Wigmore Hall May 2013 Concert Diary

MAY 2013

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary

Jonathan Biss

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Inside:Anna Caterina Antonacci • Juliane BanseIsabelle Faust & Alexander MelnikovAngela Hewitt • Milos KaradaglicPacifica Quartet • Joshua RedmanTakács Quartet • Christian TetzlaffAnd many more

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Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Roussel Le bachelier de Salamanque; Le jardin mouillé; Invocation; Nuit d’automneFauré Le jardin clos Chausson Chanson perpétuelle (arr. voice and piano) Honegger Petits coursde morale Poulenc Trois chansons de Federico Garcia Lorca Caplet La croix douloureuse;L’adieu en barque Satie 3 poèmes d’amour Turina Romance; El pescador; Rima

Sarah Connolly’s empathy with the psychological states of grand operatic characters or the lowliest of lovers in a tender-hearted song connects instantly with her audience. The mezzo-soprano’s latest Wigmore Hall recital programme covers all human life, from Roussel’s love-sick student fromSalamanca to the diverse cast of Honegger’s ‘A little course in morals’.

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Introduction to Romantic Music 2The Romantic era is characterised by fascinating and compelling ideas such as the cult of virtuosity; the growing relationship between words and music; and the notion of expansion in terms of length of work, size of orchestral forces and the musical language itself. There also emerged a split betweenthe forces of ‘progress’, such as Liszt and Wagner, and conservatives like Brahms and ultimately, at the end of the 19th century, ‘modernism’ emerged from the embers of late romanticism. Roy Stratfordwill guide us through the fascinating story of this period with particular reference to the profoundchanges that occurred in the musical language and introducing some of the amazing musicians whomade it all happen. The series begins on 24 April and continues on 8 May (5.00 pm) & 15 May (4.30 pm).

WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Series ticket price £24

WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Wigmore Study GroupThe Chamber Music of Gabriel FauréThe final Wigmore Study Group of the season explores the major chamber works of Gabriel Fauré;music that ‘intoxicated’ Proust, but which is arguably all too rarely performed, despite the popularityof the composer’s smaller miniatures. Tied to Wigmore Hall’s Fauré series which programmes all hismajor chamber works over three concerts, this Study Group (on 25, 30 April & 2 May) offers participantsthe opportunity to discover the richness and depth of this extraordinary music, ranging from theremarkable early first Violin Sonata, completed in 1876 to the mysterious yet compelling late workssuch as the Piano Trio (1922–3) and the String Quartet (1923–4). Hosted by composer Julian Philips,this Study Group offers a mix of presentation, performance and discussion with postgraduate chamber musicians from theGuildhall School of Music & Drama and visiting speakers. Linked to the concerts on 30 April, and 2 & 4 May at 7.30 pm.

The Fauré Project

THURSDAY 2 MAY 3.00 PM – 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Series price £53 inc. 3 study sessions and ticket for 2 May

Sarah Connolly

Gabriel Fauré

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Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Byrd Clarifica me, Pater (I, II, III); Ut re mi fa sol la; John come kiss me now;The Fifte Pavian and The Galliard to the Fifte Pavian; The March before the Battle;Fancie; The Firste Pavian and The Galliard to the Firste Pavian; Callino casturame;Fantasia in A minor; Have with Yow to WalsingameBach From The Musical Offering BWV1079: Ricercar a 3; Ricercar a 6;Canon a 2 per Tonos (Ascendenteque Modulatione ascendat Gloria Regis)Ligeti Passacaglia ungherese; Continuum; Hungarian Rock

Ralph Kirkpatrick, Sviatoslav Richter and René Jacobs stand high on MahanEsfahani’s list of influences. The Iranian-American keyboard player and scholarattracted worldwide attention in 2010 when he gave the first ever harpsichordrecital at the BBC Proms; he returned to the 2012 festival with the Academy ofAncient Music to direct the world première performance of his arrangement ofBach’s The Art of Fugue. Esfahani turns his mind to William Byrd’s pulsating keyboard miniatures, exploring the great Englishcomposer’s ingenuity and vibrant imagination in company with contrapuntal masterworks by Bach and Ligeti’s irresistibleharpsichord compositions.

