BBC NOW 2026-27 Livestream Events
Thu 8 Oct 2026
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Voices collide as BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales join composer-sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun in a of Indian classical and Western orchestral music, with acclaimed soloists, reimagined opera, and vibrant new works celebrating voices UK
Voices collide as BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales join composer-sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun in a of Indian classical and Western orchestral music, with acclaimed soloists, reimagined opera, and vibrant new works celebrating voices UK
Programme
- "A Letter from the After - life" from "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems"
- "A Letter from the After-life" from "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems"
- interval
- Satyagraha, Act III Part 3, Evening Song (Gandhi’s Final Aria)
- Excerpt from Act 3 of Orpheus -Tenor, Indian Singer and Piano
- Abbhā for tabla, sitar and singers with orchestra
- Lament (Finale from Orpheus) for two Indian classical voices, chorus, tabla, harp, and strings
Performers
- Clark Rundellconductor
- Jasdeep Singh Degunfeatured artist
- James Waysinger
- Kaviraj Singh
- Yarlinie Thanabalasingamsinger
- BBC National Chorus of Wales
Sun 25 Oct 2026
- 15:00BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Marking 60 years since Aberfan, this concert centres on Paul Mealor’s new requiem From Darkness into Light, joining massed Welsh forces in remembrance, framed by music moving from urgency to hope by Clyne, Haydn, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.
Marking 60 years since Aberfan, this concert centres on Paul Mealor’s new requiem From Darkness into Light, joining massed Welsh forces in remembrance, framed by music moving from urgency to hope by Clyne, Haydn, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.
Programme
- This Moment
- Movement 1 Symphony No.44 ‘Mourning’
- Movement 2 “Andante Cantabile” from Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’
- Toward the Unknown Region
- interval
- Aberfan: From Darkness to Light
Performers
- Tim Redmondconductor
- Mark Lewis Jonesnarrator
- Ynysowen Primary School & Ysgol Gymraeg Rhyd Y Grug Combined Choirs
- Ynysowen Male Voice Choir
Thu 3 Dec 2026
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
A festive, family friendly celebration conducted by Luis Castillo Briceño. Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel Prelude and Bridge’s Christmas Dance lead into Britten’s Young Person’s Guide, before Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite closes in seasonal magic.
A festive, family friendly celebration conducted by Luis Castillo Briceño. Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel Prelude and Bridge’s Christmas Dance lead into Britten’s Young Person’s Guide, before Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite closes in seasonal magic.
Programme
- Hansel and Gretel
- A Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
- interval
- The Nutcracker Suite
Performers
- Luis Castillo-Bricenoconductor
- Steffan Rhodrinarrator
Thu 25 Feb 2027
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Under Pietari Inkinen, this programme moves from Romantic drama to Nordic clarity. Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture opens the concert, then Grieg’s Piano Concerto stars Anna Geniushene, and Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies crown the evening.
Under Pietari Inkinen, this programme moves from Romantic drama to Nordic clarity. Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture opens the concert, then Grieg’s Piano Concerto stars Anna Geniushene, and Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies crown the evening.
Programme
- Tannhäuser – overture
- Piano Concerto
- interval
- Symphony No 6
- Symphony No. 7
Performers
- Pietari Inkinenconductor
- Anna Geniushinefeatured artist
Composers
Fri 26 Mar 2027
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, this concert explores his links to British and Irish folk music. Grant Llewellyn leads songs inspired by Irish, Scottish and Welsh melodies, with piper and harp soloists, and the finale of Symphony No. 7.
Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, this concert explores his links to British and Irish folk music. Grant Llewellyn leads songs inspired by Irish, Scottish and Welsh melodies, with piper and harp soloists, and the finale of Symphony No. 7.
Programme
- Symphonie no. 7, IV: Allegro con brio
- Sunset
- The Return to Ulster
- The Vale of Clwyd
- So Sweet Were the Hours
- The Parting Kiss
- Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie
- Our Bugles Sun Truce
- Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring
- On the Massacre of Glencoe
- The Pulse of an Irishman’: Irish Songs, No.4
- Six National Airs with Variations, No.4 & 5
Performers
- Grant Llewellynconductor
- TBCsinger
- Carlos Núñez Muñozfeatured artist
- Catrin Finchfeatured artist
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