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Summer Invitation Series 2024: Concert 2

Ulster Orchestra

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In October 1898, the committee of the Norwich Festival requested a short choral work for their next Season. However, during this period Elgar was preoccupied with writing his Enigma Variations, and by the time he returned to the work, the committee had changed its mind. They had engaged the young alto, Clara Butt, and wanted a work which she could premiere. So he crafted Sea Pictures, based on five poems by different authors, each offering a diff...

Program

Elgar - Sea Pictures

Composer

Wagner - The Flying Dutchman Overture

Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture

Rimsky-Korsakov - Sadko

Participants

Sarah Richmond

Singer

Jac Van Steen

Conductor

Ulster Orchestra