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'The Five Nations' - BBC Invitation Concerts with the Ulster Orchestra

Summer Series 2008 - August to September

BBC RADIO 3 SUMMER INVITATION CONCERTS 2008?A series of five concerts exploring the music of Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England

Northern Ireland

Date: Friday, 1st August 2008

Venue: Whitla Hall, Belfast

Doors Open: 7.15pm

No Admittance: 7.35pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

CELSO ANTUNES
CONDUCTOR

HUGH TINNEY
PIANO

CHRIS BLAKE*
OBOE

STEPHEN GARDNER
NEW WORK

AJ POTTER
OVERTURE TO A KITCHEN COMEDY

HOWARD FERGUSON
PIANO CONCERTO
FOUR DIVERSIONS ON ULSTER AIRS

HAMILTON HARTY*
ORIENTALE

STANFORD
IRISH RHAPSODY NO.4 "THE FISHERMAN OF LOUGH NEAGH"

Ireland

Date: Tuesday, 5th August 2008

Venue: Whitla Hall, Belfast

Doors Open: 7.15pm

No Admittance: 7.35pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

KENNETH MONTGOMERY
CONDUCTOR

FINGHIN COLLINS
PIANO

MARION INGOLDSBY
NEW WORK

STANFORD
PIANO CONCERTO NO.2

SMETANA - MA VLAST ? VLATAVA

DVORAK
SYMPHONY NO.8

NOTE: THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE BBC PROMS IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 7 AUGUST WITH HOWARD FERGUSON?S OVERTURE FOR AN OCCASION REPLACING MARION INGOLDSBY?S NEW PIECE.

Scotland

Date: Friday, 15th August 2008

Venue: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn

Doors Open: 7.30pm

No Admittance: 7.50pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

NICHOLAS BRAITHWAITE
CONDUCTOR

DAVID OWEN NORRIS
PIANO

EDWARD MCGUIRE
NEW WORK

HAMISH MACCUNN
THE SHIP O THE FIEND

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
SCOTTISH CONCERTO

FREDERIC LAMOND
SYMPHONY IN A MAJOR

Wales

Date: Friday, 22nd August 2008

Venue: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

Doors Open: 7.30pm

No Admittance: 7.50pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

DAVID HILL
CONDUCTOR

CATRIN FINCH
HARP

MARK BOWDEN
NEW WORK

GRACE WILLIAMS
FANTASIA ON WELSH NURSERY TUNES

JOHN METCALFE
MAPPING WALES

STANFORD
STABAT MATER

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARLES WOOD SUMMER SCHOOL

England

Date: Friday, 29th August 2008

Venue: Clonard Monastery, Belfast

Doors Open: 7.15pm

No Admittance: 7.35pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

RUMON GAMBA
CONDUCTOR

PHILIP DUKES
VIOLA

ULSTER YOUTH CHOIR
DIRECTOR GREG BEARDSELL

STEPHEN MCNEFF
NEW WORK

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
FLOS CAMPI

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
ELEGY FOR CAROLINE LAMB

VAUGH AN WILLIAMS
SYMPHONY NO.5

Five Nations

Date: Friday, 5th September 2008

Venue: The Spires, Belfast

Doors Open: 7.15pm

No Admittance: 7.35pm

Tickets are currently available for this concert.

DAVID BROPHY
CONDUCTOR

STEPHEN GARDNER
NORTHERN IRELAND (NEW WORK)

MARION INGOLDSBY
IRELAND (NEW WORK)

EDWARD MCGUIRE
SCOTLAND (NEW WORK)

MARK BOWDEN
WALES (NEW WORK)

STEPHEN MCNEFF
ENGLAND (NEW WORK)

WILLIAM MATHIAS
CELTIC DANCES

STANFORD
SONGS OF THE SEA

LAMBERT
HOROSCOPE SUITE

 
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