From St David 's Hall, Cardiff, a gala concert in the presence of the Prince of Wales, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Henry Wood conducted the orchestra's first concert - in April
1928 - which was broadcast on the BBC's 5GB Daventry Experimental. Seventy years on, music director Mark Wigglesworth , conductor laureate Tadaaki Otaka and former associate conductor Grant Llewellyn conduct a programme of party pieces.
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In its 70-year history, the BBC
National Orchestra of Wales has been formed and re-formed three times. Henry Wood - who conducted the orchestra for its first ever public performance - predicted a great future, but it was not to be plain sailing. Geraint Lewis tells the story of the development of one of Britain's finest symphony orchestras.
8.50 Concert, part 2