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November December
1 Nov 7.30pm Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d’Astrée/4 1 Dec 11.30am Beatrice Rana19
Anna Stéphany 7.30pm Tenebrae/Nigel Short/Olivia Jageurs20
2 Nov 11.00am Tamsin Waley-Cohen4 2 Dec 1.00pm Colin Currie/Sam Walton/19
1.15pm Freya Waley-Cohen Talk4 Pavel Kolesnikov/Samson Tsoy
2.30pm Albion Quartet4 7.30pm Bertrand Chamayou19
7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet5 3 Dec 1.00pm Tabea Debus/Alex McCartney21
3 Nov 11.30am Lucas Jussen/Arthur Jussen5 Jonathan Rees
7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi5 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Steven Isserlis21
4 Nov 1.00pm The Cardinall’s Musick5 4 Dec 11.00am Schools Concert: Beethoven and the 22
7.30pm Janine Jansen/Sonoko Miriam Welde/5 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 Ware6
7.30pm Takács Quartet6 5 Dec 7.30pm Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger22
6 Nov 10.00am Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate 6 Dec 1.00pm Thomas Hampson Masterclass22
Piano Competition – Final 7.30pm Stephen Hough/Michael Collins/Andrei Ioniţă23
7.30pm Roderick Williams/Iain Burnside6 7 Dec 5.30pm Nash Ensemble23
7 Nov 7.30pm Takács Quartet7 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Roderick Williams23
8 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Autumn7 8 Dec 11.30am Van Kuijk Quartet23
11.45am Chamber Tots: Autumn7 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 Martineau24
9 Nov 10.30am Family Day: Journey to the Moon7 9 Dec 1.00pm Nicholas Angelich24
7.30pm Cédric Tiberghien8 7.30pm Eric Lu24
10 Nov 11.30am Isang Enders/Sunwook Kim8 10 Dec 1.00pm Mario Häring24
3.00pm Alessandro Fisher/Ashok Gupta8 7.30pm Quatuor Danel25
7.30pm Leslie Howard8
11 Nov 1.00pm Joanna MacGregor10 11 Dec 1.00pm Xinyuan Wang25
7.30pm Lara Melda9 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Improviso 25
7.30pm Melvyn Tan/Calefax/Signum Quartet25
12 Nov 7.30pm Christian Tetzlaff/Lars Vogt10
13 Nov 7.30pm Wihan Quartet10 12 Dec 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s26
7.30pm Alice Coote/Julius Drake26
14 Nov 1.00pm The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards10
7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Jonathan Ware11 13 Dec 7.30pm L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar/Céline Scheen/26
15 Nov 7.30pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell11 Benedetta Mazzucato/Vincenzo Capezzuto
16 Nov 5.30pm Nash Ensemble11 14 Dec 7.30pm Jakub Józef Orliński/Il Pomo d’Oro26
7.30pm Nash Ensemble11 15 Dec 11.30am Eggner Trio27
17 Nov 11.30am Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy12 7.30pm Fretwork/Helen Charlston27
7.30pm Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy/12 16 Dec 1.00pm Elisabeth Kulman/Eduard Kutrowatz27
Elena Bashkirova 7.30pm Martin Fröst/Roland Pöntinen27
18 Nov 1.00pm James Newby/Simon Lepper12 17 Dec 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset28
7.30pm Danny Driver12
19 Nov 7.30pm EFG London Jazz Festival: 13 18 Dec 7.30pm Belcea Quartet28
Lars Danielsson Group – Liberetto III 19 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Biss28
20 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: In the Forest13 9.30pm Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss28
11.45am Chamber Tots: In the Forest13 20 Dec 11.00am Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 28
7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio13 with Jonathan Biss
21 Nov 11.00am For Crying Out Loud!13 7.30pm Belcea Quartet30
12.30pm For Crying Out Loud!13 21 Dec 7.30pm Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac30
7.30pm Saki Kato 15
22 Dec 11.30am Modigliani Quartet30
22 Nov 1.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass15 7.30pm Claron McFadden/Alexander Melnikov29
7.30pm Doric String Quartet14
23 Nov 11.00am The Wagner Society Singing Competition15 23 Dec 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Alois Posch/Lorenzo Coppola/30
7.30pm Andrè Schuen/Daniel Heide15 Javier Zafra/Reinhold Friedrich/
Jörgen van Rijen/Raymond Curfs/
24 Nov 11.30am Rachel Podger16 Dominique Horwitz
3.00pm Thomas Quasthoff Interview16
7.30pm Brenda Rae/Malcolm Martineau16 27 Dec 7.30pm Schumann Quartet31
25 Nov 1.00pm The Marian Consort16 28 Dec 7.30pm Jonathan Plowright31
7.30pm The Purcell School Soloists16 29 Dec 11.30am Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends31
26 Nov 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s 17 7.30pm Tara Erraught/James Baillieu31
7.30pm Nelson Goerner17 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 Moment18
7.30pm Fauré Quartet18
30 Nov 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea18
11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea18
3.00pm Family Concert: Beethoven and the 18
Science of Sound
7.30pm Jamie Barton/Kathleen Kelly19
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
for solo cello Vivaldi Di verde ulivo from Tito Manlio
Albion Quartet
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. 1 receive the rightful King Tomkins O God, the
Smetana String Quartet No. 2 in D minor proud are risen against me Hilton As there be
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in three blue beans Byrd The Eagle’s Force East
E flat minor Op. 30 O metaphysical tobacco Byrd Deus venerunt
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 gentes Allison O Lord bow down Tomkins The
hills stand about Jerusalem Weelkes O Lord God
Sunday 3 November Almighty Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer
11.30am £16 concs £14
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for
Lucas Jussen piano schools and 8-25 year olds at selected concerts.
