United Kingdom Afternoon Fiesta: Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.9.2018. (PCG)
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McVicar’s Traviata for WNO Tells the Story Well and Moves an Audience as it Should
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2018. (GPu)
WNO’s Stirring Production of Prokofiev’s Unwieldy Theatrical Epic Rewards Ambition
United Kingdom Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.9.2018. (GPu)
A Major Work by Stanford to be Premiered – 99 Years Late!
John Quinn discusses Stanford’s Mass Via Victrix, Op.173 with Adrian Partington
New Choral Music from Wales
United Kingdom Welsh Voices – new choral music from Wales: Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group / Robert Fokkens (conductor). St Augustine’s Church, Penarth, Cardiff, 23.6.2018. (PCG)
A Feast of Rhythm and Invention from Yazz Ahmed and her Hafla Band
United Kingdom Yazz Ahmed’s Hafla Band: Yazz Ahmed (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics), George Crowley (bass clarinet), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), Naadia Sheriff (piano, electric piano), Dudley Phillips (bass guitar), Martin France (drums). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 8.6.2018. (GP)
Powerful, Genre-defying Music from Trio HLK and Dame Evelyn Glennie
United Kingdom Trio HLK / Evelyn Glennie: Rich Harrold (piano), Ant Law (8-string guitar), Richard Kass (drums); Evelyn Glennie (vibraphone, marimba, tympani, drum kit, other percussion). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 7.6.2018. (GP)
Vengerov and Würth Philharmoniker on Tour
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Johann Strauss the Younger: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Würth Philharmonic Orchestra, Stamatia Karampini and Maxim Vengerov (conductors). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 10.6.2018. (PCG)