United KingdomFiesta Sinfonica! Brazil – Santoro, Guerra-Peixe, Villa-Lobos, Levy, Fernândez: Jean Louis Steuerman (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Roberto Minczuk (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 9.10.2015 (PCG)
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Student Musicians Offer a Fine Tribute to Welsh composer Mervyn Burtch
United Kingdom Mervyn Burtch (1929-2015): Connor Fogel (piano), Hannah Scott (flute), Sophie Levi (voice), Ella O’Neill (piano), Michael Gibbs (French horn), Emma Cayeux (piano), Sioned Evans (piano), Alis Huws (harp), Jessica Robinson (voice), Sophie Silverstone & Felix Lo (violins), Lily Rogers (viola), Gemma Connor (cello), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 7.10,2015 (GPu)
A Disappointing Mismatch of Musical and Opera in Sweeney Todd
United Kingdom Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / James Holmes (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.10.2015. (LJ).
Authenticity Breeds Originality in the Hands of the London Haydn Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn: London Haydn Quartet [Catherine Manson (first violin), Michael Gurevich (second violin), James Boyd (viola), Jonathon Manson (cello)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29/09/15 (LJ).
Cantemus Take on Bach’s Motets with Mixed Success
United Kingdom J. S. Bach: Tabitha Rodway (soprano), Cantemus Chamber Choir / Huw Williams (director), John Cheer (organ), Claudine Cassidy (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 10.10.15 (LJ).
Keen-Edged Playing from Dresden Philharmonic in Cardiff
Wagner, Rachmaninov, Brahms. Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra of Wales, Michael Sanderling (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.10.2015 (PCG) Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude (1868)| Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No 1, Op.1 Brahms – Symphony No 4, Op.98 For the second concert in the Rachmaninov series at St David’s Hall we were visited by the Dresden … Read more
Magnificent Performance of The Bells Deserved a More Appreciative Audience
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Borodin, Elgar, Huw Watkins, Stravinsky: John Daszak (tenor), Anastasia Kalagina (soprano), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Malin Broman (violin), Rachel Gough (bassoon), Hannah Stone (harp), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3.10.2015 (PCG)
A Musically Sound and Interesting Orlando Which Doesn’t Quite Take Off
United Kingdom Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 27.9.2015 (GPu)