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CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS - July 2010 -December 2010

Ireland / Dublin, National Concert Hall

July 23rd 2010 7.30pm

 

Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato Op. 92
with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Antony Hermus conductor 

 
Ireland / Kilkenny, St. Canice's Cathedral - Kilkenny Arts Week

August 11th 2010 8.00pm

 

 


August 14th 2010 8.00pm

 

Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48
Brahms Five Songs Op. 106
Duparc Selected Songs
Butterworth Six Songs for a Shropshire Lad 
with Maarten Koningsberger baritone 

Beethoven Choral Fantasy for piano, orchestra and choir Op. 80
with the Kilkenny Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Fergus Sheil
 conductor

France / Wissembourg (67), Eglise St-Jean - Festival de Wissembourg

August 29th 2010 6.00pm


September 3rd 2010 8.00pm

 

 


September 5th 2010 6.00pm

 

Bach Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue in D minor BWV 903
Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12
Schubert Sonata in B flat D. 960 

Beethoven Sonata in A major Op. 69
Miaskovsky Sonata No. 2
Bartók Rhapsody No. 1
Prokofiev Sonata in C major Op. 119
with Marc Coppey cello

Brahms Sonata for viola and piano Op. 120 no. 2
Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113
Schumann Frauenliebe und -Leben Op. 42
Debussy Selected Songs
with Arnaud Thorette viola
Emilie Pictet soprano 

Link: Wissembourg Festival

UK / London, Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms

September 9th 2010 7.30pm

 

Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato Op. 92

with the BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor 

Finghin's second visit to the BBC Proms, "the world's greatest classical music festival".  The programme also includes Mozart 40 and Schubert's Unfinished, along with a world premiere by Robin Holloway, featuring soprano Dorothea Röschmann. More here.  

 

Ireland / Dublin, National Concert Hall

October 15th 2010 10.00pm

 

Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds K. 452
with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra Principal Winds

The start of Finghin's three-year journey as Associate Artist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra.

Ireland / Tour with Lenneke Ruiten. soprano

October 22nd 2010 8.00pm
Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan,
Co. Kilkenny

October 24th 2010, time TBC
Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork

October 26th 8.00pm
Tech Amergin, Waterville, Co. Kerry

October 28th 2010 8.00pm
Large Room, City Hall, Waterford

October 30th 2010 8.00pm
Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo

Clara Schumann Six Songs Op. 13
Britten Cabaret Songs
Schubert Three Songs
Debussy Five Songs from Cahier Vasnier
Bellini Six Ariettas for Marianna Pollini
with Lenneke Ruiten soprano

A five-concert tour of Ireland with Finghin's regular recital partner, the outstanding Dutch soprano Lenneke Ruiten. 

Link:  Lenneke Ruiten

Ireland / Dublin, National Concert Hall

November 5th 2010 8.00pm

 

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat K. 271
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K. 414
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466
with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra

The first concert in Finghin's complete performance of Mozart's piano concertos with this Orchestra. These three concertos will be directed from the keyboard.  

Ireland / Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Charleville Castle

November 11th 2010 8.00pm

 

Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 96
Deirdre McKay Secundum
Franck Sonata in A major
with Elizabeth Cooney violin

Supported by Music Network  



Past Engagements

July 2009 - December 2009
January 2009 - June 2009
July 2008 - December 2008
January 2008 - June 2008
July 2007 - December 2007
January 2007 - June 2007
July 2006 - December 2006
January 2006 - June 2006
July 2005 - December 2005
January 2010 - June 2010

"Music that was originally written for the Baroque keyboard [Handel Suite no. 5] came alive in a light and bright atmosphere created by Finghin Collins. His lucid touch was flexible and spoke very clearly...His performance of Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien brought the composer's contrasting extrovert and intimate sides to life with his temperate touch and sense of stability.. Overall, Finghin Collins, performance impressed with its authenticity and stability, and as expected from an artist who recently released a Schumann album, his Schumann was particularly convincing. His intelligent and unforced sense of timing was allied to a masterful control of tone..."

Piano Magazine, Seoul, South Korea, June 2007