17 May 2012
Voice in a Million-CANCELLED
7:30 PM
500 members of The Voice in a Million Choir, in an evening of awe inspiring entertainment..
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25 May 2012
BBC NOW-Debussy & Shostakovich
7:30 PM
DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE OLYMPIC TORCH OUTSIDE THE HALL PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING TO THIS CONCERT. The vibrant orchestral colours of Debussy’s Images conjure the heat, dancing crowds, and intoxicating fragrance of Spain, including the atmospheric sun-drenched Iberia. Shostakovich’s troubled and searingly urgent First Violin Concerto is one of his greatest works..
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Ramin-In Concert
7:30 PM
Ramin received global acclaim starring in The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert; performed at the Royal Albert Hall and broadcast around the world; and is one of Sony’s most exciting new signings, with a much anticipated new album released in March 2012..
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Roots Unearthed-Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
8:00 PM
The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly talented young California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling,” has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years..
More InfoBook NowLunchtime Concert-Mavron Quartet
1:00 PM
To mark the Mavron Quartet’s Tenth anniversary, the Hall’s Ensemble in Residence have commissioned a work from Welsh composer Rhian Samuel with a Women Make Music award from the PRS for Music Foundation. The work will premier at this Lunchtime concert, a real treat for all..
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Gentlemen of the Road presents Mumford & Sons SOLD OUT
7:30 PM
Sold Out Winners of Brit Award for Best Album in 2010 come to Cardiff as part of limited UK tour with a vibe falling somewhere between 'travelling Victorian circus' and 'Victorian travelling circus'.
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Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soloist Alina Pogostkina, Violin
Berlioz Overture, Béatrice et Bénédict 8'
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 25'
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 50'
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is surely the most passionate and public love-letter ever written. Inspired by the English actress Harriet Smithson, Berlioz hired a huge orchestra and made his dedication before the whole of Paris. The same youthful passion can be heard in Bruch's First Violin Concerto, a jewel of romantic violin music, played here by Alina Pogostkina, one of the most sought after young soloists, playing under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy.
£10.50 - £33.50
£42.00 Platinum
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