Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20130916 | Afternoon on 3's autumn focus on music composed in the United States of America gets underway with a bang - and with the Ulster Orchestra, whose recent summer season in Belfast made a special feature of American music. As part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, they also celebrate music composed for that quintessentially American film genre, the Western - culminating on Friday with a film music spectacular, live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast. 14:00:00 Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Ulster Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor Copland: John Henry 14:10:00 Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite for 13 instruments) Ulster Orchestra; Michael Francis, conductor 14:35 William Grant Still: Kaintuck Ben Dawson, piano; Ulster Orchestra; Michael Seal, conductor 14:45 Rodgers: Oklahoma Overture 14:55: Bacharach: 'Raindrops keep falling on my head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 15.00 Norman Dello Joio: The triumph of St Joan 15:30 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Ruby Hughes, soprano; Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano; The Midsummer Consort; Ulster Orchestra; Michal Dworzynski, conductor. Ulster Orchestra plays music by Copland, Grant Still, Rodgers, Dello Joio and Mendelssohn. |
| 02 | 20130917 | The Ulster Orchestra in performances recorded during this year's BBC Summer Invitation Concert series in Belfast. 14:00 Copland: Music for the Movies Pierre Andr退-Valade, conductor 14:20 Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 25 Christian Ihle Hadland, piano 14:40 Ives: Three Places in New England 15:00 Irving Berlin: Overture to Annie Get Your Gun Carl Davis, conductor 15:05 Gustavo Santaolalla: Music from Brokeback Mountain 15:10 MacDowell: Suite No. 2 in E minor Takuo Yuasa, conductor 15:45 Thomas Cannning: Fantasia on a Hymn by Justin Morgan 15:55 Toch: Symphnony No. 7 16:20 Richard Bissill: Wagons Roll - A Tribute to TV Westerns Carl Davis, conductor. The Ulster Orchestra performs music by Copland, Ives, Mendelssohn, MacDowell and Toch. |
| 03 | 20130918 | The Ulster Orchestra's performance at the 2013, Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Enniskillen in Co. Fermanagh. Schubert was one of Samuel Beckett's favourite composers and he refers to his music throughout his output. The Ulster ORchestra takes us to the movies with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and the American piece today is by Amy Beach - it was recorded at the BBC Radio 3 Summer Invitation Concert series in the Ulster Hall in Belfast. 14:00 Schubert: Rosamunde - Overture; Entr'acte No.1 Michael Seal, conductor 14:15 Schubert (orch. Max Reger) An die Musik; Im Abendrot Ruby Hughes, soprano 14:25 Schubert: Rosamunde - Entr'acte No.3 14:30 Schubert (orch. Max Reger) Nacht and Tr䀀ume; Du bist die Ruh 14: 40 Dmitri Tiomkin: Music from High Noon; The Green Leaves of Summer from The Alamo Carl Davis, conductor 14:50 Amy Beach: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op 32 Takuo Yuasa, conductor. The Ulster Orchestra peforms music by Schubert, Tiomkin and Amy Beach. |