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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.
May 2nd 2025 at 19:30- 21:30
Programme
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Finzi – Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
Mozart – Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor
Ma Yue, clarinet
Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto is one of the 20th century British composer’s most popular orchestral works, a woodwind gem whose pastoral nostalgia and folk-inspired spontaneity will come to life with Singapore Symphony Principal Clarinet Ma Yue. SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez continues his survey of Mozart’s symphonic oeuvre with the stately harmonies of the Haffner Symphony and the supreme confidence of his 39th.
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Finzi Clarinet Concerto – Ma Yue
03/05/2025 7:30 pm
Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Pl, #01-02, Singapore 179558
May 3rd 2025 at 19:30- 21:30
Programme
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Finzi – Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
Mozart – Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor
Ma Yue, clarinet
Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto is one of the 20th century British composer’s most popular orchestral works, a woodwind gem whose pastoral nostalgia and folk-inspired spontaneity will come to life with Singapore Symphony Principal Clarinet Ma Yue. SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez continues his survey of Mozart’s symphonic oeuvre with the stately harmonies of the Haffner Symphony and the supreme confidence of his 39th.
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Mozart Masterpieces – Clarinet Concerto – Julian Bliss
08/05/2025 8:00 pm
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Saint Kevin's, Dublin, D02 N527, Ireland
May 8th 2025 at 20:00- 22:00
Programme
The Magic Flute Overture
Clarinet Concerto
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Overture
Jupiter Symphony
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Swann Van Rechem, conductor
Julian Bliss, clarinet
Join us for a special evening celebrating the genius of Mozart with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. From the enchanting drama of The Magic Flute to the lyricism of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Mozart’s music.
The evening opens with the lively and mischievous Overture to The Magic Flute Overture, an energetic introduction to one of Mozart’s most beloved operas, followed by his Clarinet Concerto, a masterpiece of brightness and warmth, written in the final year of Mozart’s life, 1791. Clarinet virtuoso Julian Bliss joins the RTÉ CO for his debut performance with the orchestra.
The spirited Overture to Die Entführung showcases Mozart’s wit and energy, with vibrant notes of Turkish culture. We conclude with the majesty of the Jupiter Symphony, Mozart’s final and most triumphant symphony. Symphony No. 41, the Jupiter Symphony, embodies an exhilarating blend of grandeur, brilliance, and complexity, marking the pinnacle of Mozart’s writing.
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Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – Jonathan Leibovitz
21/05/2025 7:00 pm
Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby, DE1 3GP
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – Jonathan Leibovitz
May 21st 2025 at 19:00 – 20:40
Programme
Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture
Mozart | Clarinet Concerto
Mozart | Overture to Lo Sposo Deluso
Louise Farrenc | Symphony No. 3
Sinfonia Viva
Olivia Clarke | conductor
Jonathan Leibovitz | clarinet
If the Classic FM Hall of Fame is anything to go by, then Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is the most popular work by arguably history’s greatest composer. This is a rare chance to hear this warm and instantly engaging music in Derby, performed by international prize-winning clarinettist Jonathan Leibovitz.
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Jonathan Leibovitz – Sonatas for Clarinet
22/05/2025 7:30 pm
The Girling Room, The Minories, Colchester, CO1 1UE
Jonathan Leibovitz – Sonatas for Clarinet
May 22nd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Claude Debussy – Première Rhapsodie, L. 116 (1909-10)
Edison Denisov – Sonata for solo clarinet (1972)
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894)
Francis Poulenc – Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP. 184 (1962)
Jonathan Leibovitz – clarinet
Jo Havlat – piano
Jonathan Leibovitz is an award-winning clarinettist and, over the past two seasons, has been announced as a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild International Auditions, a 2022 Classic FM ‘Rising Star’, a winner of the prestigious Arthur Waser Foundation and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Award, and was announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Artist 2024.
As well as recitals across Europe – including at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Wigmore Hall – Jonathan’s debut album Eastern Reflections was released in August on Delphian Records.
