United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, Beethoven: David Soar (narrator), David Adams, Heather Badke-Hohmann (violins), Philip Heyman (violin), Rosie Biss (cello), James Southall (piano), Community Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.4.2012 (GPu)
Cardiff
Schubert Trio Lifts the Spirits in Cardiff
United Kingdom Schubert: Lesley Hadfield Trio: Lesley Hadfield (violin), Alistair Beatson (piano), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 30.3.2010. (GPu)
Outstanding Saint-Saëns from Alina Ibragimova
United Kingdom Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 29. 3.2012 (GPu)
Cardiff celebrates Paul Sacher’s Extraordinary Commissioning Legacy
United Kingdom Martin, Lutosławski, Stravinsky, Honegger: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Catrin Finch (harp), Lucas Macías Navarro (oboe), Louis Schwizgebel (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 16.3.2012 (GPu)
The Civilisation of Song on a Sunday Morning
United Kingdom Britten, Ravel, Rodrigo, Roussel, Walton: Gail Pearson (soprano), Andrew Smith (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 4.3.2012. (GPu)
The Women Outshine the Men in WNO’s Marriage of Figaro
United Kingdom Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro (Revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, / Anthony Negus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 25.2.2012 (GPu)
Music for Ash Wednesday with the BBC NOW and Thomas Dausgaard
United Kingdom Strauss, Mahler, Sibelius: Ben Johnson (tenor), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 22.Feb.2012 (GPu)
Welsh National Opera’s Béatrice et Bénédict
United Kingdom Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict, (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Michael Hofstetter, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17.2.2012 (GPu)