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The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary programmes if necessary.Wigmore Hall • HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Royal PatronThe Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838

Wigmore Hall Box Office36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

In Person7 days a week: 10.00am - 8.30pm. Days without an evening concert: 10.00am - 5.00pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

By Telephone: 020 7935 21417 days a week: 10.00am - 7.00pm. Days without an evening concert: 10.00am - 5.00pm. There is a non-refundable £4.00 administration charge for each transaction.

Online: wigmore-hall.org.uk7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration charge.

Standby TicketsStandby tickets for students, senior citizens and the unemployed are available from one hour before the performance (subject to availability) with best available seats sold at the lowest price.

NB standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime and Sunday Morning Concerts.

Group Discounts Discounts of 10% are available for groups of 12 or more, subject to availability.

Latecomers Latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable pause in the performance.

How to BookTICKETSUnless otherwise stated, tickets are divided into five price ranges:

■ Stalls C – M Highest price ■ Stalls A – B, N – P 2nd highest price ■ Balcony A – D 2nd highest price ■ Stalls BB, CC, Q – S 3rd highest price ■ Stalls AA, T – V 4th highest price ■ Stalls W – X Lowest price

Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: wigmore-hall.org.uk

How to BookJanuary 2 Jan 7.30pm Ilker Arcayürek/Simon Lepper 43 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 7.30pm Sergio Tiempo 44 Jan 7.30pm Iestyn Davies/James Hall/ 5

The King’s Consort 5 Jan 1.00pm Nobuaki Fukukawa/Eriko Takezawa 5 7.30pm Christoph Pohl/Marcelo Amaral 56 Jan 11.30am Rolston String Quartet 6 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov/Elīna Bukša/ 6

Hermès Quartet 7 Jan 1.00pm Alexander Gavrylyuk 6 7.30pm Dominic Degavino/Matthew Scott/ 6

Christine Zerafa8 Jan 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 7.30pm Sunwook Kim 69 Jan 7.30pm Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 710 Jan 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov/Andreas Staier 711 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 7 11.45am Chamber Tots: On the Farm 7 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song 4 7.30pm Anne Schwanewilms/Malcolm Martineau 812 Jan 10.30am Family Day: Chamber Challenge 7 5.30pm Nash Ensemble 9 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 913 Jan 11.30am Hyeyoon Park/Sholto Kynoch 9 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 914 Jan 1.00pm Juilliard String Quartet 9 7.30pm Robin Tritschler/Graham Johnson 1015 Jan 7.30pm Juilliard String Quartet 1016 Jan 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber 1017 Jan 7.30pm The Sixteen/Harry Christophers 1018 Jan 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 11 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 11 7.30pm Christian Zacharias Lecture-Recital 1119 Jan 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien 1120 Jan 11.30am Israeli Chamber Project/Antje Weithaas 11 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 1221 Jan 1.00pm Leila Josefowicz/John Novacek 12 7.30pm Rafał Blechacz 1222 Jan 1.00pm François Le Roux/Olivier Godin 12 7.30pm Mary Bevan/Marcus Farnsworth/ 14

Christopher Glynn 23 Jan 7.30pm Pekka Kuusisto/Atte Kilpeläinen/ 13

Tomas Djupsjöbacka/Jukka Huitila 24 Jan 10.15am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 14 11.45am Chamber Tots: Under the Sea 14 7.30pm Ailish Tynan/Anna Huntley/Benjamin 14

Appl/William Thomas/Graham Johnson 25 Jan 1.00pm ECMA: Simply Quartet 15 7.30pm Roman Rabinovich 1626 Jan 11.00am ECMA Masterclass: Johannes Meissl/ 15

Simply Quartet 1.00pm ECMA: Trio Vitruvi 15 7.30pm Borodin Quartet/Alexei Volodin 1627 Jan 11.30am Borodin Quartet/Michael Collins 16 3.00pm ECMA: Trio Gaon/Cosmos Quartet 15 7.30pm Christian Blackshaw 1628 Jan 1.00pm Simon Höfele/Frank Dupree 16 7.30pm Sofia Fomina/Oleksiy Palchykov/Rodion 17

Pogossov/Iain Burnside 29 Jan 7.30pm Les Arts Florissants/William Christie 1730 Jan 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick 1731 Jan 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 18 7.30pm Julia Kleiter/Werner Güra/ 18

Christoph Berner

February 1 Feb 7.30pm 2019 Annual Jacqueline du Pré 18

Charity Concert2 Feb 7.30pm Piers Lane 193 Feb 11.30am Zahir Quartet 19 3.00pm James Newby/Joseph Middleton 19 7.30pm Goldner String Quartet/Piers Lane 194 Feb 1.00pm Sophie Pacini 19 7.30pm Sophie Bevan/Malcolm Martineau 215 Feb 1.00pm Timothy Ridout/Frank Dupree 21 7.30pm Escher String Quartet 206 Feb 7.30pm Britten Sinfonia 217 Feb 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Alina Pogostkina/Dorothee 22

Oberlinger/Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca 8 Feb 7.30pm Llŷr Williams 219 Feb 1.00pm New Elizabethan Award Showcase 23 7.30pm Michael Collins/Michael McHale 2310 Feb 11.30am Narek Hakhnazaryan/Oxana Shevchenko 23 7.30pm Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 2311 Feb 1.00pm François-Frédéric Guy 23 7.30pm Sergey Khachatryan/Alisa Weilerstein/ 24

