# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Kindred Spirits: Shostakovich and Britten 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 
Anna Clyne: Glasslands for Saxophone and Orchestra 
Shostakovich: Symphony No.9 

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Jonathon Bloxham: Conductor 
Jess Gillam: Saxophone 
  
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Benjamin Britten spoke no Russian and Dmitri Shostakovich spoke no English, but they found in each other a kindred spirit, becoming firm friends, supporters of each other’s work and using a sort of broken German as a shared language.  

Britten’s tribute to his teacher and mentor Frank Bridge uses each variation to loosely sketch a facet of Bridge’s personality, while Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony was not the grand artistic statement Russia expected and instead is a witty, playful and sarcastic work that inevitably led to political trouble.  

And we are delighted to welcome Jess Gillam to perform Glasslands by Anna Clyne, inspired by the banshee of Irish mythology. 

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Doors open: 6.30pm approx. 
Pre-concert talk: 7.00pm 
Concert start: 7.45pm 
Concert end: 9.45pm approx.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belfast/kindred-spirits-shostakovich-and-britten/200028567202429
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/23-jan-26-bloxham-gillam-britten-clyne-shostakovich/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=belfast-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Belfast
- **state**: NI
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Ulster Hall
- **lat**: 54.5946036
- **long**: -5.9310075
- **full address**: Ulster Hall, Mission IQ Limited, 36 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Ulster Orchestra (https://allevents.in/org/ulster-orchestra/25964858)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:45 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ulster Hall, Mission IQ Limited, 36 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ulster Orchestra
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Kindred Spirits: Shostakovich and Britten  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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