To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Arthur Jussen piano
Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro brillant Op. 92 Monday 4 November
Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940 Ravel Ma 7.30pm
mère l’oye Fazıl Say Night
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
Janine Jansen violin
sherry/juice Sonoko Miriam Welde violin
Johan Dalene violin
Sunday 3 November
Ludvig Gudim violin
7.30pm
Amihai Grosz viola
Schubert Cycle: Francesco Piemontesi
Eivind Ringstad viola
Francesco Piemontesi piano Amalie Stalheim cello
Schubert 4 Impromptus D899; Piano Sonata Jens Peter Maintz cello
in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’
Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20
Forthcoming Concert in the Series £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Wednesday 27 May 2020 7.30pm In Memory of Peter Flatter
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’
Pavel Haas Quartet Lucas and Arthur Jussen Francesco Piemontesi The Cardinall’s Musick
© Marco Boggreve © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega
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Tuesday 5 November Wednesday 6 November
1.00pm 10.00am – 3.00pm
Timothy Ridout viola Jaques Samuel Pianos
Jonathan Ware piano Intercollegiate Piano
YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Competition – Final
Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Dichterliebe The competition takes place annually between
Op. 48 (arr. Timothy Ridout for viola and piano) the four main London music colleges (Guildhall
£14 concs £12 School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of
Music, Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban
Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)
Conservatoire). Finalists perform a 45-50 minute
YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker
Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art
programme of their own choice. The winner is
Foundation for this series announced shortly after the last performance.
£8
Tuesday 5 November Sponsored by Fazioli, SW Mitchell Capital LLP, Tongdean
7.30pm Eye Clinic and C Bechstein
Associate Artists
Wednesday 6 November
Takács Quartet 7.30pm
Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Roderick Williams baritone
Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Iain Burnside piano
Concert repeated on 7 November A Voyage Around Hardy
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Finzi Childhood among the Ferns
Schubert Im Haine; Der Wanderer D489;
Der Einsame
Finzi Amabel
Schubert Liebhaber in allen Gestalten;
An Rosa II; Die Liebe hat gelogen
Finzi Channel Firing
Schubert Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall
Finzi Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
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’
Timothy Ridout Takács Quartet Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Roderick Williams
© Kaupo Kikkas © Amanda Tipton Photography Piano Competition – Final © Benjamin Ealovega
wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 7
Thursday 7 November Friday 8 November
7.30pm 7.30pm
Associate Artists
Simona Mihai soprano
Takács Quartet Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano
Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ Filipe Manu tenor
Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75
Dominic Sedgwick baritone
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13
Repeat of concert on 5 November
Joseph Middleton piano
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Somi Kim piano
Samling Showcase 2019: Come into the Garden
Friday 8 November Programme to include works by Schumann,
10.15am and 11.45am Wolf, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Chausson,
Walton, Ireland, Head and Britten.
Chamber Tots: Autumn
A leading authority in the training of classical
Join us on an autumnal musical adventure in voices and piano accompanists nationally and
these interactive music sessions for children internationally, Samling Institute for Young
aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover Artists presents its annual Showcase.
exciting instruments, songs, and stories with
experienced music leaders and emerging £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
we explore, play and move together!
Saturday 9 November
10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds)
10.30am – 3.30pm
11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)
Children £7 Adults £5 Family Day: Journey to the Moon
Recommended for families with children aged 7-12
Find your space boots and get ready for a
musical adventure to the moon! To celebrate
50 years since the first moon landing, families
are invited to join professional musicians and
artists in this interactive day of workshops. You
can expect singing, prop-making, movement and
drama, so come prepared for an energetic day!
Children £10 Adults £15
Takács Quartet Chamber Tots A Garden in Italy, oil on canvas Family Day
© Amanda Tipton Photography © Benjamin Ealovega © Julian Vilarrubi © Benjamin Ealovega
8 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Saturday 9 November Sunday 10 November
7.30pm 3.00pm
Cédric Tiberghien: Beethoven Variations
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Cédric Tiberghien piano Ashok Gupta piano
Beethoven 6 Variations on an Original Theme Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24
in F Op. 34 Rachmaninov I Remember that Day; Twilight has
Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 fallen; Lilacs; I beg for mercy; Again I am alone;
Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11 Night is mournful; The Dream; The pied piper
Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit
Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 £16
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Our Beethoven Celebration has been Sunday 10 November
made possible thanks to a lead gift 7.30pm
from André and Rosalie Hoffmann,
with additional support from the Beethoven Circle
Leslie Howard piano
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Mozart Sonata in A K331
Sunday 23 February 2020 7.30pm Beethoven Sonata in B flat Op. 22
Liszt 3 odes funèbres: Les morts S516, La notte
Thursday 2 July 2020 7.30pm
S516a & Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse S517;
Sunday 10 November Réminiscences de l’opéra Robert le Diable de
Meyerbeer: Cavatine S412a & Valse infernale S413
11.30am
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Isang Enders cello
Sunwook Kim piano
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007
N Boulanger 3 pièces for cello and piano
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
sherry/juice
Cédric Tiberghien Isang Enders Alessandro Fisher Leslie Howard
© Jean-Baptiste Millot © Workroom K © Gerard Collett
wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 9
Monday 11 November
7.30pm
Lara Melda piano
Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60; Nocturne
in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1; Nocturne in E flat
Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3
Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat Op. 33
No. 7; Etude-tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8
Prokofiev From 10 pieces from Romeo and
Juliet Op. 75: Masks, Montagues and Capulets,
Friar Laurence & Mercutio
Lyadov Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 44
Rachmaninov Prelude in D Op. 23 No. 4;
Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5
Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58
Lara Melda
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 © Emrah Bostan10 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Monday 11 November Wednesday 13 November
1.00pm 7.30pm
Joanna MacGregor piano Wihan Quartet
Birds, Grounds, Chaconnes Klein String Trio
Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux Suk String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. 11
Couperin Les fauvétes plaintives Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Messiaen Le merle noir £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Rameau La Poule In Memory of Pamela Majaro
Janáček The barn owl has not flown away! Unlimited U25s tickets
from On an Overgrown Path
Part of the U25s scheme: Free
Sir Harrison Birtwistle Oockooing Bird tickets for schools and 8-25 year
Hossein Alizâdeh Call of the Birds olds at selected concerts, supported
Purcell Ground in C minor ZD221 by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact
the Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Philip Glass Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi
Gibbons Whoop, do me no harm, good man Thursday 14 November
Byrd 1st Pavane from My Ladye Nevells Booke 1.00pm
Philip Glass Knee Play No. 4 from Einstein on
the Beach from Trilogy Sonata The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards
Pachelbel Ciacona in F minor Judging Panel:
£16 concs £14 Sir John Tomlinson
Emma Bell
Michael Dussek
Tuesday 12 November Saffron van Zwanenberg chair
7.30pm
A competition for young singers and accompanists
Christian Tetzlaff violin between the ages of 22 and 30, The Maureen
Lehane Vocal Awards seeks to recognise
Lars Vogt piano potential. The young finalists, selected from the
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 30 No. 1 preliminary auditions in October, will each present
Lutosławski Partita for violin and piano a programme that includes works by Handel,
György Kurtág 3 pezzi Op. 14e Peter Wishart and two pieces of their own choice.
Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano
Approximately 3 hours in duration
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£13 concs £11
Jackdaws Music Education Trust
Supported by the Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust, the
Oldham Foundation, Cooper Hall Emerging Artists, Geoffrey
and Margaret Batten
Joanna MacGregor Christian Tetzlaff Wihan Quartet Sir John Tomlinson
© Giorgia Bertazzi © Lukáš Novotný © Robert Workmanwigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 11
Thursday 14 November Saturday 16 November
7.30pm 5.30pm
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Robin Tritschler tenor
Jonathan Ware piano Nash Ensemble
Fabled Songs Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Schubert Fahrt zum Hades; Der entsühnte Richard Hosford clarinet
Orest; Der zürnenden Diana; Nachtstück;
Marie Lloyd basset horn
Memnon; Philoktet; Atys; Orest auf Tauris; Der
Alpenjäger; Abendstern; Auflösung Beethoven Quintet in E flat for piano and
G Bush Songs of the Zodiac winds Op. 16
Caplet Le loup et l’agneau from 3 Fables of Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor Op. 114
Jean de La Fontaine Beethoven Octet in E flat Op. 103
Honegger Petits cours de morale Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Chabrier Villanelle des petits canards
£5
Hageman Praise; At the well; Do not go, my
love; Into the Silent Land; Miranda
Saturday 16 November
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 7.30pm
Friday 15 November Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
7.30pm Nash Ensemble
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Richard Hosford clarinet
Joshua Bell violin Haydn String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3
‘The Emperor’
Borodin String Sextet in D minor
Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34
Mozart Divertimento in F K247
Schubert String Quintet in C D956
Dvořák String Sextet in A Op. 48
£38 £33 £27 £20 £15
Returns Only
Robin Tritschler Joshua Bell Nash Ensemble Wind Quintet Schubertiade
© Benjamin Ealovega © Shervin Lainez © Keith Saunders/ArenaPAL © Julius Schmid12 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Sunday 17 November Monday 18 November
11.30am 1.00pm
Young Soloists of the James Newby baritone
Kronberg Academy Simon Lepper piano
Maciej Kułakowski cello Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35
Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Warlock Yarmouth Fair
Marc Bouchkov violin Ireland The Three Ravens
Bach Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Vaughan Williams Silent Noon from The House
Helena Winkelman Ciaconna for solo violin of Life
Schnittke Fugue for solo violin Howells King David
Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor Britten Oliver Cromwell
for solo violin BWV1004 £16 concs £14
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
sherry/juice
Monday 18 November
Jack Vousden’s 100th birthday
7.30pm
Sunday 17 November
7.30pm Danny Driver piano
Deirdre McKay Time, Shining
Young Soloists of the Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Kronberg Academy Betsy Jolas Pièce Pour
Marc Bouchkov violin Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat
Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’
Sindy Mohamed viola £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Maciej Kułakowski cello
Elena Bashkirova piano
Beethoven Serenade in D for string trio Op. 8
Dohnányi Serenade in C Op. 10
Schnittke Piano Quintet
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Maciej Kułakowski Elena Bashkirova James Newby Danny Driver
© Wojciech Grzędziński © Nikolaj Lund © Ben Mckee © Kaupo Kikkaswigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 13
Tuesday 19 November Wednesday 20 November
7.30pm 7.30pm
Brahms Series
Lars Danielsson Group –
Liberetto III Vienna Piano Trio
Lars Danielsson bass, cello Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38;
Grégory Privat piano Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78; Piano Trio
John Parricelli guitar No. 1 in B Op. 8 (early version)
Magnus Öström drums £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at
Swedish bassist, cellist, composer and arranger selected concerts, supported by
Lars Danielsson teams up with an all-star CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the
lineup for the London première of Liberetto. Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Together, the band discovers new musical
Thursday 21 November
spaces and the freedom of music between
11.00am and 12.30pm
chamber jazz, classic and European folk music.
