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26 Feb 2026, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW 2025-26 Season Echoes of France

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Echoes of France
19:30 Thu 26 Feb 2026 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Left handed piano sensation Nicholas McCarthy makes his debut with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW in Ravel’s emotionally powerfully and highly virtuoso Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Left handed piano sensation Nicholas McCarthy makes his debut with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW in Ravel’s emotionally powerfully and highly virtuoso Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

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RICH | BRILLIANT | IMPASSIONED

Left handed piano sensation Nicholas McCarthy makes his debut with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW in Ravel’s emotionally powerfully and highly virtuoso Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Inhabiting a medieval world of dream and fantasy, Pelléas et Mélisande tells of a fated love triangle and its impending doom as heard in Maeterlinck’s melodrama of the same name. Densely sonoric, darkly rich and harmonically turbulent, this masterpiece remains as one of Sibelius’ most popular concert works. A student of both Massanet and Franck, Chausson was a prolific writer of song, but it is his only symphony that stands as one of his most important works. From the wholesome exuberance of the opening movement, to the hushed intensity of the slow movement and sparkling drama of the finale, this imaginatively colourful, grand and melodically masterful symphony is the perfect package.