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Prom 47: Classical excellence from an Ulster Orchestra in fine shape

By Dominic Lowe, 23 August 2016

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“Payare drew genial interjections from the brass as polite as a butler’s cough”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 August 2016

Hellawell, Wild Flow (BBC commission: world premiere)

Haydn, Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1

Sollima, Lamentatio

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello

Ulster Orchestra

Rafael Payare, Conductor

Exquisite Mozart from Steven Osborne with the Ulster Orchestra

Leighton Jones, 14th February

Championing British musicm the Ulster Orchestra also performs a seldom heard work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

***11

Peter Moore shines in Joe Chindamo’s trombone concerto in Belfast

Leighton Jones, 18th October

Bernstein, Chindamo and Rachmaninov bring an evening of jazz-inspired music from the streets of New York to a deeply personal Russian symphony.

***11

Suganandarajah and Collins delight in Weber at Belfast’s Ulster Hall

Leighton Jones, 26th January

Leslie Suganandarajah brings an evening of classical elegance with the Ulster Orchestra, while Michael Collins shines in a rarely performed concerto.

****1

Conductor Mihhail Gerts impresses in Belfast

Leighton Jones, 1st December

Mihhail Gerts and Vadym Kholodenko delight in Bartók, while the Ulster Orchestra’s playing pleases in two five-movement symphonic works.

****1

Rustioni brings a magical spell to Ulster Orchestra’s season opener

Leighton Jones, 22nd September

Daniele Rustioni conducts a programme of orchestral favourites and a concerto rarity featuring cellist Alban Gerhardt.

*****

The stars shine brightly in Northern Ireland Opera’s Tosca

Leighton Jones, 16th September

In NIO's annual opera production at the Belfast Grand Opera House, Cameron Menzies directs Puccini's Tosca.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.