Uproar review – shimmering premieres showcase the dynamism of Welsh new music ensemble
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, CardiffLigeti’s mesmerising Chamber Concerto was the centrepiece of this Wales-focused concert, which moved from hedonistic piano to crystalline celesteIn the context of a diminishing Welsh landscape – about which there needs to be a concerted uproar – the success of Wales’s new music ensemble, which happens to call itself Uproar, is all the more important. Under conductor and artistic director Michael Rafferty, their presentation of György Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto – a piece described by the composer as one for 13 concertante soloists – underlined just what a dynamic force they have become.Their programme opened with Hrím, written by Anna Thorvaldsdottir as a companion piece to the Ligeti: it unfolded with Thorvaldsdottir’s customary poise, its crystalline textures comparable to the hoarfrost of the old Icelandic title, the celeste giving glistening touches. Continue reading...

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
Ligeti’s mesmerising Chamber Concerto was the centrepiece of this Wales-focused concert, which moved from hedonistic piano to crystalline celeste
In the context of a diminishing Welsh landscape – about which there needs to be a concerted uproar – the success of Wales’s new music ensemble, which happens to call itself Uproar, is all the more important. Under conductor and artistic director Michael Rafferty, their presentation of György Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto – a piece described by the composer as one for 13 concertante soloists – underlined just what a dynamic force they have become.
Their programme opened with Hrím, written by Anna Thorvaldsdottir as a companion piece to the Ligeti: it unfolded with Thorvaldsdottir’s customary poise, its crystalline textures comparable to the hoarfrost of the old Icelandic title, the celeste giving glistening touches. Continue reading...