£35 £30 £20 For Crying Out Loud!
Parents or carers and their babies under 1 can
enjoy an informal concert featuring musicians
from the Royal Academy of Music. Move and
Wednesday 20 November groove to the music or sit back and unwind.
10.15am and 11.45am Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed.
Approximately 45 minutes in duration
Chamber Tots: In the Forest
Adults £8.50 (babies come free)
Join us on a musical adventure in the forest in
In partnership with the Royal Academy
these interactive music sessions for children of Music
aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover
exciting instruments, songs, and stories with
experienced music leaders and emerging
chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as
we explore, play and move together!
10.15am–11.15am (1–2 year-olds)
11.45am–12.45pm (3–5 year-olds)
Children £7 Adults £5
Lars Danielsson Group Chamber Tots Vienna Piano Trio For Crying Out Loud!
© Thomas Schloemann © Benjamin Ealovega © Nancy Horowitz © Benjamin Ealovega14 • NOVEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Friday 22 November 7.30pm Britten Series Doric String Quartet Britten’s Birthday Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25; String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36; String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 £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’ Doric String Quartet © George Garnier
wigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 15
Thursday 21 November Saturday 23 November
7.30pm 11.00am
Saki Kato guitar The Wagner Society
Julian Bream Trust Concert 2019 Singing Competition
Bach Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 The annual singing competition of The Wagner
Edward Cowie Streams and Variations (world Society is an opportunity for promising young
première) Wagner voices to compete for prizes of tuition
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata ‘Omaggio a and language coaching, as well as for the chance
Boccherini’ Op. 77 to attend the student bursary programme at the
José Guitar Sonata Bayreuth Festival. Six finalists, chosen from first
£20 £18 £14 £12 £10 round auditions, will compete, singing works
by Wagner and other composers in front of a
Julian Bream Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1130890)
distinguished panel of judges.
Friday 22 November The panel will be chaired by Nicholas Payne
1.00pm – 4.00pm (director of Opera Europa) and will include
Hugh Canning, Graham Clark, Isabel Murphy,
Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday
and Rachel Nicholls. The prizes will be
Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass presented by Dame Anne Evans.
The celebrated German baritone’s career took Approximately 4 hours in duration, including a
off when he won the Shostakovich Prize in lunch interval
1996 in Moscow and an award at the Edinburgh £30
International Festival. His concert debut was
under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle with the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has gone Saturday 23 November
on to achieve an acclaimed international career. 7.30pm
He will work with students from London music
colleges in this afternoon’s masterclass. Andrè Schuen baritone
£10 concs £8 Daniel Heide piano
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Schubert An den Mond D259; Im Frühling;
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Der Schiffer D536a; Abendstern; Des Fischers
Liebesglück; Der Musensohn; Sei mir gegrüsst;
Du bist die Ruh; Dass sie hier gewesen
Mahler Rückert Lieder
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Saki Kato Thomas Quasthoff Dame Anne Evans Andrè Schuen
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Sunday 24 November Monday 25 November
11.30am 1.00pm
Rachel Podger Residency
The Marian Consort
Rachel Podger violin Music for the Queen of Heaven
Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin Byrd Salve Regina a4 Roxanna Panufnik
BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo St Pancras Magnificat Dodgson Dormi Jesu
violin BWV1002 Tallis Videte miraculum Cecilia McDowall
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Alma Redemptoris Mater Ludford Ave cuius
sherry/juice conceptio Tallis Euge caeli porta Britten
A Hymn to the Virgin Parsons Ave Maria
Sunday 24 November Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum
3.00pm £16 concs £14
Thomas Quasthoff 60th Birthday
Thomas Quasthoff Interview Monday 25 November
7.30pm
Sara Mohr-Pietsch will interview Thomas
Quasthoff in a look back at his international Sofiia Matviienko flute
music career.
