Sunday, 17 October 2010
Venue: City Halls - Grand Hall
Time: 15:00

Tickets: £12

On-Line Booking

Glasgow Concert Halls website

A Time There Was...
Michael Collins with Michael McHale (piano)

Arnold Bax: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Finzi: Five Bagatelles for Clarinet
Howells: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

This recital is being recorded by:

Monday, 25 October 2010
Wigmore Hall, London
Time: 19:30

Ticket Prices:
£15, £20, £25, £30

On-Line Booking

Wigmore Hall website

Michael Collins draws together a coterie of top-flight soloists to play:

W.A.Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E flat, 'Kegelstatt' K498

W.A.Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A K581

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps, 'Quartet for the End of Time'

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Paul Watkins (cello)
Steven Osborne (piano)

Friday, 12 November 2010
Venue: Kelso High School, Bowmont Street, Kelso, TD5 7EG.
Time: 19:30

Promoted by the
Kelso Music Society

Music Society website

Michael Collins with Michael McHale (piano)

Saint-Saens: Clarinet Sonata Op.167
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E Flat major Op.120 No.2
Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
Poulenc:  Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Weber: Grand Duo Concertante

Saturday, 13 November 2010
Venue: TBC
Time: 19:30

Promoted by the
Dundee Chamber Music Club

Chamber Music Club website

Tickets and Membership info

Michael Collins with Michael McHale (piano)

Saint-Saens: Clarinet Sonata Op.167
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E Flat major Op.120 No.2
Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
Poulenc:  Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Weber: Grand Duo Concertante

Saturday, 20 November 2010
Venue: THE FORUM,
1 Forum Buildings,
St James Parade, Bath.
Time: 19:30

BATH MOZART FEST

Mozart Fest website

Booking details

Michael Collins plays:

Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K622

London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Kirill Karabits & Bath Camerata

Programme:
Mozart: Ave verum corpus K618
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major K622
Tchaikovsky: Preghiera from Mozartiana (Suite No 4 Op 61)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64

PAST EVENT
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Schlosskonzert

Venue:
Musiktage Mondsee

Time: 19:30

Information from Mondsee site.

Michael plays
Franz Schubert:  Octet in F Major, D 803

Programme:
Robert Schumann:
Fantasie für Klavier C-Dur, op. 17
Franz Schubert:  
Oktett F-Dur, D 803

Mihaela Ursuleasa, Klavier
Michael Collins, Klarinette
Richard Galler, Fagott
Stephen Stirling, Horn
Ernst Weissensteiner, Kontrabass
Auryn Quartett

PAST EVENT
Friday, 20 August 2010
Segundo Festival Sinfónico
Venue:
Teatro Julio Mario Santodomingo
viernes 20 de agosto de 2010 a las 20:00 h
Teatro Julio Mario Santodomingo
Av cl 170 N° 67-51
Bogotá, Columbia .

Time: 20:00

Information from Sinfónico site.

Elena Kats-Chernin (1957- )
Ornamental Air

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherezade

El Mar y el barco de Simbad - Largo e maestoso
La historia del príncipe Kalendar - Lento
El joven príncipe y la joven princesa - Andantino quasi allegretto
Festival en Bagdad. El Mar

Solista: Michael Collins - Clarinete, clarinete bajo
Director titular: Baldur Brönnimann (Suiza)

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Sun Valley Summer Symphony 2010 Season
Venue: Sun Valley Pavillion
Time: 18:30

Sun Valley Symphony website

Concerts are admission-free, begin at 18:30, and last about 1 hour

Sun Valley Summer Symphony / Alasdair Neale

Michael Collins, Clarinet
Andrew McCandless, Trumpet

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie for Clarinet
WEBER: Concertino in E-flat maj for Clarinet Op.26
TOVEY: Songs of the Paradise Saloon
(US Premiere)

PAST EVENT
Friday, 06 August 2010
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

SUNSET SERIES - Happy Anniversary Sam and Erno!
Time: 17:30

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
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Michael plays in:

Dohnányi
Sextet in C major Op.37
Julian Jacobson (Piano) , Jack Liebeck (Violin) , Philip Dukes (Viola) , Young-Chang Cho (Cello) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Ben Jacks (Horn)

PAST EVENT
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Jupiters, Townsville

CONCERT CONVERSATIONS WITH PIERS LANE 1
Time: 10:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
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Hiscocks:
Shades of the Alhambra – WORLD PREMIERE
Eve of St John
Zorahayda
The Taper
Lullaby of the Gothic Princess
Babdil
Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Louise Hopkins (Cello) Kristian Chong (Piano)

Conversations with the Michael Collins, Timothy Constable, Wendy Hiscocks, Louise Hopkins and Anna Steiger.

