Members of the Ulster Orchestra return to Bangor Abbey on Friday 23 June at 7pm for an evening of classical music as part of their On Your Doorstep series of regional concerts.
Players from the strings and brass sections of the Orchestra will perform pieces by female composers whose work has been rediscovered in recent years. Exploring these works has brought to the fore some wonderful music that everyone should know and enjoy.
The concert will be hosted by Dr Leah Broad, author of Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World. Leah Broad is an award-winning music writer and historian and is currently a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the winner of the 2015 Observer//Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism and was selected as a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker in 2016.
There is a growing resolve in the classical music world to shine a light on composers and performers who have been unjustifiably neglected or, worse still, deliberately written out of the genre’s history. Works by female composers are being given a new prominence and celebrated as they always should have been.
Speaking about the event, Ards and North Down Borough Council’s Arts Officer, Patricia Hamilton said: “We are pleased to welcome the Ulster Orchestra back to Bangor Abbey for the first time since 2019. I am delighted that Dr Leah Broad will be joining us as host and look forward to hearing the selected pieces of music by female composers.”
Tickets for the concert cost £12 for adults and £8 for children and are currently on sale at:
https://andculture.org.uk/whats-on/ulster-orchestra-summer-concert