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Cardiff

WNO’s bold and innovative Death in Venice explores its ambiguous depths (and heights)

18/03/202411/03/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Leo Hussain (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.3.2024. (GPu)

Mark Le Brocq (von Aschenbach) and Anthony César (Tadzio) © Johann Persson

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A concert full of pleasant surprises with Sean Shibe and Sinfonia Cymru something like their very best

01/03/202429/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Sean Shibe (acoustic and electric guitars), Sinfonia Cymru. Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 25.2.2024. (GPu)

Sean Shibe © Kaupo Kikkas

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WNO’s staging left lots to be desired, though in musical terms Così fan tutte was largely pleasurable

18/03/202427/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, 24.2.2024. (GPu)

Kayleigh Decker (Dorabella) and Sophie Bevan (Fiordiligi) © Elliot Franks

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Ryan Bancroft’s stunning Shostakovich with the BBC NOW in Cardiff

15/02/202413/02/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Jonathan Biss (piano), James Platt (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2024. (PCG)

Jonathan Biss rehearsing with the BBC NOW © Yusef Bastawy

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Lortie’s sensitive and perceptive interpretations of music by Fauré and some who studied with him

08/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Louis Lortie (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 4.2.2024. (GPu)

Louis Lortie at the Wigmore Hall © The Wigmore Hall Trust

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Accomplished and delightful playing in a challenging programme of Mozart and Ligeti

06/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Ligeti: Ben Goldscheider Trio (Ben Goldscheider [horn], Callum Smart [violin], Richard Uttley [piano]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2.2.2024. (GPu)

Ben Goldscheider

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales: four premieres in one evening

24/02/202431/01/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC NOW – NOW!: Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 26.1.2024. (PCG)

Jordan de Souza

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New Horn Concerto by Gavin Higgins in Cardiff

18/01/202417/01/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gavin Higgins, Parry, Brahms: Ben Goldscheider (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martin (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 14.1.2024. (PCG)

Ben Goldscheider (horn) and Jaime Martín (conductor) © Yusef Bastawy

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