Nicholas Daniel

Welwyn Garden Concert Club
2023-10-21 19:30 (Europe/London) | St Francis of Assisi Church, Church Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6QJ, United Kingdom
Nicholas Daniel & Julius Drake, programme tba

Britten Oboe Quartet at Lichfield Festival
2023-10-08 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LG, United Kingdom
This concert to close the Lichfield Festival 2023 Chamber Music Weekend features works by Schubert, Thea Musgrave, Mozart and J.S. Bach.

Orsino Ensemble at Leeds International Concert Season
2023-10-03 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7PD, United Kingdom
Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata Champêtre (for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano)
Darius Milhaud: Sonatine (for flute and piano)
Francis Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice sur des airs Danois et Russes
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle (for flute, clarinet and piano)
André Caplet: Quintet for piano and winds
Adam Walker – flute
Nicholas Daniel – oboe
Matthew Hunt – clarinet
Amy Harman – bassoon
Tom Poster – piano

Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival
2023-10-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Palace, Hatfield House, Great North Road, Hatfield, AL9 5HX, United Kingdom
FESTIVAL FINALE
Brahms: Double Concerto
Haydn: Creation (abridged version)
Magnus Johnston, violin
Guy Johnston, cello
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Dominic Bevan, tenor
Ben Bevan, bass
Orion Orchestra
HHCMF Youth Choir
Nicholas Daniel, conductor

Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival
2023-09-30 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | The Marble Hall, Hatfield House, Great North Road, Hatfield, AL9 5HX, United Kingdom
SATURDAY’S FESTIVAL FAMILY
Robin Holloway Bassoon Quartet – world première
Beethoven Septet in E flat
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Orsino Winds

Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival
2023-09-29 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Marble Hall, Hatfield House, Great North Road, Hatfield, AL9 5HX, United Kingdom
Friday’s Festival Family
Tailleferre: Sonate champêtre
Milhaud: Sonatine
Poulenc: Élégie
Poulenc: Sextet
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Dohnányi: Sextet
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Orsino Winds

Leicester International Music Festival - Mozart & Great British Women
2023-09-23 19:30 (Europe/London) | New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA, United Kingdom
Mozart: Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica (piano), flute, oboe, violin and cello, K617
Thea Musgrave: Impromptu No 1 for flute and oboe
Eleanor Alberga: ‘Tiger Dream in Forest Green’ for flute, oboe, cello and piano
Mozart: Horn Quintet in Eb K407
Interval
Nicola Lefanu: ‘After Farrera’ for violin, horn and cello (second performance)
Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor, K516
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
Katerina Nazerova (violin)
Ting-Ru Lai (viola)
Tetsuumi Nagata (viola)
Ashok Klouda (cello)
Thomas Hancox (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Ben Goldscheider (horn)
Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Green Room Concerts Festival
2023-09-02 19:30 (Europe/London) | Tithe Barn, Lenham, High Street, Lenham, Kent, ME17 2QD, United Kingdom
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, Green Room Concerts @ Tithe Barn. With local wines and cheeses available, and ticket numbers limited, this festival promises to be a truly special and unique experience.
Tickets are limited so advance booking essential

Delft Chamber Music Festival - Slotconcert: Wenen en Parijs
2023-08-04 20:00 - 22:15 (Europe/London) | Van der Mandelezaal, Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, 2611 HR
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

Delft Music Festival - Amerika
2023-08-03 20:00 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | Van der Mandelezaal, Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, 2611 HR
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 Klassiek.

Gabrieli Roar: The Dream of Gerontius
2023-07-29 19:30 (Europe/London) | Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG, United Kingdom
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 world-class period instrumentalists and singers, and renowned soloists. This performance is the second of two performances which are the culmination of an intensive five day residential course where Gabrieli Chorus Directors and Vocal Coaches have been working alongside partner choirs and singers to bring together this epic oratorio.
Led by Gabrieli’s Artistic Director, Paul McCreesh, The Dream of Gerontius promises an inspirational and uplifting evening of some of the most glorious music in the classical canon.

