Concerts
Michael Collins
Clarinettist & Conductor

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2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
MONDSEE, AUSTRIA
Schloss Mondsee

Mondsee Austria

Thursday, 02 September 2010
Schlosskonzert

Venue:
Musiktage Mondsee

Time: 19:30

Information
from Mondsee site.


Michael plays
BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio, Op.114

Programme:
Johannes Brahms:
Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 G-Dur, op. 87
György Kurtág:
Hommage à Robert Schumann, op. 15d
Robert Schumann:
Klaviertrio Nr. 1 d-Moll, op. 63
Johannes Brahms:
Trio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier a-Moll, op. 114

Shmuel Ashkenasi, Violine
Nobuko Imai, Viola
Antonio Meneses, Violoncello
Michael Collins, Klarinette

MONDSEE, AUSTRIA
Schloss Mondsee

Mondsee Austria

Friday, 03 September 2010
Schlosskonzert
ROMANTISCHER SALON
Poesie und Virtuosität in der Kammermusik

Venue:
Musiktage Mondsee

Time: 19:30

Information
from Mondsee site.


Michael is a participant in the discussion
"Poetry and virtuosity in chamber music "

Programme:
To be announced

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Taschner (moderator)

with participants from Musiktage Mondsee 2010

FINLAND
KOTKA, FINLAND
Kotka Concert Hall

Wednesday, 22 September 2010
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Venue: Kotka Concert Hall
Time: 19:00

Tickets:
€ 17/12/7/3

Booking Office Information

Website Concert Information

Michael plays:
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons

Kymi Sinfonietta / Shinozaki Yasuo

Programme:
W.A.Mozart: Symphony No.32
J.Adams: Gnarly Buttons
W.A.Mozart: Gran Partita

KOUVOLA, FINLAND
Kouvola City Hall

Wednesday, 23 September 2010
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Venue: Kouvola City Hall
Time: 19:00

Tickets:
€ 17/12/7/3

Booking Office Information

Website Concert Information

Michael plays:
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons

Kymi Sinfonietta / Shinozaki Yasuo

Programme:
W.A.Mozart: Symphony No.32
J.Adams: Gnarly Buttons
W.A.Mozart: Gran Partita

UK
OCTOBER 2010
GLASGOW, Scotland
Grand Hall, Glasgow

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:



LONDON, UK
Wigmore Hall, London

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)


 
NOVEMBER 2010
PEEBLES, Scottish Borders

Eastgate Theatre

Thursday, 11 November 2010
Venue: Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles.
Time: 19:30

Box office 01721 725 777

Promoted by:
Music in Peebles

Eastgate Theatre 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



KELSO, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders
Kelso Music Society

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



DUNDEE, Scotland
Dundee
Chamber Music Club

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



BATH, Avon
The Forum, Bath

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


LONDON, UK

Wigmore Hall

Sunday, 21 November 2010
Venue: Wigmore Hall, London
Time: 19:00

A concert to celebrate Amelia Freedman’s 70th birthday

Wigmore Hall website

£12 £16 £22 £26


Performers:
Nash Ensemble
Dame Felicity Lott soprano, plus surprise guests.

A garland of birthday pieces for Amelia by composers associated with the Nash Ensemble over the years, including Michael Berkeley, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Simon Holt, Colin Matthews, David Matthews
and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

LONDON, Wimbledon, UK

Wimbledon Music Festival

Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Venue: St.John's, Spencer Hill
Time: 20:00

Festival Office: 020 8946 5078

£25, £20, £15

Festival website


Performers:
London Winds with John York (piano)

Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and wind K452
Poulenc: Elegy for Horn and Piano
Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, 1926
Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, Op.16

 
 
more to come ....
 
PAST CONCERTS in 2010
AUSTRIA
AUGUST 2010
MONDSEE, AUSTRIA
Schloss Mondsee

Mondsee Austria

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

MONDSEE, AUSTRIA
Musiktage Mondsee
Mondsee Musiktage

Mondsee Austria

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 29 August 2010

Spielarten der Romantik
Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin

Venue:
Musiktage Mondsee

Time: 11:30

Information
from Mondsee site.