Inon Barnatan/Colin Currie/ Owen Gunnell/Sam Walton

12 Feb 10.00am Big Sing! 24 6.15pm Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon Duo 25 7.30pm Leon McCawley 2513 Feb 12.15pm Pre-Concert Talk 25 1.00pm Britten Sinfonia 25 7.30pm Nikolaj Znaider/Robert Kulek 2614 Feb 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 26 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 26 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 7.30pm Stile Antico 2715 Feb 6.00pm Razumovsky Academy Young Artists 27 7.30pm Razumovsky Ensemble 2716 Feb 3.00pm Family Concert: Nicola Benedetti 27 7.30pm Nash Ensemble/Lucy Crowe 2717 Feb 11.30am Trio Isimsiz 30 7.30pm Elīna Garanča/Malcolm Martineau 3018 Feb 1.00pm Kitty Whately/Simon Lepper 30 6.00pm Home from Home 28 7.30pm Learning Gala Concert 2819 Feb 7.30pm Henk Neven/Imogen Cooper 3020 Feb 10.00am Family Sounds 30 1.00pm Family Sounds 30 7.30pm Skride Quartet 3121 Feb 11.00am Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi 31 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 7.30pm Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset/ 31

Eugénie Warnier/Emiliano Gonzalez Toro/Magnus Staveland

22 Feb 10.30am Family Day: Lullabies 32 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 3223 Feb 7.30pm Trio Zimmermann 3224 Feb 11.30am Albion Quartet 32 7.30pm Kirill Gerstein 3225 Feb 1.00pm Quatuor Arod/Timothy Ridout 33 7.30pm Marlis Petersen/Anke Vondung/ 33

Werner Güra/Paul Armin Edelmann/ Christoph Berner/Camillo Radicke

26 Feb 11.00am Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 33 1.00pm Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti 33 7.30pm Quatuor Zaïde 3327 Feb 7.30pm Garrick Ohlsson 3328 Feb 1.00pm Orchestra of St John’s/John Lubbock/ 34 Sir Vince Cable/Paul Blezard 4.45pm Introduction to Music: Schubert 26 7.00pm Dame Emma Kirkby 34

Box Office: 020 7935 21414 • JANUARY

Ilker Arcayürek © Janina Laszlo

Sergio Tiempo © Sussie Ahlburg

Wigmore Study Group: Schumann Song

Thursday 3 January 3.00pm – 6.00pm

Tuesday 8 January 3.00pm – 6.00pm

Friday 11 January 3.00pm – 6.00pm

‘Sometimes it seems as though I am embarking on completely new paths in music,’ Schumann wrote, during his famous Liederjahr in 1840. He had spent a decade devoting himself to the piano, before his legal battle to marry Clara Wieck against her father’s wishes led to months of feeling too troubled to compose. Turning to song began a period of intense creativity: ‘I want to sing myself to death like a nightingale.’ Come and explore Schumann’s wonderful song cycles in three afternoons presented by composer Julian Philips, with pianist Laura Roberts and specialist guest speakers and student performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £70 including three study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on Friday 11 January

Wednesday 2 January7.30pm

Ilker Arcayürek tenor

Simon Lepper piano

Schumann Kerner Lieder Op. 35 Schumann Blondels Lied; Loreley; Der arme Peter; Nachtlied; Sängers Trost; Schneeglöckchen Op. 96 No. 2; Ihre Stimme; Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint; 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 3 January7.30pm

Sergio Tiempo piano

Journey to Debussy

Rameau L’enharmonique Debussy Hommage à Rameau; Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest; L’isle joyeuse; Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk; Des pas sur la neige Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde (arr. Kocsis) Liszt Nuages gris S199 Evans Waltz for Debby (arr. Tiempo) Messiaen Regard du Père Villa-Lobos From A prole do bebê Book I: Branquinha, Moreninha, A Pobrezinha & O Polichinelo Ginastera Malambo Op. 7

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18Robert Schumann

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Iestyn Davies © Benjamin Ealovega

Nobuaki Fukukawa The King’s Consort © Keith Saunders

Christoph Pohl © René Limbecker

Friday 4 January7.30pm

Iestyn Davies countertenor James Hall countertenor The King’s ConsortRebecca Miles recorder Ian Wilson recorder Reiko Ichise bass viol Lynda Sayce theorbo Robert King harpsichord, organ

Sound the Trumpet

Purcell Sound the trumpet; In vain the am’rous flute; O solitude, my sweetest choice; No, resistance is but vain; Chaconne (Two in One Upon a Ground); Sing, sing ye Druids; Since from my dear; O dive custos Blow Ah heav’n! what is’t I hear; Paratum cor meum; An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Humfrey Lord, I have sinned; A Hymne to God the Father Williams Sonata in imitation of birds

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Saturday 5 January1.00pm

Nobuaki Fukukawa horn

Eriko Takezawa piano

Avex Recital Series 2019

Britten Prologue from Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 Dai Fujikura harahara (European première) Toshio Hosokawa Kleine Blume Messiaen Appel interstellaire from Des canyons aux étoiles… Jörg Widmann Air for solo horn Miho Hazama Letter from Saturn for horn and piano (European première) Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Bowen Sonata in E flat Op. 101 for horn and piano

£18 concs £12 This recital is presented by Avex Classics International

Avex Recital Series is kindly sponsored by Tarisio – Fine Instruments and Bows


Christoph Pohl baritone

Marcelo Amaral piano

Brahms Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Bei dir sind meine Gedanken; Sommerabend; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht; O kühler Wald; Über die Heide; Auf dem Kirchhofe; Däm’rung senkte sich von oben; Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen; Kein Haus, keine Heimat; Verzagen; Es schauen die Blumen Wolf 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo Korngold Abschiedslieder Op. 14 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Sunday 6 January11.30am

Rolston String QuartetHaydn String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’ Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2

£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday 6 January7.30pm

Pavel Kolesnikov piano

Elīna Buksha violin

Hermès QuartetChopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 (version for piano and string quintet) Chausson Concert in D for violin, piano and string quartet Op. 21

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Monday 7 January1.00pm

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in C K330 Rachmaninov Preludes: in G flat Op. 23 No. 10, in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 & in G sharp minor Op. 32 No. 12 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83

£16 concs £14


Dominic Degavino piano

Matthew Scott clarinet

Christine Zerafa piano

Scarlatti Sonata in A minor Kk175; Sonata in D minor Kk141; Sonata in B minor Kk87; Sonata in D Kk224 Debussy Première rapsodie Paul Patterson Conversations Op. 25 McCabe Scrunch: Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti Berg Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 1 Ireland Fantasy-Sonata Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano

