Friday Night Is Music Night Live: Celtic Symphonies
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📅 Friday 6 November 2026 | Concert 7:30pm
📍 Ulster Hall, Belfast
🎟️ Tickets from £12 — £38
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The BBC Radio 3 institution Friday Night is Music Night comes to Belfast to help us celebrate our 60th anniversary — broadcast live, glass raised.
Anna Handler leads a programme rooted in Celtic musical heritage, sweeping from Ireland and Scotland to Wales and across Europe. Expect colour, character, and a true sense of occasion as the BBC joins the party.
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Programme
Hamilton Harty — The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)
Charles Villiers Stanford — Irish Rhapsody No. 1
John Field, orch. Hamilton Harty — Polka (from A John Field Suite)
Joan Trimble — Air (Suite for Strings)
Max Bruch — Finale from Scottish Fantasy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy — Hebrides Overture
Grace Williams — Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Malcolm Arnold — The Padstow Lifeboat
Camille Saint-Saëns — Rhapsodie bretonne
Arnold Bax — Tintagel
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Performers
Anna Handler, Conductor | Aoife Ní Bhriain, Violin
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⚠️ Please note: To facilitate this live broadcast, the concert starts at 7:30pm, a change from the time published in the 2026/27 Season Brochure.
📍 Ulster Hall, Belfast
🎟️ Tickets from £12 — £38
***
The BBC Radio 3 institution Friday Night is Music Night comes to Belfast to help us celebrate our 60th anniversary — broadcast live, glass raised.
Anna Handler leads a programme rooted in Celtic musical heritage, sweeping from Ireland and Scotland to Wales and across Europe. Expect colour, character, and a true sense of occasion as the BBC joins the party.
***
Programme
Hamilton Harty — The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)
Charles Villiers Stanford — Irish Rhapsody No. 1
John Field, orch. Hamilton Harty — Polka (from A John Field Suite)
Joan Trimble — Air (Suite for Strings)
Max Bruch — Finale from Scottish Fantasy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy — Hebrides Overture
Grace Williams — Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Malcolm Arnold — The Padstow Lifeboat
Camille Saint-Saëns — Rhapsodie bretonne
Arnold Bax — Tintagel
***
Performers
Anna Handler, Conductor | Aoife Ní Bhriain, Violin
***
⚠️ Please note: To facilitate this live broadcast, the concert starts at 7:30pm, a change from the time published in the 2026/27 Season Brochure.
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Where is it happening?
Ulster Hall, Mission IQ Limited, 36 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom
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