An unmissable collaboration between three artists at the height of their careers: harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, oboist Nicholas Daniel and soprano Anna Dennis, performing new music alongside Handel and Bach. Their programme includes Love and Endings by Elena Langer, and Insects by Michael Berkeley which is a Britten Pears Arts commission written for Mahan Esfahani, premiering […]
Orion Orchestra presents an Earth Day Concert MAHLER - Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) arr. Iain Farrington for soloists and chamber orchestra Conductor: Nicholas Daniel Soloist: Nicky Spence
Chamber music concert V - 'Nick's return' Nicholas Daniel, oboe, conductor and musical direction Abel Puustinen, violin Sara Hakaste, oboe George Walker: Lyric for Strings Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings e minor op.20 Théodore Gouvy: String Quintet G major op.55 David Matthews: The Flaying of Marsyas op. 42a (Finnish premiere) Thea Musgrave: Take Two Oboes […]
Chamber music concert V - 'Nick's return' Nicholas Daniel, oboe, conductor and musical direction Abel Puustinen, violin Sara Hakaste, oboe George Walker: Lyric for Strings Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings e minor op.20 Théodore Gouvy: String Quintet G major op.55 David Matthews: The Flaying of Marsyas op. 42a (Finnish premiere) Thea Musgrave: Take Two Oboes […]
The flexible wind ensemble made up of leading players gave its debut performance at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2018. Janácek’s nostalgic celebration of youth is set against Britten’s little-known movement of 1930, and the most famous of the wind quintets of the highly original, Czech-born Anton Reicha (1770-1836), published in 1818. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Movement […]
'Beethoven in the Gardens’ returns with a performance of Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, ‘Eroica’ with the Orion Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Daniel
Edward Elgar Andante and Allegro Benjamin Britten Phantasy Quartet W.A. Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K171 Thea Musgrave Cantilena Danish Trad Sønderho Bridal Trilogy W.A. Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K.370 The quartet enjoys exploring lesser-known works. The folksong-inspired Sønderho Bridal Trilogy bursts with charm while Mozart’s beautiful oboe and flute quartets sit alongside two British composers. Elgar’s Andante and Allegro is one of the […]
Elgar: Andante and Allegro Britten: Phantasy Quartet Op. 2 Mozart: Flute Quartet in C major, K171 Thea Musgrave: Cantilena Danish Trad: Sønderho Bridal Trilogy Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K370 We welcome back Nicholas Daniel and his string ensemble, the Britten Oboe Quartet. Nicholas Daniel founded the quartet together with his colleagues and co-principals […]
Gabrieli visit Fairfield Halls, Croydon, to perform Elgar’s mammoth masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius. As Gerontius faces his death, he meets his guardian Angel and comes face to face with God, before being sent to Purgatory with the promise of everlasting glory. Over 200 young singers from across the country take to the stage alongside […]
Antonín Dvo?ák: String quartet in F major. No. 12 "American" (1893) Amy Beach: Romance for violin and piano op. 23 (1893) George Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue (1924) arr. Lisa Portus Nino Gvetadze, piano Janne Thompsen, flute Nicholas Daniel, oboe Levan Tskhadadze, clarinet Bram van Sambeek, bassoon Martin Owen, horn This concert will be broadcasted live by NTR via NPO […]
Franz Schubert: Trio for violin, viola and cello in B flat major. D471 Arnold Schönberg:Verklärte Nacht ***Interval*** Claude Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie Francis Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet op.100 Nino Gvetadze, piano Janne Thompsen, flute Nicholas Daniel oboe Levan Tskhadadze, clarinet Bram van Sambeek, bassoon Martin Owen, horn
G?reen Room concerts bring world renowned performers, oboist Nicholas Daniel OBE, BBC Music Magazine award winner Fenella Humphreys, Jack Gonzalez-Harding and members of the London Mozart Players to play music by Bach, Albinoni and Telemann. All this set in the spectacular and intimate backdrop of the Tithe Barn, Lenham, as part of a 3-day festival, […]