Events
Please find below a selection of concerts around the country, and sometimes beyond, featuring woodwind instruments. If you have a concert that you think might be relevant for listing on our page, please ‘Get in Touch’ with the details and a link to the booking page.
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 15th 2025 at 16:00 – 17:30
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits Burgh House in their second London tour.
Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinettist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The programme commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherland’s lyrical clarinet sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s ‘Five Bagatelles’ and Debussy’s romantic ‘Première Rhapsodie’ will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic ‘Suite Fantastique’ by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The programme will conclude with a joyful virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
18/06/2025 7:30 pm
1901 Arts Club 7 Exton Street Waterloo LONDON SE1 8UE
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 18th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits the 1901 Arts Club in their second UK tour. Praised for their “great sensitivity”, British-Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The program commences with the alternatingly vivid and melodic Suite Fantastique, which will draw parallels with both the energetic high points of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles and the romantic Premiere Rhapsodie by Debussy.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present their newly commissioned work by Nicole Rubinova. The program will conclude with a joyful and virtuosic staple by Mozart.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
19/06/2025 7:30 pm
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8NP
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international chamber duo Dialogue of Minds visits The Horton in their second UK tour.
Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinettist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The programme commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherland’s lyrical clarinet sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s ‘Five Bagatelles’ and Debussy’s romantic ‘Première Rhapsodie’ will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic ‘Suite Fantastique’ by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The programme will conclude with a joyful virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
21/06/2025 7:30 pm
St Pancras Clock Tower, London, NW1 2AR
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 21st 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits St Pancras Clock Tower in their second London tour. Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The program commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherlands lyrical Clarinet Sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles and the romantic Premiere Rhapsodie by Debussy will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic Suite Fantastique by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present their newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The program will conclude with a joyful a virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Only 45 tickets will be available for this unique musical setting, inside the Clock Tower above Kings Cross Station! Enjoy the London skyline and share this intimate experience with us and other music lovers.
Additional information on the building:
The Clock Tower is within St. Pancras Chambers, the modern name for the former Midland Grand Hotel. a railway terminus hotel which was constructed at St. Pancras by the Midland Railway from 1868 to 1876, with the hotel opening in 1873.
The architect was George Gilbert Scott, the great proponent of the style known as the Gothic Revival, a Victorian style with echoes back to the Gothic era of the middle ages. The town hall at Armentières in north-eastern France was the inspiration behind much of the building.
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Felix Mendelssohn, Lachner, Mozart and more – Sabine Meyer
23/06/2025 1:00 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Felix Mendelssohn, Lachner, Mozart and more – Sabine Meyer
June 23rd 2025 at 13:00 – 14:00
Pure melody, steeped in tonal beauty and infinite depths of expression, runs through Fatma Said’s recital. She and Malcolm Martineau are joined by another champion of melodic beauty and heartfelt music making, the great German clarinettist Sabine Meyer.
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Emma Johnson clarinet, conductor; Orchestra for the Environment
16/07/2025 1:00 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Emma Johnson clarinet, conductor; Orchestra for the Environment
July 16th 2025 at 13:00 – 14:00
Emma Johnson and the virtuoso players of her Orchestra for the Environment close this vibrant celebration of the natural world with the clarinettist and composer’s Tree of Life. Inspired by her lifelong love of nature, the piece sends a message of hope ‘that by acting together, we can mitigate the effects of climate change’.
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Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley
06/08/2025 11:00 am
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley
August 6th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:30
Programme
Sir James Macmillan – After The Tryst
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Cradle Song
Jay Capperauld – So My Tears Flow
Mark Simpson – Echoes and Embers
Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op.120 No.1
Zoë Martlew – Pyrrhos
Mark Simpson – Lov(escape)
Gavin Higgins – Three Broken Love Songs
Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op.120 No. 2
Mark Simpson – clarinet
Richard Uttley – piano
Mark Simpson brings dual talents as composer and clarinettist to an intimate programme featuring Johannes Brahms and his own works.
A virtuoso clarinettist with a ‘glittering composing career’ (The Arts Desk), Mark Simpson is joined on stage by Richard Uttley, Piano Professor at the Royal College of Music. Together, they perform a selection of Simpson’s own compositions alongside works by Brahms.
Since becoming the first-ever winner of both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year competitions in 2006, Simpson has forged a dual career, championing new music while delivering insightful, nuanced interpretations of the clarinet repertoire. Uttley is celebrated for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist.
Simpson’s performances of Brahms have been praised for their ‘real sense of shape and flow’ and ‘cathartic’ emotion (The Guardian), qualities that will bring out the warmth and richness of Brahms’s contemplative music.
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SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
11/12/2025 7:30 pm
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
December 11th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Programme
Adams – Shaker Loops
Adams – Gnarly Buttons
Adams – Fearful Symmetries
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze – conductor
Maximiliano Martín – clarinet
Once a self-identifying minimalist, radical American composer John Adams quickly jumped from cool, hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes in his colourful, witty music. Experience that thrilling journey in three iconic pieces by this pioneering musician.
Minimalist classic Shaker Loops is a rippling soundscape of quivering energy – sometimes frenetic, sometimes meditative, but never less than mesmerisingly beautiful.
Mooing cows and ancient American hymns are among the inspirations behind Adams’ zany clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons – played by charismatic SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín – which blends humour and heart in music that spans jazz, pop, folk and the surging repetitions of minimalism. Fearful Symmetries is one of Adams’ boldest and brightest pieces, a high-energy workout of driving rhythms and larger-than-life orchestral sound.
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SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
12/12/2025 7:30 pm
City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ
SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
December 12th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Programme
Adams – Shaker Loops
Adams – Gnarly Buttons
Adams – Fearful Symmetries
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze – conductor
Maximiliano Martín – clarinet
Once a self-identifying minimalist, radical American composer John Adams quickly jumped from cool, hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes in his colourful, witty music. Experience that thrilling journey in three iconic pieces by this pioneering musician.
Minimalist classic Shaker Loops is a rippling soundscape of quivering energy – sometimes frenetic, sometimes meditative, but never less than mesmerisingly beautiful.
Mooing cows and ancient American hymns are among the inspirations behind Adams’ zany clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons – played by charismatic SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín – which blends humour and heart in music that spans jazz, pop, folk and the surging repetitions of minimalism. Fearful Symmetries is one of Adams’ boldest and brightest pieces, a high-energy workout of driving rhythms and larger-than-life orchestral sound.
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