Takács Quartet - Wigmore Hall

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

Takács QuartetINSIDE:Joshua Bell | Sophie Bevan | Florian BoeschSarah Connolly | Heath QuartetAngelika Kirchschlager | Elisabeth LeonskajaRobert Levin | Igor Levit | Pavel Haas QuartetMarlis Petersen | Quatuor Mosaïques

May 2016

How to BookWigmore Hall Box Office36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

In Person7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert10am – 5pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

By Telephone: 020 7935 21417 days a week: 10 am – 7 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm.There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration fee for each transaction,which includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits.

Online: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk7 days a week; 24 hours a day.There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration charge.

Standby TicketsStandby tickets for students, senior citizens and the unemployed are availablefrom one hour before the performance (subject to availability) with bestavailable seats sold at the lowest price.NB standby tickets are not available for Lunchtime and Coffee Concerts.

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

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

Facilities for Disabled Peoplefull details available from 020 7935 2141or [email protected]

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TICKETSUnless otherwise stated, tickets aredivided into five prices ranges:

Stalls C – MHighest price

Stalls A – B, N – P2nd highest price

Balcony A – D2nd highest price

Stalls BB, CC, Q – S3rd highest price

Stalls AA, T – V4th highest price

Stalls W – XLowest price

This brochure is available in alternative formats. Please contactthe Box Office if this would be of assistance to you. Telephone:020 7935 2141, or Email: [email protected].

The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary programmes if necessary.

Wigmore Hall • John Gilhooly OBE DirectorThe Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No.1024838

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Sunday 1 May 11.30 am

London Haydn QuartetHaydn String Quartet in Bb Op. 55 No. 3Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’

Haydn’s Op. 55 No. 3, created in 1788, usesturbulent chromatic harmonies to evoke stronginner feelings. The London Haydn Quartet,one of the world’s leading period-instrumentchamber groups, performs the work incompany with Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ Quartet,written soon after Haydn’s death in 1809 asa tribute to the late composer’s remarkableartistic legacy.

£13 concs £11incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice

Sunday Morning Coffee Concert

Sunday 1 May 7.30 pm

Konstantin Lifschitz piano

Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand(arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004);Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24Couperin 7e ordre from Second livre de pièces de clavecinSchumann Carnaval Op. 9

Born in the Soviet Union in 1976, Konstantin Lifschitzstudied at the famous Gnessin Special School of Musicin Moscow. The recording of a recital he gave shortlyafter he graduated was nominated for a Grammy Awardand helped launch his glittering international career.This programme reflects the breadth of his pianism,ranging from Brahms’s homages to Bach and Handel,to evocative miniatures by Couperin and Schumann.

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London Pianoforte Series

Monday 2 May 1.00 pm

Baiba Skride violin

Lauma Skride piano

Sibelius Four Pieces Op. 78Peteris Vasks Maza vasaras muzika (Little Summer Music) Einojuhani Rautavaara Summer ThoughtsNielsen Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 35

Lauma and Baiba Skride’s lunchtime programme includesa beguiling suite of pieces by their fellow Latvian, PeterisVasks. The changing moods and sultry lyricism of Mazavasaras muzika serve as a broad bridge between themelodic charms of Sibelius’s Op. 78 and the dark intensityof Nielsen’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in G minor.

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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Alexander Janiczek violin

Llyr Williams piano

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100Bartók Violin Sonata No. 2 BB85Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Alexander Janiczek and Llyr Williams’s duo partnership hasdeveloped over many years. These strikingly individual artists offera programme of inspired masterworks, from the songful charmsof Brahms’s Second Violin Sonata and dance-infused spirit ofBartók’s Second Violin Sonata to the inspired thematic inventionand thrilling energy of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata.

£30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selectedconcerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from JohnLyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Chamber Music Season

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Wednesday 4 May 7.30 pm

The Endellion String QuartetHaydn String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’Mozart String Quartet in A K464Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 22

The Endellion String Quartet explores Haydn’s brilliant andexhilarating ‘Fifths’ quartet before turning to Mozart’s sublimeand profound K464, which was lovingly dedicated to Haydn anddeeply appreciated by him. The ensemble concludes its WigmoreHall series this season with Tchaikovsky’s gripping and melodiousquartet, which speaks straight to the heart.

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The Endellion String Quartet concert series at Wigmore Hall is sponsored by Lark Insurance Group


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Tuesday 3 May 7.30 pm

The King’s ConsortRobert King conductor

Julia Doyle soprano (La Virtù)

Hilary Summers contralto (L’Età dell’Oro)

David Wilson-Johnson bass (La Senna)

Tom Robson tenor (Chorus)

Vivaldi La Senna festeggiante RV693

Vivaldi’s stylish serenata ‘The Seine rejoicing’ wascommissioned for performance at the French Ambassador’sresidence in Venice. With its extraordinarily colourful score,La Senna festeggiante mixes Italianate vitality andpanache with French elegance in a splendid fusion ofEuropean musical styles. David Wilson-Johnson leads atop-rank cast in this performance.

