Come on down to the Ulster Hall, Belfast to watch the Ulster Orchestra and their new show Of Rivers and Mountains on 20 March 2026.
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1
Francisco Coll Turia
Smetana Selection from Má vlast
EMILIA HOVING CONDUCTOR
SEAN SHIBE GUITAR
Rivers and landscapes shape the course of this programme, which has its source in Spain and flows to Bohemia. The story of Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat centres around a miller, his beautiful wife and the local magistrate, and the music is packed with references to Spanish folk music. Turia is named after the Spanish river that meets the Mediterranean near Valencia, and the solo guitar shimmers and sparkles like sun on the water. From here we move further east and join another river, the Vltava, as it wends its way through Smetana’s beautiful musical depiction of his Bohemian homeland.
