Howard Jones has been one of those performers I have always associated with the early-to-mid 1980’s. I recall some catchy…
Welsh National Opera, Don Pasquale, The Riverfront, Newport
May 28, 2019Switch a greasy doner kebab stack for a huge carrot on a vertical rotisserie and you can see why this…
Vale of Glamorgan Festival, opening concert
May 22, 2019Celebrating it’s 50th birthday, I recall some fond memories of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival the past few years. Highlights…
Sine Nomine Singers, Choral Music Through the Ages, Church of St Andrew & St Teilo
May 21, 2019Sine Nomine Singers are celebrating 15 years since their conception. I for one welcome more choirs in Cardiff. After all,…
Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, BBC NOW, St David’s Hall
May 10, 2019This BBC NOW concert had the misfortune of losing both its conductor and soloist. Though we lament the loss of…
Awakening, NDCWales
May 2, 2019Awakening reflects the long-standing ethos, some have said necessity, of being (and I paraphrase wildly) host to international choreographers rather…
Orpheus Descending, Theatr Clwyd, Mold
April 22, 2019A long monologue by Catrin Aaron as Beulah Binnings complemented by interjections by some other characters establishes both the tragic…
Bach’s Easter Oratorio, BBC NOW, Hoddinott Hall
April 22, 2019One of the truly marvellous things about the Easter period are the performance of the music of J. S. Bach….
Mavron Quartet, St David’s Hall
April 17, 2019It was a shock to the music community of Cardiff when composer and teacher Peter Reynolds passed away back in…
From Russia with Love, Cardiff University Chamber Choir, National Museum of Wales
April 16, 2019Prior to a tour of China, Cardiff University Chamber Choir gave the grandest of concerts in a blockbuster line up…