Nicholas Daniel

Westport Chamber Music Festival
2022-09-10 20:00 (Europe/London) | Westport Town Hall Theatre, Octagon, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Moeran Phantasy Quartet
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Jolente de Maeyer (violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Janá?ek: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
Marmen Quartet
INTERVAL
Franck: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, viola transcription
Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Nikolaas Kende (piano)
Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimental
Torleif Thedéen (cello) and Nikolaas Kende (piano)
Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth
Franck: Melancholie in E minor
Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin
Nikolaas Kende and Jolente de Maeyer

Westport Chamber Music Festival
2022-09-09 20:00 (Europe/London) | Westport House, Quay Road, Westport, Co. Mayo,, F28 TY45, Ireland
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3
Nikolaas Kende (piano) and Jolente de Maeyer (violin)
Wagner: Cor Anglais Solo from Tristan and Isolde
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Schubert: Impromptu no. 3 in G flat major
Schubert: 2nd klavier stuck, in E flat, from the 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946
Nikolaas Kende (piano)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Sitkovetsky Trio – Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Wu Qian (piano), & Isang Enders (cello)

Alison Balsom and Britten Sinfonia
2022-08-31 19:30 (Europe/London) | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and American music at the meeting point of classical and jazz from the star trumpet player and Britten Sinfonia.
The brilliant trumpet player Alison Balsom joins the outstanding Britten Sinfonia to perform new arrangements of hugely popular concertos of Rodrigo and Gershwin. They also play pieces from their newly-released album, which showcases American composers of the first half of the 20th century who were incorporating jazz influences into their music.
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Copland: Quiet City
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Barber: Capricorn Concerto, op.21
Stravinsky: Concerto in D
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Scott Stroman conductor

Presteigne Festival
2022-08-27 14:00 (Europe/London) | St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, Norton, Presteigne, LD8 2EY, United Kingdom
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Huw Watkins, piano
Night Windows
Richard Rodney Bennett Four Country Dances
Thea Musgrave Night Windows
Huw Watkins Folksongs
David Matthews Sonata for oboe and piano, Op 153
Welsh premiere | première Cymreig

Presteigne Festival
2022-08-26 19:00 (Europe/London) | St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, Norton, Presteigne, LD8 2EY, United Kingdom
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
George Vass, conductor
Silver Falls
Dani Howard Silver Falls
Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
Igor Stravinsky Concerto in D
Gabriel Jackson Doonies Hill Antiphon
John Ireland Concertino Pastorale

BBC Proms 2022 - Prom 37
2022-08-14 11:00 (Europe/London) | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Prom 37: Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Kaija Saariaho and Beethoven
From sunrise to high noon: this matinee concert from the Tyneside-based Royal Northern Sinfonia under its Principal Conductor Dinis Sousa begins with the sun rising over Haydn’s joyous early symphony. It ends with Beethoven cutting loose in sheer, unbuckled glee, in the rollercoaster finale of his brightest symphony. In between, the skies just gets brighter and more beautiful, as oboist Nicholas Daniel takes the solo spot in Vaughan Williams’s playful, pastoral Oboe Concerto – another anniversary salute to this great British master. Then violinist Maria Maria Wloszczowska is the soloist in Kaija Saariaho’s ravishing Vers toi qui es si loin – a wordless love song, adapted from the acclaimed opera L’amour de loin by one of today’s true sonic magicians.
There will be no interval
Programme
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D major, ‘Le matin’ (20 mins)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto (19 mins)
Kaija Saariaho: Vers toi qui es si loin (7 mins) London premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (34 mins)
Performers
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Maria Wloszczowska, violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Dinis Sousa

West Cork Chamber Music Festival
2022-06-29 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | St Brendan’s Church, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, Ireland
Programme
Kalevi Aho: Wind Quintet No.1
Orsino Ensemble
Thuille: Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet Op.6
Orsino Ensemble & Alasdair Beatson

West Cork Chamber Music Festival
2022-06-28 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | St Brendan’s Church, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, Ireland
Programme
Poulenc: Oboe Sonata
Nicholas Daniel & Julius Drake
Francaix: Quintet No.2
Orsino Ensemble
Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds Op.100
Orsino Ensemble & Alasdair Beatson