Britten Oboe Quartet at Jordan's Music Club
2023-07-16 19:30 (Europe/London) | Jubilee Hall, Seer Green, School Lane, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, HP9 2QJ, United Kingdom
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 of the award-winning Britten Sinfonia. They aim to bring music of the highest quality to audiences and to explore lesser-known works, both British and from abroad, as well as standard classics such as Mozart’s oboe quartet. This concert fulfils their aim magnificently.
We are treated to both the oboe and a flute quartet (played on the oboe) by Mozart, together with a fascinating collection of both well and lesser-known pieces. Elgar’s Andante and Allegro was an early work written in 1878 and only recently published from the manuscript kept at the British Library. Britten’s Phantasy Quartet is another early work written while he was still a student and his first work to be heard publicly. His harmonic language was not yet fully developed but is still striking in its inventiveness and originality. Thea Musgrave’s Cantilena, commissioned in 2008, is a short lyrical piece where an outsider (the oboe) joins the group (a string trio) and adds to their dialogue. The penultimate piece is a set of three traditional Danish wedding folk tunes dating back hundreds of years, from a tiny village called Sønderho in the western part of Denmark.

Britten Oboe Quartet at Cambridge Summer Music Festival
2023-07-15 19:30 (Europe/London) | Sidney Sussex College Chapel, Cambridge, CB2 3HW, United Kingdom
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 earliest works he wrote, while Musgrave’s lyrical Cantilena was first heard in 2008.
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Jacqueline Shave violin
Judith Busbridge viola
Caroline Dearnley cello

Orion Orchestra - Beethoven in the Gardens
2023-06-23 19:00 (Europe/London) | Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PL, United Kingdom
‘Beethoven in the Gardens’ returns with a performance of Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, ‘Eroica’ with the Orion Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Daniel

Orsino Ensemble at Wigmore Hall
2023-06-05 13:00 (Europe/London) | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
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 for wind sextet
Anton Reicha (1770-1836): Wind Quintet in E flat Op. 88 No. 2
Leoš Janácek (1854-1928): Mládí
Orsino Ensemble
Adam Walker flute
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Matthew Hunt clarinet
Amy Harman bassoon
Alec Frank-Gemmill horn
Peter Sparks bass clarinet

Lapland Chamber Orchestra in Inari
2023-05-26 19:00 (Europe/London) | Sami Cultural Centre Sajos, Menesjärventie 2a, Inari, 99870, Finland
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
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta op.1
Duration approx. 2 hours
Concert includes an interval

Lapland Chamber Orchestra in Rovaniemi
2023-05-25 19:00 (Europe/London) | Culture House Korundi, Rovaniemi, Lapinkävijäntie 4, Rovaniemi, 96100, Finland

Orion Orchestra: Das Lied von der Erde conducted by Nicholas Daniel
2023-04-26 19:30 (Europe/London) | St James’s Spanish Place, 22 George Street, London, W1U 3QY, United Kingdom
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

Britten Pears Arts: Love and Endings
2023-04-08 19:30 (Europe/London) | Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
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 this evening.
Handel: C Minor Sonata
Elena Langer: Love and Endings
Sven-Ingo Koch: Die Frage noch der Dinglixhkeit
JS Bach: “Stumme Seufzer, Stille Klagen” from Cantata 199, Mein Herze Schwimmt in Blut
JS Bach: Ruhet hie, matte Töne from O Holder tag, erwünschte Zeit, Cantata 210
Michael Berkeley: The Insects (world premiere, Britten Pears Arts commission)
Michael Berkeley: Snake
Handel: from Nine German Arias: Flammende Rose
Handel: Süsse Stille
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Anna Dennis soprano
Nicholas Daniel oboe

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
2023-03-16 19:00, 2023-03-15 19:00 (Europe/London) | Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Nicholas Daniel, cor anglais
Outi Tarkiainen: Milky Ways, Cor Anglais Concerto
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor Op.68

Kamermuziek Nijmegen
2023-03-07 20:15 (Europe/Amsterdam) | De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Keizer Karelplein 2D, Nijmegen, 6511 NC, Netherlands
The Britten Oboe Quartet
Mozart – Hobokwartet in F, KV370
Schubert – Hobokwartet naar D112 (Derek Smith)
Shave – ARTIN – Fragment from an imagined life (trad.)
Sønderho bruiloftstrilogie (arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet)
Bach – Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (uit Matthäus-Passion)

The Haffner Wind Ensemble at Champs Hill
2023-03-04 19:30 (Europe/London) | Champs Hill Music Room, Waltham Park Road, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 1LY

Serenity - Nicholas Daniel and the Ulster Orchestra
2023-02-23 19:45 (Europe/London) | Ulster Hall, Belfast, 34 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom
Sibelius – Symphony No. 7
R. Strauss – Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
NICHOLAS DANIEL, oboe
DANIELE RUSTIONI, conductor
Ulster Orchestra
Very few composers manage to evoke the landscape of their homeland in the way that seems to come so effortlessly to Sibelius – it’s difficult to listen to his Seventh Symphony without imagining yourself in the epic forests and below the vast skies of the Finnish landscape.
Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto makes the most of the pastoral qualities of the solo instrument, keeping us outdoors. And the pastoral mood continues with Brahms’s cheerful, soaring Second Symphony. Brahms himself wrote in the symphony’s manuscript “Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!” (“It’s so lovely to be in love in the springtime!”), and this concert looks forward to those days to come.

