Hard Rain Ensemble

Belfast based ensemble devoted to the performance of modern & contemporary music.
Funded by @TNLUK through @ArtsCouncilNI
A @PRSFoundation TDP supported by PPL

[Hard Rain Ensemble @HardRainSE]

We are pleased to announce the launch of our debut album ‘A Terrible Beauty’, which will be released by @DiatribeRecords on Oct 11th! A big thanks to @ArtsCouncilNI for its support for this album.
Head to our website https://t.co/rKkc1o1jbe to find out more & pre-order your copy!

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Next week we present our annual ‘Ink Still Wet’ concert in @SARC as part of Sound of Belfast Festival, showcasing new works written for Hard Rain over the last few months - including two world premieres by local composers funded by @ArtsCouncilNI
Tickets👉 https://t.co/0DdljcXA50

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Delighted to be a grantee of @BritishCouncil's 25/26 #ConnectionsThroughCulture scheme. After a memorable trip to Beijing Modern Music Festival earlier this year, we’ll partner with them again for a concert in Belfast, May 2026 with a programme of contemporary Chinese composers.

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👋 Meet our 2025/26 Connections Through Culture grantees!

😊 These fresh collaborations are set to showcase the power of creative partnerships and how they can make a global impact.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/hWkeM3QHAU

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This Sunday at our Season 2025/26 launch we’re pleased to present the Irish premiere of 'GLOW' by Xenia Pestova Bennett. Join us on Sunday 19th October for this "shimmering magical sound world" at 7pm in @SARC. Info/tickets👉https://t.co/JwDVCk9i72

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Season 2025/26 launches this Sunday, as we present ‘Boulez: Anthems & Dialogues’ at @BelfastFestival, in partnership with @NoLightsProject & @SARC. We invite you to join us afterwards for a drink to celebrate the start of an exciting new season. Tickets👉 https://t.co/JwDVCk9i72

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Season 2025/26 coming soon! We’re excited to welcome our audiences to a new season full of ground breaking contemporary music. Join us at Belfast International Arts Festival on 19th Oct for Boulez: Anthems and Dialogues’ to launch what is sure to be a busy & exhilarating season.

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HRSE Recommends... Tonight at the @AccidentalT in Belfast ‘The Night With’ will be putting on a programme of contemporary works with violinist Emma Lloyd. Find out more about this fabulous concert here https://t.co/2ZHC7QG6tc

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We’re rounding off May with a special programme of Irish/French music in collaboration with Ulster Touring Opera. Join us as we give premiere performances of works by Greg Caffrey, Dominique Lemaître, Gareth Williams & Sylvain Quoirin. More info/tickets👉 https://t.co/27wfheUclH.

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HRSE joins @uyoni & Limerick School of Music for a performance of Gavin Bryars ‘The Sinking of the Titanic’. Join us as we count down the hours to our joint ensemble performance at 5pm, appearing around the atrium of @TitanicBelfast at every hour with short pop-up performances.

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Thrilled to be performing at @NewMusicDublin next week with our Surround Sounds Programme. Music by Robert Coleman, Lara Weaver & Pedro Rebelo - all of whom are field recording practitioners who explore sites sensitive to environmental change. Info/tickets https://t.co/X0EwRkXxCz

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This Saturday, alongside Ulster Touring Opera, we will perform ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’, as part of Ulster Youth Opera - an accessible programme for those in deprived areas in NI. If you’d like to support this project, today is the last chance to donate https://t.co/a8HtPAKMZQ

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This month HRSE are proud to present our Featured Young Artist recital in partnership with @uyoni. This year we have chosen violinist Orla McGarrity & Flautist Laoise Corrigan who will perform as soloists as well as within the ensemble. More info/booking👉 https://t.co/LaDYeU8I2F

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Hard Rain are delighted to perform in support of Sólás Special Needs Charity at 'An Evening of Music at Ulster Hall', with music by Claude Debussy and Greg Caffrey.
More info and booking can be found here 👉 https://t.co/p5fAzRrVyl

[Vaughan Williams Foundation @VWFndn]

Applications now open!

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New Year, New Music! Join us in kicking off 2025 with our annual celebration of cutting-edge premiere performances, presenting newly-commissioned works funded by @PRSFoundation Talent Development Network, alongside other new & revised works. Info/tickets👉 https://t.co/z4t4HjK3x9

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Join us on Fri 13th Dec as we wind down for the holidays with our final concert of this year: Distant Plains. Bringing together some of the most exciting voices in contemporary music in collaboration with @MaidenVoyageNI Dance. More info & booking here👉 https://t.co/40Xc8BVnyJ

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Wonderfully evocative mix of chamber instrumentation and field recordings to tell an environmental tale through time @HardRainSE @robertjwcoleman

@culture_ireland @VWFndn @SARC @ArtsCouncilNI @PRSFoundation @PPLUK @CMCIreland @BritishMusic_ @BritishArts @belfastcc

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After our concert this weekend @SARC, where we'll perform extracts of Robert Coleman, Lara Weaver & Pedro Rebelo’s new works, we head off to @hcmfuk to give the world premieres of each piece, all of which focus on sites sensitive to environmental change👉
https://t.co/N8VOqghrMg

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Out now - our season 2024/25 brochure. Discover everything about this season as Artistic Director @AislingAgnew introduces what’s in store. View our interactive version https://t.co/fwe05gFcA9 or pick up a print copy tomorrow at our concert Surround Sounds https://t.co/OYoxZJ6gA1

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Join Hard Rain @soundofbelfast Festival 2024 this Sunday (17th Nov) for Surround Sounds: Irish Forests, Rivers and Peatlands. A bespoke programme in collaboration with @Sarc that intertwines instrumental and environmental sound worlds. Free tickets here👉 https://t.co/dc1Xu0SIUP

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Join HRSE for Surround Sounds as part of @SoundOfBelfast 2024. On 17 Nov we bring you a programme that intertwines instrumental & environmental sound worlds, with spoken intros by composers Robert Coleman, @laraweaver41 & Pedro Rebelo. Info/free booking👉 https://t.co/OYoxZJ6gA1