PIWeek 28July 6 - July 12 2013

BBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland returns to The Titanic SlipwayYour chance to be part of this audience at this year’s event

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Programme Information New this weekBBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland Page 3returns to The Titanic Slipway Your chance to be part of this audience at this year’s event

The Sash My Father Wore Page 5Singer Tommy Sands explores the origins of ‘The Sash’on BBC Radio Ulster

The TwelfthBBC One Northern IrelandFriday, July 12 at 11am and 10.35pm

Join BBC Northern Ireland for live coverage of the Belfast Twelfth procession from the city centre with commentary from Walter Love and Dr Gavin Hughes on BBC One Northern Ireland on Fri-day, July 12 at 11am.

Helen Mark will be in Belfast city centre with spectators and Ralph McLean will present coverage from Magherafelt.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the County Grand Or-ange Lodge of Belfast.

And in the evening Helen Mark will present a round-up of the day’s events on BBC One Northern Ireland at 10.35pm with background reports from Ralph McLean and Claire McCollum.

Walter Love and team present this year’s coverage of the Twelfth on BBC One Northern Ireland

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BBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland returns to The Titanic Slipway

BBC Proms in the Park Northern Ireland, Saturday, September 7

BBC Proms in the Park returns to

the Titanic Slipway in Belfast on

Saturday, September 7, 2013 as

local audiences join the UK-wide

celebrations of the world famous

Last Night of the Proms.

BBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland

is now in its 12th year. It provides outdoor

music-making on a grand scale, bringing

together local and international artists in

BBC Northern Ireland’s biggest outside

broadcast event of the year.

The concert at the Titanic Slipways will

feature the Ulster Orchestra under the

baton of conductor David Brophy and

guest artists in a programme of classical

and contemporary music.

Last Night of the Proms celebrations also

take place in England, Scotland and Wales, as

music lovers across the UK come together

to mark the conclusion of the world’s

largest classical music festival.

BBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland

will include traditional elements of the Last

Night of the Proms – a big screen, great

music and a party atmosphere.

BBC Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland

will be hosted by Noel Thompson and

Claire McCollum. A selection of television

viewing options will also be available live

on the night via the red button for digital

TV viewers and the concert will also be

broadcast live online.

Launching this year’s BBC Proms in the Park Northern Ireland at Titanic Slipways are, from left, Proms presenter Noel Thompson, Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Lord Mayor of Belfast and Proms presenter Claire McCollum

Your chance to be part of this audience at this year’s event

BBC Radio Ulster will also be live on the

night, presented by John Toal. Highlights of

Proms in the Park in Northern Ireland will

be carried on the BBC television networks.

The event will be recorded for broadcast

on BBC Northern Ireland television later

in the year.

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Peter Johnston, Director BBC Northern

Ireland, said: “Following on from the

success of last year we are very excited to

bring the 2013 BBC Proms in the Park in

Northern Ireland back again to Belfast and

to the Titanic Slipways. This event is one of

the most prestigious and large-scale events

we undertake each year and music lovers

can be assured of a very special evening of

music and celebration from an eclectic line-

up of local and international talent - all set

against the stunning backdrop of the Titanic

Signature building.”

The event is supported by Belfast City

Council.

Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Lord Mayor

of Belfast, said: “We are absolutely delighted

to see the local aspect of BBC Proms in

the Park stay in Belfast this year. This iconic

event will, yet again, take place with the

stunning backdrop of Titanic Belfast.

As with previous Proms concerts, it will

be a night to remember and will add to

Belfast’s portfolio of major showcase

cultural activities - bringing additional

economic activity and media attention to

my home city.”

Tickets to BBC Northern Ireland’s Proms

in the Park event are complimentary and

will be allocated following a random draw.

Ticket applications to BBC Proms in the

Park at the Titanic Slipways can be made

from now until Monday, July 15, 2013 at

5.00pm.

No applications will be accepted after this

closing date. A maximum of four tickets will

be allocated per household address. No late

applications will be accepted and duplicate

applications will not be considered.

You can apply for tickets online at:

bbc.co.uk/tickets

For more information visit the

BBC Proms in the Park website at:

bbc.co.uk/promsinthepark

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The Sash My Father Wore

BBC Radio Ulster, Sunday, July 7 at 1.05pm. bbc.co.uk/radioulster

It is arguably one of the most

instantly recognisable tunes in

Northern Ireland, but just where

did the song known by many sim-

ply as ‘The Sash’ come from?

In a new BBC Radio Ulster documentary,

folk singer Tommy Sands explores the in-

credible story of one Northern Ireland’s

most famous – and infamous - marching

songs, The Sash My Father Wore.

In the hour-long programme, also titled

The Sash My Father Wore, on BBC Radio

Ulster on Sunday, July 7 at 1.05pm, Tommy

attempts to trace the origins of the song

and unearths some very rare recordings

and song sheets along the way; some which

haven’t been seen or heard in years.

By looking at other songs that were

performed across Northern Ireland

generations ago, the programme tries to

outline the somewhat sketchy beginnings of

the composition and even asks if Beethoven

could possibly have been responsible the

music of ‘The Sash’?

Listeners will hear how publishers in the

1930s went to court over the copyright

of another famous song, The Auld Orange

Flute, and the impact that this may have had

on ‘The Sash’.

And the programme also looks back at the

music of popular Northern Ireland singers

Richard Hayward and Sam Carson, who

are believed to be the first people ever to

record ‘The Sash’, and recreates how

BBC Radio Ulster traces the origins of ‘The Sash’

‘The Sash’ would have possibly sounded

on the Twelfth in the 1930’s by using

arrangements of that period.

Tommy Sands, from Rostrevor, Co Down,

first stumbled across an early version of the

song while in America in the 1980s. He says:

“It was in the early eighties, in the snowy

Pokonos of Pennsylvania when folklorist

friend Mick Moloney and myself were

delving through old yellowing songsters in

a small log cabin that we came across the

words ‘It is old and it is beautiful the best

you’ve ever seen’.

“It wasn’t ‘The Sash’ although most of the

words were very similar but it led me on an

extraordinary journey towards that famous

folksong with its origins and ramifications.

When BBC producer Cameron Mitchell

came along and asked if I would be

interested in exploring the song’s origins,

we dug more and more and what comes

out gives us all something to think about,

talk about and sing about.”

The Sash My Father Wore can be heard on BBC Radio Ulster on Sunday, July 7 at 1.05pm. 92–95FM & DAB digital radio, digital TV and online at bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Folk Singer Tommy Sands presents The Sash My Father Wore on BBC Radio Ulster