Celebrated for his scores for film and television, Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel is also known for writing concertos for unusual instruments. Nickel’s newest release features his Concerto for Piccolo, dedicated to and premiered by Sarah Jackson, principal piccolo player of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The piccolo concerto is paired with the Concerto for four Wagner Tubas, the hybrid tuba-French horn instrument commissioned for Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Sarah Jackson, and the four Wagner tuba soloists – Oliver de Clercq, Laurel Spencer, Valerie Whitney, Holly Bryan – are supported by conductor Clyde Mitchell and the Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra.