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John Toal is in conversation with Mike Batt about his First Symphony and his career as a Songwriter and Producer.

We hear from the End of Year Showcase for the Endangered Instruments Project, a joint initiative between Education Authority and Ulster Orchestra to develop a new generation of players.

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 24 May 2026 19:03
BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Flying Theme (From \E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\)

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Bilder einer Ausstellung: Nr. 10 La grande porte de Kiev

    Performer: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Paradis: Sicilienne

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.

  • The Sherman Brothers

    The Bare Necessities (From \The Jungle Book\)

    Performer: Lang Lang.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Performer: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Andrew Nethsingha.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande (Arr. Thomas for Cello & String Orchestra)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Le moulin

  • Josquin des Prez

    Ave Maria

    Performer: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Piano Concerto: III. Allegro agitato

    Performer: André Previn. Performer: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Trio for Viola, Bassoon and B.c. in F major, Wq 163: III. Allegro

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebeslied

    Performer: Jesper Juul. Performer: Prinsens Musikkorps.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, British Isles: O Waly, Waly

    Performer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Christopher van Kampen.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Performer: Edo de Waart. Performer: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Opus 102: Andante

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, Für Elise, WoO 59

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 Kreutzer: III. Finale. Presto

    Performer: Lili Kraus.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite de l'Histoire du Soldat: Marche du Soldat

    Performer: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra.

  • Jamie Duffy

    Solas

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburgisches Konzert No.5, BWV 1050: III. Allegro

    Performer: Les Arts Florissants. Performer: Paul Agnew. Featured Artist: Benjamin Alard.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 52 in C Minor, Hob. I:52: IV. Finale. Presto

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Il Giardino Armonico.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 May 2026 19:03
    BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle