Two extraordinary musicians, Nicholas Daniel, and Huw Watkins, join us for an evening featuring music for oboe and piano by Bach, Harrison Birtwistle, Tansy Davies, Schumann, and John Woolrich.

Nicholas Daniel has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s great oboists and is one of Britain’s best-known musicians. He has significantly enlarged the repertoire for his instrument with the commissioning of hundreds of new works, alongside having a varied and exciting conducting career. He is a founder member of the Britten Sinfonia, the Haffner Wind Ensemble, Orsino, and the Britten Oboe Quartet. He is principal oboist of Camerata Pacifica, California’s leading chamber music ensemble, and is a popular guest at music festivals all over the world.

Huw Watkins is a British composer and pianist, who has written for the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Hallé Orchestra to name a few. Watkins regularly performs across Europe and North America and has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia, and the London Sinfonietta, whilst composers such as Philip Cashian, Tansy Davies, and Helen Grime have written concertos for him. 

"Daniel is past praise in his virtuosity and eloquence." (Gramophone Magazine)

"What an amazing musician Watkins is, this unfailingly dependable and musical pianist who seems to be everywhere. If he caught a cold most of Britain’s summer festival season would collapse." (The Telegraph)

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