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# Lichfield Cathedral to host performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-cathedral-to-host-performance-by-the-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales/
- Published: 2023-07-08T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-04T08:26:36.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: What's On, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01

Lichfield Cathedral will be the setting for a performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

They will play work by Hector Berlioz and Jean Sibelius on 15th July.

A spokesperson for the Lichfield Festival said:

> “A French first half opens with the Overture from Béatrice et Bénédict, followed by Berlioz’s much-loved song cycle Les nuits d’été, sung by British rising star mezzo soprano Polly Leech.  
>  
> “The second half of the concert is themed around swans, beginning with Sibelius’s sumptuous tone poem, The Swan at Tuonela, and closing with his Symphony No. 5 in E flat major*,* said to have been inspired by a flock of the birds overhead.”  
>  
> Lichfield Festival spokesperson

Tickets start at £16 and booking details are available [online](https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-3/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).