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Early Music and Baroque Series

Julia Doyle Hilary Summers

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Friday 6 May 7.30 pm

Marlis Petersen soprano

Jendrik Springer piano

Schumann Frauenliebe und -lebenStrauss Die Georgine; Weisser Jasmin; Die Verschwiegenen;Die Zeitlose; Frühlingsgedränge; Drei Lieder der Ophelia;Mädchenblumen Wolfgang Rihm Das Rot

Marlis Petersen studied piano and flute, making her mark witha series of prize-winning performances in Germany’s Jugendmusiziert competition. She discovered her passion for singingwhile studying music education in Stuttgart and subsequentlybroadened her artistic horizons with lessons in jazz dance andtap dancing. Her jaw-dropping coloratura caused a sensationfollowing her operatic debut in 1994, while her vocal and stage presence have since drawn acclaim to roles asdiverse as Berg’s Lulu, Mozart’s Susanna, Strauss’s Zerbinetta and Reimann’s Medea. This Wigmore Hall recitalsurveys nine Strauss songs and probes the vivid psychological worlds of two landmark song-cycles, Schumann’sFrauenliebe und -leben and Wolfgang Rihm’s Das Rot.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran

Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity.To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

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Igor Levit

Thursday 5 May 7.30 pm

Igor Levit piano

Busoni Fantasia after J S Bach BV253; Elegien BV249Bach From The Art of Fugue BWV1080: Contrapunctus 1; Contrapunctus 4;Contrapunctus 11Busoni Fantasia contrappuntistica BV256

Igor Levit’s interpretations combine high intelligence and technical mastery withcreative imagination and insight. His choice of works embraces the visionarycontrapuntal writing of Bach’s The Art of Fugue and concludes with Busoni’smajestic homage to the same. It also includes the free-flowing Fantasia after Bach,written soon after the death of Busoni’s father in 1909.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

London Pianoforte Series/Igor Levit Perspectives

Friday 6 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Wigmore Study GroupTHE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BÉLA BARTÓK

Immerse yourself in the chamber music works of Béla Bartók, which though fewin number contributed greatly to his stature as a composer. Bartók's six stringquartets have been compared to late Beethoven in their uncompromising innerlogic and rugged beauty, and are often seen as an intimate musical diary of his life.His chamber music with piano reflects his career as a performer, from the elusiveviolin sonatas to the much-loved Contrasts, commissioned by Benny Goodman.

These sessions (6, 11 and 13 May) are hosted by composer Julian Philips withpianist Laura Roberts and student performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert by the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

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Saturday 7 May 10.30 am – 3.00 pm

SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE STUDY DAYMusicians from the Royal Northern Collegeof Music; Clark Rundell conductor

The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted towelcome one of the seminal musical figures of our time, Sir HarrisonBirtwistle, for a day of concerts and discussions. With masterpiecesspanning the full range of genres, from chamber music to grand operaand from music theatre to solo instrumental works, the dramatic powerof Birtwistle’s music thrills audiences around the globe and continuesto inspire the newest generation of composers to match his daring,challenging and communicative output.

The study day will feature chamber music and songs personally selectedby Sir Harrison for performance by the students from the RNCM.

10.30am – 11.30amSir Harrison Birtwistle Duets for Storab (for two flutes);Five Distances (for wind quintet); Trio (for piano, violin and cello)

12 noon – 1.00pmIn conversation: a glimpse into the life and works of Sir Harrison Birtwistle with Fiona Maddocks.

2.00pm – 3.00pmSir Harrison Birtwistle Pulse Sampler (for oboe and claves); Songs by Myself (for soprano and chamber ensemble);Fantasia upon all the notes (for flute, clarinet, string quartet and harp); The Woman and the Hare (for soprano,reciter and ensemble)

All tickets £5 concs £3 (each event) or Day ticket £10 concs £7

In partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music

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Saturday 7 May 7.30 pm

Quatuor Mosaïques; Robert Levin fortepiano

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1 Beethoven Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 16Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb K449

Since its formation in 1985, Quatuor Mosaïques has pursued the highest technical standards and artistic goals.The period-instrument ensemble makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall in partnership with fortepianist RobertLevin. Their programme includes the popular and profound musical blend of Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 1 and Mozart’sPiano Concerto K449 in its version for piano and string quartet.

