Nicholas Daniel

Camerata Pacifica Thousand Oaks
2024-05-19 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Scherr Forum, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd,, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91362, United States
Prestini Listen, Quiet
Butler Remember This Fire
Psathas One Study
Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K.1
Labro Dowland’s Lament
Assad New Work for Accordion, Clarinet, Cello & Percussion (World Premiere)
Julien Labro, Jose Franch-Ballester, Nicholas Daniel, Ani Aznavoorian & Ji Hye Jung

Camerata Pacifica San Marino
2024-05-21 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States

Camerata Pacifica Los Angeles
2024-05-23 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Prestini Listen, Quiet
Butler Remember This Fire
Psathas One Study
Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K.1
Labro Dowland’s Lament
Assad Petite Suite for Accordion, Clarinet, Cello & Percussion (world premiere)
Julien Labro, Jose Franch-Ballester, Nicholas Daniel, Ani Aznavoorian & Ji Hye Jung

Nicholas Daniel & Huw Watkins at Wesley Centre Harrogate
2024-06-03 13:00 (Europe/London) | Wesley Centre Harrogate, 28 Oxford Street, Harrogate, HG1 1PP, United Kingdom
Joseph Bologne/Althea Talbot-Howard: The New Chevalier Sonata
Clara Schumann: 3 Romances op.22
Songs for oboe
1. Hannah Kendall: yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky!
2. John Woolrich: The Turkish Mouse
3. Huw Watkins: Ar Hyd y Nos
4. David Matthews: Montana Taylor’s Blues
5. Zoë Martlew: Nick my pearls you cry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F K376

Nicholas Daniel and Huw Watkins at Ulverston International Music Festival
2024-06-04 12:30 (Europe/London) | Ulverston Parish Church, Church Walk, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12, United Kingdom
Joseph Bologne/Althea Talbot-Howard: The New Chevalier Sonata
Clara Schumann: 3 Romances op.22
Songs for oboe
1. Hannah Kendall: yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky!
2. John Woolrich: The Turkish Mouse
3. Huw Watkins: Ar Hyd y Nos
4. David Matthews: Montana Taylor’s Blues
5. Zoë Martlew: Nick my pearls you cry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F K376
Nicholas Daniel OBE has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s great oboists and is one of Britain’s best-known musicians. Passionate about contemporary music, he has commissioned hundreds of new works, and here is joined by frequent collaborator Huw Watkins, notable for his equal renown as a pianist and composer.

Britten Sinfonia and Pagrav Dance Company
2024-06-13 19:30 (Europe/London) | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Music and dance combine in this unique programme: Gustav Holst’s remarkable opera, Imogen Holst’s entrancing Suite, and Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto.
G. Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26 (15’)
I. Holst: Suite (15’)
Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto in A minor (20’)
G. Holst: Savitri, Op.25 (35’)
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Britten Sinfonia
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Olivia Clarke conductor
Pagrav Dance Company

Orion Orchestra at Marylebone Music Festival 2024
2024-06-22 19:00 (Europe/London) | Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PL, United Kingdom
With Beethoven’s iconic 9 Symphony, Orion Orchestra and Nicholas Daniel will be marking the 200 years since its premiere and also celebrating the Symphony’s connection to Marylebone and that the Royal Philharmonic Society funded the first performance in Vienna, which happened while they were based close to Manchester Square Gardens.

La Jolla Music Society - Danse Macabre
2024-07-27 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
An evening of haunting melodies and mystical dance unfolds, from Ysaÿe’s and Ravel’s intense narratives to the whimsical charm of Butler’s Roald Dahl-inspired “Dirty Beasts” and Adès’ spirited “Catch.” The program culminates with Schubert’s profound “Death and the Maiden,” weaving together an unforgettable tapestry of music that oscillates between the ethereal, the playful, and the deeply moving.
YSAŸE
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor “Obsession”
SAINT-SAËNS
Danse Macabre for Violin and Piano, Op. 40
MARTIN BUTLER
Dirty Beasts
THOMAS ADÈS
Catch – US Premiere
RAVEL
La Valse for Two Pianos
SCHUBERT
String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”

La Jolla Music Society - Midweek Masterworks: Amadeus
2024-07-31 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
Amadeus comes alive as excerpts from Peter Shaffer’s iconic play are paired with Mozart’s sublime “Gran Partita,” blending dramatic readings with ethereal music for a captivating portrayal of Mozart’s genius.
MOZART
Serenade No. 10 for Winds “Gran Partita”
Nicholas Daniel, Claire Brazeau – oboes
Mark Simpson, Tommaso Lonquich – clarinets
Taylor Eiffert, Max Opferkuch – basset horns
Eleni Katz, Leyla Zamora – bassoons
Jennifer Montone, Kaylet Torrez, Tricia Skye, Mike McCoy – horns
Anthony Manzo – double bass
Jonathan Cohen – conductor

