A Lifetime For Music: Bartók and Rachmaninoff

Schedule

Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Ulster Hall | Belfast, NI

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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Tom Fetherstonhaugh: Conductor
Alim Beisembayev: Piano
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Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto is a virtuoso tour de force. Its scale, technical demands and emotional richness are perhaps the ultimate challenge for a pianist to master, but the challenge is worth the prize as the rippling melodies for the soloist are full of melancholy and heart-rending drama.
And if Rachmaninoff’s focus is the soloist, then Bartók’s is the orchestra. His concerto ensures that every instrument gets its chance to shine in a piece that embraces vivid colours, gorgeous tunes and ends with a life-affirming, rabble-rousing burst of sheer joy.
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Doors open: 6.30pm approx.
Concert start: 7.45pm
Concert end: 9.45pm approx.
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Ulster Hall, Mission IQ Limited, 36 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom

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