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David Bruce Composer | Ten Questions with Oboist Nicholas Daniel | Interview No.1 @DBruce | Uploaded December 2017 | Updated October 2024, 31 minutes ago.
Composer David Bruce talks with one of the world's great oboists, Nicholas Daniel

Nick's beginnings as a chorister in Salisbury Cathedral, England seems to have left its mark on his musical personality, his playing and phrasing often sounds like that of a great soprano. He stresses the importance of breath to his playing and mentions his great love for music like Britten's War Requiem as sung by Galina Vishnevskaya here:
youtube.com/watch?v=lbkoY31G7mY
and Britten's Te Deum and
Festival Te Deum sung by U-M Chamber Choir
youtube.com/watch?v=QroU-1JW6Ig

Nick has performed and premiered pieces by David Bruce, including The Consolation of Rain commissioned for Camerata Pacifica by Bob Klein & Lynne Cantlay which features in the video.

Nicholas Daniel playing Mozart Oboe Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms youtube.com/watch?v=DhygJyCvYeA

G. F. Handel : "Quella flamma" from «Arminio», HWV 36 with countertenor David Hansen
youtube.com/watch?v=MGb05aeCfSk

The interview includes answers to a range of topics, including Nick's feeling that as an artist in today's world, he needs to speak out about the important of art more; his pet hates; which animal would represent his "animal daemon" / soul (as in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials); alternative careers; and answers the eternal question "What is SnapChat?"

Subscribe to Nick's YouTube channel here: youtube.com/user/nicholasdanieloboe
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Ten Questions with Oboist Nicholas Daniel | Interview No.1 @DBruce

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