Performance on 3 - 10/11/2008

John Shea introduces the Ulster Orchestra under their principal conductor Kenneth Montgomery in a programme of showpieces including the well-known work by Britten designed to demonstrate the instruments of the orchestra and Weber's virtuosic Clarinet Concerto No 2, plus works by Tavener and Hindemith. Julian Bliss (clarinet) Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 2 Tavener: The Repentant Thief Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Weber Plus parts of recitals from the Wigmore Hall, London, by 2008 BBC Young Musician of the Year concerto finalists: Poulenc: Flute Sonata Schubert: Variations on Trockne Blumen David Smith (flute) John Cameron (piano) Roland Dyens: Libra Sonatine Jadran Duncumb (guitar) and... Mozart 'Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon' (Die Zauberflote) Sabine Meyer (cl); Zurich Opera Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most