Thursday 7 January | |
| 7.30pm | |
| András Schiff piano | |
| Bach Capriccio in B flat major (Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother) BWV992; Sinfonia No. 5 in E flat BWV791; Sinfonia No.9 in F minor BWV795; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903; Italian Concerto in F BWV971; Ouvertüre nach französischer Art BWV831 | |
| In recent years, Sir András Schiff’s Bach has become a highlight of the BBC Proms; tonight he performs a programme entirely dedicated to the composer, including his Capriccio in B flat, allegedly written to bid fond farewell to his brother, and his 1735 Italian Concerto. | |
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| Friday 8 January | |
| 7.30pm | |
| Wigmore Soloists | |
| Isabelle van Keulen violin | |
| Laura Samuel violin | |
| Timothy Ridout viola | |
| Kristina Blaumane cello | |
| Tim Gibbs double bass | |
| Michael Collins clarinet | |
| Robin O’Neill bassoon | |
| Alberto Menéndez Escribano horn | |
| Schubert Octet in F D803 | |
| Tonight’s concert is the debut for brand new ensemble the Wigmore Soloists. Led by Isabelle van Keulen and Michael Collins, the pair is joined by a roster of top musicians for Schubert’s inimitable 1824 Octet. The work was conceived using Beethoven’s Opus 20 Septet as a model, adding a second violin to the forces, and is the epitome of the divertimento in its variety and tunefulness. | |
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| Saturday 9 January | |
| 11.30am | |
| Apartment House | |
| Kerry Yong piano | |
| Gordon Mackay violin | |
| Anton Lukoszevieze cello | |
| Simon Limbrick percussion | |
| Feldman Last Pieces; For Aaron Copland; Vertical Thoughts 4; Projection 1; Extensions 3; Durations 4; Intersection III; Extensions 1; Intermission VI; The King of Denmark | |
| On Saturday 9 January, Apartment House celebrates the composer Morton Feldman in three concerts. Feldman was a major figure in 20th-century music and, influenced by abstract painting, helped pioneer indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers. His music often employs alternative notational and organisational systems that contribute to a compositional style centred on gestural, timbral and non-metric relationships. | |
| Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation and American Friends of Wigmore Hall | |
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| Saturday 9 January | |
| 3.00pm | |
| Apartment House | |
| Mark Knoop piano | |
| Gordon Mackay violin | |
| Mira Benjamin violin | |
| Bridget Carey viola | |
| Anton Lukoszevieze cello | |
| Feldman Piano and String Quartet | |
| On Saturday 9 January, Apartment House celebrates the composer Morton Feldman in three concerts. Feldman was a major figure in 20th-century music and, influenced by abstract painting, helped pioneer indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers. His music often employs alternative notational and organisational systems that contribute to a compositional style centred on gestural, timbral and non-metric relationships. | |
| Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation and American Friends of Wigmore Hall | |
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| Saturday 9 January | |
| 7.30pm | |
| Apartment House | |
| Mark Knoop piano | |
| Mira Benjamin violin | |
| Bridget Carey viola | |
| Anton Lukoszevieze cello | |
| Morgan Pearse baritone | |
| Simon Limbrick percussion | |
| Josephine Stephenson soprano | |
| Letty Stott horn | |
| Feldman Palais de Mari; Four Instruments; Two Instruments; The O’Hara Songs; Durations 2; For Franz Kline | |
| On Saturday 9 January, Apartment House celebrates the composer Morton Feldman in three concerts. Feldman was a major figure in 20th-century music and, influenced by abstract painting, helped pioneer indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers. His music often employs alternative notational and organisational systems that contribute to a compositional style centred on gestural, timbral and non-metric relationships. | |
| Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation and American Friends of Wigmore Hall | |
