Ulster Orchestra
Conductor John Lubbock ,
Gerard McChrystal (saxophone)
John Toal introduces a concert given last week in the Whitia Hall of Queen's University, Belfast, as part of Northern Ireland's annual contemporary music festival
Sonorities. The programme includes the world premiere of an alto saxophone concerto by Ian Wilson and music with an American flavour.
Conlon Nancarrow Piece
Stravinsky Symphony in C
Ian Wilson Who's Afraid of Red,
Yellow and Blue? (BBC commission; first performance)
Stephen Montague From the White Edge of Phrygia