Inside:Artemis QuartetIan BostridgeElias String QuartetMatthias GoerneAlina IbragimovaAngelika KirchschlagerCédric TiberghienTokyo String QuartetAnd many more

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SEPTEMBER 2010

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary

Karita Mattila

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Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano

Annus Mirabilis: The Complete Songs of 1840 – Frauenliebe und -leben and other Chamisso settings

Schumann Sag an, o lieber Vogel mein; Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb; Was soll ich sagen; Jasminenstrauch; Volksliedchen; Verratene Liebe; Die Löwenbraut; Die rote Hanne; Die Kartenlegerin;Mädchen-Schwermut; Die Nonne; Loreley; Blondels Lied; Frauenliebe und -leben

Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake launch this season’s Schumann Bicentenary series, whichincludes Schumann’s brief evocation of the song of a river siren and ends with Frauenliebe und -leben,an intimate account of a woman’s joy, rapture and pain along her journey through love and loss.

Supported by the Friends of Wigmore Hall

Schumann Bicentenary Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Limited availability

Angelika Kirchschlager

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FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Limited availability

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Karita Mattila soprano Martin Katz piano

Wigmore Memories

Programme to include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Berg, Strauss, Sibelius and Madetoja

To open Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversary season, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila traces almosta century of Austro-German song, and includes selections by Sibelius and by Leevi Madetoja(1887–1947), the composer she regards as ‘Finland’s hidden jewel’.

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providing vital support throughout the 2010 –11 season

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations Karita Mattila

Elias String Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’Schumann String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

The Classical influence of Schumann’s first quartet complements the most popular ofHaydn’s 12 quartets dedicated to the violinist Johann Tost, nicknamed the ‘Lark’,after the first violin’s sweetly soaring opening melody.

WIGMORE HALL EMERGING TALE N T Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Schumann Bicentenary Series/Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations Elias String Quartet

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

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Tokyo String Quartet

Berg String Quartet Op. 3Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’Bartók String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7

Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the Tokyo String Quartet returns toWigmore Hall, boasting its remarkable complement of all-Stradivari instruments.

‘This was another expressively phrased musical conversation of burnished graceand vigour – one the enthusiastic audience seemed thrilled to have overheard’ New York Times

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

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SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

Tokyo String Quartet

Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78 Strauss Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18

Still in her mid-twenties Alina Ibragimova is one of the leading violinists of her generation. The lush and unjustly neglected Violin Sonata ofRichard Strauss – his last major chamber-music work, composed at the age of only 23 – follows Brahms’s richly lyrical Violin Sonata No. 1, written less thana decade earlier.

MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert £12 concessions £10

Cédric TiberghienAlina Ibragimova

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

Ian Bostridge tenor Julius Drake piano

Wolf Spanisches Liederbuch

As part of our opening Festival, two world-class singers perform a milestoneof the Lieder repertoire. For this sequence of religious and secular songsWolf turned to 16th- and 17th-century Spanish poems, whose exoticismwas the vogue in late 19th-century Germany. Wolf’s ability to encapsulatethe entire mood of a poem is strongly evident here.

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations

MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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Artemis Quartet

WEDNESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM £12 £18 £22 £25

Katya Apekisheva piano

Shostakovich 24 Preludes Op. 34 Ravel Sonatine Dubugnon Sonate-Phonomorphique No. 1 Op. 33

(UK première); Debussy Estampes Tchaikovsky Thème original et variations in F Op. 19 No. 6

An engaging concert of Russian and French piano works, from Shostakovich to Debussy, performedby one of Europe’s foremost pianists, and a Leeds Piano Competition prize winner. The recordingof Katya’s Grieg Piano Works achieved Gramophone Editor’s and Critics’ Choice. Katya Apekishevahas been described by Gramophone magazine as ‘a profoundly gifted artist who has alreadyachieved artistic greatness’.

