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Ulster Youth Orchestra and Forgotten Composers

John chats with Paula Klein, General Manager of the Ulster Youth Orchestra ahead of their course in Berlin and homecoming concert in Belfast

This weeks Triple Tracker looks at Composers that time forgot and our Album of the Week comes from Sir Stephen Hough

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sunday 19:03
BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

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Music Played

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Soldiers' Chorus

    Performer: Choir of the Budapest State Opera. Performer: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Featured Artist: Iosif Conta.

  • Ailbhe McDonagh

    The Irish Four Seasons: II. Samhradh (summer)

    Performer: Lynda O'Connor. Performer: Anamus. Featured Artist: David Brophy.

  • André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra

    What A Wonderful World

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25: Finale Fugato (Allegro vivace - Tempo del tema -Molto allegro)

    Singer: Sir András Schiff. Singer: Sir András Schiff. Singer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti. Conductor: Georg Solti. Conductor: Georg Solti.

  • Hayato Sumino

    7 Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.

  • Anon.

    The Star of the County Down

    Music Arranger: Howard Goodall. Choir: The King’s Singers. Choir: The King’s Singers. Choir: The King’s Singers.

  • Étienne Méhul

    Symphony No. 1 G Minor: IV. Finale. Allegro agitato

    Performer: Rheinische Philharmonie.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Les sylvains, Op. 60

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Irving Berlin

    You Forgot to Remember (Arr. for Voice, C Melody Saxophone & Orchestra by Andrew Cottee)

    Performer: Chad Smith. Performer: John Wilson. Featured Artist: Sinfonia Of London. Featured Artist: Mikaela Bennett.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace

    Performer: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Stabat Mater: X. Amen. In sempiterna saecula

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

    Performer: David Parry. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Trad.

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Performer: Derek Bell.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Ruralia Hungarica for violin and piano, Op. 32c (1914): 2. Andante rubato, alla zingaresca

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Guillaume Lekeu

    Violin Sonata in G Major, V. 64: I. Très modéré

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa

    Performer: Riccardo Muti. Performer: Stockholms kammarkör. Featured Artist: Swedish Radio Choir.

  • Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony No.4, 3rd and 4th Movements

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra. Performer: Sinead Hayes.

  • Enrique Granados

    Danzas espanolas, Op. 37: V. Andaluza (Playera)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, GMW 10: No. 2, Ging heut' morgen über's Feld

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Simon Keenlyside.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C Minor, RV 402: I. Allegro

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L’Onda Armonica.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 19:03
    BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle