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Paul Godfrey

Otaka returns to Cardiff with stunning Rachmaninov

15/12/201708/12/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Elgar, Takemitsu: Steven Isserlis (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaki Otaka (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.12.2017. (PCG)

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The BBC NOW Season Opens with Unfamiliar Choice of Works

05/10/201701/10/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Franck, Takemitsu, Milhaud, Honegger, d’Indy: Peter Moore (trombone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 29.9.2017. (PCG)

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BBC NOW’s Laudable Musical Odyssey Continues with an Excursion into 20th Century Exile

07/05/201701/05/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tales of Travel, 2: Annelien van Wauwe (clarinet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.4.2017. (PCG)

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Indefatigable Jac van Steen Premieres Music by Welsh Composers

05/05/201629/04/2016 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sayers, Grainger, Humphries, Furber, Jones: COMPOSITION WALES. BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.4.2016 (PCG)

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