Vale of Glamorgan festival review – excursions into ecstasy and the ethereal

Hoddinott Hall, CardiffBBCNOW under Edwin Outwater explored the relationship between soloist and orchestra in works by Pēteris Vasks and John MetcalfLatvian Pēteris Vasks and John Metcalf are this year celebrating their 70th birthdays and, together with octogenarian Steve Reich, they were featured composers in the Vale of Glamorgan festival. The final concert, given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Edwin Outwater, put the focus on Vasks’ and Metcalf’s dif...

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