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Belfast Music Society Festival
Philip Hammond takes in two concerts at the Great Hall at Queen's University, featuring new work by Derry composer Kevin O'Connell and a performance by Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov -
Music From The Heart
Domingo Hindoyan stands in to conduct pianist Inon Barnatan at the Ulster Hall -
Ulster Orchestra
Philip Hammond enjoys the youthful energy of principal conductor Rafael Payare -
Trio Rafale
Swiss three-piece conjure the spirit of their classical forebears in a buoyant performance at Queen's -
Portaferry Proms
Portaferry Presbyterian Church resonates to the elegant sounds of the Endellion String Quartet -
One City One Book
Composer Philip Hammond struggles to relate as Glenn Patterson spins vinyl from the Good Vibrations soundtrack -
Nikolai Demidenko
Philip Hammond admires the Russian pianist's individual take on works by Chopin and Rakhmaninov at the Ulster Hall -
The Bear
NI Opera adapt William Walton's saucy one-act story under the baton of Nicholas Chambers -
Stephen Hough
The 'seemingly inexhaustible' pianist has Philip Hammond on the edge of his pew at Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church -
Ulster Orchestra Recital
Belfast-born conductor Courtney Lewis conducts a fine group of soloists -
Puccini
English Touring Opera tackle two of the Italian composer's shorter works -
Belfast Philharmonic Society
Christopher Bell, outgoing artistic director, signs off in style and leaves a lasting legacy -
Chopin's Mazurkas
Despite an energetic and poetic performance, the Mazurka marathon reveals limitations -
Badke Quartet
The award-winning players are impressive, despite some bad tuning -
Postcards From Dumbworld
In typically unconventional fashion, composer Brian Irvine continues to confound with his latest opera -
Liebeck & Forsberg
Restraint and extravagance meet in this performance for the young at heart -
Jan Krzysztof Broja
Chopin's salon junkies would have been impressed -
Ulster Youth Choir
Volatile acoustics trump the hard seats at St Anne's Cathedral -
ConTempo Quartet
Good extroverted musical style, shame about the 'buzz' -
Phil Kids
The next generation of choral champions