United Kingdom Colin Matthews, Britten, Piper, Elgar: Robert Plane (clarinet), Neil Percy (percussion), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 19.2.2013 (PCG)
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WNO’s Venerable Butterfly Continues to Delight
United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Frédéric Chaslin (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.2.2013 (GPu)
No Museum Pieces or Elitism in Erato’s Museum Recital
United Kingdom Mozart, Suk, Brahms: The Erato Piano Trio [Irina Botan (piano), Yuri Kaltnis (violin), Julia Morneweg (cello)], Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 10.2.2013.(GPu)
Last Minute Substitute Soloist Saves the Day
United Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: François-Frédéric Guy (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 13.2.2013 (PCG)
Luminous Orchestral Playing in WNO’s Striking Lulu
United Kingdom Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), (premiere), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2013 (GPu)
Sterling Performance by Welsh Sinfonia of Csányi-Wills’ New Work
United Kingdom Purcell, Bartók, Csányi-Wills, Britten, Mendlessohn: Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Angus West (horn), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager (conductor), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 26.1.2013 (PCG)
Exceptionally Excellent Performances of Beethoven and Britten
Beethoven, Britten: Paul Lewis (piano), Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (contralto), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales with Cardiff Polyphonic Choir and children’s choruses from Brecon Cathedral, Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral School, Llandaff Cathedral and Scholars, St David’s Cathedral / David Atherton. (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 25.1.2013 (PCG)
Long Awaited British Premiere of Pickard’s Tenebrae
United Kingdom Pickard, Britten, Bridge: Matthew Trusler (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 8.1.2013 (PCG)