£20 £18 £14 £12 £10Park Lane Group Music Trust

Tuesday 8 January7.30pm

Sunwook Kim piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in D K311 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’ Donghoon Shin New work (world première) Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Matthew Scott Sunwook Kim © Doh Lee

Alexander Gavrylyuk © Mika Bovan

Pavel Kolesnikov © Eva Vermandel



Tasmin Little violin

Piers Lane piano

Schubert Violin Sonata (Sonatina) in A minor D385 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Brahms Scherzo in C minor from F-A-E Sonata (Sonatensatz) Schubert Fantasy in C D934

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Alexander Melnikov Residency

Alexander Melnikov fortepiano

Andreas Staier fortepiano

Schubert March & Trio No. 3 in B minor D819; 4 Ländler D814; Polonaise in D minor D824 No. 1; March No. 1 in C D968b; Andantino varié D823; Rondo in A D951; Variations on an original theme in A flat D813; Fantasie in F minor D940

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Forthcoming Concerts in this Series

Sunday 31 March 7.30pmwith Marcel Ponseele oboe Lorenzo Coppola clarinet Javier Zafra bassoon & Teunis van der Zwart horn

Friday 21 June 7.00pmwith Alexander Rudin cello

Friday 11 January10.15am and 11.45am

Chamber Tots: On the FarmWe invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us on the farm! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles.

10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3-5 year-olds)

Approximately 1 hour in duration

Children £7 Adults £5

Saturday 12 January10.30am – 3.30pm

Family Day: Chamber ChallengeFor ages 5 plus

Join music leader Hannah Opstad and the Open Academy/Wigmore Hall Learning Fellowship Ensemble the Bloomsbury Quartet on a marvellous music-making adventure. Take your seat in your very own chamber ensemble, create your own brand new pieces of music and perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage.


Alexander Melnikov © Marco Borggreve

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Tasmin Little © Benjamin Ealovega

Family Day © Benjamin Ealovega

Box Office: 020 7935 21418 • NOVEMBER


Schumann Song Series

Anne Schwanewilms soprano

Malcolm Martineau piano

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Schoeck Schilflieder Op. 2 Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre; L’invitation au voyage; Phidylé Debussy Proses lyriques

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Events and Concerts in this Series

Thursday 3, Tuesday 8 & Friday 11 January 3.00pm - 6.00pmWigmore Study Group: Schumann Song

Monday 4 February 7.30pmwith Sophie Bevan soprano

Wednesday 24 April 7.30pmwith Robin Tritschler tenorThe Schumann Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund


Saturday 12 January5.30pm NB time

Nash Ensemble: German Romantics

Nash EnsembleStephanie Gonley violin Adrian Brendel cello Richard Hosford clarinet Ian Brown piano

Clara Schumann 3 Romances Op. 22 Felix Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D Op. 17 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11

All seats £4



Nash EnsembleLawrence Power viola Adrian Brendel cello Richard Hosford clarinet Ian Brown piano

Martyn Brabbins conductorSchumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 Brahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 Mendelssohn Song without Words Op. 109 Brahms Serenade in D Op. 11 (original version for wind and string nonet, reconstructed by Alan Boustead)

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15


Saturday 16 February 7.30pmwith Lucy Crowe soprano & Jamie Phillips conductor

Sunday 10 March 11.30am

Tuesday 19 March 7.30pmwith Maximilian Schmitt tenor


Hyeyoon Park violin

Sholto Kynoch piano

Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’



Doric String QuartetMozart String Quartet in D K575 ‘Prussian’ Bartók String Quartet No. 5 BB110 Schubert String Quartet in G D887

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Juilliard String QuartetLembit Beecher New work (European première) Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’

£16 concs £14

Nash Ensemble © K Leighton

Moonrise Over The Sea © Caspar David Friedrich

Juilliard String Quartet © Claudio Papapietro

Hyeyoon Park © Giorgia Bertazzi


Robin Tritschler: The Seasons

Robin Tritschler tenor

Graham Johnson piano

Schumann’s Spring and Fall

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 Schumann Frühlingsfahrt; Flutenreicher Ebro; Frühlingsbotschaft; Aufträge; Der Abendstern; Meine Töne still und heiter; Die Blume der Ergebung; Loreley; Du bist wie eine Blume; Abends am Strand; Der arme Peter; Des Sennen Abschied; Venetianisches Lied I & II; Mein schöner Stern!; Nachtlied; Der Einsiedler; Requiem

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Sunday 26 May 7.30pmwith Simon Lepper piano


Juilliard String QuartetBeethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3 Bartók String Quartet No. 3 BB93 Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in C Op. 61

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Christian Gerhaher baritone

Gerold Huber piano

Schubert Winterreise D911

Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval

£60 £50 £40 £30 £18


The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor

Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II

Purcell The Lord is my light; From Theodosius: Prepare, prepare, the rites begin, Canst thou, Marina, The gate to bliss, Hark! Behold the heavn’ly choir & Now the fight’s done; God save our sov’reign Charles; Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (Welcome Song for King Charles II); From Theodosius: Sad as death, Dream no more & Hail to the myrtle shade; In Nomine a6 Z746; In Nomine a7 Z747; The summer’s absence unconcerned we bear (Welcome Song for King Charles II) Taverner Benedictus from Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas

£60 £50 £40 £30 £18

Box Office: 020 7935 214110 • NOVEMBER

Christian Gerhaher © Thomas Egli

The Sixteen © Molina Visuals

Juilliard String Quartet © Claudio Papapietro

Robin Tritschler © Benjamin Ealovega


Friday 18 January11.00am and 12.30pm

For Crying Out Loud!Comalli Consort

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed.

Approximately 45 minutes in duration

Adults £8.50 (babies come free) In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music


Christian Zacharias Lecture-Recital‘Why does Schubert sound like Schubert?’