PAST EVENT
Friday, 30 July 2010
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

OPENING NIGHT
Time: 20:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website

M ichael Collins (Clarinet)
Dimity Hall (Violin)
Irina Morozova (Viola)
Dene Olding (Violin)
Julian Smiles (Cello).

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K581

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier from 'Semiramide'

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 29 July 2010
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.

CHEFS IN THE NORTH Dinner
at Jupiters, Townsville, Qld.
Time:18:30

$Aus 250.00
For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website

The Chefs in the North Dinner is designed to tempt food and wine aficionados, Festival participants and corporate clients with an unforgettable night of fine food, wine and music.

Piers Lane, piano
Michael Collins, clarinet

GERSHWIN - arr James Cohn:
Three Preludes
1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
2. Andante con moto e poco rubato
3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier from 'Semiramide'

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 10 July 2010
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Cheltenham Town Hall
Time: 19:30


Tickets: £10 / £15 / £20 / £25 / £30 (50% concessions available, not online) 

Booking Office

Festival website

Festival Academy Strings
London Winds
with the Winds of Southbank Sinfonia
IMS Prussia Cove guests
Steven Isserlis, cello
Neil Thomson, conductor

SCHUMANN: Overture: Julius Caesar Op.128
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op.129
SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op.120

The Festival Academy Strings are augmented here by the wind players of London Winds and Southbank Sinfonia for a unique collaboration of ‘chamber philharmonic’ proportions. They begin with a rarely heard overture to Shakespeare’s play, and after his performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Steven Isserlis will join the orchestral ranks - alongside Brett Dean, Michael Collins et al. - for the Fourth Symphony.

PAST EVENT
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
RYEDALE FESTIVAL
GALA CONCERT
Venue: St. Peter's Chorch, Norton
Time: 20:00


Booking Office

Festival website

PERFORMANCE Orchestra of Opera North and Colin Carr

Programme:
MOZART: Symphony No.31 in D, K297 'Paris'
TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.4 in A major,Op.90, 'Italian'

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 01 July 2010
East Neuk Festival 2010
Kilrennie Church
Time: midday


Tickets: £15 (Zone 1) /£13.50 (Zone 2: gallery only) Approx 1 hr

Book Tickets

Festival website

Gran' Partita
SCO Winds
Michael Collins, director/clarinet

MOZART - Serenade in B flat for thirteen wind instruments, K.361, 'Gran' Partita'

There are few more delightful hours of music than Mozart's Gran' Partita; and to spend that hour in Kilrenny Church, with light falling through lovely Georgian windows into this harmonious and tranquil interior can only add to the pleasure.

PAST EVENT
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
East Neuk Festival 2010
Crail Church
Time:19:30

Tickets: £20 (Zone 1) / £15 (Zone 2) Approx 2 hrs including interval

Book Tickets

Festival website

Belcea String Quartet and
London Winds

BRAHMS - Quartet No.2 in a minor, Op.51/2
SCHUBERT - Octet in F, D.803

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Kammerkonzert
Schubertiade
Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal
Schwarzenberg, Austria
Time: 11:00

Tickets: € 39 - €69

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Belcea Quartet and London Winds

Stacey Watton d-bass
Michael Collins clarinet
Richard Watkins horn
Robin O'Neill bassoon

Programme:
HAYDN - Streichquartett G-Dur, op. 76/1
SCHUBERT - Oktett F-Dur, D 803

PAST EVENT
Friday, 25 June 2010
Wigmore Hall, London
Time: 19:30

Ticket Prices: £15 £20 £25 £30

On-Line Booking

Wigmore Hall website

Belcea String Quartet
and LONDON WINDS

Programme:
BEDFORD - Of the Air
(World premiere - Commissioned by Helen Bishop-Stephens and Patrick Bailey)
BRAHMS - String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
SCHUBERT - Octet in F D803

About this concert:
A dream partnership between members of London Winds and the Belcea Quartet promises to give a performance of a lifetime in Schubert’s genial and spaciously proportioned Octet.
Schubert was a prominent inspiration when Brahms came to tackle several chamber music forms, and his lyricism haunts this Second String Quartet.
Listen out especially for further fruit of the Wigmore’s alliance with its inaugural Composer in Residence, Luke Bedford.

