The 2019 season took place from July 20th to 27th at St David's Hall, Cardiff. The season featured a magnificent week long array of performances featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra plus Massed Male Choir, Massed Bands, Welsh Proms Festival Chorus and more!
Solo performers and presenters featured included Game of Thrones & Line of Duty star Owen Teale, the renowned soprano Susan Bullock CBE, BBC Wales' Beverley Humphreys, Wicked star Sophie Evans, and the inestimable 'Gio Compario' himself, BBC Wales' Wynne Evans
The 2019 Welsh Proms marked:
- the 50th anniversary of the 1969 lunar landings
- the 75th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings
- the landmark birthdays of Welsh composers:
*Sir Karl Jenkins (75)
*Mervyn Burtch (90)
*Arwel Hughes (110)
- the 150th anniversary of the passing of Hector Berlioz
Full details of 2019 season can be found below
Solo performers and presenters featured included Game of Thrones & Line of Duty star Owen Teale, the renowned soprano Susan Bullock CBE, BBC Wales' Beverley Humphreys, Wicked star Sophie Evans, and the inestimable 'Gio Compario' himself, BBC Wales' Wynne Evans
The 2019 Welsh Proms marked:
- the 50th anniversary of the 1969 lunar landings
- the 75th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings
- the landmark birthdays of Welsh composers:
*Sir Karl Jenkins (75)
*Mervyn Burtch (90)
*Arwel Hughes (110)
- the 150th anniversary of the passing of Hector Berlioz
Full details of 2019 season can be found below
Welsh Proms Cymru 2019
Signature Events
One Small Step...
Celebrating 50 years since the first lunar landings
Saturday July 20th, 7:30pm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presenter: Owen Teale
Soloist: Susan Bullock CBE, soprano
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
This event was broadcast LIVE on BBC Radio Cymru and captured for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presenter: Owen Teale
Soloist: Susan Bullock CBE, soprano
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
This event was broadcast LIVE on BBC Radio Cymru and captured for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio Wales
The 2019 Proms opened in stellar fashion, as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales returned to the Welsh Proms for the first time since 2014. Presented by Game of Thrones & Line of Duty star Owen Teale, “One Small Step...” was a musical celebration of the 1969 lunar landings, exactly 50 years to the day since man first set foot on the surface of the moon.
Audiences experienced the thrilling grandiose of the Ride of the Valkyries, excerpts from Berlioz' epic Symphonie Fantastique and Holst's Planets, and the breathtaking magnificence of Dvořák’s “New World”.
Programme included:
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Lake In Moonlight
J. Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries
Dvořák: Rusalka, Song to the Moon
Puccini: La Boheme, They Call Me Mimi
Holst: The Planets, Jupiter
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, March to the Scaffold Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "From The New World"
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Audiences experienced the thrilling grandiose of the Ride of the Valkyries, excerpts from Berlioz' epic Symphonie Fantastique and Holst's Planets, and the breathtaking magnificence of Dvořák’s “New World”.
Programme included:
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Lake In Moonlight
J. Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries
Dvořák: Rusalka, Song to the Moon
Puccini: La Boheme, They Call Me Mimi
Holst: The Planets, Jupiter
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, March to the Scaffold Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "From The New World"
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Classical Extravaganza!
Tuesday July 23rd, 7:30pm
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Welsh Proms Festival Chorus
Cardiff Ardwyn Singers
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society
Mmembers of CF1
The Priory Singers
Robert Court, Organ
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
A Classic FM LIVE Event
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Welsh Proms Festival Chorus
Cardiff Ardwyn Singers
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society
Mmembers of CF1
The Priory Singers
Robert Court, Organ
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
A Classic FM LIVE Event
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra made a welcome return to the Welsh Proms for an evening of favourite music by the world's greatest composers.
A capacity audience joined us for a spectacular evening featuring symphony orchestra, massed chorus and the magnificent St David's Hall organ, in some of the most dramatic and evocative musical themes ever composed. Zadok The Priest, the Hallelujah Chorus, the Grand March from Aida and more, all culminating in a grand scale performance of Tchaikovsky's epic 1812 overture.
Programme included:
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Verdi: Aida, Grand March
Handel: Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
Mozart: Requiem, Lacrimosa
Smetana: Má vlast, Vltava (The Moldau)
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Nimrod
Tchaikovsky: Overture, 1812
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
A capacity audience joined us for a spectacular evening featuring symphony orchestra, massed chorus and the magnificent St David's Hall organ, in some of the most dramatic and evocative musical themes ever composed. Zadok The Priest, the Hallelujah Chorus, the Grand March from Aida and more, all culminating in a grand scale performance of Tchaikovsky's epic 1812 overture.
Programme included:
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Verdi: Aida, Grand March
Handel: Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
Mozart: Requiem, Lacrimosa
Smetana: Má vlast, Vltava (The Moldau)
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Nimrod
Tchaikovsky: Overture, 1812
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Brass, Voices & Organ Prom
Wednesday July 24th, 7:30pm
Massed Male Choir
Pontarddulais Male Choir
Cor Meibion Taf
Cwmbach Male Choir
Massed Bands
Lewis-Merthyr Band
RAF St Athan
Robert Court, Organ
Presenter: Beverley Humphreys
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Massed Male Choir
Pontarddulais Male Choir
Cor Meibion Taf
Cwmbach Male Choir
Massed Bands
Lewis-Merthyr Band
RAF St Athan
Robert Court, Organ
Presenter: Beverley Humphreys
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
This ever popular event featured the full throated hwyl of over 250 male voices raised in song, accompanied by massed brass bands and the majestic St David's Hall Organ, all under the baton of Owain Arwel Hughes CBE.
Audiences delighted in the passion of Cwm Rhondda and Tydi a Roddaist, the spectacle of Widor’s Toccata, J.S. Bach’s Toccata & Fugue and more, in this rousing evening of great Welsh hymns, opera choruses and favourite classical works.
Programme included:
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Pilgrims Chorus
Karl Jenkins: Abide With Me
Goodwin: 633 Squadron
Burtch: Deep Harmony
Widor: Symphony No. 5, Toccata
Sibelius: Finlandia
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Jones: Y Tangnefeddwyr
Hughes: Cwm Rhondda
Hughes: Tydi a Roddaist
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Audiences delighted in the passion of Cwm Rhondda and Tydi a Roddaist, the spectacle of Widor’s Toccata, J.S. Bach’s Toccata & Fugue and more, in this rousing evening of great Welsh hymns, opera choruses and favourite classical works.
Programme included:
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Pilgrims Chorus
Karl Jenkins: Abide With Me
Goodwin: 633 Squadron
Burtch: Deep Harmony
Widor: Symphony No. 5, Toccata
Sibelius: Finlandia
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Jones: Y Tangnefeddwyr
Hughes: Cwm Rhondda
Hughes: Tydi a Roddaist
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Movies & Musicals Prom
Friday July 26th, 7:30pm
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Sophie Evans
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Sophie Evans
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Back by popular demand, our epic evening of Movies & Musicals, featured Owain Arwel Hughes, the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and - direct from the West End - star of Wicked, The Wizard of Oz and more, Sophie Evans.
This spectacular concert for movie & musical fans of all ages, featured a mouth-watering selection of the most spectacular musical theatre scores and all-time favourite Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks including Jaws, Bohemian Rhapsody and more!
Programme included selections from:
Williams: Jaws
Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody
Badelt / Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean
Morricone: Chi Mai
Schwartz: Wicked
Williams: Harry Potter
Arlen / Harburg: The Wizard of Oz
Zimmer: Gladiator
Williams: Star Wars
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
This spectacular concert for movie & musical fans of all ages, featured a mouth-watering selection of the most spectacular musical theatre scores and all-time favourite Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks including Jaws, Bohemian Rhapsody and more!
Programme included selections from:
Williams: Jaws
Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody
Badelt / Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean
Morricone: Chi Mai
Schwartz: Wicked
Williams: Harry Potter
Arlen / Harburg: The Wizard of Oz
Zimmer: Gladiator
Williams: Star Wars
Tickets: £9.00 - £42.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
Last Night of the Welsh Proms
Saturday July 27th, 7:30pm
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Wynne Evans
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Wynne Evans
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
One of the truly great dates in Cardiff’s annual concert diary - the Last Night of the Welsh Proms! Each year, attendees enjoy a feast of beloved classics in an atmosphere of fun & frolics, all under the inestimable leadership of Owain Arwel Hughes.
The unforgettable 2019 Last Night featured “Gio Compario” himself, BBC Wales’ Wynne Evans, together with the world premiere performance of a new work by Christopher Wood, Dukas’ Sorceror’s Apprentice and all the usual fun and Last Night grandeur.
Flags, balloons, singing & celebrations brought the 34th season of Welsh Proms to a rousing conclusion.
Programme included:
Walton: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
Wood: D-Day (world premiere performance)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Excerpts
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 1
Karl Jenkins: Palladio
Anderson: The Typewriter
Wood: Songs of Wales
James / James: Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Tickets: £9.00 - £40.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
*Standing promenade tickets are available annually for this event only
The unforgettable 2019 Last Night featured “Gio Compario” himself, BBC Wales’ Wynne Evans, together with the world premiere performance of a new work by Christopher Wood, Dukas’ Sorceror’s Apprentice and all the usual fun and Last Night grandeur.
Flags, balloons, singing & celebrations brought the 34th season of Welsh Proms to a rousing conclusion.
