Christoph Altstaedt takes Belfast to the City of Dreams

By Leighton Jones, 06 January 2019

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Reviewed at Waterfront Hall, Belfast on 4 January 2019

Suppé, Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture

Strauss, Telefon-Polka Op.165

Heuberger, The Opera Ball: A separate room

Lehár, The Merry Widow: Ballsirenen waltzes

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesleid

Strauss II, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Op.214

Bernstein, Candide: Glitter and Be Gay

Lumbye, Champagne Galop

Strauss II, Eine Nacht in Venedig, "Schwipslied"

Ziehrer, Nachtschwärmer (Night Owl Waltz)

Strauss, Ohne Sorgen, (Without a Care) Polka, Op.271

Waldteufel, The Skaters' Waltz

Strauss II, Die Fledermaus, Op.56: Mein Herr Marquis "Laughing song"

Lumbye, Copenhagen Railway Steam Gallop

Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Op.314

Strauss II, Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning Polka), Op.324

Zeller, Der Vogelhändler (The Bird Seller): Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol (When one presents roses in Tyrol)

Strauss I, Radetzky March, Op.228

Gan-ya Ben-Gur Akselrod, Soprano

Ulster Orchestra

Christoph Altstaedt, 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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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.