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The Ulster Orchestra Season Finale- Shostakovich and Walton

The Ulster Orchestra perform music by William Walton - his overture Portsmouth Point and the Cello Concerto, featuring soloist Nicolas Altstaedt - and Shostakovich's Symphony No 5.

The Ulster Orchestra take to the stage of the Ulster Hall with conductor Dinis Sousa performing a programme of music by Walton and Shostakovich, opening with the colourful Portsmouth Point written when the composer was just 23, inspired by a print by the English artist Thomas Rowlandson. Next, cellist Nicolas Altstaedt features in Walton's Cello Concerto originally commissioned by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and given it's premiere in Boston in 1957.

Finally, Shostakovich's mighty Symphony No. 5 in D minor, seen by many as an act of defiance against Stalin, it has been referred to as "a Soviet artist鈥檚 reply to just criticism鈥� and is one of the composer's most famous pieces- wonderfully orchestrated and full of energy.

Ulster Orchestra
Dinis Sousa, conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello

Walton: Portsmouth Point
Walton: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47

During the interval our soloist will be in conversation with presenter John Toal.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Tue 10 Jun 2025 19:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point - Overture

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in A Major, Op.69: II.Scherzo (Allegro Molto)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Alexander Lonquich.
    • Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Violoncello.
    • Alpha.
    • 10.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Sonata in D minor Op.40: IV. Allegro

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Fazil Say.
    • 4 Cities.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 - I. Allegro agitato

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Nikolai Lugansky: The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2006 (Live).
    • Verbier Festival Gold.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 - II. Non allegro. Lento

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Nikolai Lugansky: The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2006 (Live).
    • Verbier Festival Gold.
    • 11.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 - III. Allegro molto

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Nikolai Lugansky: The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2006 (Live).
    • Verbier Festival Gold.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 2 in C Major. Allegro

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Rachmaninoff: 脡tudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 & Op. 39.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Jun 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3