Charles Padley Artists Katya Apekisheva

TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

Nils Mönkemeyer viola Nicholas Rimmer piano

Pärt Fratres for viola and piano Hindemith Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1; Viola Sonata in Eb Op. 120 No. 2

Following their brilliant performance in March at Wigmore Hall, Nils Mönkemeyerand Nicholas Rimmer will perform the last of their three concerts as winners ofthe 2009 Parkhouse Award. Nils Mönkemeyer is described in Classic FM magazineas ‘one of the most sensationally gifted violists to have emerged in recent years’.His duo with Nicholas Rimmer is equally exciting, and in this concert they willexplore 19th- and 20th-century music for the ensemble from Brahms to Arvo Pärt.

GBZ Management Sponsored by The Gordon Foundation and The Tertis Foundation

THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM 2009 Parkhouse Award Winners £10 £12 £16 £18

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Artemis Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in A Op.18 No. 5 Beethoven String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’

The distinguished Berlin-based Artemis Quartet, which recently celebrated its 20thbirthday, brings our Anniversary Season Opening Celebrations to a close with thecontinuation of the complete Beethoven string-quartet cycle, charting Beethoven’sdevelopment across 30 years of composing in a form that demonstrates his great innovations in expressive development.

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

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Razumovsky Ensemble

Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb D929

Wigmore regulars the Razumovsky Ensemble comprise a constantly revolving and evolvingselection of international artists hand-picked for each project, making for performancesnotable for their vitality and freshness.

‘Each Razumovsky member may be king of their chosen instrument, but they scale theheavens as a team’ The Times

Pictured right: Oleg Kogan, director of the Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Pre-Concert Event

Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital

The Razumovsky Academy is delighted to present some of the mostgifted prize-winning young musicians of today.

The programme will include works by Grieg and Rachmaninov

Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy

Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

Pictured right: Guro Kleven Hagen (violin) who will take part in this concert

Razumovsky Students and Young Artists

The Razumovsky Academy provides an environmentwhere exceptionally gifted young musicians encounterthe world’s finest artists and teachers.

‘This is just the beginning of what seems certain tobe an illustrious future’ The Independent

Promoted by the Razumovsky Academy

Supported by the Razumovsky Trust (Reg. Charity No. 1111848)

Pictured right: Sarah Chang and Oleg Kogan with young musicians after the Razumovsky Academy Sarah Chang Masterclass

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM Razumovsky Students and Young Artists £6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 6.00 PM Chamber Music Season £6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

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Eric Schneider piano

Schubert Wandrers Nachtlied II; Schäfers Klagelied; Heidenröslein;Rastlose Liebe; An den Mond; Trost in Tränen; Erster Verlust;Der Musensohn; Geheimes; Versunken; An Schwager Kronos;Geisternähe; Das war ich; Das Rosenband; Furcht der Geliebten;An Sie; Die Liebe hat gelogen; Lachen und Weinen;Daß sie hier gewesen; Der Einsame; Die Sterne

One of today’s leading recitalists, Matthias Goerne reachesthe final year of his large-scale Schubert project, performing200 songs over 11 recitals across three seasons.

‘Few male singers, even Fischer-Dieskau, command such a richpalette of colours as Goerne does’ Sunday Times

Schubert Songs

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SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Pre-Concert Talk

Richard Stokes explores the Schubert songs featured in the evening concert in the last of a series of four talks linkedwith the Matthias Goerne Schubert Songs series.

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning £3

Eric SchneiderMatthias Goerne

Open House Day

Visit Wigmore Hall between 11.30 am and 3.00 pm; join in with musicworkshops at 12 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm led by Kate Newell,and hear performances by Ignite at 12.30 pm, 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm.

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER London Open House Admission Free

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Ilya Gringolts violin Ashley Wass piano

Grieg Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121

It was as a student at the Leipzig Conservatory that Grieg first came intocontact with the music of Schumann, inspiring a life-long enthusiasm.The brilliant young Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts pairsGrieg’s Violin Sonata No. 1, which the composercharacterised as ‘naive, rich in ideas’, with Schumann’smore turbulent D minor Sonata.