‘A pianist of ideas’, as The New Yorker has called him, leading Schubert interpreter Christian Zacharias delves into the great composer’s unique melodic, harmonic and thematic flourishes. Through close examination of these musical hallmarks and idiosyncrasies, he takes us on a journey to the very essence of Schubert’s style.


All seats £16Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust


Alina Ibragimova violin

Cédric Tiberghien piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat Op. 12 No. 3 Janáček Violin Sonata Cage 6 Melodies for violin and keyboard Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Israeli Chamber Project Antje Weithaas violin

Mozart Clarinet Quartet in E flat after K380 Bartók Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano BB116 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60

£16 concs £14 inc. programme and coffee/sherry/juiceSupported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Christian Zacharias © Felvegi Andrea

Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien © Sussie Ahlburg

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

Israeli Chamber Project © Avshalom Levi



The Endellion String Quartet40th Anniversary Concert

Haydn String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 ‘Rider’ Bartók String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sponsored by Lark Music


Leila Josefowicz violin

John Novacek piano

Sibelius Valse Triste Op. 44 No. 1 (arr. Friedrich Hermann) Prokofiev Allegro brusco from Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 Knussen Reflection for violin and piano Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arr. Otto Wittenbecher) Zimmermann Sonata for violin and piano

£16 concs £14


Rafał Blechacz piano

Mozart Rondo in A minor K511; Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Chopin 4 Mazurkas Op. 24; Polonaise in A flat Op. 53

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


François Le Roux baritone

Olivier Godin piano

Dutilleux Birthday Celebration

Dutilleux Féerie au clair de lune; Pour une amie perdue; Chanson au bord de la mer; Fantasio; From Au gré des ondes (for solo piano): Prélude en berceuse, Improvisation & Hommage à Bach; 3 mélodies inédites; Regards sur l’infini; Chanson de la déportée; 3 sonnets de Jean Cassou; La geôle; Petit air à dormir debout (for solo piano); San Francisco Night


All seats £16

Rafał Blechacz © Marco Borggreve

François Le Roux © Paul Montag

Leila Josefowicz © Chris Lee

The Endellion String Quartet © Eric Richmond



Pekka Kuusisto Residency

Pekka Kuusisto violin

Atte Kilpeläinen viola

Tomas Djupsjöbacka cello

Jukka Huitila visual designer

Fertility: The Chance of a Lifetime

Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Dimitry Sitkovetsky for string trio)

Pekka Kuusisto collaborates with Jukka Huitila and members of the Meta4 quartet in a programme combining photographs of human embryos by Lennart Nilsson and from the BBC’s The First Nine Months with Bach’s variations arranged by Dimitry Sitkovetsky.

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Wednesday 1 May 7.30pm

Pekka Kuusisto’s Residency is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund

Pekka Kuusisto © Kaapo Kamu



Mary Bevan soprano

Marcus Farnsworth baritone

Christopher Glynn piano

A Goethe Songbook

Reichardt Sehnsucht Mozart Das Veilchen Beethoven Wonne der Wehmut Schubert Der Musensohn; Auf dem See; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten; Ganymed; An Schwager Kronos; Meeres Stille; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Mignon (Kennst du das Land); Mignon und der Harfner Schumann Liebeslied Grieg Zur Rosenzeit Mendelssohn Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen Brahms Phänomen Pfitzner An den Mond Busoni Lied des Mephistopheles Ives Ilmenau Wolf Der Rattenfänger; Anakreons Grab; Die Spröde; Die Bekehrte; Beherzigung

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 24 January10.15am and 11.45am

Chamber Tots: Under the SeaWe invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us under the sea! This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles.

10.15am (1-2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3-5 year-olds)

Approximately 1 hour in duration



Graham Johnson Songmakers’ Almanac

Ailish Tynan soprano

Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano

Benjamin Appl baritone

William Thomas bass

Graham Johnson piano

Celebrating January

The Turn of the Year Britten A New Year carol Tippett Come unto these yellow sands Wolf EpiphaniasIn The Lap Of The Gods Poulenc Invocation aux Parques from Chansons Gaillardes Debussy Colloque sentimental from Fêtes galantes Book II Wolf Grenzen der Menschheit; GanymedThe Generation Gap Jensen Edward Foster Wilt thou be gone, love? Lehmann You are old, Father William from Alice in Wonderland Novello And her mother came tooA Greek Garland Delibes Myrto Fauré Lydia Op. 4 No. 2 Chabrier L’île heureuse Chausson Hébé Op. 2 No. 6 Duparc Phidylé Gounod Maid of AthensIntimations Of Mortality Dominick Argento Hardy’s Funeral Auric Fantaisie Mozart Abendempfindung K523 Delius To Daffodils Schubert Zur guten Nacht D903Programme interspersed with readings by Flecker, Eliot, Eckermann, Poe, Kingsley, Churchill, Auden & Landor

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Sunday 2 June 7.30pm

Graham Johnson © Clive Barda

Ailish Tynan © Benjamin Ealovega

Chamber Tots © Benjamin Ealovega

Mary Bevan © Victoria Cadisch


European Chamber Music Academy ShowcaseFriday 25 January1.00pm

Simply QuartetHaydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

All seats £10

Saturday 26 January11.00am

Masterclass with Professor Johannes Meissl and Simply QuartetChamber music specialist and ECMA co-artistic director Johannes Meissl draws from his vast experience as a teacher and quartet player in a masterclass with the Vienna-based Simply Quartet, consisting of outstanding Chinese and Norwegian musicians.

