DECEMBER 2010

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary

Sandrine PiauInside:

Belcea QuartetImogen Cooper • Wolfgang Holzmair

Elisabeth LeonskajaSabine Meyer • Mark Padmore

Christoph PrégardienChristophe RoussetLes Talens Lyriques

And many more

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TICKETS

Unless otherwise stated, tickets aredivided into four prices ranges:

Stalls C – M: Highest price

Stalls A – B, N – P: 2nd highest price

Balcony A – D: 2nd highest price

Stalls BB, CC, Q – S: 3rd price

Stalls AA, T – X: Lowest price

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Christoph Prégardien tenor

Andreas Staier fortepiano

Songs by Schubert and Schumann

Schubert Lieder to texts by Ernst SchulzeSchumann Sechs Gedichte Op. 90 & Requiem; Liederkreis Op. 39

Renowned German lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien performs songsby two of the greatest Lieder composers, partnered by AndreasStaier, whose fortepiano brings refreshingly new colours to thesemuch-loved keyboard parts.

‘[Prégardien] stops you in your tracks right away, and won’t let youget back to your life until well after silence returns’ The Toronto Star

Chamber Domaine

Key Stage 3 Schools’ Concert

Join musicians from ensemble Chamber Domaine for a performance of Prokofiev’s Peter andthe Wolf. Students will interactively work with professional musicians and explore how musicalstyles bring to life characters in the story. Linked to KS3 Music areas of study: telling a story,soundtracks and characterisation.

Supported by John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

THURSDAY 2 DECEMBER 11.00 AM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £2.50 per ticket

Artemis QuartetBeethoven String Quartet in F Hess 34 (arr of Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 1);String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 ‘Harp’; String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

The current instalment of the Artemis Quartet’s Beethoven cycle beginswith Beethoven’s arrangement of his spirited early Piano Sonata, Op. 14

No. 1. The middle-period ‘Harp’ Quartet is nicknamed after the delicatepizzicato passage in its first movement, while the large-scale Op. 131 is,for many, Beethoven’s greatest achievement in the form.

Beethoven Cycle

The Artemis Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle continues on 20 & 22 January 2011

THURSDAY 2 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

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

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Bernard Gregor-Smithwith special guests

Dante QuartetKrysia Osostowicz violin Giles Francis violin Judith Busbridge viola

Eclectica!Lizzie Ball violin Pete Oxley guitar Nicolas Meier guitar

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Raphael Wallfisch cello Ben Gregor-Smith cello

Yolande Wrigley piano

Ronnie Birks violin Robin Ireland viola

Bernard Gregor-Smith 65th Birthday Concert

Venables The Moon Sails Out (world première) Debussy Cello Sonata inD minor Schubert String Quintet in C D956 Corea Spain (arr. Pete Oxley)Mitchell River (arr. Pete Oxley) Piazzolla La Misma Pena (arr. Lizzie Ball)Monti Czardas (arr. Nicolas Meier) Mendelssohn Octet in Eb Op. 20

A celebration of the cellist’s remarkable career, which spans over 40 years of chamber-music performance at the highest level,with groups such as The Lindsays (of which he was a founder member), the Dante Quartet and, in recent years, with thejazz-based group Eclectica!.

FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER 7.00 PM NB starting time Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

Bernard Gregor-Smith

Carducci String Quartet

Carducci String Quartet

Cavatina Family Concert

for age 5 plus

The dynamic young Carducci String Quartet presents this inspiring,interactive concert of string quartet music, including a trip toSouth America with Astor Piazzolla’s Four for Tango. Come preparedto join in!

SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER 11.00 AM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £7 Adults £5 Children

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

CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chambermusic, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall.