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SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert £12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Anthony Marwood violin Aleksandar Madzar piano

Schubert Duo Sonata in A D574

Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78

Anthony Marwood is familiar to Wigmore Hall audiences as violinist ofthe Florestan Trio. This is the first of three Coffee Concerts he gives thisseason, each of which features one of the three effusively lyricalsonatas by Brahms.

‘Marwood’s violin tone is like spun gold’ The Scotsman

Emmanuel Despax piano

Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude in F minor ‘Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’Bach/Hess ‘Jesu bleibet meine Freude’ from Cantata BWV147

Musorgsky Pictures at an ExhibitionChopin Barcarolle in F# Op. 60; 12 Études Op. 10

One of the most sought-after rising stars of his generation and winner of the 2009 DudleyInternational Piano Competition, French pianist Emmanuel Despax celebrates Chopin’sbicentenary year in a programme including Chopin’s Barcarolle and 12 Études Op. 10.

‘His musicianship is described as prodigious, his career meteoric and, even at a youngage, his reputation formidable’ The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand

Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Sponsored by LankellyChase Foundation (Reg. Charity)

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series £8 £9 £11 £13

Aleksandar MadzarAnthony Marwood

Emmanuel Despax

MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert £12 concessions £10

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Christopher Maltman baritone

Julius Drake piano

Annus Mirabilis: The Complete Songs of 1840

– Eichendorff, Kerner and Anderson

Schumann Der frohe Wandersmann; Der Schatzgräber;Frühlingsfahrt; Sängers Trost; Trost im Gesang;Liederkreis Op. 39; Märzveilchen; Muttertraum; Der Soldat;Der Spielmann; Kernerlieder

Christopher Maltman, James Gilchrist and Julius Drake continueour Schumann Bicentenary Series with a selection of Lieder from1840, Schumann’s remarkable ‘year of song’, including thesecond set of Liederkreis – ‘my most Romantic music ever’, saidthe composer – which features the supernatural forest scene ofWaldesgespräch (‘A forest dialogue’) and the rapturous moonlithalf-lights of Mondnacht (‘Moonlit night’).

Schumann Bicentenary Series

Matthias Goerne baritone

Andreas Haefliger piano

Schubert Im Abendrot; Der Wanderer; Nachtviolen; Im Walde;Normans Gesang; Der Abend; Der Geistertanz; Schatzgräbers Begehr;An den Mond (D296); Erlkönig; Am See; Alinde; Widerschein;Die Forelle; Der Fluss; Abendröte; Klage; Der Strom; Fischerweise;Auf der Brücke

‘Matthias Goerne seems to own a different shade of baritonal colourfor every syllable Schubert wrote. The voice is sweet and serene,even at fff, and the shifts that Goerne applies to the changing ofseasons and the fickleness of love are done with enviable delicacy’Evening Standard

Schubert Songs

MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Limited availability

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TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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Christopher MaltmanJames Gilchrist

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Pre-Concert TalkRichard Egarr introduces the first performance in The Bach Dynasty, his year-long showcase of the music of history’smost important musical family.

FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 6.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Free (ticket required)

Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano

Joseph Middleton piano

Literes Confiado jilguerillo De la Torre/Dørumsgaard Pampano verdeMarqués de Santillana/Rodrigo Serranilla Esteve/Dørumsgaard Alma, sintamos! Schubert Didone abbandonata; Mio ben ricordati; Son fra l’onde Rossini Giovanna d’Arco Granados La maja dolorosa I, II and IIIBerlioz Les nuits d’été

Clara Mouriz, who was recently awarded a Wigmore Hall/IndependentOpera Fellowship, returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme that explores the beauty of early Spanish Song and Schubert’ssettings of Metastasio, the vocal and passionate virtuosity in Giovanna d’Arco and Granados’s Dolorosas, as well as theromanticism in Berlioz’s Nuits d’été. Joseph Middleton won the pianist’s prize in the 2007 Wigmore Hall/Kohn FoundationInternational Song Competition.

