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Cardiff

Valiant Attempt to Promote Contemporary Welsh Composers

03/12/201226/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Welsh Showcase: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.11.2012 (PCG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey

Surefooted Playing of Janáček by Cavaleri Quartet

05/02/201323/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Janáček: Caveleri StringQuartet: Anna Harpham, Ciaram McCabe (violins), Ann Beilby (viola), Rowena Calvert (cello). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum, Cardiff 20.11.11 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Henze Remembered in Cardiff

19/11/201218/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Henze: Elisabeth Watts (soprano)*, Maire Flavin (mezzo-soprano)*, Andrew Tortise (tenor)*, Gary Griffiths (bass)*, Simon Phillippo (piano)+, Dean Wright (trumpet)+. Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Christoph Poppen (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 16.11.2012 (PCG)

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Exciting Performances in Cardiff Compromised by the Hall’s Acoustics

19/11/201213/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Elgar, Bruch, Rachmaninov:   Tasmin Little (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 12.11.2012 (PCG)

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‘Baroque & More’ from The Welsh Sinfonia

12/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Biber, Geminiani, Marcello, Mozart. The Welsh Sinfonia, Robin Stowell (violin), Gillian Taylor (oboe), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 10. 11.2012 (NR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Neil Reeve

Czech Musicians Do Dvořák Proud in Cardiff

12/11/201210/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák: Igor Tchetuev (piano), Prague Symphony Orchestra, Heiko Mathias Förster (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.11.2012 (PCG)

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Strong Performance from Academy of St Martin in Cardiff

22/10/201219/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn: The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Joshua Bell (violin and director), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 18.10.2012 (PCG)

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Thomas Søndergård Debuts as BBC NOW’s Principal Conductor

12/04/201415/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lindberg, Grieg, Strauss, Sibelius: Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.10.2012 (GPu).

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove
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