SEASON 25/26

HRSE’s Season 2025/26 officially launches at Belfast International Arts Festival, in partnership with Northern Lights Project and SARC, QUB with ‘Boulez: Anthems and Dialogues’. The captivating electronic music of Pierre Boulez will form the centrepiece of the programme as we celebrate the centenary of his birth alongside the Irish premiere of GLOW by Xenia Pestova-Bennett. The electronics continues with performances of Crana by Pedro Rebelo and Saariaho's NoaNoa. PROGRAMME Programme Boulez – Dialogue de l’ombre double Boulez – Anthèmes II Pedro Rebelo – Crana Kaija Saariaho – NoaNoa Xenia Pestova Bennett – Glow This concert is free for QUB staff and students.

In collaborartion with talented young musicians from Limerick School of Music and Ulster Youth Orchestra. This Creative Ireland project will Introduce performers to modern music and develop their skills and awareness of contemporary styles. Featuring music by Limerick composers Fiona Linnane and John O'Shea, Belfast composers Elaine Agnew and Piers Hellawell, alongside contemporary greats Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley, this is a unique chance to share skills, and creative exchange, while culminating in a special performance at King John's Castle, Limerick.

Join Hard Rain at Sound of Belfast Festival for our annual celebration of the newest in new music. Exclusive premieres and a programme featuring both local and international composers, at all ends of the career spectrum, we showcase works just written for us over the past few months. PROGRAMME Remansos - Felipe Pinto D'Aguiar New Work - Leonid Kuzmenko Políptico 1 (Péndulo) - Cristian Morales Ossio Skips and Swirls - Jane O'Leary The Industry of Nostalgia - Esteban Correa Hunted - Úna Monaghan Blixt - Daniel Quigley And Then There Was One - Bianca Gannon