Wigmore Hall October 2013 Concert Diary

OCTOBER 2013

Wigmore Hall Concert Diary

Steven OsborneInside:Juliane Banse • The English ConcertIsabelle Faust • Christian GerhaherBenjamin Grosvenor • Janine JansenL’Arpeggiata • Viktoria MullovaQuatuor Ebène • Daniil TrifonovAnd many more

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TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 1.00 PM YCAT Lunchtime Series 2013/14 £8 concessions £6

Michael Petrov cello

Rosie Richardson piano

Benjamin Baker violin

Petr Limonov piano

Michael Petrov (cello) and Benjamin Baker (violin),newly selected artists at the YCAT 2013 final auditions,perform, with piano, works by Beethoven, Ravel, Stravinsky and Paganini.

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

YCAT is grateful for support from The Paul Woodhouse Fundand the Anthony Nesbitt Fund for this series

Petr LimonovBenjamin Baker

Rosie RichardsonMichael Petrov

TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Steven Osborne piano

Beethoven 7 Bagatelles Op. 33

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’Beethoven 11 Bagatelles Op. 119

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111

Poetic pianism, richly conceived in tonal and expressive nuance,distinguishes Steven Osborne’s interpretations of the great works ofthe keyboard literature. In addition to taking a prominent part inWigmore Hall’s ‘Tippett: A Retrospective’ series this Season, he givestwo solo recitals built from music by the composers with whom he ismost closely associated.

Steven Osborne launches his Wigmore Hall Residency with a programmechosen to reflect Beethoven’s experimental daring and unique creativegenius. He pairs two of the greatest piano sonatas ever written withthe Bagatelles Op. 33, written in 1802, and the Bagatelles Op. 119, agroup of pieces brought together by their composer in 1822 and firstpublished in London the following year.

The Spotlight on Steven Osborne series is supported by Dunard Fund

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Key Stage 2 Schools Concert

Watch This Space

Join principal players from Aurora Orchestra for a musical journey to outer space! John Barber presents a programme of interplanetary music including extracts from Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony and Holst’sThe Planets, as well as brand new music created by you, the audience, during the course of the concert.

Wigmore Hall’s Schools Programme is supported by The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust, The Monument Trust,City Bridge Trust and the Clifford Chance Foundation

IMS Prussia CoveJames Clark violin Krysia Osostowicz violin Oscar Perks viola Rosalind Ventris violaSteven Doane cello Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Herbert Schuch piano

Schubert Overture in C minor D8a Brahms Horn Trio in Eb Op. 40

Mozart Horn Quintet in Eb K407 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45

The IMS Autumn Tour showcases the work of the Open Chamber Music Seminar in Cornwall. This year’sprogramme, rich in musical content and variety, features rising star Alec Frank-Gemmill on horn togetherwith the exciting young German pianist Herbert Schuch and renowned British violinist James Clark. Herbert Schuch

THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 11.00 AM – 12 NOON Wigmore Hall Learning Event Returns only

Juliane Banse soprano Wolfram Rieger piano

Mendelssohn Frühlingslied (Op. 47 No. 3); Suleika (Op. 34 No. 4); Der Mond; Suleika (Op. 57 No. 3); Schilflied; And’res MaienliedLiszt Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land); Freudvoll und leidvoll; Der du vondem Himmel bist; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen;Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam; Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Die LoreleySchubert Ganymed; An die Nachtigall; Daphne am Bach; Frühlingsglaube;Naturgenuss; Freiwilliges Versinken; An den Mond; Der liebliche Stern;Der Wanderer an den Mond Britten On this Island

Exquisite verses by Goethe, Geibel, Heine, Mayrhofer and Schulze in musical settings of the greatest depth and beauty occupythe core of Juliane Banse’s programme. The German soprano and her regular recital partner take an imaginative journeythrough Romantic Lieder by Mendelssohn and Liszt before turning to a compelling sequence of great Schubert songs andcrowning their performance with Britten’s first published group of songs, five settings of poems from Auden’s Look, Stranger!

WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Wolfram RiegerJuliane Banse

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’.

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FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 7.00 PM NB starting time Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Isabelle Faust violin

Bach Sonatas & Partitas for solo violinSonata No. 1 in G minor BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV1002

Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV1003; Partita No. 3 in E BWV1006

Sonata No. 3 in C BWV1005; Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004

Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin range far beyond formidable technical demandsto draw their interpreters and audiences into rarely encountered realms of imagination andcontemplation. Isabelle Faust performs the complete cycle of works at Wigmore Hall in a singleevening, the latest stage in her long journey of discovery of Bach’s music for unaccompanied violin.

This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration, with an intervalIsabelle Faust

SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER 11.00 AM – 12 NOON Wigmore Hall Learning Event £7 Adults £5 Children

Family Concert

Watch This Space

A repeat of the Watch This Space schools’ concert, for families (see page opposite for full details).

