United Kingdom Respighi, Liszt, Korngold: Olena Tokar (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Damian Iorio (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 26 April 2016 (PCG)
Paul Corfield Godfrey
Americans in Cardiff: BBC NOW Performs Familiar and Unfamiliar Works
United Kingdom Roy Harris, John Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein: Chloë Hanslip (electric violin), William Wolfram (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eric Stern (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 15.4.2016. (PCG)
Grace Williams’s Mass Finally Gets the Performance It Deserves
United Kingdom Grace Williams: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Rees (tenor), Jason Howard (bass), Rowan Williams (narrator), members of National Youth Choir of Wales, Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Huw Morgan (trumpet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tecwyn Evans (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1.3.2016 (PCG)
Prokofiev and Rachmaninov Trump Tchaikovsky in BBC NOW’s St Valentine’s Day Concert
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev: Freddy Kempf (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 14.2.2016 (PCG)
Prokofiev and Rachmaninov Trump Tchaikovsky in BBC NOW’s St Valentine’s Day Concert
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev: Freddy Kempf (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 14.2.2016. (PCG)
“A Performance to Treasure” of Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Finzi: Sally Matthews (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Bristol Choral Society, Gloucester Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.2.2016 (PCG)
High Quality Performances of Dutilleux and Centenary Tributes
United Kingdom Tanguy, Anderson, Pécou, Hesketh, Dutilleux: Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Pascal Rophé (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 27.1.2016. (PCG)
Rewarding Concert from BBC NOW and Søndergård Embraces Dutilleux, Debussy and Mozart
United Kingdom Dutilleux, Debussy, Mozart: Akiko Suwani* (violin), Rebecca Evans+ (soprano), Jennifer Johnston+ (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Robinson+ (tenor), Alastair Miles+ (bass), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus+ of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 22.1.2016. (PCG)