BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales announce their 2016-2017 season

English Language Version

Highlights from the season include:

• Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård continues his Mahler cycle with performances of the Sixth Symphony
• Xian Zhang makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor with six concerts throughout the season
• The orchestra explore some of the great stories in classical music, including Stravinsky’s interpretations of Russian folk tales
• Welsh Foundations: a series celebrating eminent Welsh composers at Hoddinott Hall
• Guest artists include Sarah Connolly, Peter Donohoe, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Catrin Finch, Chloë Hanslip, Stephen Hough, Tasmin Little, Baibe Skride, Paul Watkins, Roderick Williams and Thomas Zehetmair
• Guest conductors include Martyn Brabbins, John Butt and Mark Wigglesworth, alongside Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka

The BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales (BBC NOW) today announce their 2016-2017 season. Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to continue his Mahler cycle with the composer’s intense Sixth Symphony. Xian Zhang makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor and conducts six concerts including opening the season at BBC Hoddinott Hall and a special concert for International Women’s Day. The theme of storytelling runs throughout the season with the Orchestra exploring Stravinsky’s interpretations of Russian folk tales, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Bach’s personal and intense account of the St John Passion.

Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård
Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård conducts an array of concerts throughout the season that display the breadth and versatility of BBC NOW. On 20 January at St David’s Hall and 21 January at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Søndergård continues his Mahler cycle with a performance of the composer’s intense sixth symphony. The work was completed in 1904 at what was a happy time in Mahler’s life; however the nature of the piece is a contrast with its tragic, even nihilistic ending. For this concert the BBC National Chorus of Wales is joined by its Artistic Director Adrian Partington for a selection of Bruckner’s Motets including Ave Maria, Christus factus est, Os Justi and Locus Iste.

Throughout the season the Orchestra gives performances of the three major Stravinsky ballets, as part of the storytelling series. Søndergård conducts two of these starting with The Firebird on 13 October. Written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, the piece takes its inspiration from Russian fairy tales of the magical glowing bird that can be both a blessing and a curse. The ballet has historic significance not only as the composer’s breakthrough piece but also as the beginning of a long creative partnership between Stravinsky and Diaghilev. The programme also includes another Diaghilev ballet score, Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly performs Ravel’s Sheherazade and Emily Beynon returns to Wales for Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.

Søndergård returns to close the season on 8 June at St David’s Hall and 9 June at Brangwyn Hall with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century, it caused huge controversy at its premiere, and still surprises audiences today. The concert also includes a rare performance of Prokofiev’s giant Scythian Suite and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Søndergård and the Orchestra celebrate the festive period on 12 December at Hoddinott Hall with a programme exploring Prokofiev with seasonal favourites the Love for Three Oranges and Lieutenant Kije Suites.

Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang
Following her appointment in December 2015, Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang conducts her inaugural concert on 27 September at Hoddinott Hall, the first of six concerts throughout the season. Over her first two programmes she explores the music of Russian romantic composer, Tchaikovsky, commencing with his fourth symphony in Cardiff; in Hafren, Newtown on 1 October, the programme includes Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet. In Newtown Zhang and the Orchestra also perform Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite and Welsh harpist Catrin Finch finally performs the Glière Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, which she was unable to perform on tour with the Orchestra in South America last year due to illness.

Zhang also marks International Women’s Day on 8 March with a concert at Hoddinott Hall, when she and the Orchestra are joined by Latvian violinist Baibe Skride, who returns to Cardiff with her sister, pianist Lauma Skride.

On 11 March in Swansea Zhang’s programme includes Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” and Shostakovich’s Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings with pianist Peter Donohoe and trumpeter Philippe Schartz. The centre piece of the programme is Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work Scheherazade. Written in 1888, the piece is based on One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk stories compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. It is a masterful display of symphonic writing, creating an incredible spectrum of orchestral colour.

Zhang conducts Berlioz’s imaginative and revolutionary Symphonie Fantastique at St David’s Hall on 4 May and Brangwyn Hall on the 5 May. The evening also includes a performance of Tan Dun’s Internet Symphony: Eroica, commissioned in 2008 by Google and YouTube, and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini performed by pianist Stephen Hough.

