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Cardiff

Swansea Bach Choir bid a glorious farewell to their legendary founder and conductor

25/07/201119/07/2011 by Stan

Tallis, Howells, Rutter, Barber, Lauridsen, Duruflé :  Swansea Bach Choir, Siân Menna Price (mezzo), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), Jeffrey Howard (piano and organ), John Hugh Thomas (director), All Saints Church, Oystermouth, 17. 7.2011 (GPu)

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

Sinfonia Cymru brings sense of discovery to familiar works

08/04/201218/07/2011 by Stan

Prokofiev, Schumann, Beethoven: Philip Higham (cello), Sinfonia Cymru / Gareth Jones (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Dramal, Cardiff, 16.7.2011 (GPu)

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

‘Sleepless’ promenade opera at Cardiff Coal Exchange

25/07/201117/07/2011 by Stan

Deazley, The Sleeper: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera, The Coal Exchange, Cardiff, 15.7.2011 (GPu)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Stimulating start for Welsh orchestra’s Principal Conductor-Designate

18/07/201114/07/2011 by Stan

Sibelius, Prokofiev, Dvorak: Baiba Skride (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (conductor), BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 12. 7. 2011 (GPu)

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Noriko Ogama inaugurates piano series in Cardiff’s brand new hall

10/07/201105/07/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Kanno, Liszt: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Dora Stoutker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 3.6.2011 (GPu)

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BBC NOW rounds off season with Fauré, Dutilleux and Ravel

03/07/201127/06/2011 by Stan

Fauré, Dutilleux, Ravel: Olivier Charlier (violin), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 24.6.2011 (GPu)

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 – The Main Prize Final Review

11/08/201120/06/2011 by Stan

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 :  And the Winner is…………….. (BK)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Bill Kenny, Cardiff

Welsh National Opera’s Turandot – A Second Opinion

03/07/201104/06/2011 by Stan

Puccini, Turandot: (Revival) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, 3.6.2011 (GPu)

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