A lunchtime feast from Michael Collins and Michael McHale

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 juin 2020

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“the music seemed to float effortlessly”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 18 juin 2020

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

Weber, Grand Duo Concertant en mi bémol majeur, Op.48

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

Michael Collins, Clarinette

Michael McHale, Piano

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.

****1

Autumn sunshine and Gallic flair

Mark Pullinger, 26th September

Watery September sunshine and an autumnal air hung over Wigmore Hall, appropriate conditions for a recital of late clarinet sonatas.

****1

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?

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

***11

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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 lunchtime feast from Michael Collins and Michael McHale at Wigmore Hall