His accompanist (both in the recording and in this programme) is pianist Joseph Havlat. Joseph is a pianist, composer, and leading interpreter of new music, having collaborated with such composers as Hans Abrahamsen, John Adams, Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, Brett Dean, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Finnissy, and Thomas Larcher. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is now a tutor.
Recent highlights include playing Adès’ In Seven Days with the LSO under the baton of the composer, as well as the premiere of his Növények at Wigmore Hall. In late 2021 he appeared with the BBC Philharmonic giving the premiere of Robert Laidlow’s piano concerto Warp, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and in 2023 he made his solo recital debuts at King’s Place and Wigmore Hall in London, where he appeared five times in last year’s season.
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Gabriel Fauré – Music for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
23/05/2025 12:15 pm
The Grünewald Hall, Hötorget 8, 103 87 Stockholm, Sweden
May 23rd 2025 at 12:15 – 13:00
Programme
Fauré – Pavane, version for clarinet and piano
Fauré – Berceuse, version for clarinet and piano
Fauré – Après un rêve, version for cello and piano arr. Pablo Casals
Fauré – Sicilienne for cello and piano
Fauré – Trio in d minor op 120
Johan Fransén – clarinet
Mikael Sjögren – cello
Stefan Lindgren – piano
French composer Gabriel Fauré’s music shines with melodic charm, sprinkled with a touch of nostalgia. In small pieces like Après un rêve (After a Dream) and Sicilienne for cello and piano, it’s easy to imagine a Paris bathed in romantic glow. Exquisitely beautiful is Pavane opus 50, one of Fauré’s most beloved pieces often performed in its orchestrated version.
Johan Fransén, alternate section leader in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s clarinet section, along with Mikael Sjögren, alternate section leader in the cello section, and the orchestra’s pianist Stefan Lindgren, form a trio in a program entirely dedicated to Gabriel Fauré.
As a concluding highlight, we hear Fauré’s exquisite piano trio from 1923. In the first movement, there is a thoughtfulness bordering on melancholy, yet it is not sorrowful music. The second movement is dreamy and heartfelt, while the third is full of energy and strong contrasts. By around 1910, Fauré had begun to experience hearing problems, and when he composed this piano trio – one of his last completed works – he was likely completely deaf.
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Songs for Voice, Clarinet and Piano
25/05/2025 8:00 pm
Cologne Philharmonie, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Köln, Germany
May 25th 2025 at 20:00- 21:30
Programme
Walton – Three Façade Settings for Voice and Piano
Messiaen – Trois Mélodies for Soprano and Piano
Barber – Hermit Songs, Op. 29 for Voice and Piano
Spohr – Six German Songs, Op. 103 for Voice, Clarinet and Piano
Grieg – Six Songs, Op. 48 for Voice and Piano
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller – soprano
Daniel Ottensamer – clarinet
Juliane Ruf – piano
“Songs are like small operas into which you can infuse many colours,” asserts Hanna-Elisabeth Müller. Young in years, yet rich in success, the soprano always devotes particular attention to the programs of her song recitals.
A multifaceted approach is guaranteed in Hanna-Elisabeth Müller’s performances. No orchestra, no backdrop, no costume – there’s nowhere to hide in a song, admits the Mannheim native. The intimate atmosphere of this very special art form is also created for her by the close proximity to the audience. In addition to her long-time piano partner Juliane Ruf, she will also perform in Cologne with clarinettist Daniel Ottensamer, the celebrated soloist and member of the Vienna Philharmonic.