La Jolla Music Society - Takeover @ The Baker-Baum
2024-08-01 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
This “takeover” concert, curated by renowned composer Thomas Adès, showcases him as composer, teacher, pianist, and conductor, and includes the U.S. premiere of “Forgotten Dances” with international guitar sensation Sean Shibe.
FRANCISCO COLL
Turia
THOMAS ADÈS
Forgotten Dances – US Premiere
DE FALLA
Concerto for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello

La Jolla Music Society - Resilience
2024-08-03 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
This concert unites the poignant Mendelssohn siblings’ works — Fanny’s unduly neglected remarkable work and Felix’s stirring String Quartet, a reaction to her early passing — with compositions by artists silenced or oppressed during WWII. It embodies the spirit of perseverance and the unbreakable will of the human spirit through music.
F. MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.11
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Guitar Quintet, Op.143
SCHULHOFF
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80

Westport Festival of Chamber Music
2024-09-07 19:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Westport Town Hall Theatre, Octagon, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Richard Dubugnon: Mikroncerto, op. 37 for oboe d’amore, basset clarinet and piano
Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel (oboe) and Leon McCawley (piano)
Rachmaninov: Cello sonata, opus 19
Hugh Tinney (piano) and Guy Johnston (cello)
Brahms: Piano quartet no.2 in A major
Wu Qian (piano), Sophia Jaffe? (violin), Sarah McElravy (viola) and Guy Johnston (cello)

Westport Festival of Chamber Music
2024-09-07 22:00 - 23:40 (Europe/Dublin) | Westport Town Hall Theatre, Octagon, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Thea Musgrave: Niobe (1987)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe and tape recorder)
Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 5 in D Major “Ghost”
Sitkovetsky Trio

Westport Festival of Chamber Music
2024-09-08 11:30 (Europe/London) | Westport House, Quay Road, Westport, Co. Mayo,, F28 TY45, Ireland
Wynton Marsalis: Creole Contradanzas, Blue Lights on the Bayou, Hellbound Highball from String Quartet No. 1 “At the Octoroon Balls” (2005)
Simply Quartet
Mozart: Adagio K. 370
Simply Quartet with Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135
Simply Quartet

Leicester International Music Festival - British Chamber Music
2024-09-19 19:30 (Europe/London) | Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, LE1 5PZ, United Kingdom
Arthur Bliss: Conversations for oboe, flute & string trio
Grace Williams: Sonatina for flute & piano
Madeleine Dring: Trio for oboe, flute & piano
***Interval***
Elena Langer: Figaro’s Dances for piano 6’
Michael Tippett: Prelude, Recitative & Aria for oboe, flute & piano
Peter Warlock: The Curlew for tenor, flute, cor anglais & string quartet
Adam Walker (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe/cor anglais)
Hugo Hymas (tenor)
Carducci String Quartet
Katya Apekisheva (piano)

Leicester International Music Festival - British Chamber Music
2024-09-20 19:30 (Europe/London) | Hansom Hall, Leicester, 50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
Elena Langer: Stay, O Sweet for soprano, oboe, flute, violin, cello and harpsichord
GF Handel: Trio Sonata HWV 393 for oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord
Elena Langer: Love and Endings for soprano, oboe and harpsichord
***INTERVAL***
Elizabeth Maconchy: Bagatelles for oboe and harpsichord
GF Handel: German Arias for soprano, oboe, cello and harpsichord
No. 4 Süsse Stille HWV 205
No. 9 Flammende Rose HWV 210
JC Bach: Quintet in D major for oboe, flute, violin, cello and harpsichord
Hilary Cronin (soprano)
Richard Gowers (harpsichord)
Adam Walker (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
Ashok Klouda (cello)

Leicester International Music Festival - Great British Composers
2024-09-21 19:30 (Europe/London) | Hansom Hall, Leicester, 50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
Henry Purcell ed. Michael Tippett: Music for a While
Elena Langer: Mind Garden
Love song to Aminta: tenor, cor anglais, piano
L’Armoire de Couperin: piano
Snow: violin, piano
His Return: tenor, oboe, string trio
Semyon Song: tenor, piano
Semyon Monologue: tenor, piano
Cabaret Song: oboe, piano
Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata
***INTERVAL***
Arnold Bax: Oboe Quintet
Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Hugo Hymas (tenor)
Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
Katerina Nazarova (violin)
Ting-Ru Lai (viola)
Ashok Klouda (cello)

Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra
2024-09-27 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Qintai Concert Hall, Wuhan, Zhiyin Boulevard, Zhongjiacun, Hanyang District, Wuhan, 430030, China
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major K314

Britten Sinfonia Wind Trio
2024-10-19 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Priory Church, Edington, Monastery Road, Edington, Wiltshire, , BA13 4QN, United Kingdom
Three of the Britten Sinfonia’s wind principals have combined to form a trio, and will be coming to Edington Priory Church to perform a lovely programme of wind trio music from Beethoven onwards.
The players are among the best in the UK; Nicholas Daniel OBE, oboe; Joy Farrall, clarinet; and Sarah Burnett, bassoon.