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Quatuor MosaïquesHaydn String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5David String Quartet in A minor Op. 32 Mendelssohn String Quartet in Eb Op. 12

Quatuor Mosaïques begins this recital with the fifth of Haydn’sOp. 33 quartets, a winning mix of symphonic grandeur, pathosand high-spirited fun. The period-instrument quartet also offersa rare chance to hear the String Quartet in A minor Op. 32 byMendelssohn’s friend, the violinist-composer Ferdinand David,a work hallmarked by its lyrical invention and dramatic contrasts.

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Jennifer Koh violin

Bach Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006Ysaÿe Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 27 No. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud)Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Emotional intensity, technical command and intellectual curiositybelong to Jennifer Koh’s formidable artistic arsenal. The Americanviolinist has garnered critical praise with her readings of Bach’smusic and exploration of works inspired by Bach. Her irresistibleCoffee Concert programme pairs two of Bach’s solo Partitas withYsaÿe’s Violin Sonata in A minor, which opens with a quote fromBach’s Partita No. 3.

£13 concs £11 incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice


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Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

James Sherlock piano

Grieg 6 Songs Op. 48Clara Schumann Scherzo No. 2 in C minor Op. 14Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen; Liebst du umSchönheit; LoreleiRobert Schumann Blondels Lied; Hoch, hoch sind dieBerge; Waldesgespräch Jake Heggie Pablo Picasso: Head of a Woman, 1932;Euclid; The Haughty Snail-King; What the Rattlesnake Said;The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky (What the little girl said);Winged Victory: We’re through

Jake Heggie, born in Florida in 1961, made his international breakthrough as composer of the opera Dead Man Walking.Angelika Kirchschlager’s lunchtime programme projects the heartfelt melodies and sophisticated harmonic languageof Heggie’s songs, together with Grieg’s sublime settings of German poetry and a selection of songs by Clara andRobert Schumann.

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Pupils ofThe Yehudi Menuhin SchoolThis year’s graduating students and other pupilsof The Yehudi Menuhin School perform a variedprogramme of solos and chamber music forstring instruments and piano.

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The Yehudi Menuhin School

Pictured right: The Yehudi Menuhin School graduating students

Tuesday 10 May 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Inside the Score: Berg’s Lyric SuiteThe Tana String Quartet and soprano Julia Sitkovetsky join writer and broadcasterGavin Plumley to explore Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite for string quartet and sopranoin this visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital. Composed in 1926 the workwas Berg’s love letter to his mistress, Hanna Fuchs. As dramatic as any opera,the quartet features various numerical, musical and textual codes, including asong, concealed within its final movement. This lecture-recital, accompaniedby projections from the stage, will read between the ledger lines and unlock thesecrets behind one of the Second Viennese School’s most passionate scores.

All seats £15

Wigmore Hall Learning Event

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Joshua Bell violin

Sam Haywood piano

Vitali Chaconne in G minor Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13Additional works to be announced from the stage

Described by The Strad as ‘the one who will be remembered in fifty years’ time’ and praised by the Boston Herald as‘the greatest American violinist active today’, Joshua Bell has achieved the highest distinction as soloist, chambermusician, recording artist and orchestral leader. The breadth of his musical interests is reflected in everything fromhis vast repertoire and discography of over 40 recordings to his work as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin inthe Fields. Bell’s mature artistry is directed in this recital to a programme that calls for musical and psychologicalinsight, flights of virtuosity and sustained lyricism.

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Wednesday 11 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm


See 6 May for full details.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concertby the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber MusicBéla Bartók

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Heath QuartetBartók String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3;String Quartet No. 5

Bartók blurred the barriers between art and folkmusic, romanticism and modernism, and diversecultures of East and West in his six string quartets,among the twentieth century’s greatest musicalcreations. The Heath Quartet’s complete cycleopens with the First String Quartet, a modern successor to Beethoven’s late quartets, and goes on to explore thehaunting dissonances and striking symmetries of the Fifth, written in 1934.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the American Friends of Wigmore Hall

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Mark Padmore tenor

Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano

Ryan Wigglesworth piano

Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39Ryan Wigglesworth Echo and Narcissus*(London première)Janácek The Diary of One who Disappeared

*Co-commissioned by Aldeburgh Music, Musik im Reisen,and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Ryan Wigglesworth, English National Opera’s Composer in Residence, was inspired to write Echo and Narcissus afterreading Ted Hughes’s Tales from Ovid. He eventually settled on his ideal setting, complete with dialogue, narrativeand reflection, after performing Janácek’s The Diary of One who Disappeared. Mark Padmore and Victoria Simmondsjoin Wigglesworth for the work’s London première.

