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Stravinsky's Firebird Suite

The Ulster Orchestra launches its new season with a concert including music by Borodin, Saint-Sa毛ns, Faur茅 and Stravinsky, with cellist Laura van der Heijden.

The fanfares of Borodin鈥檚 Overture to Prince Igor herald the start of the Ulster Orchestra鈥檚 new season and a programme that鈥檚 packed with classic tales. Laura van der Heijden joins the orchestra for Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 popular Cello Concerto No. 1, with Faur茅鈥檚 Pell茅as et M茅lisande Suite paving the way for Stravinsky鈥檚 technicolored Firebird Suite (1945).

Recorded in September at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, and presented by John Toal.

Borodin: Prince Igor (Overture)
Saint-Sa毛ns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Interval
Faur茅: Pell茅as et M茅lisande Suite, Op. 80
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version)

Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Ulster Orchestra
Anna Su艂kowska-Migo艅 (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Conductor: Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.33

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Conductor: Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Conductor: Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Pohadka, JW VII/5: I. Con moto

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman.
    • Chandos.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sch枚nste Nacht, Op.36 No.25 (1946)

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pelleas et Melisande - Suite

    Conductor: Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite

    Conductor: Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

    Performer: Dmitry Ablogin.
    • Organum Classics.

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  • Mon 6 Oct 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3