Performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams at BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Thu 6 Nov 2025

• 19:30

  Sounds of Nature

  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

  We turn to nature in tonight’s concert, opening with Vaughan Williams’ overture to The Wasps.

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  We turn to nature in tonight’s concert, opening with Vaughan Williams’ overture to The Wasps.

  Programme

  • • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • The Wasps – overture
    • • Ester Mägi
      • BukoolikaUK premiere
    • • Helen Grime
      • Trumpet Concerto (night-sky-blue)
    • • Carl Nielsen
      • Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’

  Performers

  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Arvo Volmer

    conductor
    conductor
  • Matilda Lloyd

    trumpet
    trumpet

  Composers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Ester Mägi
  • Helen Grime
  • Carl Nielsen

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  BBC NOW 2025-26 Season Brangwyn Hall 2025-26