United Kingdom Schubert: LLŷr Williams (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 11.10.2018. (GPu)
Llŷr Williams Does Full Justice to the Emotional Ambiguity of Schubert’s Late Piano Works
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WNO’s La Cenerentola Makes Us Laugh, Think and Feel
United Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 5.10.2018. (GPu)
Onyx Brass Explore the Increasingly Permeable Boundary Between Jazz and the Classical
United Kingdom Simcock, Cottle, Clowes, Walker, Rebello, Skinner – Onyx Brass: Niall Keatley, Alan Thomas (trumpets), Andrew Sutton (horn), Amos Miller (trombone), David Gordon-Shute (tuba). The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 4.10.2018. (GPu)
McVicar’s Traviata for WNO Tells the Story Well and Moves an Audience as it Should
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2018. (GPu)
WNO’s Stirring Production of Prokofiev’s Unwieldy Theatrical Epic Rewards Ambition
United Kingdom Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.9.2018. (GPu)
A Feast of Rhythm and Invention from Yazz Ahmed and her Hafla Band
United Kingdom Yazz Ahmed’s Hafla Band: Yazz Ahmed (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics), George Crowley (bass clarinet), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), Naadia Sheriff (piano, electric piano), Dudley Phillips (bass guitar), Martin France (drums). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 8.6.2018. (GP)
Powerful, Genre-defying Music from Trio HLK and Dame Evelyn Glennie
United Kingdom Trio HLK / Evelyn Glennie: Rich Harrold (piano), Ant Law (8-string guitar), Richard Kass (drums); Evelyn Glennie (vibraphone, marimba, tympani, drum kit, other percussion). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 7.6.2018. (GP)
Huw Warren Quartet Presents Rewarding Musical Response to Dylan Thomas
United Kingdom Huw Warren Quartet, Do not go gentle: Huw Warren (piano), Iain Ballamy (tenor sax), Steve Watts (bass), Martin France (drums). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 12.5.2018. (GPu)
