100 years of Radio Broadcasting in Wales with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Celebrate 100 years since the first radio broadcast in Wales with Wynne Evans and BBC NOW conducted by Pete Harrison.
In February 1923, the very first BBC Wales radio broadcast was made from a tiny studio above a shop in Castle Street, Cardiff.
Mostyn Thomas, a well-known Welsh operatic baritone at the time, stepped forward and sang into the microphones dangling from the ceiling – his rendition of Dafydd y Garreg Wen marking the first Welsh words ever heard on British radio.
Scroll forward a century, and you can join Wynne Evans, Kizzy Crawford, Samantha Price and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to celebrate this piece of broadcasting history.
Featuring a selection of nostalgic Welsh music to warm the heart, join us at BBC Hoddinott Hall on Sunday 5 February, 3pm, for this exciting concert marking this momentous occasion in Wales.
Programme
Grace Williams – Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Julius Fucik – Entry of the Gladiators
Camille Saint‐Saëns – Samson and Delilah – ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’
Jerome Kern – The Cabaret Girlselections
Ivor Novello – My Life Belongs to You
David Owen – Dafydd y Garreg Wen
Kizzy Crawford – Seren y Mor, Y Ddrudwy & Achub Fi
Ivor Novello – We’ll Gather Lilacs
William Stanley Gwynn Williams – My Little Welsh Home
Joseph Parry – Myfanwy
Franz von Suppé – Poet and Peasant Overture
