United Kingdom Mahler: Rebecca Evans (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Community Chorus / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 2.10.2016. (PCG)
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Enterprising Concert Features Welsh Composers Old and New
United Kingdom Welsh Foundations 1 – Jones, Hoddinott, Hardy, Mathias: Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 18.10.2016. (PCG)
BBC NOW Opens Season with Meticulous but Electrifying Firebird Performance
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Ibert: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Emily Beynon (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 13.10.2016. (PCG)
Hallé. Elder and Grosvenor Cover Themselves with Glory in Cardiff
United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt and Dvořák: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.10.2016. (PCG)
Good Start to BBC NOW’s Season with a New Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Barber: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 27.9. 2016. (PCG)
BBC NOW Marks Battle of the Somme Centenary with Music from that Era
United Kingdom Delius, Butterworth, Jacob, Howells, Roussel, Francis Purcell Warren: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), Philip Dukes (viola), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales cond. Adrian Partington (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 1.7.2016 (PCG)
Søndergård’s Mahler I Brings BBC NOW’s Season to a Resounding Conclusion
United Kingdom Mahler, Szymanowski, Lunn: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Nadine Koutcher (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond. Thomas Søndergård. St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.6.2016 (PCG)
Superlative Premiere of Pickard’s Emotional, Well Integrated Fifth Symphony
United Kingdom Pickard, Elgar, Walton: Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 7.6.2016. (PCG)