United Kingdom Handel: Genesis Sixteen / Badinerie, Jessica Cale (soprano), Tim Morgan (Countertenor), Genesis Sixteen / Badinerie / Harry Christophers and Robin Jacobs (conductors), Dora Stoutzker Concert Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 15.3.2015.
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“Heavenly Flowers Bloom” as Cantemus Offer “a Sweet Harvest” in the St John Passion
United States Bach: Guy Cutting (tenor), Stuart Young (bass), Rebecca Donkin (soprano), Helen Pugsley (soprano), Elizabeth Irvine (mezzo), Jon English (tenor), Ed Ballard (baritone), Cantemus Chamber Choir, Rejouissance (Simon Jones, leader) / Huw Williams (director), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.3.2015 (LJ).
Ashkenazy and Philharmonia Celebrate Sibelius Anniversary in Great Style
United Kingdom Sibelius: Vadim Repin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 18.3.2015 (PCG)
An Enduringly Successful Subversion of Hansel and Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.2.2015 (GPu)
Surreal Magic Flute Has Its Rewards and Limitations
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute:(Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.2.2015 (GPu)
A Thought-Provoking Extravaganza: WNO’s “Chorus!”
United Kingdom Various composers: Lesley Garrett (soprano), Michael Clifton-Thompson*, Simon Crosby-Buttle*, Howard Kirk* (tenor), Martin Lloyd*, Alastair Moore*, George Newton-Fitzgerald*, Stephen Wells* (bass), Chris Tudor (dancer), Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Alexander Martin (conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.2.2015.
The Allegri Give Powerful Performances of Shostakovich and Mendelssohn
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: The Allegri Quartet [Ofer Falk, Rafael Todes (violins), Dorothea Vogel (viola), Vanessa Lucas-Smith (cello)], Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 6.2.2015 (GPu)
Cautious Exactitude and Daring Experimentation in Llyr Williams’ Beethoven Cycle Part 2
Beethoven: Llyr Williams (piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.2.2015 (LJ) Fantasia in G minor, Op 77 Piano Sonata in E major, Op 14 No. 1 Piano Sonata in G major, Op 14 No. 2 Six Variations on a Theme in F major, Op 34 Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op … Read more