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Paul Corfield Godfrey

Vilde Frang triumphs in Elgar’s Violin Concerto when the CBSO tour comes to Cardiff

05/06/202314/03/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Schumann: Vilde Frang (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.3.2023. (PCG)

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts violinist Vilde Frang © Beki Smith

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Rare outing for Bruckner’s Die Nullte (Symphony No.0) in Cardiff

05/06/202311/03/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Zimmermann, Bruckner: Simon Höfele (trumpet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 10.3.2023. (PCG)

Simon Höfele

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BBC Composition: Wales 2023 has two outright winners

05/06/202309/03/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Composition: Wales 2023: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.3.2023. (PCG)

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In Cardiff, Sheku Kanneh-Mason gives Schelomo a new life

27/02/202327/02/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berlioz, Bloch, Sibelius: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 25.2.2023. (PCG)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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Innovative concert in Cardiff only a partial success

23/02/202323/02/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel, Reich, Gershwin, Colin Riley: Freddy Kempf (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales  /Matthew Coorey (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17.2.2023. (PCG)

Freddy Kempf

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Thoroughly enjoyable BBC NOW Sunday afternoon in Cardiff with Fauré and Brahms

05/06/202314/02/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Fauré, Brahms, Messiaen: James Ehnes (violin), Rhian Lois (soprano), Neal Davies (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ludovic Morlot (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.2.2023. (PCG)

Ludovic Morlot and James Ehnes

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Smetana’s complete Má vlast returns to Cardiff

01/02/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Smetana: Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 29.1.2023. (PCG)

Tomáš Hanus conducts the Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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Thierry Pécou’s piano concerto receives a UK première in Cardiff

30/01/202330/01/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Pécou, Martinů: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Marzena Diakun (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre, 27.1.2023. (PCG)

Alexandre Tharaud © Jean-Baptiste Millot / Parlophone Records Ltd

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