Michael plays
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke für Klarinette und Klavier, op. 73

Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Klaviertrio g-Moll, op. 8
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke für Klarinette und Klavier, op. 73
Johannes Brahms: Klaviertrio Nr. 1 H-Dur, op. 8

Eggner Trio
Michael Collins, Klarinette
Stefan Stroissnig, Klavier

COLUMBIA
BOGOTA, COLUMBIA
Segundo Festival Sinfónico Internacional website
Segundo Festival Sinfónico Internacional

Bogotá, Columbia

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)

USA
IDAHO, USA
Sun Valley Pavillion

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)

AUSTRALIA
TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 07 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

SUNSET SERIES - A Touch of Class-ic!
Time: 17:30

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Michael plays in:

Beethoven: Septet Op.20

Jack Liebeck (Violin) , Philip Dukes (Viola) , Louise Hopkins (Cello) , Andrew Rootes (Double Bass) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon) , Ben Jacks (Horn)


TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 07 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

FESTIVAL FAREWELL - El Salon Mexico!
Time: 20:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Michael plays in:

Peter Schickele:
Serenade for Three

James Cuddeford (Violin) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Bernadene Blaha (Piano)




TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

PAST EVENT
Friday, 06 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

EVENING SERIES - Death and the Maiden
Time: 20:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Michael plays:

Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Camerata of St John's (Chamber Orchestra) )

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

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
(click show concert details)



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)

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Jupiters, Townsville

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 05 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Jupiters, Townsville

CONCERT CONVERSATIONS WITH PIERS LANE 3
Time: 10:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Poulenc:
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon

Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon)

Conversations with Alice Giles, Suzanne Shakespeare, Emma Sholl, Roger Smalley and Matthew Wilkie.

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

PAST EVENT
Wednesday, 04 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Townsville Civic Theatre

SUNSET SERIES - Merry Pranks n Moon Madness
Time: 17:30

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Einmal Anders!
Ben Jacks (Horn) , Jack Liebeck (Violin) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Andrew Rootes (Double Bass) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon)

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Anna Steiger (Voice - Mezzo Soprano) , James Cuddeford (Violin) , Julian Smiles (Cello) , Emma Sholl (Flute) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Julian Jacobson (Piano)

Strauss/Schoenberg: Emperor Waltz
Emma Sholl (Flute) , Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Julian Jacobson (Piano) , Dimity Hall (Violin) , Irina Morozova (Viola) , Dene Olding (Violin) , Julian Smiles (Cello)

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Jupiters, Townsville

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
(click show concert details)



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.

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Jupiters, Townsville

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 01 August 2010

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF
CHAMBER MUSIC, Townsville.
Venue: Jupiters, Townsville

JAMAICAN RUMBA
Time: 14:00

For bookings please contact the TicketShop on 1800 449 977.

Festival website
(click show concert details)



Benjamin:
Le Tombeau de Ravel
Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Piers Lane (Piano)



JULY 2010
TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Townsville Civic Theatre

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'

TOWNSVILLE, Qld
Jupiters, Townsville.

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'

EUROPE
CHELTENHAM, UK
Pittville Pump Room,
Cheltenham.

PAST EVENT
Friday, 09 July 2010

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Pittville Pump Room
Time: 11:00


Tickets: £15 / £20 / £25

Book Office

Festival website

Michael Collins, clarinet
Brett Dean, viola
Huw Watkins, piano

SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op.113
SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke Op.73
SCHUMANN: Märchenerzählungen Op.132
KURTÁG: Homage à Robert Schumann Op.15d
KURTÁG: Jelek Op. 5 7’
BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata No 1 Op.120



CHELTENHAM, UK
Cheltenham Town Hall,
Cheltenham.

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.

NORTON, North Yorkshire, UK
Ryedale Festival

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'



Kilrennie Church
East Neuk, Scotland.

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.



JUNE 2010
Crail Church
East Neuk, Scotland.

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

 
Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal
Schwarzenberg, Austria

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 27 June 2010

Kammerkonzert
Schubertiade
Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal
Schwarzenberg, Austria
Time: 11:00

Tickets: € 39 - €69

Book Tickets



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

 
Wigmore Hall, London

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.

 
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon

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)

Book Tickets

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

 
St. George's Hall, Liverpool

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

Book Tickets

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.

