Between 1885 and 1888 he produced a definitive translation of A Thousand And One Nights that galvanised intellectual Europe, not least because its content – which was often as illicit as it was exotic ...

Enjoy Christmas with a swing as Graham Bickley and Katie Birtill sing festive favourites with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Richard Balcombe. From Santa Baby to the Twelve Days of ...

We are the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) which comprises about 80 players and approximately 20 people who work in many other roles in order to make performances and recording happen. They ...

A new work by Swansea-born composer Karl Jenkins is the highlight of a weekend of live music across Wales to mark the 2012 London Olympics. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales plays Jenkins' Songs of ...

Bacewicz, alongside her role as composer, was also a gifted violinist - and was even a pupil under the legendary Nadia Boulanger; the fact that she also taught musical figures such as Aaron Copland, ...

Celebrate Christmas with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at a festive, fun, and glittering concert in Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 19 December at 7:30PM. Enjoy a cracker of a night filled with your ...

A celebration of voice and opera with performances from previous BBC Cardiff Singer of the World winners and finalists is coming to Wales Millennium Centre’s Llais Festival BBC Cardiff Singer of the ...