Michael Collins & Michael McHale at Wigmore Hall

Charles Villiers Stanford was a pupil of both Carl Reinecke and Johannes Brahms, like them producing major works for an instrument whose repertoire was also enhanced by several 20th-century French composers. Their music is accompanied by a European première from American composer, Abbie Betinis.

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Introduzione ed allegro appassionato Op. 256

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Clarinet Sonata Op. 129

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1

INTERVAL: James Jolly in conversation with Michael Collins

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Première rapsodie

Abbie Betinis (b.1980)
Rhapsodos (European première)

César Franck (1822-1890)
Sonata in A (arr. for clarinet and piano)

ENCORE
John Field (1782-1837)
Nocturne No. 5 in B flat (arr. Michael McHale)

This event was streamed live from Wigmore Hall on Saturday February 2019