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Âé¶¹Éç NOW 2025-26 Season Events
Thu 11 Dec 2025
- 19:30Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Fairytale meets humour and heartbreak in this magical concert conducted by Âé¶¹Éç NOW’s Principal Guest Conductor Jaime MartÃn.
Fairytale meets humour and heartbreak in this magical concert conducted by Âé¶¹Éç NOW’s Principal Guest Conductor Jaime MartÃn.
Programme
- Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
- Flute Concerto
- Swan Lakeselections from
Performers
- Jaime MartÃnConductor
- Elizaveta IvanovaFlute.
Sun 14 Dec 2025
- 17:00Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Join Âé¶¹Éç National Chorus of Wales with their artistic director Adrian Partington, alongside a massed Children’s Choir from schools across Wales for this glittering, annual Christmas festivity.
Also part ofBrangwyn Hall 2025-26
Thu 18 Dec 2025
- 19:30Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Continue your festive season with Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales this Christmas with a cracker of a concert featuring all your favourite Christmas songs
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall 2025-26
Fri 19 Dec 2025
- 19:30Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Continue your festive season with Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales this Christmas with a cracker of a concert featuring all your favourite Christmas songs
Also part ofBrangwyn Hall 2025-26
Thu 8 Jan 2026
- 19:30Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Inspired by the playful Cadavre exquis game - where each person writes a line, folds the paper, and passes it on - Anders Hillborg creates a wild, energetic musical collage in Exquisite Corpse.
Inspired by the playful Cadavre exquis game - where each person writes a line, folds the paper, and passes it on - Anders Hillborg creates a wild, energetic musical collage in Exquisite Corpse.
Programme
- Exquisite Corpse
- Cello Concerto No 2 in G major
- Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
Performers
- Ryan BancroftConductor
- Alban Gerhardtcello
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall 2025-26
Sun 30 Nov 2025
- 15:00Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Join us for a special concert where talented young musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Wales (NYOW) perform side by side with world-class players from the Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.
Join us for a special concert where talented young musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Wales (NYOW) perform side by side with world-class players from the Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man
- Mistico
- Concerto for Orchestra(Movements I-IV only)
Performers
- Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales
- National Youth Orchestra of WalesOrchestra
- Nil Venditticonductor
Composers
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall 2025-26
Thu 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Nil Venditti returns to Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of MarÃa Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Nil Venditti returns to Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of MarÃa Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Programme
- OceansUK premiere
- Violin Concerto
- Rossiniana
- William Tell – overture
Performers
- Nil VendittiConductor
- Stella Chenviolin
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall 2025-26
Thu 20 Nov 2025
- 19:30Âé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
In our annual ‘Grace’ series exploring both the music of Grace Williams and female composers in music, this November we showcase works by living composers Anna Semple and Julia Wolfe, all under the baton of Stephanie Childress.
In our annual ‘Grace’ series exploring both the music of Grace Williams and female composers in music, this November we showcase works by living composers Anna Semple and Julia Wolfe, all under the baton of Stephanie Childress.
Programme
- Ballads
- Serenata Concertante
- The Gates
- Pretty
Performers
- Stephanie ChildressConductor
- Geneva Lewisviolin
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç Hoddinott Hall 2025-26
Sat 15 Nov 2025
- 19:30Pontio, Bangor
A musical celebration of Âé¶¹Éç Bangor’s 90th anniversary, featuring some of the most popular songs of the period performed by the Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales and our special guest musicians!
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç NOW On the Road 2025-26
Fri 14 Nov 2025
- 19:30Prichard-Jones Hall, Bangor
Finland meets the French Horns as we travel to Aberystwyth and Bangor this November as French Horn superstar Ben Goldscheider joins us on the road for two concertos, those of Huw Watkins and Mozart.
Finland meets the French Horns as we travel to Aberystwyth and Bangor this November as French Horn superstar Ben Goldscheider joins us on the road for two concertos, those of Huw Watkins and Mozart.
Programme
- Soluppgång: Tondikt för orkester (Sunrise Suite)
- Horn Concerto
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
- Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
Performers
- Ryan Bancroftconductor
- Ben GoldscheiderFrench Horn
Also part ofÂé¶¹Éç NOW On the Road 2025-26









