“Nicola Hands’ playing of both oboe and cor anglais is penetrating, elegant and wonderfully flexible.”
Nicola’s new album of English music for oboe/cor anglais and piano is now available for purchase. Click here to order a copy.
“Thank you for your enticing performance of ‘Music for Lovelorn Lenanshee’! Wonderful playing. The atmosphere and character and tempo are all terrific, earthy and rapturous by turns, and always engaging. I always want music both to sing and to dance, and you do both beautifully!”
“It’s terrific - great playing.”
Upcoming Appearances
Nicola will join the English National Ballet Philharmonia on principal oboe for 7 performances of Tchaikovsky’s ballet ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The seven performances will take place at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
The Tailleferre Ensemble will be performing a Christmas Concert on the evening of Thursday 11th December at St. John’s Church, Notting Hill. Join us for an evening of uplifting wind music with plenty of Christmas classics to warm the heart and make you smile.
All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the domestic violence charity Refuge.
For tickets, please visit Tailleferre Ensemble’s website and buy through their store.
Nicola will join the Brigantes Orchestra for their January concert of music from Russia. Taking place in their home venue of Sheffield Cathedral, the orchestra will present a programme of music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Stravinksy.
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Nicola will perform the Ruth Gipps Oboe Concerto with the St. Paul’s Sinfonia as part of their concert ‘Friends and Contemporaries’. This will be Nicola’s first performance of this concerto as soloist, and will take place at St. Margaret’s Church, Blackheath, London.
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Nicola will join the Brigantes Orchestra for a ‘Reformation’ themed concert, with music from Germany performed in Sheffield Cathedral. The performance will include music by Bach, Webern, Wagner and Mendelssohn.
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