Webern, Mozart, Strauss.Rosemary Joshua (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.5.2013 (PCG)
Cardiff
An Intelligent and Powerful Lohengrin WNO Can Be Proud of
United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.05.2013. Premiere. (GPu)
Fitkin Finale for Vale of Glamorgan Festival
United Kingdom Narboni, Metcalf, Pécou, Bryars, Fitkin: Percussion Claviers de Lyon, All Saints Church, Penarth, 17.5.2013 (PCG)
English Pastoralism in Qigang Chen Work
United Kingdom Currier, Bowden, Chen:Julian Warburton (percussion), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Baker (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 15.5.2013 (PCG)
French Harpist Welcomes Spring to Wales
United Kingdom Britten, Fauré, Pécou, Scarlatti, Rossini-Bochsa: Maureen Thiébaut (harp), Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.4.2013. (GPu)
Lithuanian Music Comes to Wales
United Kingdom Kutavicius, Martinaitis, Bartulis, Tamulionis, Metcalf: Onute Švabauskaitè (cello), St Christopher Chamber Orchestra / Donatas Katkus (conductor), Vale of Glamorgan Festival, All Saint’s Church, Penarth, Cardiff. 11.5.2013 (PCG)
Memorable and Exhilarating Enesco Violin Sonata
United Kingdom Brahms, Enesco: Gabrielle Painter (violin), Evgenia Startseva (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 14.4.13 (GPu)
Engrossing Account of a Wartime Romance
United Kingdom Glass, Ian Stephens: Liz Weir (narrator), Mavron String Quartet, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 23.4.2013. (PCG)