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 麻豆社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
This week on Classical Live, we are celebrating the 麻豆社 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 麻豆社 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 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� the series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
Richard Wagner
Overture 鈥� 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 鈥楧issonance鈥�
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture (FIngal鈥檚 Cave), Op. 26
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Radio 3's 25 for 25: 2009
Natalie Holt
贰测箩补蹿箩补濒濒补箩枚办耻濒濒
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tempo di Menuetto from 'Flute Quartet No. 2 in G, K. 285a'
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Anna Agafia (violin)
Paul Zientara (viola)
St茅phanie Huang (cello)
3.10pm
William Walton
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Stephen Isserlis (cello)
麻豆社 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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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman: Overture
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen. -
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op.37
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Singer: Sarah Richmond. Conductor: Jac van Steen. -
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Franz Liszt
Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.1; Preludio
Performer: Alim Beisembayev.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in C Major, K.465 "Dissonance"
Performer: Chiaroscuro Quartet. -
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op.26
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen. -
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Natalie Holt
Partita No. 1
Performer: Richard Harwood. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet No. 2, K.285a 'Tempo di Menuetto'
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: St茅phanie Huang. Performer: Paul Zientara. Performer: Anna Agafia. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade in D, Op. 25
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: St茅phanie Huang. Performer: Paul Zientara. Performer: Anna Agafia. -
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William Walton
Cello Concerto
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. -
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Fritz Kreisler
Praeludium and Allegro
Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Music Arranger: Marc-Olivier Dupin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.- Violin Favourites.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sadko, Op.5 (1892) - a symphonic poem
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
Broadcast
- Tue 8 Apr 2025 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3