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John Toal presents The Living Air, a special 主播大秀 Invitation concert from St Anne鈥檚 Cathedral in Belfast to mark 100 years of 主播大秀 services in Northern Ireland.

The concert features music from the Ulster Orchestra, with conductor James Burton, the Codetta choir and the cathedral鈥檚 organist, Jack Wilson.

The concert includes a new 主播大秀NI centenary commission from Neil Martin, Paul Campbell鈥檚 Fantasia on Ulster Airs, and a special arrangement of A Candle Which Will Not be Put Out by Public Service Broadcasting.

Tara Mills and Declan Harvey will perform a series of readings that reflect different aspects of the 主播大秀鈥檚 history and role in community life. These include pieces by Ciaran Carson, Wendy Cope, Gillian Clarke, Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley.

The concert will be followed by a conversation with composer, writer and broadcaster David Byers. He鈥檒l be reflecting on the 主播大秀鈥檚 contribution to music-making in Northern Ireland, including its role in supporting orchestral music, and some of the pieces that 主播大秀 listeners would have heard on their wireless sets when local broadcasting began in 1924.