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Song Recital Series /Contemporary Music Series

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Artists in ConversationComposer and pianist Ryan Wigglesworth joins us in conversation with Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhoolyto give an insight into the creation and performance of his new work Echo and Narcissus, which receives itsLondon première in the evening concert.

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Friday 13 May 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm


See 6 May for full details.

Series ticket price £60, which includes 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concertby the Heath Quartet on 13 May.

Wigmore Hall Learning Event/Bartók Chamber MusicBéla Bartók


Heath QuartetBartók String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 4;String Quartet No. 6

Bartók interrupted work on his Sixth Quartet onhearing news of the Nazi-Soviet pact in August1939. He returned to it in the early months ofthe Second World War, creating a compositionall the more intense for its simplicity and senseof nostalgia. The Heath Quartet presents thepiece in company with the Second Quartet,inspired by Bartók’s folk music studies, and the oceanic invention of his Fourth Quartet.

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Supported by the American Friends of Wigmore Hall


Saturday 14 May 10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Roald ReimaginedFAMILY DAYFor ages 5 plus

Hannah Bishop leads a day in which families are invited to explore the wonderful world of Roald Dahl as we celebrate100 years since his birth. Step inside the inventing room and create your own musical retelling of your favourite story!

Children £10 Adults £15


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Wigmore Hall Associate Artists

Takács Quartet Lawrence Power viola

Dvorák String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105 Webern Langsamer SatzDvorák String Quintet in Eb Op. 97

Wigmore Hall Associate Artists, the members of the Takács Quartet are joined fora recital by Lawrence Power, one of the world’s foremost viola players. They willperform Dvorák’s String Quintet in E flat Op. 97, written during the composer’smemorable summertime visit in 1893 to Spillville, Iowa. Although homesick for hisnative Bohemia, Dvorák was enchanted by the sights and sounds of the Americancountryside and channelled his deep affection for Spillville into his quintet’s tonalwarmth and flowing lyricism. The Takács also explores the composer’s final String Quartet, conceived in New Yorkand completed on his return to Prague in 1895, and the yearning expression of Webern’s Langsamer Satz.

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Supported by Gerry Wakelin and Ivor Samuels




Modigliani QuartetSchumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1;String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2

The Modigliani Quartet, formed in 2003, has beenpraised for its ‘sovereign and extremely supple’balance and uncanny attention to phrasing,articulation and ensemble. The group turns itscollective artistry to two of the three string quartetsSchumann wrote in the summer of 1842 followinghis close study of Beethoven’s late quartets andthe quartets of Haydn and Mozart.




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Ailish Tynan soprano

Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano

Benjamin Hulett tenor

James Platt bass

Graham Johnson piano

Schubert Hektors Abschied; Hermann undThusnelda; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (1st version, fragment);Philoktet; Antigone und Oedip; Uraniens Flucht; Dithyrambe

The world of Greek myth, of gods and mortals, is brought to life inthe first of two all-Schubert recitals. Hector’s moving farewell to hiswife and son precedes the bloody battles recounted by Homer inThe Iliad. Schiller transposed the scene to the eve of the Trojanhero’s ill-fated duel with Achilles in his ‘Hektors Abschied’, thedramatic moment enhanced by the noble dignity of Schubert’s setting.

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Song Recital Series/Schubert: The Complete Songs


Sophie Bevan soprano

Graham Johnson piano

Matthew Hunt clarinet

Schubert Cora an die Sonne; Der Morgenkuss;Abendständchen: An Lina; An die Sonne

THE EARLY MIGNON SONGS 1815–16Schubert Sehnsucht (D310a);Sehnsucht (D310b); Kennst du das Land;Sehnsucht (D359); So lasst mich scheinen(2 fragments) (D469); Sehnsucht (D481);Vedi quanto adoro; Pax vobiscum; Das Marienbild; Vom Mitleiden Mariä; Marie; Suleika I & II; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen

Sophie Bevan and Graham Johnson build their programme around Schubert’s early settings of songs of the enigmaticMignon from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. They also explore the dramatic contrasts of the aria ‘Vedi quanto adoro’,a highly charged setting of words from Metastasio’s libretto Didone abbandonata, and close with ‘Der Hirt auf demFelsen’, Schubert’s magisterial blend of German and Italian vocal styles.

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Jerusalem QuartetBeethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2Bartók String Quartet No. 6

Thematic economy and formal unity are common to the works in theJerusalem Quartet’s lunchtime programme. Beethoven builds theelaborate first and slow movements of his Op.18 No. 2 from simplemelodic ideas; Bartók, meanwhile, prefaces the four movements of hisString Quartet No. 6 with the same melancholy theme and uses it asthe foundation for the work’s introspective finale.

