Nicholas Daniel OBE, long recognised as one of the world’s great oboists and one of Britian’s best-known musicians, has significantly enlarged the repertoire for his instrument with the commissioning of hundreds of new works. He joins forces with celebrated composer and pianist Huw Watkins for a celebration of British chamber music. Huw Watkins, Five Welsh […]
Flexible in format and strikingly diverse in repertoire, the Orsino Ensemble comprises some of Britain’s finest wind players. ‘This is all-star playing of the highest level’, noted the Guardian in a review of its 2021 debut album. Its latest Wigmore Hall recital includes Nielsen’s delightful Wind Quintet and the UK première of Mark Simpson’s The Dictionary of Obscure […]
Founded by Nicholas Daniel and colleagues from the magnificent Britten Sinfonia, the Britten Oboe Quartet is known for its imaginative programming and music making informed by mutual empathy and understanding. Its debut recording included what the Guardian greeted as ‘a wonderfully relaxed and refined account’ of Mozart’s Oboe Quartet K370 and ‘a strikingly mysterious one’ […]
Britten’s enchanting Phantasy Quartet, known for its captivating interplay between musicians, starts this afternoon’s concert with Nicholas Daniel’s Britten Oboe Quartet. Alongside this work sits Mozart’s dazzling Oboe Quartet plus two more recent compositions – Huw Watkins’ Oboe Quartet, which will receive its premiere this summer, and Jacqueline Shave’s haunting and thought-provoking take on traditional […]
The season ends with a flourish – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s joyful Quintet for piano and winds opens the evening, paired with Madeleine Dring’s sparkling Trio and Amy Beach’s expressive Invocation. Culminating with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet, a thoughtfully crafted work that weaves a sense of celebration to the final concert, this is chamber music on a […]