Band
Ulster Orchestra
Albums
105
Members
5
Active
1966–present
Origin
Belfast
Biography
The Ulster Orchestra is a British Orchestra that has been based in Belfast, the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. The orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It gives concerts across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including performances at the Belfast Festival, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The orchestra currently employs 63 full-time musicians and 17 administrative support staff.
Discography
Violin Concerto / Variations on a Dublin Air
An Irish Symphony / A Comedy Overture
Piano Concerto / In Ireland / With the Wild Geese
Symphony no. 4 / Tintagel
Tone Poems
Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite
The Children of Lir / Ode to a Nightingale
Tone Poems, Volume 2: Into the Twilight / In the Faery Hills / Roscatha / The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew
Britten: Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia / Bridge: The Sea / Bax: On the Sea Shore
Concert Overtures
A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
Symphonic Dances and other Orchestral Works
Symphony no. 3 in F minor "Irish" / Irish Rhapsody no. 5
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 / Symphony No. 6
Symphony in G Minor / Overture for a Masque
Symphony No. 5 in D Major & Irish Rhapsody No. 4
Debussy: La Boite a Joujoux, Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye
Romantic Favourites
Serenade No. 1 in D Major & Variations on a Theme
Three Rhapsodies / In the Mountain Country
Debussy: Images / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso
Dukas: La Péri / L’Apprenti sorcier / Chabrier: Suite pastorale / España
Moeran: Serenade in G / Nocturne / Warlock: Capriol Suite / Serenade
Piano Concerto in A minor / Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 / Lyric Suite
Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 “Organ”
Symphony No. 4, Irish Rhapsody No. 6 & Oedipus Rex Prelude
Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Irish Rhapsody no. 3 / Concert Piece
The Complete Symphonies
The Relief of Derry Symphony
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters/ Whythorne's Shadow
An Irish Rhapsody
Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The Enchantress
Debussy: Fantaisie / Danse sacrée et danse profane / Première Rapsodie / Ravel: Introduction et Allegro / Don Quichotte à Dulcinée / Tzigane
Symphony No. 2, “Elegiac” / Clarinet Concerto
Debussy: La Mer / Printemps / Ravel: Trio
Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit / La Création du monde / Poulenc: Suite: Les Biches / Ibert: Divertissement
Symphony no. 1 in B flat major / Irish Rhapsody no. 2 "The Lament for the Son of Ossian"
A John Field Suite / The Londonderry Air / In Ireland / Suite from Handel's "Water Music"
Orchestral Works
Shéhérazade: Ouverture de féérie & Trois Poèmes / Introduction et Allegro / L'Éventail de Jéanne: Fanfare / Trio
Symphonies nos. 1-7
Violin Favourites
Fantaisie / Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra / Première rapsodie / Dances
Images / Jeux / Khamma
La mer / Nocturnes / Printemps / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Orchestral Works Including La boîte à joujoux · Children’s Corner · Petite Suite
Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto
Behind the Closed Eye
Hebrides Overture / Symphonies Nos 3 (Scottish) & 4 (Italian)
Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concert Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men"
Symphony in G minor / Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra / Overture for a Masque
The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel / Tryst
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto
The Protecting Veil / In Alium
Florida Suite / North Country Sketches / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Air and Dance
Leonard Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2) / William Bolcom: Piano Concerto
Tabula Rasa / Symphony no. 3 / Collage
Verklärte Nacht / Chamber Symphony No. 2 / Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene