United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Brahms: Albion Quartet (Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Emma Parker [violins], Ann Beilby [viola], Nathaniel Boyd [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 11.2.2020. (GPu)
Cardiff
Valiant attempt but WNO’s new Les vȇpres siciliennes can’t quite persuade one of its merits
United Kingdom Verdi, Les vȇpres siciliennes: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2020. (GPu)
Abundance of Mediterranean light and dark in an outstanding recital by Llŷr Williams
United Kingdom Ravel, Mompou, Granados, Albeniz, Debussy: Llŷr Williams (piano). Cardiff, Dora Stoutzker Hall, 30.1.2020. (GPu)
BBC NOW’s jazzical tales in Cardiff
United Kingdom Jazzical tales: Huw Watkins (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / David Danzmayr (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.1.2020. (PCG)
Beethoven: the 1808 concert in Cardiff
United Kingdom Beethoven, the 1808 concert: Alwyn Mellor, Harriet Eyley (sopranos), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Sprague (tenor), Steffan Lloyd Owen (baritone), Steve Osborne, Llŷr Williams (pianos), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martin (conductor), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2020. (PCG)
A winter afternoon of Tchaikovsky and Glazunov in Cardiff
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Gergely Madaras (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 10.12.2019. (PCG)
Ashkenazy’s triumphant return with the Philharmonia Orchestra to Cardiff
United Kingdom Brahms, Sibelius: Sayaka Shoji (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.11.2019. (PCG)
Cardiff’s Royal College of Music hosts an interesting birthday tribute to Benjamin Britten
United Kingdom Britten: Adrian Thompson (tenor), Michael Pollock (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.11.2019. (GPu)