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The Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland's only full-time professional symphony orchestra. featured Samba...alla Turca! in its two Viennese Evenings at Belfast's Waterfront Hall at the start of January 2008. As it says in the programme: 'Thrill to the talents of our guest dancers, Camilla Dallerup & Ian Waite from the BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing series, as they add a little Latin American flavour to the Viennese treats!' Click here to listen to BBC Radio Ulster's recording, later broadcast in its Sounds Classical programme.
In 2003 Philip played alongside top British mandolinist, Alison Stephens, heard on the soundtrack of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Ali returned to Plymouth later that year for a solo recital, where Philip wrote her a little number, Ali's Jazzarello! (listen) - a fairly conventional Italian saltarello, but with a jazzy middle section! Delighted, Ali asked Philip for two companion pieces, now published by Astute Music.
In 2003 Philip played alongside top British mandolinist, Alison Stephens, heard on the soundtrack of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Ali returned to Plymouth later that year for a solo recital, where Philip wrote her a little number, Ali's Jazzarello! (listen) - a fairly conventional Italian saltarello, but with a jazzy middle section! Delighted, Ali asked Philip for two companion pieces, now published by Astute Music.
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Philip's compositions have now been heard worldwide, from village halls to London's Royal Albert Hall! Here are some performers, professional and amateur, who have already played some of them: The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) included Samba...alla Turca! in its 2006 Family Concert in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. Presenter, Alasdair Malloy, said: 'Not only a musical genius, Mozart was a great practical joker with a wicked sense of fun and mischief! With this in mind, Philip Buttall has taken one of Mozart’s most popular pieces for piano and arranged it for orchestra, as if we’ve just bumped into Wolfgang at the Carnival in Brazil!'
