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The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including performances of Wagner, Elgar and Mendelssohn from the Ulster Orchestra.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live, we are celebrating the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ performing groups, and today there are concert performances of Wagner, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mendelssohn from the Ulster Orchestra. At the heart of Elizabeth's programme is a performance of William Walton's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, with soloist Stephen Isserlis joining the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancroft, and the Chiaroscuro Quartet bring us Mozart's 'Dissonance' Quartet in a highlight from the Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music.

Elizabeth also has a spotlight on acclaimed flautist Emmanuel Pahud this week. Today, we hear him in Mozart and Beethoven.

Plus, we continue ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – the series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.

Richard Wagner
Overture – Flying Dutchman
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Sarah Richmond (mezzo)
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in C major, K. 465 ‘Dissonance’
Chiaroscuro Quartet

Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture (FIngal’s Cave), Op. 26
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Radio 3's 25 for 25: 2009
Natalie Holt
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tempo di Menuetto from 'Flute Quartet No. 2 in G, K. 285a'
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Anna Agafia (violin)
Paul Zientara (viola)
Stéphanie Huang (cello)

3.10pm
William Walton
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Stephen Isserlis (cello)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sadko - a symphonic poem, Op. 5
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Overture

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures, Op.37

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Singer: Sarah Richmond. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.1; Preludio

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in C Major, K.465 "Dissonance"

    Performer: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op.26

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Natalie Holt

    Partita No 1

    Performer: Richard Harwood.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No. 2, K.285a 'Tempo di Menuetto'

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stéphanie Huang. Performer: Paul Zientara. Performer: Anna Agafia.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Serenade in D, Op. 25

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stéphanie Huang. Performer: Paul Zientara. Performer: Anna Agafia.
  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Music Arranger: Marc-Olivier Dupin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Violin Favourites.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko, Op.5 (1892) - a symphonic poem

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Apr 2025 13:00