Friday Night is Music Night Live: Celtic Symphonies

Ulster Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7FF, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Friday 06 November 2026

19:30

Performers

Ulster Orchestra
Anna Handler	Conductor
Aoife Ní Bhríain	Violin
Katie Derham	Presenter

The BBC Radio 3 institution that is Friday Night Is Music Night is coming to Belfast to join in our 60thanniversary celebrations! Anna Handler leads the festivities in a programme broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and presented by Katie Derham 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.

Tickets: £12.00-£38.00

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Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924)	Irish Rhapsody no. 1 in D minor, Op.78
Field, John (1782-1837)	A John Field Suite: Polka (orch. Hamilton Harty)
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Bruch, Max (1838-1920)	Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op.46 (Finale)
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