Ulster Orchestra
Beethoven 200: Ode to Joy!
- When
- Fri 25 Sep · 19:45
- Where
- Ulster Hall, Belfast
The programme
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture Benjamin Britten Young Apollo Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Choral
The evening
Anna Handler ConductorSenan Sheridan PianoEleanor Dennis SopranoCarolyn Dobbin Mezzo-SopranoKieran Carrel TenorPadraic Rowan Bass-BaritoneNational Youth Choir Of Northern Ireland Senior ChoirBelfast Philharmonic Youth Chamber ChoirBelfast Philharmonic ChoirMethodist College Chapel ChoirRoyal Belfast Academical Institution Choir Tenors & BassesBelfast Royal Academy Chamber Choir
Our 60th anniversary season opens in a burst of excitement and the exuberance of youth, under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Handler and with a host of guest performers.
Brahms’s irrepressible Academic Festival Overture places the emphasis firmly on the festive and we welcome 2025 Northern Ireland Young Musician of the Year Senan Sheridan to perform Britten’s dazzling hymn to the sun god Apollo. To close, we are joined by a host of young singers from across Northern Ireland for Beethoven’s epic Choral Symphony; a symbol of community, unity and most of all, sheer, untrammelled joy.
On stage
Anna Handler
Conductor