Ulster Orchestra Residency

Contact:
www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk

Venue: City Hall

Harp Concert
Date: 22 July 2005

Artists: Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Elinor Bennett, harp
Lucy Wakeford, harp
Caitríona Yeats, harp
Catrin Finch, harp

Programme:
Harty: A Comedy Overture
Alwyn: ‘Lyra Angelica’ (1954), Concerto for Harp and Strings
Victory: Concerto for Harp
Karl Jenkins: Double Harp Concerto: ‘Crossing the Stone’

Family Concert – Cork Pirate Party
Date: 23 July 2005

Artists: Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Alasdair Malloy, presenter

McEwan: ‘Banjaxed’
Khatchaturian: Adagio from ‘Spartacus’
Atencio&Bruns: ‘A Pirate’s Life for Me’
Anderson: ‘The Pirate March’
Stephens: ‘Nautical Notes’
Handel/Harty: Hornpipe from ‘Water Music’
Arnold: ‘The Padstow Lifeboat’
Sullivan/Mackerras: Opening movement from ‘Pineapple Poll’
Rosas: ‘Over the Waves’
Benjamin: ‘Jamaican Rumba’
Badelt: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
Ashman&Menken: ‘Under the Sea’
Trad. arr Wood: ‘Tom Bowling’ and ‘The Sailor’s Hornpipe’

Come and Play
Date: 24 July 2005

Artists: Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Sibelius: ‘Finlandia’
Strauss: ‘II Im Krapfenwaldl’
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Bizet: Farandole from ‘L'Arlésienne’
Verdi: Triumphal March from ‘Aida’

During a weekend residency, the Ulster Orchestra performed three very different and enchanting concerts in the European Capital of Culture. This was their first time performing in Cork since October 1995.

‘The Harp Concert’, featured the unusual combination of four harp soloists performing three harp concertos. This concert was presented as part of the Ninth World Harp Congress, which was hosted by Ireland in 2005.

Young and old came along on the family-friendly musical adventure,‘The Cork Pirate Party’. Most of the children in the audience got into the spirit of things and dressed up in pirate gear for a programme of nautical favourites.

The residency came to end on the Sunday when more than 70 invited students from the Cork Youth Orchestra rehearsed and performed with the orchestra in ‘Come and Play’ – an incredible opportunity for young musicians to learn alongside professional musicians.

The residency of the Ulster Orchestra in Cork was made possible by the support of The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council. The Ulster Orchestra residency was also part of the Lagan to the Lee Cultural Partnership between Belfast and Cork City Councils. Supported by the Department of Arts, Culture and Leisure of Northern Ireland.