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 / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
Passacaglia / Symphony / Five Pieces
Piano Concerto / Symphony
Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra
Scuola di Ballo / Ouverture anacréontique / Pavane pour un génie vivant / Sérénade / Symphonie
Orchestral Works, Volume 3: November Woods / The Happy Forest / The Garden of Fand / Summer Music / Tintagel
Orchestral Works, Volume 4: The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew / Into the Twilight / In the Faery Hills / Roscatha / A Legend / On the Sea Shore
Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Improvisation on a Theme by Constant Lambert
Classical Favourites
Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto
Complete Works for Orchestra
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra / Les bosquets de Cythère / Les malheurs de Sophie
In Ireland: Orchestral Works by Sir Hamilton Harty
Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 / In the Mountain Country / Serenade / Nocturne
Romantic Favourites
Symphony in F major "Triumph and Peace"
BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 1: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Suite no. 3 in G
BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 3: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Czerny: Grand Symphony
Le roi nu / Les demoiselles de la nuit
BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 11: Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 / Nielsen: Symphony no. 1
Piano Concerto / Fantasy Scenes / Comedy Overture
The Essential Paul Dukas
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 39: Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor / Ireland: Piano Concerto in E-flat major / Legend
Cello Concerto, op. 40 / Air for Strings / Elegiac Variations, op. 25
Concerto for Two Pianos (Three Hands) / Concerto for Piano Duet
BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 10: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Symphonic Dances
Cotswolds Symphony / Walt Whitman Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll
Cello Concerto / Serenade / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow
Symphony no. 1 / The Tempest / As You Like It Overture
In the Mountain Country / Rhapsodies / Overture for a Masque
Piano Concerto in G major, op. 1 no. 3 / Piano Concerto in C major, op. 29 / Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 70
Piano Concerto no. 3 in E major "L'Orage", op. 33 / Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major "À la chasse", op. 63 / Piano Concerto no. 7 in E minor "Grand concerto militaire"
Symphony no. 2 "In the Spring" / Oedipus Tyrannus Prelude / Poseidon and Amphitrite
Cello Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Irish Rhapsody
Raphael Wallfisch plays British Cello Concertos
The Aspern Papers & The Night of the Wedding
Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 3 / Piano Concerto in F major, op. 14 / Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 49
A Song of Agincourt / Overture in the Style of a Tragedy / Verdun / A Welcome March / Fairy Day
Orchestral Works, Volume 4: Symphony No. 2 / Simply Largo
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 84: Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 14 / Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 34 / Rondeau brillant, op. 101
Violin Concerto / Symphony no. 2
Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain & Seven Spanish Folk Songs
The Essential Ulster Orchestra
Carmen Suites / L’Arlesienne Suites
Orchestral Music
Credits
A John Field Suite / The Londonderry Air / In Ireland / Suite from Handel's "Water Music"
Piano Concerto / In Ireland / With the Wild Geese
Violin Concerto / Variations on a Dublin Air
A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
A Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto
American Journey (Music By Bernstein, Copland, Villa-Lobos And Ginastera)
An Irish Symphony / A Comedy Overture
Bolero, Ma Mère L'Oye, Concerto In Sol Magg.
Carmen / L'Arlésienne Suites
Cello Concerto / Hymn To Apollo / The Enchantress
Cotswolds Symphony
Discover Music Of The 20th Century
Dvořák: Overtures
Florida Suite / North Country Sketches
Four Sea Interludes / The Sea / On The Sea Shore
Images; Jeux; Khamma
In Nature's Realm / Carnival / Othello / Scherzo Capriccioso
La Boîte À Joujoux / Ma Mère L'Oye
La Mer
Les Nuits D' Ete / Melodies
Moeran: Three Rhapsodies & In The Mountain Country
Of Beauty & Light: The Music Of Philip Glass / Sonic Rebellion
Orchestral Works
Orchestral Works: Tabula Rasa • Collage Über BACH • Symphony No. 3
Orchestral Works, Volume 3
Orchestral Works Volume 4
Passacaglia • Symphony • Five Pieces
Peer Gynt, Suite N° 1
Peer Gynt, Suite No.1 / Sigurd Jorsalfar / Symphonic Dances / Two Elegiac Melodies
Peer Gynt Suites Nos 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto • Fantasy Scenes • Comedy Overture
Piano Concerto In A Minor / Peer Gynt Suite Nº.2 / Lyric Suite
Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Concert Variations Upon An English Theme 'Down Among The Dead Men'
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphonic Dances
Piano Concerto • Symphony
Rare French Works For Violin And Orchestra
Romantic Favourites
Serenade N°1 / Variations On A Theme By Haydn
Serenade • Nocturne • Capriol Suite • Serenade
Shehérazade: Ouverture De Féérie • Trois Poèmes / Introduction Et Allegro / L'Eventail De Jéanne: Fanfare / Trio
Six Irish Rhapsodies | Piano Concerto No. 2 | Down Among The Dead Men
Songs From The Deep Forest
Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Hamlet and Ophelia
Symphony In F Major 'Triumph And Peace'
Symphony In G Minor / Overture For A Masque
Symphony No. 1 In B Flat Major / Irish Rhapsody No. 2 'The Lament For The Son Of Ossian'
Symphony No.2 · Symphony No.3 "Organ"
Symphony No.3 In F Minor 'Irish' / Irish Rhapsody No.5
Symphony No. 4 / Tintagel
Symphony No. 5 In D Major 'L'Allegro Ed Il Penseroso', Irish Rhapsody No. 4
Symphony No. 6 In E Flat Major; Irish Rhapsody No. 1
The Age Of Anxiety [Symphony No2] / Piano Concerto
The Children Of Lir / Ode To A Nightingale
The Complete Symphonies
The Piano Concerto - Where The Bee Dances (For Saxophone And Orchestra)
The Protecting Veil / In Alium
The Relief Of Derry Symphony
The Wand Of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite
Tone Poems
Tone Poems Vol. 2