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Article: Arts: The right note at the Proms; ALF McCREARY reports on the Ulster Orchestra's visit to the Royal Albert Hall, during this season's Proms.(Features)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2001
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Byline: ALF McCREARY
THE two faces of Northern Ireland were clearly visible to music-lovers as they filed into the Royal Albert Hall this week for the 23rd Promenade Concert of the summer season which featured the Ulster Orchestra, under its Conductor Laureate, the Russian-born Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
Outside, there were Evening Standard billboards with the latest reaction to the Provisional IRA statement on decommissioning. Inside, the Ulster Orchestra gave a spirited performance of Russian and other European music, including the World Premiere of a piece by ...