Free (ticket required)


Trio VitruviShostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’

All seats £10


Trio Gaon Cosmos QuartetBrahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version) Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op. 67

All seats £10

Professor Johannes Meissl © Sabine Hauswirth

Trio Vitruvi © Tom McKenzie

Simply Quartet © Nancy Horowitz

Trio Gaon © Bear Beitet

The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton



Roman Rabinovich piano

Ligeti Musica Ricercata: 11 pieces for piano Bach Partita No. 4 in D BWV828 Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18In Memory of Peter Flatter


Borodin Quartet Alexei Volodin piano

Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Borodin Quartet Michael Collins clarinet

Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581



Christian Blackshaw Residency

Christian Blackshaw piano

70th Birthday Concert

Mozart Fantasia in C minor K475 Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946 Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Schumann Humoreske in B flat Op. 20

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Simon Höfele trumpet

Frank Dupree piano

Enescu Légende Takemitsu Paths (in memoriam Witold Lutosławski) Hindemith Trumpet Sonata Savard Morceau de Concours Gaubert Cantabile et Scherzetto Charlier Solo de Concours

£16 concs £14

Christian Blackshaw © James Hill

Simon Höfele © Sebastian Heck

Borodin Quartet © Andy Staples

Roman Rabinovich © Robin Mitchell



Russian Song Series

Sofia Fomina soprano

Oleksiy Palchykov tenor

Rodion Pogossov baritone

Iain Burnside piano

Glinka Venetian night; Bolero; I am here, Inezilla; Travelling Song Shostakovich The dark-eyed girl; Farewell, Grenada!; From From Jewish Folk Poetry: Before a long separation & The song of misery Medtner Spanish Romance; What does my name mean to you?; I no longer yearn; Day and Night; The Wagon of Life; The Echo; Winter evening Myaskovsky Spanish Lullaby Glazunov Spanish Song Glière A Berber song Grechaninov O, were I a lake Rimsky-Korsakov I love thee, moon: Melody from the banks of the Ganges Prokofiev Remember Me Rachmaninov The Migrant Wind; Twilight has fallen; 6 Songs Op. 38

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Friday 1 March 7.30pmwith Sofia Mchedlishvili soprano & Andrey Zhilikhovsky baritoneThe Russian Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund


Les Arts FlorissantsEmmanuelle de Negri soprano Anna Reinhold mezzo-soprano Cyril Auvity high tenor Marc Mauillon baritone Lisandro Abadie bass Tami Troman violin Emmanuel Reschel violin Myriam Rignol viola da gamba Thomas Dunford theorbo

William Christie director, harpsichord

Airs sérieux et à boire Volume 3

Airs de cour for one, two, three, four and five voices by Moulinié, Le Jeune, Boësset & Guédron

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18Supported by Dunard Fund


The Cardinall’s MusickThe Company of Heaven II

Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene Gregorian Chant Propers for the Feast of St Mary Magdalene Crecquillon Andreas Christi famulus Palestrina Cantantibus organis Handl Misit Herodes rex manus Victoria Descendit angelus Domini Wert Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris Victoria O decus apostolicum Palestrina Magnificat primi toni

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Oleksiy Palchykov © Alexandr Krivitsky

William Christie © Denis Rouvre

Sofia Fomina © Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi & Olga Martinez

The Cardinall’s Musick © Benjamin Ealovega



Pre-Concert Talk Writer, researcher and presenter Katy Hamilton explores the life, chamber music and songs of Franz Schubert as part of our celebrations of the composer’s birthday.


£5


Julia Kleiter soprano

Werner Güra tenor

Christoph Berner piano

Lieder nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Schubert Wer kauft Liebesgötter?; Schweizerlied; Wonne der Wehmut; Erster Verlust; Nähe des Geliebten; An den Mond D296; Rastlose Liebe; Gesänge des Harfners I-III; Mignon und der Harfner; An Mignon; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst mich scheinen; Der Sänger; Jägers Abendlied I; Tischlied; Der Musensohn; Der Goldschmiedsgesell; Versunken; Willkommen und Abschied; Liebhaber in allen Gestalten

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 1 February7.30pm

2019 Annual Jacqueline du Pré Charity ConcertThe Shanghai QuartetWeigang Li violin Yi-Wen Jiang violin Honggang Li viola Nicholas Tzavaras cello

Michael Collins clarinet

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 Liu Tieshan & Mao Yuan Yao Dance (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) (UK première) Trad/Chinese/Han-Kun Sha Shepherd’s Song

(arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) (UK première) Jing-Ping Zhang Harvest Celebration (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet) (UK première) Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ Judith Weir March (world première) Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

£38 £35 £30 £20 £18The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (Reg. Charity No. 208879)

This concert is generously supported by J & A Beare and Beare’s International Violin Society

Shanghai Quartet © Shanghai Quartet

Michael Collins © Benjamin Ealovega

Julia Kleiter © Theodora Richter

Katy Hamilton © Apple and Biscuit

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Saturday 2 February7.30pm

Piers Lane piano

Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BWV883 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book II Chopin Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp Op. 36; Mazurka in F minor Op. 68 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’ Tchaikovsky 6 Pieces on a Single Theme Op. 21 Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Sunday 3 February11.30am

Zahir Quartet saxophone quartet

Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D (arr. Guillaume Berceau for saxophone quartet) Glazunov Saxophone Quartet Op. 109


Sunday 3 February3.00pm

James Newby baritone

Joseph Middleton piano

Einsamkeit: Solitude in Song

Schubert Gesänge des Harfners I-III Fauré Prison; Automne; Les matelots Barber Hermit Songs Op. 29 Fauré Après un rêve; Le voyageur; Les berceaux Wolf Harfenspieler I–III

All seats £16


Goldner String Quartet Piers Lane piano

Webern Langsamer Satz Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Korngold Piano Quintet in E Op. 15

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Monday 4 February1.00pm

Sophie Pacini piano

Wagner/Liszt Tannhäuser Overture S422 Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso in E Op. 14 Schumann Carnaval Op. 9

£16 concs £14

Zahir Quartet © Quatuor Zahir

Goldner String Quartet © Keith Saunders

Piers Lane © Eric Richmond

Sophie Pacini © Susanne Krauss

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Tuesday 5 February7.30pm

American Series

Escher String QuartetAmerican Exploration: Visits to the New World

Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83 Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Wednesday 10 April 7.30pm

