Ravel Suite: Ma mère l'oye
Michael Gallen: Bád on Alltár (UO co-commission)
L. Boulanger (orch. Hesketh): Trois Morceaux
Debussy: Nocturnes
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Fiona Monbet: Conductor
Michael Gallen: Piano
Maria Ryan: Voice/Fiddle
Dónal O’Connor: Voice/Fiddle
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh: voice/Flute
Belfast Philharmonic Choir
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Take a step out of the every day and visit worlds of the imagination.
In Ravel’s Ma mère l'oye, we look into the world of much-loved fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast and Tom Thumb.
Michael Gallen’s Bád on Alltár, which translates as ‘Boat From Beyond’, is a fusion of Irish Traditional and classical musics drawing on the Celtic idea of the ‘thin veil’ between reality and the otherworld, bringing something new and previously unimagined to change our lives.
Kenneth Hesketh’s arrangement of Lili Boulanger’s Three Pieces for Piano takes us to two imagined gardens and a cheerful parade, while Debussy’s Nocturnes evocatively depict the procession of clouds across the sky, the bustle of a festival and the sea-songs of the mythical sirens, all inspired by paintings by James McNeill Whistler.
In Partnership with Belfast International Arts Festival
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Doors open: 6.30pm approx.
Pre-concert talk: 7.00pm
Concert start: 7.45pm
Concert end: 9.45pm approx.
You may also like the following events from Ulster Orchestra:
- Next Friday, 8th August, 09:00 pm, BBC Proms: 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast with the ulster Orchestra in Belfast
- Next month, 15th August, 07:45 pm, BBC Radio 3 Summer Invitation Concert: Departures, Returns and Colour in Belfast
- Next month, 20th August, 01:05 pm, BBC Radio 3 Summer Invitation Concert: Majestic Evocation in Belfast
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