Afternoon on 3 - Ulster Orchestra Summer Series - Episode 1

The Ulster Orchestra performs music recorded in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, as part of the 2009 BBC Summer Concert series. The 2009 themes include French connections, Irish pianists and Northern Ireland's composers. Featuring Mozart's Symphony No 31, composed during his second visit to the French capital in 1778; Ravel's tribute to the victims of the First World War; Florent Schmitt's 1907 ballet, then dedicated to Stravinsky, and based on a poem by Robert d'Humieres; the premiere performance of a new work by Belfast composer Bill Campbell; and Irish pianist Philip Martin performing Poulenc's Piano Concerto 2.00pm Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D, K297 (Paris) Ulster Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Faure: Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op 80 Ulster Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Ulster Orchestra Jane Glover (conductor) 2.50pm Schmitt: La tragedie de Salome Ulster Orchestra Pascal Rophe (conductor) Bill Campbell: Weather Report (broadcast premiere) Ulster Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) 3.55pm Poulenc: Piano Concerto Philip Martin (piano) Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) 4.30pm Ravel: Ma mere L'oye Ulster Orchestra Pierre Andre Valade (conductor).