Programme included:
Walton: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
Wood: D-Day (world premiere performance)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Excerpts
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 1
Karl Jenkins: Palladio
Anderson: The Typewriter
Wood: Songs of Wales
James / James: Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Tickets: £9.00 - £40.00
*Welsh Proms Cymru orchestral packages were also available for this event
*Standing promenade tickets are available annually for this event only
In addition to our five signature events, the Welsh Proms and St David's Hall also annually promote a series of additional Fringe events in the form of the Tiddly Prom, Family Prom, Organ Prom, Jazz Prom, Spooky Men's Chorale & The Claire Jones Concert Ensemble.
There truly is always something for everyone at the Welsh Proms Cymru. Details of all our various ticket packages - including FREE tickets for children, discounts for multiple events booking and advance food & drink packages - are available below
There truly is always something for everyone at the Welsh Proms Cymru. Details of all our various ticket packages - including FREE tickets for children, discounts for multiple events booking and advance food & drink packages - are available below
2019 Ticket Prices
Platinum
£42.00 (include a glass of Pimm's and complementary programme)
Tier I
£36.00
Stalls, Tier 2 & 8, Tier 11 (Front)
£33.00
Tier 11 (Middle), Tier 10 & 12 (Front)
£30.00
Tiers 3, 4, 6 & 7, 11 (Rear)
£24.00
Tiers 9 & 13 (Front)
£20.00
Tiers 10 & 12 (Rear)
£15.00
Tier 5, Tier 9 & 13 (rear) and Promenading
£9.00
*Standing Promenading tickets are available for the Last Night of the Welsh Proms only
To book tickets for the 2019 Welsh Proms, click here
£42.00 (include a glass of Pimm's and complementary programme)
Tier I
£36.00
Stalls, Tier 2 & 8, Tier 11 (Front)
£33.00
Tier 11 (Middle), Tier 10 & 12 (Front)
£30.00
Tiers 3, 4, 6 & 7, 11 (Rear)
£24.00
Tiers 9 & 13 (Front)
£20.00
Tiers 10 & 12 (Rear)
£15.00
Tier 5, Tier 9 & 13 (rear) and Promenading
£9.00
*Standing Promenading tickets are available for the Last Night of the Welsh Proms only
To book tickets for the 2019 Welsh Proms, click here
Multiple Event Packages
*Booking seats for all 4 major orchestral concerts or all 5 Welsh Proms signature events above generates a saving of 5% on all concert tickets.
2019 Packages were available from just £34.20 total for four concerts or £42.75 total for all five signature events, as follows:
*Please note, package discounts are not available on Platinum band tickets. 2021 tickets may be subject to a nominal increase
2019 Packages were available from just £34.20 total for four concerts or £42.75 total for all five signature events, as follows:
*Please note, package discounts are not available on Platinum band tickets. 2021 tickets may be subject to a nominal increase
Tier 1
£36.00 single seat
*£136.80 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£171 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£36.00 single seat
*£136.80 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£171 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Stalls, Tier 2 & 8, Tier 11 (Front)
£33.00 single seat
*£125.40 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£156.75 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£33.00 single seat
*£125.40 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£156.75 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Tier 11 (Middle), Tier 10 & 12 (Front)
£30.00 single seat
*£114.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£142.50 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£30.00 single seat
*£114.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£142.50 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Tiers 3, 4, 6 & 7, 11 (Rear)
£24.00 single seat
*£91.50 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£114.00 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£24.00 single seat
*£91.50 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£114.00 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Tiers 9 & 13 (Front)
£20.00 single seat
*£76.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£95.00 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£20.00 single seat
*£76.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£95.00 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Tiers 9, 10, 12 & 13 (Rear)
£15.00 single seat
*£57.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£71.25 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
£15.00 single seat
*£57.00 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£71.25 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
Tier 5, Tier 9 & 13 (rear) and Promenading
£9.00 single seat
*£34.20 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£42.75 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
*Standing Promenading tickets are available for the Last Night of the Welsh Proms only
£9.00 single seat
*£34.20 package for all four main orchestral concerts with 5% discount
*£42.75 package for all FIVE Welsh Proms signature events with 5% discount
*Standing Promenading tickets are available for the Last Night of the Welsh Proms only
Family Tickets
The Welsh Proms is also pleased to annually offer a number of discounts for younger visitors and families.
One child under 16 can attend Welsh Proms signature events FREE with every full priced adult ticket, while each additional child thereafter is charged just £6.00!
*Please note, the family ticket packages are not available in the top two ticket price bands (Platinum and Tier I)
One child under 16 can attend Welsh Proms signature events FREE with every full priced adult ticket, while each additional child thereafter is charged just £6.00!
*Please note, the family ticket packages are not available in the top two ticket price bands (Platinum and Tier I)
Concessions
Under 16s, students, disabled people plus one companion and claimants are annually entitled to half full price on seats at evening orchestral concerts
*Proof of entitlement is required on ticket collection. Concessions are not applicable to package prices, on Platinum Tickets or on lowest price tickets
*Proof of entitlement is required on ticket collection. Concessions are not applicable to package prices, on Platinum Tickets or on lowest price tickets
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