Cardiff – Seen and Heard International

Let All The World In Every Corner Sing: Harry Bicket returns to Cardiff

24/03/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Bach, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Garcia: Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Harry Bicket (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.3.2024. (PCG)

BBC NOW’s *Let All The World In Every Corner Sing*: Conductor Harry Bicket (above) and Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts (below)

Baroque joy and invention in an exhilarating concert by Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque

18/03/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque (Marcin Światkiewicz [harpsichord] and Toby Carr [theorbo]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 14.4.2024. (GPu)

Martyn Brabbins achieves symbiosis with the audience in Cardiff

12/03/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Nielsen, Williams: Liya Petrova (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 9.3.2024. (PCG)

Martyn Brabbins conducts violinist Liya Petrova and the BBC NOW © Amy Campbell-Nichols

WNO’s bold and innovative Death in Venice explores its ambiguous depths (and heights)

18/03/202411/03/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Leo Hussain (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.3.2024. (GPu)

Mark Le Brocq (von Aschenbach) and Anthony César (Tadzio) © Johann Persson

A concert full of pleasant surprises with Sean Shibe and Sinfonia Cymru something like their very best

01/03/202429/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various: Sean Shibe (acoustic and electric guitars), Sinfonia Cymru. Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 25.2.2024. (GPu)

WNO’s staging left lots to be desired, though in musical terms Così fan tutte was largely pleasurable

18/03/202427/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, 24.2.2024. (GPu)

Kayleigh Decker (Dorabella) and Sophie Bevan (Fiordiligi) © Elliot Franks

Ryan Bancroft’s stunning Shostakovich with the BBC NOW in Cardiff

15/02/202413/02/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Jonathan Biss (piano), James Platt (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2024. (PCG)

Jonathan Biss rehearsing with the BBC NOW © Yusef Bastawy

Lortie’s sensitive and perceptive interpretations of music by Fauré and some who studied with him

08/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various: Louis Lortie (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 4.2.2024. (GPu)

Louis Lortie at the Wigmore Hall © The Wigmore Hall Trust

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