Page 542 - Media Coverage Book - 75th Aldeburgh Festival 2024
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14 June 2024
At the Aldeburgh Festival, Nicholas Daniel plays
the Pied Piper of Cool
By Christopher Woodley, 14 June 2024
The star in the east of England, fixed there by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, is marking
its 75th anniversary this year. One of the celebrants was the ever-flamboyant
oboist Nicholas Daniel, who flew in on butterfly wings – probably from a gig in Hamelin – to
give an enthralling contribution to the festivities. His masterful unwinding of Vaughan
Williams’s Oboe Concerto in A minor was the centrepiece of a programme that included
works by the Holsts, daughter and father, and was evidence, if ever it were needed, of the
power of his expressive genius.
Nicholas Daniel
© Angus Cooke
