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Competition:
Might solve a mystery
Grammy award winning, internationally renowned Bulgarian vocal ensemble
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares will bring their blend of traditional
songs with contemporary arrangements to next month's Ulster Bank
Belfast Festival at Queen's.
We've got five pairs of
tickets to give away for this performance so click on Enter
Competition below to be in with a chance of winning.
Congratulations
to Mr C Grimes who won a pair of tickets to see the Irish Baroque Orchestra
Chamber Soloists perform at the Crescent Arts Centre in last month's
competition.
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Get
a taste for the Ulster Orchestra's new season
This season, the Ulster
Orchestra will perform 42 main concerts - including a world
première
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9 lunchtime concerts, featuring the work of more than 60 composers
from 12 countries, with more than 20 guest conductors and almost 40
soloists. To sample this diverse range, the new Season begins with the
Orchestra’s first ever Taster Concert, entitled Welcome to Our
World of
Music.
JoAnn
Falletta makes her Season début as the UO’s new Principal
Conductor
presenting and conducting this special concert that features music from
across the
Season ahead.
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Wed 21 Sept, 7.45 pm
£10
 028 9023
9955
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Opening
up the Chamber
The
Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists, led by Grammy nominee Monica
Huggett, will present a selection of French Baroque repertoire with a
gorgeous programme of works performed on period instruments.
The
performance will include Couperin's La Pucelle, Rameau's Pièces
de
clavecin en Concert: No 3 & 5, Leclair's Deuxième
Récréation de
Musique and Marais's Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont
de Paris.
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Sat 17 Sept, 7.45 pm
£10
028 9024
2338
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Some
autumnal melodies
The Studio Symphony
Orchestra return for their Autumn concert with Beethoven's Overture
King
Stephen, Haydn's Cello Concerto in C (performed by soloist Miriam
Roycroft),
Mozart's Serenade No.12 in C minor and Beehoven's Symphony No.8.
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St Bride's Hall, Derryvolgie Avenue, Belfast
Sat 8 Oct, 7.45 pm
£11/£9 conc/£2 children
028 9032
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From
Douglas, with Love
The Belfast Waterfront
have announced that internationally renowned pianist Barry Douglas will
be joining the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for the first in the
Waterfront's International Orchestral Series this October.
The programme has
also been changed to include Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1.
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Belfast Waterfront
Thu 6 Oct, 7.45 pm
£12 - £29.50
028 9033
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The
bells, the bells!
Experience
the magic of the world famous Bolshoi Ballet live via satellite in this
stunning series of performances at the Queen's Film Theatre.
The poet Gringoire,
sentenced to be
hanged, is saved by beautiful Esmeralda who agrees to marry
him. Archdeacon Frollo sends his henchman Quasimodo to capture her, but
Esmeralda is rescued by Phoebus, the captain of the guard, who gives
her his scarf as a souvenir. Later, alone, Esmeralda, starts dreaming
about the handsome captain.
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Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast
Sun 9 Oct, 4 pm
£15/£7.50 conc
£12 QFT members/film card holders
028 9097
1097
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Book
now for Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's
The box office is now
open for the 2011 Ulster Bank Festival at Queen's, with a wealth of
classical music, opera and ballet on offer.
Click here to view this year's full classical programme or look at some
of the highlights included below.
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Opening Concert
A concert of North &
South American music, with Joanna MacGregor
on
piano.
Belfast
Waterfront
Fri 14 Oct, 7.45 pm
£8 -
£25
028 9097
1197
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Eugene Ugorski
The Russian violinist performs with his
longtime collaborator on piano, Konstantin Lifschitz.
Elmwood Hall
Sat 15 Oct, 11 am
£8 -
£10
028 9097
1197
 Watch video
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Tasmin Little
The violinist perfoms and
gives a pre-concert talk with conductor Jac Van Steen.
Ulster Hall
Wed 21 Oct, 7 pm
£8 -
£22
028 9097
1197
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Closing Concert
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the
world famous soprano, performs with the Ulster Orchestra.
Ulster Hall
Wed 30 May, 8 pm
£35
028 9097
1197
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Looking
ahead
If you prefer to plan a
little further in advance, here are some upcoming events you may want
to get your tickets for early.
The Nutcracker (European Ballet) at the
Waterside Theatre, Derry/Londonderry (28 Oct) more...
Orpheus in the Underworld (NI
Opera), touring Northern Ireland (27 Oct - 4 Nov) more...
The Nutcracker (Moscow Ballet), touring Northern
Ireland (2 to 4 Nov) more...
Hansel and Gretel (NI Opera at The
Grand Opera House (24 to 26 Nov) more...
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