Storytelling
On 9 February at St David’s Hall the Orchestra is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth for the second Stravinsky ballet, Petrushka. Another collaboration with Diaghilev, Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets with musical evocative depictions of a Russian fairground. The programme, which is also performed on 10 February at Brangwyn Hall, is completed by Wagner’s Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusburg music and Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, with Roderick Williams.

On 10 November at St David’s Hall, the Orchestra and Chorus perform Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé under BBC NOW’s Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka. This is set alongside Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with one of today’s great violinists, Thomas Zehetmair. On 1 December at St David’s Hall conductor Martyn Brabbins and bass Neal Davies join the Orchestra and Chorus for a performance of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, heard alongside Delius’ Concerto for Violin and Cello performed by Tasmin Little and Paul Watkins. The final concert with the Chorus at St David’s Hall is a performance of JS Bach’s personal and dramatic account of the St John Passion on 12 April, with conductor and baroque music authority John Butt.

Welsh Foundations
Three concerts at Hoddinott Hall on 18 October, 25 November and 27 January celebrate three important Welsh composers: Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008), Daniel Jones (1912-1993) and William Mathias (1934 1992). Across the concerts each of the three composers is featured with an overture, concerto and symphony. Alun Hoddinott is recognised as one of Wales’ most prolific composers with 300 works including symphonies, operas, sonatas and concertos. The Sun, The Great Luminary of the Universe, is perhaps his most admired work from his middle period (1970) and takes its title from Joyce’s Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man. His Horn Concerto is performed by Alec Frank-Gemmell and the symphony is his rarely heard second. Daniel Jones, a friend of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, was a code breaker at Bletchley Park and his music is full of intricate textures. His final Symphony (the unnumbered thirteenth) was written the year before he died (1992) in memoriam to his friend and then Director of the Swansea Festival, John Fussell. The Violin Concerto is a much earlier work (1966) and is performed by the Jack Liebeck, and his overture Ieuenctid completes the trio. William Mathias is best-loved for his choral writing; he studied with Lennox Berkley and is perhaps most known for the anthem Let the people praise Thee, O God written for the royal wedding in 1981 of the Prince and Princess of Wales. In an exploration of his orchestral music the Orchestra perform his Symphony No. 1 (1966) which traces clear influences from Walton and Tippett. Laudi (1973) is one of several orchestral works that Mathias described as ‘landscapes of the mind’ and his Piano Concerto No. 3 is performed by Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams.

Other highlights
Over two concerts at Hoddinott Hall BBC NOW celebrates ‘Great Brits’ on 13 January and 3 February. The concerts include works by Gavin Bryars, Graham Fitkin, David Bedford, Michael Nyman, Steve Martland, David Sawer and Howard Skempton – composers carving their own musical direction, rebelling against the prevailing high intellectualism of the post-war era, by embracing rock music and elements of American minimalism.

The Orchestra presents three concerts at Hoddinott Hall, ‘Tales of Travel’, which explore pieces of music inspired by other countries. The first concert on 7 April includes music from composers dreaming of Egypt and its antiquity, with Saint-Saën’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian) with Louis Schwizgebel, Ravel’s Shéhérazade Overture and Debussy’s unjustly neglected and imaginatively scored Egyptian ballet Khamma, conducted by Jun Märkl. The second and third concerts feature composers that sought refuge in America. The concert on 28 April, conducted by Alexandre Bloch, includes Stravinksy’s Danses Concertantes, Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3 and Hindemith’s Clarinet Concerto performed by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (NGA) Annelien Van Wauwe. The final concert on 16 June is conducted by Kazuki Yamada with pianist, and fellow NGA, Beatrice Rana for a performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Symphony in F-sharp major by Korngold, better known for his Hollywood film scores.

On 30 October members of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales join BBC NOW for ‘Halloween Spooktacular’, an afternoon concert at St David’s Hall. Guest conductor Richard Balcombe also joins the orchestra on 16 December at Brangwyn Hall and 17 December at St David’s Hall for further seasonal music. On 25 March the orchestra is joined by American conductor Edwin Outwater for ‘Geek Musique’, an afternoon family concert celebrating the Sound of Sci-Fi and an evening concert exploring Cult TV classics.

In collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, member of Welsh psych-pop band Super Furry Animals Cian Ciarán premieres his first live orchestral work Rhys a Meinir on 4 November at Hoddinott Hall. Encapsulating the drama of ancient Welsh folklore and the splendour of rural Wales, the performance features poetry by Gruffudd Antur.

Full listings available online: bbc.co.uk/now

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Welsh Language Version

Mae uchafbwyntiau’r tymor yn cynnwys y canlynol:

• Y Prif Arweinydd Thomas Søndergård yn parhau â chylch Mahler gyda pherfformiadau o’r Chweched Symffoni
• Xian Zhang yn arwain am y tro cyntaf fel Prif Arweinydd Gwadd gyda chwe chyngerdd drwy gydol y tymor
• Y gerddorfa’n astudio rhai o straeon gorau cerddoriaeth glasurol, gan gynnwys dehongliadau Stravinsky o chwedlau gwerin o Rwsia
• Sylfeini Cymru: cyfres yn dathlu cyfansoddwyr arobryn o Gymru yn Neuadd Hoddinott
• Ymhlith yr artistiaid gwadd mae Sarah Connolly, Peter Donohoe, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Catrin Finch, Chloë Hanslip, Stephen Hough, Tasmin Little, Baibe Skride, Paul Watkins, Roderick Williams a Thomas Zehetmair
• Ymhlith yr arweinwyr gwadd mae Martyn Brabbins, John Butt a Mark Wigglesworth, ochr yn ochr â’r Arweinydd Llawryfog, Tadaaki Otaka

Mae Cerddorfa a Chorws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC wedi cyhoeddi heddiw eu tymor ar gyfer 2016-2017. Mae’r Prif Arweinydd Thomas Søndergård yn dychwelyd i barhau â chylch Mahler gyda Chweched Symffoni ddwys y cyfansoddwr. Mae Xian Zhang yn ymddangos am y tro cyntaf fel y Prif Arweinydd Gwadd ac mae’n arwain chwe chyngerdd gan gynnwys agor y tymor yn Neuadd Hoddinott y BBC a chyngerdd arbennig ar gyfer Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Merched. Mae thema adrodd straeon yn llinyn drwy’r tymor gyda’r Gerddorfa’n astudio dehongliadau Stravinsky o chwedlau gwerin o Rwsia, Daphnis et Chloé gan Ravel a chofnod personol a dwys Bach o St John Passion.

Y Prif Arweinydd Thomas Søndergård
Mae’r Prif Arweinydd Thomas Søndergård yn arwain llu o gyngherddau drwy gydol y tymor, i ddangos hyblygrwydd ac ehangder y Gerddorfa. Ar 20 Ionawr yn Neuadd Dewi Sant ac ar 21 Ionawr yn Neuadd y Brangwyn, Abertawe bydd Søndergård yn parhau â chylch Mahler gyda pherfformiad o chweched symffoni ddwys y cyfansoddwr. Cwblhawyd y gwaith yn 1904 yn ystod cyfnod hapus ym mywyd Mahler; fodd bynnag mae natur y darn hwn yn gwrthgyferbynnu â’i ddiwedd trasig, nihilaidd hyd yn oed. Ar gyfer y cyngerdd hwn bydd Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Corws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC, Adrian Partington, yn ymuno â’r corws ar gyfer detholiad o Motets Bruckner, gan gynnwys Ave Maria, Christus factus est, Os Justi a Locus Iste.

Drwy gydol y tymor, bydd y Gerddorfa’n perfformio tair ballet fawr gan Stravinsky, fel rhan o’r gyfres adrodd straeon. Søndergård sy’n arwain dwy o’r rhain gan ddechrau gyda The Firebird ar 13 Hydref. Wedi’i ysgrifennu ar gyfer tymor Paris yn 1910 o Ballet Russes Sergei Diaghilev, mae’r darn hwn wedi’i ysbrydoli gan straeon tylwyth teg o Rwsia am yr aderyn disglair hudol sy’n gallu bod yn fendith ac yn felltith. Mae gan y ballet arwyddocâd hanesyddol nid yn unig fel y darn a roddodd enwogrwydd i’r cyfansoddwr yn y lle cyntaf, ond hefyd fel dechrau ar bartneriaeth greadigol hir rhwng Stravinsky a Diaghilev. Mae’r rhaglen hefyd yn cynnwys sgôr ballet arall gan Diaghilev, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune gan Debussy. Bydd y mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly yn perfformio Sheherazade gan Ravel ac Emily Beynon yn dychwelyd i Gymru ar gyfer Concerto for Flute and Orchestra gan Ibert.

