Wagner live from the Ulster Orchestra

This week on Classical Live, we are featuring the Ulster Orchestra and today they perform live into the programme from their home in Belfast. Their programme includes music by Satie, Wagner and Stravinsky under conductor Jack Sheen.

And Al Ryan is in the Classical Live studio with further highlight from the 2025 Cowbridge Festival as the Carducci Quartet play music by Fanny Hensel. And there's also more from members of the Orsino Ensemble in music by Ravel.

Henry Purcell (arr. Stokowski)
Dido's Lament
Ulster Orchestra
Matthew Lynch (conductor)

Fanny Hensel
String Quartet in E flat major
Carducci Quartet

Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz
Ulster Orchestra
Jonathan Berman (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in A major BWV. 1055
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
David Fray (piano/director)

Ravel (arr. Paul Silverthorne)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Adam Walker (flute)
Timothy Ridout (viola)
Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)

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Live: The Ulster Orchestra from Belfast

Wagner
Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Eric Satie (arr. Sheen)
Le Fils des Étoiles - Prélude (world premiere)

Stravinsky
Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss

Ulster Orchestra
Jack Sheen (conductor)

Introduced from Belfast by John Toal

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