West Cork Chamber Music Festival
2022-06-28 07:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | St Brendan’s Church, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, Ireland
Programme
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Orsino Ensemble
Schubert: String Quintet in C major D.956
Pavel Haas Quartet & Johannes Moser

Orion Orchestra: Beethoven's 5th Symphony in the Gardens
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PL, United Kingdom
The Orion Symphony Orchestra with conductor Nicholas Daniel performs Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
VIP Ticket £25 (includes reserved seating)
Adult Ticket £15
Under 18 £5

A Celebration of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme at 50
2022-06-11 19:30 (Europe/London) | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
An event bringing together generations of Britten Pears Young Artists to share the concert hall stage.
Current Britten Pears Young Artists and illustrious previous participants come together to perform a programme of vocal and chamber music.
Performers:
Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Rebecca Evans, Charmian Bedford, Si?n Dicker sopranos
Adèle Charvet, Claire Barnett-Jones, Maria Hegele, Jennifer Johnston mezzo-sopranos
Karim Sulayman, Ian Bostridge, Ben Johnson, Nicky Spence tenors
Roderick Williams, Duncan Rock baritones
Matthew Rose bass
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Doric Quartet
Piatti Quartet
Rosie Salvucci double bass
Iain Burnside, Kunal Lahiry, Audrey Hyland, Malcom Martineau, Roger Vignoles piano
Programme to include:
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Britten Simple Symphony (selections, arranged for piano four hands)
Brahms Liebesliederwaltzer
Schubert Quartettsatz
Britten Il est quelqu’un sur terre; The Foggy Dew; The Salley Gardens; O Waly Waly

Mark Simpson and Friends: Gran Partita
2022-06-04 21:00 - 22:10 (Europe/London) | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Mozart’s grand piece for large wind ensemble and Mark Simpson’s dramatic Geysir, inspired by Icelandic volcanic eruptions.
The concert starts with a bubbling, gushing eruption in a piece inspired by volcanic geysers in Iceland, written by the brilliant clarinettist and composer Mark Simpson. It is followed by Mozart’s Gran Partita, a substantial 8 movement piece written for an extended wind group.
Mark Simpson: Geysir (8)
Mozart: Serenade No.10 for winds “Gran Partita” (50)

New Horizons - Nicholas Daniel and the Leicester Symphony Orchestra
2022-05-22 15:00 (Europe/London) | De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Leicester Symphony Orchestra is 100 this year. To celebrate our centenary, we are performing a wide range of music written during the past 100 years in Leicester’s fantastic De Montfort Hall.
We are delighted to be able to link our celebrations with the celebration of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams and welcome one of the world’s greatest oboe players, Nicholas Daniel, to perform the Vaughan Williams Oboe concerto on Sunday 22 May.
Nicholas was the Leicester Symphony Orchestra president from 1998 to 2002 and then our conductor until 2005. We are really looking forward to welcoming him back to the stage with us, this time as our guest soloist.
The concerto was written towards the end of the second world war and inspired by the playing of Leon Goossens, to whom it is dedicated, and who gave its first performance in Liverpool on 30 September 1944.
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
John Andrews, conductor
Programme to include:
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Tickets £20/£16 (concessions £5)

Charleston Festival: The Waste Land
2022-05-19 13:00 (Europe/London) | Charleston, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LL, United Kingdom
100 years after it was published, award-winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch breathes new life into one of the greatest works of modernist literature, T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land.’
In 1978, Anthony Burgess, best known for writing ‘A Clockwork Orange’, set the poem to music. Bringing this score alive in an extraordinary performance, Britten Sinfonia is joined by soprano Anna Dennis.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Narrator
Anna Dennis, soprano
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Caroline Dearnley, cello
Jâms Coleman, piano

Orion Orchestra: Richard Strauss Experience
2022-05-15 19:00 (Europe/London) | Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom
The Orion Orchestra is the most exciting young orchestra made up of some of the world’s finest musicians embarking on their musical careers. Come and witness the fantastic sound and energy that they produce with their new Music Director Nicholas Daniel.
Duration: approx. 2 hours (incl. 20-minute interval)
PROGRAMME
Richard Strauss Serenade for 13 wind instruments
Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
PERFORMERS
Orion Orchestra
Nicholas Daniel conductor/oboe

