Artists
- Michael Collinsclarinet
- Michael McHalepiano
- Date
- Sat 26 Sep 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Herbert Howells1892-1983
- Clarinet Sonata
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2
Interval
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Première rapsodie
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921
- Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 167
- Francis Poulenc1899-1963
- Sonata for clarinet and piano
Encore
- John Field1782-1837
- Nocturne No. 5 in B flat
Overview
Few players have done more to raise theirinstrument’s profile than Michael Collins, whojoins us at Wigmore Hall for a three-concertseries this season.
His consummatemusicianship and artistic eloquence aredirected in this recital to some of theclarinet’s finest chamber compositions,including the delicious pairing of Brahms’samiable Clarinet Sonata in E flat and theClarinet Sonata by Herbert Howells.