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SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Les Talens LyriquesSandrine Piau soprano

Christophe Roussetconductor, harpsichord

Harmonia Sacra

Purcell Now that the sun hathveiled its light (An Evening Hymn);The earth trembled; Thou wakeful shepherd (A Morning Hymn);In the black, dismal dungeon of despair; Let the night perish;With sick and famish’d eyes; How long, great God; How have I stray’d,my God; Great God and just; We sing to him whose wisdom form’dthe ear; My song shall be alway of the loving kindness of the Lord; Lord, what is man?; Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin’sExpostulation); The Night is come; My op’ning eyes are purg’d

Under the direction of Christophe Rousset, leading European early-musicensemble Les Talens Lyriques and soprano Sandrine Piau explorePurcell’s contributions to the two volumes of sacred songs, Harmoniasacra (1688 & 1693), which draw on the style of the French ‘petit motet’and church cantata, and include the well-known ‘Evening Hymn’ andthe dramatic ‘Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation’.

Members of Les Talens Lyriques

Adrian Brendel cello

Tim Horton piano

Bach Sonata No. 1 in G BWV1027

Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65

Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65

A trio of works performed by the duo partnership of Adrian Brendel,son of pianist Alfred, fast becoming one of the UK’s leading cellists,and pianist Tim Horton.

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

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Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24 Lachner Im Mai; Die Meerfrau; Das Fischermädchen; Ein Traumbild; Die einsame TräneSchumann Dein Angesicht; Lehn deine Wang; Es leuchtet meine Liebe;Mein Wagen rollet langsam

In the bicentenary year of Schumann’s birth, a second chance this season(also 29 October) to hear the composer’s celebrated Liederkreis Op. 24,this time complemented by four Heine Lieder originally written forDichterliebe Op. 48 and Heine settings from Franz PaulLachner’s first Sängerfahrt (‘A Bard’s Journey’).

Schumann Bicentenary Series

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay violin Min-Jung Kym piano

Bartók Violin Sonata (1903) Debussy Violin Sonata in G minorBeethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

To mark the anniversary of Bartók’s birth, this recital presents anopportunity to hear the rarely-performed sonata that he composed in1903, during the period when he was influenced by Richard Strauss.Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay is the concert master with the PhilharmoniaOrchestra. He is partnered by pianist Min-Jung Kym, who is establishinga growing reputation for her versatility as a solo, duo and chambermusician. Kym returns to Wigmore Hall following an acclaimed duorecital here in May 2008. The programme finishes with two firm favourites from the violin and piano repertoire.

Supported by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins LLP and The Hungarian Cultural Centre

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

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SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 7.30 PM £12 £16 £22 £24

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 3.00 PM £8 £9 £11 £13

Min-Jung KymZsolt-Tihamér Visontay

Kristian BezuidenhoutMark Padmore

Jaques Samuel Pianos ‘Junior Department Festival’

Winners’ Concert

Students from the four London Music Institutions (GSMD, RAM, RCM, TCM)have been selected to perform in this recital. Up to 20 outstanding studentswill delight the audience with works from many different composers.

Sponsored by FazioliJaques Samuel Pianos ‘Junior Department Festival’ 2009 Winners

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Navarra String Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4Mozart String Quartet in Eb K428

Formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Musicunder the guidance of the late Dr Christopher Rowlandin 2008, the Navarra Quartet won the OutstandingYoung Artist Award at the MIDEM Classique Awards inCannes. This season the Quartet makes its debut atthe Berlin Konzerthaus and releases its first CD forChallenge Records.

‘The players realize the music’s essential intensity – withtheir vivid sense of dramatic expression in an intenselydetailed performance’ BBC Music Magazine

The YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Series is supported by thePaul Woodhouse Fund and the Anthony Nesbitt Fund

TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 1.00 PM YCAT Lunchtime Series 19 £8 concessions £6

Harpham String QuartetMeng Yang Pan piano

Zemlinsky String Quartet No. 4 (Suite) Op. 25

Debussy Images, Series 2Liszt Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert (after Verdi) S.434

Ravel String Quartet in FRachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 36

The first of this season’s PLG Young Artists Wigmore Hallconcerts presents highly skilled musicians from the PLG Young Artists New Year Series who have achieved majorsuccesses with their wide-ranging performances.

