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Paul Corfield Godfrey

Original Schumann and revised Ligeti in Cardiff

02/03/202313/12/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Ligeti, Schumann: Anthony Marwood (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre, 9.12.2022. (PCG)

Anthony Marwood (c) Pia Johnson

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Sinfonia of London triumph in Cardiff

02/12/202230/11/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Walton: Martin James Bartlett (piano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 28.11.2022. (PCG)

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Markus Stenz conducts Mahler in Cardiff

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Markus Stenz (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.11.2022. (PCG)

Chris Stock receives Royal Philharmonic Society award (c) Yusef Bastawi

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Classical blockbusters from the Belgian National Orchestra in Cardiff

30/12/202212/11/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Respighi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns: Paul Lewis (piano), Belgian National Orchestra / Robert González-Monjas (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.11.2022. (PCG)

Paul Lewis

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The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera’s Czech Mates in Cardiff

30/12/202206/11/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Dvořák, Wagner, Janáček: Jana Kuruvová (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 4.11.2022. (PCG)

Tomáš Hanus © Petra Hajská

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A Cardiff BBC NOW programme of rarities and discoveries

24/10/202224/10/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schmidt, Liebermann, Bach/Markevitch: Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /Jonathan Berman (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.10.2022. (PCG)

Matthew Featherstone in rehearsal

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Brno Philharmonic Orchestra UK tour reaches Cardiff

19/10/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, Martinů, Vaughan Williams: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 15.10.2022. (PCG)

Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales launch their 2022-2023 season

13/10/202212/10/2022 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Stravinsky: Yeol Eum Son (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 6.10.2022. (PCG)

Yeol Eum Son with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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