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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

Afternoon Concert: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert: Episode 4

Ulster Orchestra - Haydn, Strauss, Wagner, Bartok

Episode 4

The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Ulster Orchestra in Concert, Episode 4

A selection of live and specially recorded music, with top chamber recitals and operas.

A selection of live and specially recorded music, with top chamber recitals and major operas.

In today's Afternoon on 3, Katie Derham showcases some of the Ulster Orchestra's most recent recordings, including those to mark Afternoon on 3's Nordic and Baltic season. Also music by Richard Strauss, Wagner and Schumann.

Presented by Katie Derham

2pm 
Uuno Klami: Overture: The Cobblers on the Heath
Ulster Orchestra
Esa Heikkilä (conductor)

2.10pm
Richard Strauss: Intermezzo, Op. 72: 4 Symphonic Interludes
Ulster Orchestra
Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor)

2.40pm
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll WWV 103
Ulster Orchestra
Pierre-André Valade (conductor)

3pm
Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish'
Ulster Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

3.45pm
Eduard Tubin: Symphony No.4 in A Major, Sinfonia lirica
Ulster Orchestra
Esa Heikkilä (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Katie Derham with programmes showcasing some of the Ulster Orchestra's newer recordings

Katie Derham presents programmes showcasing some of the Ulster Orchestra's newer recordings

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