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Ulster Orchestra concerts: January 2011
Why not start the New Year with tickets to one of our evenings of music-making with the Ulster Orchestra?

Celebrate Derry!
The City of Derry has been awarded UK City of Culture for 2013 and, as part of the celebrations, BBC Radio Ulster's Sounds Classical programme and Derry City Council are joining forces with the Ulster Orchestra for two jubilant nights of music-making.

The concert will be presented by BBC Radio Ulster's John Toal and is taking place on consecutive evenings at the Ulster Hall, Belfast and the Guildhall, Derry.

Programme

John Tavener Svyati
Michael McGlynn The Great Wood
Michael McGlynn Rising of the Sun
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1
Michael Kamen Saxophone Concerto
John Rutter Gloria

Codetta Donal Doherty, Artistic Director

Gerard McChrystal saxophone
Kim Vaughan cello
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy conductor

Recording on Thursday 13 January at the Ulster Hall, Belfast and on Friday 14 January at the Guildhall, Londonderry.


Radio 3 Invitation Concert with the Ulster Orchestra
Renowned American conductor JoAnn Falletta returns to Belfast for a concert which includes the Marosszek Dances, a series of folk dances by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, Copland's jazzy Clarinet Concerto and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No.2, a stalwart of German romantic music.

The concert will be presented live on air by BBC Radio 3's Martin Handley.

Programme
Zoltán Kodály Marosszek Dances
Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto
Johannes Brahms Symphony No.2

Ulster Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta conductor
Robert Plane clarinet

Recording on Tuesday 25 January at the Ulster Hall, Belfast.


To apply for tickets, visit the BBC Tickets Website or call the BBC Ticket Line on 0370 901 1227*.