Radio 3 in Concert: Fanfare for the Makers

John Toal introduces a special concert of music and readings to celebrate the BBC's 40-year partnership with the Ulster Orchestra. The programme includes a range of new commissions from Northern Irish composers, as well as music and readings that evoke a sense of landscape and place. The concert takes its theme from the poet Louis MacNeice's words - 'Fanfare for the Makers ... Let us make. And set the weather fair.' The Ulster Orchestra is joined by conductor Stephen Bell and a host of special guests at the Ulster Hall, Belfast. Chloë Hanslip (violin), Andrew Douglas (flute), Neil Martin (uilleann pipes), Richard Gowers (organ), Ulster Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)