The Essential Guide Magazine Culcheth - Sept/Oct 14 | Seite 48

Essential Feature

NCO Parr Hall
concert
Top oboist, Nicholas Daniel, joins the NCO
for the first concert of its new Warrington
and Halton season on 30 October at Parr
Hall
The Northern Chamber Orchestra (NCO)
will be joined by international oboist,
Nicholas Daniel, for the first concert of its
new Warrington and Halton season, at Parr
Hall on Thursday 30 October, 7.30pm.
Nicholas has performed as a soloist all over
the world, to critical acclaim, and while he
has given several well-received performances
with the NCO in Macclesfield, this is the
first time he has joined the orchestra at Parr
Hall - making this a treat for Warrington
audiences.
Nicholas Daniel’s long and distinguished
career began when, at the age of 18, he
won the BBC Young Musician of the Year
Competition and he went on to win further
competitions in Europe. As one of the
UK’s most distinguished soloists, as well
as a highly-successful conductor, he has
become an important ambassador for music
and musicians in many different fields. In
recognition of this, he was recently awarded
the prestigious Queen’s Medal for Music.
For the Northern Chamber Orchestra’s
Baroque and Beyond concert at Parr Hall
on Thursday 30 October, Nicholas will be
performing Vaughan Williams’ gorgeously
mellow masterpiece, the Oboe Concerto,
which demands virtuosic agility from the
soloist and string players.
The concert also features Bach’s famous
Concerto for Violin and Oboe, A.K.A. the
‘Double Concerto’, which has everything echo effects, a surging opening movement,
radiant melodies, plus a hint of surprise!
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Purcell provides another Baroque ‘wonderwork’ with his lively Abdelazar Suite
(originally incidental music, written for a
play) that captures Restoration England.
Pachelbel’s Canon, which needs no
introduction, is included, along with the
sprightly Fugue. The concert moves through
the musical eras with Mendelssohn’s
melodious String Symphony no 10, excerpts
from Walton’s uplifting Henry V (written for
the legendary 1944 Lawrence Olivier film
and widely considered to be the composer’s
best cinematic score) and contemporary
composer, Arthur Butterworth’s beautifully
personal Elegy for Diana, premiered by NCO
in April 2014 and getting only its second ever
performance for this concert at Parr Hall.
The NCO concert series is supported by
public funding by the National Lottery
through Arts Council England and brings
superb quality classical music to Warrington
and Halton audiences, from one of the
country’s finest chamber orchestras.
Jonathan Thackeray, NCO General Manager
said: “We are really looking forward to
presenting the Baroque and Beyond concert
at Parr Hall in October. We always enjoy
working with top oboist, Nicholas Daniel,
and we can’t wait for Warrington audiences
to have the opportunity to hear him
perform Vaughan Williams’ masterpiece.
With Baroque classics, a piece written for a
Restoration play, a classic 20th century film
score and only the second performance ever
of a contemporary work by a living British
composer, it’s a wonderful programme with
something for everyone!”
Tickets for the Baroque and Beyond concert
at Parr Hall on Thursday 30 October are
available from the Parr Hall & Pyramid
Box Office: 01925 442345 (open Monday Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturdays 10am - 2pm),
online at www.pyramidparrhall.com and
ON THE DOOR. They are priced: £16, £7
students, 18s & under FREE. More details at
www.ncorch.co.uk

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