Olwen Miles violin
£20
Lina Juknevičiūtė violin
Sunday 24 November Emily Henderson cello
7.30pm Bethany Caswell harp
Brenda Rae soprano Milda Daunoraite piano
Malcolm Martineau piano Yumeka Nakagawa piano
Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Bradley Ng piano
Argento 6 Elizabethan Songs The Purcell School Soloists
Libby Larsen Try Me, Good King
Lowell Liebermann 5 Songs on Poems of Jean Programme to include:
Starr Untermeyer Op. 135* (UK première) Bernard Andrès Narthex Chausson Poème Op. 25
Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Mozart Rondo in
*Co-commissioned by Vocal Arts DC and Wigmore Hall
F K494 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£15 concs £10
The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855)
Rachel Podger Brenda Rae The Marian Consort The Purcell School
© Theresa Pewal © Kristin Hoebermannwigmore-hall.org.uk NOVEMBER • 17
Tuesday 26 November Wednesday 27 November
1.00pm 7.30pm
My Music with Orchestra of St John’s
Dmytro Choni piano
Orchestra of St John’s 1st Prizewinner 2018 Santander International
Piano Competition
John Lubbock conductor
Brahms Rhapsody in B minor Op. 79 No. 1;
Sir Roy Strong art historian and curator
Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2
Paul Blezard interviewer Schumann Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133
Hannah Davey soprano Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia
quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage,
Elgar From Variations on an original Theme
deuxième année, Italie S161
‘Enigma’ Op. 36: Theme, Variation VIII ‘WN’ &
Rachmaninov Daisies Op. 38 No. 3; Lilacs
Variation X ‘Dorabella’
Op. 21 No. 5; Moment Musical in E minor
Novello We’ll gather lilacs
Op. 16 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in
Byrd Pavane and 1st Galliard in A minor ‘The
B flat minor Op. 36
Earl of Salisbury’
Walton 2 pieces for strings from Henry V £30 £25 £20 £16 £10
Puccini Sì, mi chiamino Mimì from La bohème Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd
£16 concs £14 Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition
Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106)
Thursday 28 November
Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm
7.30pm The English Concert
Nelson Goerner piano Harry Bicket director, harpsichord
Fauré Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Nadja Zwiener violin
Op. 73 Fontana Sonata XIV for 2 violins
Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Marini Sinfonia Terzo Tuono Op. 22; Balletto
Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7; Les jeux d’eaux à la quarto Op. 22
Villa d’Este from Années de pèlerinage, troisième Castello Sonata No. 10 from Sonate concertate
année S163; Rhapsodie espagnole S254 in stil moderno, libro secondo
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Steffani Suite from Niobe, Regina di Tebe
Locatelli Concerto for 4 violins in F Op. 4 No. 12
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Sir Roy Strong Nelson Goerner Dmytro Choni Nadja Zwiener
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Friday 29 November Saturday 30 November
3.00pm 10.15am and 11.45am
Music for the Moment Chamber Tots: Under the Sea
If you are, or someone you know is, living Join us on a musical adventure under the sea
with dementia, please join us for this informal in these interactive music sessions for children
afternoon concert with musicians from the aged 1 to 5 and their parents or carers. Discover
Royal Academy of Music. You are warmly exciting instruments, songs, and stories with
invited to join us for tea and coffee from experienced music leaders and emerging
2.30pm in the Bechstein Room. chamber ensembles. March to your own beat as
Free (ticket required) we explore, play and move together!
In partnership with Resonate Arts and the Royal Academy 10.15am–11.15am (1-2 year-olds)
of Music 11.45am–12.45pm (3-5 year-olds)
Children £7 Adults £5
Friday 29 November Saturday 30 November
7.30pm
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Fauré Quartet Family Concert: Beethoven and
Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op. 39: No. 6
in A minor & No. 2 in A minor (transcr. Dirk
the Science of Sound
Mommertz) Recommended for families with children aged 7-11
Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world-
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 26 renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s
In Memory of Peter Flatter extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite
families to learn more about this revolutionary
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at composer while investigating the science of
selected concerts, supported by sound, as we explore how Beethoven composed
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the some of his most loved and famous pieces even
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
after losing his hearing.
Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein
Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm.
Children £10 Adults £12
Music for the Moment Fauré Quartet Chamber Tots Family Concert
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Saturday 30 November Sunday 1 December
7.30pm 11.30am
Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Beatrice Rana piano
Kathleen Kelly piano Ravel Miroirs Chopin 12 Etudes Op. 25
Remick Warren Heather £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
L Boulanger Attente sherry/juice
Beach Ah, love, but a day! from 3 Browning songs
N Boulanger S’il arrive jamais from Monday 2 December
Les heures claires 1.00pm
Haydn Arianna a Naxos
Libby Larsen Love After 1950 Colin Currie percussion
Ravel Chanson à boire from Don Quichotte Sam Walton percussion
à Dulcinée
Duparc Phidylé Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Strauss Cäcilie Samson Tsoy piano
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Programme to include:
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion BB115
£16 concs £14
Monday 2 December
7.30pm
Bertrand Chamayou piano
Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 70
Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor
Op. 66; Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63
Chabrier From 10 pièces pittoresques:
Mélancolie & Idylle
Franck Prélude, choral et fugue
Liszt Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem
Singspiel Almira von Handel S181
Wolfgang Rihm Klavierstück No. 5 ‘Tombeau’
Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan S418
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Jamie Barton Beatrice Rana Colin Currie Bertrand Chamayou
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Sunday 1 December Gregorian chant O come, O come Emmanuel
7.30pm Adrian Peacock Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Gregorian chant O Radix Jesse
Tenebrae
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Advent ‘O’ Carol
Joanna Marsh New work for male voices
(world première)
Nigel Short
Britten A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28
James Burton O Thoma!
