United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 5 – Vasks, Metcalf: Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alice Neary (cello), members of BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Edwin Outwater (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 20.5.2016. (PCG)
Festivals
Impressive Chipping Campden Debut for Faust and Bezuidenhout
United Kingdom Bach: Isabelle Faust (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord), Chipping Campden International Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 20.5.2016. (RJ)
Singing of Distinction from Kristine Opolais in Dresden
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2016 – Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Kristine Opolais (soprano), Concertgebouw Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 13.5.2016. (MC)
Danish Ensemble Celebrates 70th Birthdays of Metcalf and Vasks
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 4 – Metcalf, Penderecki, Vasks: Ensemble MidtVest, All Saints Church, Penarth, 18.5.2016. (PCG)
Accordion Music and Two New String Quartets in an Art Gallery
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 3 – Sørensen, Boden, Lindberg, Hudry: Andreas Borregard (accordion), Tana Quartet, Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff, 13.5.2016. (PCG)
Good Reception for Three Premieres of Distinction from BBC NOW
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Music Festival 2 – Boden, Puw, Vasks: Madeleine Mitchell (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond. Edwin Outwater, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 12.5.2016. (PCG)
Latvian Choir Draws in the Crowds to Glamorgan Musicfest
United Kingdom 2016 Vale of Glamorgan Music Festival I – Vasks, Esenvalds, Hillborg, Pärt: Latvian Radio Choir / Sigvards Klava (conductor), St Augustine’s Church, Penarth, 10.5.2016. (PCG)
Rosanne van Sandwijk Makes a Huge Impression at Chipping Campden
United Kingdom Schubert & Schumann: Rosanne van Sandwijk (mezzo soprano), Julius Drake (piano), Chipping Campden International Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 13.5.2016. (RJ)