Early Music and Baroque Series

Renaud Capuçon violin

Gérard Caussé viola

Gautier Capuçon cello

Nicholas Angelich piano

Michel Dalberto piano

Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117; Violin SonataNo. 1 in A Op. 13; Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45

The Capuçon brothers and Michel Dalberto turn to early and late stringsonatas, with Renaud exploring Fauré’s evergreen first violin sonata, a workof groundbreaking originality, and Gautier offering his vision of the noblesecond cello sonata of 1921. The concert closes with the second pianoquartet, its transcendent slow movement touched by evocations of bellsrecalled from the composer’s childhood.

The Fauré Project

THURSDAY 2 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Mahan Esfahani

FRIDAY 3 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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SATURDAY 4 MAY 2.00 PM – 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £10 concessions £6

Lecture-Recital with Paul Roberts piano

Debussy and Ravel

Ravel Jeux d’eau Debussy Estampes Ravel Oiseaux tristes Debussy Images II; L’isle joyeuse

Renowned French music specialist Paul Roberts presents this lecture-recital in the year of the150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, demonstrating the creative relationship between the twomasters of French Impressionism. Paul Roberts is the author of the seminal Images: The PianoMusic of Claude Debussy, and a biography, Debussy. He has just published Reflections: ThePiano Music of Maurice Ravel to wide critical acclaim, and is shortly to release a CD of musicby Ravel and Liszt. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and gives recitals, lecture-recitals and masterclasses all over the world.

SATURDAY 4 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Quatuor EbèneMichel Dalberto piano

Nicholas Angelich piano

Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121; Piano Quintet No. 1in D minor Op. 89; Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115

Quatuor Ebène’s visionary Fauré performances havepersuaded many to listen to the composer’s chamber musicwith fresh ears. His swansong, the String Quartet in E minor, a phenomenal creation of old age, is followed by the two pianoquintets, which include some of the most beautiful music in all of Fauré’s output.

The Fauré Project

SUNDAY 5 MAY 11.30 AM Coffee Concert £12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

London Bridge Ensemble

Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 Dvorák Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 87

Critical superlatives followed the London Bridge Ensemble’s recordings of worksby Frank Bridge. Their Coffee Concert programme brings together compositionsby two close friends from an earlier generation. Brahms reportedly said that anycomposer would be proud to own the ideas that Dvorák discarded. His ownyearning Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 makes an ideal companion for Dvorák’sspirited, folk-inflected Op. 87.

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Nikolaï Lugansky piano

Janácek In the MistsSchubert 4 Impromptus D935

Medtner Forgotten Melodies Op. 38 Nos 5 & 6; Primavera Op. 39 No. 3Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 36

Highlights of Nikolaï Lugansky’s 2012/13 season include a 15-concert European recital tour,crowned by this Wigmore Hall programme. The Russian pianist, universally acknowledged as amaster of Rachmaninov’s keyboard works, ventures into the imaginary landscapes of Janácek’s‘In the Mists’ (V mlhách), the nostalgia of Medtner’s Forgotten Melodies and the lyricalspontaneity of Schubert’s Impromptus.

SUNDAY 5 MAY 2.30 PM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £7 Adults £5 Children

Family ConcertFor age 8 plus

When Yesterday We Met

From fairy tales and Greek myths to tales of the extraordinary, songs have always been a greatway to tell stories. Pianist and presenter Dominic Harlan is joined by tenor Philip Smith andmezzo-soprano Rebecca Sharp for a stunningly original concert that combines songs bySchubert, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Ives with elements of theatre and interactive workshop.The result is a thrilling, hands-on show which guides novices into the magical world of song.For a preview of the concert, filmed live at Wigmore Hall, visit www.dominicharlan.com

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Nikolaï Lugansky

SUNDAY 5 MAY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Michelangelo Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in Bb Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 was originally conceived, and first performed in 1826, as a six-movement work. The finale, a mighty fugue, shockedearly reviewers, who felt that it overshadowed what had gone before, so thecomposer crafted an alternative ending. The MichelangeloQuartet here offers the work as it was originally intended tobe performed, with the Grosse Fuge as the final movement.