Maxwell Davies 4 Carols from O Magnum Mysterium
conductor Holst In the Bleak Midwinter
Warlock Benedicamus Domino
Olivia Jageurs harp Bax I sing of a maiden that is makeless
Sally Beamish In the stillness
Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol
Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen
Gruber/Rathbone Silent night
Trad Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. Ian Humphris)
Tenebrae
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Tuesday 3 December Tuesday 3 December
1.00pm 7.30pm
Stephen Hough Residency
Tabea Debus recorder
Brahms Series
Alex McCartney theorbo
Jonathan Rees cello Stephen Hough piano
YCAT Lunchtime Series 2019/20 Steven Isserlis cello
Anon (14th century) Lamento di Tristano Suk Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1; Serenade
Gareth Moorcraft New work in A Op. 3 No. 2
F Caccini Ciaccona Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
Anon (16th century) La Monica or Une jeune fillette Stephen Hough Sonata for cello and piano left
Caroubel Spagnolette from Terpsichore, hand (Les adieux)
Musarum Aoniarum Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99
Falconieri La suave melodia Returns Only
Anon (17th century) Vuestros ojos tienen
d’amor from A Musicall Banquet Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Freya Waley-Cohen Caffeine for solo recorder Friday 6 December 7.30pm
Anon (17th century) When Daphne did from with Michael Collins clarinet Andrei Ioniţă cello
Phoebus fly (with diminutions by Jacob van Eyck)
Purcell Fairest Isle from King Arthur Monday 6 January 2020 7.30pm
Handel Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo; Jig with Michael Collins clarinet Castalian String
from Siroe, re di Persia Quartet
Castrucci Allegro (first movement) from
Concerto in D minor Op. 1 No. 10 Tuesday 7 January 2020 7.30pm
Marcello/Bach Adagio from Concerto in with Castalian String Quartet
D minor SZ799 (with ornaments from
Concerto in D minor BWV974) Saturday 11 January 2020 7.30pm
Corelli The Favourite Gigg in Corelli’s 5th Solo with Renaud Capuçon violin
with Divisions by Sig. Cateni & Valentini in
A minor after Op. 5 No. 5
£14 concs £12
Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)
YCAT is grateful for the support from the Rachel Baker
Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art
Foundation for this series
Tabea Debus Alex McCartney Stephen Hough Steven Isserlis
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Wednesday 4 December Thursday 5 December
11.00am – 12 noon 7.30pm
Schools Concert: Beethoven and Thomas Hampson baritone
the Science of Sound Wolfram Rieger piano
Key Stage 2 Barber With Rue my Heart is Laden; Night
Wanderers; Nocturne; From Despite and Still: In
Join presenter Sam Glazer and the world-
the Wilderness & Solitary Hotel; 3 Songs Op. 45;
renowned Heath Quartet for this interactive
3 Songs Op. 10
concert, and discover Ludwig van Beethoven’s
Wolf Der Genesene an die Hoffnung; In der Frühe;
extraordinary music for string quartet. We invite
Fussreise; Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling;
Key Stage 2 school groups to learn more about
Begegnung; Der Tambour; Der Feuerreiter
this revolutionary composer while investigating
the science of sound, as we explore how £50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Beethoven composed some of his most loved
and famous pieces even after losing his hearing. Friday 6 December
Returns Only 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Thomas Hampson Masterclass
Wednesday 4 December Hailing from America, one of the world’s foremost
7.30pm baritones works with students from London
music colleges. Hampson’s award-winning career
Britten Series spans opera, song, research and education.
Sophie Bevan soprano £10 concs £8
Allan Clayton tenor Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Christopher Parkes horn Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Aurora Orchestra
Brett Dean conductor
Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18
Josephine Stephenson Une Saison en Enfer*
(world première)
Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31
*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter
Friends of Wigmore Hall
Schools Concert Allan Clayton Sophie Bevan Thomas Hampson
© Benjamin Ealovega © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Sussie Ahlburg © Jiyang Chenwigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 23
Friday 6 December Saturday 7 December
7.30pm 7.30pm
Stephen Hough Residency Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert
Brahms Series
Nash Ensemble
Stephen Hough piano
Roderick Williams baritone
Michael Collins clarinet
Beethoven British folksongs for voice and
Andrei Ioniţă cello piano trio
Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 Rossini Wind Quartet No. 1 in F
Frühling Clarinet Trio Op. 40 Schubert 6 songs from Schwanengesang (arr.
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor by David Matthews for voice and ensemble)
(transcr. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44
Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1 (transcr.
£38 £33 £27 £20 £15
Stephen Hough for clarinet trio); Clarinet Trio in
A minor Op. 114 Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Saturday 18 January 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm
Saturday 8 February 2020 5.30pm and 7.30pm
Saturday 7 December
5.30pm Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm
Nash Ensemble: Around Schubert Sunday 8 March 2020 11.30am
Nash Ensemble Sunday 8 December
Philippa Davies flute Richard Hosford clarinet
11.30am
Adrian Brendel cello Lucy Wakeford harp
Hugh Webb harp Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Van Kuijk Quartet
Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94 (arr. for flute Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421
and piano) Chopin Variations on a theme of Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
Rossini (arr. for flute and harp) Schubert The
Fountain; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Ständchen £16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
D957; Ellens Gesang III (arr. by John Thomas sherry/juice
for 2 harps) Ries Clarinet Trio Op. 28 Supported by John and Amy Ford
Approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval A legacy from the estate of Peter Flatter is helping us
subsidise tickets for audiences under the age of 35, as well
£5 as supporting our chamber music concerts in general. If you
would like to support Wigmore Hall long into the future with a
gift in your Will, please contact legacy@wigmore-hall.org.uk.
All gifts, large or small, matter. Thank you.
