Celtic Symphonies
The Ulster Orchestra performs music by Harty, Bruch, Grace Williams and Arnold to mark its 60th birthday.
Katie Derham presents Friday Night Is Music Night, live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast as part of the Ulster Orchestra鈥檚 60th birthday celebrations. Their new Chief Conductor, Anna Handler, leads the festivities in a programme celebrating symphonic music with Celtic roots from around the British Isles and across Europe.
Harty: The Fair Day from An Irish Symphony
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 1, Op.78
Field orch. Harty: Polka from A John Field Suite
Trimble: Air from Suite for Strings
Bruch: Finale from Scottish Fantasy, Op.46
INTERVAL
Arnold: Scottish Dances, Op.59
Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Arnold: The Padstow Lifeboat, Op.94
Saint-Sa毛ns: Rhapsodie bretonne, Op.7b
Bax: Tintagel
Aoife N铆 Bhriain (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Anna Handler (conductor)
On radio
Broadcast
- Fri 6 Nov 2026 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3