United Kingdom Monteverdi: Charlotte Bowden, Jessica Cale (sopranos), Ruari Bowen, Tom Kelly, James Robinson (tenors), Dan D’Souza, William Stevens (baritones), Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, Réjouissance, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, David Miller, Matthew Nisbet, Eligio Luis Quinteiro (cittarone, theorbo), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (continuo) / David Young (conductor). Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, 17.11.2018. (PCG)
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Britten’s War Requiem from BBC NOW for Centenary of 1918 Armistice
United Kingdom Britten: Emma Bell (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Roman Trekel (baritone), Gloucester Cathedral Boy Choristers, Nia Llewellyn (conductor), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Choir, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 11.11.2018. (PCG)
Jason Moran Makes a Potent Case for the Importance of James Reese Europe
United Kingdom The Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin: Jason Moran (piano, arranger, composer, leader), Tarus Mateen (electric bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), Ife Ogunjobi (trumpet) Joe Bristow (trombone) Hannah Mubya (bass trombone, tuba) Kaldi Akinibbi, Mebrakh Johnson, Alam Nathoo (reeds), Andy Grappy (tuba). Bradford Young (cinematographer), Film Editor (Stefani Saintonge), Still Photography (Jati Lindsay). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 21.10.2018. (GPu)
Stanford Premiere in Cardiff After One Hundred Years
United Kingdom Stanford, Farrar, Kelly, Ravel: Kiandra Howarth (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Ruari Bowen (tenor), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 27.10.2018. (PCG)
A Resonant and Powerful Interpretation of Dusapin’s Fascinating Passion
United Kingdom Pascal Dusapin, Passion: Soloists, Exaudi (off-stage chorus), Sound InterMedia, London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.10.2018. (GPu)
Sinaisky in Sibelius at Cardiff
United Kingdom Sibelius, Mozart, Wagner: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.10.2018. (PCG)
Opening Concert in Cardiff’s International Season
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Glinka: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alondra de la Parra (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 16.10.2018. (PCG)
Llŷr Williams Does Full Justice to the Emotional Ambiguity of Schubert’s Late Piano Works
United Kingdom Schubert: LLŷr Williams (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 11.10.2018. (GPu)