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Repeat of concert on 14 May

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17Tuesday 17 May 11.00 am –11.45 am Repeated 12.30 pm –1.15 pm

For Crying Out Loud!FOR PARENTS AND BABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OLD

Hear outstanding performances by musicians from theRoyal Academy of Music, in these concerts presentedespecially for parents or carers and their babies to enjoytogether in a relaxed and accommodating environment.

Adults £7.50 (babies come free)

In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music


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Lisa Batiashvili violin

Antoine Tamestit viola

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

Jonathan Biss piano

Schumann 3 Romances Op. 94Martinu Duo for violin and cello No. 1 H157 Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113; Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47

‘I am absolutely crazy about Schumann’, notes Jean-GuihenQueyras, ‘and his Piano Quartet is one of the masterworks ofmusic. So this was the piece I wanted above all to experiencewith this wonderful group of colleagues.’ Wigmore Hall’s Artistin Residence shares the stage with three outstanding fellowmusicians, and partners Lisa Batiashvili in Martinu’s exquisite Duo.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

This concert is followed by the annual Patron Friends dinner.

To book for the dinner contact the Friends Office on 020 7258 8230.



Artists in ConversationWigmore Hall Artist in Residence Jean-Guihen Queyras discusses his residency and life as a performer with WigmoreHall Director John Gilhooly.

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Wednesday 18 May 1.00 pm – 2.00pm

Side by SideThe Prince Consort and

Students from Guildhall Schoolof Music & DramaBrahms Liebeslieder, Waltzes Op. 52Stephen Hough Other Love Songs

The Prince Consort is renowned for its imaginative programming,world-class performances and its original approach to commissioningnew works. The ensemble is also passionate about helping the nextgeneration of singers and pianists. For this project, members of theensemble and Stephen Hough have worked with students from GuildhallSchool of Music & Drama towards this performance, in which the students and ensemble perform side by side.

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Florian Boesch baritone

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Schubert Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Der Pilgrim; Die Wallfahrt;Gesänge des Harfners; Hoffnung (Schaff’ das Tagwerk meiner Hände);Auf dem See (D543); Am Flusse; Greisengesang; Wandrers Nachtlied II;Dithyrambe; Rastlose Liebe; Geheimes; Die Liebe hat gelogen;Du liebst mich nicht; Abendstern; Florio; Der Kreuzzug; Das Heimweh;Herbst; Das Grab; Litanei; Seligkeit

For his second recital in the Schubert: The Complete Songs series,Florian Boesch surveys the harper’s heart-moving songs from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. The German baritone, amongthe finest Lieder interpreters of his generation, also explores other settings of verse by Goethe and Schiller, crownedby the latter’s ‘Dithyrambe’, which was first performed the day after Schubert’s death at the Musikverein in Vienna.

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YCAT Public Final Auditions 2016YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST (YCAT):DENTIFYING, NURTURING, PROMOTING AND SUPPORTINGEXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS

YCAT artists are identified through a rigorous annual audition process. In thisthird and final round, outstanding young soloists and ensembles, selected fromover 100 applicants in the preliminary and semi-final rounds, audition beforea distinguished panel of judges. At a critical time in their development YCAToffers guidance and advice alongside a full artist management service toselected artists for 3–5 years. Previous artists include Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton,Elizabeth Watts, Alison Balsom, Joanna MacGregor, Llyr Williams and the Belcea, Heath and Doric string quartets.

£10 concs £8 per session (or £16 for both sessions)

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

YCAT is grateful for support from the Paul Woodhouse Fund, the Anthony Nesbitt Fund, and the legacy of Richard Oake for this series

YCAT Public FinalAuditions 2016

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Friday 20 May 7.00 pm NB starting time

Louis Lortie piano

Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5

According to the Daily Telegraph’s five-star review, Louis Lortie ‘made thewalls shake’ with his performances of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ andLiszt’s B minor Sonata at Wigmore Hall in 2015. The French-Canadianartist returns with another richly endowed programme, complete with theminor-keyed turbulence of Mozart’s K310, written in Paris in 1778, andBrahms’s monumental F minor Piano Sonata.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15



Kuss Quartet Miklós Perényi cello

Schubert String Quintet in C D956

Wigmore Lates returns with Schubert’speerless String Quintet in C, given by theBerlin-based Kuss Quartet and MiklósPerényi, an outstanding figure amongHungarian musicians. This event providesthe chance to hear one of the greatest ofall chamber compositions performed byartists deeply immersed in the work’s expressive gestures and spiritual essence.

