Cardiff – Page 9 – Seen and Heard International

New British music from the BBC NOW in Cardiff

30/12/202101/11/2021 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Goehr, Grime, Gordon: Carolin Widman (violin), Mark Lewis Jones (speaker), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Catherine Larsen-Maguire (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 29.10.2021. (PCG)

Carolin Widman (violin) (c) Lennard Ruehle

Vintage WNO production of The Barber of Seville stills works well, a timely affirmation of the comic vision

04/12/202103/10/2021 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Frederick Brown (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 29.9.2021. (GPu)

(l-r) Nicholas Lester (Figaro), Heather Lowe (Rosina), Andrew Shore (Bartolo) and Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

Musical beauty from Joyce El-Khoury, Carlo Rizzi and WNO orchestra in an interesting, though not fully satisfying, Madam Butterfly

04/12/202130/09/2021 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Puccini, Madam Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24.9.2021. (GPu)

Joyce El-Khoury (Cio-Cio-San) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

World premieres from the BBC NOW in Cardiff

23/05/202005/03/2020 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Composition: Wales: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / B Tommy Anderson (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 4.3.2020. (PCG)

Nicky Spence’s intense Cardiff performance of Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared

30/03/202026/02/2020 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Janáček, Diary of One Who Disappeared: Nicky Spence (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), Annie George (mezzo), Charlotte Forfar (soprano), Verity Belle Atkinson (soprano), Molly Beere (soprano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 21.2.2020. (GPu)

Nicky Spence (c) Bertie Watson

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New British music from the BBC NOW in Cardiff

Vintage WNO production of The Barber of Seville stills works well, a timely affirmation of the comic vision

Musical beauty from Joyce El-Khoury, Carlo Rizzi and WNO orchestra in an interesting, though not fully satisfying, Madam Butterfly

World premieres from the BBC NOW in Cardiff

Nicky Spence’s intense Cardiff performance of Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared

BBC NOW’s Conflict and Triumph in Cardiff

Iceland Symphony Orchestra tour reaches Cardiff

Outstanding playing from the Albion Quartet in Cardiff