United Kingdom Beethoven and Mendelssohn: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffans (conductor, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 4.10.2014 (LJ).
Lucy Jeffery
Sinfonia Cymru Re-imagine the Italian Renaissance
United Kingdom Rota, Terranova, Respighi, Sciarrino: Sinfonia Cymru String Quartet, Swedish Wind Ensemble, Camerata Nolrdica, Amy Corkery (soprano), Angela Giovio (mezzo-soprano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff , 5.10.2014 (LJ).
Four Fistfuls of a Lunchtime Concert at Cardiff
United Kingdom Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Rachmaninov: David Doidge (piano) and Seho Lee (piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff , 4.7.2014 (LJ).
Gower Festival’s First Accordionist Gets Standing Ovation
United Kingdom Schnittke, Bach, Lobos, Piazzolla, Bartok, Monti: Ksenja Sidorova (accordion) and Thomas Gould (violin), Swansea, 2,7.2014 (LJ).
Piazzolla’s Passacaglia Meets Vivaldi’s Virtuosity with WNO String Ensemble.
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Arensky, Vivaldi/Piazzolla: WNO String Ensemble, David Adams, leader, RWCMD, Cardiff, 25/06/14 (LJ).
Hubris Meets Humility as Duo Deftly Clown Around Korngold’s Songs.
United Kingdom Strauss, Korngold, Mahler: Christopher Maltman and Simon Lepper, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 4.4. 2014 (LJ)
Bordering on Alchemy with the London Trio’s Secret Transparency of Shadows
United Kingdom Suk, Smetana, Bruno-Videla, Dvorak: The London Trio { Robert Atchison (violin), Olga Dudink (piano), and David Jones (cello)}, Brunswick Methodist Church, St Helen’s Road, Swansea, 29.3.14 (LJ).
Subtlety Suffocated by Bombast in Kempf’s Recital
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky: Freddy Kempf (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 16.1.2014 (LJ)