Mae Søndergård yn dychwelyd i gloi’r tymor ar 8 Mehefin yn Neuadd Dewi Sant ac ar 9 Mehefin yn Neuadd y Brangwyn gyda Rite of Spring gan Stravinsky. Mae’n cael ei ystyried yn eang fel un o’r gweithiau cerddorol mwyaf dylanwadol yn yr 20fed ganrif ac achosodd gynnwrf mawr yn ei premiere. Mae’n dal i synnu cynulleidfaoedd hyd heddiw. Mae’r cyngerdd hefyd yn cynnwys perfformiad prin o waith enfawr Prokofiev, Scythian Suite, a’r Piano Concerto in G gan Ravel gyda Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Mae Søndergård a’r Gerddorfa’n dathlu cyfnod y Nadolig ar 12 Rhagfyr yn Neuadd Hoddinott gyda rhaglen sy’n astudio Prokofiev gyda ffefrynnau tymhorol, Love for Three Oranges a Lieutenant Kije Suites.

Y Prif Arweinydd Gwadd Xian Zhang
Yn dilyn ei phenodiad ym mis Rhagfyr 2015, bydd y Prif Arweinydd Gwadd Xian Zhang yn arwain ei chyngerdd cyntaf ar 27 Medi yn Neuadd Hoddinott, y cyntaf o chwe chyngerdd drwy gydol y tymor. Yn ystod ei dwy raglen gyntaf, mae’n astudio cerddoriaeth y cyfansoddwr rhamantus o Rwsia, Tchaikovsky, gan ddechrau gyda’i bedwaredd symffoni yng Nghaerdydd. Yn Hafren, Y Drenewydd, ar 1 Hydref, mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys Romeo & Juliet gan Tchaikovsky. Yn Y Drenewydd, bydd Zhang a’r Gerddorfa hefyd yn perfformio’r Peer Gynt Suite gan Grieg ac, o'r diwedd, bydd y delynores o Gymru, Catrin Finch, yn perfformio’r Glière Concerto for Harp and Orchestra gyda’r Gerddorfa. Methodd wneud hynny ar daith gyda’r Gerddorfa yn Ne America y llynedd oherwydd salwch.

Hefyd mae Zhang yn dathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Merched ar 8 Mawrth gyda chyngerdd yn Neuadd Hoddinott, ac yn ymuno â hi a’r Gerddorfa bydd y feiolinydd o Latvia, Baibe Skride, sy’n dychwelyd i Gaerdydd gyda’i chwaer, y pianydd Lauma Skride.

Ar 11 Mawrth yn Abertawe mae rhaglen Zhang yn cynnwys Four Sea Interludes gan Britten allan o “Peter Grimes” a'r Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings gan Shostakovich gyda’r pianydd Peter Donohoe a’r trwmpedwr Philippe Schartz. Canolbwynt y rhaglen yw gwaith mwyaf poblogaidd Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade. Ysgrifennwyd y darn yn 1888 ac mae’n seiliedig ar One Thousand and One Nights, casgliad o straeon a chwedlau gwerin o’r Dwyrain Canol a De Asia a gasglwyd yn ystod yr Oes Euraidd Islamaidd. Mae’n arddangosfa feistrolgar o ysgrifennu symffonig, gan greu sbectrwm anhygoel o liw cerddorfaol.

Bydd Zhang yn arwain Symphonie Fantastique ddychmygus a chwyldroadol Berlioz yn Neuadd Dewi Sant ar 4 Mai ac yn Neuadd y Brangwyn ar 5 Mai. Hefyd mae’r noson yn cynnwys perfformiad o waith Tan Dun, Internet Symphony: Eroica, a gomisiynwyd yn 2008 gan Google ac YouTube, a Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini gan Rachmaninov yn cael ei pherfformio gan y pianydd Stephen Hough.

