About
The Ulster Orchestra is a full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. Based in Belfast, the orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It also gives concerts across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including performances at the Belfast Festival, the BBC Proms, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The orchestra currently employs 63 full-time musicians and 17 administrative support staff.
Members
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Philip Walton viola
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Christopher Blake oboe
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Rich Cartlidge timpani
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Jennifer Sturgeon flute, principal
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Christopher King clarinet
Discography
Albums
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Violin Concerto / Variations on a Dublin Air
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Symphony no. 4 / Tintagel
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Tone Poems
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Piano Concerto / In Ireland / With the Wild Geese
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An Irish Symphony / A Comedy Overture
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The Children of Lir / Ode to a Nightingale
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Tone Poems, Volume 2: Into the Twilight / In the Faery Hills / Roscatha / The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew
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Concert Overtures
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Britten: Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia / Bridge: The Sea / Bax: On the Sea Shore
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Symphony no. 3 in F minor "Irish" / Irish Rhapsody no. 5
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Symphonic Dances and other Orchestral Works
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A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
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Symphony No. 5 in D Major & Irish Rhapsody No. 4
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Irish Rhapsody No. 1 / Symphony No. 6
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Symphony in G Minor / Overture for a Masque
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Serenade No. 1 in D Major & Variations on a Theme
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Debussy: La Boite a Joujoux, Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye
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Three Rhapsodies / In the Mountain Country
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Dukas: La Péri / L’Apprenti sorcier / Chabrier: Suite pastorale / España
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Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters/ Whythorne's Shadow
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Debussy: Images / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 “Organ”
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Symphony No. 4, Irish Rhapsody No. 6 & Oedipus Rex Prelude
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Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Irish Rhapsody no. 3 / Concert Piece
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Moeran: Serenade in G / Nocturne / Warlock: Capriol Suite / Serenade
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The Relief of Derry Symphony
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Piano Concerto in A minor / Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 / Lyric Suite
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Symphony No. 2, “Elegiac” / Clarinet Concerto
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Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The Enchantress
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Symphony no. 1 in B flat major / Irish Rhapsody no. 2 "The Lament for the Son of Ossian"
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Debussy: La Mer / Printemps / Ravel: Trio
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Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit / La Création du monde / Poulenc: Suite: Les Biches / Ibert: Divertissement
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Shéhérazade: Ouverture de féérie & Trois Poèmes / Introduction et Allegro / L'Éventail de Jéanne: Fanfare / Trio
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A John Field Suite / The Londonderry Air / In Ireland / Suite from Handel's "Water Music"
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Violin Favourites
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La mer / Nocturnes / Printemps / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
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Fantaisie / Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra / Première rapsodie / Dances
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Images / Jeux / Khamma
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Orchestral Works Including La boîte à joujoux · Children’s Corner · Petite Suite
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Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Piano Concerto
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Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto
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Behind the Closed Eye
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Veni, Veni, Emmanuel / Tryst
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The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances
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Hebrides Overture / Symphonies Nos 3 (Scottish) & 4 (Italian)
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Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concert Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men"
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The Protecting Veil / In Alium
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Tabula Rasa / Symphony no. 3 / Collage
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Verklärte Nacht / Chamber Symphony No. 2 / Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene
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Florida Suite / North Country Sketches / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Air and Dance
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Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
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Leonard Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2) / William Bolcom: Piano Concerto
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Passacaglia / Symphony / Five Pieces
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Piano Concerto / Symphony
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Scuola di Ballo / Ouverture anacréontique / Pavane pour un génie vivant / Sérénade / Symphonie
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Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Improvisation on a Theme by Constant Lambert
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Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 / In the Mountain Country / Serenade / Nocturne
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Romantic Favourites
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Symphony in F major "Triumph and Peace"
Compilations
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The Essential Ulster Orchestra
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The Essential Paul Dukas
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BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 3: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Czerny: Grand Symphony
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In Ireland: Orchestral Works by Sir Hamilton Harty
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Complete Works for Orchestra
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Orchestral Works, Volume 4: The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew / Into the Twilight / In the Faery Hills / Roscatha / A Legend / On the Sea Shore
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Orchestral Works, Volume 3: November Woods / The Happy Forest / The Garden of Fand / Summer Music / Tintagel
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Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto
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Symphony in G minor / Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra / Overture for a Masque
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Symphonies nos. 1-7
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Orchestral Works
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An Irish Rhapsody
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Debussy: Fantaisie / Danse sacrée et danse profane / Première Rapsodie / Ravel: Introduction et Allegro / Don Quichotte à Dulcinée / Tzigane
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The Complete Symphonies
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Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite
Links
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Reference
Conductor position
Tags
- british orchestra
- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b44f2f36-afe5-479a-8681-6bfb7ed026fa
- ISNI
- 0000000110153850
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.