United Kingdom Beethoven and Mendelssohn: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffans (conductor, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 4.10.2014 (LJ).
Swansea
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).
Final Concert at Swansea a Popular Success
Dvorak, Bruçh, Brahms: Jennifer Pike, (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cornelius Meister, conductor, Grand Theatre, Swansea, 20.6.2014 (NHR)
Irish Ailish Delights in Mozart and Mahler
United Kingdom Haydn, Mozart, Mahler: Ailish Tynan (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor), Grand Theatre, Swansea, 30.5. 2014 (NR)
Hulett and Thorpe Show Elegance and Commitment in Britten Serenade
United Kingdom Ravel, Britten, Debussy, Schumann: Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Tim Thorpe (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Christoph König (conductor,) Grand Theatre, Swansea, 2.5.2014 Theatre, Swansea, 2.5.2014
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).
Musical Rarities Get an Airing in Swansea
United Kingdom D’Erlanger, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, German: Aleksandre Tigishvili (violin), Mumbles Symphony Orchestra / David John (conductor), All Saints’, Oystermouth, Swansea, 1.2.2014. (NR)
Rare Performance of Rózsa’s Viola Concerto
United Kingdom Liszt, Rózsa, Dvořák: Lawrence Power (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Anu Tali (conductor), Grand Theatre, Swansea, 31.1.2014 (NS)