Catriona Morison, 31-year-old mezzo soprano from Scotland, is the first British winner of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World.
CATRIONA MORISON WINS BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD 2017
Cardiff
Tina May’s Joyous ‘Ellabration’ of Ella Fitzgerald’s Life and Art
United Kingdom Various: Tina May (vocals), Nikki Iles (piano), Dave Green (double bass), Steve Brown (drums). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 9.6.2017. (GPu)
BBC NOW Excel in Stravinsky’s Rite whilst Bavouzet’s Ravel was ‘Too Literal’
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.6.2017. (PCG)
Fine Frocks and Farce in WNO’s Entertaining and Musically-Successful Fledermaus
United Kingdom Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 20.5.2017. (GPu)
(c) Bill Cooper
A Well-Contrasted and Well-Planned BBCNOW Concert Concludes the Vale of Glamorgan Festival
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival [2] – Adams, Fitkin, Watkins: Sophie Westbrooke (recorder), Paul Watkins (cello), Apollon Musagète Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tecwyn Evans (conductor). Vale of Glamorgan Festival at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 26.5.2017. (PCG)
Are Six Pianos Better than One? Contemporary Works Make the Case in Cardiff
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival [1] – Grand Band: Vicky Chow, David Friend, Paul Kerekes, Blair McMillen, Lisa Moore and Isabelle O’Connell (pianos). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.5.2017. (PCG)
‘Thrillingly Heroic’: Welsh-Language Opera Y Tŵr’s Underplays the Symbolism but the Performances Impress
United Kingdom Guto Puw, Y Tŵr [The Tower] – first performance: Music Theatre Wales Ensemble / Richard Baker (conductor), Vale of Glamorgan Festival (collaboration between Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 19.5.2017. (PCG)
Weight and Precision from visiting Moscow Philharmonic in All-Russian Programme
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 14.5.2017. (PCG)