Our regular performance partners Belfast Philharmonic Choir have a special birthday this year, and we’re delighted to be part fo their 150th celebrations! ‘The Phil’ are one of only a handful of choral societies that have an unbroken record of performance since their inception and their first performance in 1874 of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. The date and music couldn’t be better, so join the celebrations with a performance of Mendelssohn’s dramatic, epic oratorio that depicts earthquake, fire and the still, small voice of God.

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Elijah: The Power of Sound

Ulster Hall

Handel’s Acis and Galatea recounts the tragic love between the sea-nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis. Their happiness is destroyed by the jealousy of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who kills Acis by crushing him with a rock. In her grief, Galatea transforms him into a flowing river, so that their love endures beyond death – a myth of beauty, loss, and eternal devotion that inspired Handel’s enduring pastoral opera.  This one-hour opera will be performed by candlelight, featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra in St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore – an evocative setting for this timeless work.

Dean Power

Events

Upcoming events

26 - 28 May, 2026

Acis and Galatea · Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

Past events

Nov 29, 2024

Elijah: The Power of Sound · Ulster Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Acis in Acis and Galatea by Handel

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

Singer in Elijah by Mendelssohn

Ulster Orchestra

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