Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa. Villa’s season recovery continues. And a fantastic second goal! ⚽️🙂

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Alim Beisembayev (14 plays), Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales (13), Serebrier, Russian National Orchestra, Yang, Romanovsky, Chisson, Serov, Barton-Pine (10), June Christy (7), Bernstein (4)

Watched: The Hurt Locker, 2008 - ★★★★★ 🎥

Preparing for a piano concerto, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Cellist rehearsing, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff 🎵

Thursday 25th October 2025

Themes & Variations

Dmitri Shostakovich - Theme and Variations, Op. 3 (1921)
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 102 (1956–7)
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in F major, ‘Le matin’ (1761)
Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a (1873)

Jaime Martín, conductor
Alim Beisembayev, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Location check in — Wales Millennium Centre
🗺 Map of area

🔎 Zoom in

Cardiff Bay sunset

Watched: The Woman in Cabin 10, 2025 - ★★ 🎥

Watched: High Life, 2018 - ★★★★ 🎥

Watched: Alien: Earth Season 1 👽📺

Really enjoyed this expansion of the Alien world. Looked fantastic, great characters and good storyline. I hope it’s renewed for a second season.

Log burner alight for the first time this autumn 🔥🍂

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Cardiacs (33 plays), Avi Avital & Between Worlds (19), Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales (18), Gruff Rhys (3), Cat Burns (2)

Mixing

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Devendra Banhart (23 plays), Van Morrison (15), Gorillaz (2), Grateful Dead (1)