Chamber Connections End of Course Concert
2023-02-12 14:30 (Europe/London) | Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Join Nicholas Daniel, Isabelle van Keulen, Elena Urioste and Tom Poster in a celebration of classic chamber music with Britten Pears Young Artists, including a brand new arrangement of Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony.
The end of course concert for the Britten Pears Young Artists Programme Chamber Connections course features the world’s best interpreters and performers of chamber music playing alongside emerging artists.
This concert is the culmination of a week of intensive tuition, masterclasses and mentoring for chamber ensembles as part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme.
Selected repertoire:
Mozart: String Quintet No.4 in G Minor k.516 (featuring Isabelle van Keulen and Britten Pears Young Artists)
Arthur Bliss: Oboe Quintet (featuring Nicholas Daniel and Britten Pears Young Artists)
Martinu: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello and Piano (featuring Nicholas Daniel and Britten Pears Young Artists)
Poulenc: Sextuor for Winds and Piano (featuring Tom Poster and Britten Pears Young Artists)
Britten arr. Joseph Phibbs: ‘Frolicsome Finale’ from Simple Symphony (new arrangement commissioned by Britten Pears Arts featuring all artists) – World Premiere
Nicholas Daniel
Elena Urioste
Tom Poster
Isabelle van Keulen
Calathea Quartet
Ensemble Renard
Resol Quartet
Trio Bohémo

Chamber Connections Masterclass with Nicholas Daniel
2023-02-08 14:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Nicholas Daniel returns to Snape Maltings for this dynamic public masterclass with some of the finest emerging chamber ensembles from across the UK and Europe.
This forms part of our week of intensive tuition and mentoring for chamber ensembles by some of the world’s best chamber musicians. This masterclass will feature some of the international cohort of emerging ensembles in our 2022-23 Britten Pears Young Artist Programme.
Nicholas Daniel has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s great oboe players, and is one of Britain’s best known musicians. In a distinguished career that began more than four decades ago he has become an important ambassador in many different musical fields, and has significantly enlarged the repertoire for his instrument with the commissioning of hundreds of new works. He has been a concerto soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, performing a huge range of repertoire from Bach to Xenakis and is an internationally renowned chamber musician and conductor.
We are grateful to the H Steven & P E Wood Charitable Trust and Idlewild Trust for their support toward Chamber Connections.

Orion Orchestra Holocaust Memorial Concert
2023-01-22 18:30 (Europe/London) | Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London, W1 5HT, United Kingdom
A concert to remember all those lost in the Holocaust, featuring Orion Orchestra in a concert presented on the night by its President, Robert Rinder MBE.
Nicholas Daniel OBE, conductor
Jack Liebeck and Emmalena Huning, violin
Meghan Cassidy, viola
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
Mozart?- Sinfonia Concertante k364 ii
Prokofiev – Overture on Hebrew Themes (full orchestra version)
Arvo Pärt?- Tabula Rasa ii

City of Oxford Orchestra Viennese New Year Concert
2023-01-21 20:00 (Europe/London) | The Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom
MOZART The Marriage of Figaro Overture
STRAUSS – Waltzes, Polkas and Marches
MOZART – Oboe Concerto
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Stephen Bell, conductor

Southbank Sinfonia - Eruptions of Sound and Colour
2023-01-19 21:00 (Europe/London) | St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom
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 sound world fluctuates from violent pulsations of sound and texture to ethereal flurries.
Composed as a partner to Mozart’s ‘Serenade in Bb’, Simpson draws upon the same tonality and instrumentation: 12 winds plus double bass. Embark on a tour de force of colours and textures.
You can’t miss the drama in Mozart’s ‘Serenade’ either. From the sonorous opening to intricate chains of variations, operatic outbursts to rapid passages, Mozart’s ambitious work is sure to thrill and entertain.

Fundación Juan March, Madrid
2023-01-11 18:30 (Europe/Madrid) | Fundacion Juan March, Castelló 77, Madrid, 28006, Spain
Programme of short works of the 19th and 20th centuries
Stuart Jackson, tenor
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Julius Drake, piano
