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Stravinsky’s Petrushka from Belfast

Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, there’s Fanny Mendelssohn from the Consone Quartet, and the Ulster Orchestra plays Schumann and Stravinsky's Petrushka.

Linton Stephens introduces specially recorded concert performances from across the UK and Europe, including Brahms and Schubert from pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet plays Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E flat, and this week’s featured ensemble The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Robert Schumann, Hamilton Harty, and Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka.

Robert Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

Johannes Brahms - Selection of Hungarian Dances
Elisabeth Leonskaja & Mihály Berecz (pianos)

Dorothy Howell - Lamia
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Fanny Mendelsson - String Quartet in E flat
Consone Quartet

Hamilton Harty – With the Wild Geese
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus, D.899
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947)
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Cillian Farrell.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Excerpts from 'Hungarian Dances, WoO 1'

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Performer: Mihály Berecz.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Lamia

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    With the Wild Geese

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Cillian Farrell.

  • Franz Schubert

    Four Impromptus, D.899

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Despair [6 Original Canzonettas - Set 1 No.4]

    Performer: Roman Rabinovich. Singer: Helen Charlston.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (1947)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday13:00
    BBC Radio 3