United Kingdom Mathias, Mozart, Bruch, Huw Watkins: Anneliene van Wauwe (clarinet), Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), Llŷr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 13.4.2018. (PCG)
Paul Corfield Godfrey
Welsh Contemporary Evening Features Two World Premieres
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mark David Boden, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Michael Berkeley, Guto Puw: Robert Plane (clarinet), BBC National Orchesta of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.3.2018. (PCG)
Debussy’s Centenary Anniversary Celebrated in Cardiff
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart, Messiaen: Steven Osborne (piano), Ladies of RWCMD Chamber Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.3.2018. (PCG)
Mark Eager Steps Down from Welsh Sinfonia
United Kingdom Beethoven, Rodrigo, Rossini, Charlie Barber: Saki Kato (guitar), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager (conductor). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 17.3.2018. (PCG)
BBC NOW Brings Really New Music to Hoddinott Hall
United Kingdom Contemporary Evening 1: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, B Tommy Andersson (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.2. 2018. (PCG)
Simon Holt – St Vitus in the Kettle: an icicle of moon (UK première)
Mark Bowden – Three Interludes (world première)
B Tommy Andersson – Violin Concerto ‘Homage to Michelangelo’ (UK première)
Alun Hoddinott – Dragon Fire
Mared Emlyn – Porthor (Whistling Sands)
Composition: Wales: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, B Tommy Andersson (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.2.2018. (PCG)
Luciano Williamson – Electric Bagatelle (world première)
Ian Lawson – High Aldons (world première)
Claire Victoria Roberts – Blue Lab (world première)
Lucy McPhee – Hard Wired for Orchestra 2: Learning (world première)
Iestyn Harding – The Magic Thief (world première)
John Senter – Mosaic (world première)
Gareth Churchill – Concentrations (world première)
Søndergård Continues His Sibelius Cycle in Cardiff
United Kingdom Sibelius, Nielsen: Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.2.2018. (PCG)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Launches Season of Modern Music
United Kingdom Goehr, Woolrich, Watkins, Wigglesworth: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Lesley Hatfield (violin), Rebecca Jones (viola), Alice Neary (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jonathan Berman (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 31.1.2018. (PCG)
Two Orchestras in One Concert
United Kingdom Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Tomáš Hanus (conductor): BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 24.1.2018 (PCG)