Radio 3 in Concert: Fantastic Fairytales and Symphonic Dances

From the Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra's Chief Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes to the stage in a programme full of symphonic colour and excitement. To open, Anatoly Liadov's 'The Enchanted Lake' - an intricate portrait of Lake Llmen, south of St. Petersburg, which the composer described as, "nature-cold, malevolent, but fantastic as a fairytale." Violinist Alena Baeva takes to the stage for a performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto, one of the first concert works the composer wrote in the wake of the end of the Second World War, and one of his most-loved and enduring works. To round off the programme, Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, which the composer completed in 1940, and was his final major composition. Presented by John Toal. Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62; Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45