Wigmore Hall’s Family Programme is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust andThe Andor Charitable Trust

SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Miah Persson soprano Florian Boesch baritone

Malcolm Martineau piano

Songlives: Schumann

Schumann Sehnsucht; Gesanges Erwachen; Der Fischer; Waldesgespräch; Mondnacht; Schöne Fremde; Frühlingsnacht; Dein Angesicht; Songs from Frauenliebeund -leben; Wanderlied; Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend; Stille Tränen; Belsazar; Die Kartenlegerin; Songs from Lieder-Album für die Jugend; Wer sich der Einsamkeitergibt; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß; An die Türen will ich schleichen; Liebeslied; Es stürmet am Abendhimmel; Nachtlied;Geisternähe; Aufträge; Die Sennin; Meine Rose; Requiem; Herzeleid; Abendlied; Warnung; Abschied von der Welt; Gebet

Fifteen years since making her operatic debut, Swedish soprano Miah Persson is in demand today at the world’s leading operahouses. She returns to Wigmore Hall in company with Austrian baritone Florian Boesch. Five-star reviews greeted his electrifyinginterpretation of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with Malcolm Martineau in March 2012.

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Luciana Souza voice Patrick Zimmerli saxophoneGary Versace piano

Sappho: Desire

Patrick Zimmerli’s finely balanced mix of jazz and classicalstyles illuminates his Sappho: Desire, a bewitchingsong-cycle about love and longing. Grammy Award-winningvocalist Luciana Souza, acclaimed for her collaborationswith, among others, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, BobbyMcFerrin and Osvaldo Golijov, presents the work’s worldpremière in company with songs from her native Brazil.

Joshua Redman Jazz Series

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Jazz Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Steven Isserlis cello Stephen Hough piano

Suk Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1; Serenade in A Op. 3 No. 2Stephen Hough Sonata for cello and piano left hand (London première)Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor Op. 36

Two acclaimed members of Wigmore Hall’s family of artists join forces forwhat promises to be a spell-binding recital. Their programme includesStephen Hough’s new Sonata for cello and piano left hand and Grieg’severgreen cello sonata. Isserlis and Hough open with twolittle-known gems from the 1890s by Josef Suk, Dvorák’sstar pupil and son-in-law. Stephen HoughSteven Isserlis

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Prazák Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in Bb Op. 71 No. 1Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’

Founded by a group of students at the Prague Conservatory in 1972, the Prazák Quartet has consistently flown the flag at home and abroad for the artistic virtues and timeless values of the Czech tradition of string quartet playing. For this CoffeeConcert they turn to a pair of works blessed with an apparently inexhaustiblesupply of melodic invention and stimulating structural ingenuity.

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 11.30 AM Coffee Concert £12.50 concessions £10 inc. programme & coffee/sherry/juice

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MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 1.00 PM BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert £12.50 concessions £10

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Philip Higham cello

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007; Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008; Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012

Philip Higham is rapidly emerging as one of the most prominent young cellists from the UK. He returns to the Wigmore stage to share his thoughts on three Bach cello suites, true masterworks of the repertoire.

Supported by Edwin C Cohen

Daniil Trifonov piano

Stravinsky Serenade in A Ravel From Miroirs: Noctuelles; Oiseaux tristes; Une barque sur l’océan; Alborada del gracioso Schoenberg Drei Klavierstücke Op. 11

Schumann Études symphoniques Op. 13 (with posthumous Études)

Daniil Trifonov’s triumph in the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition flashed around the musicalworld in 2011. Nine months later, the 21-year-old Russian pianist brought his outstanding talent to Londonfor a Wigmore Hall debut recital that prompted a standing ovation for his sensational bravura and myriadimaginative touches. Trifonov’s account of Chopin’s Op. 10 Études, observed Michael Church in the Independent, ‘blew usaway. The cantabile [pieces] were a delight, and I have never heard the finger-twisters delivered with more nonchalant ease.’

Daniil returns to Wigmore Hall on 2 December to join the Pavel Haas Quartet for Shostakovich’s piano quintet.

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Daniil Trifonov

Jayson Gillham piano

Aurora Percussion Duo: Delia Stevens & Yu LeChopin Introduction and Rondo Eb Op. 16; Polonaise-fantaisie in Ab Op. 61

Nebojsa Joran Zivkovic Trio per uno (arr. D Stevens) Bach Prelude from English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807 (arr. D Stevens/Yu Le)Casey Cangelosi Plato’s Cave Piazzolla Tango Suite (arr. D Stevens/Yu Le)Chopin Étude No. 1 in C Op. 10 (arr. D Stevens/Yu Le)Avner Dorman Udacrep Akubrad Christopher Theofanidis Birichino (UK première)Ligeti 2 Études from Book 1: No. 6 Automne à Varsovie; No. 2 Cordes à vide Debussy L’Isle joyeuse

Jayson Gillham, winner of the 2012 ROSL Annual Music Competition Gold medal, joins an illustrious ROSL alumni includingMelvyn Tan, Barry Douglas, Paul Lewis and fellow Australians Geoffrey Parsons and Piers Lane. The concert also showcasesthe dynamic and accomplished Aurora Percussion Duo from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Royal Over-Seas League ROSL Golden Jubilee Trust (Reg. Charity)

