Step into a world where music becomes a stage and drama unfolds as the Ulster Orchestra presents 'Take the Stage' at the Ulster Hall, Belfast on 02 May 2025!
R. Strauss Overture and Dance Scene: Ariadne auf Naxos
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3 Polish
DANIELE RUSTIONI CONDUCTOR
ANGELA HEWITT PIANO
"This concert shines a spotlight on music filled with sumptuous drama."
Strauss’s incidental music for Ariadne auf Naxos gives more than a flavour of its protagonists flitting across the opera stage. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24 just pre-dates Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro and it too brings all the poise and characterful drama of opera to the concert stage. Our second half moves from the world of opera to ballet, as Tchaikovsky finished his Third Symphony before writing Swan Lake
and this work pirouettes with the kinetic energy of the corps de ballet.