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| Monday 11 January 1.00pmSteven Isserlis cello Irène Duval violin Vashti Hunter cello Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin Timothy Ridout viola Maggie Cole harpsichord Lucy Shaw double bass Boccherini String Quintet Op. 13 No. 4 in D minor G280; Cello Sonata in C minor G2b; Cello Concerto in G major G480; Minuet from String Quintet in E Op. 11 No. 5 In this BBC Radio 3 lunchtime concert, five leading musicians present a programme of works by Italian composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini. Boccherini composed well over 100 string quintets, and his formation with two cellos seems to have resulted from the fact that Don Luis in Aranjuez, under whom Boccherini served as compositore e virtuoso di camera for some years, had a string quartet which with Boccherini himself could become a quintet. Monday 11 January 7.30pm TBC: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Elena Urioste violin Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Tom Poster piano Clarinet TBC Tuesday 12 January 7.30pm Ben Johnson tenor Martin James Bartlett piano Britten On This Island Op. 11 Nocturne Schubert An den Mond D259; Nacht und Träume D827; An die Laute D905; An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht D614 Liszt Schwanengesang S560 VII. Ständchen ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder’ Fauré Clair de lune Op. 46 No. 2 Hahn Fêtes galantes; Chansons grises L’Heure exquise Chopin Nocturnes Op. 27 Nocturne in D flat No. 2 Tosti La Serenata; Amour, amour Coates Bird songs at eventide Coward Alice is at it again Wednesday 13 January1.00pm Jack Sheen conductor Britten Sinfonia Jennifer France soprano Hildegard of Bingen O virga ac diadema Knussen Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh Op. 6 Hildegard of Bingen O frondens virga Jack Sheen New Work Hildegard of Bingen O viriditas digiti dei Frey Circular Music No. 2 An eclectic concert of lunchtime chamber music from Britten Sinfonia ranging from arrangements of 12th-century music by Hildegard von Bingen to a new work by the exciting young Manchester-born composer-conductor Jack Sheen. Knussen’s whimsical Hums and Songs of Winnie the Pooh, exploring a child’s inner world, completes the programme. Wednesday 13 January7.30pm The Hermes Experiment Héloïse Werner soprano Anne Denholm harp Oliver Pashley clarinet Marianne Schofield double bass Strozzi Diporti di Euterpe Op. 7 Tradimento Anna Meredith Fin like a Flower Boulanger Reflets Alex Mills Saṃsāra Freya Waley-Cohen We Phoenician Sailors Helen Grime Council Offices Philip Venables A Photograph Misha Mullov-Abbado The Linden Tree Emily Hall I am happy living simply; The end of the ending Oliver Leith Uh Huh, Yeah The Hermes Experiment, a contemporary British ensemble consisting of harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass, enjoys “capitalizing on [its] deliberately idiosyncratic combination of instruments” through existing works, the members’ own arrangements and commissioning new music. Its programme tonight showcases just that, with the composers of all but two of the works active today and four pieces arranged by members of the group. Thursday 14 January 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova violin Cédric Tiberghien piano Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F (1838) Prokofiev 5 Melodies Op. 35bis Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano The regular duo joins forces once again for a programme including Mendelssohn’s violin sonata which was lost until it was revived in the 1950s by Yehudi Menuhin. Prokofiev originally wrote the 5 Melodies as vocalises for the Ukrainian soprano Nina Koshetz in 1920 but recomposed them in 1925 as miniatures for violin and piano. The evening ends with Franck’s buoyant Sonata in A, written in 1886 as a wedding present for the virtuoso violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Friday 15 January 7.30pm Harriet Burns soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Malcolm Martineau piano Petroc Trelawny narrator Henrietta Bredin director Gounod Ave Maria, for voice & piano No. 2; Venise; Chanson de Printemps; Maid of Athens; Le Temps des roses; If thou art sleeping; Au rossignol; Ilala; Le soir; Sérénade In tonight’s programme ‘Gounod and Georgina’, the artists explore the tumultuous relationship between composer Charles Gounod and Georgina Weldon, a singer and vocal teacher he met during his time in London to escape the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. |
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