Aurora Percussion Duo

MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 7.30 PM The Monday Platform £8 £10 £13 £15

Jayson Gillham

TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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L’ArpeggiataChristina Pluhar director, theorbo Raquel Andueza soprano

Vincenzo Capezzuto male soprano Anna Dego dancer

Mediterraneo

Cazzati Ciaccona Strozzi L’Eraclito amoroso Traditional (Italy) Stu’ criatu(Tarantella del Gargano) Kircher Tarantella napolitana, Tono hypodoricoTraditional (Italy) Pizzicarella mia (Pizzica); La Carpinese (Tarantella del Carpino)Traditional (Greek-Salentino) Are mou Rindineddha Ferrari Son ruinato, appasionatoVitale Tarantella Maria di Nardò Improvisation La Dia Spagnola Traditional (Italy) Tu bella ca’ lu tieni (Tarantella)Anon. (17th century) Tres Sirenas Traditional (Italy) Tarantella Italiana; Ninna, nanna sopra la RomanescaLe Bailly Yo soy la locura Kapsberger Toccata arpeggiata Pisador Los delfines Traditional (Greek-Salentino) Oriamu PisulinaTraditional (Italy) Pizzica di San Vito (Tarantella) Improvisation Sfessania Anon. (17th century) Homo fugit velut umbra(Tarantella) Falconieri La Suave Melodia Traditional (Italy) Silenziu d'amuri; Lu Passariellu (Tarantella Pugliese)

Boundary breaking comes naturally to Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata. Their fusions of jazz and folk elements with earlymusic styles invariably set creative sparks flying, opening minds to new ways of hearing works by composers such asMonteverdi, Luigi Rossi, Barbara Strozzi and Cavalieri. Wigmore Hall’s audience rose to its feet at the end of L’Arpeggiata’slast visit, propelled not least by the terrific energy and verve of their collective artistry. Their ‘Mediterraneo’ programme isdriven by the energy of the Tarantella, the wild dance believed to cure the tarantula spider’s toxic bite, and shot throughwith unforgettable melodies from Italy, Spain and Greece set by the 16th- and 17th-century composers of this programme.

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, with no interval

Supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

THURSDAY 10 & THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 9.30 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £100 for both days, including lunch

L’Arpeggiata

Teacher TrainingChamber Tots: An Introduction to Early Years Music-MakingSuitable for all practitioners working with Early Years and Foundation Stage

This annual sell-out training day is an introduction to early years music-making, ideal for thoseworking with nursery, reception and foundation stage children, who are looking to develop confidencein creative music-making. Led by Chamber Tots workshop leaders John Webb and Isabelle Adams,participants will explore the value of music in early years development and make connectionsbetween musical creativity and the EYFS curriculum. Participants will develop skills in leading confident singing and percussionactivities, and explore free play activities and the benefits of child-led creative play. All participants will receive a resource packand accompanying CD.

Supported by The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and The Monument Trust

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Toby Spence tenor Julian Milford piano

Schubert Abendbilder; Im Abendrot; Bei dir allein!; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Am Fenster Britten At the mid hour of nightBeethoven Ich liebe dich; Abendlied unterm gestirnten HimmelBrahms Wiegenlied; Abenddämmerung Purcell Evening Hymn (arr. Britten)Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35

Through his experience of battling serious illness, a tough recovery process andpersonal introspection, Toby Spence has gained profound insights into the human condition. The tenor’s mature music-makingconveys the extra depth of his engagement with the spiritual and expressive dimensions of song, directed in this recital intoBritten’s sublime Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

Andreas Brantelid cello Peter Friis Johansson piano

Kodály Sonata for cello and piano Op. 4 Dohnányi Cello Sonata in Bb minor Op. 8Grainger Scandinavian Suite

Andreas Brantelid, born in 1987, launched his solo career at the age of fourteenwith a strikingly mature performance of Elgar’s cello concerto with the RoyalDanish Orchestra. Since winning Eurovision Young Musicians in 2006, he hasappeared at many of the world’s leading concert halls. His Coffee Concert offersa compelling mix of works written between 1899 and 1910, including the folk-tinged melodies of Kodály’s sonata and Grainger’sdistinctive Scandinavian Suite.


Wigmore Hall Chamber Ensemble in Residence

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Nash Ensemble; Renata Pokupic mezzo-soprano

Smetana The Bartered Bride Overture (arr. for wind quintet, strings and piano by David Matthews) Smetana From the Homeland for violin and pianoDvorák Love Songs Op. 83 (arr. for voice and strings by David Matthews)Schubert Octet in F D803

As a prelude to the Nash Ensemble’s American Series, this concert includes the Love Songs that Dvorák composed a few yearsbefore his American visit, adaptations of songs from his youthful cycle Cypresses. These are complemented with music fromDvorák’s Czech colleague Smetana; and the second half consists of a Nash favourite, Schubert’s evergreen Octet.

