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Classical Connections

John Toal presents classical favourites, live music from the Ulster Orchestra, and chats with David McCann, Sarah Richmond and Ruth McGinley about their upcoming Belfast International Arts Festival performances.

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Music Played

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czárdás

    Performer: Martin Taylor. Performer: Spirit of Django.

  • Eric Coates

    Coates: The Dam Busters (Arr. for Brass by Duthoit)

    Performer: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.

  • Erik Satie

    Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1. Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Lang Lang.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Suite from Masquerade: I. Waltz

    Performer: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Paavo Järvi.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III, No. 15 Allegro giusto

    Performer: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Fedoseyev.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata for Violin, Cello & Continuo in G Major, RV 820: VII. Allegro

    Performer: La Serenissima. Performer: Adrian Chandler.

  • De Falla

    7 Canciones populares españolas (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Luciano Berio): No. 4, Jota

    Performer: Sarah Richmond. Performer: Ulster Orchestra. Featured Artist: Jac van Steen.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La bohème: Act II: Quando me'n vo' (Musetta's Waltz)

    Performer: Leontyne Price.

  • Miklós Rózsa

    Finale (Ben Hur)

    Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. Choir: MGM Studio Chorus. Conductor: Miklós Rózsa. Conductor: Miklós Rózsa.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

    Performer: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Performer: Irish Baroque Choir. Featured Artist: Peter Whelan.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op. 7 Nr. 3, D. 531

    Performer: Anne Schwanewilms. Performer: Charles Spencer.

  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Sonata No. 5 for 2 Violins in G Minor, Op. 12: III. Allegro assai

    Performer: La Serenissima. Performer: Adrian Chandler.

  • Johan Wagenaar

    Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra. Performer: Jac van Steen.

  • Daniil Trifonov

    Tango

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Gonzalo Grau. Featured Artist: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 19:03
    BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster