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Ulster Orchestra - Beethoven and Berlioz

Live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast, Rafael Payare conducts the Ulster Orchestra in two Romantic masterworks: Beethoven's Symphony No 4 in B flat and Berlioz's Symphony fantastique.

Rafael Payare conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Beethoven's Fourth Symphony and the Symphony Fantastique by Berlioz.

Live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast
Presented by John Toal

Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B flat

8.15: Interval

8.35
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique

Chief Conductor Rafael Payare brings the season to a thrilling conclusion with a blockbuster programme of music by two of the heavyweights of the Romantic era.
The lively Fourth Symphony is Beethoven at the peak of his powers, whilst Berlioz's epic masterpiece of obsessive desire, Symphonie fantastique, with its five fantastic movements (including the famous March to the Scaffold and Witches' Sabbath), is a unique musical juggernaut of expressive force.

2 hours, 15 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 May 2016 19:45

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Payare.
  • Beethoven

    2nd Movement: Vivace from String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135

    Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
  • Hector Berlioz

    3rd Movement: Serenade from Harold en Italie, Op. 16

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Hector Berlioz

    La Harp 茅olienne- Souvenirs from L茅lio, ou le Retour 脿 la Vie Op. 14b

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Payare.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 May 2016 19:45