Introducing our 2024/25 Concert Season

The Ulster Orchestra’s 2024/25 Season is now on sale, so it’s time to take a step out of everyday life and start an exciting journey of music. There’s nothing quite like being immersed in the incredible musical world of a live orchestra, so give yourself a night to remember! Full details of all concerts and links to book can be found at www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/whats-on.

We start 2024/25 on Friday 20 September in the company of a walking wayfarer, making peace with a tempestuous past and striding confidently into the future – that wayfarer’s ‘New Beginnings’ in Mahler’s Symphony No.1 chime with the start of a new chapter for the Ulster Orchestra, in their first season without Daniele Rustioni at the helm. Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason joins conductor Eduardo Strausser, with Isata fresh from opening the 2024 BBC Proms. 

Other artists joining the Ulster Orchestra following BBC Proms appearances are pianists Sir Stephen Hough, Clare Hammond and Steven Osborne, and of course, the Ulster Orchestra will also be delighted to welcome back Daniele Rustioni following a BBC Proms performance together in the Royal Albert Hall on 18 August 2024.

Newer fellow-travellers include Angela Hewitt, Nicolas Altstaedt, Nadège Rochat, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń and Chloé van Soeterstède and we also enjoy familiar company with the likes of Michael Collins, Barry Douglas, Rosanne Philippens and Honorary Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen.

One of our longest-serving companions, Belfast Philharmonic Choir, celebrates a phenomenal anniversary and marks their 150^th Season (one of only a handful of choral societies with such a lengthy unbroken performance record) with the work that the choir sang at their inaugural performance in 1874, Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

There are other exciting trips in store too, so why not make a ‘Highland Journey’ with David Danzmayr, spend time in ‘The Great Outdoors’ with Ben Goldscheider, have a riotous night in a jazz club with Peter Moore or spend ‘April in Paris’ with Fiona Monbet? 

In the Waterfront Hall, we’ll be looking forward to more spectacular nights out as we present – Worlds of Fantasy, The Rat Pack, Essentially Broadway and the Epic Film Scores of Hans Zimmer & John Williams.

No Christmas would be complete without our annual performances of The Snowman, Messiah and The Magic of Christmas and Easter brings the soloists and chorus of NI Opera to perform Haydn’s deeply contemplative Seven Last Words of Christ for Good Friday.  

Offers and discounts

Ulster Orchestra concerts remain a fantastic value night out. Discounts on Classical Season concerts are available from booking as few as four concerts, with savings starting at 10% off, running right up to a 25% discount if you buy all 16 – the more you buy, the more you save! This year, we’d also like to invite you to Share the Love of Music in a new special offer. If you make a multi-buy booking of 10 or more Classical Season concerts before Monday 2 September 2024, you will receive a complimentary pair of tickets for a Classical Season concert to share with friends. 

So take the plunge and book your seats now – because a musical journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…  

Explore our 2024/25 Season