United Kingdom TALES OF TRAVEL – 1: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jun Märkl (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 7.4.2017. (PCG)
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Astonishing Virtuosity from Tamara Stefanovich in a recital notable for its Musical Discrimination
United Kingdom J.S.Bach/Busoni, Kurtág, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Ligeti: Tamara Stefanovich (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 5.3.2017. (GPu)
New Light Cast on the Piccolo’s Possibilities: Piccolo virtuoso Peter Verhoyen
United Kingdom Milhaud, Auric, Poulenc, Vande Ginste, Ravel, Damare: Peter Verhoyen (piccolo), Zoe Smith (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 10.3.2017. (GPu)
Persuasive Performances of Beethoven’s First and Last Reveal a Pioneering Symphonist
United Kingdom Beethoven: Elin Pritchard (soprano), Samantha Price (mezzo-soprano), Alexander James Edwards (tenor), Thomas Faulkner (bass), Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Sanderling (conductor) St David’s Hall Cardiff, 1.4.2017. (PCG)
Mixed Results from the Schubert Ensemble in Classic and Contemporary Piano-led Works
United Kingdom Watkins, Shostakovich: The Schubert Ensemble (Simon Blendis, Jan Schmolk (violins), Douglas Peterson (viola), Jane Salmon (cello), William Howard (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff 3.3,2017. (GPu)
Thrillingly Theatrical Impressions in the Music of Bach’s Predecessors
United Kingdom Schütz, Buxtehude, Scheidt and Tunder: Welsh Camerata and instrumentalists, Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director). Church of St John the Evangelist, Cardiff, 25.3.2017. (PCG)
Humanity, Variety and Virtuosity from Tine Thing Helseth’s Trumpet
United Kingdom Tveitt, Bull, Shostakovich, Piazzola, Hindemith, Weill: Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Gunnar Flagstad (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 28.2.2017. (GPu)
Intimations of Birdsong and Early Sibelius in a night of Czech Romanticism
United Kingdom Dvořák, Suk, Mozart: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.3.2017. (PCG)