All seats £15

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Avex Recital Series

Akiko Suwanai violin

Enrico Pace piano

Mozart Violin Sonata in A K305Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45Takemitsu HikaFranck Sonata in A for violin and piano

The second of three lunchtime concerts in the Avex RecitalSeries features violinist, Akiko Suwanai (the youngest everwinner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition) andpianist, Enrico Pace in a programme featuring works by Mozart, Grieg and Franck. The duo will also perform Hikaby Toru Takemitsu marking the 20th anniversary of the composer’s death.

‘The orchestra seemed to wrap itself around soloist Akiko Suwanai, a wonderful player who seemed rather morewonderful with the Philadelphians framing her.’ (David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, May 2014)

All seats £20

This concert will be 90 minutes in duration, without an interval.

Presented by Avex Classics International.

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

Tickets also on sale for concerts in the Avex Recital Series on 16 April (Nobuyuki Tsujii piano) andSaturday 18 June (Sayaka Shoji violin & Jonathan Gilad piano).

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Augustin Hadelich violin

Charles Owen piano

Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105David Lang Mystery Sonatas* (excerpts) (UK première)Janácek Violin SonataAndré Previn Tango Song and Dance

*Commissioned by Carnegie Hall

Music’s mystical nature and power to move in ways notavailable to other art forms inform Augustin Hadelich’sprogramme. The German violinist’s recital includesmovements from David Lang’s Mystery Sonatas, which Hadelich first performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014, and Janácek’sViolin Sonata, created as the composer’s response to the carnage of World War One.

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Chamber Music Season/Contemporary Music Series


Anna Prohaska soprano

Veronika Eberle violin

Malin Broman violin

Danusha Waskiewicz viola

Quirine Viersen cello

Rick Stotijn double bass

Pascal Moraguès clarinet

Marco Postinghel bassoon

Radovan Vlatkovic horn

Schubert Salve Regina in A D676 Webern Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben Pergolesi Salve Regina in C minorSchubert Octet in F D803

Webern described ‘Schmerz immer, Blick nach oben’, thesecond of his Three Pieces for string quartet, as a responseto the appearance of an angel. Webern’s contemplative miniature for voice and strings serves in this recital as a bridgebetween two settings of the ancient Salve Regina text and points to the blissful mood of Schubert’s six-movement Octet.

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Song Recital Series/Chamber Music Season

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Antonio Meneses cello

Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008 Piatti 12 Caprices Op. 25(Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 5) Cassadó Suite for solo cello

Born into a family of musicians in Brazil, Antonio Meneses achieved hisinternational breakthrough as winner of the first prize and gold medal at the1982 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He returns to Wigmore Hall toperform a group of works drawn from the heart of his repertoire, includingthe high-spirited Suite by the Spanish cellist-composer Gaspar Cassadó.


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Pekka Kuusisto violin

Nicolas Altstaedt cello

Bach Two-part inventions BWV772– 86 transcribed for violin and cello (a selection)Jörg Widmann 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2) a selection) Ravel Sonata for violin and cello

Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and former BBC New Generation Artist Nicolas Altstaedt span almost threecenturies of music for violin and cello. A selection of Bach’s Two-Part Inventions are interwoven with excerptsfrom Jörg Widmann’s aphoristic 24 Duos for violin and cello, completed in 2008. The programme is completedwith Ravel’s Sonata, dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy.

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Classical OperaIan Page conductor

Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano

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Gluck Resta, o cara from Il trionfo di Clelia; O del mio dolce ardorfrom Paride ed ElenaKraus Symphony in C minorGluck Che puro ciel from Orfeo ed Euridice; Misera dove son ...Ah, non son io from EzioMozart Che scompiglio, che flagello from La finta semplice;Dunque sperar poss’io ... Il tenero momento from Lucio SillaJC Bach Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6Mozart Se l’augellin sen fugge from La finta giardiniera;Deh, per questo istante solo from La clemenza di Tito

Ann Hallenberg performs a beguiling selection of arias by Gluckand Mozart, culminating in Sesto’s magnificent ‘Deh, per questoistante solo’ from La clemenza di Tito. Classical Opera’s programmealso includes two superb yet rarely performed minor-key symphoniesfrom Hallenberg and Page’s homelands – the intense and fieryC minor Symphony by Kraus, ‘the Swedish Mozart’, and a G minorSymphony by Mozart’s friend and mentor, ‘the London Bach’.