Escher String Quartet © Sarah Skinner



Schumann Song Series

Sophie Bevan soprano

Malcolm Martineau piano

Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Schönheit; Warum willst du and’re fragen Fanny Mendelssohn Suleika; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Die Ersehnte Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Marie Hinrichs Hör’ ich das Liedchen; Du bist wie eine Blume; Im Mai; Ihr Bild; Wenn du mich lieb hast; Eine alte Kunde Josephine Lang Sie liebt mich; Traumbild; Wenn zwei von einander scheiden Robert Schumann Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135 Clara Schumann Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Sie liebten sich beide; Volkslied; Lorelei

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18The Schumann Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund


Timothy Ridout viola

Frank Dupree piano

YCAT Lunchtime Series 2018/19Bridge Pensiero; Allegro appassionato Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op. 48 Bowen Viola Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 18

£14 concs £12Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)YCAT is grateful for support from the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity and the International Music and Art Foundation for this series

Wednesday 6 February7.30pm

Britten SinfoniaMozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Skryabin Rêverie Op. 24 (arr. Colin Matthews) (world première) Britten Temporal Variations (arr. Colin Matthews) Colin Matthews Octet* (world première) Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet

*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and The Radcliffe Trust

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Llŷr Williams piano

Ravel Jeux d’eau; From Miroirs: Noctuelles & La vallée des cloches Grieg Lyric Pieces (selection) Britten Holiday Diary Op. 5 Liszt Selection of études

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Timothy Ridout © Kaupo Kikkas

Britten Sinfonia © Harry Rankin

Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg

Llŷr Williams © Benjamin Ealovega


Sonia Prina © Javier Del Real

Thursday 7 February7.30pm

Sonia Prina contralto

Alina Pogostkina violin

Dorothee Oberlinger recorder

Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Vivaldi - The Muses

Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV156; Là, sull’eterna sponda from Motezuma; Ho il cor già lacero from Griselda; Concerto in C for flute RV443; Sol da te mio dolce amore from Orlando furioso; Concerto in E minor for violin RV277 ‘Il favorito’; Concerto in D for violin RV234 ‘L’inquietudine’; Sovente il sole from Andromeda liberata; Anderò, volerò, griderò from Orlando finto pazzo

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18



New Elizabethan Award ShowcaseJesse Flowers guitar Andrey Lebedev guitar Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano

Ayres and Fancies by Dowland and his contemporaries Houghton Ophelia... a haunted sonata Brett Dean Gertrude Fragments Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70; Songs from the Chinese Op. 58

Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes in duration, including a 20-minute interval

£16 concs £14


Michael Collins clarinet

Michael McHale piano

Reinecke Introduzione ed allegro appassionato Op. 256 Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op. 129 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 Debussy Première rapsodie Abbie Betinis Rhapsodos (European première) Franck Sonata in A (arr. for clarinet and piano)

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Narek Hakhnazaryan cello

Oxana Shevchenko piano

Debussy Cello Sonata Fauré Elégie Op. 24; Après un rêve Op. 7 No. 1 (arr. for cello) Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op. 43 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65



Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Haydn Piano Sonata in A flat HXVI:46 Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14 Boulez 12 Notations Ravel Jeux d’eau; Sonatine; From Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan & Alborada del gracioso Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 28

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


François-Frédéric Guy piano

Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119 Tristan Murail New work (UK première) Debussy From Préludes Book II: Brouillards, La puerta del vino, Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses, La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune & Feux d’artifice

£16 concs £14

Narek Hakhnazaryan © Marco Borggreve

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet © Benjamin Ealovega

Lotte Betts-Dean © Benjamin Ealovega

François-Frédéric Guy © Caroline Dourtre



Sergey Khachatryan violin

Alisa Weilerstein cello

Inon Barnatan piano

Colin Currie percussion

Owen Gunnell percussion

Sam Walton percussion

Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (arr. Eduard Steuermann for piano trio) Rolf Wallin Realismos Mágicos* Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 in A Op. 141 (arr. Victor Derevianko for piano trio and percussion)

*Co-commissioned by the Bergen International Festival, Sound Festival, Scotland and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust

Tuesday 12 February10.00am – 2.30pm

Big Sing!As part of our Sense of Home festival we invite you to join vocal leader Charles MacDougall to explore a range of repertoire before having a Big Sing! together on the Wigmore Hall stage. The event features special guest soloists as well as Singing with Friends, our community choir for families living with dementia.

As part of the day, we will also offer a Dementia Friends session for those who would like to find out more.

£20 concs £15

We welcome families living with dementia to join us for this event – for more information contact the Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or [email protected]

Inon Barnatan © Marco Borggreve

Big Sing! © James Berry

Sergey Khachatryan © Marco Borggreve

Alisa Weilerstein © Harald Hoffmann



Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon DuoMichael Iskas viola Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion

Join us for the latest of the Bechstein Sessions, a series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar. We welcome the Diphonon Duo, a dynamic viola and accordion duo which last year was the Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble, to perform a range of pieces inspired by our festival theme of Sense of Home.


£5


Leon McCawley piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110; Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Pre-Concert Talk Edmund Finnis discusses his new work with Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of the lunchtime concert.

Free (ticket required)


Britten SinfoniaEmer McDonough flute Thomas Gould violin Caroline Dearnley cello Huw Watkins piano

Bach Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV1014 Janáček Pohádka Messiaen Le merle noir Edmund Finnis New work* (world première) Martinů Sonata for flute, violin and piano

*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the support of donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

£16 concs £14

Leon McCawley © Sheila Rock

Edmund Finnis © Ruth Mayer

Bechstein Sessions © Benjamin Ealovega

Britten Sinfonia © Harry Rankin


Franz Schubert


Nikolaj Znaider violin

Robert Kulek piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Shostakovich Preludes: in C sharp minor Op. 34 No. 10, in D flat Op. 34 No. 15, in B flat minor Op. 34 No. 16 & in D minor Op. 34 No. 24 (transcr. for violin and piano by Dmitri Tsyganov) Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 14 February11.00am and 12.30pm

For Crying Out Loud!Hear outstanding performances by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1 to enjoy together in a relaxed and accommodating environment. Parents-to-be are also warmly welcomed.


