus Wien Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14
(1836 version)
Stefan Gottfried director, Albéniz Iberia Book 3
harpsichord, organ
Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka
Biber Sonata No. 1 in C from Sonatae tam aris
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
quam aulis servientes; Sonata No. 11 in C minor
With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter
from Fidicinium sacro-profanum; Battalia
Friends of Wigmore Hall
Purcell Suite from King Arthur
Vivaldi Concerto in F for violin, strings and
continuo RV293 ‘L’autunno’
Telemann Overture in D TWV55:D1
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Max Raabe Concentus Musicus Wien Alexander Armstrong Beatrice Rana
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Saturday 8 February Saturday 8 February
5.30pm 7.30pm
Chamber Ensemble in Residence Chamber Ensemble in Residence
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Nash Ensemble Nash Ensemble
Simon Crawford-Phillips piano James Gilchrist tenor
Richard Hosford clarinet
Richard Watkins horn
Stephanie Gonley violin
Michael Gurevich violin Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Lawrence Power viola Roger Vignoles piano*
Adrian Brendel cello
Songs by Loewe, Reichardt and Zelter*
Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat Op. 11 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Weber Variations on a theme from Silvana J128 Op. 13
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Schubert Auf dem Strom D943
Approximately 1 hour in duration, without Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898
an interval £38 £33 £27 £20 £15
£5 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
Sunday 8 March 11.30am
Sunday 9 February
11.30am
Heath Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3
Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
sherry/juice
Schubertiade Nash Ensemble Heath Quartet
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Sunday 9 February Monday 10 February
7.30pm 7.30pm
Richard Goode piano Paul Laraia viola
Bach Partita No. 5 in G BWV829 Robert Markham piano
Mozart Piano Sonata in F K533/494 Lionel Tertis Viola Competition Winner’s
Debussy Images Series 2 Recital
Chopin Nocturne in E flat Op. 55 No. 2;
Mazurkas: in C Op. 56 No. 2, in A minor Rolla Concertant Duo for violin and viola
Op. 59 No. 1, in A flat Op. 59 No. 2 & in Op. 5 No. 1
F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3 Atar Arad Caprice 8 ‘Paul’ from 12 Caprices for
Debussy Pour les sonorités opposées from Etudes viola
Book II; Pour les octaves from Etudes Book I; Pour Hindemith Sonata for viola and piano Op. 11
les arpèges composés from Etudes Book II; La No. 4
soirée dans Grenade from Estampes; L’isle joyeuse Bridge Allegro appassionato
Roxanna Panufnik Canto
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Atar Arad Caprice 1 ‘Rebecca’ from 12 Caprices
for viola
Monday 10 February Clarke Viola Sonata
1.00pm
£16
Lucie Horsch recorder
Thomas Dunford lute
Castello Sonata Seconda in stil moderno
Dowland Preludium; Flow my tears
Dieupart Suite No. 5 in F Debussy Syrinx
Philidor Sonata in D minor Marais Les Voix
Humaines Couperin Le rossignol-en-amour
Eyck Lavolette Ortiz Recercadas Dalza Calate
ala spagnola Marais Couplets de folies (Les
folies d’Espagne)
£16 concs £14
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at
selected concerts, supported by
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust.
To book, please contact the
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Richard Goode Lucie Horsch Thomas Dunford Paul Laraia
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Diphonon Duo
© Benjamin Ealovega
Learning Festival:
Musical Conversations
Our Learning Festival in 2019/20 invites Monday 10 – Saturday 22 February
you to explore the many different ways Main Foyer
we create, perform, listen to and respond
to music. We delve into the concept of Re:Scale
musical conversation, a notion at the Explore the sounds of Wigmore Hall and create
heart of chamber music, and invite you, your own musical conversations on a miniature
your ears and your voices to take part. model of the stage…
We mark 250 years since the birth of one This newly commissioned interactive sound
of the world’s most celebrated composers, installation by artist and composer Gawain Hewitt
Ludwig van Beethoven, whose own invites you to compose duets using sounds of
modes of musical conversation shifted Wigmore Hall performers and participants past
when he began to lose his hearing. Yet he and present.
continued to make music, and went on to A part of our Beethoven 250 celebrations and
Musical Conversations festival, the installation
compose some of the greatest works he
includes vibrating transducers, enabling D/deaf
would ever create.
and hearing participants to explore pieces through
touch and vibration.
Freewigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 27
Monday 10 February
6.15pm
Bechstein Session Special Wednesday 12 February 11.00am and 12.30pm
For Crying Out Loud!
Event: Beethoven in the Dark
Sacconi Quartet Thursday 13 February 11.00am
Schools Concert: Talking Drums
Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C minor Op. 131
For the first time in London, the award- Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 February 11.00am
winning Sacconi Quartet performs one of the Musical Portraits
most emotionally demanding pieces in the
Wednesday 19 February 10.30am
repertoire entirely from memory, in almost
Family Day: Handel & Hendrix
complete darkness.
This unique performance of a deeply moving Thursday 20 February 11.00am
piece is made even more profound by the Relaxed Concert: The Bad Mood
absence of light, allowing for total focus on
Friday 21 February 10.15am and 11.45am
Beethoven’s extraordinary soundworld.