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season/Song Recital Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Julian MilfordToby Spence

FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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Quatuor Apollon MusagèteMendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83

Four Polish-born musicians chose the title of a Stravinsky ballet to name their new quartetin 2006. The Apollon Musagète Quartet made its mark two years later by winning the ARDInternational Music Competition and was chosen by Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikvereinas 2010 /11 ECHO Rising Stars. The quartet brings two of its signature works to WigmoreHall for this BBC Lunchtime recital.

Quatuor Apollon Musagète is a member of Radio 3’sNew Generation Artists scheme


MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 7.30 PM London Pianoforte Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso in E Op. 14 Schubert Impromptu in Gb D899 No. 3Schumann Humoreske in Bb Op. 20 Medtner 2 Fairy TalesRavel Valses nobles et sentimentales Gounod/Liszt Valse from Faust

Two Gramophone Awards and other major recording prizes were among the emblems ofBenjamin Grosvenor’s remarkable achievements in 2012. The young British pianist’s careercontinues to unfold naturally, led by his desire to explore new repertoire and dig deepbeneath the shimmering surface and technical wizardry required to perform works such asMendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso and Liszt’s waltz on themes from Gounod’s Faust.

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Quatuor Ebène; Antoine Tamestit viola

Mozart String Quintet in C K515 Bruno Mantovani String Quintet (UK première)*Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516

*Co-commissioned by Auditorium du Louvre, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Académie de France à Rome and Wigmore Hall, with the support of André Hoffmann, President ofthe Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

French composer Bruno Mantovani has forged a major international careersince graduating from the Paris Conservatoire in the late 1990s. His StringQuintet receives its UK première in this concert. Mozart’s String Quintet in G minor K516, completed in May 1787, distils therestless energy of its composer’s professional setbacks to deliver a transcendent response to personal cares.

Contemporary Music Series

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £18 £25 £30 £35

The English ConcertTrevor Pinnock director, harpsichord

Nadja Zwiener violin

Handel Concerto Grosso in Bb Op. 3 No. 2Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052

Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 4 No. 2from La stravaganza RV279

Handel Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 6

Trevor Pinnock founded The English Concert in 1973, and to mark its 40th Anniversary he returns to direct the ensemble atWigmore Hall for the first time in over ten years. Two brilliant solo concertos and a pair of Handel’s Concerti Grossi amountto a programme sure to display this renowned period instrument orchestra at its virtuosic best.

The English Concert 40th Anniversary Celebration

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 6.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £3

Artists in Conversation

Irvine Arditti in conversation with Tom Service before the evening concert marking his 60 th birthday.

Arditti Quartet

Brian Ferneyhough Intermedio alla ciaccona (for solo violin)Robert HP Platz strings (Echo VII) (UK première)Hilda Paredes Cuerdas del destino (UK première)Francisco Guerrero Zayin I + II (for string trio)John Cage Eight Whiskus (for solo violin)Akira Nishimura Quartet No. 5 (UK première)

To celebrate his 60th birthday, Irvine Arditti has assembled a captivating collection of works to demonstrate the Arditti Quartet’s brilliance, artistic vitality and uncannyunderstanding of contemporary chamber music. The programme offers three UKpremières and two modern masterpieces for solo violin, opening the concert withBrian Ferneyhough’s hypnotic Intermedio alla ciaccona, first performed by Irvine Arditti in 1986.


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WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

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Christiane Karg soprano Michael Schade tenor

Malcolm Martineau piano

Songlives: Richard Strauss

Boyhood and Early Career in Munich & Meiningen 1864–1885 Weihnachtslied; Die Drossel; Ein Rösleinzog ich mir im Garten; Waldesgang From the Earliest‘Music of the Future’ Days to Marriage to Pauline deAhna 1885–1898 Zueignung; Ständchen; Schön sind, dochkalt die Himmelssterne; Breit über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar; Ruhe, meine Seele; Traum durch die Dämmerung;Hat gesagt – bleibt’s nicht dabei; Himmelsboten; Leises Lied; Befreit The Opera Composer 1898–1916 Wiegenlied;Am Ufer; Freundliche Vision; Winterweihe; Waldseligkeit; Junggesellenschwur; Ach, was Kummer, Qual und SchmerzenWorld War I, Vienna, and The Weimar Era Einst kam der Bock als Bote; Drei Lieder der Ophelia; Schwung from Gesängedes Orients The Late Strauss September and Im Abendrot from Four Last Songs; Malven

Christiane Karg scored a conspicuous critical hit with her title-role debut in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande last Novemberfor Frankfurt Opera. For the second recital in the Songlives series, the German soprano shares the Wigmore Hall stagewith Michael Schade, established among the world’s leading Mozarteans ever since making his European debut in 1991

as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte.

Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2013/ 14 Wigmore Series

Songlives

Malcolm MartineauMichael SchadeChristiane Karg

THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Olaf Bär Masterclass

Olaf Bär has long been regarded as one of the foremost Lieder interpreters of his generation.In 1985 the German baritone began a long association with EMI which produced a discographyencompassing most of the core Lieder repertoire including Schumann’s Dichterliebe, KernerliederOp. 35 and Liederkreis Opp. 24 and 39, a Gramophone Award-winning recording of Schubert’sDie schöne Müllerin, Winterreise and Schwanengesang, and Wolf’s Mörike Lieder, all with thelate Geoffrey Parsons.

