PROGRAMME Handel Sinfonia from Solomon (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) Gounod Petite Symphonie Donizetti Sinfonia for Wind Dvořák Slavonic Dance Op.72, No.1 Beethoven Rondino in E Flat Hummel Octet The Ulster Orchestra is delighted to visit Seamus Heaney HomePlace on the Summer Solstice, bringing music suffused with the hazy light of midsummer. A wind ensemble from the orchestra will perform a selection of uplifting gems – from the effervescent lightness of the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the delicacy of Gounod’s Petite Symphonie and Hummel’s sunny and spirited Octet, you’ll feel the warmth of the sun on your skin and bask in the flourishing of nature at its height, in this musical treat on the longest night of the year. Doors open 19:15 Concert begins 19:30