United Kingdom Anniversary Finale and Composers Spotlight: Ensemble Cymru. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 4.5.2018. (PCG)
More Welsh Premieres in Cardiff
Paul Corfield Godfrey
BBC NOW Bring Romantic Warmth to St David’s Hall
United Kingdom Brahms, Strauss, Mozart: Aga Mikolaj (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Otto Tausk (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 20.4.2018. (PCG)
The Conductor’s Curse of Beethoven in Cardiff Strikes Again
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Wagner: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 14.4.2018. (PCG)
Mathias’s Third Symphony is a Revelation
United Kingdom Mathias, Mozart, Bruch, Huw Watkins: Anneliene van Wauwe (clarinet), Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), Llŷr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 13.4.2018. (PCG)
Welsh Contemporary Evening Features Two World Premieres
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mark David Boden, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Michael Berkeley, Guto Puw: Robert Plane (clarinet), BBC National Orchesta of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.3.2018. (PCG)
Debussy’s Centenary Anniversary Celebrated in Cardiff
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart, Messiaen: Steven Osborne (piano), Ladies of RWCMD Chamber Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.3.2018. (PCG)
Mark Eager Steps Down from Welsh Sinfonia
United Kingdom Beethoven, Rodrigo, Rossini, Charlie Barber: Saki Kato (guitar), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager (conductor). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 17.3.2018. (PCG)
BBC NOW Brings Really New Music to Hoddinott Hall
United Kingdom Contemporary Evening 1: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, B Tommy Andersson (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.2. 2018. (PCG)
Simon Holt – St Vitus in the Kettle: an icicle of moon (UK première)
Mark Bowden – Three Interludes (world première)
B Tommy Andersson – Violin Concerto ‘Homage to Michelangelo’ (UK première)
Alun Hoddinott – Dragon Fire
Mared Emlyn – Porthor (Whistling Sands)
Composition: Wales: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, B Tommy Andersson (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.2.2018. (PCG)
Luciano Williamson – Electric Bagatelle (world première)
Ian Lawson – High Aldons (world première)
Claire Victoria Roberts – Blue Lab (world première)
Lucy McPhee – Hard Wired for Orchestra 2: Learning (world première)
Iestyn Harding – The Magic Thief (world première)
John Senter – Mosaic (world première)
Gareth Churchill – Concentrations (world première)