Although his reputation was originally established as a concert and Lieder singer, he is alsorenowned for his large and varied operatic repertoire, including roles by Wagner, Weber, Mozart,Richard Strauss and Korngold. He has performed at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna State Opera, LyricOpera of Chicago, Opéra National de Paris and at the Festivals of Salzburg, Bayreuth, Aix-en-Provence, Vienna and Glyndebourne.

He returns to Wigmore Hall to give a masterclass to postgraduate music students from the four London music colleges.

THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER 1.00 PM – 4.00 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £7 concessions £4

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Imogen Cooper piano

Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor D958; Piano Sonata in A D959; Piano Sonata in Bb D960

Imogen Cooper concludes her complete survey of Schubert’s piano sonatas at Wigmore Hall with the composer’s last three works in the genre. Schubert wrote these pieces in the final year of his short life, directing his individual mastery of formal structure to provide the support for music that charts just about every conceivable emotional state and probes deep into the human psyche.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes in duration, with two intervals

Quatuor Diotima

Brian Ferneyhough String Quartet No. 2 Jean Barraqué Quartet (UK première)Toshio Hosokawa New work (UK première)* Bartók String Quartet No. 3

*Co-commissioned by Alois Lageder / VIN-o-TON, Kunstfest Weimar, Wigmore Hall andPrintemps des Arts de Monte Carlo, with the support of André Hoffmann, President ofthe Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Quatuor Diotima’s commitment to new work stems from its choice of name,inspired by the title of Luigi Nono’s Fragmente: Stille an Diotima. The Paris-based quartet’s Wigmore Hall programme, completewith UK premières of two important new works, embraces the vast textural and timbral soundscapes of Brian Ferneyhough’ssecond string quartet of 1980 and the harmonic and thematic intricacies of Bartók’s third string quartet.

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, with no interval


SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 4.00 PM Chamber Music Season £12.50 concessions £10

Viktoria Mullova violin Accademia BizantinaOttavio Dantone director, harpsichord

Bach Concerto in A minor for violin BWV1041; Concerto in C minor for violin andharpsichord (transcription of BWV1060); Concerto in D for violin (transcription ofBWV1053); Concerto in E for violin BWV1042

Viktoria Mullova’s recent explorations of historically informed performance practicesand use of gut strings have strengthened her already formidable arsenal of musicaland technical gifts. She joins Ottavio Dantone and his characterful AccademiaBizantina for an all-Bach programme, complete with the composer’s beguiling Violin Concerto in E BWV1042.

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £18 £25 £30 £35

SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 7.00 PM NB starting time London Pianoforte Series £18 £25 £30 £35

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Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition Winner:Fiachra Garvey piano

Brahms Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1Clara Schumann Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op. 20

Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a Theme of SchubertRavel Valses nobles et sentimentales Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B b Op. 84

Winner of the 2012 Jaques Samel competition, Irish pianist Fiachra Garvey has been aprize-winner at many international competitions with performances in Europe, the USAand Asia. Fiachra’s debut CD For the Piano ‘brings a deep and infectious enthusiasm,combined with insight and technical comfort’ (Sunday Times). Fiachra completed hispostgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music under doyen Hamish Milne.

Sponsored by Fazioli

SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 7.30 PM £8 £10 £13 £15

Fiachra Garvey

Jaques Samuel Pianos ‘Junior Department Festival’ Winners’ Concert

Students from the four London music institutions (Guildhall School of Music & Drama,Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire ofMusic & Dance) have been selected to perform in this recital. Up to 20 outstandingstudents will delight the audience with works from many different composers.

This concert will be approximately 90 minutes in duration, with no interval

Sponsored by Fazioli

SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2.30 PM NB starting time £8 £9 £11 £13

Vanbrugh Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1Janáccek String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’

The Vanbrugh Quartet, praised by the Washington Post for its ‘innate feel forthe natural ebb and flow of musical lines’, has lived with both works in thisCoffee Concert for many years. Its recently reissued recording of Janácek’sfirst string quartet stands among the finest in the catalogue, noted for itsintensity and drama.

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Angel Blue soprano Catherine Miller piano

Mozart Alleluia (Exsultate Jubilate K165) Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung; Die Nacht;Allerseelen; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten; Befreit Rachmaninov Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne; Vocalise; Zdes’khorosho; Vesenniye vodi Gershwin Summertime (Porgy and Bess) Chapí Las Carceleras (Las hijas de Zebedeo)Leoncavallo Stridono lassù (I pagliacci ) Gounod Dieu que frisson ... Amour ranimemon courage (Roméo et Juliette) Cilea Io son l’umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur )Verdi É strano! ... Ah, fors’è lui ... Sempre libera (La traviata)

Following a ‘knockout debut’ (Metro) with ENO one of opera’s most exciting youngtalents, Californian soprano Angel Blue makes her London recital debut. With her rich, velvety voice, Ms Blue earned lavishpraise as Clara in San Francisco Opera’s Porgy and Bess: ‘Summertime’ forms the centrepiece of her Rosenblatt Recital.

