Radio 3 in Concert

John Toal presents from Belfast's Ulster Hall as the Ulster Orchestra launches its new season with a concert including music by Borodin, Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Stravinsky. The fanfares of Borodin's Overture to Prince Igor herald the start of the orchestra's new season and a programme that's packed with classic tales. Laura van der Heijden joins the orchestra as soloist in Saint-Saëns's popular Cello Concerto No 1, with Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande Suite paving the way for Stravinsky's technicolored Firebird Suite (1945). Laura van der Heijden (cello), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Anna Sulkowska-Migon. Borodin: Prince Igor (Overture). Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 33. Interval. Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op 80. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version).