Ulster Orchestra: Celtic Symphonies

The BBC Radio 3 institution that is Friday Night Is Music Night is coming to Belfast to join in our 60th anniversary celebrations! Anna Handler leads the festivities in a programme that will be a celebration of symphonic music with Celtic roots, from around the British Isles and across Europe.

Join the BBC to raise a glass to our 60th.Anna Handler ConductorAoife Ní Bhriain ViolinHamilton Harty The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)Charles Villiers Stanford Irish Rhapsody No. 1John Field orch.

Hamilton Harty Polka (from A John Field Suite)Joan Trimble Air (Suite for Strings)Max Bruch Finale from Scottish FantasyFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hebrides OvertureGrace Williams Fantasia on Welsh Nursery TunesMalcolm Arnold The Padstow LifeboatCamille Saint-Saëns Rhapsodie bretonneArnold Bax Tintagel