United Kingdom BBC NOW – NOW!: Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 26.1.2024. (PCG)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales: four premieres in one evening
Cardiff
New Horn Concerto by Gavin Higgins in Cardiff
United Kingdom Gavin Higgins, Parry, Brahms: Ben Goldscheider (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martin (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 14.1.2024. (PCG)
Picasso theme at a BBC NOW Cardiff concert
United Kingdom ‘Playing Picasso’: Katharine Dain (soprano), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Michel de Souza (bass), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.12.2023. (PCG)
Grace Williams’s Second Symphony in Cardiff
United Kingdom ‘Grace’: Emma Tring (soprano, Saariaho), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor, Saariaho and Williams), Emilie Godden (conductor, Lewis). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2.11.2023. (PCG)
Love and Loss in Cardiff from Tomáš Hanus and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, R. Strauss, Brahms: Chen Reiss (soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff. 29.10.2023. (PCG)
New concerto for jazz quartet and orchestra a triumph in Cardiff
United Kingdom CoLaboratory: Fiona Monbet (violin and conductor), Auxane Cartigny (piano), Zacharie Abraham (double bass), Philippe Maniez (drum kit), BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 19.10.2023. (PCG)
Italian bass Adolfo Corrado is the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023
United Kingdom Final of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Nombulelo Yende (soprano), Adolfo Corrado (bass), Jessica Robinson (soprano), Siphokazi Molteno (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ryan Bancroft and Michael Christie (conductors). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 18.6.2023. (PCG)
A Grace Williams discovery at the tumultuous conclusion of the BBC NOW season in Cardiff
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Mozart, Grace Williams: Alice Neary (cello), Rebecca Jones (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1.6.2023. (PCG)
