United Kingdom Budapest Café Orchestra [Chris Garrick (violin), Eddie Hession (accordion), Kelly Cantlon (double bass), Adrian Zolotuhin (guitar, saz, balalaika, dorma)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 27.3.2015. (LJ)
Lucy Jeffery
“Heavenly Flowers Bloom” as Cantemus Offer “a Sweet Harvest” in the St John Passion
United States Bach: Guy Cutting (tenor), Stuart Young (bass), Rebecca Donkin (soprano), Helen Pugsley (soprano), Elizabeth Irvine (mezzo), Jon English (tenor), Ed Ballard (baritone), Cantemus Chamber Choir, Rejouissance (Simon Jones, leader) / Huw Williams (director), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.3.2015 (LJ).
Cautious Exactitude and Daring Experimentation in Llyr Williams’ Beethoven Cycle Part 2
Beethoven: Llyr Williams (piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.2.2015 (LJ) Fantasia in G minor, Op 77 Piano Sonata in E major, Op 14 No. 1 Piano Sonata in G major, Op 14 No. 2 Six Variations on a Theme in F major, Op 34 Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op … Read more
Natural in Every Way: Anneke Scott Plays Enlightenment Horn Repertoire
United Kingdom Kuhlau, Beethoven, Danzi: Anneke Scott (horn)and Christopher Williams (forte-piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 13.2.2015 (LJ)
Heartfelt Laments Tenderly Performed by the WNO String Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Puccini, Barber, Schubert: WNO String Orchestra and selected members of the RWCMD / David Adams (director), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2.12.2014 (LJ)
Carlo Rizzi and RWCMD give a Moving Performance of Britten’s War Requiem
United KingdomBenjamin Britten, War Requiem: Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), RWCMD Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Children’s Choir, College Chorus / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Cardiff, St. David’s Hall, 09.11.2014 (LJ).
The Gould Trio Delve into the World of Robert Schumann with Intelligent Perspicuity
Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Gyorgy Kurtag, Louis Spohr, Johann N. Hummel: The Gould Piano Trio [Lucy Gould (violin), Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 17.10.2014-19.10.2014 (LJ). The RWCMD hosted a marvellous weekend of chamber music performed by the prodigiously talented Gould … Read more
Juan Martin and El Chaparro’s West-Eastern Divan Seduces Swansea’s Hispanophiles
United KingdomDos Guitarras Malaguenas: Juan Martin and El Chaparro de Malaga (guitars), Taliesin Theatre, Swansea, 12.10.2014 (LJ).