LSO Artist Spotlight: Nicholas Daniel
2022-05-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NG, United Kingdom
Bush Northumbrian Impressions
Robert Schumann arr Howard Ferguson Three Canonic Studies
Helen Grime Three Miniatures
Huw Watkins Five Welsh Folksongs
Poulenc Oboe Sonata
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Huw Watkins piano

Sinfonia of Birmingham
2022-04-30 19:30 (Europe/London) | All Saints’ Church, Priory Terrace, Royal Leamington Spa, CV31 1AA, United Kingdom
Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture
Parry An English Suite
Vaughan Williams Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D major
Conductor Michael Seal
Soloist Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
No Festival celebrating RVW’s music could be complete without his Concerto for Oboe and Strings – written in 1944 and all too often woefully overlooked. We are delighted to welcome Nicholas Daniel, the UK’s premier oboist, to shine a much-deserved light on this beautiful work in the central concert of our five-day Festival.
Associate CBSO conductor Michael Seal directs the Sinfonia of Birmingham which last appeared in the area as part of the Warwick & Leamington Midsummer Music Festival last June and is quickly gaining a reputation with our audiences for its lively and exciting performances.
A quintessential reminder of the influence on RVW’s music by his teacher, Hubert Parry, appears in the form of another rare gem – Parry’s English Suite for Strings – but it is RVW who occupies centre stage in this concert as we take advantage of having a full symphony orchestra in our Festival for one night only!
Unreserved Tickets: £25 front nave | £17 rear nave

Carter, Debussy, Jörg Widmann and Thomas Adès at Wigmore Hall
2022-04-27 19:30 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
An eclectic group of fine musicians come together for a mixed programme of 20th- and 21st-century works. Following his solo violin sonata, Debussy noted that he intended his next to be for oboe, horn and harpsichord. The edition made by Kenneth Cooper uses material from various piano pieces, including the first book of Images (1905) and the ballet La boîte à joujoux (1915).
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Sonata for oboe, horn and harpsichord (reconstructed by Kenneth Cooper)
Elliott Carter (1908-2012) Enchanted Preludes, Sonata for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord
Jörg Widmann (b.1973) Air for solo horn
Thomas Adès (b.1971) Sonata da Caccia Op. 11
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Adam Walker flute
Ben Goldscheider horn
Isang Enders cello

Solace: Concert in Support of SOS Children's Villages Ukraine Appeal
2022-04-21 19:30 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
When words fail music speaks. Renowned artists and composers come together to support and raise funds for SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine Appeal, in the hope that this contribution can bring some solace to thousands of refugee children affected by the conflict.
The programme features a selection of pieces by renowned composers who themselves experienced the fate of migrants, refugees, and were vocal critics of war and violence.
Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London in partnership with Wigmore Hall, The Ludwig van Beethoven Association, Marylebone Music Festival, Orion Orchestra, Lady Camila Panufnik, Roxanna Panufnik and the Royal Academy of Music, with the support of the Marylebone Hotel and Wiszniewski Family
All net proceeds from this event will go to SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine Appeal.
Please note that tickets cannot be exchanged for other Wigmore Hall events and refunds are not available.

Nicholas Daniel oboe
Lucas Krupinski piano
Leticia Muñoz Moreno violin
Kacper Nowak cello
Yuliya Ostapchuk violin
Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano
Maria Tarasewicz piano
Nicky Spence tenor
Dylan Perez piano
Inna Gusieva soprano
Alexsander Ribeiro de Lara piano
Kasia Madera presenter
Robert Rinder MBE presenter
Members of the Orion Orchestra
Shlomy Dobrinsky violin
Kyan Walker violin
Meghan Cassidy viola
Kieran Carter cello
Members of the London Symphony Orchestra
Carmine Lauri violin
David Alberman violin

In the presence of HRH Princess Michael of Kent

Nicholas Daniel & friends
2022-04-20 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
A birthday celebration for the outstanding oboist and conductor includes short pieces written specially for the occasion; a piece from Hannah Kendall’s Tuxedo series, inspired by an artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat, plus a work by American-born composer David Bruce first heard at the Wigmore Hall in 2019 as part of Nicholas Daniel Oboe Day.
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Hannah Kendall (1984) Tuxedo: (Copper); Ivory Mask
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Trio for oboe, cello and piano (based on Flute Sonata in D Op. 94)
(arranged by Lera Auerbach)
INTERVAL
Birthday Cards for Nicholas Daniel – 1-2 minute pieces written for the occasion by a selection of composers, including Gavin Higgins, Eleanor Alberga, Hannah Kendall, Thea Musgrave, Zoë Martlew, Helen Grime, Huw Watkins, Errollyn Wallen, Antonino Abate, Colin Matthews and David Matthews
Francis Poulenc Sonata for oboe and piano
Finale to include Reflections by Banita Wheatley-Holmes, works by Boismortier, arrangements of jazz standards and Oboe to the power of Ten by David Bruce

