Named after the great Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott (who died in March 2008), our new hall is a place where we will explore many new and exciting projects. You can still hear regular concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at St David's Hall where it is Orchestra in Residence, but at BBC Hoddinott Hall, we want to invite you into the kitchen to sample special and intriguing new dishes.

COMPOSER PORTRAITS
Our new composer portrait evening introduce our audiences to three internationally renowend living composers. It's a chance to totally immerse yourself in their musical world and hear them talk about their inspiration and ideas. Starting with our own Composer in Association, Simon Holt, and moving on to Christian Jost and Bruno Mantovani, you can join us in the intimacy of our new hall to get to grips with what goes on in a composer's head when a new piece of music comes to life.

AFTERNOON CONCERTS
The afternoon is an ideal time to drop into one of our concerts - an after lunch musical interlude, though we guarantee that the music on offer will keep you wide awake. Since its inception eighty years ago, the BBC National Orchestra has given hundreds of first performances. Now, alongside landmark orchestral works, our afternoon concerts revisit some of the Orchestra's most memorable past commissions.