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The Forum - Malvern Theatres
Grange Road
Great Malvern
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3HB
England
Programme
Edward Elgar – Andante and Allegro (c.1878)
Ernest John Moeran – Fantasy Quartet for oboe and string trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio for cor anglais and string trio, K.580a
Benjamin Britten – Phantasy Quartet for oboe and string trio, Op.2
Oliver Knussen – Cantata
Lennox Berkeley – String Trio, Op.19
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
Performers
Nicholas Daniel – oboe
Britten Oboe Quartet
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Since winning the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year competition in 1980, Nicholas Daniel has toured the world as a virtuoso of the oboe, and has been a tireless champion of the instrument. His rich, flexible tone and brilliant technique have led him to perform not only the mainstays of the oboe repertoire, such as Vaughan Williams’ Concerto and Mozart’s Oboe Quartet, but also to commission many new pieces and unearth neglected works. In 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Queen’s Medal for Music.
Nicholas Daniel began directing orchestras from the oboe from the start of his career, and is now a respected conductor in his own right, while as a founder member of the Haffner Wind Ensemble and the Britten Oboe Quartet, he continues to pursue his love of chamber music. As a soloist, Nicholas Daniel has many recordings to his name and the Quartet’s debut disc of oboe quartets was recently released on the Harmonia Mundi label.
This eclectic programme ends with the Mozart Quartet, which Nicholas Daniel played on his first visit to the Club in 1986. Of local interest, the short opening work is one of Elgar’s earliest compositions, though not published until 2008.
