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

By Mark Pullinger, 27 September 2015
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“Collins' control over fast trills and sustained high notes was terrific...”
Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 26 September 2015
Programme
Howells, Sonata for clarinet and piano
Brahms, Clarinet Sonata no. 2 in E flat major, Op.120 no.2
Debussy, Première Rhapsodie
Saint-Saëns, Sonata in E flat major for clarinet and piano, Op.167
Poulenc, Clarinet Sonata in B flat major, FP 184
Field, Nocturne no. 5 in B flat major (Arr McHale)
Performers
Michael Collins, Clarinet
Michael McHale, Piano
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Mark Pullinger
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.