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St David's Day Gala in Cardiff

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Reviewed at St David's Hall, Cardiff on 1 March 2014
Mathias, Anniversary Dances, Op.95
Mealor, Celtic Prayers
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Grant Llewellyn, Conductor
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
*****
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
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