Wednesday 20 April 2022 7:30PM

Nicholas Daniel & friends

Nicholas Daniel at 60

Information

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Change in Concert Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes in duration, including an interval.

Change of Artist
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Myfanwy Price (oboe) is no longer available for the above concert. We are grateful to Bernice Lee (oboe) for stepping in as her replacement. The programme remains the same.

Archived

Nicholas Daniel oboe
Huw Watkins piano
Linton Stephens bassoon
Beatrice Nicholas piano
Ashok Klouda cello
Members of Chineke!
Jennifer Brittlebank oboe
Miles Bruce-Jones oboe
Lorraine Hart oboe
Antonia Holloway oboe
Ewan Millar oboe
Bernice Lee oboe
James Turnbull oboe
Banita Wheatley-Holmes oboe
Esther Williams oboe

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.

This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- - Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
    - (edited by Sandro Caldini)
Hannah Kendall (1984)
- - Tuxedo: (Copper); Ivory Mask
    - (public première)
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 - pieces written for the occasion, including:
Thea Musgrave (b.1928)
- - A Happy Birthday
Errollyn Wallen (b.1958)
- - PEARL
    - (world première)
David Matthews (b.1943)
- - Birthday Song
    - (world première)
Helen Grime (b.1981)
- - 2 Birthday Fragments
    - (world première)
Hannah Kendall
- - yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky!
Antonino Abate
- - Colori d'Oboe
    - (world première)
Colin Matthews (b.1946)
- - A Bagatelle
    - (world première)
Trad/Welsh
- - Suo Gân
    - (arranged by Huw Watkins)
Eleanor Alberga (b.1949)
- - Fleeting
    - (world première)
Zoë Martlew (b.1968)
- - Nick my pearls, you cry
    - (world première)
Francis Poulenc
- - Sonata for oboe and piano
John Woolrich (b.1954)
- - Array
Thea Musgrave
- - Niobe
Banita Wheatley-Holmes
- - Reflections
David Bruce (b.1970)
- - To the power of ten