‘She has killer high notes and killer theatrical instincts!’ Los Angeles Times

Tickets also on sale for Rosenblatt Recitals on 16 September (Celso Albelo), 7 November (Giorgio Berrugi)and 9 January (Rosa Feola). See Wigmore Hall website for more details.

MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Rosenblatt Recitals £12 £16 £22 £26

Catherine MillerAngel Blue

Doric String Quartet

Haydn String Quartet in A Op. 20 No. 6 Schumann String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3

Schumann and Haydn belong to the core of the Doric String Quartet’s extensive repertoire. Haydn’s status as ‘the father of the string quartet’ was guaranteedfollowing the publication of his Op. 20 collection in the 1770s. The quartet’seloquence in Schumann’s String Quartet in A flows from eachplayer’s empathy with the work’s expressive lines andcollective feeling for the powerful emotions they convey.

Doric String Quartet


TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 11.00 AM – 11.45 AM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £6 per adult – babies come for free

For Crying Out Loud!

For parents and babies up to 1 year old

A popular programme for new parents and their babies, with musicians from the RoyalAcademy of Music. Each lasting 45 minutes, parents can enjoy a programme of beautifulchamber music in a calm and accommodating environment. Although the music will beappropriate for babies, these concerts are introduced for parents and are not interactive.

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FlorilegiumAshley Solomon director

Robin Blaze countertenor

Telemann Suite in A minor TWV55:A3

Bach Cantata BWV170 ‘Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte Seelenlust’Handel Sonata a 5 in Bb HWV288

Pergolesi Salve Regina in F minorTelemann Concerto in E for flute, oboe d’amore and violad’amore TWV53:E1

Florilegium, in company with Robin Blaze, presents two sacred vocal works for solo countertenor from their critically acclaimedrecording of Bach’s heart-melting cantata Vergnügte Ruh and Pergolesi’s Salve Regina. The programme begins and endswith works by Telemann, including his Recorder Suite in the French style and his strikingly scored Italianate concerto.

WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Joseph-Maurice Weder piano

Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D784

Heinz Holliger ElisBrahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5

In 1998 the Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert was established in the UK with the aim ofpresenting some of the most talented young Swiss musicians or ensembles in a concertat Wigmore Hall. The annual event is organised by the Embassy of Switzerland and theSwiss Cultural fund in Britain (SCFB), a charity promoting Swiss artistic excellence in theUK. The musician selected to perform in the 2013 concert is Joseph-Maurice Weder,a gifted young pianist.

Promoted by Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain SCFB (Reg. Charity)

Supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Presence Switzerland & JTI

TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert £12 inc. prog. & glass of Swiss sparkling wine at interval

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Toddler Bop

For 1 – 2 year olds

Interactive music, movement and play workshops for young children and theirparents with Chamber Tots in the Community workshop leader Esther Sheridanand guest musicians.

WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 10.15 AM – 11.00 AM rep. 11.45 AM – 12.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event Returns only

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Oleg Maisenberg piano

Tchaikovsky The Seasons Op. 37bMusorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Tchaikovsky’s ‘Twelve characteristic scenes’, published as The Seasons, were created between December 1875 and the following May. The pieces fashion impressions of each month of the year, just as Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition of 1874 drew their inspiration from the evocative imageryof Viktor Hartmann paintings. Oleg Maisenberg first studied these works as a child prodigy in the 1950s, constructing the foundations for his acclaimed mature interpretations.

Scottish Ensemble; Jonathan Morton artistic director

Martin Suckling Musical Postcards (Nos. 1– 4) Walton Sonata for StringsLeopold Hurt Dead ReckoningBrahms String Quintet in G Op. 111 (arr. J Morton)

‘This is one set of musicians you really need to see live to fully appreciate’ The Scotsman

Following major tours to the United States and China, the UK’s only professionalstring orchestra returns to Wigmore Hall with a programme contrasting Britishand German approaches to string writing, including an arrangement of Brahms’sString Quintet in G made for the Scottish Ensemble’s full forces by its Artistic Director and Leader, Jonathan Morton.

SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Chamber Music Season £15 £20 £25 £30

Oleg Maisenberg

Matthew Barley cello

Dai Fujikura The Spirit of Beings (with electronics) (London première) Gavin Bryars Tre Laude DolceBach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Britten Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 (with visuals by YeastCulture) Jan Bang/Barley Noticing Things (remix of Dai Fujikura work, with improvised cello) (Londonpremière) James MacMillan And he rose (London première)

Dai Fujikura’s The Spirit of Beings and its remix, Noticing Things, underpin a recital that turns itssustained focus on music of a meditative nature. Matthew Barley builds his solo programme aroundmasterworks by Bach and Britten and gives the London première of James MacMillan’s And he rose,written for the cellist and first performed by him last January.

