BBC National Orchestra of Wales π΅
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
PaweΕ KapuΕa conductor
Sterling Elliott cello
Marta PtaszyΕska
A Winter’s Tale
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – overture
**Ludwig van Beethoven **
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Cardiff Bay
Location check in β The Mount Stuart, Cardiff Bay - a nice strong ale, Wobbly Bob πΊ
πΊ Map of area
π Zoom in
Tuesday 26th May 2026, 9:00am
Kitchen, lounge, bedroom
Have had these thermometers for a couple of years and yesterday all recorded new maximum temperatures π
Finished reading: The Medici Secret by Michael White π
π΅ My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Bertrand Chamayou (48 plays), Bob Dylan (18), Amelia Cuni (15), Alexei Lubimov (14), Handley, RLPO, Little (6)
π΅ My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Black Box Recorder (18 plays), Shovel Dance Collective (14), John Francis Flynn (8), Handley, RLPO, Little (6), Harding, BPO, Zimmermann (6)
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff π΅
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alexandre Bloch conductor
Veronika Eberle violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Sir George Benjamin
Concerto for Orchestra
Richard Strauss
Tod und VerklΓ€rung (Death and Transfiguration)
Watched: Greenland 2: Migration, 2026 - β β Β½ π₯
Watched: Greenland, 2020 - β β β π₯
Watching for a second time after more than 5 years. A little better than I remembered.
π΅ My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Joseph Szigeti, Benny Goodman & BΓ©la BartΓ³k (38 plays), Home Counties (20), Shovel Dance Collective (10), Vladimir Verbitsky, St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (8), Ed O’Brien (7)
Thatchers Pavilion π
Sunny and very warm at Aberdare Station this morning. Setting out for Sophia Gardens again for Day 2 of Glamorgan v Somerset ππ
Just looking at some Italian beers:
- Moretti (owned by Heineken)
- Peroni (owned by Asahi)
- Poretti (owned by Carlsberg)
All old Italian breweries but this is the way of the πΊ world.
Not that busy here. Under 1,000 spectators in a 15,000 capacity ground π
