BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Otto Tausk, with Stephen Hough at the piano, in 'Fate & Fantasy' at Brangwyn Hall.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are at Brangwyn Hall on Thursday 13 May, with Otto Tausk conducting. The concert is called Fate & Fantasy, and it's part of their 2026-27 season. Tausk describes it as a celebration of the power of music to tell stories and evoke vivid worlds, and the programme follows that through four very different pieces.
It opens with Masquerade by Anna Clyne, an energetic piece with bright colours, inspired by 18th-century promenade music and the spectacle of masquerade celebrations. Then Stephen Hough takes the piano for Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, one of the most technically demanding concertos in the repertoire, known for its virtuosity. After the interval, the mood shifts with Janáček's Taras Bulba, based on a story of war and loss, before the night closes with Strauss's Don Juan, a dazzling tone poem full of colour, energy and brio.
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Between them, the four pieces run from the 18th-century promenade to the 20th-century war story, with a heavy-hitting concerto in the middle. It's a long programme that covers a lot of ground, and with the orchestra and Hough on it, there's plenty to hear. The concert starts at 19:30 at Brangwyn Hall in Swansea.
