Autumn sunshine and Gallic flair

Par Mark Pullinger, 27 septembre 2015

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“Collins' control over fast trills and sustained high notes was terrific...”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 26 septembre 2015

Howells, Sonata for clarinet and piano

Brahms, Sonate pour clarinette no. 2 en mi bémol majeur, Op.120 no. 2

Debussy, Première Rhapsodie

Saint-Saëns, Sonate en mi bémol majeur pour clarinette et piano, Op.167

Poulenc, Sonate en si bémol majeur pour clarinette et piano, FP 184

Field, Nocturne no. 5 in B flat major (Arr McHale)

Michael Collins, Clarinette

Michael McHale, Piano

A lunchtime feast from Michael Collins and Michael McHale

Mark Pullinger, 18th June

Two Michaels – Collins and McHale – provided the musical nourishment in today’s lunchtime recital from Wigmore Hall, a feast of classic clarinet sonatas.

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Ulster Youth Orchestra alumni celebrate their founding

Leighton Jones, 29th December

Honouring a quarter-century since their creation, alumni from the orchestra united to give a very special anniversary commemorative concert filled with musical fellowship and pride.

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Michael McHale's Irish Piano Tour

Terry Blain, 22nd May

Resonant Mussorgsky Pictures cap an unusually fresh, imaginatively programmed recital. Is Michael McHale the best Irish pianist since Barry Douglas?

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Suganandarajah and Collins delight in Weber at Belfast’s Ulster Hall

Leighton Jones, 26th January

Leslie Suganandarajah brings an evening of classical elegance with the Ulster Orchestra, while Michael Collins shines in a rarely performed concerto.

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German Romanticism given a fresh lick of paint by the Philharmonia

David Truslove, 15th January

Some thrilling moments in a memorable evening of Brahms and Weber, with the Philharmonia and Michael Collins on riveting form.

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Daniele Rustioni flies The Star Spangled Banner in Belfast

Leighton Jones, 3rd June

From the streets of New York to America’s southern states, Daniele Rustioni with the Ulster Orchestra present an all American evening, with some fine playing.

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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.

Autumn sunshine and Gallic flair: Michael Collins in recital at Wigmore Hall