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 20 June 2010
London Winds and the
Belcea String Quartet

Wiltshire Music Centre
Ashley Road
Bradford on Avon
Time: 19:30

Tickets £20, £19, £10(under 18)

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Free Talk at 18:30

London Winds

Philippa Davies flute
Gareth Hulse oboe
Michael Collins clarinet
Richard Watkins horn
Robin O'Neill bassoon

Programme:
BRAHMS -  String Quartet No.2
SCHUBERT - Octet

PAST EVENT
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Rodewald Concert Series
Belcea String Quartet
and London Winds
St George's Hall Concert Room
Liverpool
Time: 19:30

Tickets £16

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Programme:

BRAHMS -  String Quartet No.2
SCHUBERT - Octet

If you’ve heard the Belcea Quartet’s Schubert performances in the Rodewald Series in recent years, you won’t need telling twice about this one – as they team up with London Winds for his glorious Octet.

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 06 June 2010
Central Theatre, Chatham, Kent.
Time: 19:30

Tickets £18, £15

City of London Sinfonia performs gems for clarinet and horn

Programme:
MOZART - Symphony No. 29 in A
WEBER - Clarinet Concerto No2 in E flat
HAYDN - Symphony No.22 - The Philosopher
COPLAND - Clarinet Concerto

Michael Collins Conductor & clarinet

Ticket includes:
6.45pm - Pre-concert talk with the Conductor

7.30pm - Concert and afterwards, The Encore, a short, informal session of live music in the bar, by CLS musicians

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 05 June 2010
The Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, N. Ireland.
Time: 20:00

Tickets: £14, £13 (concession), £8 (children under 14)

Ardhoven Theatre website

Join the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Michael Collins, with soloist Matthew Trusler (violin), at this superb concert of miscal gems from Stravinsky, Mozart, Cimarosa, Glinka and Arriaga.

Programme:
STRAVINSKY - Suite No.1
MOZART - Violin Concerto No.5, K.219, Turkish
CIMAROSA - Overture: The Secret Marriage
GLINKA - Kamarinskaya
ARRIAGA - Symphony in D major

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Conzertgebouw, Kleine Saal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Time: 15:00 and 20:15

Concertgebouw website

(scroll down to:
do 20 mei 15:00 uur and 20:15)

LONDON WINDS

Programme:
BARBER - Summer Music for wind quintet
HINDEMITH - Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24, No. 2 for wind quintet
FARKAS - Antique Hungarian Dances
LIGETI - Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
DVORAK - American Quartet, arr for wind 5t
MOZART - Sonata in Bb, arranged for wind quintet

PAST EVENT
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Kings Lynn,
Corn Exchange
Time: 19:30

Pre-Concert Talk at 18:45

Tickets: £9.50, £15.50, £19.50, £22.50

Box Office

Corn Exchange website

City of London Sinfonia performs gems for clarinet

Programme:
MOZART - Symphony No 29 in A
FINZI - Clarinet Concerto 
HAYDN - Symphony No. 22 "The Philosopher"
WEBER - Clarinet Quintet
(arr. for clarinet & strings)

Michael Collins - Conductor & Clarinet 

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Launch Concert for Ryedale Festival 2010
Time: 19:30
Venue:
St Peter's Church, NORTON

Ticket Booking Form

Ryedale Festival information

LONDON WINDS with CHRISTOPHER GLYNN (piano)

Philippa Davies, flute
Gareth Hulse, oboe
Michael Collins, clarinet
Richard Watkins, horn
Robin O'Neill, bassoon
Christopher Glynn, piano

BEETHOVEN - Quintet for piano and winds Op. 16
POULENC – Sonata for flute and piano
BRAHMS - Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120, No.1
POULENC - Sextet

PAST EVENT
Friday, 23 April 2010
Tampere, Finland
Time: 19:00

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

Box Office

Tampere PO website

Michael gives the Finish Premiere of Brett Dean's ARIEL'S MUSIC for Solo clarinet and orchestra.

Score sample here:

Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor
Michael Collins, clarinet

Programme:
ADAMS - The Chairman Dances
DEAN - Ariel´s Music (Finnish premiere)
RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No. 3

PAST EVENT
Friday, 16 April 2010
Venue: Hall One
The Sage, Gateshead.
Time: 17:15

Tickets: £7

Young wind players from around the region and beyond have spent a week rehearsing in Durham with National Youth Orchestra tutors and conductor Michael Collins to prepare this programme of French and American wind music designed to complement the NYO concert programme later that evening.

Programme:
ADAMS - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
BERLIOZ - Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale
BOZZA - Children's Overture

Conductor: Michael Collins