Paul Corfield Godfrey

Italian bass Adolfo Corrado is the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Final of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Nombulelo Yende (soprano), Adolfo Corrado (bass), Jessica Robinson (soprano), Siphokazi Molteno (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ryan Bancroft and Michael Christie (conductors). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 18.6.2023. (PCG)

Adolfo Corrado winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023

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The Hallé Orchestra does Elgar proud in Manchester

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar: Sophie Bevan and Gemma Summerfield (sopranos), Alice Coote and Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-sopranos), Ed Lyon and Andrew Staples (tenors), Roderick Williams, David Stout and Ashley Riches (baritones), Clive Bayley (bass), Apostles Chorus from Royal Northern College of Music, Hallé Choir and Associates, London Philharmonic Choir, Ad Solem University Choir, Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10-11.6.2023. (PCG)

The Apostles © Tom Stephens / The Hallé

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The Hallé’s intriguing juxtapositions of Beethoven and Sibelius in Cardiff

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Beethoven, Tarrodi: Hyeyoon Park (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Hallé Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 20.5.2023. (PCG)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Hyeyoon Park (violin), and Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) © Bill Lam

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Haydn’s Nelson Mass arrives in Cardiff under full sail

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rebel, Purcell, Haydn: Anna Dennis (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Edward Hawkins (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 6.4.2023. (PCG)

Nelson Mass in Cardiff’s Hoddinott Hall © BBC NOW

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