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  • Walter Klein, piano, Berg Sonata, Op. 1, Mozart Sonata in A Major, K331, Bach Partita in C minor, BWV 826, Brahms Fantasien, Op. 116, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, February 24, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1983-4, Vol. 7, No 5, August 28, 1999
  • Bernard Van Dieren, compositions, Schoenberg Klavierstuke, Op. 11, Toccata and of the Tema Con Vartiazione, Eiluned Davies, piano, Six Sketches, Op. 4a, Opus 4b, Britis Music Society BMS 402 (cassette), the Journal of the British Music Society Volume 5, 1983, pages 36 and 46, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1983-4, Vol. 7, No 5
  • BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Symphony, No. 1 in E minor, Prokofiev Piano Concerto, No. 2, Tchaikovsky The Italian Caprice, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, November 17, 1983, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1983-4, Vol. 7, No 5
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, James Loughran, Emmy Verhey, and Igor Oistrakh, Beethoven Symphony, No. 4 , Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, Paganini Caprice No.24, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, February 21, 1984, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Bergland, and Bernard d’Ascoli, Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, Sibelius No. 7 in C, Op. 105, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, February 16, 1984, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Heinz Schunk, and Bodo Przesdizing, Mozart Symphony No. 29, Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Pachelbel Warsaw Concerto, Canon, Hendel Largo, others Playful Pizzicato, Sentimental Sarabande,
    Frolicsome Finale, Air on the G String, Andante    , St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, February 8, 1984, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, and Martin Jones, Leonard Bernstein West Side Story, Mahlerian Somewhere, Mambo and Rumble, Lou Harrison Variation on America, Bernard Hermann Vertigo, Psycho, Taxi, Jerry Goldsmith Sand Pebbles, Under Fire, John William Missouri Breaks and The Cowboys…, Moross The Big Country, Barber Adagio for Strings, others Rhapsody in Blue, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, February 5, 1984, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Joaquin Valdepenas, Rosalind Plowright, and Benjamin Luxon, Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, December 18, 1983, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • Cardiff Festival, Mussorgsky Prelude to Khovanschina, The Khachaturian Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky Symphony, No. 6, Gerhard Winkler Piano Quintet, Alla Turka, Cardiff, November 25- December 10, 1983, Welsh Music, Summer/Spring 1984, Vol. 7, No 6
  • Llandaff Festival, the Welsh folksong Merch Megan, Hoffmeister Concertino No. 2 in D major, Giovanni Bottesini Reverie and Taratella, Bach English Suite No. 2, Mozart Sonata in A major, Chopin Sonata in B minor, Chopin Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, Elgar The Kingdom, Hoddinott Symphony No. 6 (Odyssey), Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Holt The Planets, Llandaff Cathedral, June 9-16, 1983, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Phylharmonia Orchestra, Boris Belkin and Valdimir Ashkenazy, Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, Mozaart Piano Concerto No. 18 in BD, K456, Dvorak Symphony No.
    8    , St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, May 21, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Royal Phylharmonic Orchestra, Okku Kamu and Viktoria Mullova, Sibelius Violin Concerto, Prokofiev Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, May 7, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Japhtha, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and Navilled Marriner, joie de vivre, Sonata Opus 1,
    No 13    , Sinfonia, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, April 28, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Nicholas Folwell, and Richard Armstrong, Richard Strauss Four Last Songs, Strauss Don Juan, others Capriccio, Beim Schlafengehen, Tristian and Isolde, Till Eulenspiegel, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, April 26, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Eric Bergel, and Walter Klien, Bruckner Symphony No. 7, Reich Tehellim, Mozart Piano Concerto No.27, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, March 28, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Phylharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bruckner Te Deum, Bruckner Symphony No. 7, Schubert Mass in AD, Beethoven Fidelio, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, March 27, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • The Merry Widow (Lehar), Ter-Arturiun Die Liebe Der Danae, Wood The Mother of Us All, Apollo theatre, Oxford, Welsh National Opera, March 22, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Halle Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk, and Nigel Kennedy, Elgar Violin Concerto, Elgar Allegro Molto, Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, March 17, 1984, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Warsaw Phylharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord, and Piotr Paleczny, Elgar In the South, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, Chopin Piano Concerto in F minor, Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Elgar Concert Overture: In the
    South    , Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, March 11, 1983, Welsh Music Cerddoriaeth Cymru, Summer 1984, Vol. 7, No 7
  • Segovia, Sor Theme and Variations in E minor, Haydn Allegretto-Andante-Minuetto, Villa-Lobo Prelude-Study-Prelude, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, October 18, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8
  • London Phylharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt and Jorge Bolet, Weber Oberon, Schubert Symphony No. 9, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, October 15, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8
  • BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk, Kathleen Livingstone, Richard Morton, Stephen Roberts, Ardwyn Singers, Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, and Dyfed Choir, Orff Carmina Burana, Kodaly Hary Janos, Mahler Symphony No. 10, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, October 4, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8
  • Phylharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, September 29, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8
  • English String Orchestra, Anthony Hopkins, and Neil Smith, Grieg Holberg Suite, Mozart Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Barber Adagio and Fugue, Tippett Little Music for Strings, Grainger Molly on the Shore, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, September 19, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8
  • Arifuku Kagura Company, Gymanfa Ganu, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, September 19, 1984, Welsh Music, Autumn/Winter 1984-85, Vol. 7, No 8