 
CHANDOS Records

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 10 June 2010

Recording at Potton Hall, for CHANDOS. Three days.

with pianist Michael McHale



Programme:
BURGMÜLLER -
Duo in Eb fur Klarinette und Klavier Op 15
SAINT-SAËNS - Clarinet Sonata Op.167
WAGNER ARR BAERMANN - Adagio
SCHUMANN - Three Fantasy Pieces
READE - Suite from the Victorian Kitchen Garden
POULENC - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
FINZI - Five Bagatelles

 
Central Theatre
Chatham, Kent.

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

 
Ardhoven Theatre
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

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

MAY 2010
St. Thomas's Church
Salisbury


Friday, 28 May 2010

SALISBURY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2010
St Thomas’s Church
Salisbury, Wilts
Time: 19:30

Tickets: £18 and £16


Festival website


LONDON WINDS

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

Programme:
LIGETI - Bagatelles
MOZART - Quintet (Violin Sonata K454)
RAVEL - Le Tombeau de Couperin
DVORAK - American Quartet for Wind Quintet



 
Concertgebouw, Kleine Saal,
Amsterdam, Holland

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



 
Tilborg, Holland

PAST EVENT
Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Kamermuziekserie
Tilborg, Netherlands
Time: 20:15

Tickets: € 25

Tilborg Kamermuziek website



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



 
Trinity Theatre,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 16 May 2010

Tunbridge International Music Festival, Trinity Theatre
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Time: 19:30

Ticket Price: £20

On-Line Booking

Trinity Theatre website



City of London Sinfonia returns as Resident Orchestra for Tunbridge Wells International Festival

Programme:
BARBER - Adagio
FINZI - Clarinet Concerto
MOZART- Symphony No. 29 in A
COPLAND - Clarinet Concerto

Michael Collins, Conductor & Clarinet



 
Wigmore Hall, London

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 13 May 2010

Wigmore Hall, London
Time: 19:30

Box Office: +44 (0)20 7935 2141
Tickets: £15 £20 £25 £30

Wigmore Hall website

Concert supported by the Patron Friends of Wigmore Hall

This concert will be followed by the Patrons’ Dinner


Performers:
Michael Collins, clarinet
Steven Osborne, piano

Programme:
SCHUMANN - Fantasiestücke Op. 73
BRAHMS - Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1
MESSAIEN - Abyss of the birds from Quartet for the End of Time
DEBUSSY - Première rapsodie
SAINT-SAËNS - Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op.167
PIERNÉ - Canzonetta Op. 19
MESSAGER - Solo de concours

A star pairing of Britain’s finest clarinet virtuoso with one of our most imaginative and stimulating pianists. Their programme is virtually a conspectus of a century’s clarinet-and-piano highlights ranging from Schumann’s lyrical and passionate Fantasy Pieces of 1849 to one of Brahms’s late-flowering masterpieces for Richard Mühlfeld of the legendary Meiningen orchestra.

It then moves on to a French feast for the ear from old veteran Saint-Saëns at the end of his life, via some competition fireworks, to Olivier Messiaen as prisoner of war in 1941.

 
Wycombe Swan

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 9 May 2010

Musical Gems for the Clarinet
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
Time: 19:30

Tickets: £24, £19, £16, £13

Box Office 01494 512000

Wycombe Swan website



City of London Sinfonia performs gems for clarinet

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

Michael Collins, Conductor & Clarinet

Pre-Concert Talk - soloists and musicians talk about the musical programme, and The Encore -
an informal selection of lighter music performed by CLS musicians in the foyer following the concert.



Stamford Arts Centre

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 8 May 2010

Musical Gems for the Clarinet
Stamford Arts Centre, Lincs
Time: 20:00

Tickets: £14 (£12)

Box Office

Arts Centre website



City of London Sinfonia performs gems for clarinet

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



 
Kings Lynn,
Corn Exchange

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 

 
APRIL 2010
St. Peter's Church,
Norton, North Yorkshire.

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



 
Tampere Concert Hall
Finland
 

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

 
The Sage, Gateshead

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

 
 
PAST CONCERTS in 2009
2009
June
July
Aug
Sept
. DECEMBER 2009
...TASMANIA
Federation Concert Hall
Hobart, Tasmania

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 05 December 2009
Venue: Federation Concert Hall,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Time: 20:00

TSO Concerts

Free pre-concert talk at 19:00 by Simon Rogers.


