Events

Musgrave, Take Two Oboes Crusell, Clarinet Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 2, nr. 1 Poulenc, Sonata for Two Clarinets FP 7 Mozart, Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

Musgrave, Impromptu no. 1 for flute and oboe Barrière, Sonata in G major for cello and double bass Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b Beethoven, Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20

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 […]

Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op.49 Allie Daniel: Reader Nicholas Daniel: Oboe Schumann: Abendlied 3’ Nicholas Daniel: oboe Katya Apekisheva: piano Schubert: Sonata in Bb Major, D960 45’ Katya Apekisheva: piano

Schubert: Notturno for piano trio, D897  Jack Liebeck: violin Ashok Klouda: cello Danny Driver: piano Britten: Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6  Jack Liebeck: violin Katya Apekisheva: piano Huw Watkins: Oboe Quartet (world première)  Nicholas Daniel: oboe Jack Liebeck: violin Ting-Ru Lai: viola Ashok Klouda: cello Britten: Notturno 5’ Katya Apekisheva: piano Schubert: Fantasie […]

Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major, D487 Jack Liebeck: violin Ting-Ru Lai: viola Ashok Klouda: cello Katya Apekisheva: piano Holloway: Cor Anglais Quintet (world première) Nicholas Daniel: cor anglais Jack Liebeck: violin Ben Roskams: violin Ting-Ru Lai: viola Ashok Klouda: cello Britten: Cabaret Songs Allie Daniel: voice Danny Driver: piano Interval Shakespeare (from […]

Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel, one of the world’s most admired oboists, is joined by the distinguished pianist and composer, Huw Watkins. JS Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV 1020 Huw Watkins: Five Welsh Folksongs Helen Grime: Three Miniatures Herbert Howells: Oboe Sonata

Nicholas Daniel – oboe Amy Harman – bassoon Antonio Oyarzabal – piano Celebrating 20th-century masters and overlooked gems, this programme pairs Francis Poulenc’s iconic trio with spirited works by British composers Madeleine Dring and Pamela Harrison.

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 […]

Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with Nicholas Daniel, oboe, and Huw Watkins, piano. Helen Grime Three miniatures Francis Poulenc Sonate Benjamin Britten Cuckoo, Two Insect pieces, Cat and Mouse Huw Watkins Five Welsh Folksongs Camille Saint-Saëns Sonate

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 […]