Adults £8.50 (babies come free)In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music

Introduction to Music: Schubert

Thursday 14 February Thursday 21 February Thursday 28 February Thursday 7 March

All dates 4.45pm – 6.00pm

Composers are often defined by a genre that seems to most suit their musical character; with Mozart it is opera, Beethoven the symphony, and with Franz Schubert it is song. Schubert was not the first Lieder composer but he arguably made the greatest contribution, and in doing so became a trailblazer for Romanticism.

Join Roy Stratford as we explore Schubert’s experimentation with new and daring harmonies and development of radical and unconventional musical structures. We also explore how Schubert’s music exemplifies Romantic ideas, perhaps the most compelling of which is the idea of the wanderer; in Alfred Brendel’s words, ‘in his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker.’

Series ticket price £33

For Crying Out Loud! © Benjamin Ealovega

Nikolaj Znaider © Lars Gundersen


Stile AnticoArise, My Love: Sensuous Renaissance settings of the Song of Songs

Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi Lassus Veni dilecte mi; Osculetur me Gombert Quam pulchra es Anon Sicut lilium inter spinas Palestrina Osculetur me Victoria Vadam et circuibo Palestrina Nigra sum White Tota pulchra es Guerrero Surge propera Rore Descendi in hortum meum Vivanco Veni, dilecte mi Ceballos Hortus conclusus Praetorius Tota pulchra es

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Friday 15 February6.00pm NB time

Razumovsky Academy Young Artists RecitalThe Razumovsky Academy showcases potential future stars at the start of their careers.

£5


Razumovsky EnsembleKolja Blacher violin Maxim Rysanov viola Oleg Kogan cello

Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op. 70

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Saturday 16 February3.00pm – 4.00pm

Family Concert: Nicola BenedettiFor ages 5 plus

Join world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti and presenter Lucy Drever for an interactive concert inspired by landscapes, stories and people from across the UK. We invite you to discover a song about home, and to explore works by composers who were so inspired by their home that they wrote music to tell the story of their favourite places.




Nash Ensemble Lucy Crowe soprano

Jamie Phillips conductor

Wagner Siegfried Idyll (original version) Beethoven String Quintet in C Op. 29 Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio; 4 Last Songs for voice and ensemble (arr. James Ledger)

£38 £33 £27 £20 £15


Oleg Kogan © Robert Cassen

Nicola Benedetti © Simon Fowler

Stile Antico © Marco Borggreve

Lucy Crowe © Marco Borggreve


Sense of Home This year’s Wigmore Hall Learning festival, Sense of Home, celebrates the diversity and multicultural melting pot that is London and the borough of Westminster, reflects on Wigmore Hall as a place many call home, and invites you to explore what ‘home’ means to you.

Monday 18 FebruaryFrom 6.00pm

Home from HomeWe invite you to explore our collective home from home, an immersive sound/art experience created by people from across the Wigmore Hall Learning programme.

Led by music technologist Gawain Hewitt, the Bechstein Room will be transformed through objects and sounds that reflect and celebrate all the people we work with across London.

Join us from 6.00pm and again in the interval during the evening concert.

Free (no ticket required)


Learning Gala Concert: Home Sweet HomeAilish Tynan soprano Benjamin Appl baritone Iain Burnside piano

Three admired artists – an Irish soprano, a German baritone and a Scottish accompanist – take part in this multi-themed selection of songs from Germany, the UK and the USA, as the central celebration of this year’s Wigmore Hall Learning festival, Sense of Home.

The concert follows the themes of Where the Heart Is, On the Road Again, Family Values and Bricks and Mortar, featuring songs from composers including Elgar, Brahms, Ives and Bernstein, as well as contemporary composers such as John White and Seóirse Bodley.

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Tuesday 12 – Tuesday 26 February


Other Events in the Festival:

Tuesday 12 February Big Sing! See page 24 for more information

Tuesday 12 February Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon Duo See page 25 for more information

Thursday 14 February For Crying Out Loud! See page 26 for more information

Saturday 16 February Family Concert: Nicola Benedetti See page 27 for more information

Wednesday 20 February Family Sounds See page 30 for more information

Thursday 21 February Relaxed Concert: Soraya Mafi See page 31 for more information

Friday 22 February Family Day: Lullabies See page 32 for more information

Tuesday 26 February Schools Concert: Nicola Benedetti See page 33 for more information



Trio IsimsizFauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8



Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Schumann From Myrthen: Widmung, Der Nussbaum, Jemand & Lied der Braut I & II Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Mahler Rückert Lieder

£60 £50 £45 £40 £25


Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Simon Lepper piano

From the Pens of WomenJonathan Dove From All the future days: Autobiography, Penelope & The Siren Vaughan Williams 4 Last Songs Judith Cloud Variations on the Word Sleep from Night Dreams Lori Laitman I Was Reading a Scientific Article from Orange Afternoon Lover Dominick Argento Anxiety from From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Rebecca Clarke Lethe Juliana Hall From Letters from Edna: To Harriet Monroe & To Mother Jonathan Dove Nights not spent alone

£16 concs £14


Henk Neven baritone

Imogen Cooper piano

Brahms Meerfahrt; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht; Es schauen die Blumen; Sommerabend; Mondenschein; Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Schubert Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Der Flug der Zeit; Des Fräuleins Liebeslauschen Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter Friends of Wigmore Hall

Wednesday 20 February 10.00am and 1.00pm

Family Sounds

Join us for this music-making workshop for children aged 0-5 and their parents or carers, which offers the opportunity to create a brand new piece together. Workshop leaders Esther Sheridan and Gawain Hewitt lead us in a sound exploration encompassing singing, instrumental play and multisensory composition.

Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration


Henk Neven © Marco Borggreve

Family Sounds © Benjamin Ealovega

Kitty Whately © Natalie Watts

Trio Isimsiz © Matt Jolly


Skride Quartet Baiba Skride violin Lise Berthaud viola Harriet Krijgh cello Lauma Skride piano

Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478 Bridge Phantasie Piano Quartet in F sharp minor Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Thursday 21 February11.00am – 12 noon

Relaxed Concert: Soraya MafiThis relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides an opportunity to explore music in an informal environment. Join soprano Soraya Mafi for a concert exploring our festival theme of home, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards.

There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights remain up. Audience members can move in and out of the auditorium as they wish, and there is a designated quiet area.

£5


Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord

Eugénie Warnier soprano

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro tenor

Magnus Staveland tenor

Guerrieri e amorosi

Monteverdi Chiome d’oro; Quel sguardo sdegnosetto; Sì dolce è’l tormento; From Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, libro ottavo: O sia tranquillo il mare, Ardo e scoprir & Mentre vaga angioletta; Ohimè ch’io cado, ohimè; Lamento d’Arianna from Arianna Monteverdi Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

£50 £40 £30 £25 £18With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle


Lauma Skride © Benjamin Ealovega

Soraya Mafi © Christina Haldane

Baiba Skride © Marco Borggreve

Les Talens Lyriques © cargocollective.com, Eric Larrayadieu


Friday 22 February10.30am – 3.30pm

Family Day: LullabiesFor ages 5 plus

Join music leader and sound artist Duncan Chapman, along with South Asian arts organisation Manasamitra, to take part in a musical workshop, share your memories of lullabies, and create night time sounds and songs.

Finish the day with an immersive and restful performance from The Lullaby Project, a musical exploration of night time sounds interspersed with lullabies from India, and featuring your very own pieces from the day.



Schumann String Quartet Series

Elias String QuartetPurcell Fantasias (selection) Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Sally Beamish New work* (world première) Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

*Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Harvard Musical Association

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Thursday 23 May 7.30pm

The Schumann String Quartet Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund


Trio ZimmermannSchoenberg String Trio Op. 45 Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988 (arr. Trio Zimmerman for string trio)

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Albion QuartetHaydn String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 ‘Harp’



Kirill Gerstein piano

Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35 Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Liszt Funérailles S173 No. 7 Debussy Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon Komitas 2 Armenian Dances Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

Trio Zimmermann © Mats Bäcker

Albion Quartet © Steve Gullick

Elias String Quartet © Pete Checchia

Family Day © Belinda Lawley


Quatuor Arod Timothy Ridout viola

Mozart Divertimento in D K136; String Quintet in G minor K516

£16 concs £14


Marlis Petersen Residency

Marlis Petersen soprano

Anke Vondung mezzo-soprano

Werner Güra tenor

Paul Armin Edelmann baritone

Christoph Berner piano

Camillo Radicke piano

Schubert Des Tages Weihe (Schicksalslenker); Licht und Liebe; Hymne an den Unendlichen; Gebet Haydn Alles hat seine Zeit; Die Beredsamkeit; Der Augenblick; Die Harmonie in der Ehe Schubert Die Geselligkeit (Lebenslust); Der Hochzeitsbraten Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52; Zum Schluss from Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 65

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18With grateful thanks to the Voices at Wigmore Circle

Tuesday 26 February11.00am and 1.00pm

Schools Concert: Nicola BenedettiKey Stage 2

Join world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti and presenter Lucy Drever for an interactive concert inspired by landscapes, stories and people from across the UK. We invite you to discover a song about home, and to explore works by composers who were so inspired by their home that they wrote music to tell the story of their favourite places.

Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration

Children £4 Accompanying Adults Free (ticket required)


Quatuor ZaïdeBach The Art of Fugue BWV1080 (extracts) Beethoven String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5 Franck String Quartet in D

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Garrick Ohlsson piano

Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 76; Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1; Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21 No. 2; 4 Ballades Op. 10; Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book I) Op. 35

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18


Marlis Petersen © Yiorgos Mavropoulos

Nicola Benedetti © Simon Fowler

Quatuor Arod © Richard Dumas

Quatuor Zaïde © Neda Navaee


Dame Emma Kirkby © Allan Watson

Chelys Consort © Andrew Mason

John Lubbock and the Orchestra of St John’s © Orchestra of St John’s

Sir Vince Cable © Peter Byrne


My Music with Orchestra of St John’s

Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock founder/conductor

Sir Vince Cable Liberal Democrats Party Leader and MP for Twickenham

Paul Blezard journalist

Programme to include works by Bach and Mozart

Orchestra of St John’s is thrilled to present My Music, a popular lunchtime series, now at Wigmore Hall.

In each concert, a famous person will talk about their lives, share their opinions, and discuss the music that has meant the most to them in their lives. OSJ will play their chosen pieces live in the Hall – often brand-new arrangements of an eclectic programme – conducted by John Lubbock. Hear about our guests’ prominent careers and find out what they feel passionate about during their interviews with talented journalist Paul Blezard.

£16 concs £14

Thursday 28 February7.00pm NB time

Dame Emma Kirkby soprano

Miriam Allan soprano Steven Devine harpsichord Jakob Lindberg lute Members of Dowland Works Chelys Consort Fieri Consort

70th Birthday Concert

Dowland Awake sweet love; Can she excuse my wrongs; Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears; Would my conceit that first enforced my woe; Disdain me still, that I may ever love Byrd All as a Sea; Constant Penelope Gibbons Daintie fine bird; What is our life East You meaner beauties of the night Marenzio Se quel dolor che va inanzi al morire (excerpt) D’India Dove potro mai gir tanto lontano Lawes 3 Dialogues Purcell Music for a while; Sweeter than Roses; How blest are Shepherds Works by Notari

£40 £35 £30 £25 £18

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Elias String Quartet Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 6

Release date: 28 September 2018

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