Choir
Celtic Beethoven
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Date night
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 26 Mar 2027
- Time
- 19:30 · 2h 0m
- Venue
- BBC Hoddinott Hall
- City
- Cardiff
- Conductor
- Grant Llewellyn
- Tickets
- See booking site
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Summary
Grant Llewellyn leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch and bagpiper Carlos Núñez in Beethoven’s Celtic folksong arrangements and symphonic excerpts at BBC Hoddinott Hall.
Why it's fantastic
Beethoven had a surprising obsession with the folk music of the British Isles, rearranging traditional melodies with his own signature grit. This evening brings those rustic songs to life through the bright textures of the Celtic harp and bagpipes, closing with the relentless, foot-stomping energy of his rhythmic Seventh Symphony.
Programme
- 01Symphonie no. 7, IV: Allegro con brio
- 02Sunset
- 03The Return to Ulster
- 04The Vale of Clwyd
- 05So Sweet Were the Hours
- 06The Parting Kiss
- 07Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie
- 08Our Bugles Sun Truce
- 09Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring
- 10On the Massacre of Glencoe
- 11The Pulse of an Irishman’: Irish Songs, No.4
- 12Six National Airs with Variations, No.4 & 5
Soloists
- Carlos Núñez Muñoz
- Catrin Finch