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Early Music and Baroque Series

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Cédric Tiberghien piano

Bartók 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; Improvisations on Hungarian PeasantSongs Op. 20; Piano Sonata; Three Hungarian Folksongs from CsíkGyörgy Kurtág Hommage à Bartók; All’ongherese (Hommage à Gösta Neuwirth) Bartók SonatinaGyörgy Kurtág Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (3) (Evocation of Petrushka);Five-finger play – chromatic exercise; Pen Drawing, Valediction to Erzsébet Schaár;Orosz Tánc (Russian Dance)Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 122–127 György Kurtág La fille aux cheveux de lin – enrage; A flower for Márta;Face to Face (Demény János in memoriam)Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 128–133 György Kurtág Perpetuum mobile; ... et encore une fois: Fleurs nous sommes ...;Gallop; Knots (2); Les Adieux (in Janácek’s Manier) Bartók Mikrokosmos Vol. 5 Nos. 134–139György Kurtág Flower and Thistle to S.W.; András Hajdú is 60; The very last conversation with László Dörnyei Bartók 6 Romanian Folk Dances

Bartók’s systematic knowledge of Hungarian and Romanian folk music shaped the development of his own musicallanguage. He collected thousands of melodies during field trips and incorporated many of them in works such as15 Hungarian Peasant Songs and 6 Romanian Folk Dances. Cédric Tiberghien’s recital also includes selections fromBartók’s Mikrokosmos and Kurtág’s Játékok, educational pieces also intended for performance.

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Wednesday 25 May 11.00 am – 12 noon Repeated 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Sing a StoryRECEPTION & KEY STAGE 1 SCHOOLS CONCERT

All aboard the story train! Music leader John Webb returnswith actor Charlotte Mafham and a cast of marvellousmusicians for a journey through songs and stories, bringingboth well-loved and new tales to life in this musical train ridefor Reception and Key Stage 1 children and their teachers.

£3.50Please book through the Learning department on 020 7258 8240


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Jack Liebeck violin

Katya Apekisheva piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2Bridge Violin SonataDebussy Violin Sonata in G minor; Clair de lune fromFêtes galantes Book I John Corigliano Violin Sonata

Frank Bridge’s bitter-sweet Violin Sonata, the fine product ofprolonged creative struggle, received its first performance inLondon in January 1934. Jack Liebeck pairs the piece herewith Beethoven’s C minor Violin Sonata, a work filled withdefiance, anxiety and pathos. The recital closes with JohnCorigliano’s youthful Violin Sonata, winner of the 1964 Festival of Two Worlds chamber music prize.

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Pavel Haas Quartet Denis Kozhukhin piano

Martinu String Quartet No. 3Dvorák String Quartet in D minor Op. 34Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44

Over the past decade the Pavel Haas Quartethas attracted an international following to itsaward-winning recordings, and has beguiledaudiences with performances acclaimed for theirfreshness and insight. The Czech ensemble isjoined by Denis Kozhukhin, winner of the 2010Queen Elisabeth Competition, in Schumann’severgreen Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44.

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Miah Persson soprano

Joseph Breinl piano

Schubert Die abgeblühte Linde; Der Flug der Zeit;Vier Canzonen; Am See; Auf dem Wasser zu singen;Lied der Delphine; Wiegenlied (D867); Im FreienSjögren Sechs Lieder aus Julius Wolff’s TannhäuserSongs by Strauss

Schubert’s high regard for Italian music surfaces in many ofhis songs and is clearly present in his Vier Canzonen, writtenas singing exercises for the future wife of one of his dearestfriends. Miah Persson’s recital also includes songs dealingwith the flow of time and water, reminders of life’s transience,together with the delightful ‘Wiegenlied’ and intimate communication of ‘Im Freien’.

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Thursday 26 May 1.00 pm – 1.50 pm

VoiceworksA CONCERT OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE

Now in its tenth year, Voiceworks is a unique collaborationbetween poets from the Contemporary Poetics ResearchCentre at Birkbeck, University of London and composers,singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music& Drama, brought together by Wigmore Hall Learning.

Visit www.voiceworks.org.uk for more details

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Saturday 28 May

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH SONGJoin us for this special event to mark the recent publication of Richard Stokes’s new book, The Penguin Book ofEnglish Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden (Allen Lane, March 2016).

Each of the 100 chapters – arranged chronologically from Chaucer to Auden – is devoted to a single poet, and openswith information about his or her work, life and, often, approach to song. This is followed by a choice of poems thathave inspired musical settings, arranged chronologically according to composer. Copious footnotes provide informationabout the more abstruse Classical and learned references, difficult syntax and vocabulary, and biographical detailsrelevant to either composer or poet. The Penguin Book of English Song is a highly original anthology of Englishverse that will be indispensable to all singers, pianists and lovers of song.

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Study EventRichard Stokes will discuss many of the 100 poets mentioned in his new book, will read some of their poems andcomment on the multifarious settings. This event is a must for anyone interested in words and music.

This event will be two hours in duration, with a short interval

Returns only Copies of the book will be on sale at a reduced price

1.00pm

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Robin Tritschler tenor

Joseph Middleton piano

Songs by Ireland and QuilterGurney Sleep; By a Bierside; Most Holy Night; The fields are full Britten Winter Words

Sarah Connolly and Robin Tritschler, two celebrated singers both renowned for theirinterpretations of English Song, present a programme of repertoire which is central toThe Penguin Book of English Song – Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden.

