🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Alim Beisembayev (14 plays), Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales (13), Serebrier, Russian National Orchestra, Yang, Romanovsky, Chisson, Serov, Barton-Pine (10), June Christy (7), Bernstein (4)
Category: Wales
Posted on October 17, 2025
Preparing for a piano concerto, BBC National Orchestra of Wales 🎵
Posted on October 16, 2025
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff 🎵
_Thursday 25th October 2025_
> Themes & Variations
Dmitri Shostakovich – Theme and Variations, Op. 3 (1921)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 102 (1956–7)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No.6 in F major, ‘Le matin’ (1761)
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a (1873)
Jaime Martín, conductor
Alim Beisembayev, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Posted on October 16, 2025
Location check in — Wales Millennium Centre
🗺 Map of area
Posted on October 12, 2025
🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Cardiacs (33 plays), Avi Avital & Between Worlds (19), Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales (18), Gruff Rhys (3), Cat Burns (2)
Posted on September 14, 2025
A very Italian day today 🇮🇹
Spaghetti alle vongole for lunch at Signor Valentino, Cardiff Bay
Followed by a very enjoyable performance of Puccini’s _Tosca_ by Welsh National Opera at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Posted on August 30, 2025
Women’s Rugby World Cup, Canada v Wales. Canada 42-0 up after an hour. Hadn’t realised how good Canada are! 🏉
Posted on August 30, 2025
Watching 📺: Women’s Rugby World Cup, Canada v Wales. Wales need to win to have a realistic chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals 🏉
Posted on August 26, 2025
Got absolutely soaked through walking the mile to Aberdare station this morning. Unexpected downpour, no umbrella, no coat 🌧️ 😡
Now sitting, very damp, on the train to Cardiff for a day’s cricket 🚉 🏏
Luckily the weather is forecast to be better in Cardiff than in the Valleys 🏴
Posted on August 12, 2025
Feels like Greece 🇬🇷
But we’re in a Welsh heatwave 🏴