Harpham String Quartet: ‘assurance and success’Evening Standard; ‘sensitive and assured’ Classical SourceMeng Yang Pan: ‘flabbergasting resolve and panache’ The Times;‘fastidiousness of touch … in total control … exceptional performance’ Classical Source

Park Lane Group Young Artists (Reg. Charity No. 252205)

MONDAY 6 DECEMBER 7.30 PM The Monday Platform £8 £10 £13 £15

Meng Yang PanHarpham String Quartet

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TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

Belcea Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 76 No. 1Turnage Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad (world première)*Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Already established as one of the foremost international ensembles, the BelceaQuartet includes the world première of a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage,celebrating the composer’s 50th birthday, which they then take to audiences inAmsterdam, Cologne and Vienna.

‘Their sound is mellow and warm … and their unanimity is astounding’Evening Standard

*Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of theFondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. Co-commissioned with Köln Musik,Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wiener Konzerthaus.

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

Schubert Piano Sonata in G D894

Schumann Études symphoniques Op. 13

‘Elisabeth Leonskaja … is one of the last links to a grand school of Russianpianism where technique meant the marshalling of piano possibilities intoa positively orchestral array of expressive means … a splendour and focusfervent in feeling, masterly in discipline, a serious line in beauty’artsdesk.com

Schumann Bicentenary Series

WEDNESDAY 8 DECEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £3

Artists In Conversation

Mark-Anthony Turnage in conversation with the writer and broadcaster Christopher Cook

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina piano

Schumann Arabeske in C Op. 18; Kreisleriana Op. 16; Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6

The distinguished Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina makes her owncontribution to the Schumann bicentenary. Winner of the Gold Medal at theInternational Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 1963, she subsequentlyreceived the Robert Schumann Prize in 1974, succeeding Richter, Nikolayevaand Gilels. Her recording of Schumann’s Fantasie is included in the recentlyreleased Brilliant Classics CD set, ‘Legendary Russian Pianists’. Her recordingfor Melodiya of the Schumann Concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic is nowa Collectors’ item.

Grant Rogers Musical Artists’ Management

Sir Thomas Allen baritone

Malcolm Martineau piano

Sarah-Jane Brandon soprano

Cecelia Hall mezzo-soprano

James Geer tenor

Philip Smith baritone

Daniel Wnukowski piano

Samling Showcase

The programme will include Ravel Don Quichotte, Debussy Chansonsde Bilitis, Liszt Comment, disaient-ils, Oh! quand je dors and Enfant,si j’étais roi and songs from Schubert Schwanengesang D957, withopera arias and ensembles by Handel, Mozart and Strauss.

Showcasing the voices of the future, five outstanding young artists perform alongside Sir Thomas Allen and Malcolm Martineau. Theseyoung artists have all completed Samling’s prestigious internationalMasterclass Programme, which connects its Scholars to the world’sgreatest artists to develop excellence in technique, professionalismand performance.

There are a number of tickets which include a three-course dinner, wine and coffee with the artists after the concert in the Bechstein Room.These are priced £125 and are available only from Samling on 01434 602885.

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FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £12 £16 £22 £26

THURSDAY 9 DECEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Daniel Wnukowski

Cecelia HallSarah-Jane Brandon

Philip Smith

James Geer

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina

Chamber Ensemble in Residence

Nash EnsembleMarianne Thorsen violin Paul Watkins cello Ian Brown piano

Matthew Rose bass

Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posthMusorgsky Songs and Dances of DeathBeethoven Piano Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’

Musorgsky’s gripping song-cycle describing death in different guises, sung by Matthew Rose, is flanked by two piano trios: theearlier of Rachmaninov’s two Trios élégiaques, from his student years; and Beethoven’s last full-length trio, a magnificent workthat he dedicated to his pupil the Archduke Rudolph.

Beethoven and the Russians

The Brook Street BandFrom Leipzig to London, via Lübeck!

Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV530; Trio Sonata in C minor BWV526

Telemann Trio Sonata in Eb Handel Trio Sonata Buxtehude Trio Sonata inG BuxWV271 Pachelbel Partie VI in Bb from Musicalische Ergötzung

Though he became an English citizen in 1727, Handel never quite shook off hisGerman origins, and this programme explores these connections throughexhilarating and sensual music. It was Telemann who sparked Handel’s passionfor opera, and both Bach and Handel refused to marry Buxtehude’s daughter!

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SUNDAY 12 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £12 £16 £22 £24

Doric String QuartetSchubert String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3

Schubert’s dark-toned ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet – borrowing a theme from his earlierincidental music to the play Rosamunde, Queen of Cyprus – prefaces the best-known ofSchumann’s three string quartets in this recital given by the young Doric String Quartet,which has already made an acclaimed entry to the Wigmore Hall Live CD series.

Supported by Oliver Prenn

Schumann Bicentenary Series

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

SATURDAY 11 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

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

Tokyo String QuartetSabine Meyer clarinet

Schubert String Quartet in Eb D87

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581

Recently turned 40, the Tokyo String Quartet is joined by oneof the world’s foremost solo clarinettists. Their performancefeatures Mozart’s mature Clarinet Quintet, inspired by the artistry of clarinettist Anton Stadler, and one of the great fruits of Schubert’s adolescence, composed aged 16 while still a student of Mozart’s earlier rival, Salieri.

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Wolfgang Holzmair baritone

Imogen Cooper piano

Schumann Settings by Heine and EichendorffReimann NachtstückSchumann Kernerlieder Op. 35

In a highlight of our Schumann bicentenary series, Wolfgang Holzmairis joined by one of the UK’s most sensitive and probing pianists for arecital placing Eichendorff settings by Aribert Reimann alongside thoseof Schumann. Also featured are Schumann settings of his beloved Heineas well as of Kerner, the ‘mysterious heavenly power’ whose poems the composer appreciated even as a teenager.

Schumann Bicentenary Series

TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Susan Bullock soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

Programme to include songs by Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Brahms, Duparc and English Songs

Susan Bullock – who last year won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for herperformances in the gruelling role of Strauss’s Elektra for the Royal Opera – returns to Wigmore Hall for the first time in five years, for a programme representingthe varied traditions within the song repertoire.

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

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Razumovsky EnsembleSchubert Fantasy in C D934 Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’

‘This kind of insight and commitment would be remarkable for an ensemble who played togetherevery day; that the Razumovskys manage it on such an ad-hoc basis – all having successful solocareers alongside their chamber-music playing – is a minor miracle’ The Guardian

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

Pre-Concert Event

Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital

The Razumovsky Academy is delighted to present some ofthe most gifted prize-winning young musicians of today.

‘This is just the beginning of what seems certain to be anillustrious 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

WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 6.00 PM Chamber Music Season £6 or free with evening concert ticket (ticket required)

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Britten SinfoniaJacqueline Shave violin Miranda Dale violin Martin Outram viola Joy Farrall clarinetSarah Burnett bassoon Stephen Bell horn Huw Watkins piano

Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114

Julian Philips New work (London première)* Janác̆ek Concertino*co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia

This concert has been programmed by acclaimed composer Julian Philips – a regularhost of Wigmore Study Group events – and features the London première of a newwork by him that takes its influence from Janác̆ek’s Concertino.

WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 1.00 PM Chamber Music Season £12 concessions £10

WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 12.15 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Free (ticket required)

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

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Thomas Zehetmair violin

Bach Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin BWV1006

Bach Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin BWV1005

Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Austrian violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair begins his three-concert residency this season with his selection from the works which reveal the true mettle of any violinist – Bach’s solo violinSonatas and Partitas – including the D minor Partita, with its famously challenging Chaconne.

THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Dorothea Röschmann soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

1840 –1850

Schumann Gedichte aus F. Rückerts ‘Liebesfrühling’ (a selection); Das Käuzlein; Die Waise;Zigeunerliedchen II; Der Sandmann; Marienwürmchen; Des Sennen Abschied; Er ist’s; Er istgekommen; Sie liebten sich beide; Liebst du um Schönheit; Die stille Lotosblume; Liebeszauber;Lorelei Liszt Kling leise, mein Lied; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Der du von dem Himmel bist;Freudvoll und leidvoll; Du bist wie eine Blume; Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Die Loreley Mendelssohn Bei der Wiege; Venetianisches Gondellied; Wanderlied;Frühlingslied; Altdeutsches Frühlingslied; Nachtlied

German soprano Dorothea Röschmann joins Malcolm Martineau as our Decade by Decade Series – exploring a century of Germansong prior to Wigmore Hall’s opening in 1901 – reaches the 1840s. Röschmann also celebrates a decade since her British recitaldebut, here at Wigmore Hall.

‘Ms Röschmann’s seriousness is only a veil attractively covering and accentuating an underlying sensuality’ New York Times

Supported by the Decade by Decade Song Syndicate

Decade by Decade – 100 Years of German Song 1810–1910

FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

SATURDAY 18 DECEMBER 2.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Returns Only

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Alfred Brendel Lecture 3

The Light and Shade of Interpretation

One of the 20th century’s great pianists, Alfred Brendel may have retired from concert-giving,but he returns to Wigmore Hall to give a series of three lectures for its anniversary season,presenting his latest thoughts in both words and music. This is the final lecture in the series.

Alfred Brendel

Early Opera CompanySarah Fox soprano

Iestyn Davies countertenor

Thomas Walker tenor

Derek Welton baritone

Christian Curnyn director

Handel Messiah

Handel’s Messiah stands as one of the pinnacles of musical history and remainshis most popular work. Following its acclaimed sell-out performance at WigmoreHall in 2008, Early Opera Company returns, with soloists, players and choruspacking the Wigmore stage, to again bring to life Handel and Jennens’s meditationon the life of Jesus.

Kuss Quartet

Mozart String Quartet in D K575

Tchaikovsky Chanson russe, Mélodie antique française, La poupée malade and Chanson populaire (Kamarinskaya) from Album pour enfants Op. 39

(arr. for string quartet)Stravinsky Three Pieces for string quartet; Concertino for string quartetTchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11

The Berlin-based Kuss Quartet mixes Stravinsky’s early character pieces andarrangements from Tchaikovsky’s set of piano miniatures for children withthe first of Mozart’s three ‘Prussian’ Quartets, whose cello parts were designedto please the cello-playing King Friedrich Wilhelm II who commissioned them.

SUNDAY 19 DECEMBER 7.00 PM NB starting time Early Music and Baroque Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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

Thomas WalkerSarah Fox Iestyn Davies

Christian CurnynDerek Welton

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SATURDAY 18 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

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Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 135

Verdi String Quartet in E minor

‘Every note, every phrase, every new motif appeared dusted down, questionedand joyfully restored’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Bax Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harpVaughan Williams Phantasy String Quintet Puccini CrisantemiPiazzolla Five Tango Sensations

The trios by Debussy and Bax for the unusual combination of flute, viola and harpappeared within a year of each other during the First World War. In addition toVaughan Williams’s little-known Phantasy Quintet (with two violas), the LPO soloistscontrast Puccini’s touching Crisantemi with Piazzolla’s bandoneón-tingedFive Tango Sensations. Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Patricia Petibon

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

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MONDAY 20 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £12 £16 £22 £26

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

Francesco Piemontesi piano

Janác̆ek Piano Sonata I.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101

Stravinsky/Agosti Danse infernale, Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird

Young Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is one of the most recent recruits to BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists. Born in 1983, he studied in Hanover and was a prize-winner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2007. He recently appeared in the Martha Argerich Project, Lugano, and made his Carnegie Hall debut.