Adrodd Straeon
Ar 9 Chwefror yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, arweinir y Gerddorfa gan Mark Wigglesworth ar gyfer ail ballet Stravinsky, Petrushka. Dyma gydweithrediad arall gyda Diaghilev ac mae Petrushka yn adrodd stori serch a chenfigen tri phyped gyda disgrifiadau cerddorol sy’n adleisio ffair yn Rwsia. Cwblheir y rhaglen, sydd hefyd yn cael ei pherfformio ar 10 Chwefror yn Neuadd y Brangwyn, gan waith Wagner, Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusburg music a Chaneuon Mahler o “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” gyda Roderick Williams.

Ar 10 Tachwedd yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, bydd y Gerddorfa a’r Corws yn perfformio Daphnis et Chloé gan Ravel o dan arweiniad Arweinydd Llawryfog BBC NOW, Tadaaki Otaka. Gosodir y perfformiad hwn ochr yn ochr â Violin Concerto No. 2 Prokofiev gydag un o feiolynyddion gorau’r oes sydd ohoni, Thomas Zehetmair. Ar 1 Rhagfyr yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, bydd yr arweinydd Martyn Brabbins a’r baswr Neal Davies yn ymuno â’r Gerddorfa a’r Corws am berfformiad o Belshazzar’s Feast gan Walton a berfformir ochr yn ochr â gwaith Delius, Concerto for Violin and Cello, gyda Tasmin Little a Paul Watkins. Mae'r cyngerdd olaf gyda Chorws Neuadd Dewi Sant yn berfformiad o gofnod personol a dramatig JS Bach o St John Passion ar 12 Ebrill, gyda’r arweinydd a’r awdurdod ar gerddoriaeth baroc, John Butt.

Sylfeini Cymru
Bydd tri chyngerdd yn Neuadd Hoddinott ar 18 Hydref, 25 Tachwedd a 27 Ionawr yn dathlu tri chyfansoddwr pwysig o Gymru: Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008), Daniel Jones (1912-1993) a William Mathias (1934 1992). Rhoddir sylw i bob un o'r tri chyfansoddwr yn y cyngherddau, gydag agorawd, concerto a symffoni. Mae Alun Hoddinott yn cael ei gydnabod fel un o gyfansoddwyr mwyaf cynhyrchiol Cymru gyda 300 o weithiau, sy’n cynnwys symffonïau, operâu, sonatas a concertos. Efallai mai The Sun, The Great Luminary of the Universe yw un o’i weithiau sy’n cael ei edmygu fwyaf o’r cyfnod canol (1970) ac mae'r teitl yn deillio o waith gan Joyce, Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man. Perfformir ei Horn Concerto gan Alec Frank-Gemmell a’r symffoni yw ei ail, sydd prin yn cael ei chlywed. Roedd Daniel Jones, ffrind i'r bardd o Gymru, Dylan Thomas, yn gweithio yn Bletchley Park yn datrys codau ac mae ei gerddoriaeth yn llawn gweadau cymhleth. Ysgrifennwyd ei Symffoni olaf (y drydedd ar ddeg heb rif) flwyddyn cyn iddo farw (1992) er cof am ei ffrind a Chyfarwyddwr Gŵyl Abertawe ar y pryd, John Fussell. Mae’r Violin Concerto yn waith llawer cynharach (1966) sy’n cael ei berfformio gan Jack Liebeck, ac mae ei agorawd, Ieuenctid, yn cwblhau’r triawd. Fel cyfansoddwr gweithiau corawl mae William Mathias enwocaf. Astudiodd gyda Lennox Berkley ac efallai mai ei ddarn enwocaf yw’r anthem Let the people praise Thee, O God a gyfansoddwyd ar gyfer y briodas frenhinol yn 1981 rhwng Tywysog a Thywysoges Cymru. Wrth roi sylw i’w gerddoriaeth gerddorfaol, bydd y Gerddorfa’n perfformio ei Symphony No. 1 (1966) sydd â dylanwad Walton a Tippett yn glir arni. Mae Laudi (1973) yn un o sawl darn o waith cerddorfaol sy’n cael eu disgrifio gan Mathias fel ‘tirluniau’r meddwl’ ac mae ei Piano Concerto No. 3 yn cael ei pherfformio gan y pianydd o Gymru, Llŷr Williams.

