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The Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts opens today to celebrate its diamond anniversary.

Details are unveiled today of a festival to celebrate the opening of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' new home.

At Llandaff Cathedral, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales presented two concertos, each challenging the stereotypical concertante role.

The orchestra has been based at BBC Wales in Llandaff since 1967. The keys for the new home of BBC National Orchestra of Wales are being handed over.

The original soundtrack album to Torchwood is now available to download from the Silva Screen Records website.

Ivan Hewett reviews Prom 66 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka BBC Proms 2008: news, reviews and interviews Most Prom programmes at least aim to be coherent as a whole.

Last Sunday's Doctor Who Prom , up there with the Last Night as the hottest ticket of the season, saw the Tardis and sundry Daleks join a young audience and its excited parents in tolerating Copland, Holst, ...

The Proms are certainly doing their bit for Olivier Messiaen's centenary. Fourteen of his works are included in the Albert Hall concerts, and among them are two of the four epics that dominated the last ...

ALTHOUGH the Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms are in full swing in Cardiff, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales have upped strings and gone to London - but it has taken a world premiere to drag them away from the city ...

The hottest ticket for this year's Proms is the Dr Who concert on Sunday. Our correspondent hauls out his Master card Neil Fisher The biggest battle at the Proms this summer isn't the one between the arena and ...

A world premiere will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in London this weekend.

Kenneth Leighton, Orchestral Works, Vol. 1, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, R. Hickox Chandos CHAN 10461 Most of my knowledge of the music of British composer Kenneth Leighton comes from having sung some of ...

Composer and conductor Benjamin Britten appeared at the festival in 1972 A festival in Powys which has featured some of the greats of classical music is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Chandos is exploring the orchestral works of Kenneth Leighton . The first installment features three of the English composer's works for strings .

The intention is to encourage a younger demographic of music listeners to attend the concerts, and to allow the National Orchestra of Wales' identity to stand out when used alongside the main BBC logo.

As the first tickets go on sale today for concerts at the new Hoddinott Hall - the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' new home - principal conductor Thierry Fischer tells Karen Price how the space will benefit ...

The two men are responsible for the dramatic choral work, Or Shall We Die? It is about taking responsibility for the threat of nuclear warfare and will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales during ...

Published under Local Voices by The Editor on Friday 16 May 2008 Swansea U3A was privileged last week to be given a talk by Huw Tregelles-. Williams, OBE. via Mumbles Matters

“This is a great concert for brass players, especially in the last movement of the symphony. In contrast there is a beautiful, suave and jazzy trumpet solo in the Piano Concerto's slow movement - a particular favourite of mine.”

MUSIC from three American composers will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they continue their season of concerts at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea on Saturday. via IcWales

“I want to be a soloist, so this is a fantastic platform to start from.”

Peter Moore has become the 30th winner of the competition A 12-year-old trombone player has been crowned the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the contest. via BBC