Sala: St David's Hall, Cardiff

Jonathan Bloxham steps in for a presumably unwell Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with the CBSO in Cardiff. 

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts a Huw Watkins première and a grand-scale account of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Thomas Søndergård conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Mosolov, Shostakovich and Beethoven with Igor Levit

A thrilling finale to the 2017 Cardiff Singer of the World

Michael Sanderling conducts the Dresden Philharmonic in Beethoven in Cardiff.

Three English composers receive fine performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Luscious orchestral and choral sounds bring Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé to shimmering life.

As I had both hoped and expected, Widmann's Babylon Suite had an undercurrent of knowing wickedness and a sense of self-awareness that one would find in a Stravinsky ballet score.