BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Kristian Sallinen Conductor

Claire Barnett-Jones Mezzo-Soprano

Williams Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

Elgar Sea Pictures 

Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor ‘From the New World’

The Annual St Davids Cathedral Music Festival, now in its 44th iteration, returns in May Half Term (23rd-28th) with a lineup featuring both favourite artistes and Festival debutantes.

A yearly highlight of the Festival programme is the performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, who return on Saturday 24th May. Conducted this year by rising Finnish star Kristian Sallinen, their 2025 programme features Dvorak’s mighty Symphony No. 9 ‘from the New World’, complemented by Welsh composer Grace Williams’ Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes and Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures, sung by BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Claire Barnett-Jones.