Andrei Ioniţă Schubertiade Roderick Williams Van Kuijk Quartet
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Sunday 8 December Monday 9 December
3.00pm 1.00pm
Claire Booth soprano Nicholas Angelich piano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Bach/Busoni Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Nicky Spence tenor Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in
Andrew Matthews-Owen piano C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
Jonathan Dove Birthday Concert £16 concs £14
Jonathan Dove Letters from Claude; Out of
Winter; Selections from Ariel; Selections from
All You Who Sleep Tonight Monday 9 December
£16 7.30pm
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the Eric Lu piano
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’ Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital
Sunday 8 December Schumann Variations on an original theme in
7.30pm E flat WoO. 24 ‘Geister Variations’
Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118
Schumann Song Series
Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28
Thomas Oliemans baritone £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Malcolm Martineau piano Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust
Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Tuesday 10 December
Gade 5 Gedichte aus ‘Bilder des Orients’ Op. 24 1.00pm
Brahms From Die schöne Magelone Op. 33: Sind
es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, Liebe kam aus Mario Häring piano
fernen Landen, Wir müssen uns trennen, Ruhe,
Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital
Süssliebchen & Wie schnell verschwindet
Debussy Estampes; Rêverie
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a Theme of
Forthcoming Concert in the Series Schubert
Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784
Thursday 2 January 2020 7.30pm
£16
Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone
Malcolm Martineau piano
Claire Booth Nicky Spence Thomas Oliemans Nicholas Angelich
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Tuesday 10 December Wednesday 11 December
7.30pm 6.15pm – 7.05pm
Weinberg/Shostakovich Cycle
Bechstein Sessions: Improviso
Quatuor Danel Join us for an informal performance in the
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 Bechstein Bar, featuring dynamic young ensemble
Weinberg String Quartet No. 3 Op. 14 Improviso, performing chamber music from the
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73 17th and 18th centuries alongside improvisations
around styles from the same period.
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£5
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets
for schools and 8-25 year olds at
selected concerts, supported by Wednesday 11 December
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. To book, please contact the 7.30pm
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Melvyn Tan piano
Wednesday 25 March 2020 7.30pm Calefax reed quintet
Saturday 16 May 2020 7.30pm
Signum Quartet
Kevin Volans’ 70th Birthday
Thursday 9 July 2020 7.30pm
Kevin Volans Leaping Dance:This is How it Is;
Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of piano:string quartet:chopin*1; L’Africaine; x:y:k for
the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual reed quintet and string quartet*2 (world première)
programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022
*1Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and the Arts Council
of Ireland
*2Co-commissioned by Calefax Reed Ensemble,
Signum Quartet, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam
Wednesday 11 December and the Eduard von Beinem Foundation
1.00pm £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Xinyuan Wang piano
Leeds Piano Competition 2018 Prizewinner Recital
Schubert Piano Sonata in D D850 ‘Gasteiner’
Bartók 2 Romanian Dances Op. 8a;
3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík; Allegro
Barbaro BB63; Piano Sonata BB88
£16
Eric Lu Quatuor Danel Improviso Kevin Volans
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Thursday 12 December Friday 13 December
1.00pm 7.30pm
My Music with Orchestra of St John’s
L’Arpeggiata
Orchestra of St John’s Christina Pluhar director, theorbo
John Lubbock conductor Céline Scheen soprano
Alan Titchmarsh gardener, broadcaster Benedetta Mazzucato mezzo-soprano
Paul Blezard interviewer Vincenzo Capezzuto alto
Hannah Davey soprano Far la ninnananna
Jan Peter Schmolck violin Anon Ninna nanna al Bambin Giesù Theile Der
Sionitin Wiegenlied: Nun ich singe, Gott, ich knie
Singers to be announced
Trad/Italian Ninna nanna sopra la Romanesca;
Mozart Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Ninna nanna ri la rosa; Ninna nanna delle donne dei
Herzen from Die Zauberflöte Vaughan Williams marinai di Trapani; Stu’ criatu Kapsberger Figlio
The Lark Ascending Beethoven Symphony dormi Merula Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla
No. 6 in F Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’ (excerpt) nanna Rossi Dormite, begl’occhi from Orfeo Bennet
Mozart Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte Venus’ birds Allegri Canario Cazzati Ciaccona
Tchaikovsky Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty Monteverdi Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius
£16 concs £14 Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration,
Orchestra of St John’s (Reg. Charity No. 289106) without an interval
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18
Thursday 12 December
7.30pm Saturday 14 December
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano 7.30pm
Julius Drake piano Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor
Take these songs I have sung to you, my love Il Pomo d’Oro
Programme to include: Facce d’amore
Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98
The young Polish countertenor has risen
Schoenberg A selection from Das Buch der
speedily to stardom: earlier this year he made his
hängenden Gärten
Glyndebourne debut and recently released his
Songs by Berg and Weill
debut album with Il Pomo d’Oro. This programme
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 focusses on different aspects of love, ranging
from joy to madness, anger and even craziness.
