Since 2017, soundfestival has been focusing on lesser-known 'endangered' instruments starting with the bassoon followed by the viola, the oboe, the horn and the double bass. This year the festival welcomes back former artists-in-residence Garth Knox (viola, 2018), Nicholas Daniel (oboe, 2019) and Ben Goldschieder (horn, 2020) who will come together with Emily Hultmark (bassoon) […]

The talented young musicians of Orion Orchestra present an evening of some of Dvo?ák's most memorable music, conducted by Nicholas Daniel George Walker - Lyric for Strings Antonin Dvo?ák - Serenade for Wind Antonin Dvo?ák - Serenade for Strings

Programme Farkas :  Five Antique Hungarian dances Stamitz :  E flat Quartet Opus 8 No 2 Milhaud :  La Cheminee du Roi Rene Valerie Coleman :  Umoja Nielsen :  Quintet Opus 43 The Haffner Wind Ensemble is one of Britain’s leading chamber ensembles and one of the most established wind quintets in Britain. Each member of the […]

Programme: Farkas - 5 Antique Hungarian Dances Stamitz - Quartet in E flat Milhaud - La cheminée du roi René Coleman - Umoja Nielsen - Wind Quintet

Francis Poulenc - Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano Claude Debussy - Syrinx, Première rhapsodie Pierre Sancan - Sonatine for flute and piano Alberic Magnard - Quintet for piano and winds Op.8 Sharing the stage with four regular members of the flexible wind ensemble which made its debut at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2018, the […]

Britten - Simple Symphony, Op.4 Purcell - Chacony in G minor, Z.730 Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto in A minor Delius - Two Aquarelles Walton - Two Pieces from Henry V James Wilson - The Green Fuse Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Orchestra of the Swan is joined by oboist […]

Francis Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano Claude Debussy: Syrinx Claude Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet & Piano Pierre Sancan: Sonatine for Flute & Piano —- Albéric Magnard: Wind Quintet

Programme to include: Eleanor Alberga: Excerpts from Nightscape WA Mozart: Serenade No. 10 KV 361 “Gran Partita”

Ferenc Farkas – 5 Antique Hungarian Dances Carl Philipp Stamitz – Quartet in E flat op.8 No.2 Darius Milhaud – La cheminée du roi René Valerie Coleman – Umoja Carl Nielsen – Quintet op.43

Programme of short works of the 19th and 20th centuries Stuart Jackson, tenor Nicholas Daniel, oboe Julius Drake, piano

Mark Simpson - Geysir Mozart - Serenade No.10 in Bb major K361/370a “Gran Partita” Nicholas Daniel, conductor Performed in the round, imagine the pressure and tension of a geyser ready to erupt. Tense stillness followed by a shattering eruption. Mark Simpson’s ‘Geysir’ – the Icelandic word for geyser – captures this. In 8 minutes, his […]