United Kingdom Mozart, Janáček: Caveleri StringQuartet: Anna Harpham, Ciaram McCabe (violins), Ann Beilby (viola), Rowena Calvert (cello). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum, Cardiff 20.11.11 (GPu)
Glyn Pursglove
London Philharmonic and Sinaisky on Top Form at Swansea Festival
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Chloe Hanslip (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vassily Siniasky (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 13.10.2012 (GPu)
Thomas Søndergård Debuts as BBC NOW’s Principal Conductor
United Kingdom Lindberg, Grieg, Strauss, Sibelius: Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.10.2012 (GPu).
“Who needs orchestras?”: Rachel Podger dazzles and delights
United Kingdom Bach, Biber, Telemann: Rachel Podger (violin), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 11.10.2012 (GPu)
Two Magisterial Recitals by Stephen Hough
United Kingdom Chopin, Brahms, Hough, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 7.10.2012, and Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 9.10.2012 (GPu)
Glass Harmonicas and Devil Automatons in Cardiff
United Kingdom Berio, Woolrich, Mozart-Beamish, Cashian: New London Chamber Ensemble – Robert Manasse (flute), Melanie Ragge (oboe), Neyire Ashworth (clarinet), Stephen Stirling (horn), Matthew Taylor (bassoon); Cashian Quintet: Kathie Axelson (flute), Eric Wolf-Gordon (oboe), Michaela-Daisy Evans (clarinet), Florian Hunzinker (horn), Natalie Field (bassoon) / Meyrick Alexander (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 9.10.2012 (GPu)
From Renaissance to Baroque in Victorian Splendour with Cambrian Consort
United Kingdom Tomkins, Taverner, Byrd, Weelkes, Gibbons, Giovanni Gabrieli, Schütz: Robert Court (organ), Simon Rees (presenter), Cambrian Consort / Philip Pooley, (conductor), St. Augustine’s Church, Penarth, 7.10.2012 (GPu)
Outstanding Performance of Vaughan Williams Symphony at Swansea Festival
United Kingdom Jones, Elgar, Vaughan Williams: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 6.10.2012 (GPu)