The concert’s promotion focused heavily on the Rachmaninov rather than the Schubert and I began to ponder the choice of…
BBC NOW, Boléro: Viva España, St Davids Hall
February 8, 2019I mentioned in my recent review of A Spanish Hour from Mid Wales Opera France’s love for Spain and its…
Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, BBC NOW, St David’s Hall
January 20, 2019The new year sees exciting cultural delights in the Welsh capital. BBC NOW, in their first concert at St David’s…
War Requiem, BBC NOW, St David’s Hall
November 12, 2018It’s been 12 years since BBC National Orchestra of Wales has done the War Requiem in Cardiff. I recall this…
BBC NOW, Music for the Fallen, Hoddinott Hall
October 30, 2018We’re reaching the end of the World War 1 commemorations, as the centenary of the Armistice looms over us all….
P.A.R.A.D.E, NDCWales, Marc Rees, Marcos Morau
October 29, 2017Marc Rees and NDCWales’ P.A.R.A.D.E. is the only contribution to Cardiff’s rather conservative Russia 2017 “festival” that brings anything radical in…
Caroline Finn: P.A.R.A.D.E., NDCWales
October 11, 2017In my interview for the position of Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales I was asked how I would…
Russian festival in Cardiff in 2017
November 17, 2016O Bozhe! A series of largely music events is being planned in Cardiff to mark the centenary of the 1917 Revolution. The…