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Sabine Meyer & Friends
27/05/2025 7:30 pm
St. Michael's Church, Engl. Planke 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany
Sabine Meyer & Friends
May 27th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Programme
Ensemble Reflektor
Weber – Concertino in Es-Dur
Richard Strauss – Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams – Flos Campi. Suite for Viola, Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Sabine Meyer, Clarinet
Dag Jensen, Bassoon
Nils Mönkemeyer, Viola
“One of the greatest interpreters of our time,” “a global star with heart,” “the first lady of the clarinet”: there’s no shortage of superlatives when it comes to Sabine Meyer. And rightly so, because the clarinetist is one of the most outstanding artists of all time. For more than 40 years, she has not only performed as a celebrated soloist on the world’s stages, but is also considered one of the most important advocates of her instrument. But now a small but painful farewell for the music world is imminent: Sabine Meyer is bidding farewell to the big stages with orchestras. In the future, she will primarily be heard in chamber music concerts. But before that final date, she fortunately has a guest appearance in Wiesbaden on her calendar. The fact that she then brings another soloist to her side for Richard Strauss’s charming Duet Concertino is typical of the clarinettist. Because making music, as Sabine Meyer has always emphasized in her admirably unpretentious manner and in all her countless artistic projects, would be unthinkable without community.
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Schöllhorn – divertimento per li regazzi
29/05/2025 11:00 am
Residence, Toscana Hall, Residenzplatz 2 97070 Würzburg
Kammerakademie Potsdam | Martin Fröst
May 29th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:00
Programme
Johannes Schöllhorn – divertimento per li regazzi for clarinet/bass clarinet, violoncello and piano (world premiere, commissioned by Trio Catch)
Martin Adámek – Clarinet
Eva Boesch – Cello
Sun-Young Nam – Piano
Johannes Schöllhorn – Narrator
The suit is far too big, a strange conical hat on his head and a dark mask with a hooked nose on his face. The character is unmistakable: Pulcinella – eternal buffoon, daredevil, provocateur. In literature, art and music, he is up to his hilarious mischief in almost endless variations. The rococo master Giandomenico Tiepolo also literally had a crush on the dazzling figure and dedicated a whole 104 drawings to Pulcinella. Divertimento per li regazzi he called his colorful series of scenes from the imaginary life of Pulcinella with an ironic undertone and in deliberately incorrect Italian. “Entertainment for children”? Hardly, because the sarcastic drawings blatantly hold up a mirror to an adult society. Johannes Schöllhorn has turned the drawings into a musical sequence of images and savored all the moods that Pulcinella strikes, from lively liveliness to melancholy to obsession. In conjunction with interludes from Tiepolo’s cycle, Trio Catch will present the premiere of Schollhörn’s divertimento.
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Light Unveiled – Copland Clarinet Concerto – Lewis Graham
31/05/2025 6:30 pm
Smith Square Hall, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Outcry Ensemble – Light Unveiled
Copland Clarinet Concerto – Lewis Graham
May 31st 2025 at 18:30 – 20:10
Programme
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Outcry Ensemble
Clarinet – Lewis Graham
Conductor – James Henshaw
Opening with Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, a work of profound beauty and timeless poignancy, the programme moves to the contemporary brilliance of Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a playful and inventive piece that reimagines classical traditions.
Aaron Copland’s delightful Clarinet Concerto follows, a work filled with jazzy rhythms and lyrical warmth, featuring the extraordinary Lewis Graham as soloist. To close, Michael Tippett’s Concerto for Double String Orchestra offers a dazzling display of energy and rhythm, showcasing the ensemble in its full vibrancy.
This concert is a celebration of the string orchestra’s expressive power, weaving together works that span emotions and styles. Join us for a night of unforgettable music!
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ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
07/06/2025 1:45 pm
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DA
ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
June 7th 2025 at 13:45 – 14:45
Programme
Pierre Boulez – Domaines
Joseph Horovitz – Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy – Première Rhapsodie
Lanqing Ding – New work
Carlos Ferreira – clarinet
Pedro Emmanuel Pereira – piano
Jazz-inspired music meets a brand new commission plus one of the cornerstones of the clarinet repertoire, with Portuguese clarinettist Carlos Ferreira.
Carlos Ferreira pursues a twin career as an orchestral player (formerly with the Philharmonia Orchestra and, most recently, as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestre National de France), chamber musician and recitalist. His magnetic playing, deep rooted understanding of musical style and attention to the finest detail, have won him widespread praise. He’ll bring all these qualities to the playful melodies of Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina, Debussy’s expressive and seductive First Rhapsody (a deserved cornerstone of the clarinet repertoire) and to his specially commissioned work for this ECHO Rising Stars tour by Lanqing Ding, a fresh and inventive voice in contemporary music.