Michelangelo Quartet

MONDAY 6 MAY 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert £12 concessions £10

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Arditti Quartet; JACK Quartet†

James Clarke 2012S for 2 string quartets (UK première)*Alex Mincek String Quartet No. 3 ‘lift – tilt – filter – split’(UK première)Michael Pelzel ... vers le vent ... (UK première)Mauro Lanza Der Kampf zwischen Karneval und Fasten for 8 strings (UK première)*

*Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support fromKunststiftung NRW and Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall is gratefulfor the support of André Hoffmann, President of the FondationHoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation, for these commissions.

The Arditti Quartet’s worldwide reputation rests secure on almost 40 years of excellence in the performance anddevelopment of contemporary music. The JACK Quartet can likewise cite a glorious record of achievement in bringing newwork to life. This showcase concert offers audiences the thrilling prospect of hearing the birth of two string octets by MauroLanza (b.1975) and James Clarke (b.1957).

†WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

MONDAY 6 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £10

The English Concert; Fabio Biondi director, violin

Haydn Divertimento in D HIV:11 Mozart Symphony No. 21 in A K134

Pugnani Sinfonia in Bb Haydn Violin Concerto No. 4 in G HVIIa:4

Renowned violinist Fabio Biondi directs The English Concert in a programme featuringMozart’s thrilling Salzburg Symphony No. 21, Haydn’s delightfully fluent Violin Concertoin G and Divertimento in D, and a rarity by Gaetano Pugnani, the 18th-century violinvirtuoso who studied with Tartini, taught Viotti and supplied Fritz Kreisler with aconvincing pen-name for his pastiche compositions.

TUESDAY 7 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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Takács Quartet Associate Artists Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

Schubert String Quintet in C D956

Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet, explore two toweringmasterworks of chamber music in their latest programme. They join forces with Ralph Kirshbaum for Schubert’s C major String Quintet, completed a fewmonths before the composer’s death in 1828. Beethoven’s String Quartetin C sharp minor Op. 131, written two years before Schubert’s String Quintet, pushes at the limits of human imagination.

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Takács Quartet: Associate Artists

WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season Returns only

FRIDAY 10 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano Donald Sulzen piano

Heath Quartet

Wolf Italian Serenade in G for string quartet Debussy Chansons de BilitisWagner Wesendonck Lieder Debussy Mandoline; C’est l’extase; Il pleure dansmon cœur; Green; Le promenoir des deux amants Puccini CrisantemiRespighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartet

Anna Caterina Antonacci and Donald Sulzen return this season for a recital rootedin poetic imagery and dramatic contrasts. ‘Her legato line is a liquid wonder,’observed Richard Morrison in The Times, ‘but when the poem requires aconversation to be animated, she characterises each voice in a marvellously deftparlando.’ She shares the stage with the Heath Quartet in Respighi’s Il tramonto(1914), a meditative response to Shelley’s poem about a young man who dies inhis lover’s arms.

THURSDAY 9 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season £18 £25 £30 £35

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CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust supports free tickets for 8 –25 year olds at selected concerts. To book for this concert as part of Wigmore Hall’s young people’s programme, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

CAVATINAChamber Music Trustwww.cavatina.net

Takács Quartet Associate Artists Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Repeat of concert on 8 May

Supported by Peter and Sonia Field

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Simon Bainbridge

Simon Bainbridge Study DayMusicians from the Royal Northern College of MusicClark Rundell conductor

Wigmore Hall and the Royal Northern College of Music are delighted to focus on the beguiling, beautiful andhaunting music of Simon Bainbridge, one of the towering figures of British music. Simon is a composer whohas never stood still. The sheer variety in the sound worlds he creates provides ample testament to a trulyextraordinary sonic and structural imagination.

