The concluding concert in the trio of concerts featuring Michael McHale and friends being recorded at Portico this weekend by BBC Radio 3.
Belfast pianist Michael McHale presents three special concerts in Portico in association with BBC Radio 3, comprising an opening solo piano concert and a pair of duo recitals with two of the world’s finest wind soloists, clarinettist Michael Collins and oboist Juliana Koch. Each concert will include music from recent acclaimed album releases in what promises to be a feast for music lovers, with beloved favourites alongside lesser-known gems of the classical repertoire.
Michael Collins is one of the most complete musicians of his generation. With a continuing, distinguished career as a soloist, he has in recent years also become highly regarded as a conductor. From 2010 – 2018 was the Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia and has recently been Artistic Director of London Mozart Players. Recent guest conducting and play-directing highlights have included engagements with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
Michael McHale has established himself as one of Ireland’s leading pianists and has developed a busy international career as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He has performed and recorded as a soloist with the Minnesota and Hallé Orchestras, the Moscow, Bournemouth, Jacksonville, Fort Smith, BBC and London Symphony Orchestras, City of London Sinfonia, London Mozart Players and all five of the major Irish orchestras. In 2017 Michael was invited to become a Patron of the Ulster Youth Orchestra, and in 2018 he was appointed lecturer in piano at the MTU Cork School of Music in Ireland in addition to which he regularly gives masterclasses and adjudicates competitions in the USA, Ireland and the UK. In 2023 he was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Supported by Lottery Project Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry BT22 1LE
- Saturday 01 February 2025
- 19:30 – 21:15
- Cost: £17.00 + booking fee; £5 + booking fee
More information and booking: https://www.porticoards.com/whats-on/bbc-radio-3-piano-clarinet-recital-michael-mchale-michael-collins
