Ulster Orchestra
Beethoven 200: Dance Moves
- When
- Fri 23 Oct · 19:45
- Where
- Ulster Hall, Belfast
The programme
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Errollyn Wallen Violin Concerto Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7
The evening
Anna Handler ConductorPhilippe Quint Violin
A lone clarinet sounds over a bed of shimmering strings and in an instant, Copland transports us to the wide open spaces and flowing brooks of the Appalachian mountain range through his music for the tender, hope-filled ballet Appalachian Spring. From the gentleness of the American Mid-West, the chiming of church bells in Errollyn Wallen’s Violin Concerto ushers in a personal depiction of memories from the early life of our soloist, Philippe Quint, before Beethoven takes us back to dance in the riotous rhythm of his mesmerising Seventh Symphony.
On stage
Anna Handler
Conductor