Name: Star-Cross'd Lovers
Start: 2024-12-06T19:45:00
Location: Ulster Hall

The Ulster Orchestra invites you to a dazzling array of performances this winter, featuring timeless classics and festive favorites. From the tragic romance of 'Star-Cross'd Lovers' to the joyful melodies of 'The Snowman Family Concert,' and the majestic oratorio 'Messiah,' these events promise to captivate and inspire. With talented performers like Clare Hammond and the renowned Belfast Philharmonic Choir, each concert offers a unique musical journey. Embrace the magic of the season and the enchanting atmosphere as the Ulster Orchestra brings these extraordinary events to life across Northern Ireland.

Ulster Orchestra's Enchanting Winter Season: From Romance to Festive Celebrations

Anna Rakitina

Clare Hammond

Ulster Orchestra

A tragic love story is perfect for the drama of ballet and opera – if not for the story’s protagonists! Prokofiev’s ballet depicts the most infamous ‘star-cross’d lovers’ of them all, Romeo and Juliet, with music that is a brilliant realisation of Shakespeare’s play and some of Prokofiev’s most memorable and instantly appealing work, while Wagner’s Prelude from Tristan und Isolde is a lushly hypnotic, yearning depiction of two more tragic lovers, this time from Renaissance romance. Pianist Clare Hammond performs Kenneth Hesketh’s Uncoiling the River, a piece which loops round itself, sinuous and labyrinthine, and explores our perception of the passing of time.

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