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In Pictures: Story and Song: 180 Years of Queen's

On Sunday 22 February Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster Orchestra marked milestone anniversaries for each institution with an evening of music, poetry readings, and a walk down memory lane exploring the contributions of the University to society.

concert stage with presentation screen in red in the background showing logos of BBC Northern Ireland and Queen's University Belfast 180 Years, with picture of the University on the screen

“Story and Song: 180 Years of Queen’s” – filmed at the Whitla Hall to celebrate almost two centuries of the University, and 60 years of the Ulster Orchestra – was broadcast on radio and TV on Friday 27 February and Sunday 1 March by BBC Northern Ireland.

View the event in pictures:

man singing on a blue-lit stage with an orchestra and conductor pictured in the mid and foreground

person singing on a blue-lit stage with a choir behind them and blurry people in the foreground

man in suit speaking from a podium against a red presentation screen backdrop

view from above of an orchestra playing in a large hall

seated people chatting at an indoor event

long view from the balcony of a large hall showing a seated audience in the foreground and seated orchestra on stage in the background against a presentation screen

young woman violin soloist standing playing with an orchestra, some of whom are pictured behind her

a band performing on stage in the background with seated audience pictured from behind in the foreground

orchestral conductor waving his baton at a concert, with audience pictured in the background

smiling woman playing acoustic guitar in front of a choir

An orchestra tuba player playing at a concert in front of a stage with a presentation screen that reads '180 Years' alongside the Queen's University Belfast logo.

a large blue-lit hall showing an orchestra in the fore and midground and seated audience listening on ground and balcony floors

woman in glamorous cream and gold dress speaking into a microphone on a raised stage with orchestra players pictured in the foreground

long view from the back of the balcony of a large hall showing a seated audience in the foreground and seated orchestra on stage in the background against a presentation screen

black woman singing into a microphone on stage with a swirling pattern showing on a background presentation screen

man singing on a raised blue-lit stage with orchestra in the foreground

row of seated people chatting at an indoor event

person wearing light blue shirt standing smiling behind a microphone stand with guitar player to their left

serious looking besuited man seated in a red-lit space watching something off-camera

singer-songwriter wearing a suit and playing a guitar on a blue-lit stage

woman wearing a shirt and red vest-jumper speaking at a podium on a stage

a seated audience pictured listening to a concert, with blurry orchestral players shown in the foreground

a man and two young women singing on a blue-lit stage with presentation screen behind them and orchestra in front of them in the foreground

a conductor applauding while smiling orchestral players stand in the background

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