This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, with no interval

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Bach Concerto in D minor BWV974

Schubert 6 Moments Musicaux D780

Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49

Few pianists can match Alexandre Tharaud’s intellectual curiosity and sense of style. He appeared on the big screen last year in performance and as an actor in Michael Haneke’s award-winning film Amour. His BBC Lunchtime Recital includes works by the artist’s signaturecomposers. Tharaud’s sensitivity of touch and cultured feeling for the singingline are ideally suited to the works in this programme.


Musicians from the Scottish EnsembleJonathan Morton leader

Alasdair Beatson piano

Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’

Jonathan Morton and musicians from the Scottish Ensemble are joined by Alasdair Beatson, one of the most established chamber pianists of his generation. The concert features Schubert’s lyrical‘Trout’ quintet, a work which takes its name from the fourth movement – a set of variations onSchubert’s Lied ‘Die Forelle’ or ‘The Trout’.


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Singers from the Mariinsky AcademyMaria Bayankina soprano Ekaterina Sergeyeva mezzo-soprano

Dmitri Voropaeyev tenor Grigory Chernetsov baritone

Larissa Gergieva piano

Songs by Glinka, Balakirev, Dargomyzhsky, Rubinstein,Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Varlamov, Rachmaninov, Borodin,Sviridov and Musorgsky

Larissa Gergieva’s tireless work as Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Academy of YoungSingers has helped nurture many of the foremost artists of our time, Sergei Murzaev,Anna Netrebko, Daniil Shtoda, Ekaterina Semenchuk and Olga Trifonova among them.She introduces some of the Mariinsky Academy’s finest young singers in this recitalwith a programme of Russian songs.

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £15 £20 £25 £30

Alexandre Tharaud

Ekaterina SergeyevaMaria Bayankina Dmitri Voropaeyev

Grigory Chernetsov Larissa Gergieva

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Half-Term Family DaySonglives for age 5 plus

Have you ever wondered about the real life stories behind songs? Work together as a family under theexpert guidance of vocalist and workshop leader, Isabelle Adams, to uncover inspiration from people,places and events in your own life and create lyrics and music to perform on the Wigmore Hall stage.

Wigmore Hall’s Family Programme is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust andThe Andor Charitable Trust

TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 10.30 AM – 3.30 PM Wigmore Hall Learning Event £12 Adults £8 Children

Lucy Crowe soprano Christopher Maltman baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

Songlives: Debussy

Debussy Nuit d’étoiles; En sourdine (1st version); Coquetterie posthume; Apparition; Chevaux de bois; Le balcon; En sourdine from Fêtes galantes Book I; Chansons de Bilitis; Fêtes galantesBook II; Auprès de cette grotte sombre; Trois ballades de Villon; Crois mon conseil; Je tremble en voyant ton visage; Trois poèmes de Mallarmé; Noël des enfants qui n’ont pas de maison

Last year Lucy Crowe made her debut at the Royal Opera House, performing Gilda in Verdi’sRigoletto at short notice and winning critical plaudits for the dramatic vision and bell-like vocal clarity of her interpretation.For the third recital in the Songlives series, the lyric soprano is united with Christopher Maltman and Malcolm Martineau,creating a partnership guaranteed to strike sparks of white-hot invention and thrilling artistry.

Supported by the members of the Rubinstein Circle

Songlives

TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series £18 £25 £30 £35

Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano

Fauré Le papillon et la fleur; Les berceaux; A Clymène; Clair de lune; Spleen; Notre amour;Danseuse Schumann Dichterliebe; Herzeleid; Die Fensterscheibe; Der Gärtner; Die Spinnerin;Im Wald; Abendlied Jörg Widmann Song cycle for baritone and piano (UK première)*

*Co-commissioned by Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Wigmore Hall, and Alte Oper Frankfurt, with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Christian Gerhaher’s total immersion in the musical and spiritual life of the works he performsprompted the Daily Telegraph’s Rupert Christiansen to observe that his ‘instrument andtechnique are faultless, yet Gerhaher is no showman ... he is just delivering what the composer asks, in all humility.’


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MONDAY 28 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Song Recital Series Returns only

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Janine Jansen violin Torleif Thedéen cello Itamar Golan piano

Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8Weinberg Piano Trio Op. 24 Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8

Three outstanding artists, universally admired for the perspicacity of theirmusic-making and powerful emotional engagement with audiences, sharehere in the performance of works fuelled by youthful energy and inventiveaudacity. Shostakovich’s Piano Trio Op. 8, a remarkably assured product ofhis student years in Petrograd, was inspired by the composer’s affections for the daughter of an eminent Moscow academic.


Half-Term CourseIgnition for ages 11 to 16

Calling all young musicians: Join Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite and fire up yourcreativity! Our Ignition half-term course will offer you the opportunity to create new music withyour instrument, as well as bringing out your inner composer to write a soundtrack for film clips,and much, much more. Meet new friends, play with professional musicians and perform your newworks on the Wigmore Hall stage!

