BMS is delighted to feature the Cantabile String Quartet, with Belfast cellist David Sloan, recent finalists at the Sandor Vegh String Quartet Competition in Budapest. This short concert includes music by Mozart, Haydn, Wolf and Lajtha and acts as a ‘taster’ and ticket booking opportunity for the 2013 International Festival of Chamber Music. You can…
Two of Britain’s most glamorous and versatile performers appear together for the very first time in a specially devised programme for the soprano voice and its instrumental counterpoint, the clarinet, as part of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Lesley Garrett and Emma Johnson are justly celebrated for their many achievements in classical music,…
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes op. 27 Brahms: Sonata no. 3 in F minor Hough: Piano Sonata No. 2 (notturno luminoso) Schumann: Carnaval op. 9 With an artistic vision that transcends fashions and trends, Stephen Hough is widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation and has been awarded a MacArthur…
‘The luminous and lyrical soprano of Camilla Tilling, which keeps its beautiful bloom even in the top register, is a pure joy for the ear’ Fono Forum Besides having a highly successful career in opera, the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling has made a name for herself in concert and recital. International Record Review praised her ’rounded…
A celebration of glorious voices in a concert featuring soprano Mary Nelson and the Belfast Philharmonic Choir. They join the Ulster Orchestra and its Associate Conductor, Christopher Bell, for an uplifting evening of music by Haydn, Fauré and Poulenc. The concert’s climactic close is a great acclamation of faith – Poulenc’s Gloria for solo…
The National Chamber Choir of Ireland are excited to stage a double bill concert of experimental music by John Cage and the world premiere of a new commission by Irish composer Jennifer Walshe, entitled The White Concert. Both concerts will be conducted by Paul Hillier. The White Concert will feature John Cage’s Hymns and Variations…
Fifty Fanfares is a specially commissioned work by Belfast composer Michael Alcorn in celebration of the 50th year of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. A renowned composer and leading figure in brass bands in Northern Ireland, Alcorn also celebrates his fiftieth birthday this year. His piece provides a flourish to open the Festival…
Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise, Imogen Cooper has established a reputation as one of the finest interpreters of the classical repertoire. She has dazzled audiences and orchestras throughout her distinguished career, bringing to the concert platform her unique musical understanding and lyrical quality. Vienna’s Academy of Music and Dramatic…
This month’s update includes a chance to win tickets to see the Irish Baroque Symphony Orchestra at the Crescent Arts Centre in September, highlights you can look forward to from this year’s Ulster Bank Belfast Festival At Queen’s, and the usual mix of news and events coming up in the next month. Click here to…
This month includes a chance to win tickets to see the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra at the Belfast Waterfront in October, season launches from NI Opera and the Ulster Orchestra, and the usual mix of news and events coming up in the next month. Click here to see this month’s update in full >
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