10.00 am

Simon Bainbridge Music for Mel and NoraSimon Bainbridge FolksongSimon Bainbridge Piano Trio

11.00 am

Christopher Austin in conversation with Simon Bainbridge

12.15 pm

Simon Bainbridge Clarinet QuintetSimon Bainbridge Dances for Moon AnimalsSimon Bainbridge For Miles

2.00 pm

Gary Carpenter in conversation with Simon Bainbridge

3.15 pm

Simon Bainbridge Concertante in Moto PerpetuoSimon Bainbridge Four Primo Levi Settings

All tickets £3 concessions £2 (each event) or

Day Ticket £10 concessions £5

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

SATURDAY 11 MAY – SIMON BAINBRIDGE DAY Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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SUNDAY 12 MAY 7.30 PM £10 £12 £14 £16

David Cohen cello Sasha Grynyuk piano

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65

Ian Wilson The little Spanish prison (world première)Schnittke Suite in Old Style (arr. for cello and piano by David Cohen)

Established as one of the most successful and charismatic young instrumentalists oftoday, Belgian cellist David Cohen’s programme includes a new piece which he hascommissioned especially for this concert from Belfast-born composer, Ian Wilson.

‘David Cohen performs with striking style and wonderful expression’ The Strad

‘Cohen played with a finely judged, romantic edge and conjured a ravishing sound from his beautiful and truly exceptionalMontagnana instrument’ Classical Source

Owen White Management Sponsored by Patricia Morton

SATURDAY 11 MAY 7.30 PM Joshua Redman Jazz Series Returns only

Joshua Redman saxophone

Christian McBride double bass

Joshua Redman is joined by jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride for what promises to be an exceptional duo recital. Christian McBride is one of the most recordedmusicians of his generation and has collaborated with jazz greats such as FreddieHubbard, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, to name but a few.


Eggner Trio

Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb Op. 70 No. 2Dvorák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’

For their final Coffee Concert this season, the Eggner brothers survey two potentessays of the piano trio repertoire. The introspective Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 wasmemorably described by Donald Tovey as the work in which Beethoven transcendedthe legacy of Mozart and Haydn to create a composition of compelling individuality.

£12 concs £10 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING T A L E N T

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MONDAY 13 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Isabelle Faust violin

Alexander Melnikov piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in Eb Op. 12 No. 3Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100

Bartók Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz75

Shifting personal experience and fresh discoveries are vitalcomponents of Isabelle Faust’s artistic outlook. The Germanviolinist revels in open dialogue with other musicians, notleast her regular duo partner, Alexander Melnikov. Theirlatest Wigmore Hall programme moves from Beethoven’sjoyful third violin sonata to the gritty expressionism ofBartók’s first violin sonata by way of Brahms’s intenselylyrical Op. 100.

Natalie Clein cello

Alasdair Beatson piano

Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2Britten Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87

Beethoven Cello Sonata in C Op. 102 No. 1

Beethoven’s emerging late style penetrated deep into thefabric of his two Op. 102 Cello Sonatas, both written in thehigh summer of 1815. Fantasy, seductive lyricism,contrapuntal interplay between cello and piano and vividexpressive contrasts belong to their creative DNA.Natalie Clein also explores the passionate ebb and flowof Britten’s unaccompanied third cello suite, complete withstrong Russian folk themes and echoes of Orthodox chant.

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Elias String Quartet; Jonathan Biss piano

Purcell Fantasias Nos. 1, 3 & 5

Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1Timothy Andres New work* (UK première)Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47

As the 2012/13 season unfolds, Jonathan Biss is set to presentover 30 concerts worldwide devoted to the music of Schumann and its multi-faceted nature. Schumann: Under the Influencecontinues at Wigmore Hall carrying the American pianist’s desireto present the composer’s music ‘exactly as it is – deeply poetic,fragile, obsessive, evocative, whimsical, internal’. Pre-and post-echoes of the Schumannesque will also sound in eachprogramme, creating concerts rich in fantasy, emotional contrasts and fleeting moods.

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, San Francisco Performances, Carnegie Hall and Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund

Jonathan Biss: Schumann – Under the Influence

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £3

TUESDAY 14 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Artists in Conversation

Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas in conversation with Geoffrey Norris.

Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

TUESDAY 14 MAY 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £3

Artists in Conversation

Geoffrey Norris and Jonathan Biss introduce the evening concert and discuss Purcell, Schumann and the UK première of awork by Timothy Andres.


