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Cardiff

A winter afternoon of Tchaikovsky and Glazunov in Cardiff

21/01/202013/12/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Gergely Madaras (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 10.12.2019. (PCG)

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Ashkenazy’s triumphant return with the Philharmonia Orchestra to Cardiff

31/12/201928/11/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Sibelius: Sayaka Shoji (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.11.2019. (PCG)

Sayaka Shoji © Kishin Shinoyama

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Cardiff’s Royal College of Music hosts an interesting birthday tribute to Benjamin Britten

09/12/201925/11/2019 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten: Adrian Thompson (tenor), Michael Pollock (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.11.2019. (GPu)

Adrian Thompson (c) Gregor Monkiewicz

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Food from the AKA Trio for Cardiff ears, hearts and minds, as well as, feet

09/12/201918/11/2019 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom AKA Trio: Antonio Forcione (guitar), Seckou Keita (kora), Adriano Adewale (percussion). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music, Cardiff, 16.11.2019. (GPu)

AKA Trio

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales present heroes and heartache

09/12/201915/11/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grieg, Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Joseph Swensen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 14.11.2019. (PCG)

Yevgeny Sudbin (c) Peter Rigaud

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Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2020 preview concert

26/11/201913/11/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Huw Watkins, Michael Zev Gordon, John Luther Adams, Helen Grime: Huw Watkins (piano), David Adams (violin and viola), Matthew Hunt (clarinet). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.11.2019. (PCG)

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Prague Symphony Orchestra on tour with Mahler’s Third Symphony

26/11/201909/11/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Ester Pavlů (mezzo-soprano), Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir, Cardiff Bach Choir, Swansea Bach Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.11.2019. (PCG)

Pietari Inkinen © Nguye Phuong

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Superlative Janáĉek and Liszt in a Cardiff recital by Llŷr Wiliams

15/11/201905/11/2019 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Janáĉek, Britten, and Liszt: Llŷr Wiliams (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff 31.10.2019. (GPu)

Llŷr Wiliams (c) Hannan Images

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