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’s 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-Saëns: Rhapsodie bretonne, Op.7b
Bax: Tintagel
Aoife Ní Bhriain (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Anna Handler (conductor)
On radio
Broadcast
- Fri 6 Nov 202619:30BBC Radio 3