Orion Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No.4
2024-10-24 19:30 (Europe/London) | St James’s Spanish Place, 22 George Street, London, W1U 3QY, United Kingdom
Mahler, Symphony No 4 in G Major
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber
arranged by Iain Farrington
Orion Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Daniel

Camerata Pacifica
2024-11-10 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Scherr Forum, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd,, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91362, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for Oboe and Piano in D Major, Op. 166
Nourbakhsh – Veiled for Solo Viola and Live Electronics with Fixed Media
Bowen – Viola Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 18
Grime – Two Birthday Fragments for Solo Oboe
Lee – Parodia Schumanniana
Nicholas Daniel, Timothy Ridout, Irina Zahharenkova

Camerata Pacifica
2024-11-12 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States

Camerata Pacifica
2024-11-14 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Camerata Pacifica
2024-11-15 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108, United States

Hoboplatform Online Workshop with Nicholas Daniel
2024-11-24 15:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Suffolk
In this online workshop for Hoboplatform, the Dutch Double Reed Society, Nicholas Daniel will discuss the Vaughan Williams concerto, which has been nicknamed “Elgar’s Cello Concerto for oboists”.
When: Sunday November 24 at 3:00 PM
Where: Online via Zoom
Register: workshop@hoboplatform.nl
Costs: Free for members, €10 for non-members

A Celebration of Benjamin Luxon
2024-11-28 12:00 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
The great Cornish baritone died in July this year. An all rounder like very few, his career encompassed opera, concert, song, folk song, teaching, directing, tv presenting and narrating. A wonderful group of his contemporaries and leading singers of today will come together to celebrate him through words and music.
Programme to include words by great British musical figures, including Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Bryn Terfel, David Willison, Petroc Trelawny and Sir Mark Elder, as well as recordings of Benjamin Luxon himself.
We will also hear a special performance of Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music performed by leading singers and musicians.

Highgate International Chamber Music Festival
2024-12-04 19:30 (Europe/London) | St Anne’s Church, Highgate, 106 Highgate West Hill, London, N6 6AP, United Kingdom
JC Bach Quartet for oboe & strings in Bb W.B60
Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings Op.2
Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.1 in Bb
– INTERVAL –
N. Klouda ‘Tor Mordôn’ (2024) for cello & piano world premiere, commissioned by American Patrons of the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, Mr. and Mrs. William Jacob III
Schumann Piano Quartet Op.47 in Eb
Nicholas Daniel OBE – oboe
Elena Urioste – violin
Benjamin Roskams – viola
Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE & Ashok Klouda – cello
Irina Botan & Isata Kanneh-Mason – piano
This concert is sold out, visit Highgate International Chamber Music Festival to be added to the waiting list

Nicholas Daniel & Huw Watkins - Teeside Music Society
2024-12-08 15:00 (Europe/London) | Stokesley Methodist Church, High Street, Stokesley, Middlesbrough, TS9 5AD
Nicholas Daniel Oboe
Huw Watkins Piano
Programme
J. S. Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV 1020
R Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.73
Huw Watkins: Welsh Folksongs
Thea Musgrave: Whirlwind
Hannah Kendall: ‘Yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky!’
Zoë Martlew: ‘Nick, my pearls you cry’
Clara Schumann: Romanzen Op.22
Helen Grime: Three Miniatures
Poulenc: Sonata

Nicholas Daniel & Julius Drake , Leicester International Music Festival
2025-01-16 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Hansom Hall, Leicester, 50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
One of Britain’s best-known musicians, Nicholas Daniel OBE won the BBC Young Musician competition in 1980, after which he quickly established his career, travelling all over the world, broadcasting widely, and making many critically acclaimed recordings of both new and familiar music.
This programme – with the very distinguished pianist, Julius Drake – features a wide selection of chamber music by Robert Schumann, alongside the Three Romances by Clara Schumann. At the time these pieces were written, there was a rapidly growing interest in amateur music making in the home, fuelled by a burgeoning middle class. Brahms, Schumann, and Mendelssohn all contributed significantly to the array of works published for this market, and it was quite normal practise for parts to be substituted for whatever instruments happened to be available. So, although the Three Romances, Op. 94 are the only works originally composed for the oboe, the programme is not only musically rewarding in its own right, but also in keeping with what the Schumanns would have considered normal practise.

CBSO Winds Play Mozart
2025-01-26 15:00 (Europe/London) | Town Hall, Birmingham, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ, United Kingdom
TWO PEARLS OF BEAUTY FOR WIND ENSEMBLE
Anna Clyne: Overflow
Mozart: Gran Partita for 13 Winds
Anna Clyne was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s enigmatic poetry for Overflow in which the poet flirts with the mighty power of the sea. The wind ‘dectet’ portrays both the seabed, and the playful, sometimes sinister, creatures and forces within. Mozart’s Gran Partita is simply sublime – in the 1984 film Amadeus, Salieri is overcome with wonder on hearing it: “This was a music I’d never heard. Filled with such longing…”
Nicholas Daniel – oboe/director
