United Kingdom Smetana: Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 29.1.2023. (PCG)
Smetana’s complete Má vlast returns to Cardiff
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Thierry Pécou’s piano concerto receives a UK première in Cardiff
United Kingdom Debussy, Pécou, Martinů: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Marzena Diakun (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre, 27.1.2023. (PCG)
Original Schumann and revised Ligeti in Cardiff
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ligeti, Schumann: Anthony Marwood (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre, 9.12.2022. (PCG)
Sinfonia of London triumph in Cardiff
United Kingdom Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Walton: Martin James Bartlett (piano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 28.11.2022. (PCG)
Markus Stenz conducts Mahler in Cardiff
United Kingdom Mahler: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Markus Stenz (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.11.2022. (PCG)
Classical blockbusters from the Belgian National Orchestra in Cardiff
United Kingdom Respighi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns: Paul Lewis (piano), Belgian National Orchestra / Robert González-Monjas (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.11.2022. (PCG)
The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera’s Czech Mates in Cardiff
United Kingdom Britten, Dvořák, Wagner, Janáček: Jana Kuruvová (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 4.11.2022. (PCG)
A Cardiff BBC NOW programme of rarities and discoveries
United Kingdom Schmidt, Liebermann, Bach/Markevitch: Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /Jonathan Berman (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.10.2022. (PCG)
