Ruders, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 28.1.2014 (PCG)
Cardiff
‘Sorrow was there made fair’: An All Dowland Programme.
United Kingdom Dowland: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Fretwork (Liam Byrne, Asako Morikawa, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunnicliffe, Richard Boothby, viols), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 23.01.14. (GPr)
Convincing Performance of Honegger’s Symphonie liturgique
United Kingdom Honegger, Rachmaninov, Fauré: Yevgeny Sudbin* (piano), Elin Manahan Thomas** (soprano), Roderick Williams** (baritone), BBC National Chorus** and Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.1.2014 (PCG)
Emma Kirkby Reveals the Poetry of Song in a Fine Recital
United Kingdom Haydn, Schubert: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Howard Williams (fortepiano), Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 19.01.14.(GP)
Hoddinott Hall Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary with a Mixed Programme
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mozart, Holt, Parry, Bernstein: Rosemary Joshua* (soprano), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus+ of Wales/Grant Llewellyn (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.1.2014 (PCG)
A Dramatic Symphonie Fantastique from Koenigs and WNO Orchestra
United Kingdom Berg, Wagner, Berlioz: Emma Bell* (soprano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Lothar Koenigs, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.1.2014 (PCG)
Llandaff Cathedral Proves to be the Ideal Setting for Welsh Sinfonia and Young Musicians
United Kingdom Adams, Morfydd Owen, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Pärt, Elgar: Welsh Sinfonia, members of National Youth Orchestra of Wales, Mark Eager (conductor). Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.12.2013 (PCG)
Randall Thompson Returns to Favour in BBC NOW’s Americana Series
United Kingdom Copland, Randall Thompson, Hanson, Bernstein, Piston: Adam Walker (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Carlos Kalmar (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 2.12.2013 (PCG)