Chamber Tots: Jungles and Rivers
£5
Our Beethoven Celebration has been made Saturday 22 February 3.00pm
possible thanks to a lead gift from André Family Concert: Talking Drums
and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle
Foundation, and additional support
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Tuesday 11 February Wednesday 12 February
7.30pm 7.30pm
Paul Lewis piano The Endellion String Quartet
Steven Osborne piano Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6
Fauré Dolly Suite Op. 56 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119
Poulenc Sonata for Piano Four Hands Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor Op. 44
Debussy 6 épigraphes antiques; Petite Suite No. 2
Stravinsky 3 pièces faciles £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Ravel Ma mère l’Oye
Thursday 13 February
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
11.00am – 12 noon
Wednesday 12 February
Schools Concert: Talking Drums
11.00am and 12.30pm
Key Stage 2
For Crying Out Loud! Join percussionists Owen and Toby, otherwise
Orix Duo known as O Duo, for a whistle stop tour through
Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can 350 years of music all played on percussion
enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians instruments. From Bach to bongos and beyond!
from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and We invite Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers to
groove to the music or sit back and unwind. explore a magical soundworld of marimbas,
Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed. vibraphones, glockenspiels and drums a-plenty.
This will be an exciting musical experience
Approximately 45 minutes in duration with music from films, stage and bygone years
Adults £8.50 (babies come free) presented in an interactive concert.
In partnership with the Royal Academy Approximately 1 hour in duration
of Music
Children £4 Accompanying adults free
(ticket required)
Paul Lewis © Josep Molina For Crying Out Loud! The Endellion String Quartet Schools Concert
Steven Osborne © Benjamin Ealovega © Benjamin Ealovega © Eric Richmond © Benjamin Ealovegawigmore-hall.org.uk FEBRUARY • 29
Friday 14 February Saturday 15 February
1.00pm 7.30pm
Carolyn Sampson soprano Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Joseph Middleton piano Mark Simpson clarinet Amy Harman bassoon
Album Launch Recital Elena Urioste violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez
viola Laura van der Heijden cello Joseph
Walton A Song for the Lord Mayor’s table Conyers double bass Alec Frank-Gemmill horn
Quilter My Life’s Delight; By a Fountainside; Tom Poster piano
Dream Valley; Arab Love Song; Fair House of Joy
Huw Watkins 5 Larkin Songs Bridge When Mozart Bassoon Quartet in B flat (after
most I wink; Go not happy day; Adoration; Bassoon Sonata K292) (arr. Iain Farrington)
Come to me in my dreams; Love went a-riding Dohnányi Sextet in C Op. 37
Beethoven Septet in E flat Op. 20
£16 concs £14
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Friday 14 February Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
7.30pm by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Mark Simpson clarinet Amy Harman bassoon Sunday 16 February
Elena Urioste violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez 11.30am
viola Laura van der Heijden cello Joseph
Conyers double bass Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Andreas Brantelid cello
Tom Poster piano Christian Ihle Hadland piano
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders (arr. Myaskovsky Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12
Franz Hasenöhrl) Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19
Fanny Mendelssohn Fantasia in G minor for
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
cello and piano
sherry/juice
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op. 70
In Memory of Peter Flatter
Glinka Trio pathétique
Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported
by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Carolyn Sampson Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Andreas Brantelid
© Marco Borggreve © Marios Taramides30 • FEBRUARY Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Thursday 13 February 7.30pm Beethoven Violin Sonatas James Ehnes violin Andrew Armstrong piano Beethoven Violin Sonata in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’; Violin Sonata in A Op. 30 No. 1; Violin Sonata in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 £40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Forthcoming Concert in the Series Thursday 4 June 7.30pm Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega
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Sunday 16 February Monday 17 February
7.30pm 1.00pm
Nicolas Namoradze piano Daniel Müller-Schott cello
Skryabin Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68 ‘Black Mass’ Annika Treutler piano
Bach Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor BWV795; Dvořák 4 Romantic Pieces Op. 75 (arr. Daniel
Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Müller-Schott)
York Bowen 12 Studies Op. 46 Webern 3 kleine Stücke Op. 11
Nicolas Namoradze Etudes I-VI (UK première) Franck Sonata in A (arr. Jules Delsart for cello
£20 £18 £14 £12 £10 and piano)
Presented by Honens International Piano Competition £16 concs £14
Debut series supported by The Azrieli Foundation
Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 February Monday 17 February
11.00am – 3.30pm 7.30pm
Musical Portraits Michael Collins Residency
For young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions London Winds
We invite young people with Autism Spectrum Philippa Davies flute
Conditions to be inspired by paintings in the Gareth Hulse oboe
National Portrait Gallery, and to create their Michael Collins clarinet, director
own works of art and music with inspiring Robin O’Neill bassoon
visual artists alongside Ignite ensemble. Richard Watkins horn
For more information, and to apply for a place,
contact Charlotte Cunningham at Turtle Key Peter Sparks bass clarinet
Arts on 020 8964 5060 or email Michael McHale piano
charlotte@turtlekeyarts.org.uk Ligeti 6 Bagatelles
Free (application required) Janáček Mládi
In partnership with the National Thuille Sextet in B flat for piano and winds Op. 6
Portrait Gallery and Turtle Key Arts Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Forthcoming Events in the Series
Tuesday 19 May 1.00pm
Michael Collins Masterclass
Tuesday 21 July 7.30pm
Nicolas Namoradze Musical Portraits Daniel Müller-Schott London Winds
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