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February 28, 2024 Outi Tarkiainen cor anglais concerto – CD review
January 31, 2024 Southbank Sinfonia & Britten Sinfonia combine under Nicholas Daniel at St John’s Smith Square
November 29, 2023 Reviews: Nicholas Daniel in Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy
October 25, 2023 Nicholas Daniel to give UK Premiere of Tarkiainen’s Milky Ways
April 27, 2023 Review: Nicholas Daniel / Anna Dennis / Mahan Esfahani at Snape Maltings (The Guardian)
April 20, 2023 Nicholas Daniel awarded the Cobbett Medal
March 28, 2023 Cambridge Britten Sinfonia launches £1m appeal after funds cut
February 23, 2023 Nicholas Daniel to premiere Outi Tarkiainen’s cor anglais concerto
January 31, 2023 Review: Nicholas Daniel conducts Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square
December 22, 2022 Review: Unique Christmas concert by the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

Every weekday in June, as part of BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine initiative, Radio 3 broadcasts a live Lunchtime Concert from London’s Wigmore Hall. Taking place without an audience present, this series of twenty recitals – the first live concert broadcasts since the start of lockdown – features some of the UK’s finest instrumentalists and singers in music from the 16th century to the present day.

Andrew McGregor introduces acclaimed British oboist Nicholas Daniel in recital with pianist Julius Drake on Thursday 4 June at 1pm.

Schumann arr. Howard Ferguson: Duos
Liszt: Elegie for cor anglais and piano S129b
Finzi: Interlude for oboe and string quartet Op. 21 (arr. Howard Ferguson)
Dring: Waltz
Dring: Tango
Dring: Italian Dance
Huw Watkins: Arietta
Michael Berkeley: A Dark Waltz
Arr. Gardner: The Girl from Ipanema
Arr. Gardner: Yesterday
Arr. Gardner: All the Things You AreShow less

Listen to the programme live at 1pm on 4 June and on BBC Sounds afterwards