United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 27.11.2014 (PCG)
Paul Corfield Godfrey
Adventurous BBC NOW Concert Fails to Rehabilitate Langgaard
United Kingdom Langgaard, Korngold, Zemlinsky: Elena Urioste (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /André de Ridder (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 18.11.2014. (PCG)
Zimmerman’s Jazz Haunted Trumpet Concerto Impresses Welsh Audience
United Kingdom Beethoven, Zimmermann: Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 31.10.2014 (PCG)
Russian Musicians Play Enjoyable Concert of Russian Masterpieces
United KingdomTchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Polyansky (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.10.2014 (PCG)
A Convincing Concert Full of Delights from Søndergård and BBC NOW
United Kingdom Andersson, Strauss, Sibelius: Ann Petersen (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3.10.2014 (PCG)
Excitement and Pointillism from Eager & Welsh Sinfonia
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Fauré, Gareth Glyn, Michael Csanyi-Wills, Beethoven: Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor). Doris Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 27.9.2014 (PCG)
Memorable Martinů from Michael Francis and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Janáček, Ravel, Roussel, Martin: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Michael Francis (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 23.9.2014 (PCG)
Lloyd Webber’s Cats Shows No Sign of Ageing
United Kingdom Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats: Singers, Dancers, and Orchestra / Anthony Gabriele (musical director), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 29.7.2014 (PCG)