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YCAT Public Final Auditions 2013

Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT): Identifying, nurturing, promoting and supporting exceptional young artists

YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In this third and final round, outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected from over 100 applicants in the preliminaryand semi-final rounds, audition before a distinguished panel of judges. At a critical time in theirdevelopment YCAT offers guidance and advice alongside a full artist management service toselected artists for 3–5 years. Current and previous artists include Ian Bostridge (tenor), sopranos Susan Gritton & ElizabethWatts, Alison Balsom (trumpet), the Belcea, Heath and Doric Quartets and pianists Joanna MacGregor and Llyr Williams.

Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490)

Christian Tetzlaff violin Antje Weithaas violin

Leclair Sonata in D for 2 violins Op. 3 No. 6 Bartók Duos for 2 violins (selection)Bériot Duo concertant Op. 57 No. 1 for 2 violins Bartók Duos for 2 violins (selection)Ysaÿe Sonata in A minor for 2 solo violins Op. posth.

Musical dialogue gained immeasurably as composers began exploring the enormouscreative potential of the violin duo. Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas sharetheir personal insights into works as diverse as Ysaÿe’s mighty Sonata in A minor,published long after his death, and the first of Charles-Auguste de Bériot’s three Duosconcertants Op. 57. Their programme is enriched by selections from Bartók’s folk-inspired Duos for two violins.

Christian Tetzlaff: Artist in Residence

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Gareth John baritone Matthew Fletcher piano

Schubert Der Schiffer; Auf der Donau; Der Strom; Das Fischermädchen; Wie Ulfrufischt; Nachtstück Brahms Fünf Gesänge Op. 71; Sonntag; Mein Mädel hat einenRosenmund; Da unten im Tale; In stiller Nacht Ravel Don Quichotte à DulcinéeVaughan Williams Songs of Travel

The Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award presents the finest talent at the Academy,and the winner of the 2013 award is no exception. Selected first by nomination andthen competition at Wigmore Hall, Gareth John is a young baritone whose charming performances delight audiences.

Royal Academy of Music

THURSDAY 16 MAY 7.30 PM Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award; Winner’s Recital £8 £10 £13 £15

FRIDAY 17 MAY 3.00 PM & 7.00 PM NB starting times £10 concessions £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions)

Antje WeithaasChristian Tetzlaff

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Mozart Piano Quartet

Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb K493

Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47

Founded in 1997, the Mozart Piano Quartet is renowned for its acutesense of tonal variety, refined blend and natural phrasing. The Stradhas written of the ‘freshness and spontaneity that sparkle ineverything they play’, a verdict echoed in reviews all the way fromSan Jose to Sydney.


Birkbeck Study Afternoon

Bach Cello Suites: Interpretation and Innovation

Thomas Demenga decided to ‘Build on Bach’ twenty years ago, by performing Bach alongside newcompositions so that audiences would become more open to both. Many successful concerts andrecordings followed. The Bach Suites for solo cello, a challenge both technically and emotionally,have long been close to Demenga’s heart; and as well as playing much contemporary music healso composes, producing, through innovative techniques, unexpected and beautiful sounds.We delve into the intense world of Bach, and a contrasting variety of new compositions, to immerseourselves in the immensely rich world of the cello. Presented by David Sutton-Anderson.

Linked to the evening concert (concert ticket to be purchased separately)

In association with Birkbeck, University of London

SUNDAY 19 MAY 3.00 PM – 5.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £10 concessions £6

Mozart Piano Quartet

Johann Sebastian BachPortrait by Elias Gottlob Haußmann

Borodin Quartet

Brahms String Quartet in Bb Op. 67

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3 in Eb minor Op. 30

It would be impossible to overstate the strength of the connection that binds the Borodin Quartet to the works in this programme, the final concert in their Tchaikovsky and Brahms Series at Wigmore Hall. Their dedication to theinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s string quartets is nothing short of legendary;likewise, the Borodins bring decades of collective experience and insight totheir profound readings of Brahms.

Borodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms


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Thomas Demenga cello

Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Thomas Larcher Sonata for CelloBach Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009 Thomas Demenga Aus den Fugen

Johann Sebastian Bach’s abiding legacy continues to bear fruit thanks to its influence on the music of today. Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga’s Building on Bach series, structured around his complete cycle of the German composer’s peerless Cello Suites, concludes with a fascinating juxtapositionof pieces. Thomas Larcher deliberately set out to expand the solo instrument’s expressive and technical potential in his Sonata for Cello (2006); Demenga’s Aus den Fugen (1988), meanwhile, complements the contrapuntal layering and contemplative beauty of Bach’s fifth cello suite.

Thomas Demenga: ‘Building on Bach’

SUNDAY 19 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio

André Previn Piano Trio No. 2 (UK première)Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8 (revised version)

The Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio has invested its artistic authority in everythingfrom core repertoire to a succession of new works specially writtenfor its outstanding players. The lunchtime audience can hear theensemble’s latest commission, André Previn’s second piano trio.


Classical Opera; Ian Page conductor Anna Devin soprano

Christopher Ainslie countertenor Benjamin Hulett tenor

Tales from Ovid

Dittersdorf Symphony in F ‘The Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus’Gluck Scene from Orfeo ed Euridice Haydn Scene from Philemon und BaucisMozart Scene from Apollo et Hyacinthus K38

The fifteen books of Ovid’s Metamorphoses have inspired composers from Cavalli andMonteverdi to Britten and beyond. Classical Opera’s fascinating programme prefacesenchanting transformation scenes from operas by the three greatest composers of theClassical era, Gluck’s devastating account of Orpheus’ loss of Euridice among them,with one of Dittersdorf’s descriptive Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

MONDAY 20 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £16 £22 £26 £30

Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio

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TUESDAY 21 MAY 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Juliane Banse soprano Martin Helmchen piano

Wolf Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe; Lied vom Winde; Nixe Binsefuss;Im Frühling; Er ist’s Schubert Geheimnis; An Mignon; From Gesänge aus WilhelmMeister: Heiss mich nicht reden, So lasst mich scheinen, Nur wer die Sehnsuchtkennt; Sehnsucht; Der Einsame; Der König in Thule; Auf dem See; Bei dir allein! Wolf Heiss mich nicht reden; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; So lasst mich scheinen;Kennst du das Land

Early studies as a violinist and ballerina, the latter at Zurich’s Opernhaus, have contributed to Juliane Banse’s maturedevelopment as one of the most perceptive and adventurous performers. The Swiss soprano and Martin Helmchen, a risingstar of the keyboard world, explore peerless songs of love and longing to texts by, among others, Mörike and Goethe.

Jonathan Biss piano

Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12

Interspersed with excerpts from Janácek On an overgrown pathBerg Piano Sonata Op. 1Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6

Where does the music of Robert Schumann belong in the great scheme of artisticcreation? Jonathan Biss set out to explore the question and place a belovedcomposer in context. The pianist’s arresting Schumann: Under the Influenceseries continues with a creative dialogue between the eight FantasiestückeOp. 12 and fleeting movements from Janácek’s On an overgrown path.

The Jonathan Biss Schumann Series is supported by Dunard Fund


WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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Voiceworks

A concert of new works for voice from the Wigmore Hall Learning projectVoiceworks. Now in its seventh year, Voiceworks is a unique collaborationbetween poets from the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck,and composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School ofMusic & Drama. Details at www.voiceworks.org.uk

TUESDAY 21 MAY 5.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Free (ticket required)

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Basel Chamber Orchestra Julia Schröder leader

Angela Hewitt piano

Kraus Pantomime in GMozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414

Mozart/Langlotz ‘Masken’ Suite from K299cMozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb K271

Since its foundation in 1984, the Basel Chamber Orchestra hasbeguiled and delighted audiences with the fresh invention of itsinterpretations and its sheer delight in making music together.The Orchestra returns to Wigmore Hall to explore early works byMozart and a sprightly dance score by his exact contemporary, Joseph Martin Kraus. The latter, born by the banks of theRiver Main in 1756, made his name as a musician in service to Gustavus III of Sweden. Angela Hewitt’s feeling for the danceand the importance of physical gesture in 18th-century music makes her an ideal interpreter of Mozart’s vivacious PianoConcertos Nos. 9 and 12.