Uchafbwyntiau eraill
Mewn dau gyngerdd yn Neuadd Hoddinott, bydd BBC NOW yn dathlu ‘Great Brits’ ar 13 Ionawr a 3 Chwefror. Mae’r cyngherddau’n cynnwys gweithiau gan Gavin Bryars, Graham Fitkin, David Bedford, Michael Nyman, Steve Martland, David Sawer a Howard Skempton – cyfansoddwyr sy’n creu eu cyfeiriad cerddorol eu hunain gan wrthryfela yn erbyn deallusrwydd mawr y cyfnod ar ôl y rhyfel, drwy groesawu cerddoriaeth roc ac elfennau o leiafsymiaeth Americanaidd.

Mae’r Gerddorfa’n cyflwyno tri chyngerdd yn Neuadd Hoddinott, ‘Tales of Travel’, sy’n astudio darnau o gerddoriaeth wedi’u hysbrydoli gan wledydd eraill. Mae’r cyngerdd cyntaf ar 7 Ebrill yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth gan gyfansoddwyr sy’n breuddwydio am yr Aifft a’i hynafiaeth, gyda Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian) Saint-Saën gyda Louis Schwizgebel, y Shéhérazade Overture gan Ravel a ballet Eifftaidd Debussy sydd wedi’i hesgeuluso’n ddiangen a gyda sgôr hynod ddychmygus, Khamma, dan arweiniad Jun Märkl. Mae’r ail a’r trydydd cyngerdd yn cynnwys cyfansoddwyr a geisiodd loches yn America. Mae’r cyngerdd ar 28 Ebrill, o dan arweiniad Alexandre Bloch, yn cynnwys Danses Concertantes gan Stravinsky, Symphony No. 3 gan Rachmaninov a Clarinet Concerto gan Hindemith yn cael eu perfformio gan Artist Cenhedlaeth Newydd BBC Radio 3, Annelien Van Wauwe. Arweinydd y cyngerdd terfynol ar 16 Mehefin yw Kazuki Yamada gyda’r pianydd, ac Artist Cenhedlaeth Newydd arall, Beatrice Rana yn rhoi perfformiad o Piano Concerto No. 3 gan Prokofiev a Symphony in F-sharp major gan Korngold, sy’n fwy enwog am ei sgoriau i ffilmiau Hollywood.

Ar 30 Hydref bydd aelodau Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru’n ymuno â BBC NOW ar gyfer ‘Gwledd Calan Gaeaf’, cyngerdd pnawn yn Neuadd Dewi Sant. Hefyd mae’r arweinydd gwadd, Richard Balcombe, yn ymuno â’r gerddorfa ar 16 Rhagfyr yn Neuadd y Brangwyn ac ar 17 Rhagfyr yn Neuadd Dewi Sant ar gyfer cerddoriaeth dymhorol bellach. Ar 25 Mawrth mae arweinydd o America, Edwin Outwater, yn ymuno â’r gerddorfa ar gyfer ‘Geek Musique’, cyngerdd pnawn i deuluoedd yn dathlu Sain Ffuglen Wyddonol a chyngerdd gyda’r nos yn rhoi sylw i glasuron teledu cwlt.

Mewn cydweithrediad â Cherddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC, mae aelod o grŵp pop Cymraeg y Super Furry Animals, Cian Ciarán, yn cyflwyno premiere ei waith cerddorfaol byw cyntaf, Rhys a Meinir ar 4 Tachwedd yn Neuadd Hoddinott. Gan grynhoi drama chwedl werin hynafol o Gymru, a gogoniant Cymru wledig, mae'r perfformiad yn cynnwys barddoniaeth gan Gruffudd Antur.

Yr amserlen lawn ar gael ar-lein: bbc.co.uk/now

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