On Monday 18 October oboist Nicholas Daniel will give the London premiere of James MacMillan’s new oboe concerto at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Here Nicholas Daniel gives a personal view of the piece and how it was developed. ‘Sometimes important new pieces emerge after a long ‘courtship’ with a composer, sometimes they come out of the blue. With [...]
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