The Lyrical Oboe 2009
Nicholas Daniel
Nicholas Daniel oboe/director
Thomas Gould violin/director*
Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C RV447
Vaughan Williams Concerto in A minor for Oboe and String Orchestra
Shostakovich Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 11*
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge*
JS Bach Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Violin and String Orchestra BWV 1060
The scintillating oboe-playing of Nicholas Daniel is the highlight of this concert, with the centrepiece being Vaughan Williams’ pastoral oboe concerto, a piece he made his own when he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1980. Nicholas Daniel also treats us to a typically vivacious Vivaldi concerto and Bach’s beautiful double concerto for oboe and violin, in which he is joined by Britten Sinfonia’s co-leader Thomas Gould. Two early works for strings by towering figures of the 20th century complete the programme: Shostakovich's Prelude and Scherzo for double string quartet was probably composed while he was still a student at the Leningrad Conservatory, while Britten’s tribute to his teacher Frank Bridge was the work which catapulted Britten onto the international music scene.
‘... an oboist who can be perky or beguiling, virtuosic or languid, as each phrase demands.’ The Times
Please note that for the concert at Wyastone Concert Hall tickets (£18 and £15) can be purchased on line (see link above, on right) or by post to Wye Valley Music, PO Box 143, Chepstow NP16 9AE. There is a telephone helpline 01291 330 020. Online booking opens in the first week of March.
Dates
Chelmsford
Sunday 01 February
7.30pm
Box Office: 01245 606505
Leeds
Saturday 28 February
7.30pm
Box Office: 0113 224 3801
Bradford on Avon
Saturday 02 May
7.30pm
Box Office: 01225 860100
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Monmouth
Saturday 06 June
7.30pm
Box Office: 01291 330 020.
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