Czech Chamber Music Society - Mahan Esfahani
2022-04-13 19:30 (Europe/London) | Rudolfinum – Dvorak Hall, Alšovo náb?. 12, Prague, 110 00, Czech Republic
Claude Debussy / reconstructed by Kenneth Cooper: Sonata No. 4 for oboe, French horn, and harpsichord from the Six Sonatas for Various Instruments
Kaija Saariaho: Mirrors
Elliott Carter: Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord (1952 )
Jörg Widmann: Air pro French horn solo (2005)
Thomas Adès: Sonata da Caccia, Op. 11 (1993)
Performers
Adam Walker flute
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Ben Goldscheider French horn
Isang Enders cello
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Orion Orchestra returns with Nicholas Daniel
2022-04-07 19:30 (Europe/London) | St James’s Spanish Place, 22 George Street, London, W1U 3QY, United Kingdom
Orion Orchestra brings together London’s most talented musicians for this long-awaited live concert in the beautiful surroundings of St James’s Spanish Place.
This will be the first concert in which Orion welcomes its new Artistic Director and Conductor, the world-famous Nicholas Daniel, as well as organist Richard Gowers.
PROGRAMME
Thea Musgrave – Largo in Hommage to Bach
Poulenc – Organ Concerto
Brahms Symphony number 3 in F major Opus 90

Britten Oboe Quartet, Music in Lyddington
2022-04-02 19:30 (Europe/London) | St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Lyddington, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9LN, United Kingdom
Thea Musgrave: Cantilena
Jacqueline Shave: Artin
Mozart: Oboe Quartet K370
***Interval***
Bach: Aria ‘Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben’ from St Matthew Passion BWV244
Traditional arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet: Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
Françaix: Cor anglais quartet

Camerata Pacifica, Santa Barbara
2022-03-25 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road, Montecito, CA, 93108, United States
Programme
Zgraja: Virtuoso Flamenco Study No.1 for flute solo.
Reinecke: Trio, Op. 188
Dutilleux: Sonatina for Flute & Piano
Harbison: Quintet for Winds
Sofia Viland, Nicholas Daniel, Jose Franch-Ballester, Kathleen McLean, Ben Goldscheider, Henry Kramer

Camerata Pacifica, Los Angeles
2022-03-24 19:30 (Europe/London) | Zipper Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Zgraja: Virtuoso Flamenco Study No.1 for flute solo.
Reinecke: Trio, Op. 188
Dutilleux: Sonatina for Flute & Piano
Harbison: Quintet for Winds
Sofia Viland, Nicholas Daniel, Jose Franch-Ballester, Kathleen McLean, Ben Goldscheider, Henry Kramer

Camerata Pacifica, San Marino
2022-03-22 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States

Camerata Pacifica, Ventura
2022-03-20 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ventura Museum, 100 E Main Street, Ventura, CA, 93001, United States

Britten Oboe Quartet at Barnes Music Festival
2022-03-10 20:00, 2022-03-10 18:00 (Europe/London) | St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Barnes, London, SW13 9HL, United Kingdom
Thea Musgrave: Cantilena
Jacqueline Shave: ARTIN (world premiere)
Traditional: Sønderho Bridal Trilogy (arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet) [10′]
Mozart: Oboe Quartet K370
Bach: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben from St Matthew Passion

Britten Oboe Quartet Espressivo Concerts
2022-03-06 15:00 (Europe/London) | Lion Ballroom, Off Broad Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8BT, United Kingdom
Mozart arr. Derek Smith: Quartet for oboe and strings in E flat K160
Schubert arr. Derek Smith: Quartet for oboe and string in B flat D112
Mozart arr. Nicholas Daniel: Adagio for cor anglais and string trio K580a
Trad arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet: Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
Françaix: Quartet for cor anglais and string trio
