About this event
As part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026, the Association Femmes d'Europe, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland in Belgium, invites you to a charitable Gala Concert in the magnificent Henry Le Bœuf Hall. Internationally renowned Irish tenor Emmet Cahill and Marc Redmond on the Uillean Pipes, will perform together with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic Chorus, under the direction of David Navarro-Turres. The programme will highlight Irish cultural heritage, exile, resilience and hope through Irish musical traditions, opera and musical theatre. The concert will be enriched by the performance of a contemporary work by Belgian-Iraqi composer Qoutayba Neaimi. Irish National Anthem - Peadar Kearney / Patrick Heeney Down by the Sally Gardens - Traditional / W. B. Yeats (poem) Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears - Rolf Løvland / Brendan Graham Danny Boy - Traditional Two Irish Folksongs - Charles Villiers Stanford Fields of Athenry - Pete St John You Raise Me Up - Rolf Løvland Mo Ghile Mear - Traditional The Brendan Voyage, Newfoundland - Shaun Davey The Peacemakers / Healing Light / A Celtic Prayer - Karl Jenkins The Impossible Dream - Mitch Leigh Amazing Grace - Traditional Across Mountains We Dance - Qoutayba Neaimi Nabucco - Slaves Chorus - Giuseppe Verdi Fidelio - Prisoners Chorus - Ludwig van Beethoven Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) - Claude-Michel Schönberg You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) - Richard Rodgers European Anthem (Ode to Joy) - Ludwig van Beethoven