Michael plays Mozart - Clarinet Concerto K622 and Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Baldur Brönnimann

PROGRAMME:
SUBLIME
Beethoven - Symphony No 2
Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto K622
Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 10

Further Information from the TSO website

Box Office LINK go to 5 December

...TASMANIA
 
Princess Theatre
Launceston, Tasmania

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 03 December 2009
Venue: Princess Theatre,
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Time: 20:00

TSO Concerts


Michael plays Mozart - Clarinet Concerto K622 and Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Baldur Brönnimann

PROGRAMME:
SUBLIME
Beethoven - Symphony No 2
Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto K622
Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 10


   
.NOVEMBER 2009
 
   
NEW ZEALAND
   


Auckland Town Hall, NZ

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Venue: Auckland Town Hall,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Time: 20:00

This performance was broadcast
by Concert FM. We'll see if there is a link to' Listen Again' on NZ radio in due course.






Michael plays Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.1

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra / Baldur Brönnimann

PROGRAMME:
GRAND FINALE
Prokofiev - Love of Three Oranges Suite
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.1
--- Interval ---
Richard Strauss - First Waltz Sequence from
' Der Rosenkavalier'
Respighi - The Pines of Rome

Further Information from the APO website

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
   


Perth Concert Hall

PAST EVENT
Friday, 20 November 2009 and
Saturday, 21 November
Venue: Perth Concert Hall,
Perth, Australia.
Time: 19:30






Michael plays Elena Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air

West Australian Symphony Orchestra / Paul Daniel

PROGRAMME:
Julian Anderson - Alleluia
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Elena Kats-Chernin - Ornamental Air
Elgar - Symphony No.1

Further Information on the WASO website

Box Office LINK


Concertgebouw
Amsterdam

PAST EVENT
Sunday, 08 November 2009
Venue: Concertgebouw Concert
Hall, Amsterdam
Time: 11:00






Michael plays Copland - Clarinet Concerto
with the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest / Kynan Johns

PROGRAMME:
AMERICAN PIE
Barber - Symphony nr.1
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Bernstein - On the town: Three dance episodes
Gershwin - An American in Paris

Further Information on the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest website

Information on the Concertgebouw website


Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 07 November 2009
Venue:
Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen
Time: 20:00






Michael plays Copland - Clarinet Concerto
with the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest / Kynan Johns

PROGRAMME:
AMERICAN PIE
Barber - Symphony nr.1
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Bernstein - On the town: Three dance episodes
Gershwin - An American in Paris

Further Information on the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest website


Theater aan het Vrijthof

PAST EVENT
Friday, 06 November 2009
Venue: Mastrich, Holland
Theater aan het Vrijthof
Time: 20:15






Michael plays Copland - Clarinet Concerto
with the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest / Kynan Johns

PROGRAMME:
AMERICAN PIE
Barber - Symphony nr.1
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Bernstein - On the town: Three dance episodes
Gershwin - An American in Paris

Further Information on the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest website


Fairfield Halls, Croydon,
London.

PAST EVENT
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Time: 19:30






FAIRFIELD INTERNATINAL ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Michael plays Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
with the London Mozart Players / David Stern

PROGRAMME:
Schubert - Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622
Beethoven - Symphony no 6 in F major,
Op. 68 "Pastoral"

..OCTOBER 2009

PAST EVENT
Friday, 30 October 2009
Venue: Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music
Time: 13:00






10: STRINGS PLUS
Michael Collins (clarinet)
with the Brodsky Quartet

PROGRAMME:
Howells - Rhapsodic Quintet
for clarinet and strings Op.31
Brahms - Quintet for clarinet and strings
in B minor Op.115

The second of five lunchtime recitals being recorded by the BBC for future broadcast. Please note that you are asked to be in your seats by 1.05pm. Latecomers cannot be admitted.

Light refreshments available from 12.30pm

Please go to Page 8 of this PDF file to read about the concert

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 29 October 2009
BBC Scotland and Radio3
Time: 12:45


Performance for
BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio3


PROGRAMME:
Brahms - Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E flat
Beethoven - 'Spring'
Weber - Grand Duo Concertante


PAST EVENT
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Venue: Banstead, Surrey.
Time: 19:30


BANSTEAD ARTS FESTIVAL
Michael Collins, clarinet
Michael McHale, piano

PROGRAMME:
Mozart - Violin Sonata in B flat, K454
[arranged for clarinet]
Brahms - Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2
Lutoslawski - Dance Preludes
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Weber - Grand Duo Concertante


