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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Concerts at BBC Hoddinott Hall,
Wales Millennium Centre
AFTERNOON CONCERTS
Wednesday 22 April 2009 2pm
Hindemith Cello Concerto Walton Variations on a Theme by Hindemith Ireland Piano Concerto Conductor, James Judd Cello, Johannes Moser Piano, Martin Roscoe
Wednesday 3 June 2009 2pm
Dvořák Noon day witch Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1 Martinů Double Concerto Conductor, Walter Weller Violin, Alina Ibragimova Piano, Martin Roscoe
Thursday 2 July 2009 2pm
Delius Paris – the song of a great city Ravel Piano Concerto in G Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6 Conductor, Rumon Gamba Piano, Roger Muraro
Friday 17 July 2009 2pm
Stephen Roberts Sinfonia for Brass, Percussion and Strings Feldman In search of orchestration Feldman On time and the instrumental factor Debussy/Adams Livre de Beaudelaire Ives Three places in New England Conductor, Thierry Fischer Baritone, Christopher Maltman
Tickets £10 (£8)
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BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales at home in BBC Hoddinott Hall
NEW HOME FOR MAKING MUSIC
BBC National Orchestra of Wales moved into its exciting new home, BBC Hoddinott Hall at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay in January of this year. We catch up with them a few months on...
The new venue was launched in grand style in a special Opening Festival at the Orchestra’s new home from 22 January until 1 February beginning with two gala concerts, opening with an orchestral showpiece written by the man after whom it is named, the late Alun Hoddinott. Over the eleven days the new hall showcased performers and composers including one of Britain’s best- loved pianists John Lill, famous Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, Wrexham born pianist Llyˆr Williams and presenter Aled Jones. Since then the boxes have been unpacked, the dust has settled and normal life has begun for the Orchestra and management team in their new home.
Since 1967, the Orchestra had been based in Studio 1 at the BBC studios in Llandaff, Cardiff, but out-grew its old home. A new purpose-built studio was added as Phase 2 of the Wales Millennium Centre complex in Cardiff Bay. BBC Hoddinott Hall is not only now the Orchestra’s new base where all its rehearsals take place for all their performances, it is their own recording studio and state-of-the-art concert hall seating around 350 people. There is also the Grace Williams Studio which provides auxiliary rehearsal space for the Orchestra and is the home base for BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s education and community outreach work hosting workshops, master classes, small-scale rehearsals and performances. BBC Hoddinott Hall as a venue adds a whole range of concerts to the Orchestra’s output, from forgotten masterpieces and specialist concerts to works that are well-known and loved by people everywhere. The new hall enables the Orchestra to present more intimate concerts in addition to their regular performances across Wales.
Already, since the opening, the hall has hosted afternoon concerts, Discovering Music sessions for radio and programme recording sessions and has also had visits from international soloists and conductors. Director of BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales David Murray said, “We had an exceptional opening to the venue and we’ve had a really exciting first few months since the move. We are delighted that the hall has been very well received by the Orchestra, artists and general public so immediately.
We now look forward to all the opportunities that this new home will bring. As well as enhancing our work and programming as an Orchestra and chorus with plenty of scope for furthering our outreach work in addition, being at Wales Millennium Centre in a hub of creativity, will also add the opportunity for exciting collaborations and projects with the other residents and the Centre itself.”
BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ concerts are broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Cymru Wales radio and television, and BBC Four, plus the Orchestra can regularly be heard on the soundtracks to BBC Wales’s Doctor Who and Torchwood. They recently carried out their first soundtrack recording for the TV programmes since moving to BBC Hoddinott Hall and had the benefit of their new facilities in the purpose built hall and studio for the first time.
As well as the events at BBC Hoddinott Hall, the main large-scale concerts will continue to take place in St David’s Hall, Cardiff, and Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, as well as the other concerts throughout the length and breadth of Wales. The Orchestra has just completed a tour to mid and north Wales with a tour to Spain planned for May.
As well as final Cardiff and Swansea concerts to finish the 08/09 season, there are afternoon concerts planned at BBC Hoddinott Hall. The Orchestra will also be seen and heard at two concerts in July at St David’s Hall Cardiff at the Welsh Proms and in the BBC Proms in London at the Royal Albert Hall.
How to book
For more details on BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Hoddinott Hall visit www.bbc.co.uk/now
or call the Orchestra’s Audience Line on 0800 052 1812 www.bbc.co.uk/now |
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