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Cardiff

Søndergård Continues His Sibelius Cycle in Cardiff

18/02/201809/02/2018 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Nielsen: Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.2.2018. (PCG)

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WNO’s New La forza del destino Packs a Considerable Punch

14/02/201807/02/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2.2.2018. (GPu)

Gwyn Hughes Jones (Alvaro) and Justina Gringytė (Preziosilla). Photograph by Richard Hubert Smith.
Gwyn Hughes Jones (Alvaro) & Justina Gringytė (Preziosilla) (c) Richard Hubert Smith.

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Llŷr Williams’ Schubert does Justice to the Composer’s Lyricism and Inventiveness

09/02/201806/02/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Liszt: Llŷr Williams (piano). The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 1.2. 2018. (GPu)

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Llŷr Williams (c) Evy Ottermans

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales Launches Season of Modern Music

06/02/201802/02/2018 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Goehr, Woolrich, Watkins, Wigglesworth: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Lesley Hatfield (violin), Rebecca Jones (viola), Alice Neary (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jonathan Berman (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 31.1.2018. (PCG)

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Two Orchestras in One Concert

03/02/201825/01/2018 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Tomáš Hanus (conductor): BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 24.1.2018 (PCG)

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Ryan Wigglesworth Takes Over Beethoven Choral Symphony

30/01/201821/01/2018 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Huw Watkins: Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2018. (PCG)

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Gould Piano Trio Give a Stimulating Concert of Works by Beethoven and Mark Simpson

24/01/201817/01/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Simpson: Gould Piano Trio (Lucy Gould [violin], Benjamin Frith [piano], Alice Neary [cello]), The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 12.1.2018. (GPu)

The Gould Trio
The Gould Trio

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Hanus Launches 2018 WNO Concert Season

21/01/201815/01/2018 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 14.1.2018. (PCG)

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