Francesco Piemontesi is a member of BBC Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme

New Generations

Wigmore Hall Recital Debut

Patricia Petibon soprano

Susan Manoff piano

Works by Handel, Haydn, Poulenc, Hahn, Satie and Bacri

Though a protégée of William Christie, French coloratura soprano Patricia Petibonis equally at home singing Baroque or Bernstein. Her quirky sense of curiosityand fantasy make for an unconventionally spontaneous, even eccentric, style ofrecital with a faint hint of the burlesque. Leave any preconceptions at home andenjoy a Christmas treat.

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Susanna Andersson soprano

Mats Lidström cello

Bengt Forsberg piano

Choir from Swedish Church in Londonnarrator to be announced

Christmas from Sweden – merriment in words and music with Swedish mulled wine and gingerbread

Bach Jesu joy of man’s desiring (arr. Myra Hess)Tegnér 4 Swedish Christmas Songs Olsson Christmas Time Op. 3Trad. Swedish traditional songs Mats Lidström The Stamp King (world première)Bach Blithe bells (arr. Percy Grainger) Carols British and Swedish Christmas songs incl. Silent NightMats Lidström Christmas Cookies Gounod Jewel Song from Faust and other songsFinale Chorus, soprano, narrator and instrumentalists

A perfect way to celebrate the final days before Christmas with Swedish and British festive songsand carols for all the family. The programme is interspersed with two of JS Bach’s ageless works,Gounod’s famous Jewel Song from the opera Faust, the world première of a story by cellist MatsLidström for narrator, piano and cello and a musical recipe for Christmas cookies! Swedish mulledwine and gingerbread will be served in the interval. Proceeds to be donated to charity.

Concert Management: Lisa Peacock Concert Management Limited

PR and Marketing: From Sweden Productions Principal Sponsor: SEB

THURSDAY 23 DECEMBER 7.00 PM NB starting time £12 £18 £24 £28 Under 16s £12

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Rachel Podger violin Brecon Baroque

Bach Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041

Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052

Bach Concerto for violin in G minor BWV1056

Telemann Concerto in F for 3 violins, strings and continuo TWV53:F1

Bach Concerto in E for violin and strings BWV1042

Leading Bach specialist Rachel Podger presents a programme of violin concertos byBach and Telemann in the intimate style of the Café Zimmermann concerts directedby Bach in Leipzig. This concert marks the release of Podger’s new CD of Bachconcertos and the London debut of her own ensemble, Brecon Baroque.

Presented by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust

WEDNESDAY 22 DECEMBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £12 £16 £22 £26

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Susanna Andersson Mats Lidström

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Lucy Parham piano

Joanna David narrator

Martin Jarvis narrator

Beloved Clara

Schumann Des Abends from Fantasiestücke Op. 12

Mendelssohn Song without Words in A ‘Spring Song’Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Nos. 2 & 4Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor (first movement) Clara Schumann Nocturne from Soirées musicalesBrahms Scherzo from Piano Sonata in F minor Schumann In der Nacht from FantasiestückeSchumann Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus WienBrahms Intermezzo in A minor Schumann Romance in F#; Träumerei from KinderscenenBrahms Capriccio in B minor; Intermezzo in B minor Schumann/Liszt Widmung

The story of the intense relationships between Schumann, his wife Clara and Brahms is brought to life in this programmeof music and readings. Music by all three is performed by Lucy Parham, interspersed with extracts from their letters anddiaries, read by celebrated actors Joanna David and Martin Jarvis.

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TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £12 £16 £22 £24

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FRIDAY 24 DECEMBER

Joanna David, Lucy Parham and Martin Jarvis

No performances

Box office open 10.00 am to 12 noon

SATURDAY 25, SUNDAY 26, MONDAY 27 DECEMBER

No performances

Box office closed

Retrospect EnsembleJoanne Lunn soprano Robin Blaze countertenor

Charles Daniels tenor Peter Harvey baritone

Matthew Halls director

Bach Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben BWV248 (Christmas Oratorio, part 4); Ehre sei dir, Gott,gesungen BWV248 (Christmas Oratorio, part 5); Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046

A festive performance of Bach to herald the New Year. Two uplifting cantatas from Bach’sseasonal masterpiece performed by a stellar line-up of soloists and the instrumentalists of Retrospect Ensemble provide thebackbone for a programme that also features the extraordinary instrumental virtuosity of the first Brandenburg Concerto.

