#nicholas daniel

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Sophie Hunter narrating during "Music on the Meare” at Aldeburgh Festival - June 23, 2017 - PHOTO: Matt Jolly

Aldeburgh Festival 2017 hosted oboist Nicholas Daniel’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid on the water of Thorpeness Meare, alongside six new pieces commissioned by Daniel. The unusual venue of concert recreated the atmosphere of the premiere of Britten’s pieces, which took place in 1951 on the very same lake. The recital started at Aldeburgh’s Jubilee Hall with readings of stories from Ovid, Dryden and Ted Hughes that inspired the music. The audience were then transported back in time to the original work’s premiere in vintage 1950s buses to the Meare and rowing themselves to the performance area.

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(via Elena Langer: Landscape with Three People | - 4 STARS - The Times)

"rather than striving for stylistic uniformity, she will mix abrasive discords with unselfconscious tonality or folkish contours with neo­baroque gestures. She can do sardonic astringency but also evoke surreal otherworldliness or romantic yearning...Excellent performances from all, but especially Dennis, whose radiant yet flexible soprano timbre is the perfect vehicle for Langer’s striking music."

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Another new release OUT TODAY is "Elena Langer. Landscape with Three People" by Nicholas Daniel, Anna Dennis and William Tower! Amazon: http://amzn.to/1K2WjE8 iTunes: http://apple.co/1S5pGIm "The performance is excellent" - 4 STARS, Gramophone

[lesser-known-composers]

Clara Mouriz sings Granados' Maja Dolorosa 1 

BBC Radio 3, New Generation Artist - Clara Mouriz - sings Grandos' song Maja Dolorosa 1 with cor anglais player Nicholas Daniel and pianist Joseph Middleton. As far as we can ascertain it's almost certainly the only time this song has been visualised with cor anglais, and possibly the only recording of it at all!

[practiceapps]

Nicholas Daniel is a fabulous musician.

He has all of the Metamorphoses up on his YouTube page. 

Go listen!

[renaezinggrace]

Niobe who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain. 

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Dat Oboe