St. Peter's Eaton Square

PAST EVENT
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Venue: St. Peter's, Eaton Square,
London.
Time: 19:30


EATON SQUARE CONCERTS
Michael Collins, clarinet
Michael McHale, piano

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

LINK for Information and Tickets


Ulster Hall, Belfast

PAST EVENT
Friday, 09 October 2009
Venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast
Time: 19:45

This performance is being
recorded for BBC Radio 3





Michael Collins plays Finzi - Clarinet Concerto
Ulster Orchestra / John Lubbock

PROGRAMME:
Sibelius - Karelia Overture
Finzi - Clarinet Concerto
Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela
Malcolm Arnold - Symphony No.2

Ulster Orchestra website

Tickets for this performance


Jersey Opera House

PAST EVENT
Saturday, 03 October 2009
Venue: Jersey Opera House
Time: 20:00
Pre-Performance Talk 19:00

Michael Collins & Christopher George
Jersey Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Michael Collins

PROGRAMME:
includes
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No 2
Beethoven – “Emperor” Piano Concerto



 
 
...Previous Months
May
Friday 22nd
19:30
PAST EVENT
 
Chipping Campden  
St. James Church

'CHIPPING CAMPDEN FESTIVAL ACADEMY’ ORCHESTRA

THOMAS HULL conductor

MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet

Programme:
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony op.25
Mozart - Clarinet concerto K 622
Weber - Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra Op 26
Haydn - Symphony No.101 in D major ‘The Clock’

Tickets reserved £27.50 & £22.50 - unreserved £17.50 -
Students £1


Box Office/Booking Information
 
 
May
Thursday 14th
20:00
PAST EVENT
INVERNESS  
Empire Theatre

EMPIRE THEATRE, INVERNESS, Scotland.

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Clarinet - Michael Collins
Conductor - Garry Walker

Programme:
Edward Elgar - In the South
Gerald Finzi - Concerto for clarinet and strings
Antonin Dvorák - Symphony No.8

There will be a pre performance talk at 19:15

This concert is to be recorded for future broadcast on
BBC Radio 3.



Booking LINK - HERE
 
April
Monday 13th
13:00
PAST EVENT
London  
Wigmore Hall

WIGMORE HALL LONDON

MICHAEL COLLINS and FRIENDS

Artists:

Michael Collins clarinet
with
Gareth Hulse oboe
Katie Clemmow oboe
Peter Sparks clarinet
Robin O'Neill bassoon
Chris Cooper bassoon
Richard Watkins horn
Sam Jacobs horn

Programme:
Mozart - Serenade in C minor K. 388
Weber - Adagio and Rondo for wind ensemble
Mozart - Serenade in Eb K. 375

 
Here is a photo ...
of London Winds after the concert.

BBC Radio3 did broadcast this performance and it was available on LISTEN AGAIN for a further week.

 

 

 
March
Monday 2nd
19:30
PAST EVENT
Prague  
Dvořák Hall
Dvořák Hall, Prague, 19:30
Series I6-08
Czech Chamber Music Society

Concert of the ensemble in residence of
the Czech Chamber Music Society

ARTISTS:

Panocha Quartet

Clarinet Michael Collins
Bassoon Klaus Thunemann
French horn Marie Luise Neunecker
Double bass Christian Sutter

Programme:
J. HAYDN - String Quartet in D major op. 33 No. 6
W. A. MOZART - Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
F. SCHUBERT - Octet in F major for strings and wind instruments D 803
Order Tickets for this concert HERE


 

 
February
Wednesday 18
19:30
PAST EVENT
 
London  
St John's, Smith Sq.

St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA, 19:30

LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
RESIDENT AT ST. JOHN'S, SMITH SQUARE
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Michael Collins clarinet

Programme:
Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3;
Symphony No.6 in F op.68 Pastoral
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2 in Eb op.74
 
February
Sunday 12th
19:30
PAST EVENT
MELBOURNE  
Recital Centre
Brahms, Handel and Bach

ARTISTS:
Michael Collins, Clarinet
Piers Lane, Piano
Paul Dyer, Director
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Cyndia Seiden, Soprano

Programme:
BRAHMS - Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op 120 No 2
WEBER - Grand duo concertant, J 204
HANDEL - Arias and Orchestral Works