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Afternoon on 3: The US of A

Afternoon Concert: The US of A: Episode 1

The US of A

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The US of A, Episode 1

Ulster Orchestra plays music by Copland, Grant Still, Rodgers, Dello Joio and Mendelssohn.

Music composed in America. Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven. Copland: Appalachian Spring. Rodgers: Oklahoma Overture. Still: Kaintuck. Dello Joio: The Trumph of St Joan.

Afternoon on 3's autumn focus on music composed in the United States of America gets underway with a bang - and with the Ulster Orchestra, whose recent summer season in Belfast made a special feature of American music. As part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, they also celebrate music composed for that quintessentially American film genre, the Western - culminating on Friday with a film music spectacular, live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast.


14:00:00
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
Ulster Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor
Copland: John Henry
Ulster Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor

14:10:00
Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite for 13 instruments)
Ulster Orchestra; Michael Francis, conductor

14:35
William Grant Still: Kaintuck
Ben Dawson, piano; Ulster Orchestra; Michael Seal, conductor

14:45
Rodgers: Oklahoma Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor

14:55:
Bacharach: "Raindrops keep falling on my head"
from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ulster Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor

15.00
Norman Dello Joio: The triumph of St Joan
Ulster Orchestra; Michael Seal, conductor

15:30
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ruby Hughes, soprano; Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano;
The Midsummer Consort; Ulster Orchestra; Michal Dworzynski, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: The US of A

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