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Benedict Cumberbatch joins the Britten Oboe Quartet in Wimbledon

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Reviewed at Trinity Church, Wimbledon, London on 18 November 2012
Mozart, Adagio in C major for cor anglais and string trio, K 580a
Lutyens, O Absalom
Britten, Phantasy Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello, Op.2
Britten, 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe, Op.49
Françaix, Cor Anglais Quartet (I, II & V)
Mozart, Quartet in F major for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, K370 (K368b)
Schumann, Mondnacht, Op.39 no.5
Britten Oboe Quartet
Nicholas Daniel, Oboe
Jacqueline Shave, Violin
Clare Finnimore, Viola
Caroline Dearnley, Cello
Benedict Cumberbatch, Spoken word
Imaginative programming from the Britten Oboe Quartet
****1
The moon at noon: Britten Sinfonia
****1
Nordic Lights with a French touch
****1
Britten, Bridge and a co-commission: Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall
****1
At Aldeburgh Festival, Nicholas Daniel plays the Pied Piper of Cool
****1
Albéric Magnard steals the show in all-French recital at Wigmore Hall
*****
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