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John Toal presents this evening's Live in Concert from the Ulster Hall in Belfast. The Ulster Orchestra performs works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, under the baton of their Chief Conductor, Rafael Payare.

The programme opens with Beethoven's dramatic Egmont Overture, written in 1810 for a Vienna Court Theatre revival of Goethe's drama Egmont. It's followed by Beethoven's earlier Symphony No. 1: a work which, while building on the achievements of Haydn and Mozart, was repeatedly praised for its originality at the premiere in 1800.

During the interval John Toal will talk to Rafael Payare about his career and musical influences.

The second half of the concert begins with Tchaikovsky's Overture to The Queen of Spades: a stirring work encapsulating the drama of Pushkin's text, which tells the tale a young officer Hermann's obsession with winning card games. The Leader of the Ulster Orchestra, Tam谩s Kocsis, then appears as soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Written in 1878 it is a demanding work for the violin virtuoso, unwavering in melodic inspiration.

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op.84
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op.21

Interval

Tchaikovsky: Overture: The Queen of Spades, Op.68
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35.