United Kingdom TALES OF TRAVEL – 1: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jun Märkl (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 7.4.2017. (PCG)
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Persuasive Performances of Beethoven’s First and Last Reveal a Pioneering Symphonist
United Kingdom Beethoven: Elin Pritchard (soprano), Samantha Price (mezzo-soprano), Alexander James Edwards (tenor), Thomas Faulkner (bass), Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Sanderling (conductor) St David’s Hall Cardiff, 1.4.2017. (PCG)
Thrillingly Theatrical Impressions in the Music of Bach’s Predecessors
United Kingdom Schütz, Buxtehude, Scheidt and Tunder: Welsh Camerata and instrumentalists, Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director). Church of St John the Evangelist, Cardiff, 25.3.2017. (PCG)
Intimations of Birdsong and Early Sibelius in a night of Czech Romanticism
United Kingdom Dvořák, Suk, Mozart: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.3.2017. (PCG)
Sheer Magic: Aimard and Salonen deliver a Beethoven Concerto fit for an Emperor
United Kingdom Strauss, Beethoven: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 22.2.2017. (PCG)
Wigglesworth Conjures ‘Super-Charged Performances’ but only the BBC can make the Baritone Audible
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Wagner, Mahler: Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.2.2017. (PCG)
Oft-overlooked Modern British Works receive a Rare Outing from the BBCNOW
United Kingdom Great Brits 2: Mats Bergström (electric guitar), Pete Wilson (bass guitar), Steve Barnard (drum kit), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Edwin Outwater (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 03.02.2017 (PCG)
Unjustly Neglected Orchestral Gems Aired by BBC NOW in Final ‘Welsh Foundations’ Concert Series
United Kingdom Welsh Foundations 3: Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Rumon Gamba (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 27.1.2017. (PCG)