Season 2008 Concerts

AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
25 - 27 JANUARY 2008

Following on from previous years' successes, we are putting on another wonderful weekend of chamber music this year. From 25th -27th January, we will present another programme of fine music making.

Showcase Recital
Friday 25th January, 1.10pm, Harty Room, QUB

Szymanowski String Quartet
Friday 25th January, 8.00pm, Harty Room, QUB

Philippe Cassard
Saturday 26th January, 1.30pm, Great Hall, QUB

Dame Felicity Lott/Eugene Asti
Saturday 26th January, 8.00pm, Great Hall, QUB
Post Concert Reception, Canada Room, QUB

Jennifer Pike/Philippe Cassard
Sunday 27th January, 3.00pm, Great Hall, QUB

The four celebrity concerts will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert from Tuesday 1st to Friday 4th April 2008.

Comments on BMS in previous years

“Over the years the BMS has enriched the musical life of the province with a series of recitals that reads like an international who's who...”
Belfast Telegraph

“The university's Great Hall... [is] a suitably intimate and resonant venue for voice... [and] an equally friendly venue for strings...”
Irish Times

About the Festival
“Brief haven of musical excellence has to be safeguarded”
“Sheer aural delight”

From the artists
“A rare phenomenon nowadays, a listening audience – you have one in Belfast”

About Camilla Tilling and Roger Vignoles
“A joy from start to finish with many magical moments…the quality of a Wigmore Hall concert but in Belfast!”