conductor is Paul Watkins, Jack Liebeck - solo violin.
Korngold's violin concerto has earned its well-deserved place on the international concert platform bank to rich melodies and luxurious harmony.
Britten's daring and inventive Variations was his first masterpiece. It parodies of the many character traits of his teacher, Bridge. Elgar's Variations also ...
The Ulster Orchestra with the Belfast Philharmonic choir -- Jean-Luc Tingaud conducts.
the concert with a Gallic theme! Faurr's Requiem one of the best loved has a timeless appeal while the classical grace of Mozart symphony written in Paris is surrounded by two contrasting works. Before it we have Franks beautiful music inspired by mythological breezes and after we have Dubois's full-blown cel ...
Pascal Rophh conducts, Pekka Kuusisto plays solo violin.
Sibelius's fantastical inner landscape is the prelude to Samuel Barber's concerto with its soaring lyricism and fiery virtuosity.
Mendelssohn's Scottish, inspired by a twilight visit to Hollyrood Castle is a wonderful combination of classical logic and the evocative pictorialism of the Romantics. ...
Dima Slobodeniouk conducts, Sergei Babayan, piano.
Rachmaninov's lushly romantic third piano Concerto requires incredible keyboard skills from start to finish while conveying some of the composer's most private thoughts.
Sibelius's ever popular second Symphony journeys from an evocation of the Finnish landscape through an awakening of the nationalist s ...
The Association of Irish Musical Societies return to perform a selection of songs from musicals, film and operetta.
It is fitting, in the Festivals 40th year, that one of its perennially popular events - Cavalcade of Song - returns to take an encore. For twenty years, the chorus, singers and dancers of the Association of Irish Musical Societies (Northern Region)
have presented a selection of songs from musicals, fil ...