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Unsuk Chin Clarinet Concerto – Han Kim
07/06/2025 8:00 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States
Unsuk Chin Clarinet Concerto – Han Kim
June 7th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Programme
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hankyeol Yoon, conductor
Han Kim, clarinet
Inmo Yang, violin
Jaemin Han, cello
Unsuk Chin, curator
Mark Simpson – clarinet
Richard Uttley – piano
South Korea is home to an ever-expanding cohort of inventive composers with fresh ideas and talented performers who have made names for themselves at many of the world’s finest concert halls. In the second of two Seoul Festival programs with the LA Phil, composer Unsuk Chin curates a night showcasing Korean composers and artists who are shaping musical culture and building connections from Seoul to Los Angeles. Herbert von Karajan Award-winning conductor Hankyeol Yoon leads the LA Phil in a world premiere by Whan Ri-Ahn followed by Han Kim performing Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto, which was called “a musical, out-of-body experience” by the Financial Times.
Violinist Inmo Yang and cellist Jaemin Han embody a young generation of South Korean performers who have turned major international competition wins into thriving careers. Yang and Han—the 2022 Jean Sibelius Violin Competition winner and top prize at the 2021 George Enescu International Competition respectively—combine forces for Brahms’ Double Concerto, which offers a musical conversation for its two soloists moving between joy and turbulence.
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Unsuk Chin Clarinet Concerto – Han Kim
08/06/2025 2:00 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States
Unsuk Chin Clarinet Concerto – Han Kim
June 8th 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00
Programme
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hankyeol Yoon, conductor
Han Kim, clarinet
Inmo Yang, violin
Jaemin Han, cello
Unsuk Chin, curator
Mark Simpson – clarinet
Richard Uttley – piano
South Korea is home to an ever-expanding cohort of inventive composers with fresh ideas and talented performers who have made names for themselves at many of the world’s finest concert halls. In the second of two Seoul Festival programs with the LA Phil, composer Unsuk Chin curates a night showcasing Korean composers and artists who are shaping musical culture and building connections from Seoul to Los Angeles. Herbert von Karajan Award-winning conductor Hankyeol Yoon leads the LA Phil in a world premiere by Whan Ri-Ahn followed by Han Kim performing Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto, which was called “a musical, out-of-body experience” by the Financial Times.
Violinist Inmo Yang and cellist Jaemin Han embody a young generation of South Korean performers who have turned major international competition wins into thriving careers. Yang and Han—the 2022 Jean Sibelius Violin Competition winner and top prize at the 2021 George Enescu International Competition respectively—combine forces for Brahms’ Double Concerto, which offers a musical conversation for its two soloists moving between joy and turbulence.
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Kammerakademie Potsdam | Martin Fröst
09/06/2025 8:00 pm
Residence, Kaisersaal Residenzplatz 2 97070 Würzburg
Kammerakademie Potsdam | Martin Fröst
June 9th 2025 at 20:00 – 21:30
Programme
Brahms/Goran Fröst – Hungarian Dance No. 1
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor op. 73
Bartók/Goran Fröst – Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Mozart – Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 “Prague”
Chamber Academy Potsdam
Martin Fröst – Clarinet and conductor
Off to the dance! Mozart would not be told twice. He loved social gatherings where things literally went round and round. Contemporaries attested to his immense urge to move. No wonder that this is also evident in countless of his compositions. From the “Prague Symphony”, for example, whose Presto finale makes it almost impossible to keep your feet still. In the program under the motto “Dance Mosaic”, Martin Fröst and the Kammerakademie Potsdam make the lively symphony the destination and head towards it with works that tell as much about dance as they do about (spiritual) relationships. Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Concerto, for example, which naturally had an important model in the work of Weber’s cousin by marriage, Mozart. And there are also family ties in the program for the soloist and conductor himself: the “Romance Dances” are a joint work by the Swedish brothers Martin and Goran Fröst.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
15/06/2025 4:00 pm
Burgh House New End Square London NW3 1LT
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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