Kirckman Concert Society/Sarah Gordon Concert Management Sponsored by LankellyChase Foundation (Reg. Charity)

Llyr Williams piano

Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita No. 2 BWV1004

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’Brahms 3 Intermezzos Op. 117

Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24

Busoni’s towering piano realisation of Bach’s famous D minor Chaconnefor solo violin and Beethoven’s rhythmically driven Waldstein Sonatacontrast with Brahms’s more rhapsodic Intermezzos. In his HandelVariations, Brahms paid tribute not only to the composer whose themehe borrowed, but also to Beethoven, one of the greatest exponents ofthe piano variation.

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

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THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Kirckman Concert Society Series £8 £9 £11 £13

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FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £18 £24 £28 £32

Academy of Ancient MusicChoir of the Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr director, harpsichord

The Bach Dynasty: Bach’s Forebears

Heinrich Bach Ich danke dir, Gott Johann Michael Bach Liebster Jesu, hör mein FlehenAnon Es ist g’nug Heinrich Bach Sonata a 5Johann Christoph Bach Die Furcht des Herren; Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte (Lamento)Heinrich Bach Sonata a 5 Johann Christoph Bach Mein Freundin, du bist schön

The Academy of Ancient Music begins its year-long homage to history’s greatest musical dynasty with music by J S Bach’s forebears. The concert begins with music by Heinrich Bach (1615–1692) – great-uncle ofJohann Sebastian – before exploring the music of Heinrich’s sons Johann Christoph (1642–1703) and Johann Michael 1648–1694).

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Gabriel Schwabe cello Nicolai Girassimez piano

Beethoven Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 Britten Suite No. 1 for solo cello Op. 72

Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C Op. 119

Gabriel Schwabe, winner of the 2009 Pierre Fournier Award, was lauded by The Strad for ‘allowingthe full force of contemporary instruments to hold sway in a dazzling performance, with virtuosopassages turned to perfection’. His programme balances an early sonata by Beethoven with lateworks by Britten and Prokofiev.

Sponsored by the Pierre Fournier Award (Reg. Charity)

SATURDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Pierre Fournier Award Winner £10 £14 £17 £20

Gabriel Schwabe

Academy of Ancient Music

Nash EnsembleMarianne Thorsen violin Richard Lester cello Philippa Davies flute Ian Brown piano

Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op. 26 Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D Op. 94

Rachmaninov Prélude Op. 2 for cello and piano; Danse orientale Op. 2 for cello and pianoShostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

An all-Russian matinee: Tchaikovsky’s violin-and-piano transcription of his appealing Sérénademélancolique for violin and orchestra, Prokofiev’s substantial and tuneful Flute Sonata, someattractive early Rachmaninov cello pieces, and Shostakovich’s powerful wartime piano trio –written in memory of his friend, the Russian musicologist and theatre critic Ivan Sollertinsky.

Beethoven and the Russians

SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert £12 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

Philippa Davies Ian Brown

Marianne Thorsen Richard Lester

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Maria Marchant piano Belinda Williams mezzo-soprano

Christopher Glynn piano Olga Stezhko piano

Byrd Fantasia in D minor Ronald Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy Bridge Dramatic FantasiaQuilter Love’s philosophy; Now sleeps the crimson petal; Come away, death; Dream valley; Daybreak; Over the mountains Tchaikovsky It was in the early spring; At the Ball;Terrible moment; Again as before; Lied der Mignon Bach/Busoni Organ Prelude andFugue in D BWV532 Skryabin Sonata No. 7 Op. 64 ‘White Mass’

The three young performers, Maria Marchant, Belinda Williams and Olga Stezhko, selected at audition byThe Tillett Trust earlier this year, are presented in this showcase by the Friends of Young Artists’ Platform.The programme is specially designed to display their differing talents, with a first half of English musicfollowed by a second of Russian and Italian.

Presented by the Friends of Young Artists’ Platform Supported by the Tillett Trust & the Milton Grundy Foundation

ATOS Trio

Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posthBeethoven Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’

Having won four prizes at the 2007 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition,the ATOS Trio is among the current roster of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme.While Rachmaninov’s first Trio élégiaque carries a doleful air, Beethoven’s noble‘Archduke’ Trio erupts into a light-hearted, rustic finale.

