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The season closes with the lush colours of Korngold and the bristling intensity of Mahler’s fifth symphony.

Korngold was an Austrian wunderkind who took his considerable talents to Hollywood just as war broke. There he wrote film scores of new scope and invention, ‘wordless operas’ as he called them.

A programme that delights in dance and young romance, with a new work by Sir Karl Jenkins for the brilliant saxophonist and musical evangelist, Jess Gillam.

Conductor Ryan Bancroft joins us to talk about his past as a dancer and his connection to the music of his homeland, America.

Bach channels the tragedy and transcendence of the Passion into one heart-rending masterpiece.

The symbolism of Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Heroes, ruins and renewal: works of raw intensity by Beethoven and Strauss

Finding the route through Strauss’ ‘Metamorphosen’

Hope vies with tragedy in the works of Dvořák and Sibelius.

Sibelius’ new symphonic sound

The worlds of fairy-tale and dream mingle in music seen through the eyes of a child.

Start your festive countdown with our ever-popular Christmas Celebrations concerts, full of sparkle and seasonal cheer.

Get up close and orchestral with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Classical Playlist: LIVE.