We bring these six works together not only in celebration of International Women’s Day, but in reflection of the fact that the work being created inside and outside Ireland today by women is some of the most explorative and diverse in new music.

This exciting project brings together three works celebrating poetry and music. We pay tribute to English composer Harrison Birtwistle who passed away in April 2022.  Birtwistle is best known for his opera output, but this more intimate song cycle on texts by Rilke demonstrates his capacity to create truly beautiful chamber music.

This exciting project brings together three works celebrating poetry and music. We pay tribute to English composer Harrison Birtwistle who passed away in April 2022.  Birtwistle is best known for his opera output, but this more intimate song cycle on texts by Rilke demonstrates his capacity to create truly beautiful chamber music.

HRSE teams up with some of the talented players of the Ulster Youth Orchestra to explore repertoire for an unspecified group of instruments under the baton of Sinead Hayes.

A concert featuring works unified by their connection to France and the influence of French music. The most evident association is in the two works by French composer Dominique Lemaitre, a composer whose music Hard Rain began to discover in last season’s programme.

The first of two 'Nieuwe Noten' concerts. HRSE presents a concert of works showcasing some of the range of music being composed in Ireland today. Almost all the works have been written especially for the ensemble’s players and so this is a very personal Hard Rain ‘postcard’ of Irish music.

In the second of this year’s excursions abroad for HRSE, we present a concert of works showcasing some of the range of music being composed in Ireland today. Almost all the works have been written especially for the ensemble’s players and so this is a very personal Hard Rain ‘postcard’ of Irish music.

In the first of HRSE’s international events, Hard Rain’s pianist Daniel Browell and flautist Aisling Agnew visit La Serena in Chile for an appearance at the Musicahora Contemporary Music Festival.

‘Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse’ proposes a novel programme of practice-based research and a methodology to analyse and explore the sounds of early medieval languages.

As is now tradition, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble presents its annual programme of brand-new works in a concert supported by the PRSf Talent Development Partnership (TDP).

HRSE are proud to be in partnership with QUB School of Arts, English and Languages for this lunchtime recital promoting the talented violinist Rohan Harron and equally accomplished horn player Jack Reilly.