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BBC RADIO 3: Friday Night is Music Night Live – Celtic Symphonies
The Ulster Orchestra and BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night play Celtic-rooted symphonic works at Ulster Hall, led by Anna Handler.
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Join the Ulster Orchestra and BBC Radio 3's legendary Friday Night Is Music Night as they celebrate the Orchestra's 60th anniversary at Ulster Hall on 06 November 2026 The BBC Radio 3 institution that is Friday Night Is Music Night is coming to Belfast to join in our 60 th 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 Conductor
Aoife Ní Bhriain Violin
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
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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
Join the Ulster Orchestra and BBC Radio 3's legendary Friday Night Is Music Night as they celebrate the Orchestra's 60th anniversary at Ulster Hall on 06 November 2026 The BBC Radio 3 institution that is Friday Night Is Music Night is coming to Belfast to join in our 60 th 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 Conductor
Aoife Ní Bhriain Violin
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
