Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 from Belfast

Linton Stephens concludes his week of programmes featuring specially recorded performances from the UK and abroad. Pianists Elisabeth Leonskaja & Mihály Berecz perform pieces by Schubert and Shostakovich, and we hear Brahms’ first string quartet from former Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Leonkoro Quartet. This week’s featured ensemble, The Ulster Orchestra, opens the programme with Dvorak’s overture ‘My Homeland’; they also perform Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and Robert Schumann’s gripping 2nd Symphony.

Antonin Dvorak
Overture: My Homeland, Op. 62
Ulster Orchestra
George Jackson (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 No.1
Leonkoro Quartet

Franz Schubert
Three Piano Pieces, D. 946 - No.1 in E flat minor
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Johannes Ockeghem
Ave Maria
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Denis Comtet (conductor)

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 62
Ulster Orchestra
Jonathan Berman (conductor)

Bela Bartok - Out of Doors
Mihály Berecz (piano)

George Frederik Handel
Ah, mio cor [Alcina]
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Hannah Visser
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Benjamin Britten
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Ulster Orchestra
George Jackson (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in F major, K. 138
Arod Quartet

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