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Fanfare for the Makers

John Toal introduces a special concert of music and readings to celebrate the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s 40-year partnership with the Ulster Orchestra. The programme includes a range of new commissions from Northern Irish composers, as well as music and readings that evoke a sense of landscape and place. The concert takes its theme from the poet Louis MacNeice’s words – ‘Fanfare for the Makers ... Let us make. And set the weather fair.’ The Ulster Orchestra is joined by conductor Stephen Bell and a host of special guests at the Ulster Hall, Belfast.

Chloë Hanslip (violin)
Andrew Douglas (flute)
Neil Martin (uilleann pipes)
Richard Gowers (organ)
Ulster Orchestra
Stephen Bell (conductor)

Part 1 -

Edward Gregson: Flourish For An Occasion
Sheridan Tongue: Fanfare For The Makers (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Holst (arr. Townend): Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets, op32
Joan Trimble: Finale from Suite for Strings
Neil Martin: Altú – Cantus in memoriam Hugh Heaney (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music *
Bill Whelan: Belfast from Linen and Lace **
Paul Campbell: Fantasia on Ulster Airs (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Benjamin Britten (arr. Anna Lapwood): Sunday Morning from the Four Sea Interludes for Organ ***
Arthur Benjamin (arr. M. Caratelli and C. Schurmann): Top of the World and Final Bars from Conquest of Everest Suite
*Soloist Chloe Hanslip (violin)
** Soloist Andrew Douglas (flute)
*** Soloist Richard Gowers (organ)

Part 2 –

Joseph Curiale: Joy, from Awakening
Robert Farnon: A La Claire Fontaine
Copland: Appalachian Spring - Doppio movimento
Score Draw Music: Undertow (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Neil Martin: Resetting* (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Ravel: Prelude to Le Tombeau De Couperin
Sheridan Tongue: An Ulster Reverie (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Irving Berlin (arr. Graeme Stewart): There’s No Business Like Show Business (´óÏó´«Ã½ NI Commission)
Neil Martin uilleann pipes (solo)*