Ulster Orchestra: Grand Masters

Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

Stravinsky Concerto for Violin

Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2

ANGUS WEBSTER CONDUCTOR

ROSANNE PHILIPPENS VIOLIN

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff are three giants of Russian music, and this concert foregrounds all their exceptional talents. Arensky uses one of Tchaikovsky’s Sixteen Children’s Songs to capture a range of moods and character, while Stravinsky’s Concerto for Violin is a feisty, joyful romp for the instrument, full of cheerful melody and musical wit. To close, a second visit to the no-holds-barred emotional world of Rachmaninoff’s symphonies (though you’ll have to wait until 2025/26 for Symphony No. 3!) and the achingly beautiful, flamboyantly majestic Second.