Stravinsky’s Petrushka from Belfast

Linton Stephens introduces specially recorded concert performances from across the UK and Europe, including Brahms and Schubert from pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet plays Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E flat, and this week’s featured ensemble The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Robert Schumann, Hamilton Harty, and Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka.

Robert Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

Johannes Brahms - Selection of Hungarian Dances
Elisabeth Leonskaja & Mihály Berecz (pianos)

Dorothy Howell - Lamia
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Fanny Mendelsson - String Quartet in E flat
Consone Quartet

Hamilton Harty – With the Wild Geese
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus, D.899
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947)
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

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