The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra has removed Tchaikovsky from its programme of its upcoming concert ‘in light of the recent Russian invasion’.
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture was due to be included in the orchestra’s upcoming all-Tchaikovsky concert at St David’s Hall on 18 March, but it was considered by the orchestra ‘to be inappropriate at this time’.
The orchestra will instead present a programme centred around Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, with John Williams’s The Cowboys Overture opening the concert, and a performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations in the second half.