FRIDAY 24 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £18 £25 £30 £35

Ivan Magrì tenor

Simon Lepper piano

Bellini Malinconia, ninfa gentile; Ma rendi pur contento; A te, o cara from I puritaniDonizetti Angelo casto e bel from Il duca d’AlbaVerdi De miei bollenti spiriti from La traviata; La mia letizia infondere from I Lombardi; Parmi veder le lagrime from Rigoletto Flotow M’appari from MarthaMassenet Pourquoi me réveiller from WertherTosti A vucchella; Segreto; L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra de Curtis Non ti scordar di me Gastaldon Musica proibita Puccini Che gelida manina from La bohème

Known for his fresh, light tenor, Ivan Magrì studied under Luciano Pavarotti and haswon a number of European singing competitions. He has been making a name forhimself performing in opera houses and festivals in Italy, France and Japan andRosenblatt Recitals welcomes him for his London recital debut.

THURSDAY 23 MAY 7.30 PM Rosenblatt Recitals 2012/13 £12 £16 £22 £26

Angela Hewitt Julia Schröder

Ivan Magrì

Tickets now on sale for the final concert in the Rosenblatt Recitals Series

2012/13 on 6 June by soprano Pretty Yende

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Family DayFor age 5 plus

Strings, Bows and Beethoven

Come and explore the amazing world of Beethoven the master composer at this family day ledby Neil Valentine. Inspired by Beethoven’s string quartets, this is your opportunity to createyour own musical masterpiece to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day.

Please bring your instrument along if you play one; all instruments welcome!

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

Pacifica Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4 ‘Sunrise’Bartók String Quartet No. 6Ravel String Quartet in F

Ovations and five-star reviews followed the Pacifica Quartet’s unforgettablecomplete Shostakovich cycle in 2011/12. The group’s sights are set on threecontrasting approaches to string quartet composition, each of the highestcreative order. Bartók’s sixth string quartet, written in Budapest betweenAugust and November 1939, is haunted by the shadow of war and a cultureon the brink of destruction.



Pacifica Quartet

Boccherini String Quartet in Eb Op. 58 No. 2Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’

The pairing of Boccherini and Smetana calls to mind the terrific invention and eloquence shown by both composers intheir chamber music. The first string quartet ‘From my life’, completed in the winter of 1876, contains autobiographicalreflections on Smetana’s deafness, enshrined in the music’s close sense of dialogue between instruments, bold violaoutbursts and a shrill first violin harmonic (analogous to the ringing in the composer’s ears!).

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SATURDAY 25 MAY 10.30 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £12 Adults £8 Children



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Dvorák Selection from CypressesBeethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

In structure and overall harmonic design, Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

bears striking similarities to the composer’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and Piano Sonata Op. 101.But in its expressive range and transcendent power, the A minor Quartet stands as a unique masterwork. The Pacifica Quartet prefaces its performance witha selection of Dvorák’s ‘Echo of Songs’, arranged for string quartetfrom his Cypresses of 1865.


Georg Nigl baritone

Gérard Wyss piano

Wolf Mörike Lieder (a selection)

Georg Nigl’s ability to interpret conflicted psychological conditions and project vivid emotions propelled audiences and critics to the edge of their seats during his recent performances asBerg’s Wozzeck and in Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysos. The Austrian baritone, a former treble soloistwith the Vienna Boy’s Choir, here weds his sense of drama and expressive adventure to aselection of Hugo Wolf’s deeply affecting Mörike Lieder.

SUNDAY 26 MAY 4.00 PM Song Recital Series £12 concessions £10

Ji Liu piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’Ligeti Etude No. 6 ‘Automne à Varsovie’; 5 pieces from Musica RicercataLiszt Liebesträume No. 3 S541

Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz Danse MacabreChopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 48

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in Bb Op. 83

This exciting rising star made his debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13. Since then, Ji Liuhas given recitals at leading venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall,Concertgebouw and Auditorium du Louvre. He returns to Wigmore Hall with a ravishingprogramme which presents a fanatical dialogue beyond time and space.

Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Supported by LankellyChase Foundation

SUNDAY 26 MAY 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series 2012/13 £8 £9 £11 £13

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Adam Walker flute

James Baillieu piano

Schubert Introduction and Variations on ‘Trock’ne Blumen’ from Die schöne MüllerinCopland Duo for flute and piano Enescu Cantabile et presto Martinu Flute SonataPoulenc Sonata for flute and piano; Vocalises by Copland, Szymanowski,Martinu and Poulenc

Adam Walker’s appointment as the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal flutemade headline news in 2009. Aged just 21, he was also named as OutstandingYoung Artist at that year’s MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, and went on toreceive a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. He takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall in company with James Baillieu,another remarkable artist of the younger generation.

MONDAY 27 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Hagen Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3; String Quartet in A Op. 18 No. 5; String Quartet in Eb Op. 127

Beethoven rose to the challenge set by the string quartets of Haydn and Mozart, considered classics of the form bythe time he created his set of six Op. 18 quartets. The Hagen Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle allows audiences the chanceto trace the contrasts and continuities between the composer’s early quartets and, in this programme, the first ofhis late quartets.

Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle

WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Hagen Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2; String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4;String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

‘I have now learned how to write string quartets,’ observed Beethovenin the late 1790s. The young composer had recently made his mark onwhat was still a new genre with his Op. 18 collection. Decades later heinvested a lifetime’s practical knowledge, personal experience, spiritualintuition and sheer genius into his String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131.

Hagen Quartet Beethoven Cycle

TUESDAY 28 MAY 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Milos Karadaglic guitar

Programme to include works by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo and Ginastera

Wigmore Hall’s Late Night Series gets underway this season with a recital by one of the finestyoung ambassadors for classical music, a guitarist with a following that extends far beyond thesize and reach usually associated with his instrument.

The evening continues in the Wigmore Hall Bar with live jazz from the Julian Bliss Septet from11.15 pm. Free; no ticket required. For more information see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/lates

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Christophe Rousset harpsichord

Duphly From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: La Forqueray; Chaconne; MédéeBalbastre From Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: La de Caze; La d’Héricourt; La LugeacRameau From Pièces de clavecin: Les tendres plaints; Les tourbillons; L’entretien des Muses; Les cyclopes Royer From Premier livre des pièces de clavecin: L’incertaine; Les tendres sentiments; Le vertigo

Since winning the International Harpsichord Prize in Bruges in 1983, Christophe Rousset has boldlychampioned the cause of music of the French Baroque. He continues to shine light on unjustlyneglected repertoire in this recital, unleashing an irrepressible programme of dashing ‘character pieces’by Rameau and such younger contemporaries as Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer and Jacques Duphly.

FRIDAY 31 MAY 7.00 PM NB starting time Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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Stile Antico; FretworkO Sacred Banquet – William Byrd and the Feast of Corpus Christi

Byrd Mass in Four Parts; In nomine settings for viols;Four-part settings of the Corpus Christi Propers; Five Eucharisticmotets: Ave verum corpus; Ego sum panis vivus; O salutaris hostia(with viols); O sacrum convivium; O quam suavis est (with viols)

William Byrd’s formative experiences were shaped against an unfoldingbackground of religious and political events that profoundly affected matters of individual faith and forged lasting culturaldivisions between Protestants and Catholics. While he served two Protestant monarchs and supplied music for the AnglicanChurch, Byrd remained a Catholic and wrote works for clandestine services, none better than his Mass in Four Parts.

Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust

William Byrd Sacred Music Series

THURSDAY 30 MAY 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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When Yesterday we Met ...Sunday 5 May 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

FAMILY CONCERT

‘Harlan is irrepressibly enthusiastic. A terrifically engagingpianist, actor and communicator … terrific fun. Go andhave your eyes and ears opened to these songs’The Singer

‘ I would never, ever have believed thathardcore song repertoire could beconveyed so immediately, so powerfullyand enjoyably to an audience ofchildren. An unmitigated triumph ofthe imagination’Ian Bostridge

For a preview of the concert, filmed live at Wigmore Hall,visit www.dominicharlan.com

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Wigmore Hall May 2013 Concert Diary