Illustration, Gareth Griffiths Halloween Spectacular! Friday 28 October 2022, 7.30pm   Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra opens its new season with a programme of music suitable for the creepiest time of the year! We begin in a wild storm on Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain and visit The Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninov’s darkly romantic and brooding score inspired by the famous painting of the same name by Arnold Böcklin. Two cinema classics with music by the great John Williams take us to the world of Harry Potter, as…

LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTION!!! AFTER another sell-out last year, Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra’s A Night at the Movies concert returns to St David’s Hall on Friday 6 December – but this time it’s an extra special occasion as it’s the 25TH ANNIVERSARY of this amazing annual concert! Neil Collins speaks with CPO Conductor, Michael Bell MBE about what makes this night so enduringly popular every year… Incredibly, it’s been a quarter of a century since you first held a “one-off” concert of film music…

  THE Family Prom is back at St David’s Hall on Sunday 21 July at 3pm, and this time we are celebrating the wonders of weather! Come rain or shine, Conductor Michael Bell MBE and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are forecast to be on cloud nine as they take this year’s event by storm. And who better to present a concert all about the weather than BBC Wales duo Derek Brockway and Behnaz Akhgar. Joining them are a vibrant cast of…

Interview with CPO Conductor Michael Bell MBE     Neil Collins chats to CPO Conductor, Michael Bell MBE about this powerful programme… The 2018/19 season has certainly been a varied one for CPO from Composers of the First World War to the glamour of nights at the movies and Proms, and now to the sheer power of Beethoven & Shostakovich. How has it been for yourselves? The orchestra relishes the chance to perform many different genres, and this season has…

  MARCH provides another hugely varied programme at St David’s Hall with the usual mix of captivating classical music, superb stand-up comedy and perfect pop concerts. This month’s classical music offering doesn’t stop there either. The prestigious International Concert Series resumes with the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart (Weds 14 March) performing a night of Beethoven classics led by masterful conductor, Sir Roger Norrington. Meanwhile, the 2017/18 season from Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra (Fri 16 March) continues with Classics for All featuring…

       The Glory of Strauss & Elgar    St David’s Hall  Saturday 15 July, 7.30pm  CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA celebrates its 35th birthday with a performance of Strauss’ mighty and magnificent An Alpine Symphony at St David’s Hall on Saturday 15 July. Since its inaugural concert at St David’s Cathedral on Saturday 19 June 1982, CPO has entertained thousands of concert-goers and established itself as one of Wales’ foremost non-professional orchestras with a loyal and talented membership. Now well into…

  St David’s Hall Saturday 15 July, 7.30pm   CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA celebrates its 35th birthday with a performance of Strauss’ mighty and magnificent An Alpine Symphony at St David’s Hall on Saturday 15 July. Since its inaugural concert at St David’s Cathedral on Saturday 19 June 1982, CPO has entertained thousands of concert-goers and established itself as one of Wales’ foremost non-professional orchestras with a loyal and talented membership. Now well into its fourth decade, the orchestra continues to go…

  St David’s Hall Friday 20 October, 7.30pm CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’S 2017/18 season starts in style with the fiery passion of From Russia…With Love on Friday 20 October – and tickets are on sale now! Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 forms a fascinating centre-piece to this programme, and is familiar to film fans as the romantic music featured in Brief Encounter. Accompanying the orchestra is 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Martin James Bartlett for what will be a…

HARRY POTTER – PSYCHO – GLADIATOR – SUPERMAN + Star Wars EPISODE vii: The force awakens + INDIANA JONES – THUNDERBIRDS – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTION!!! The ever-popular Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra concert A Night at the Movies returns to St David’s Hall on Friday 9 December – and this year it comes with a Heroes & Villains theme! Experience the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with some of the most memorable movie music ever recorded including Harry Potter, Superman,…

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra Starring Special Guest Narrator: Michael Sheen St David’s Hall Friday 21 October, 7.30pm CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA are set to open their most exciting season yet with a helping hand from a Hollywood A-lister! Iconic Welsh actor and director Michael Sheen OBE will be the special guest narrator in Concert of Unexpected: A Celebration of Roald Dahl at St David’s Hall on Friday 21 October. Michael will narrate the World Premiere of a work entitled Mr Dahl, which is based…