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The Ulster Orchestra Live from Ulster Hall

A live concert in which the Ulster Orchestra performs Grieg, a new work from Belfast composer Hammond and Stravinsky. Plus the ѿý NOW in Liadov, Britten, Karl Jenkins and Wilby.

Verity Sharp introduces a week of programmes featuring recent concerts given by the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. To open, a concert live from Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra. John Toal is in the Ulster Hall for music from Grieg's Lyric Suite and Stravinsky's 1945 suite from his ballet for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes - The Firebird. There's more music with Diaghilev associations with the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales, three tone poems by Liadov, later choreographed by Leonide Massine. Britten wrote his Sinfonia da Requiem as a pacifist during the Second World War, whilst Karl Jenkins's short choral work commemorates his uncle, who died in a Lancaster bomber over Berlin in 1944. Welsh virtuoso David Childs is the star of a recent recording with ѿý NOW featuring the 'Symphonic Euphonium'. Philip Wilby's concerto allows him to display both lyricism and virtuosity, with some Greek plate smashing along the way.

Presented by Verity Sharp and John Toal

2.00 - LIVE
Grieg: Klokkeklang (Bell Ringing) from Lyric Suite op.54
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

2.10
Philip Hammond: Piano Concerto (Radio 3 commission - world premiere)
Michael McHale (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

2.40
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

3.15 (Presented by Verity Sharp)
Liadov: Baba-Yaga, The Enchanted Lake, Kikimora
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

3.40
Britten: Sinfonia da requiem op.20
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

4.00
Karl Jenkins: For the fallen
Cor Caerdydd (chorus)
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Karl Jenkins (conductor)

4.10
Philip Wilby
Euphonium Concerto
David Childs (Euphonium)
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Bramwell Tovey (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 5 Jan 2015 14:00

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Klokkeklang (Bell Ringing) from Lyric Suite op.54

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Philip Hammond

    Piano Concerto (Radio 3 commission - world premiere)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird Suite (1945)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird Suite (1945)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Baba-Yaga - a tone poem for orchestra, Op. 56

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake - a tone poem for orchestra, Op. 62

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
  • Karl Jenkins

    For the Fallen

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
  • Philip Wilby

    Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ѿý National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Jan 2015 14:00