Box office open until 7.00 pm

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FRIDAY 31 DECEMBER 7.00 PM NB starting time Early Music and Baroque Series £12 £16 £22 £24

WEDNESDAY 29 DECEMBER 7.30 PM £10 £14 £17 £20

THURSDAY 30 DECEMBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Héloîse Geoghegan violin

Michael Joyce piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23

Poulenc Violin Sonata Strauss Violin Sonata in E b Op. 18

Violinist Héloîse Geoghegan and pianist Michael Joyce will perform sonatas byPoulenc, Strauss and Beethoven at their Wigmore Hall debut recital. Graduatesof the Hochschule für Musik, Leipzig and Yale University, they have performedtogether at major international venues including Maggio Musicale in Florenceand Casa da Musica in Porto.

Upbeat Classical Management The artists would like to thank the Adelman Foundation for its generous support

Wigmore Hall Recital Debut

Bertrand Chamayou piano

Franck Prélude, choral et fugue Liszt Au bord d’une source; Orage; Vallée d’Obermannand Les cloches de Genève; Venezia e Napoli

Young French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs four evocative vignettes from Liszt’sSwiss travels, as well as the two songs and tarantella that make up Venezia e Napoli, a‘supplement’ to the composer’s Italian sojourn. Franck’s grandly conceived Prélude, choralet fugue reflects his years of service as organist at St Clotilde in Paris. Bertrand Chamayou

Héloîse Geoghegan and Michael Joyce

Matthew Halls

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Thursday 24 February 7.30 pmDoric String QuartetHaydn, Mendelssohn, Berg

Wednesday 2 March 1.00 pmBritten SinfoniaSteven Osborne pianoSimon Holt, Schubert ‘Trout’ Quintet

Tuesday 8 March 7.30 pmWihan QuartetMendelssohn, Janác̆ek, Dvor̆ák

Saturday 12 March 7.30 pmPavel Haas QuartetDanjulo Ishizaka celloSchulhoff, Prokofiev, Schubert

Monday 14 March 1.00 pmFlorestan TrioHaydn, Dvor̆ák

Saturday 19 March 7.30 pmPacifica QuartetMendelssohn, Shostakovich, Schubert

CHAMBER ZONE: FREE TICKETS FOR 8 –25 YEAR OLDSSupported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust and Britten Sinfonia (2 March) withongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

We are delighted to offer young people aged 8 – 25 free tickets to the following selectedconcerts. Please call the box office on 020 7935 2141 and quote Chamber Zone to book.This offer is also available to school groups; as well as free tickets for one of ourspecially selected concerts, schools also receive a workshop,free programmes and interval ice creams.

Friday 3 December 7.00 pmBernard Gregor-Smithwith special guestsVenables, Debussy, Schubert,Corea, Mitchell, Piazzolla, Monti,Mendelssohn

Sunday 16 January 7.30 pmLeonidas Kavakos violinEnrico Pace pianoProkofiev, Auerbach, Dvor̆ák,Schubert

Tuesday 18 January 7.30 pmJulian Rachlin violin, violaCharles Owen pianoBeethoven, Brahms, Fauré

Tuesday 1 February 7.30 pmHeath QuartetHaydn, Britten, Beethoven

Sunday 13 February 7.30 pmZehetmair QuartetMozart, Shostakovich

For full programme listings please see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

CAVATINAChamber Music Trustwww.cavatina.net

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The Israel Piano TrioMenahem Breuer • Roglit Ishay • Hillel Zori

Beethoven • Paul Ben-Haim • Max Bruch • Brahms

Sunday 9th JANUARY 2011 - 7.30pm

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Angelika Kirchschlagermezzo-soprano Roger Vignoles pianoSongs by Wolf & Strauss AVAILABLE NOW

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