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BBC Proms: 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast

Ulster Hall - Belfast
08 August 2025 21:00

The Proms celebrates the centenary of the Shipping Forecast with presenters from Radio 4’s Continuity team, music inspired by the oceans and the elements, and a new work by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his group LYR.


£20.00
On Your Doorstep: Cushendun

The Old Church Centre - Cushendun 06 September 2025 19:00


£22.50
On Your Doorstep: Storm and Drama

Guildhall - Derry~Londonderry 13 September 2025 19:00


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UO Playback: The 'Anti-Proms', 1969
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Learning, Community & Engagement

The Ulster Orchestra’s Learning and Community Engagement programme helps us to achieve our vision of enriching lives through music. Since 2016, all of our musicians have been delivering outreach and education activity as part of their orchestral schedule – the only symphony orchestra in the UK to work in this way.

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Sound Links - A celebration of Townsend Street

Find out more about Ulster Orchestra, Townsend Enterprise Park and Zeppo Arts' project to explore and celebrate the history of Townsend Street, Belfast, as part of the city's Belfast 2024 celebrations.

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Who We Are

Founded in 1966, the Ulster Orchestra has been at the forefront of musical life in Northern Ireland and the Orchestra’s full-time musicians form the region’s only professional symphony orchestra.
 
The Orchestra has a distinguished line of past principal conductors including Bryden Thomson, Vernon Handley, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Thierry Fischer, Kenneth Montgomery, JoAnn Faletta, Rafael Payare and, most recently, Daniele Rustioni.

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