Ignition is supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

WEDNESDAY 30 & THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 10.00 AM – 3.30 PM both days Wigmore Hall Learning Event £40 for the 2 days

Trevor Pinnock harpsichord

Journeys through music

Cabezón Differencias sobre el canto del Caballero from Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuelaByrd The Bells Tallis O ye tender babes Bull The King’s Hunt Frescobaldi Toccata Sesta; Balletti I & IIBach French Suite No. 5 in G BWV816 Handel Suite in D minor HWV436 Scarlatti Sonata in D Kk490;Sonata in D Kk491; Sonata in D Kk492 Soler Sonata in F#

Since stepping down as Artistic Director of The English Concert a decade ago, Trevor Pinnock hasbalanced his time between guest conducting engagements, performances as harpsichord soloist andchamber musician, and education work. This recital programme ranges over two and a half centuries of keyboard music andembraces a thrilling variety of styles, from dazzling pieces by Tallis, Byrd and Bull to the piquant sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.

The English Concert 40th Anniversary Celebration

WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 7.30 PM Early Music and Baroque Series £15 £20 £25 £30

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Wigmore Hall is also part of theFamily Friendly Arts Festival

Watch This SpaceSaturday 5 October 11.00 am – 12 noon

Join principal players of Aurora Orchestraand presenter John Barber for a musicaljourney into outer space!

Adults £7 Children £5

Brass Jaw – Jazz UnravelledSaturday 16 November 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Meet the dynamic ensemble Brass Jaw andexplore how jazz is put together featuring amixture of jazz tradition and exciting new music.

Adults £7 Children £5

In partnership with London Jazz Festival

Imaginative and inspiring family concerts this autumn

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

For age 5 plus

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Sun 8 Sep Škampa QuartetSun 15 Sep Philippe Graffin /Claire Désert

Sun 22 Sep Arcanto QuartetSun 29 Sep Jan Lisiecki

Sun 6 Oct Prazák QuartetSun 13 Oct Andreas Brantelid/Peter Friis Johansson

Sun 20 Oct Vanbrugh QuartetSun 27 Oct Musicians from the Scottish Ensemble

Alasdair BeatsonSun 3 Nov Arcadia Quartet

Sun 10 Nov Julian Bliss/Robert BottriellSun 17 Nov Natalie Clein /Tamara Stefanovich

Sun 24 Nov Nash EnsembleMarianne Thorsen/Ian Brown

Sun 1 Dec Spencer MyerSun 8 Dec Raphael Wallfisch /John York

Sun 15 Dec Mandelring QuartetSun 22 Dec Gould Piano Trio

Sun 29 Dec Quartetto di Cremona

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts

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The perfect way to start your Sunday morning – a cup of coffee or aglass of sherry preceded by an hour of world-class classical music.

All concerts start at 11.30 am

ContemporaryMusic Series SEP–DEC 13

Wednesday 18 September 7.30 pm

Inon Barnatan pianoMatthias Pintscher*

& Ronald Stevenson

Sunday 13 October 7.30 pm

Quatuor EbèneAntoine Tamestit violaBruno Mantovani*

Wednesday 16 October 7.30 pm

Arditti QuartetBrian Ferneyhough, Hilda Paredes,John Cage & more

Saturday 19 October 4.00 pm

Quatuor DiotimaBrian Ferneyhough, Jean Barraqué& Toshio Hosokawa*

Thursday 24 October 7.30 pm

Matthew Barley celloDai Fujikura, James MacMillan,John Tavener & Jan Bang / Barley

Monday 28 October 7.30 pm

Christian Gerhaher baritone

Gerold Huber pianoJörg Widmann*

Saturday 2 November 1.00pm & 7.30pm

Aurora OrchestraNicholas Collon conductor

Claire Booth soprano

Adam Walker flute

Mark Simpson clarinet

András Keller violin

Paul Silverthorne viola

Cédric Tiberghien pianoJulian Anderson, Gérard Grisey,Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin,Hans Abrahamsen& Salvatore Sciarrino

Sunday 3 November 7.30 pm

Xuefei Yang guitarChen Yi*

Wednesday 6 November 7.30 pm

EXAUDIMichael Finnissy*,Christopher Fox*& Stefano Gervasoni*

Friday 22 November 7.30 pm

The Prince ConsortCheryl Frances-Hoad*& Gwilym Simcock*

Wednesday 11 December 1.00 pm

Britten SinfoniaSally Beamish*

*Commissioned or co-commissioned byWigmore Hall with the support of André

Hoffmann, president of the FondationHoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Wigmore Hall stands as a major supporter of contemporary chamber music and song, as commissioner of new works and champion of living composers. The Hall is determined to bring fresh creative energy to the repertoire, not least through its extensive commissioning programme and promotion of world, UK and London premières.

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. Alternatively thereare public car parks in Cavendish Square, Harley Streetand Marylebone Lane, all of which are less than a fiveminute walk from the Hall. Wigmore Hall participatesin the Theatreland Parking Scheme which gives allWigmore concert-goers 50% discount on their parking.Please contact the box office for further details or visitour website.

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.

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