The ATOS Trio is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert £12 concessions £10

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Reinis Zariņs piano

Schubert Drei Klavierstücke D946 Peteris Vasks Autumn music Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Laureate of 11 international competitions, Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņs has performed in recitaland with orchestras throughout Europe and the USA. Currently studying at the Royal Academyof Music, he gives his Wigmore Hall debut recital as the winner’s prize in the 2009 JaquesSamuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition.

Sponsored by Fazioli

SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM 2009 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Competition Winner £8 £10 £13 £15

Reinis Zariņs

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM The Monday Platform £8 £10 £13 £15

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Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

Belcea QuartetSimon Lepper piano

Respighi Il tramonto for voice and string quartetBeethoven Grosse Fuge in Bb Op. 133 Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’Chausson Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37

Fêted mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager returns to join the Belcea Quartet forRespighi’s by turns dramatic and serene setting of Shelley’s The Sunset. She is partneredby pianist Simon Lepper in Chausson’s dreamlike Chanson perpétuelle. The Belcea Quartetwill also perform Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge and Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet.

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providing vital support throughout the 2010 – 11 Season

TUESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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Mark Bebbington piano

Haydn Piano Sonata in C HXVI:50 Schubert Piano Sonata in Bb D960 Ireland Rhapsody (world première)Wagner/Liszt Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Liszt Rigoletto paraphrase de concert (after Verdi)

Mark Bebbington contrasts two late Classical masterpieces with virtuoso opera paraphrases by Liszt. Mark’s critically acclaimed SOMM label recordings of 20th-century British piano music are reflected in the inclusion of a significant Ireland première – an extended early rhapsody bearing the hallmarks of Ireland’s mature style.

J. Audrey Ellison International Artists’ Management Sponsored by the John Ireland Trust

WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM £10 £14 £18 £22

IMS Prussia CoveMark Padmore tenor Laura Luzke violin Lily Francis violin, viola

Atar Arad viola Philip Higham cello Matthew McDonald double bass

Matthew Hunt clarinet Ieva Jokubaviciute piano

Rossini Duetto in D for cello and double bass Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73

Atar Arad New work Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Fauré La bonne chanson Op. 61

This concert follows the IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music Seminar, in which establishedperformers take part in chamber-music ensembles with young musicians to study and perform works from the chamber-musicrepertoire. The musicians have been invited to perform by IMS Prussia Cove’s Artistic Director Steven Isserlis.

THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £24

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For Crying Out Loud!We are delighted to continue with this seriesof concerts for new parents and their babies,where they can listen to beautiful music ina calm and accommodating environment.Tuesday 12 October and Wednesday17 November, 11 am – 11.45 am

Family ConcertsThese are a fun way for children to experience their first concert, withlots of interactive activities to take part in. Join Dominic Harlan for a Journey Through Songon 16 October and be inspired by the Carducci Quartet on 4 December. For age 5 plus.

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HOW TO GET HERE

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BPBox Office Tel: 020 7935 2141

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 Oxford Circus(Bakerloo, Central & Victoria lines) tube stations areboth close by.

Buses

A large number of buses travel along Oxford Street, whichis approximately five minutes walk from Wigmore Hall.

Car Parking

There is limited street parking after 6.30 pm (Mon – Sat)and all day Sunday in permitted areas. Alternativelythere are public car parks in Cavendish Square, HarleyStreet and Marylebone Lane, all of which are less thana five minute walk from the hall.

Restaurant and Bars

Wigmore Hall has its own restaurant and bars servingpre-concert and interval refreshments. The menu rangesfrom light snacks to a full three course à la carte meal.Our bars offer a range of hot, cold and alcoholic beveragesalongside a selection of snacks.

Please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurantor call 020 7258 8292 for further information.

WIGMORE HALL

DIRECTOR: JOHN GILHOOLY

THE WIGMORE HALL TRUST

REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1024838

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