Madeleine Dring Celebration Concert

Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square, London

Confiding in her diary in 1935, twelve-year-old Madeleine Dring confessed that she ‘had wonderful ideas for a piece of music. Perhaps when I am advanced I shall be able to orchestrate it.’ This, her first ever diary entry, proved prophetic. Composer, actress, singer, and pianist Madeleine Dring (1923-77) was a multi-talented musician with a multifaceted […]

BBC Symphony Orchestra – Dark Visions, Milky Ways

Barbican Silk Street, London

Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen. Programme Olivier Messiaen - Les Offrandes oubliées - méditation symphonique Outi Tarkiainen - Milky Ways (BBC Co-Commission and UK Premiere) Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No.10, Op.93 Nicholas Daniel, cor anglais David Afkham, conductor […]

Nicholas Daniel and Huw Watkins at Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London

Joseph Bologne/Althea Talbot-Howard: The New Chevalier Sonata Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Op. 22 Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Michael Berkeley: Second Still Life David Matthews: Montana Taylor's Blues Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F K376

University of Sheffield Concert Series

Firth Hall, Sheffield University of Sheffield, Sheffield

Thea Musgrave – Cantilena Schubert arr. Derek Smith – Quartet for Oboe and Strings in B flat D112 Danish Traditional arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet –  Sønderho Bridal Trilogy Mozart –  Flute Quartet in C K171 Johann Sebastian Bach –  Aria ‘Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben’ from St Matthew Passion BWV244

Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra

Assembly Hall Theatre Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Respighi - The Birds Strauss - Oboe Concerto in D major Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major George Vass, conductor Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy

Malvern Theatres Grange Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy

Malvern Theatres Grange Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy

Olivier Hall, Oxford St Edward's School, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy

Saffron Hall Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex

The great British violin virtuoso, always thrillingly direct and searchingly creative, turns his attention to one of his musical first loves, the music of Bach. The solo and double violin concertos are a seamless thread of invention and rhythmic vitality wrapped around the famous slow central movements. Here, particularly in the double concertos, the interweaving […]

Bach Now! with Nigel Kennedy

Barbican Silk Street, London

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

University of Leeds International Concert Series

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds School of Music, 12 Cavendish Road, Leeds

Thea Musgrave - Cantilena Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Quartet in C, K171 Danish Traditional arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet - Sønderho Bridal Trilogy