Returns Only
Alan Titchmarsh Alice Coote Céline Scheen Jakub Józef Orliński
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Sunday 15 December Monday 16 December
11.30am 1.00pm
Eggner Trio Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano
Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Op. 80 Eduard Kutrowatz piano
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Schubert Der Flug der Zeit; Gretchen am
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/ Spinnrade; Du bist die Ruh
sherry/juice Liszt Go not, happy day!; Die drei Zigeuner;
Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher
Sunday 15 December Britten 2 strophes from ‘Tell me the truth
7.30pm about love’; Johnny; Funeral Blues
Porter Miss Otis regrets
Fretwork: Musick’s Monument
Weill Pirate Jenny from The Threepenny Opera
Fretwork £16 concs £14
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
An Elizabethan Christmas Monday 16 December
Byrd In Nomine a5 No. 3; Out of the orient 7.30pm
crystal skies; In Nomine a5 No. 4; From virgin’s
womb; In Nomine a5 No. 5; An earthly tree Martin Fröst clarinet
Holborne The Cradle; Lullabie Roland Pöntinen piano
Byrd Lullaby
Holborne As it Fell on a Holie Eve French Beauties and Swedish Beasts
Peerson Upon my lap my soveraigne sits Debussy Première rapsodie
Gibbons In Nomine a5 No. 1 Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano
Anon Sweet was the song Anders Hillborg Tampere Raw
Peerson Attendite Ravel From Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan &
Weelkes To shorten winters sadnesse Alborada del gracioso
Gibbons Fantasy a4 for ‘great dooble basse’ Roland Pöntinen Mercury Dream
Holborne The New-Yeeres Gift Chausson Andante and Allegro
Byrd O God that guides the cheerful sun £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
Forthcoming Concert in the Series
Friday 17 July 2020 7.00pm
Eggner Trio Fretwork Elisabeth Kulman Martin Fröst
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Tuesday 17 December Thursday 19 December
7.30pm 7.30pm
Beethoven Sonata Cycle
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset director Jonathan Biss piano
Charpentier Litanies de la Vierge H84; Pour la Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 4 in E flat Op. 7,
Vierge (‘Felix namque es’) H360; Antiennes O de No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’,
l’Avent H36-43; From Noëls sur les instruments: No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1 & No. 23 in
Joseph est bien marié, Or nous dites Marie & Où F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
s’en vont ces gais bergers; Antiphona in honorem £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum
(‘Beata es Maria’) H25; In circumcisione Domini:
Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (‘Xenia, xenia
pastores’) H406; Noëls pour les instruments Thursday 19 December
H531; Magnificat H73 9.30pm
£50 £40 £30 £25 £18 Post-Concert Talk: Jonathan Biss
with Antoine Lederlin and Krzysztof Chorzelski
Wednesday 18 December
of the Belcea Quartet
7.30pm
Free (with evening concert ticket)
Belcea Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets
Belcea Quartet Friday 20 December
Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; 11.00am – 12 noon
String Quartet in F Op. 135; String Quartet in
E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Exploring Beethoven’s Piano
Returns Only Sonatas with Jonathan Biss
Lecture-meeting with Jonathan Biss in the
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series Bechstein Room to discuss his Coursera
Friday 20 December 7.30pm lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas
coursera.org/learn/beethoven-piano-sonatas
Monday 2 March 2020 7.30pm
Returns Only
Tuesday 3 March 2020 7.30pm
Friday 5 June 2020 7.30pm
Sunday 7 June 2020 7.30pm
Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Belcea Quartet Jonathan Biss
© cargocollective.com-vermeesch © Ignacio Barrios Martinez © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovegawigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 29 Sunday 22 December 7.30pm Claron McFadden soprano Alexander Melnikov piano Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35 Cage Aria Berio Sequenza III Berberian Stripsody Knussen Whitman Settings Op. 25 Schnittke Improvisation and Fugue for solo piano Schulhoff Sonata Erotica George Crumb Apparition: Elegiac Songs and Vocalises £35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Claron McFadden © Erik de Jong
30 • DECEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Friday 20 December Sunday 22 December
7.30pm 11.30am
Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle
Modigliani Quartet
Belcea Quartet Mozart Divertimento in F K138
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in
Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18
E flat minor Op. 30
No. 6; String Quartet in A minor Op. 132
£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18
sherry/juice
Saturday 21 December Monday 23 December
7.30pm
7.30pm
Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac Isabelle Faust violin
Ailish Tynan soprano Alois Posch double bass
Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Lorenzo Coppola clarinet
Theodore Platt baritone Javier Zafra bassoon
Graham Johnson piano Reinhold Friedrich trumpet
A Winter Birthday Jörgen van Rijen trombone
Graham Johnson continues his Songmakers’ Raymond Curfs drums
Almanac series by celebrating the most famous Dominique Horwitz narrator
birthday of all. With a selection of songs by
The Soldier’s Tale
composers from Wolf and Strauss to Vaughan
Williams and Britten, the line-up of talented singers Bartók Sonata for solo violin BB124
explores the Christmas story from numerous Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale
characters’ perspectives through the ages. £40 £35 £30 £25 £18
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Ailish Tynan Graham Johnson Modigliani Quartet Isabelle Faust
© Benjamin Ealovega © Clive Barda © Luc Braquet © Felix Broedewigmore-hall.org.uk DECEMBER • 31
Friday 27 December Sunday 29 December
7.30pm 11.30am
Schumann Quartet Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 1 No. 1 and friends
‘La chasse’
Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op. 81
Op. 117
Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor Returns Only
‘From my life’
£35 £30 £26 £22 £18 Sunday 29 December
7.30pm
Saturday 28 December
Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano
7.30pm
James Baillieu piano
Brahms Plus Series
Loewe Meine Ruh ist hin; Ach neige, du
Jonathan Plowright piano Schmerzenreiche; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh;
Brahms plus Schumann Der du von dem Himmel bist; Irrlichter, die
Knaben; Hinkende Jamben; Herr Pfarrer hat
Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 zwei Fraeulchen; Süsses Begräbnis; O süsse
Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Mutter; Frauenliebe
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Robert Mahler Bald gras ich am Neckar; Hast gesagt,
Schumann in F sharp minor Op. 9; du willst mich nehmen; Hans und Grethe;
6 Klavierstücke Op. 118 Rückert Lieder
£40 £35 £30 £25 £18 Trad/Irish Róisín Dubh; The lark in the clear air
Harty Lane o’ the thrushes; Sea Wrack
Forthcoming Concerts in the Series
Tuesday 17 March 2020 7.30pm £35 £30 £26 £22 £18
Part of the U25s scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8-25
Brahms plus Chopin year olds at selected concerts. To book, please contact the
Box Office and quote ‘UNDER 25s’
Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm
Brahms plus Liszt
Schumann Quartet Jonathan Plowright Sheku Kanneh-Mason and friends Tara Erraught
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