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The Ulster Orchestra with movements from Smetana’s Má vlast, Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat Suite No.1 and Francisco Coll’s Turia, a shimmering guitar concerto written in 2017.

Emilia Hoving conducts the Ulster Orchestra in a colourful evening of music.

The Ulster Hall programme opens with the vibrant Spanish rhythms of Falla’s Three Cornered Hat Suite No. 1, before guitarist Sean Shibe joins the orchestra for Francisco Coll’s Turia, a shimmering concerto written by the Spaniard in 2017.

After the interval, the mood turns to the epic and poetic, with a selection of movements from Smetana’s Má vlast, painting expansive musical landscapes.

Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1
Francisco Coll: Turia*
Interval
Smetana: Selection from Má vlast - 3. Šárka; 2. Vltava; 5. Tábor; 6. Blaník

Emilia Hoving – conductor
Sean Shibe – guitar*
Ulster Orchestra

Recorded at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on 20th March 2026
Presented by John Toal

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2 hours, 14 minutes

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Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Francisco Coll

    Turia

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Olas Gigantes

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Suite Populaire Espagnole

    Performer: Santiago Cañón-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Má vlast: 2.Vltava

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Má vlast: 5.Tábor

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Má vlast: 6.Blaník

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    6 Duets for 4 hands, Op 11

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang. Performer: Zhang Zuo.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday19:30
    BBC Radio 3