Annual BBC NOW Christmas concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the BBC National Chorus of Wales led by Adrian Partington and a massed children's choir.
BBC NOW - Carols for Christmas returns to Brangwyn Hall on Sunday 13 December, a concert that's become a bit of a local tradition here in Swansea. It's an afternoon built around the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with festive readings from familiar BBC Wales presenters and the BBC National Chorus of Wales, led by artistic director Adrian Partington. They're joined by a massed children's choir drawn from schools across Wales, so it's a mix of professional musicians and young voices from all over the country.
If you've been before, you'll know the format: the orchestra provides the orchestral backing, the chorus takes the lead on the carols, and the children's choir adds that particular sound that comes from a room full of school kids singing together. The readings are woven in between the music, and the whole thing is put on by BBC NOW.
The venue adds its own bit of history to the afternoon. Brangwyn Hall is named after the artist Frank Brangwyn, and his British Empire Panels—originally intended for the House of Lords—are on display there, so there's something to look at even when the music stops. It's a large space, and having the children's choir in it fills the room in a way a smaller venue wouldn't.
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It's a matinee, starting at 3.00pm on Sunday 13 December at Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall Rd S, Swansea SA1 4PE.
