Belfast Philharmonic Choir in Concert - Belfast Philharmonic Choir
7:45pm, Sat, 6 Nov 2021
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Type of event: Performance Start time: 7:45pm Duration: 75 mins External website related to this event: www.ticketsource.co.uk/belfast-philharmonic-society/t-zvxzor Venue: Assembly Hall, Fisherwick Place Description: 
Belfast Philharmonic Choir
Conducted by Stephen Doughty
David Leigh organ
Butler Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing!
Seiber Three Hungarian Folk-Songs
Gjeilo Ubi Caritas
Kodály Esti Dal
Kodály Missa Brevis
Belfast Philharmonic Choir returns to live performance after eighteen months away with a concert celebrating resilience and the power of the voice.
Conducted by Stephen Doughty, the massed voices of the choir will perform Kodály’s beautiful Missa Brevis, which takes influence from Hungarian folksongs and dances as well as the composer's romantic polyphony. Both poignant and hopeful, it provides opportunities for soloists in addition to the full force of the choir alongside organist David Leigh. Members of Belfast Philharmonic Choir learned the piece for a virtual performance last season, and are delighted to now be able to present it for a live audience in Belfast.
The first half of the concert ranges from Seiber’s exuberant Three Hungarian Folk-Songs, through another piece from Kodály in the lovely Esti Dal, and Gjeilo’s well-known Ubi Caritas. They are songs of love and community, faith and humour, all written to show the range and feeling in choral singing. The opening piece of the evening is Butler’s setting of Siegfried Sassoon’s Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing, which concludes with the line: “the singing will never be done.”
Join us in Assembly Hall as we return safely to live performance and begin our 21/22 season in that spirit of hope.
COVID-19 Protocols:
Distancing requirements are in place in Assembly Hall, with all seating spaced at 1m apart, and audience members are asked to maintain appropriate distancing when moving through the venue.
All members of the audience will be required to wear a face covering inside the venue, including while seated, unless exempt. If one of your party is exempt you are asked to indicate that during the booking process.
Audience members over 18 will be required to complete a Covid status check before entering the building, showing photographic ID and providing one of the following:- Proof of full vaccination - both doses received, with the final dose received a full 14 days before attendance. Acceptable forms of proof include Covid immunisation record cards, COVIDCert NI certificates, and any official documentation from outside Northern Ireland such as the EU Digital Covid Certificate or the NHS Covid Pass.
- Proof of a negative Lateral Flow Test taken no more than 24 hours before attendance. This will be in the form of an official email or text message which you will receive after completing and registering your Lateral Flow Test result at https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result
- Proof of natural immunity shown by a positive PCR test result for COVID-19, lasting for 180 days after the date of the positive test and following completion of the self-isolation period.
