The Ulster Orchestra plays Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet

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Linton Stephens continues his week of programmes featuring specially recorded performances from the UK and abroad. Pianists Elisabeth Leonskaja and Mihály Berecz perform one of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies in the German town of Hitzacker, and we hear Mendelssohn from former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Van Kuijk Quartet. This week’s featured ensemble The Ulster Orchestra opens the programme with Dvorak’s energetic Carnival Overture and also play the Variations for Orchestra by Grazyna Bacewicz and a selection of highlights from Prokofiev’s deeply sensuous ballet music for Romeo & Juliet. Antonin Dvorak Carnival Overture Ulster Orchestra Killian Farrell (conductor) Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C flat minor Elisabeth Leonskaja & Mihály Berecz (pianos) Grazyna Bacewicz Variations for Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Matthew Lynch (conductor) Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 Van Kuijk Quartet Sergei Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet (selection) Ulster Orchestra Anna Rakitina (conductor) Karol Szymanowski String Quartet No 1 in C, Op. 37 (Andantino semplice) Belcea Quartet To listen to this programme using most smart speakers, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live."