Nicholas Daniel

Elgar Festival - English Symphony Orchestra, Great Malvern
2026-05-28 19:00 (Europe/London) | Great Malvern Priory, Church Street, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2AY, United Kingdom
Music lovers might be forgiven for mistaking composer Arnold Schoenberg for the ‘Big Bad Wolf” of classical music but in his 1899 Romantic tone poem, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), his music purrs as sweetly as a kitten. This lush and lyrical masterpiece crowns a night with the English String Orchestra also featuring beautiful and evocative works by Elgar and Thea Musgrave. Internationally renowned oboist, Nicholas Daniel, is the featured soloist.
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Elgar In Moonlight
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Musgrave Night Windows
Sibelius Rakastava
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Elgar Festival - Nicholas Daniel and Huw Watkins
2026-05-29 13:00 (Europe/London) | Henry Sandon Hall, Worcester, Severn Street, Worcester, ,WR1 2NE, United Kingdom
We’re delighted to welcome Nicholas Daniel to the 2026 festival, one of Britain’s best-known musicians as well as being one of the world’s great oboists. Nick joins forces with celebrated composer and pianist Huw Watkins for a very special lunchtime event packed with incredible British chamber music and an event not to be missed!
Thea Musgrave Dawn
Huw Watkins 5 Welsh Folksongs
Elgar Soliloquy
Howells Sonata
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Huw Watkins, piano

International Double Reed Society conference
2026-07-07 19:30 (Europe/London) | Hall Auditorium, Oxford OH, 101 South Campus Avenue, Oxford, OH, 45056, United States
IDRS conference Evening Concert – July 7th
Contemporary Voices and Timeless Reflections
Corey Field: Father’s Day for oboist playing oboe, oboe d’amore, and english horn, and strings (2025)

Kuhmo Chamber Music
2026-07-22 11:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Kuhmo Church, Kirkkotie 11, Kuhmo, 88900, Finland
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875—1912): Nonet in F minor, Op. 2 (1894)

Kuhmo Chamber Music
2026-07-23 18:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Kuhmo Arts Centre, Koulukatu 1, Kuhmo, 88900, Finland
Ethel Smyth (1858—1944):
Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin for flute, oboe and piano ‘Ophelia’s Song’ (1927)

Schackenborg Musikfest - 'Romantic Canons: Youth and Swansong'
2026-08-07 19:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) | Schackenborg Castle, Denmark, Schackenborg 1, Tønder, 6270, Denmark
Schumann, Studien in kanonischer Form, op. 56, arr. for oboe, cello and piano
Beethoven, String Trio in E? major, Op. 3
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Saint-Saëns, Oboe Sonatain D major, Op. 166
Schumann, Piano Quartet in E? major, Op. 47

Schackenborg Musikfest - 'Timeless Variations'
2026-08-08 10:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) | Møgeltønder Church, Denmark, Sønderbyvej 2, Tønder, 6270, Denmark
Musgrave, Cantilena for oboe and string trio
Bach, Goldberg Variations arr. for String Trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Schackenborg Musikfest - 'Rising Stars: Wind and Keys'
2026-08-08 19:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) | Schackenborg Castle, Denmark, Schackenborg 1, Tønder, 6270, Denmark
Musgrave, Take Two Oboes
Crusell, Clarinet Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 2, nr. 1
Poulenc, Sonata for Two Clarinets FP 7
Mozart, Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

Schackenborg Musikfest - 'That Damned Thing! I Wish It Were Burned!
2026-08-09 19:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) | Schackenborg Castle, Denmark, Schackenborg 1, Tønder, 6270, Denmark
Musgrave, Impromptu no. 1 for flute and oboe
Barrière, Sonata in G major for cello and double bass
Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b
Beethoven, Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20

Concerts at Cratfield
2026-08-30 15:00 (Europe/London) | St Mary’s Church, Cratfield, Church Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 0BU, United Kingdom
Nicholas Daniel OBE, long recognised as one of the world’s great oboists and one of Britian’s best-known musicians, has significantly enlarged the repertoire for his instrument with the commissioning of hundreds of new works. He joins forces with celebrated composer and pianist Huw Watkins for a celebration of British chamber music.
Huw Watkins, Five Welsh Folksongs
Helen Grime, 3 Miniatures
Britten, Night Piece; Cuckoo; Temporal Variations
Thea Musgrave, Night Windows
Herbert Howells, Oboe Sonata

Orsino Ensemble at Wigmore Hall
2026-10-26 13:00 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
Flexible in format and strikingly diverse in repertoire, the Orsino Ensemble comprises some of Britain’s finest wind players. ‘This is all-star playing of the highest level’, noted the Guardian in a review of its 2021 debut album. Its latest Wigmore Hall recital includes Nielsen’s delightful Wind Quintet and the UK première of Mark Simpson’s The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, inspired by five of John Koenig’s neologisms for different types of emotion.
Samuel Barber: Summer Music Op. 31
Mark Simpson: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (UK première)
Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet Op. 43

Britten Oboe Quartet at Wigmore Hall
2026-12-03 13:00 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
Founded by Nicholas Daniel and colleagues from the magnificent Britten Sinfonia, the Britten Oboe Quartet is known for its imaginative programming and music making informed by mutual empathy and understanding. Its debut recording included what the Guardian greeted as ‘a wonderfully relaxed and refined account’ of Mozart’s Oboe Quartet K370 and ‘a strikingly mysterious one’ of Britten’s early Phantasy, works set in company for this lunchtime programme with Jacqueline Shave’s haunting treatment of traditional tunes and a new work by Huw Watkins.
Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet in F minor for oboe and string trio Op. 2
Huw Watkins: Oboe Quartet (London première)
Jacqueline Shave: Artin: fragments from an imagined life
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370
