A Brahms clarinet feast from Michael Collins at Wigmore Hall

Von Mark Pullinger, 07 Januar 2020

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“Gloomy old Brahms? No, this was Brahms revelling in October sunshine”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 6 Januar 2020

Brahms, Klarinettensonate Nr. 1 in f-Moll, Op.120 Nr.1

Beethoven, Violinsonate Nr. 5 F-Dur "Frühling", Op. 24 (arr. Hough)

Brahms, Klarinettensonate Nr. 2 in Es-Dur, Op.120 Nr.2

Brahms, Klarinettenquintett in h-Moll, Op.115

Sir Stephen Hough, Klavier

Michael Collins, Klarinette

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A Brahms clarinet feast from Michael Collins and friends at Wigmore Hall