All seats £15

Song Recital Series/Wigmore Hall Learning Event


Michael Collins clarinet

Robin O’Neill bassoon

Richard Watkins horn

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin

Laura Samuel violin

Krzysztof Chorzelski viola

Leonard Elschenbroich cello

Lynda Houghton double bass

Michael McHale piano

Lucy Crowe soprano

Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock)Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Schubert Octet in F D803

Michael Collins closes his series at Wigmore Hall this season in fine style, joined byfriends and colleagues in a programme of three indisputable masterworks, crowned by Schubert’s Octet. The concertopens with ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’, which reflects the influence of Italian opera and musical style on Schubert’smature melodic invention, and also includes the sublime lyricism of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.

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Sarah Connolly

Joseph Middleton

Robin Tritschler

Alexander Sitkovetsky

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Kopelman QuartetHaydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68

Founded by four outstanding names in Russian chamber music, theKopelman Quartet is celebrated for its exquisite refinement, artistic insightand expressive power. The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall to explore themelodic glories of Haydn’s ‘Lark’ Quartet and Shostakovich’s Second StringQuartet of 1944, a wartime work of symphonic proportions and intensity.


Sunday Morning Coffee ConcertKopelman Quartet


Louis Schwizgebel piano

Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Liszt From 12 Lieder von Schubert S558:Ständchen; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Du bist die Ruh; Erlkönig Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D845

Swiss-Chinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel, praised by The New York Times asan ‘insightful musician’, attracted global attention in 2012 when he won secondprize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He returns to Wigmore Hallwith a programme complete with four of Liszt’s transcriptions of Schubert songsand Haydn’s grand Piano Sonata in C.

£36 £30 £25 £20 £15

Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust In association with Leeds International Piano CompetitionWith grateful thanks to Dame Fanny Waterman


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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’Schumann Fantasie in C Op. 17

Till Fellner’s penetrating Beethoven interpretations have been ranked amongthe finest, underlining his status as one of the leading pianists of his generation.His lunchtime programme explores the notion of fantasy in music, movingthrough the light and shade of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 13 and enteringthe romantic mindscape of Schumann’s Beethoven-inspired Fantasie.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Op. 2 No. 3 Brahms 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 Chopin 2 Nocturnes Op. 27;Ballade No. 3 in Ab Op. 47 Ravel La valse

The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional GuildhallSchool musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Japanese pianistMarina Koka is the recipient of this year’s award, and her recitalpromises to be a special occasion.

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Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

Cuarteto Casals Sophie Bevan soprano

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano

Allan Clayton tenor

Henk Neven baritone

James Baillieu piano

WIGMORE HALL115TH ANNIVERSARYCELEBRATORY CONCERT

Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960Schubert String Quartet in G D887Well-known songs by Schubert

The great Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja,whose musical development was influencedby her close collaboration with Sviatoslav Richter, makes a welcome return to the stagefor the first of three gala concerts to markWigmore Hall’s 115th Anniversary. CuartetoCasals then joins the celebration with acornerstone of the repertoire, before weimmerse ourselves in the captivating worldof Schubert’s finest Lieder.

This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration,including two intervals.

Returns only(including a drink at the intervals)

In honour of the Friends of Wigmore Hall

There will be two further Anniversary Gala Concertson 1 June (Arcangelo) and 2 June (JACK Quartet).

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How to get to Wigmore HallWigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BPBox Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

Director: John Gilhooly OBE, HonFRAM, HonFGS, HonRCM

The Wigmore Hall Trust, Registered Charity No. 1024838

Wigmore Hall is situated in the heart of London’s WestEnd and is easily accessible by public transport or car.

Tubes Bond Street (Central & Jubilee lines) and OxfordCircus (Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stationsare both close by.

Buses A large number of buses travel along OxfordStreet, which is approximately five minutes walk fromWigmore Hall.

Car Parking There is limited street parking after 6.30pm(Mon – Sat) and all day Sunday in permitted areas.Alternatively there are public car parks in CavendishSquare, Harley Street and Marylebone Lane, all ofwhich are less than a five-minute walk from the Hall.Wigmore Hall participates in the Theatreland ParkingScheme which gives all Wigmore concert-goers 50%discount on their parking. Please contact the box officefor further details or visit our website.

Restaurant and Bars

Full information on pre-concert and interval refreshmentscan be found at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurantor by calling 020 7258 8292. Table reservations canbe made by calling the Box Office on 020 7935 2141.

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Takács Quartet - Wigmore Hall