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Fantastic Fairytales and Symphonic Dances

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Ulster Orchestra in music by Anatoly Lyadov, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Erich Wolfgang Korngold from the Ulster Hall in Belfast.

From the Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra's Chief Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes to the stage in a programme full of symphonic colour and excitement. To open, Anatoly Liadov's beautiful "The Enchanted Lake"- an intricate portrait of Lake Llmen, south of St. Petersburg, which the composer described as, "nature-cold, malevolent, but fantastic as a fairy tale."

We then welcome violinist Alena Baeva to the stage for a performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto, one the first concert works the composer wrote in the wake of the end of World War 2, and one of his most loved and enduring works. Utilizing melodies and themes from several of his film scores, the concerto was first performed in St. Louis on February 14, 1947 by the violinist Jascha Heifetz.

To round off the programme, Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances which the composer completed in 1940, and was his final major composition. A three movement suite- the work was originally intended as ballet music- with the composer once remarking that he felt it was his "last spark".

Presented by John Toal

Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)
Alena Baeva (violin)

Liadov- The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
Korngold- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff- Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

2 hours, 13 minutes

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Fri 29 Oct 2021 19:45
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Scherzo (allegro molto) from Quartet No.3 in D Major, Op.34

    Ensemble: Fleshquartet.

  • Claude Debussy

    Intermede (Fantasque et leger) from Sonata in G minor

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Intermezzo: Andantino from Sonata in A minor, Op.13

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.

  • James Wilson-Rhead

    autotmesis

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Chloe Rooke.

  • Rutland Boughton

    Oboe Quartet No 1

    Performer: Sarah Francis. Performer: Frances Mason. Performer: Marilyn Taylor. Performer: Christopher Wellington. Performer: Joy Hay. Ensemble: Rasumovsky Quartet.
    • Rutland Boughton String Quartets: Sarah Francis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Intrada in C major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Carus.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Fanfare for Bima for brass quartet

    Performer: Philip Smith. Performer: Philip Meyers. Performer: Joseph Alessi. Performer: Warren Deck.
    • CALA.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Oct 2021 19:45
    大象传媒 Radio 3