United Kingdom Various composers: Natalia Romaniw (soprano) with Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir, Alice Reed (piano), Les Ryan (organ), Joy Amman Davies (conductor); The Ariosa Singers, Hywel Evans (piano), Penny Ryan (conductor). All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Swansea, 02.06.2012. (GPu)
Swansea
Swansea Bach Choir Maintains its High Standards.
United Kingdom Bach, Blow, Purcell, Tallis, Gibbons, Pärt: Swansea Bach Choir/Greg Hallam (conductor), James Gough (organ), Rebecca Herman (cello), St Mary’s Church, Swansea, 17.3.2012.(NR)
Revelatory Bartók in Swansea
United Kingdom Rósza, Bartók, Arriaga, Mozart, Llŷr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Roberto Minczuk (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 10.3.2012. (GPu)
Mumbles Orchestra Does Justice to an Ambitious Programme
United Kingdom Wagner, Rachmaninov, Sibelius: Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, David John (conductor), All Saints’, Oystermouth, 11.2.2012
Florilegium and Elin Manahan Thomas Celebrate Scope of Vivaldi’s Music
United Kingdom Vivaldi: Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Florilegium: Ashley Solomon (flute, director), Bojan Čičić, Huw Daniel, Andrea Jones (violin), Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz (viola), Christopher Poffley (cello), Carina Cosgrave (bass), Terence Charlston (harpsichord, organ), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 18.10.2011 (GPu)
Moscow Philharmonic and Minsk Ballet Academy Impress at the Swansea Festival
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Simonov (conductor), Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 15.10.2011.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D
Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 in E minor (from the New World)
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: State Ballet Academy of Minsk, Grand Theatre, Swansea, 12.10.2011 (NR)
Fine Performances from Llyr Williams of Liszt, Wagner and a Geraint Lewis Premiere
United Kingdom Beethoven, Geraint Lewis, Liszt, Wagner: Llyr Williams (piano), Swansea Festival, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 11.10.2011 (NR)
RPO Opens Swansea Festival With Fine Beethoven, Brahms and Bruch
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, (conductor), Tasmin Little (violin), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 8.10.2011 (NR)